happened professor, artist, mom. murdered primal scream came out of me she literally broke down. started crying and hollering. the police were quick t question her acts. maybe two quick. they focus in right from th very beginning has been always does it right? but what if the husband di not. they don t find any dna fingerprints nothing of his in the house. did someone else do the rea killing? i m wondering what was this man capable of so much tragedy so much heartbreak it was very emotional for me we just kept waiting fo them to figure out that they had it wrong it was the 2nd of july, 2008 early evening at a fine ol town called prescott, arizona. some going down, air cooling down you ll find the evening warm here at the town s histori rodeo ground, refugees fro phoenix 2 houras away settle in the stands. to enjoy the cowboys at the very same time, at th few hours away on the very edg of town. a woman named carol kennedy, jogged along the well
department operator that carol had screamed, oh, no and you just said that oh no with a certain way, a certain emphasis, was that the way she said it to you recollection she said oh, no basically, that s the way it came out did she scream that it really was not a scream. i m sure it was because i wa so rattled myself, she jus said, oh, no that s all she said. basically, in that tone of voice like it was more dismay. this was very difficult for ruth, as you can imagine she was everything a mother would want in a daughter, sh was a good mother. charlotte the younger democker daughter was living with steve that summer, wasn t steve s house the night of the murder when he was unreachable for five hours and said hi cell phone was dead.
reporter: this was very difficult for ruth, as you can imagine. she was everything a mother would want in a daughter. she was a good mother. reporter: charlotte, the younger democker daughter, was living with steve that summer. was in steve s house the night of the murder when he was unreachable for 5 hours and said his cell phone was dead. your father, did he have normally have spare batteries with him? sometimes in his car. did he carry them in the car and also in his briefcase? it s possible. i don t know. normally, he was reachable by way of his cell phone, right? yes. reporter: and when he finally got home that night, she saw those scratches. suspicious, according to the prosecution. did you ask him about those scratches? i did. what did he tell you? he explained they were from branches from riding his bike. reporter: and then the prosecutor asked charlotte s, by then, former boyfriend jacob about the weird business of the golf club cover.
and right now we don t have any other person. and you re suspecting me. well, we have no other person right now. reporter: in which you can hear the suspicion, said the defense. and steve, said the attorneys, felt a cold fear overcoming him. he s afraid of what s happening, that the investigation is all on him, they re not focusing on anybody else, anything else that focuses on him, and he s afraid that nobody will believe him. reporter: that s why he buried the getaway bag, they said. wasn t a sign of guilt, but of terror. in fact, it didn t turn up until months after steve was arrested. you never had any evidence that mr. democker tried to use that bag to flee, correct? that he tried to use the bag to flee? yes. i believe that s precisely what he did. he never fled. we arrested him before he could flee, yes. well, you re using a term of art there before he could flee. my question to you is very direct. he did not flee, did he? he was not able to no. okay
mm-hm. but he s also a very narcissistic personality. you put those together and you can make it difficult to solve a crime. narcissistic? that s what it seemed like to the detective. also seemed to him like steve s girlfriend, renee girard, was protecting him. knew more than she was telling. then renee broke it off with steve. and sechez interviewed her one more time. and remember the anonymous e-mail that claimed carol s murder was linked to an illegal drug ring? oh boy. she told me that mr. democker had informed them during one of their in-person visits at the jail to bring some pencil and paper. there was a glass between them. mr. democker had brought a document with him that he placed on the glass, so that they could view it. reporter: according to renee, steve himself wrote that document. then asked his daughter charlotte, just 17 at