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This place back in calimesa, which they loved for its backyard pool and spa. and life in the spring of 2007 seemed to have hit a sweet spot, as ashton and breanna remember their mother telling them. >> we happened to be laying on the bed with her. she just started talking. she's like, i am just -- i'm so happy that i have you girls and dad. >> it's kind of one of those conversations that you don't have every day. >> reporter: still, there was work to be done. it was not a new house, could use some remodeling. particularly the bathroom. courtney was still living with her parents as the work beg...

Why don't we begin here, calimesa, california, riverside county. historic missions, sprawling suburbs creeping out to the rim of mountains around the eastern flank of los angeles. here is where chris and christi hall had come to live out their golden years, though they were far from old when it happened. just experienced with life and each other. >> as far back as i can remember, it's always been chris and christi. they were never thought of as separate. they were a unit. >> reporter: these are their three daughters, courtney the eldest is a teacher, breanna a personal trainer, and ashton, the...

Called breanna at her college dorm in san diego. >> here's your wake-up call, babe. get out and go on that run. >> reporter: back at the house, courtney dozed through her first wake-up while chris and christi made their way outside to the spa. just after 6:30, chris looked in to courtney again, second call, headed back to the spa. life's last normal moments, 6:37 a.m. >> i got up out of bed and i was putting on my robe and i just heard this panicked -- panicked scream, my dad yelling for me. i ran to the back porch and i saw him just trying to pull out my mom out of the spa. >> 911 emergency. ...