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>> i think it's our guy. the picture and the video is not real good, but i start focusing in on him. >> then rick's investigation got lucky again, an unlikely witness came forward with information about that same kenneth williams and the night that erica and her mom was shot. >> but the witness was questionable. he was charged with murder himself and he was also gravely wounded in a shooting. prosecutor john peck. >> he's on his death bed. he thinks he's going to hell and he has something he needs to say. >> week's later, turner's health improved enough to talk to rick arnold. >> james and ken...

And offered to assist police in any way he could. >> help you find whoever did this. >> reporter: back at children's hospital, erica was now in the icu holding on for life. her heart broken grandparents and big sister stood daily vigil. >> it was like a horror movie. >> reporter: ebony took it very hard. 14 years older, she had been like a second mother to erica. in fact, erica actually called her mommy. by day four in the icu, erica's family was seeing signs of hope. doctors believed erica was strong enough to remove her breathing tube. now, it was time to see how she would do on her own. >> ...

>> the next three days in icu are going to be critical. >> a shell casing. >> reporter: at the crime scene, direct arnold continues to sit through clues. more leads came into focus, a bloody footprint, red soda cans and cigarette butts by the bed. >> the second one had an ash about an inch long. someone left that cigarette and rushed out of there. >> reporter: detective arnold ordered dna on the cigarettes and cans. he was learning more about erin and the more he found out, he was drawn in. she was raising four children, including erica, the only one home the night of the shooting and ebony, t...

Frustrating investigation. rick was close to the answers he promised erica's grandmother. >> reporter: what kept you going during those times you felt you were hitting dead ends? >> a 2-year-old baby, erica hughes. >> reporter: the detective was ready to bring them in for tough questioning. rick had enough to arrest him, but wasn't ready, yet. he wanted more. both men from the walgreen's video to play them off each other in dualing interrogations. now, he had them. you have been waiting and waiting patiently. it's time to do your thing, right? >> the detective moves to get each suspect to impl...

Prescriptions using bogus names. >> reporter: on the security tape, rick looked closely and saw the man leaning through the window of the enclosed pharmacy section, checking out names from pill bottles. over and over, detective arnold stared at the grainy wall greens tape. the man in the baseball cap looked familiar. as in james, erin's family friend who phoned her minutes before the murder. earlier, he told the detective how much he wanted to help the investigation. >> find whoever did this. >> reporter: rick wasn't buying any of it now. he had become a prime suspect, though, rick wasn't read...