and i started seein' signs of blood on -- on the sofa in the living room, on the -- on the carpet. and then you go into the foyer area, where there was a lot of blood on the walls, on the door, on the floor. >> so this is suggesting a moving struggle. >> definitely. it looks like the homeowner came home and surprised a burglar in her house, and a struggle ensued where she was beaten. >> reporter: the bloody path led edmunds further into the house, to a bloody hand print on the door out to the parsons' garage. >> and you can tell there was -- there was more beating goin' on in the garage. there was blood spatter on the walls. so she was already bleeding before she got into the garage. >> reporter: and that's where this apparent struggle had ended. the deputies found 41-year old kay parsons lying there on the floor. >> had you ever seen a scene like that? >> nothing -- nothing that drastic, no. she was beaten so severely in her head, it was pretty bad. >> reporter: but amazingly, kay was alive. emt's hurried her to the hospital, her life hanging by a thread. >> she still had a heartbeat. >> but she was in a very bad