saw somebody moving in the bushes near the stairway but she wasn t sure. initially, i think police were looking at perhaps a robbery of some type. detectives combed the parking lot s surrounding area, but found no one on this cold, dark, december night. was a man who lived behind the office building who heard the shots fired, who later said that he said, somebody s getting murdered out there because of the order in which the shots were fired. they were very calculated. it wasn t like bang, bang, bang, bang. it was bang, pause, bang, pause, a space between each of the five shots. which sounds more like what, an execution? you could take it that way, yes. at the top of that stairway were a few clues, bullets holes sprayed in the wall, sequins littered the landing.
victim here? are we talking about stab wounds, bullets holes no. no. reporter: lacerations, abrasions? there s a large amount of blood and there s several lacerations to the the head. it seemed as though the body had been there for a while. i touched the deceased for the first time, with rigor mortis setting in, i thought, how long that body had been on that floor. reporter: there was an open paint bucket at the scene. and paint light-colored paint everywhere. the paint, to me, is fresh paint. it s wet. there was a thin layer of paint on the deceased that appeared to be dry in some spots, but then there was other paint on the deceased that was still wet and a large amount of paint on the floor that was wet. reporter: did this look like the case of somebody who had taken a bad fall? and somehow ends up knocking into the paint can and causing the paint to spill over them? no, because in the configuration of where the deceased was in relation to the stairs and wh
jamie magarian, the lead investigator, studied the scene. let it talk to him. any obvious injuries to the victim here? are we talking about stab wounds, bullets holes no. no. reporter: lacerations, abrasions? there s a large amount of blood and there s several lacerations to the the head. reporter: it seemed like the body had been there for a while. i touched the deceased for the first time, with rigor mortis setting in, i thought, how long that body had been on that floor. reporter: there was an open paint bucket at the scene. and paint light-colored paint everywhere. the paint, to me, is fresh paint. it s wet. there was a thin layer of paint on the deceased that appeared to be dry in some spots, but then there was other paint on the deceased that was still wet and a large amount of paint on the floor that was wet. reporter: did this look like the case of somebody who had taken a bad fall? and somehow ends up knocking into the paint can and causing the paint to
investigator, studied the scene. let it talk to him. any obvious injuries to the victim here? are we talking about stab wounds, bullets holes no. no. reporter: lacerations, abrasions? there s a large amount of blood and there s several lacerations to the the head. reporter: it seemed like the body had been there for a while. i touched the deceased for the first time, with rigor mortis setting in, i thought, how long that body had been on that floor. reporter: there was an open paint bucket at the scene. and paint light-colored paint everywhere. the paint, to me, is fresh paint. it s wet. there was a thin layer of paint on the deceased that appeared to be dry in some spots, but then there was other paint on the deceased that was still wet and a large amount of paint on the floor that was wet. reporter: did this look like the case of somebody who had taken a bad fall? and somehow ends up knocking into the paint can and causing the paint to spill over them? no, b