i woke up my sons. we looked everywhere in the house. and my oldest son noticed her window was wide open and the screen was laying in the backyard. reporter: police won t say what prompted them to get child protective services on the case. police say they still don t have a suspect and that the decision to separate the father from his family does not mean he is a suspect. but it s raising troubling questions. even looking at it just through the sort of access to children prism, this means they think this guy is a real problem for his children. reporter: so far, police say they ve received more than 1,000 tips and leads. paul beban, abc news, new york. walmart is apologizing after a customer at a washington state store was attacked by a rattlesnake. micah craig was shopping walmart s outdoor garden section. that s when he reached down to move a stick that was blocking the price of the mulch he wanted