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gentzler. jim vance is off tonight. the murder has stunned montgomery county and the district where brian bett poured his energy. he attracted the attention of former nightly news anchor tom brokaw. the search is on for his killer. jackie benson is in rockville with the latest on this. reporter: it is rare to find someone who was loved by so many people. that s what makes this murder all the more shocking. doesn t matter what anyone else sees in you, he always saw the good. reporter: in germantown where brian betts once taught, devastated former students and colleagues gathered to remember him. he spent nearly two decades with the montgomery county public school system. students penned these remembrances of him. he believed in every kid that walked through the door. he really treated each one like they were the most important kid in the world, and they felt it for him. reporter: two years ago betts took on the greatest challenge of his professional life, answering
police looking into the possibility he was killed by someone that he knew. there was no school in the district today. but these students showed up anyway. they wanted to be there for each other during this time of mourning. they wanted to be there to remember their principal. he is a good principal. i don t know why nub would want to kill him or harm him in any way. he is a good person. a good man. reporter: 42 years old brian betts, the principal of shaw middle school at garnett patterson, found dead thursday at his home in silver spring. police say that it is a case of murder. principal betts recruited from montgomery county a couple of years ago by chancellor michelle rhee to turn around the troubled shaw middle school. was he one of your superstar principals? absolutely, one of my superstars. one of the things that differentiated him and you will hear it in the voices of the kids is the relationship that he had with kids. reporter: for him to die this way is a