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He will help her at break of day. >> it's just so difficult to imagine why any human would do something that horrific to another human being. >> detective paul kruse looked for answers with grim determination. halee's murder was not the only tough case weighing on him that april morning. a few weeks before, he and his partner were assigned to look into the suspicious death of a 10-month-old baby named jaxson. when detectives spoke to heather after her daughter's death she revealed something that stunned them. >> halee was the godmother of jaxson. >> so their jaws dropped? >> yeah. yeah. >> hea...

Halee. >> there's so many pictures of her holding the babysitter and just taking care of them. she is always leading the way. >> my kids wanted to feed the bottle. can i change the diaper? >> she was the best diaper changer ever. >> reporter: with halee she says she felt safe. >> she was all definitely what you picture an older sister being like. the big, protective, don't mess with my sisters or i'll come at you type. >> reporter: that protective streak continued to friends. anslee, you called her mom halee? >> yes. she would pick us up from a party. take care of us if we're sick. she acted l...

Kill halee, who did? the defense pointed to thaddious rice, the man investigators had now charged with the murder of 10-month-old jaxson. he was found guilty of reckless homicide. at the time of halee's murder he was roaming free. had he been worried halee had evidence against him? >> she knew information about the suspicious circumstances of jaxson wheeler's death. he and jordan were the last two people to see halee, other than isaiah, we believe based on the information that we were provided in discovery. and it just seemed curious to us that for some reason they weren't pursued. >> reporter...

Was there to get her wallet, and we never saw halee and thad leave. >> it seemed like thaddeus had a good alibi. heather worried that investigators seemed no closer to making an arrest. >> i think that the fear was overwhelming. i kept saying, i hope that they make an arrest before her funeral. i don't know how i can stand there and wonder who's hugging me and who's coming through this line. you know, did they hurt her? >> but as heather prepared for her daughter's funeral, investigators were already talking to someone who'd surely be standing in that line of mourners, someone very close to ha...

>> just, how did we get here? how did we get here? i know this isn't right. i know this isn't right. >> their pain was compounded when isaiah was sentenced to 60 years in prison. on appeal the court ruled that three of his four convictions relied on the same evidence in what amounted to double jeopardy. his robbery conviction was reduced to theft, a misdemeanor. and one of his two murder convictions was thrown out. but on the remaining count, the jury's verdict stood, as did isaiah's sentence. >> we want him to know that we are -- we love him, and we are going to be there for him, no matter wh...