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Evidence pointed to arson and the murder of the young mother as detectives search for suspects, the neighborhood's heartbreak turned to fear. who would want ann charles dead and was the murderer still in their midst? here again is keith morrison with the interrogation. >> at first, it was just a rumor that spread around virginia 2003 but pretty soon everybody knew it was true. it wasn't any ordinary fire robert davis witnessed out on the lane. >> you hear about it in the grocery store or the gas station or stuff like that. >> it was a murder. >> yes, sir. >> ann charles and her 3-year-old thom...

Just had a grand old time. >> by that time, it was after midnight and about time to go home to bed. >> we were sitting in the parking lot just talking, laughing. and all of the sudden, multiple police cars pull up and get up, guns drawn. they were out of the vehicle first and walking backwards with two hands up. >> and then through all the terror and confusion, it dawned on kevin. it wasn't him they'd come for. >> i see them getting robert out. kicking him by his feet. knocking him to the ground. ramming his face into the asphalt. putting him in the handcuffs. >> the story they told the police...

Heartbreak turned to fear. who would want ann charles dead and was the murderer still in their midst? here again is keith morrison with the interrogation. >> at first, it was just a rumor that spread around virginia 2003 but pretty soon everybody knew it was true. it wasn't any ordinary fire robert davis witnessed out on the lane. >> you hear about it in the grocery store or the gas station or stuff like that. >> it was a murder. >> yes, sir. >> they were dead, horribly. the forensics man got a better look at it than anybody. >> this is probably one of the more horrendous cases i had worked in...

>> rocky. >> who stabbed ann in the back? >> rocky. >> jessica told detective giles the murder weapons were a kitchen knife and metal for bludgeoning. at ann's house. >> couldn't find it without her and drove her out there and we walked the entire -- until we got to the holes and did it right there. and reached in. discovered those two items over there. these with details and only those involved are going to know where the instruments were used to kill someone. >> that was that. they had their story and their culprits. except there was one more very significant detail offered up by both jessic...

>> now, that put an entirely different complexion on things. this wasn't just a fire. >> so what did that tell you? >> this keys up. this is a crime scene. we basically extinguished a fire that left everything as is. >> then forensics investigator larry took over. >> the one thing that jumped out there that was out of place was a 5 gallon bucket sitting right in the middle of the living room floor with an empty bottle of rubbing alcohol. it didn't look like it belonged there. >> upstairs scattered near ann's body, found three aerosol cans. also accelerants. all liquid for murder. >> there was ...