i told him that someone had hurt mommy. and he goes, is she in heaven? i said yes. it seemed that no one in cold water could comprehend what had happened, including steve and joni pierce, close friends of tom and dar that learned of the murder from tom himself. i said the three of you were always together and he was crying and he said i know, i know, i should have been there for her. and then i said, if you would have been, the three of you would be dead now instead of just dar. just 24 hours into the investigation, detective jim carbon had almost abandoned the theory this was a random act of violence. it appeared to me this was a staged break and entering to try to hide a homicide that took place. but according to detective carbon, whoever staged the burglary didn t factor in the weather that day.