they were tiny and they were bloody. i had to get my composure to finish searching this house to make sure there was nobody else in the house. reporter: it was the third of november 2006, early afternoon. scott earp was the wait county sheriff s deputy dispatched to a quiet leafy neighborhood called enchanted oaks on the outskirts of raleigh, north carolina. here because of the 911 call from this place, on birchfield drive. i think my sister is dead. tell me what happened. i have no idea. the caller was meredith fisher. she had just discovered on the floor of the master bedroom the savagely beaten body of her elder sister, 29-year-old michelle young, a woman who in death was about to be famous. listen to me, ma am. i ll tell you what you have to do. you need to calm down so we can help you. you said there s blood everywhere? listen to me ma am. i m listening. is she breathing? i don t think so. have you checked? no.
she s cold. okay. reporter: as she spoke, meredith was cradling her 2 1/2-year-old niece, cassidy, who crawled out from under the bed clothes on her parents bed, just feet from where her mother lay. cassidy s voice chattering to her aunt was caught on the recorded call. she s got booboos everywhere. had cassidy witnessed the murder, awakened alone to find this? you just picture a small child walking around in this blood and tracking it across the hallway over into the bathroom. reporter: by now, wake county investigators were descending on the house. and having secured the crime scene, earp s job was done. but on his way out he saw cassidy again. she was still in her pink pajamas, still in meredith s arms. he asked meredith a question. i looked over at the child. i didn t see any blood. so i asked her, did you clean the child? and her response was no. i thought it was kind of odd
those who saw the footprints will not forget them. they were tiny and they were bloody. i had to get my composure to finish searching this house to make sure there was nobody else in the house. it was the 3rd of november, 2006. early afternoon. scott earp was the wake county sheriff s deputy dispatched to a quiet and leafy neighborhood called enchanted oaks. the outskirts of raleigh, north carolina. here for the 911 call from this place on birchleaf drive. i think my sister is dead. tell me what happened, ma am. i have no idea. the caller was meredith fisher. she had just discovered on the floor of the master bedroom the savagely beaten body of her elder sister, 29-year-old michelle young, a woman who in death was about to be famous. listen to me, ma am. i ll tell you what you have to do. you need to calm down so we can help you. you said there s blood everywhere? listen to me, ma am.
i m listening. is she breathing? i don t think so. did you check? michelle? she s cold. as she spoke, meredith i was cradling her 2 1/2-year-old niece, cassidy, who crawled out from under the bed clothes on her parents bed. feet from where her mother lay. cassidy s voice chattering to her aunt was caught on the recorded call. had cassidy witnessed the murder, awakened alone to find this? you just picture a small child walking around in this blood and tracking it across the hallway over into the bathroom. by now, wake county investigators were descending on the house. having secured the crime scene, earp s job was done. but on his way out he saw cassidy again. she was still in her pink pajamas, still in meredith s arms. he asked meredith a question. i looked over at the child. i asked her did you clean the child?
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