somebody told you you had to name the baby? >> she was already going to name him jeremiah, so we just stuck with it. >> reporter: jeremiah taylor wasn't supposed to be born for 20 more weeks. he never got a birth certificate. only a death certificate. then the coroner released his body along with his mother's, so their family could say goodbye. >> it was an open casket. i remember i wanted to reach out and touch her. i just kind of sat in the chair looking down at the floor, waiting for it to be over. >> reporter: in the days after crystie died, everyone in the family spoke with police hoping they could help in some way. any way. michelle had a story about the day before crystie died. as she left with the kids that morning, there was a man in the lobby of their building. >> and i came around the corner, and -- it was a guy. he was sitting on the stairs. and when i came around he startled me a little bit, so i stopped to ask him what was he