get to see her neighbor. michelle amerson is a longtime friend of becky who also lived nearby. her sister drove becky to the hospital. she got to the hospital, you know, she was demanding to get to see her friend. she go to bedside for kay, huh? yeah, she wanted to get there. i said, what hospital did they go to? reporter: news of the attack quickly spread to another close friend of kay s, suzanne frazier. i hung up the phone and i was shakin , and so i called my boss and i said, i gotta go, i gotta go. and i left. broke some laws, huh? i ran red lights, i flew. i mean, i just went. reporter: tamara rushed to the hospital too. did you get to her bedside or no. be able to take a look in? i did not. i just stayed in the waiting room. there were a whole lot of other people in the waiting room. but the prognosis was very bad, wasn t it? machines were yeah. keeping her alive at that point even, huh? yes. reporter: the friends all kept an edgy vi
you know, she didn t know what happened to her neighbor. she just knew her neighbor had had left in an ambulance. reporter: and in fact, edmunds says, becky was less concerned about that burglary in her own home and more anxious to get to see her neighbor. michelle amerson is a longtime friend of becky who also lived nearby. her sister drove becky to the hospital. she got to the hospital, you know, she was demanding to get to see her friend. she go to bedside for kay, huh? yeah, she wanted to get there. i said, what hospital did they go to? reporter: news of the attack quickly spread to another close friend of kay s, suzanne frazier. i hung up the phone and i was shakin , and so, i called my boss and i said, i gotta go, i gotta go. and i left. broke some broke some laws, huh? i ran red lights, i flew. i mean, i just went. reporter: tamara rushed to the hospital too. did you get to her bedside or no. be able to take a look in? i did not. i i just
reporter: friends and family gathered at the hospital keeping a vigil for kay parsons, a suburban mom who d been brutally beaten that morning in a home invasion. and while her next-door neighbor becky s home had been burglarized too, becky didn t seem to care as much about that. good friend tamara says that for becky, it was all about getting to see kay. she continues to ask if well, can we go in and see her? can we go in and see her? they tell us no. reporter: eventually, one of kay s closest friends suzanne frazier did get back to her bedside. could you recognize her if you didn t know that it was her? not really, not really. all puffed up? very very face was very full. head wrapped. so i asked the nurse, said, is she brain dead? and she didn t answer me. reporter: kay was just clinging to life, some wrenching
reporter: friends and family gathered at the hospital keeping a vigil for kay parsons, a suburban mom who d been brutally beaten that morning in a home invasion. and while her next-door neighbor becky s home had been burglarized too, becky didn t seem to care as much about that. good friend tamara says that for becky, it was all about getting to see kay. she continues to ask if well, can we go in and see her? can we go in and see her? they tell us no. reporter: eventually, one of kay s closest friends suzanne frazier did get back to her bedside. could you recognize her if you didn t know that it was her? not really, not really. all puffed up? very very face was very full. head wrapped. so i asked the nurse, said, is she brain dead? and she didn t answer me. reporter: kay was just clinging to life, some wrenching decisions had to be made. and doctors were waiting for guidance from her husband david,
reporter: friends and family gathered at the hospital keeping a vigil for kay parsons, a suburban mom who d been brutally beaten that morning in a home invasion. and while her next-door neighbor becky s home had been burglarized too, becky didn t seem to care as much about that. good friend tamara says that for becky, it was all about getting to see kay. she continues to ask, well, can we go in and see her? can we go in and see her? they tell us no. reporter: eventually, one of kay s closest friends suzanne frazier did get back to her bedside. could you recognize her if you didn t know that it was her? not really, not really. all puffed up? very, very face was very full. head wrapped. so i asked the nurse, i said, is she brain dead? and she didn t answer me. reporter: kay was just clinging to life, some wrenching decisions had to be made. and doctors were waiting for guidance from her husband david, who arrived back from a business trip in california.