the floor from mcdonald s. there was a mcdonald s bag on food bag on the floor and a purse. and i started seeing signs of blood on on the sofa in the living room, on the on the carpet. and then you go into the foyer area, there was a lot of blood on the walls, on the door, on the floor. so this is suggesting a moving struggle. definitely. it looks like the homeowner came home and surprised a burglar in her house, and a struggle ensued where she was beaten. reporter: the bloody path led edmunds further into the house, to a bloody hand print on the door out to the parsons garage. and you can tell there was there was more beating going on in the garage. there was blood spatter on the walls. so she was already bleeding before she got into the garage. reporter: and that s where this apparent struggle had ended. the deputies found 41-year old kay parsons lying there on the floor. had you ever seen a scene like that? nothing nothing that drastic, no. she was beaten
before she got into the garage. reporter: and that s where this apparent struggle had ended. the deputies found 41-year old kay parsons lying there on the floor. had you ever seen a scene like that? nothing nothing that drastic, no. she was beaten so severely in her head, it was pretty bad. reporter: but amazingly, kay was alive. emts hurried her to the hospital, her life hanging by a thread. she still had a heartbeat. but she was in a very bad way. very, very bad way. reporter: investigator edmunds made the call to alert kay s husband. he was in los angeles for work. i was able to talk to him on the phone, let him know he needed to come back here as quick as possible. so how did he take that news? he was pretty devastated. i tried not to tell him on the phone. i tried to tell him, you know, i need you need to come back. there s been an accident, you know? but he he guessed pretty much what was going on. reporter: kay s husband david booked a flight home
i could see an empty coffee cup that had spilled right there on the floor from, from mcdonald s. there was a mcdonald s bag on food bag on the floor and a purse. and i started seein signs of blood on on the sofa in the living room, on the on the carpet. and then you go into the foyer area, where there was a lot of blood on the walls, on the door, on the floor. so this is suggesting a moving struggle. definitely. it looks like the homeowner came home and surprised a burglar in her house, and a struggle ensued where she was beaten. reporter: the bloody path led edmunds further into the house, to a bloody hand print on the door out to the parsons garage. and you can tell there was there was more beating goin on in the garage. there was blood spatter on the walls. so she was already bleeding before she got into the garage. reporter: and that s where this apparent struggle had ended. the deputies found 41-year old kay parsons lying there on the floor. had you ever s
living room, on the on the carpet. and then you go into the foyer area, where there was a lot of blood on the walls, on the door, on the floor. so this is suggesting a moving struggle. definitely. it looks like the homeowner came home and surprised a burglar in her house, and a struggle ensued where she was beaten. reporter: the bloody path led edmunds further into the house, to a bloody hand print on the door out to the parsons garage. and you can tell there was there was more beating goin on in the garage. there was blood spatter on the walls. so she was already bleeding before she got into the garage. reporter: and that s where this apparent struggle had ended. the deputies found 41-year old kay parsons lying there on the floor. had you ever seen a scene like that? nothing nothing that drastic, no. she was beaten so severely in her head, it was pretty bad. reporter: but amazingly, kay was alive. emt s hurried her to the hospital, her life hanging by a thread.
and then you go into the foyer area, there was a lot of blood on the walls, on the door, on the floor. so this is suggesting a moving struggle. definitely. it looks like the homeowner came home and surprised a burglar in her house, and a struggle ensued where she was beaten. reporter: the bloody path led edmunds further into the house, to a bloody hand print on the door out to the parsons garage. and you can tell there was there was more beating going on in the garage. there was blood spatter on the walls. so she was already bleeding before she got into the garage. reporter: and that s where this apparent struggle had ended. the deputies found 41-year old kay parsons lying there on the floor. had you ever seen a scene like that? nothing nothing that drastic, no. she was beaten so severely in her head, it was pretty bad. reporter: but amazingly, kay was alive. emts hurried her to the hospital, her life hanging by a thread. she still had a heartbeat. but she was