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Law enforcement. thats over now. hes retired from the force. but he cannot get over the sight that greeted him in shelley nances bedroom. >> this was tragic, this was horrific. >> reporter: that sight sticks with you. >> yes. very much so. >> reporter: murder, as detective ellzey knew from long experience, takes something from the investigators, too. makes them hard sometimes. but when he learned about the victim, about her decent family, her quiet modest life, her innocence, the murder of shell...

>> multiple times. >> ashley, too? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: they finally arrived at the same conclusion the dallas police did -- that neither ashley nor nathan killed shelley. had to be daniel and daniel alone. but making the case in court might not be so easy. >> this is one of those cases where circumstantial is -- is kind. i mean, you had no fingerprints, you had no dna, you had no bloody clothes on the suspect, you had -- >> right. >> you had no incriminating statements really, just some so...

>> reporter: so they turned to the first person in the neighborhood to notice something was wrong -- the contractor whod alerted 911 -- first man on the scene. investigators had to wonder why he was really there. >> at this point -- everybodys a suspect, you know? you know, and logically hes the first one. >> reporter: edmunds brought him down to the substation for questioning, and they went through the story he had told at the scene. >> it was an -- and i walked down to the hall and i said, "he...

And he just said -- "you know, you need to keep pushing" and thats all hed say. >> reporter: so she did. brittany says she began calling the prosecutors investigator every week like clockwork. and amazingly he started showing some interest in the case. >> and hed say, you know, "nothin new," or -- >> youre looking for a killer? >> right. >> is he looking for a killer or just trying to find out what happened? i tnk at thatoint at first he was just trying to put the es together. >> reporter: it wa...

Investigator was skeptical the russian probe would uncover wrongdoing. to go days after special counsel robert mueller took over the pope in may, now demoted fbi agent peter strzok enter now reassigned fbi lawyer lisa page discussed the merits of joining muellers team. strzok tells page, you and i botha know the odds are nothin, if i thought it was likely, ill be there no question. i hesitate in part because of my gut sense and concern there is no big they are they are." in another cryptic text,...

Horrific. >> reporter: that sight sticks with you. >> yes. very much so. >> reporter: murder, as detective ellzey knew from long experience, takes something from the investigators, too. makes them hard sometimes. but when he learned about the victim, about her decent family, her quiet modest life, her innocence, the murder of shelley nance hit him personally. >> i mean that was doin nothin wrong. she was not in the wrong place at the wrong time. she was not associatin with somebody that she shou...

Had to be daniel and daniel alone. but, making the case in court? might not be so easy. >> this is one of those cases where circumstantial is -- is kind. i mean, you had no fingerprints, you had no dna, you had no bloody clothes on the suspect, you had -- >> right. >> you had no incriminating statements really, just some sort of weird stuff, but -- >> right. yeah. its a -- >> you have-- >> tough case. >> nothin. >> tough case -- >> it was. circumstantial is a correct word. >> reporter: question ...

You know, and logically hes the first one. >> reporter: edmunds brought him down to the substation for questioning, and they went through the story he had told at the scene. >> it was an -- and i walked down to the hall and i said, "hey, is anybody in there?" and -- anyway -- i didnt hear nothin. >> reporter: but you also have to ask him if thats really what happened. >> yes. >> reporter: i mean, hes the guy who discovers this violent criminal act, and you wonder if he knows more than hes saying...

So who is this woman? >> evil. >> reporter: becky was never charged with the theft. the da says they had the evidence, but with her guilty plea and life sentence it all became a moot issue. and remember how michael was blamed for stealing checks from healing hands? he told us what really happened. >> it wasnt me. that was my mother. >> she blamed you and you took the heat, huh? well, yeah. she basically told me, hey, if i didnt do that for her, all the money she was making, she wouldnt -- she co...

Backpack just like she described. we found the jewelry taken from the parsons home. we found the jewelry taken from the sears home. it was all there. >> signed, sealed, and delivered. that was it. >> there was nothin else they could do. >> say goodnight, there was nothin else to do. >> no, not at all. >> reporter: there would be no trial now. instead, a plea agreement, in may 2012. becky sears and her son chris bowers pleaded guilty to murdering kay parsons. they were spared the death penalty, b...