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Screaming. >> on a warm summer friday evening, esther salas, her husband mark anderl, and their son daniel, were celebrating in a socially distance we, daniel's 20th birthday. >> we rented a tent in the backyard and say that a cable and friends from catholic university came. it was a close we can. daniel, he was just jumping out of his skin. he was so excited. >> daniel and his friends continued the celebration the next day with their trip to the beach. by sunday afternoon, everyone had gone home. it was july 19th, around 5 pm. mother and son were cleaning up the basement and sharing a special...

Center of attention for so long jodi arias is serving her sentence, living her own reality far from the spotlight that once captured her. >> well, that's all for this edition of "dateline. " i'm craig melvin. thank you for watching. >> i'm andrea canning and this is "dateline". >> she and her son danny were in the basement of their home when the doorbell rang. danny bounded up the steps to answer the door. and then the shots rang out. danny was hit, mark was shot in the abdomen. >> i saw my son holding his chest. i nearly was going to make. it >> why daniel out of all people? one of the sweete...

And how proud he was. >> she remembered when she was being considered for that judge ship. curled up in bed with daniel, who was ten at the time, she told him she was unsure if she should take the job. >> he's like, why, mom? and i said, well, honey, it's going to require a lot of money's time. and i just worry about the impact on you. and he says, i get that, mom. i get that. and there was this pause. and then all the sudden he goes, but if it was me, i did take the job. [laughs] >> did that seal the deal right there? >> that sealed the deal. that was his we are seeing, go for it. >> agents d...

Doorbell rang. >> curious, daniel shot up the stairs to answer the door. >> the next thing i heard were these -- this bang. this loud sound that i had never heard before. and i hear mark say, no. and then i hear bang, bang, bang. and i just -- i just screamed, what is happening? and i ran up the stairs. >> what do you think is happening? do you have any idea? >> no, the only thing i could think other is that it was -- and i was preparing myself as i was running up the stairs, to see like -- a body parts everywhere. but what i saw was just as worse as anything that i had imagined. >> she saw da...

>> who would do this to their family? as the hours ticked by, an army of law enforcement officers was trying to answer that question. agents denahan had his theories. >> we at the top of our list with someone that had a personal grievance against judge salas herself. we also though had to consider could it be someone that was targeting her husband mark? and lastly, and even though it was unlikely, could someone have been targeting danny himself. >> shortly after the shooting, the fbi paid a visit to danny's good friends, brothers casey and carlson. >> we sit there and spoke with him for about ...