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And they were about to learn a lot more about michael. he was becky's oldest son. he and his brother chris were from a prior marriage. and michael came with a history of trouble, mostly drugs. so, that's gotta make your nose twitch a little bit. >> most definitely. he's on the scene when we get there. he's had a lot of problems in the past with drugs. so that raised a lot of red flags. >> reporter: opportunity to get quick cash? >> most definitely. >> drug habit? make a buy? >> you know, they gotta get money. and the best way to do that is burglaries, you know? get the quick cash. >> reporter:...

>> reporter: investigators in grovetown, georgia, now had a murder case on their hands. kay parsons had been assaulted i and killed in a home invasion. and the house of her good friend becky next door had been ransacked too. is your door to door, your canvassing, coming up with anything? >> no. nobody's seen anybody, you know, out of the ordinary in the neighborhood. >> reporter: so they turned to the first person in the neighborhood to notice something was wrong. the contractor who'd alerted 911, first man on the scene. investigators had to wonder why he was really there. >> at this point eve...

>> shepard: our reporting continues open the alaska earthquake. we're getting new information now to our west coast news hub. trace gallagher is standing by there. trace? >> it's amazing, shep. now we're being told the train system all across alaska has been shut down because the main substation in anchorage was flooded. that has shut that whole thing down. so across the state of alaska, if you want to take a train, you're out of luck. we talked about how the airport is accepting incoming traffic. those planes that were already on their way. alaska air lines, the biggest carrier has suspended ...

That's why shallow quakes are so much more devastating and damaging than deeper quakes. deeper quakes are felt over a wider area. as you noted over the past 2 1/2 hours, more than ten -- 40 after shocks, ten of them stronger than magnitude 4.0 or greater. neil? >> are you getting any reports that the fact that train service throughout the state, forget anchorage, you how long -- it's a big state. >> it's a big state. what happens is, you have this major substation flooded in anchorage. that controls many of the trains and controls the passenger trains and the freight trains, a lot is electroni...

To and from the airport are open. so the roads earlier were closed. now people are making a big point saying the airport is open. come back. the train service across the state of alaska is not operating and might be a few days before it's back online. mostly because a major substation was flooded. alaska as you may or may not know is the most earthquake prone place on the planet. they get an earthquake everyone 5 minutes. most you can't file. some you can. this one was felt for a 400 mile wide area. it was fairly deep. 25 miles. that depth allows more energy to be absorbed. a shallow quick. li...