reporter: investigators talked to michael s brother chris the son who d arrived at the scene later with their mother becky. chris seemed to have his life together in a way that michael didn t he had a job even his own house. that morning he was helping his mom at the therapy center where she worked. your mom picks you up about what time? i got up at 7:00, brushed my teeth. she she pulled up 7:10. then you go to work with her? yes. reporter: then they asked him about michael. chris said he knew his brother took drugs but he said michael wouldn t have killed anyone. do you think your brother did this? or do you think somebody? absolutely not. i don t think my brother has it in his heart. i just want to make sure that that that at this point, brotherly love is not outweighin common sense. well because i just saw some stuff in your brother just talkin to him for about 20 minutes. and i m sittin there goin , what? people get on methadone. they don t have a
worried about her friends and neighbors kay and becky, tamara baldwin left work and headed home to what shockingly had become a crime scene. did you see lots of vehicles and uniforms and a lot of police cars, the entire corner was all taped off with crime tape. now you see two houses that i have to pass to get home, and you wonder what s goin on. reporter: and what the responders found inside these homes would put this neighborhood into full-on panic mode. investigator jimmy edmunds entered the home of kay, the little league mom, through that shattered glass back door, the one the contractor first noticed. then edmunds saw it: a trail of blood. immediately, i could start seein spots of blood on the floor. i could see an empty coffee cup that had spilled right there on the floor from, from mcdonald s. there was a mcdonald s bag on food bag on the floor and a purse. and i started seein signs of blood on on the sofa in the living room, on the on the carpet. and then y
he d gotten there around 8;30 that morning only to find his house had been burglarized and he d promptly called his mom. but he hadn t called the police, which seemed a bit strange to investigators. what s more there was no forced entry to that residence. reporter: there wasn t? there was no forced entry. reporter: that was odd too, 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 lotta problems in the past with with with drugs. so that raised a lotta 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 is burglaries, you know? get the quick cash. reporter: did you have trouble with drugs at the time
because i did not want anything my fingerprints anywhere in that house. because i just, you know, watched enough tv to know better. reporter: what d you what d you see in him in terms of demeanor? he seemed pretty genuine to me. he was pretty shaken up. reporter: so investigators knocked the contractor off their list but in his interview he helped point them to someone else that boy on the rock. then i seen that boy sittin the next-door neighbor sittin down on a rock across the street. and that made me kinda suspicious right there, cause i be i said i said, i wonder if this guy s a lookout. right? i mean, he might be still you know, somethin is goin on here. reporter: michael, becky s 22 year old son from next door. remember, he was also on the scene that morning when deputies arrived. a neighbor and familiar face to kay, the victim. that got edmunds thinking. i thought, you know, if she came home and surprised this burglar and she knew who this burglar
reporter: now the stakes quickly became much higher for this investigation. kay parsons had been murdered. and edmunds started thinking this killer might just be someone who knew both women, becky and kay. someone who had been right there at the scene of the crime. coming up police take a closer look at becky s son michael. he discovers his mother s house broken into. he s on the scene when we get there. so that raised a lotta red flags. reporter: but why would michael murder his mother s best friend? mother s best friend here s your buick sir.