job. he was in jail at the time of the murder. so if becky was behind it all, who helped her? jacobs said there was another member of the family investigators should look at, becky s son chris. the young man with his own house. jerry had been staying there before he was behind bars, and said chris also knew about becky s affair and how desperate she was. she would call christopher almost every night and cry and tell him stuff. and he would get off the phone. and i m like, is that your mom? and like, yeah. what s wrong with her? you know what it is. you know what s wrong. i m like, yeah. i was like, david again? he s like, yeah, david again. he s like, she just needs kay out of her life bad. you know? stuff like that. reporter: now that was a shocker. investigators had had their eye on becky s other son michael from the get-go. i was surprised to hear it that way.
i m telling you right now. it ll get ugly real quick, okay? this is your one and only chance to get yourself out of a whole load of trouble. it gets pretty hot and heavy in that interview room. listen to me. listen to me. i know what s going on, okay. i know your mom wanted kay dead, okay? do you want to go to prison for the rest of your life? no, sir. you need to start talking here and now. okay? i didn t know it was david. bull -. i swear to you. bull [ bleep ]. reporter: then edmunds moved on to the million dollar question, did becky ever ask michael to kill kay. she has asked you specifically if you would kill her. no, she has not. i know it s your mother and i know you want to protect your mother, all right? you re 22 years old, right? yes sir. you might want to look out for number one right now, okay? she s never come to me and said, would you kill kay for me? she s never said, would you kill someone for me? reporter: even after a three-hour g
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 lot of problems in the past with drugs. so that raised a lot of 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 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: smoking weed, or harder stuff, michael? ah, smoking weed and a little harder stuff, pills, things like that. reporter: this is methadone? yeah. uh-huh. yes, sir. reporter: with michael s presence on the scene, an
so yeah. but i didn t do any of this, man. reporter: anthony repeated over and over that he had nothing to do with kay parsons murder. didn t even know her. dude, i m trying to be as straight up with you guys as possible. i mean well, and that and that s what i want. yes, sir. i m i m not going to lie about it. i want you to catch the guy. i just i don t want you looking at me like i did the [ bleep ]. cause i ain t dude, i ain t real cool with you. i don t think it s a really you know, if you or me or or some guy got hurt, that s one thing. you know? but not a lady. you know? not somebody s mom. reporter: and he started to put the finger more on michael. he knows something. well, i don t i don t rightly know. what do you mean? what does he know? i don t know what he knows. dude, look, you re not catching me up in something. he knows something. what does he he saw something, he did something, one of the above. i would assume if michael or
reporter: but was he in fact on your list at that point? oh, he he was, you know. he was, he put himself with michael. well, i think you know a little bit more than you re telling me. sir, i don t. i i i ve i m giving you pearls, man. i m giving you all i got. i i ve told you guys everything i know. i know that he came over. i know exactly when he left. i know i was at my house. that s all i know. reporter: for all his questions, investigator edmunds ultimately had nothing on anthony. a failed polygraph isn t evidence, and nothing connected him to the crime. but they were still looking at michael, and there was the inevitable question of motive. sure, michael was open about his drug use, but that didn t entirely explain why he would savagely beat his mom s best friend. my bookkeeper came to me and said we ve got some issues here. reporter: jurgen cowling has a story to tell about michael. becky and kay both worked for him at healing hands physical therapy cent