this is detective rick arnold. today s day is may 18th, 2006. reporter: a video camera rolled as detective arnold processed the crime scene honing in on clues. this drew the victim s body, the shell casing. reporter: the hard reality of death lay alside-by-side with t everyday images of young life. aaron s body in a pool of blood near af red kitty wagon, a she casing in front of a box of diapers, and the bed where erika once jumped for joy was now covered in her own blood. the blood on the sheets. the pillow and pillowcases. reporter: detective arnold noticed r something on the bed that wouldon burn through his memory throughout theur investigation. the first thing that immediately meet was the dora explorer pillow and it will blood on it. reporter: what was the w emotion when you saw that?
erica s struggles from the brink of death have been blockbuster news in her hometown. and the miracle baby became the media celebrity. as the familiar face for a community leader s campaign to keep the children of louisville safe. please help us fight crimes against children. she is still the miracle baby, but she is also a great advocate for fighting crimes against children. erica, what do you want to be when you grow up? a nurse and a teacher. and why a nurse? you have to help people. erica, come here! yay! like the nurses and doctors from children s hospital, who saved her life. oh, we re so glad to see you. more than three years later, they celebrated erica s recovery with a red carpet reunion. taking it all in, surgeon thomas moriarty, proud and pleased that he could give his miracle patient a clean bill of health. no brain damage whatsoever.
maybe another death but because erika was involved in, that they wouldn t let up on it. reporter: down at the police headquarters detective arnold was close to getting answers to the man he was pursuing since the walgreens video was found. james quisenberry and kenneth williams who admitted he was part of a robbery that turned deadly. now it was time to bring both men in and interrogate them. i m a little apperehensive bt i was ready. reporter: 15 months after the shootings, quisenberry and williams voluntarily came down to headquarters. each knew the other was there. i wanted them to understand if one guy didn t tell us, the other would. reporter: he walked past the
she was everything to me. she loved her kids. she tried her best to take care of them. reporter: erin worked at churchill downs as a hostess meeting celebrities. she had to take contain wa painkillers to manage her symptoms of micro she was with some guys you weren t fond of? that is right . reporter: even so her parents couldn t imagine who would have shot her or little erika and why and that just ramped up their own fears the shooter or shooters might come back. i was scared to death. i thought, my god, what if they don t catch these people. reporter: at the crime scene,