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>> reporter: kay and becky even joined weight watchers together. and the two of them were pretty competitive at the weight watcher thing, huh? >> yes, yes. >> reporter: whos up a pound, whos down a pound? >> yes. every day. >> reporter: and one day in march, 2009, began like any other. kay, the little league mom, got up to take derek to school, and becky, the mother of five, left her house a few minutes later to drop off her kids before her work day began. all very routine. until 8:30 a.m., when...

>> reporter: so many terrible things happened so quickly. so many taboos were broken on an anywhere suburban street that the mind reeled. >> we were so confused. we just kept praying for the families. >> the whole neighborhood was shocked. >> reporter: it began here with two houses, two best friends on a street called hot springs drive in grovetown. kay parsons had moved into the neighborhood in 2005. she was a devoted wife to her husband, david, who worked down at ft. gordon. and an active litt...

There. >> reporter: then from the hospital, the news everyone feared and expected. doctors determined kays injuries were too severe for her to make it. the family decided to take her off life support. kay parsons, devoted wife to david, loving mother to derek, was gone. >> and so then they let me know that she had passed away. >> you lost your friend, kay. yes. yep. >> a beating death, a break-in. >> yes. >> how horrible is this for you, suzanne? >> one of the worst days of my life. i didnt expe...

>> not too badly injured. >> not too badly injured. when im talkin to her, shes, you know, shes really hurting. >> reporter: the investigator then asked becky for details about shooting. >> what did he say to you? >> who? >> the guy that shot you? >> he wanted his money or next time it would be my face. >> what money is he talking about? >> i have no idea. we did not owe anybody any money. >> does michael? >> not that i know of. >> i dont want you dead next. >> i dont think michael knows. unless...

Im like, "yeah." i was like, "david again?" hes like, "yeah, david again." hes like, "she just needs kay out of her life bad." you know? stuff like that. >> reporter: now that was a shocker. investigators had had their eye on beckys other son michael from the get-go. >> i was surprised to hear it that way. i was surprised to hear that it was michael, really cause, you know, ive been learning so many things about michael and -- and his past and all of that. >> you havent had any discussions with ...

And, you know, the baseball bat, which we were able to determine belonged at that house, was -- was a weapon of opportunity after he lost the first weapon. >> reporter: it looked like the little league mom was beaten with her own son dereks baseball bat. >> it really touched my soul knowing how much derek loved baseball. and im, like, "how in the world could someone take a baseball bat and, you know, beat her?" >> reporter: an old-fashioned dragnet remained drawn around the subdivision. find the...

>> reporter: and one day in march 2009 began like any other. kay, the little league mom, got kay, the little league mom, got up to take derek to school, and becky, the mother of five, left her house a few minutes later to drop off her kids before her workday began. kay parsons had moved into the neighborhood in 2005. she was a devoted wife to her husband, david, who worked down at ft. gordon and an active little league mom cheering on

There was no way he could be there. >> reporter: then from the hospital, the news everyone feared and expected. doctors determined kays injuries were too severe for her to make it. the family decided to take her off life support. kay parsons, devoted wife to david, loving mother to derek, was gone. >> and so then they let me know that she had passed away. >> you lost your friend, kay. >> yes, yep. >> a beating death, a break-in. >> yes. >> how horrible is this for you, suzanne? >> one of the wor...

Her 12-year-old son derek. tamara lived just down the street. >> kay was a sweetheart. you never saw her upset, never saw her mad, always smiling, just a joy to be around. >> what kinds of things did she like to do? >> well, mostly anything dealing with her son and her husband. she was very supportive, always being with them. >> reporter: next door to kay lived becky sears. becky had her hands full, too. she and her husband tony had five kids, including two older sons from beckys first marriage....

And other valuables missing. and they found what seemed like a similar m.o. in beckys house next door. >> the master bedroom in that residence had been ransacked. >> so both houses had been tossed. >> both houses. >> reporter: beckys most valuable necklace and rings, gone. and as edmunds kept examining that grisly scene in the parsons garage, he determined how the burglar had assaulted kay, with a hammer, found underneath the car, and a baseball bat. >> so the way the weapons the appeared just d...