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Parent's house. >> anything you think's missing, because we need to start searching for the items that are missing. >> i can't imagine you going back to this house, where you've known your parents in happy times, and then it's a crime scene. >> absolutely. it's the one place you're supposed to be safe. and it's just been, i don't know. it's been tainted. >> reporter: she went through the house, room by room, cataloging what she thought was missing. a tv set, jewelry, cash and medication. last stop, the garage. >> the garage was full of things that could easily be stolen and pawned. >> yeah. >>...

>> reporter: lizz insisted her mom get some rest. so the next day, when detectives came by the house where lizz and sandra were staying, the daughter was the one to field their questions. >> and you flew in, uh, yesterday? >> yes. >> that's right. >> okay. >> reporter: and lizz, thought it prudent to record the conversation. she updated the detectives on her mother's health. >> she's just in complete shock, and she has retrograde amnesia at the moment. she has a hard time remembering things as it is because of the seizures. >> reporter: lizz had witnessed her mom's seizures before. and now she...

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 ...

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 believe someone is out there, has gotten away with killing your father. >> yeah, absolutely. it was hard to sleep at night. i was -- every litt...

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 story was all over the news. >> home invasion in northwest houston gone wrong. deputies say melgar told them she can't remember who tied her up or who ...