what happened. carol couldn t imagine who might want to kill her brother, although well off, she said he and mary had lived modestly. tell me about his marriage to marry? i just kind of knew that was a match made in heaven. they seemed really happy? they were absolutely happy. i mean, mary just she did everything. i think she did a lot of editing for rodgers publication. shortly before the murders, roger announced he would be retiring in june. he and merry plan to move back east. in fact, that is why the piano mover said come to the house that morning. now, a town known for its stakes and insurance companies, was once again buzzing with talk of murder. there was absolutely no doubt at that point, who was being targeted. it was chilling. just this sinking feeling of, oh man, we struck again. coming up he made comments like i m glad dr. brumback was dead.
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,
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.
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.