found out about was the facetime conversation between both brumbacks and their daughter. and they were roaring with laughter at one point. so much that the daughter took a screenshot of the conversation. that s the kind of stuff that humanizes this, that makes you realize that this was just a lightning bolt in the middle of an otherwise normal mother s day. reporter: carol brumback, roger s sister, also spoke with her brother that afternoon. then two days later, a family member broke the awful news. well, he said, roger and mary were murdered. and i said i said i said, what are you talking about? and he said, they were murdered. reporter: what goes through your mind? you know, i had no idea. i had no idea, you know, what had happened. reporter: carol couldn t imagine who might want to kill her brother. although well off, she says he and mary had lived modestly.
one of the first things we found out about was the facetime conversation between both brumbacks and their daughter. and they were roaring with laughter at one point. so much that the daughter took a screenshot of the conversation. that s the kind of stuff that humanizes this, that makes you realize that this was just a lightning bolt in the middle of an otherwise normal mother s day. reporter: carol brumback, roger s sister, also spoke with her brother that afternoon. then two days later, a family member broke the awful news. well, he said, roger and mary were murdered. and i said i said i said, what are you talking about? and he said, they were murdered. reporter: what goes through your mind? you know, i had no idea. i had no idea, you know, what had happened. reporter: carol couldn t imagine who might want to kill her brother. although well off, she says he and mary had lived modestly.
he was a bookish man, she said, a man who loved science and research. in fact, carol says that while still in college, roger identified a new species of monkey. a south south american owl monkey. and submitted a report on it. and actually, it was named after my brother. reporter: shortly before the murders, roger had announced that he d be retiring in june. he and mary planned to move back east. in fact, that s why the piano movers had come to the house that morning. now, a town known for its steaks and insurance companies was once again buzzing with talk of murder. and there was absolutely no doubt at that point who was being targeted. it was killing, just this sinking feeling of oh, man, he truck again. coming up a new look at an old suspect. called our office and said