or just cruel enough to just just beat this woman so severely, and then is gonna go next door and commit another burglary? reporter: becky had been at work that morning with her 19-year old son christopher. the two of them raced home to the scene and met up with her older son michael. they re both there, so your mother and christopher are there? yeah, they pulled up together at the same time, with columbia county officer. we all walk around back to kay s house, and my mom, she sounds very distraught. she s she s screamin kay s name. she shows up at her house while you were all in the backyard there? right. they show up on scene and and they re, wondering what s going on, and they re they re pretty pretty shaken up. reporter: everyone else in becky s family was accounted for, her husband tony, a long haul trucker, was away on the road, her three younger children were fine at school and day care. the investigator said becky s focus then turned to kay. understanda
authorities wouldn t even learn about the healing hands theft for months to come. even without that story about the theft, michael was shaping up to be a prime suspect in the murder. it wasn t looking real good for him. things started started piling up. reporter: then something happened that would stand the investigation on its head more violence, more mayhem, with another sudden attack. coming up who was the victim this time? was someone stalking women in this small town? somebody came out of the trees and he shot me. do you know where it s at? on my leg. when secrets on hot springs drive continues. leg when secrets on hot springs drive continues. we don t follow the naysayers. guys go through a lot to deal with shave irritation.
didn t you? we did indeed. reporter: but those questions would be left for jimmy edmunds, whose investigation into kay parsons s murder had suddenly become a lot more complex. here i ve got two neighbors, you know, one has been beaten to death and the other one has just gotten shot. and they both worked at healing hands. do you believe that the gunman who has wounded becky is also the person who s broken in and fatally beaten miss parsons? of course that comes to mind. i mean, of course it does. it s just too much of a coincidence. reporter: and nothing about this shooting took the heat off becky s son michael. what s the working theory? the working theory still is, michael s still pretty high up on the list. somebody s looking for some money. somebody owes somebody some money. reporter: edmunds had some tough, personal questions for becky about her son michael. thankfully the wounds to becky s legs were superficial. so edmunds grabbed his note pad, and his tape recor
his name was michael, the oldest of kay s friend becky s five kids. michael had overheard the contractor talking on the phone. i walked up to him. and i said, hey, did you say something about this house being broken into? and he was, like, yeah. and i was, like, well, mine has been, too. reporter: so now two broad daylight break-ins of across the fence neighbors. was the thief still lurking? i carry a firearm in my vehicle. so and so actually i i went out and got one just in case. you know, the i mean, the somebody could run out or whatever. reporter: he called 911. yeah, the back door is broke in and the next door neighbor s door is broke in. i d called the owner, but she s not here. and i don t think if she s gone. i mean, i hollered into the door. uh-huh. and i didn t get no response. yeah, i don t want you to go in. reporter: the contractor followed instructions, and within minutes, law enforcement responded to the scene ready to investigate two po
that morning he was helping his mom at the therapy center where she worked. your mom picks you up about what time? i got up at 7:00, brushed my teeth. she she pulled up 7:10. then you go to work with her? yes. reporter: then they asked him about michael. chris said he knew his brother took drugs but he said michael wouldn t have killed anyone. do you think your brother did this? or do you think somebody? absolutely not. i don t think my brother has it in his heart. i just want to make sure that that that at this point, brotherly love is not outweighin common sense. well because i just saw some stuff in your brother just talkin to him for about 20 minutes. and i m sittin there goin , what? people get on methadone. they don t have any money. and they not workin . well how they gonna get money? i i i agree on that. well, out of everybody that your brother hangs around with who would be the most likely to do somethin yes, uh-huh. yeah