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>> im guy baker, im a detective. >> reporter: the homeowner was markus kaarma. kaarma and his common law wife, janelle pflager, had just moved to missoula. they were looking for a quiet, safe and kid-friendly place to raise their child. police spoke with janelle at the scene and recorded their talk with kaarma at the station. >> uh, so what we want to talk about is what happened tonight at your house. >> reporter: the couple told investigators the story actually began with a burglary three weeks...

You know its somebody that you dont know. and they have crossed that invisible line from outdoors to indoors. and they are, by that definition alone, i would say, a threat to me. detective guy baker: >> well, youve got to be able to articulate the threat. >> reporter: and kaarma told investigators there was a real threat. the garage was full of tools the intruder could grab and use against him. >> i imagine an axe flying through the air and hitting me in the skull. >> reporter: and kaarma said h...

>> reporter: seemingly stunned, kaarma borrowed the detectives phone to call janelle. >> babe. >> hi. >> being charged with murder. >> youre joking. >> no. how is that deliberate homicide? >> its just the way the statute reads. >> he was pretty surprised. >> yeah. he was surprised. and he was very emotional at that point. thats the most i saw markus be emotional during this whole investigation. >> reporter: direns host parents had a tangle of emotions as they processed what police said had happe...

Just randomly shooting from right to left. >> so you are thinking to yourself this does not look like ae justifiable shooting? >> no, at this point its looking like we have a homicide. >> the county attorneys office agreed. detective baker dlielivered the news. >> so we just talked to the prosecutor, and she wants you to be taken into custody, so thats whats going to happen. >> for what? >> for homicide. >> what? >> seemingly stunned, karma borrowed the detectives phone to call janelle. >> im be...

Student from germany had been shot and killed during an apparent burglary inside a neighbors garage in the quiet town of mizzoula, montana. now darren was dead, and police were investigating. >> does that happen a lot here? >> people shoot burglars who are in their homes? >> no. it doesnt. >> mizzoula police department detective guy baker had the case. soon he was interviewing the man who pulled the trigger. >> hi, marcus. im guy baker, a detective. >> karma, and his common law wife had just mov...

And another red flag. kaarma said he couldnt see into the garage. but cops talked to the doctors who treated diren, and they examined the shotgun pellet patterns on the garage wall. >> he says he cant see anything. yet hes able to track a moving person in the garage and hits him two out of four times. >> one, two, three, four. >> i didnt believe he was just randomly shooting from right to left. >> and so youre thinking to yourself, this does not look like a justifiable shooting? >> no. at this p...

And another red flag. kaarma said he couldnt see into the garage. but cops talked to the doctors who treated diren, and they examined the shotgun pellet patterns on the garage wall. >> he says he cant see anything. yet hes able to track a moving person in the garage and hits him two out of four times. >> one, two, three, four. >> i didnt believe he was just randomly shooting from right to left. >> and so youre thinking to yourself, this does not look like a justifiable shooting? >> no. at this p...

>> reporter: seemingly stunned, kaarma borrowed the detectives phone to call janelle. >> babe. >> hi. >> being charged with murder. >> youre joking. >> no. how is that deliberate homicide? >> its just the way the statute reads. >> he was pretty surprised. >> yeah. he was surprised. and he was very emotional at that point. thats the most i saw markus be emotional during this whole investigation. >> reporter: direns host parents had a tangle of emotions as they processed what police said had happe...

Like a justifiable shooting? >> no. at this point, its -- its looking like we have a deliberate homicide. >> reporter: the county attorneys office agreed. detective baker delivered the news. >> so we just talked to a prosecutor. she wants you to be taken into custody. so thats whats going to happen. >> for what? >> for homicide. >> what? >> reporter: seemingly stunned, kaarma borrowed the detectives phone to call janelle. >> babe. >> hi. >> being charged with murder. >> youre joking. >> no. how ...

>> reporter: missoula police department detective guy baker had the case. soon he was interviewing the man whod pulled the trigger. >> hi, markus. >> hello, sir. >> im guy baker. im a detective. >> reporter: the homeowner was markus kaarma. kaarma and his common law wife, janelle pflaeger, had just moved to missoula. they were looking for a quiet, safe and kid-friendly place to raise their child. police spoke with janelle at the scene and recorded their talk with kaarma at the station. >> so wha...