i felt like whoever went in there had a mission. and they did it quickly. and they did it efficiently. and they were out. reporter: later, records from the home security company would confirm stewart s observation. the killer entered the house at 6:40 am, and was gone just two minutes later. twenty shots fired in 120 seconds. that was a pretty brutal way to go. reporter: lt. stewart couldn t help but be affected by the sight of cynthia shot in the head at close range. just looking at her there on the scene she was targeted, you know. i mean, she didn t have a dog in this fight. reporter: investigators talked to neighbors. surely someone had heard the shots. assault rifles aren t quiet. the weapon used in this murder, you should have been able to hear it outside. no problem.
a block from the courthouse. people in kaufmann are shocked by the deadly attack. out in the open in the town square. i just never in a million years would have expected one of our prosecutors, much less somebody i knew personally, to be laying on the ground dead. reporter: with one of their own down, lieutenant julie stewart quickly joined the swarm of law enforcement jumping on the case. we didn t have time to grief about it. we didn t have time to talk about our feelings. it was time to go to work. reporter: lieutenant stewart and others canvassed the area. but solid information was hard to come by. witnesses said that the shooter hopped in the passenger side of the get away car as it sped away. so there had to be at least two people involved. and they said the car was silver or was it gray or tan? a four-door, maybe a ford