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Crowded inside, the verdict was announced. guilty on all counts. >> i just breathed a sigh of relief. you just feel that rush of emotion. >> reporter: it was a moment a long time coming for shirlee sherman's brothers brad and dan and her son jeff. reaction to the verdict? >> relief. lots of relief. >> you guys feel better? >> i think my sister deserved that her killer be brought to justice. >> reporter: jeff hunter was sitting with his mother and brothers while that verdict was read. in that moment of joy and gratitude, he says, he thought of his little brother, tom, a kid who never had the ch...

"housekeeper" has been used as shorthand for shirlee as if her job defined her. >> they're always calling her the housekeeper, and it's -- she was only there for a couple hours every couple weeks or a week, you know. >> reporter: to her brothers dan and brad, shirlee was big sis. the family glue after their parents divorced when they were young. >> she was the one that organized everything. she would call you before somebody's birthday and she would say you know it someone's birthday thursday, or she would get everybody to go in on gifts or she would help with the shopping and that aspect of i...

Eggplant, tomatoes, five different varieties. >> feeding me was probably expensive so she'd make her own spaghetti sauce. she canned her own cucumbers and made pickles out of them. >> reporter: after a lifetime of hard work on her hands and knees,jeff and kelly say their mom had cut back. the hunters were among the few clients she had left. >> so, she wanted to clean just a couple houses that would allow her to pick up the grandkids from school in the afternoons and spend time with them. >> reporter: spending time with the grandkids, it turns out, was relatively easy to do. >> she lived right ...

Racking my brain. i mean, i -- we live a peaceful existence, uh, almost ridiculously simple. >> reporter: dr. william hunter, known as bill to friends and colleagues, ran the pathology residency program at nearby creighton university. his wife, claire, also a doctor at creighton, was in hawaii that day attending a conference. her husband had to break the awful news to her from the police station. >> how is your wife? crushed? is she going to be okay? >> she has a work mate that's with her. >> so she's not alone? >> no. >> that's -- that's -- that's good. >> reporter: the hunters had four boys,...

Shorthand for shirlee as if her job defined her. >> they're always calling her the housekeeper, and it's -- she was only there for a couple hours every couple weeks or a week, you know. >> reporter: to her brothers dan and brad, shirlee was big sis. the family glue after their parents divorced when they were young. >> she was the one that organized everything. she would call you before somebody's birthday and she would say you know it someone's birthday thursday, or she would get everybody to go in on gifts or she would help with the shopping and that aspect of it is -- you just don't realize ...