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She had an idea for detectives too. a possible suspect. >> is it true, lizz, that you even suggested they take a look at your ex at that point? >> yes. i tried to give them as much information as i could. >> reporter: yes, the ex-husband the melgars regarded as a no-account. turns out, during the rocky last days of his marriage to lizz, the melgars suspected he and a buddy lifted some of sandra's medication. the same sort now believed to be missing. the melgars never reported their suspicions to authorities, but now lizz told detectives, talk to the ex. >> reporter: by now, the murder break-in...

At the scene that night. >> that's right. a neighbor who had -- just getting out of jail, who was suspicious. >> reporter: lizz thought to add him to the list of potential suspects. >> did you have ideas for them? >> i did. >> reporter: she also suggested they talk to one of her parents' tenants, someone who'd had disputes with her dad. and there was a co-worker of jaime's she got a bad vibe from. and again, lizz says she urged detectives to look at her ex. he had a record of drug arrests. if not him, what about people in his circle? months dragged by without word on the investigation. >> you ...

>> they sat there and they talked about the future, and what they were looking forward to. >> reporter: but the future for these two would last no longer than the flame on that candle. by the next afternoon, there would be blood, lots of it. somehow, someone had turned a cozy celebration into a monstrous crime scene. >> it was just -- it was horrible. >> what in the world had happened in that house? >> i have no idea. >> reporter: the story of the two begins as high school meet-cute. sandra, the new girl from laredo assigned a seat in her houston classroom just in front of jaime melgar. their ...

>> reporter: something for the detectives to check out. after sandra was done talking, her cousin diana -- who'd rushed into town to help -- met her at a friend's house. >> she looked like she had aged ten years overnight. she couldn't stop shaking. and so i -- i didn't wanna ask her too many questions. >> reporter: lizz, remarried now, was an ocean away, living in europe, when she finally got her mother on the phone. what did you hear in her voice? >> she was just broken and lost. she was just devastated. >> reporter: and at that point you've got very fragmented information, huh? >> yeah, all...

Mode. >> reporter: lizz booked the next flight back to texas. >> i just knew i had to get there. >> reporter: had to get back. back to a new reality with a murdered father and a traumatized mother. grieving would have to take a number, while the daughter held everyone together. nothing made sense. coming up -- >> were you worried about your mother? that whoever this person was might come back? >> absolutely. she was traumatized. >> tips begin to trickle in. who could have done this? >> they're getting information right away about kind of a sketchy neighbor. >> that's right. just gettin' out ...