reporter: two neighbors. two break-ins. a gruesome murder and one son under the white hot spotlight of suspicion. but there was at least one person who stood squarely behind michael. becky s good friend, michelle amerson, knew all about michael s struggle with drugs. still, she wouldn t accept that he had anything to do with kay s murder. did you wonder, well, i wonder what s going on? is there something about this boy i didn t know? no, i didn t really. because, knowing michael i didn t i knew that, you know, he wasn t wouldn t do anything like that. reporter: then just 36 hours into the murder investigation another attack. this time a shooting. just ten miles from the crime scene on hot springs drive. 911 . somebody came out from behind the trees and he shot me. reporter: sergeant steven douglas was dispatched to the scene. my partner and i received a phone call from the road patrol division in reference to a woman who had apparently been the victim of an armed
reporter: two neighbors. two break-ins. a gruesome murder and one son under the white hot spotlight of suspicion. but there was at least one person who stood squarely behind michael. becky s good friend, michelle amerson, knew all about michael s struggle with drugs. still, she wouldn t accept that he had anything to do with kay s murder. did you wonder, well, i wonder what s going on? is there something about this boy i didn t know? no, i didn t really. because, knowing michael i didn t i knew that, you know, he wasn t wouldn t do anything like that. reporter: then just 36 hours into the murder investigation another attack. this time a shooting. just ten miles from the crime scene on hot springs drive. 911 . somebody came out from behind the trees and he shot me. reporter: sergeant steven douglas was dispatched to the scene. my partner and i received a phone call from the road patrol division in reference to a woman
michael bowers as the prime suspect in the murder of kate parsons. michael s mom was kate s closest friend. police suspected he surprised the 22-year-old and then his alibi witness failed the polygraph raising more questions. but soon another violent attack would lead to startling admissions. here again is dennis murphy. reporter: two neighbors. two break-ins. a gruesome murder and one son under the white hot spotlight of suspicion. but there was at least one person who stood squarely behind michael, becky s good friend, michelle amerson, knew all about michael s struggle with drugs. still, she wouldn t accept that he had anything to do with kay s murder. did you wonder, well, i wonder what s going on? is there something about this boy i didn t know? no, i didn t really because, knowing michael i didn t i knew that, you know, he wasn t wouldn t do anything like that.
but, here s the thing, the 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? he shot me. my leg. when secrets on hot springs drive continues. man: tom s my best friend, but ever since he bought a new house. tom: it s a $10 cover? oh, okay. didn t see that on the website. he s been acting more and more like his dad. come on, guys! jump in! the water s fine!
but we still, you know, we we didn t know if they were in this together or or what. angel was on. that s what i watch in the morning. and some you watch you watch the episode of angel wednesday morning? that hour? tell me what you no, actually, i talked to michael for pretty much the entire hour. but angel was on the boob tube. reporter: as he sat in the interview room, investigators didn t know what to make of this talkative character. so they hooked anthony up to a polygraph machine. and asked him again where he and michael were that morning. you didn t even come close to passing that polygraph. i m sorry. but i m not lying about it. i told him i d take another one. i mean i m, if i was lying, why the hell would i have said i d take it? well, stranger things have happened. i m sure. yeah. well, i m telling the truth. so it is what it is. i mean i i don t know what to tell you, sir. but you can i ll give you whatever you want, you know, blood. they al