and i think like a month later i enrolled in gymnastics. so it was very much a supportive environment. reporter: and lynn doted on her only son. it might be trite to say this, but she loved him more than life itself. he was the center of her universe. reporter: so after what happened, mark flew out to california right away to comfort charlie and fred, and to make funeral arrangements for his only sister, lynn. and at the very same time, as if in another world altogether, a world devoted to the minutia of violent crime, detective richard birdsall poked around the entrails of this burglary gone bad. he could perhaps write up a report, be done with it, make the growing bad press go away. but no, richard birdsall was a troubled man. we said, we know something s wrong. my partner and i just feel something s wrong. but we don t know yet. reporter: wrong? well, of course, it was. but the wrong the detective had in mind was not the grief or the
that. and i think like a month later i enrolled in gymnastics. so it was very much a supportive environment. reporter: and lynn doted on her only son. it might be trite to say this, but she loved him more than life itself. he was the center of her universe. reporter: so after what happened, mark flew out to california right away to comfort charlie and fred, and to make funeral arrangements for his only sister lynn. and at the very same time, as if in another world altogether, a world devoted to the minutia of violent crime, detective richard birdsall poked around the entrails of this burglary gone bad. he could perhaps write up a report, be done with it, make the growing bad press go away. but no, richard birdsall was a troubled man. we said, we know something s wrong. my partner and i just feel something s wrong. but we don t know yet. reporter: wrong?
that grew up to be charlie. they encouraged him to try new things. on the olympics we were watching and i told my parents i want to do that and a month later i enrolled in gymnastics. it was a very much supportive environment. and lynn doted on her only son. she loved him more than life itself. he was the center of her universe. so after what happened, mark flew out to california right away to comfort charlie and fred and to make funeral arrangements for his only sister, lynn. and at the very same time as if in another world all together, a world devoted to violent crime, the detective poked around this burglary gone bad. he could perhaps write up a report and be done with it and make the bad press go away. but no, he was a troubled man.