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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 blood in the driveway. i was afraid that his dog had opened her stitches, because she'd had surgery. k...

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 someone like mark. he was always very aware of his surroundings....

Mark would have left it. i was looking for bloody towels. i was looking for bloody paper towels. the bathroom was immaculate. there was absolutely nothing in the washing machine. there was nothing in the tub. keith morrison: stephanie wasn't sure what was going on, but it all felt kind of creepy. my thoughts were well, that was freaky. and i got out of there and i didn't go back up to the house the rest of the day. keith morrison: you went on with the day? um-hmm. keith morrison: but a strange day it was. and as the hours ticked by, there was no word from mark. no one could reach him by phone....

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 morrison: this is detective d...

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 hallway, that had obviously been just cleaned and they were still drying. keith morrison: perhaps ding had bled on t...