about him to rest. because when the cops left the interrogation room, anna s boyfriend had a private and animated conversation, with himself. i have no idea. did i [ bleep ] up? am i overreacting? reporter: strange if not downright suspicious. it definitely didn t help his standing on the cops hit parade of suspects. anna s dear friends, still shell-shocked from the news of her death, were drawn into the investigation. what did you know about this guy she was going out with, michael? when she started going out with him, she called me to say, hey, um you know, i ve found somebody who i m seeing. i said, oh, that s very nice. i m so happy for you. did she tell you anything else about him? no. she just said that, he seems to be, like, a nice person and, uh i m happy. reporter: jayshree had never
detectives invited stodnick downtown and grilled him about his whereabouts the night of anna s death. and the boyfriend s alibi is, i was there at the scene of the murder. i just couldn t get in and i didn t know she was there ? right, right. well yes. he said he was at um grapevine elementary, getting his daughter s grades. reporter: stodnick answered all their questions, but a couple of things left the cops wondering. during the interrogation, he asked if he should get a lawyer. and then later, he did. anna s son igor, talks to you freely, doesn t hire an attorney. her ex-husband bob talks to you, doesn t hire an attorney. her boyfriend, however, does. that make you sit up and take notice? he does raise the question, should i get an attorney? it s right about the time we start askin for dna. reporter: stodnick did eventually provide a dna sample, but that didn t put questions
i said, oh, that s very nice. i m so happy for you. did she tell you anything else about him? no. she just said that, he seems to be, like, a nice person and, uh i m happy. reporter: jayshree had never met anna s boyfriend michael. and most of anna s other friends didn t know her ex-husband, bob. retired ballerina donna ross, who had danced with the joffrey ballet in new york, was one of the few who knew both men. she found bob lacking in the social graces, someone who didn t always recognize the audience he was playing to. i hung out with the movers and shakers, the glitterati of manhattan. and for someone to relate to me, as though i were somebody, in a little, small, provincial town in texas, it was pretty insulting. and here you were, being sort of looked down on? uh yes. he said, well as he pulled
secret for months until igor could finish high school. then they made sure it was amicable also for igor. she said that he will be coming often to see igor and we are we ll be on friendly terms. bob also came by the house to do handyman repairs. she knew if she called somebody it was gonna be very expensive. and i was like, well, i can fix it. reporter: after interviewing anna s ex-husband and son, police were ready to widen their investigation. more men were on the radar. i did not think this was gonna be somethin easy to solve. reporter: and the next man up, anna s current boyfriend, would do something bob and igor didn t do. he lawyered up. awyered up
cops were looking hard at the men in anna s life. starting with her official boyfriend michael stodnick, who had a date with anna the night she was killed, and who reported her missing. detectives invited stodnick downtown and grilled him about his whereabouts the night of anna s death. and the boyfriend s alibi is, i was there at the scene of the murder. i just couldn t get in and i didn t know she was there ? right, right. well yes. he said he was at um grapevine elementary, getting his daughter s grades. reporter: stodnick answered all their questions, but a couple of things left the cops wondering. during the interrogation, he asked if he should get a lawyer. and then later, he did. anna s son igor, talks to you freely, doesn t hire an attorney. her ex-husband bob talks to you, doesn t hire an attorney. her boyfriend, however, does. that make you sit up and take notice?