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>> reporter: then, 8:00 a.m., amber arrived at the kennels. and still the dogs were upset. >> they would not settle in that morning. >> reporter: odd. then someone told her mark was still around. he mustn't have left yet for seattle. >> and i thought that was strange because he was supposed to be gone over an hour prior. >> reporter: she walked to the house where mark made a habit of leaving the carport door unlocked so the employees could use the bathroom. >> and i noticed a little bit of blood in the driveway. i was afraid that his dog had opened her stitches because she'd had surgery. >> re...

Keith morrison: occasionally that sort of thing would happen. very seldom, very seldom to that extent. keith morrison: then 8:00 am, amber arrived at the kennels. and still, the dogs were upset. they would not settle in that morning. keith morrison: odd. then someone told her mark was still around. he mustn't have left yet for seattle. and i thought that was strange, because he had supposed to be gone over an hour prior. keith morrison: she walked to the house where mark made a habit of leaving the carport door unlocked so the employees could use the bathroom. and i had noticed a little bit of...

But even then, in the fall of 2009, an ill wind was picking up. mark's employees couldn't help but notice he was off somehow. he was very different and he told me that he was very paranoid. he'd actually been locking his doors. keith morrison: even though, as everyone knew, mark's highly trained guard dog, ding, would have protected him from anything. i asked him why he was locking the doors, because he had ding. and he said, i don't know, i'm just, i'm just a little weirded out about something. keith morrison: he didn't say what. no, he didn't say what. and mark, it would take a lot to spook ...

Mark would never have done. keith morrison: did you call out to him or wave? i waved and i went i hope that's mark. keith morrison: i hope that's mark? well, of course, it must have been, stephanie thought, rushing a bleeding ding to the vet. about 20 minutes later, stephanie walked up to the house to use the bathroom. this time the door was unlocked. but this was weird. before i even got to the door, there was this immense smell of bleach. keith morrison: bleach? yeah, like, it took my breath away. keith morrison: and inside the house. there was three wet, what looked like blood spots in the ...

And she was obviously hurt. she was growling. and so i started talking to her nicely, thinking oh my god, what is she doing here and what's gone on? and i backed down the driveway. keith morrison: at about the same time, the phone rang in the kennel. it was mark's fiance, teresa. when they told me ding was out, there was blood, ding is never out, ever. she's either in the house or she's with mark. she's not just out barking at people. keith morrison: no mark, injured dog. teresa frantic now, called the skagit county sheriff's department. all of those circumstances were very suspicious. keith m...