he d gotten there around 8;30 that morning only to find his house had been burglarized and he d promptly called his mom. but he hadn t called the police, which seemed a bit strange to investigators. what s more there was no forced entry to that residence. reporter: there wasn t? there was no forced entry. reporter: that was odd too, and they were about to learn a lot more about michael. he was becky s oldest son. he and his brother chris were from a prior marriage. and michael came with a history of trouble, mostly drugs. so, that s gotta make your nose twitch a little bit. most definitely. he s on the scene when we get there. he s had a lotta problems in the past with with with drugs. so that raised a lotta red flags. reporter: opportunity to get quick cash? most definitely. drug habit? make a buy? you know, they gotta get money. and the best way to do that is is burglaries, you know? get the quick cash. reporter: did you have trouble with drugs at the time
reporter: now the stakes quickly became much higher for this investigation. kay parsons had been murdered. and edmunds started thinking this killer might just be someone who knew both women, becky and kay. someone who had been right there at the scene of the crime. coming up police take a closer look at becky s son michael. he discovers his mother s house broken into. he s on the scene when we get there. so that raised a lotta red flags. reporter: but why would michael murder his mother s best friend? mother s best friend here s your buick sir.
reporter: now the stakes quickly became much higher for this investigation. kay parsons had been murdered. and edmunds started thinking this killer might just be someone who knew both women, becky and kay. someone who had been right there at the scene of the crime. coming up police take a closer look at becky s son michael. he discovers his mother s house broken into. he s on the scene when we get there. he s, you know, had a lotta problems in the past, so that raised a lotta red flags. reporter: but why would michael murder his mother s best friend? his mother s best friend and you re gonna s ing. is ? -i know, it s not much, but it s home. right, kids? -kids? -papa, papa! -[ laughs ] -you didn t tell me your friends were coming.
came home and surprised this burglar and she knew who this burglar was, he couldn t let her get away. reporter: you can almost see that little movie play out, the motivation, what happened. exactly, exactly. so we started lookin at michael pretty hard. reporter: michael told them he d gotten there around 8;30 that morning only to find his house had been burglarized and he d promptly called his mom. but he hadn t called the police, which seemed a bit strange to investigators. what s more there was no forced entry to that residence. reporter: there wasn t? there was no forced entry. reporter: that was odd too, and they were about to learn a lot more about michael. he was becky s oldest son. he and his brother chris were from a prior marriage. and michael came with a history of trouble, mostly drugs. so, that s gotta make your nose twitch a little bit. most definitely. he s on the scene when we get there. he s had a lotta problems in the past with with with drugs. s
what s more there was no forced entry to that residence. reporter: there wasn t? there was no forced entry. reporter: that was odd too, and they were about to learn a lot more about michael. he was becky s oldest son. he and his brother chris were from a prior marriage. and michael came with a history of trouble, mostly drugs. so, that s gotta make your nose twitch a little bit. most definitely. he s on the scene when we get there. he s had a lotta problems in the past with with with drugs. so that raised a lotta red flags. reporter: opportunity to get quick cash? most definitely. drug habit? make a buy? you know, they gotta get money. and the best way to do that is is burglaries, you know? get the quick cash. reporter: did you have trouble with drugs at the time? i won t say trouble, but it was reporter: you were a regular customer, huh? i mean, it was a social thing. we d be being dumb and young, that s all. reporter: smokin weed, or harder st