>> right next to each other. >> reporter: has that ever happened in your experience that you've encountered that before >> not that i've encountered >> reporter: did it say anything to you, that these two women in the house, one of them lying right beside the victim were unharmed >> yeah, it was suspicious >> reporter: yes, and also if the killer was intent on robbery, he certainly didn't succeed. that dvd player pulled out of its place in the living room that was it, said detective tim hopper nothing else was taken or disturbed. >> well, it didn't make sense. >> reporter: did it make sense as a burglary? i mean - >> no. >> reporter: -- as an attempted burglary >> no. >> reporter: so if it wasn't an attempted burglary, why would somebody be messing around with it >> to stage it to try to throw people off track. >> reporter: mind you, there was that sweatshirt that didn't belong in the house. had the killer, in his rush to escape, left it behind while officers tried to track that down, angie and marie were