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Friend of becky who also lived nearby. her sister drove becky to the hospital. >> she got to the hospital, you know, she was demanding to get to see her friend. >> she go to bedside for kay, huh? >> yeah, she wanted to get there. >> i said, "what hospital did they go to?" >> reporter: news of the attack quickly spread to another close friend of kays, suzanne frazier. >> i hung up the phone and i was shakin, and so, i called my boss and i said, "i gotta go, i gotta go." and i left. >> broke some ...

>> reporter: friends and family gathered at the hospital keeping a vigil for kay parsons, a suburban mom whod been brutally beaten that morning in a home invasion. and while her next-door neighbor beckys home had been burglarized too, becky didnt seem to care as much about that. good friend tamara says that for becky, it was all about getting to see kay. >> she continues to ask if "well, can we go in and see her? can we go in and see her?" they tell us no. >> reporter: eventually, one of kays cl...

The quincy, illinois detective was trying to understand why a 38-year-old woman had died suddenly. as he looked for clues inside corey lovelaces home filled with the clutter of young family life, jeff baird noticed one item in particular, a white cup by her bedside. >> i checked an unknown liquid that smelled faintly from alcohol. >> the detective asked her husband curtis what it was. did she tell you she liked to have a vodka and tonic? >> yes. >> that was likely in the styrofoam? >> yes. >> th...

>> i have never met dr. husel. i never saw him while my mom was in the hospital. yeah, so as far as i know, we never saw him back with her by her bedside in icu. >> okay. were told this whole investigation actually began when a pharmacist alerted mt. carmel authorities that dr. husel was prescribing these high doses of fentanyl to his patients, and in some cases, overriding the hospitals protocol for fentanyl. were you aware of what -- im sure there were a million things going on with your mom, ...

First, tell me what the picture shows. >> its me crying. >> reporter: theres the tears. >> and im standing up, and theres tears with puddles. i want mom. >> reporter: to -- >> mommy to come home. i miss my mommy. >> so, randi, has the family heard anything back from the white house or anyone else? >> reporter: nothing at all, anderson, from the white house or the president. in fact, when ashton was sick and hospitalized, his father actually tweeted a photo of him and tagged president trump, plea...

Do that. called director mueller. he said ill meet you at the hospital right now. >> they had to race administration officials on ask crofts bed side. >> they said the fbi agent is present. not to allow me only the removed from the room under any circumstances. >> in the end, ashcroft backed comey and mueller. >> he end listed bob mueller. he knew that bob mueller had this incredible reputation in washington. >> now trump views muellers relationship with suspicion. >> his best friend is comey. a...

Drama. >> i was very upset. i was angry. >> comey was worried the bush administration was determined to keep a warrantless eavesdropping program that mueller, comey, and their boss, attorney general john ashcroft thought was illegal. but ashcroft was in the hospital recovering from surgery, leaving comey in charge. >> i was concerned that given how ill i knew the attorney general was that there might be an effort to ask him to overrule me when he was in no condition to do that. called director m...

Hospital right now. >> reporter: they had to race administration officials to ashkroas ashcrafts bedside. >> director mueller instructed the fbi present not to allow me to be removed from the room under any circumstances. >> reporter: in the end ashcroft backed mueller and comey. >> he backed mueller because he knew that bob mueller had this incredible nonpartisan reputation in washington. >> reporter: now trump views muellers relationship with suspicion. >> his best friend is comey, whos a bad ...

Kept an edgy vigil for news about kays condition, waiting for her husband to get to her bedside. lives all changed in an instant. a home invasion and burglary in broad daylight. a woman fighting for her life. and now a perpetrator on the loose. >> you dont know whether you have a guy on the move who could be ready to bust into another house along here, right? >> exactly, exactly. we dont know if we had a mad man on the loose here, you know? >> you settin up security on these streets? >> on every...

>> reporter: friends and family gathered at the hospital keeping a vigil for kay parsons, a suburban mom whod been brutally beaten that morning in a home invasion. and while her next-door neighbor beckys home had been burglarized too, becky didnt seem to care as much about that. good friend tamara says that for becky, it was all about getting to see kay. >> she continues to ask if "well, can we go in and see her? can we go in and see her?" they tell us no. >> reporter: eventually, one of kays cl...