>> reporter: but then a terrible accident, jackson had fallen down some stairs halee rushed to the hospital where jordan explained what had happened. her boyfriend a man named thaddeus rice had dropped the baby down the stairs after tripping over a diaper bag. >> jordan was crying and we, like, gave her a hug. and i looked at halee. and halee like looked at me and i was, like, "what are we gonna do?" >> reporter: they did what they could to help. they got jordan some food and went to her apartment to get her some clean clothes. >> we walked in and halee's, like, "do you know what's weird?" and i was, like, "what?" she goes, "the diaper bag is sitting right there." like, as soon as you walked into the door, the diaper bag was sitting right by the couch. it didn't look like the diaper bag had fallen down the stairs, like what thad had said. >> reporter: so you're thinking, "we might've just caught thaddeus in a big lie?" >> yeah. >> reporter: after two days on life support, jackson died. grief-stricken, halee agonized over whether she should tell police about her suspicions. >> she had said, you know, "what if they wanna talk to me?" i'm like, "you talk," you know?