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I had the feeling that there was somebody on the other side of that door. >> she called potsdam pd. >> i live in 3a, and they live across the hall. it just made me a little nervous that i thought i heard yelling and then i knocked to see if they're okay and then it was silent. i'm sorry if it's not anything. it was a weird situation that it makes me uncomfortable. >> okay. i'll have somebody check on it. >> a patrol officer arrived at the second-floor apartment around 5:15 pm. no one answered his knock, so he waited for the building manager to bring a key. >> the patrolman hears what he thinks...

>> absolutely not. >> wasn't possible? >> no. >> for tandy, it always was nick, and only nick, in the frame for the crime. police would continue investigating, but by day two pressure seemed to be mounting for a quick resolution. >> even the next morning, the chief of police there in potsdam indicated to another investigator that they had a pretty hot suspect, and that they were lining up whatever evidence they could to try to make an arrest. >> that conversation was recorded by the potsdam p.d., a routine procedure for calls in an out of the department. >> we got a 12-year-old that's lost his...

John jones, the sheriff's deputy. but no one notified nick hillary. turns out, he and tandy had split up the month before and he was no longer in her loop. so lieutenant mark murray of the potsdam pd called nick. >> mr. hillary speaking. >> it's mark murray of the potsdam police department. we had an incident occur this evening and we'd like to speak with you in regards to it. >> reporter: minutes later, lt. murray and two other investigators were at nick's door, a courtesy notification, they said. >> it's, "we're gonna reach out to all the people who are connected to this kid. what do they kn...

Jones as a suspect. and even though tandy had had a bad break-up with jones, she told police garrett and jones were very close. >> what about john jones? >> absolutely not. >> wasn't possible? >> no. >> reporter: for tandy, it always was nick, and only nick, in the frame for the crime. police would continue investigating, but by day two pressure seemed to be mounting for a quick resolution. >> even the next morning, the chief of police there in potsdam indicated to another investigator that they had a pretty hot suspect, and that they were lining up whatever evidence they could to try to make ...

Nick's scary transformation. >> i was angry. so i told him that. that made me want my key back. i didn't want him to have a key anymore. >> when you give a girlfriend a key back, that's really the end of it. that's -- >> right. >> reporter: over and out. it was september. garrett had one month to live. the unwelcome drop-in, as well as tandy's other stories about nick made police suspicious. but what to make of her account? >> she tells a story about looking up from her bed in the middle of the night, midnight or later, and there's nick. >> that's what she says. that is not a substantiated acc...