written in blood. reporter: if year-round water is on your thing, once the one-time model and flight attendant got sand in her shoes, she never looked back. she loved the beach, diving, boating, that life. her friend worked the counter at american airlines in tampa with karen. if you were a frazzled passenger. who isn t these days? karen was the antidote. exactly the right agent to bump into to get you on your way. karen was very pretty. she was smart. smiled all the time. funny. reporter: but when the always capable and reliable karen didn t show up for her saturday morning shift on october 11th, 2003, clearly, something was wrong. her boyfriend had tried calling her at home. when she wasn t at work or answering her calls, i began to
coast should be high on the check out list of places to live. it was for pretty karen pannell. once the one-time model and flight attendant got sand in her shoes, she never looked back. she loved the beach, diving, boating, that life. good friend katherine worked the counter at american airlines in tampa with karen. if you were a frazzled passenger and who isn t these days, karen was the antidote. exactly the right agent to bump into to get you on your way. karen was very pretty, smart, smiled all the time. funny. when the always capable and reliable karen didn t show up for her saturday morning shift on october 11th, 2003, clearly something was wrong. her boyfriend tim tried calling her at home. when she was not at work or answering her calls, i got worried.
it was for pretty karen pannell. once the one-time model and flight attendant got sand in her shoes, she never looked back. she loved the beach, diving, boating, that life. i remember just jumping off the boat and going to the little islands and having picnics and coming back at sunset and so much fun. good friend katherine worked the counter at american airlines in tampa with karen. if you were a frazzled passenger and who isn t these days, karen was the antidote. exactly the right agent to bump into to get you on your way. karen was very pretty, smart, smiled all the time. funny. when the always capable and reliable karen didn t show up for her saturday morning shift on october 11th, 2003, clearly something was wrong. her boyfriend tim tried calling her at home.
is on your thing, once the one-time model and flight attendant got sand in her shoes, she never looked back. she loved the beach, diving, boating, that life. and i remember just going off the boat and going to visit islands and having picnics and coming back at sunset, and it was just so much fun. her friend worked the counter at american airlines in tampa with karen. if you were a frazzled passenger. who isn t these days? karen was the antidote. exactly the right agent to pump into to get you on your way. karen was very pretty. she was smart. smiled all the time. funny. reporter: but when the always capable and reliable karen didn t show up for her saturday morning shift on october 11th, 2003, clearly, something was wrong. her boyfriend had tried calling
morning shift on october 11th, 2003, clearly, something was wrong. her boyfriend had tried calling her at home. when she wap at work or answering her calls, i began to get worried, but it was a couple hours before i really got panicky about it. reporter: the boyfriend drove over to karen s condo, the front door was unlocked. a bad sign. he said he stepped inside and looked to the right to the kitchen. i saw her body and i knew immediately there was no doubt in my mind she was dead. i picked up the phone and i called 911. she s laying on the floor, there s blood everywhere. reporter: karen pannel, sprawled on mer back, a murder victim. when the first deputies arrive on the scene, her boyfriend is in the front yard,