june 8th 2012, columbus georgia. it was an important maintenance man who found her. she had been stabbed to death upstairs in the bedroom. in the kitchen sink a butcher knife. the victim was ciara ingram a 28-year-old nurse and mother. her good friend kendra smith said she hadn't been answering her phone for days. >> at first i thought, you know, why didn't i go down there? i knew something was wrong. >> police would estimate that ciara had been dead in her apartment for nearly a week. >> i think i was so distraught that she was gone. i don't really think at the time i put a lot of thought in who did it, or why. >> apartment managers told the arriving officers that ciara had small children. one of the detectives first question was where are the kids now? and that led to a bigger question. one all homicide inspectors asked, what is the back story