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Then asked becky for details about the 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 he owes money from the past, i dont think he owes any money now. >> reporter: to edmunds, becky sounded like a mom unwilling or unable to...

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 describe a horrendous attack? ...

About her affair with david. beckys son, chris. >> i asked her who knew. you know, who else knew. and she did tell me that christopher knew that she was with somebody else. i dont know if that means anything or not. >> reporter: sheriffs deputies spent a lot of their investigation looking at the relationships in beckys life. first her son michael. then david. but it was beckys relationship to her other son chris that would prove to be the most intriguing. >> it was a real, real strange mother/so...

You know, that -- that commit the same type of crimes, you know. we knew this guy. we -- weve arrested him several times for burglaries. and he lives close by in the area. >> so if a computers missing or a piece of jewelrys gone astray? >> if theres cars broken into -- >> you go to your frequent flyer and ask him what he knows about it, huh? >> if hes close by, we -- we definitely talk to him. >> so in this case, on that day, you do that, huh? >> we do. but we were -- we were able to quickly rul...

And im like, "is that your mom?" and like, "yeah." "whats wrong with her?" "you know what it is. you know whats wrong." 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 expecting to hear that it was michael, really cause, you know, ive...

Crime stats can be measured in stolen bicycles. >> great place to raise a family. >> reporter: heres a veteran investigator for the county. whats your crime rate? >> its not that high. we dont have too much violent crime. >> reporter: dozens of homicides a year, would you say? >> no, not at all. we might have one a year. >> reporter: one a year? >> yeah. >> reporter: and in march, 2009, they did have one -- a homicide. a bad one that sent neighbors shopping for burglar alarms and maybe fresh amm...

>> we do. but we were -- we were able to quickly rule him out. he -- he had an alibi. 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 dea...

>> does michael? >> not that i know of. >> i dont want you dead next. >> i dont think michael knows. unless he owes money from the past, i dont think he owes any money now. >> reporter: to edmunds, becky sounded like a mom unwilling or unable to wrap her head around the possibility of her sons involvement in a murder. >> i think hes trying to stay away from all of that to get out -- to better himself. >> reporter: edmunds spun through the possibilities -- was becky in denial? was she covering up...

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 describe a horrendous attack? >> yes, it appeared that this -- this hammer, you know, was used in - - in, there was so much blood, it -- it slipped outta the attackers hand. 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 th...

>> we do. but we were -- we were able to quickly rule him out. he had an alibi. 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,...