reporter: just before 10:00 a.m., police let lars go. ken and kristi remember their younger brother that morning, overwhelmed with grief. he was completely hurt shattered, you know. he was broken. in those hours afterwards, what was he talking about? he really wasn t talking. he was just in shock. if he opened his mouth, he broke down. reporter: across town debbie s tennis friends were out on the court, waiting for her to start that early morning match. reporter: one of their husbands came out to tell them about debbie. reporter: in arkansas, jim and anne kelly learned the news from their son. that s just the worst news that a mother could ever hear. how does your brain process that information? i don t think you do. i couldn t process the shooting part, i guess. it was just that she was gone. and a part of me died the day she died. just kept saying, not debbie, not debbie, not deb. reporter: debbie s parents flew to san antonio, to spend time with lars, to su
that lars had shot her. what are you thinking when you hear that? it s surreal. i couldn t comprehend how could somebody shoot somebody? it didn t even make sense to me. in arkansas, jim and anne kelly learn the news from their son that s just the worst news a mother could ever hear. how does your brain process that information in. i don t think you do. i couldn t process the shooting part i guess, just that she was gone. and a part of me died the day she died. i kept saying, not debbie, not debbie, not deb. debbie s parents flew to san antonio, to spend time with lars, to support him in their shared grief. he could hardly talk. he seems extremely remorseful. was he saying everything that you would want to hear? i messed i did it, i m sorry.
it didn t even make any sense to me. reporter: in arkansas, jim and anne kelly learned the news from their son. that s just the worst news that a mother could ever hear. how does your brain process that information? i don t think you do. i couldn t process the shooting part, i guess. it was just that she was gone. and a part of me died the day she died. just kept saying, not debby, not debby, not deb. reporter: debbie s parents flew to san antonio, to spend time with lars, to support him in their shared grief. he could hardly talk. he seemed extremely remorseful. was he saying everything that you would wanna hear? like, i messed, i did it, i m sorry? apologized profusely for it and said it was just an accident. it was dark. some people might be really angry but you didn t go down that road?
i don t think you do. i couldn t process the shooting part, i guess. it was just that she was gone. and a part of me died the day she died. just kept sayin , not debbie, not debbie, not deb. reporter: debbie s parents flew to san antonio, to spend time with lars, to support him in their shared grief. he could hardly talk. he seemed extremely remorseful. was he saying everything that you would wanna hear? like, i i i messed i did it, i m sorry ? he to say? apologized profusely for it and said it was just an accident. it was dark. some people might be really angry but you didn t go down that road? we did not go down that road. we supported him. reporter: but that support was about to be put to the test. reporter: coming up i know that she was frustrated. reporter: how strong was that marriage?
in those hours after wards, what was he talking about? he really wasn t talking. he was just in shock. if he opened his mouth he broke down. across town debbie s tennis friends were out on the court waiting for her to start that early morning match. one of their husbands came out to tell them about debbie. so he called me over and said that lars had shot her. what are you thinking when you hear that? it was really surreal. i couldn t comprehend, how could somebody shoot somebody? it didn t make any sense to me. in arkansas, jim and ann kelly learned the news from their son. that s the worst news that a mother could ever hear. how does your brain process that information? i don t think you do. i couldn t process the shooting part i guess, just that she was gone.