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That the bullet only struck the brain's frontal lobe, which can absorb injury better, especially in the very young. >> less than 3 years old, the brain's ability to repair is truly remarkable. >> after a delicate 3 1/2 hour surgery, dr. moriarty was encouraged by comparison scans of erica's brain. the bullet and brain fragments in the pre-op image were gone. despite the repair, brain injuries are unpredictable and dr. moriarty urged caution. >> next few days in the icu would be critical. >> panning in now. another shell casing. >> at the crime scene, detective arnold continued to sift through ...

Retired detective rick arnold knew this would be a high profile case. he just didn't know it would be the case of a lifetime. >> this is detective rick arnold. today's date is may 18th, 2006. >> a video camera rolled as detective arnold processed the crime scene, homing in on clues. >> near the victim's body, a shell casing. >> the harsh reality of death lays side by side with the everyday images of young life. earon's body in a pool of blood, near a red kitty wagon. a shell casing in front of a box of diapers and the bed where erica once jumped for joy, was now covered in her own blood. >> bl...

Of a friend of mine. the door's open. it looks like a gun shot hole in the window, and there's a shell casing inside and the bedroom door's closed. >> who are you doing the welfare check on? >> jim knapp. >> reporter: jim knapp was dead. gunshot wound. the medical examiner ruled it a suicide. >> i was stunned. it was -- it was one of those moments where it just sort of took my breath away. and then when i found out there was no note and as i learned about the details of what the scene looked like, it's still a baffling death. >> reporter: baffling because it simply did not look like a suicide....

A ragged hole between his eyes had frozen his age at 32. >> it was a robbery. a whole lot of stuff left behind in the car that didn't make sense. >> just inside the driver's side door, an empty .80 shell casing. police thought it was a strange place for a homicide. >> parked in the bushes like he meant to be there, his car in gear, his emergency brake on and casually dressed in flip-flops. >> it sounds like he was going to meet someone. >> that was the only thing that made sense to us. >> but who? they hoped douglas' ex-wife bryn na douglas could shed some light. but when he heard that his chi...

>> so you have a gunman on the ground on the loose. >> right. >> what are you doing on that score? >> we had started sending units out to see if anybody had seen anything, see if anybody heard any gunshots. see if anybody saw anybody matching the description of the suspect. and we were not able to find anything. >> reporter: the only forensic evidence douglas could find in the parking lot was the .25 caliber slug that grazed becky's legs. >> her shoes were still laying there. >> we found a spent shell casing, and then we had also found the actual projectile itself, right on the edge of the sid...