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>> back on that november day, when and got up to her bedroom on the second floor, she looked in the mirror thinking about what to wear. it was then that she noticed something strange in the mirror 's reflection. a bedside table with a drawer open. >> so i looked at it and thought, i did not open this. >> she looked at the other bedside table. >> the drawer was open, all my sex toys and some stuff was gone. and that was when i realized somebody had been in the house. >> had to be a prank? had to be howard? he had a set of keys to her place because he often did handyman jobs there. she hopped in...

Before they left. they locked an's house of tate. just in case. >> all we did was just go along to the windows and doors. she won in front of me, and i went behind her. and double checked everyone. >> that night they partied with friends. drank howard's homemade strawberry wine. made light of the bizarre theft. and perhaps the light of day would reveal the prankster. then, 7:45 the next morning. they were back at the farmhouse. she ran upstairs to her home office to do some photocopying. howard waited below. then he heard her terrifying scream. >> she was like howard! my work boots were still ...

The police. there will be nothing good. >> my first reaction was to phone the police, because someone had been in the house. but then he said, think about it. >> so really it was embarrassment. >> no! it was just. >> we were just thinking the reality of what would happen if you found. >> they were also trying to decide if maybe they should be them [inaudible] maybe really was a joke. but if so? who could've been behind it? >> i was thinking. somebody that knows me. >> it will come up in the morning, maybe a mailbox with a ha or something like that. >> there's a reason they recalled that in min...

They had made some discovery. >> they just said, we found something that possibly could be very very crucial. and that's all that we knew. >> soon after, teams of officers went door knocking on the highway. in front of the residents. and marcy koch lived five miles down the road. her friend howard live nearby. and that's how they found themselves telling again, a couple of cards, the story of the november break-in. >> when they came into the door, then i said okay. i don't know anything. but have i got a story for you guys that's gotta be connected to this? >> howard told the officers about th...

Started asking that question. she lived in this lovely farmhouse 150 miles away from brenda and brian. howard lived on the same busy highway, not far from the small city of belleville. november 17th 2009, late that afternoon. and hurried home to change interparty clothes. it was her birthday. she was heading to howard's place to celebrate. >> i was really rushing. i was looking forward to going. >> and lived alone much of the time at his own place, and that suited her fine. she's a music teacher and artists. she wanted time and space to herself. >> i like to have space, as my art grows i like ...