in the neck. we had knives that were used from her residence in her murder. so, we had similarities in that weapons were taken from her home and used against her and left at the scene. but you had somebody you liked for that. the detectives that investigated that case had identified a suspect very early on. somebody who was a family member of hers whom she had had a falling out with. and who didn t seem to have any connection with the hunters. none whatsoever. reporter: there comes a time in every homicide investigation where detectives have to focus on the victim s family and friends. as far as the detectives knew, the hunters were a well respected family. anything come out about the hunters that you didn t know? gambling problems? family problems? no. there wasn t some gigantic ghost in the closet that made us think, oh, well, there is our motive right there. nothing like that. reporter: since bill and claire hunter were both doctors at creightion, he a pathologis
mother s day 2013 was dr. chhanda bewtra, a professor at creighton who had written him bad evaluations. she was somebody that he really thought was too hard on him, was the cause of his termination to begin with, and he really had some animosity towards her. reporter: two days before the attempted break-in, prosecutors said anthony garcia used his phone to look up dr. bewtra s address. analysis of a scant bit of dna evidence taken from a doorknob at the bewtra home showed there was a significant chance that either garcia or a male relative of his had tried to break in. when that doesn t work because they re not home, he then goes to wing stop, right up the road, and goes to plan b where he searches for the brumbacks address. reporter: this receipt shows his location at wing stop around 2:26 p.m. at 2:57, they said, garcia used his cell phone to look up dr. brumback s home address.
for a very short period of time. reporter: in pretrial hearings, the mottas battled with prosecutors as if they were rival mma fighters. todd cooper remembers being in the judge s chambers one day when bob motta started shouting at prosecutors. there was a hearing where the mottas appeared by telephone, and he was shouting, screaming. the judge started pounding on the handset yelling, shut up. shut up, into the into the microphone. i mean, that that s a pretrial hearing. i mean, we were seen as the chicago lawyers who came in, stormed in and, you know, outlaws. you know, they didn t like us at all. might it be easier to just list the people in omaha that you did not offend? you know, feelings when it comes to a death penalty case just don t come into play at all. you know, i mean, any lawyer that says they re worried about hurting people s feelings when another human being s life is at stake, again, they should
a man who loved science and research. i think she did a lot of editing for a lot of roger s publications. 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 are you guys going to need to talk to me again. and a new target. we have two crimes and potentially there would have been another.
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,