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>> we'll put it in airplane mode. >> reporter: while the squad's phone expert examined his cell, sirius explained how he knew brandy's husband josh. >> we went to zane state together. >> okay. >> i worked out with him and stuff like that. >> reporter: he said he hardly knew brandy. >> i didn't, like, meet her meet her, i seen her one time. >> reporter: as for his pal josh up in alaska? sirius said they hadn't been in contact for a while. >> when was the last time, he sent you a text, he called you? >> i'll say about two or three weeks ago. >> it was not this week? >> i didn't talk to him this ...

And -- it just kept gettin' bigger and bigger every time wee talked. we were lookin' at houses. >> reporter: you guys were lo fixin' to marry?te >> oh, yeah. yeah. >> reporter: count brandy's mom, molly edwards, among the many te people thrilled at the arrival of craig in her life -- just il when you needed something nice to happen. craig, what did you think of him?ha >> he was really nice. he put her first. he put her first.er >> reporter: growing up, brandy wasn't much for barbie dolls but give her a sketch pad and a pencil and she was lost for hours. a she loved to draw. she had a deft eye ...

State college. >> i just knew from the moment i met sirius that this is just a new friend. happy. always smiling. >> reporter: the mid-life single mom back to college and deans list student sirius were ambassadors for their school. they were just looking for a face for zane state college that would be friendly, and that would be outgoing, and so that we could go to different events in the community, as well as giving tours on campus. sirius had found time to work as a campus security guard, and that's where he met josh, who did the same thing. sirius was an overachiever even featured in brochu...

Mom, found shot to death in the front seat of her car in the family driveway. detectives put her fiance craig through the wringer. but his story including about his last text to brandy checked out. >> within two or three days we were sure that he was cleared. >> reporter: but craig wasn't a total dead end. the fiance did have a tip for the detectives. he told them they should check out a fellow gym rat of josh daniels, a guy who gave brandy the creeps, someone with an unusual first name, sirius. sirius e. underwood when they ran the name, investigators found a son of a local preacher, who'd ha...

>> oh, yeah. yeah. >> reporter: count brandy's mom, molly edwards, among the many people thrilled at the arrival of craig in her life -- just when you needed something nice to happen. craig, what did you think of him? >> he was really nice. he put her first. he put her first. >> reporter: growing up, brandy wasn't much for barbie dolls but give her a sketch pad and a pencil and she was lost for hours. she loved to draw. she had a deft eye for realistic wildlife portraits. >> she took every kinda art class there was. if it had anything to do with art, she took it. >> reporter: brandy enrolled a...