explore the fact that maybe they were romantically involved, shelley and ashley, because the degree of injury that that poor girl suffered, as i stated, it s personal, which is a lot of pent up rage. reporter: somethin like a lover would do. a spurned lover absolutely. yes, sir. that s correct. reporter: and she could well have been that spurned lover? oh yes. yes. she sure could have. without a doubt. reporter: ashley told the detective she discovered the murder after the school sent her home to check on shelley. said she knocked on shelley s closed bedroom door, got no response and then entered the room. i saw her feet and she wasn t moving. so i turned on the light, and said hey, shelley, are you okay? she wasn t moving. so i went in and i shook her in her bed was she covered up? originally the blanket was on her and you shake her with her blanket over her.
personal, which is a lot of vent up rage. reporter: somethin like a lover would do. a spurned lover absolutely. yes, sir. that s correct. reporter: and she could well have been that spurned lover? oh yes. yes. she sure could have. without a doubt. reporter: ashley told the detective she discovered the murder after the school sent her home to check on shelley. said she knocked on shelley s closed bedroom door, got no response and then entered the room. i saw her feet and she wasn t moving. so i turned on the light, and said hey, shelley, are you okay? she wasn t moving? so i went in and i shook her in her bed was she covered up? originally the blanket was on her and you shake her with her blanket on her. yes, sir. and you shake her and she don t wake up. you pull the cover off of her and you shake her again? i saw the blood and and i touched her arm and she was cold. and [ crying ] as soon as you seen that, what happened?
keep in mind, she s kind of a late bloomer as first ladies go in that she did not move to dc immediately and was going to wait till barron finished school. she came to dc and got very involved in her husband s administration and the more we see her the more we like her. heather: from the very beginning when she decided to stay behind and let barron finish school that people thought, hey, she s being a mom first, that s a great idea but immediately the critics of why she wasn t moving, the theories on why she wasn t moving and all of that began and it really hasn t stopped in terms of the mainstream media? well, you know, absolutely. i think the first people that stepped up and heard detractors that she was lying, that she wasn t going to move to dc, they didn t give her credit when she followed through and said what she was going to do and historically we can look back at the kennedys, the garfields, the
same guy. i also because you have to, have to explore the fact that maybe they were romantically involved, shelley and ashley, because the degree of injury that that poor girl suffered, as i stated, it s personal, which is a lot of vent up rage. reporter: somethin like a lover would do. a spurned lover absolutely. yes, sir. that s correct. reporter: and she could well have been that spurned lover? oh yes. yes. she sure could have. without a doubt. reporter: ashley told the detective she discovered the murder after the school sent her home to check on shelley. said she knocked on shelley s closed bedroom door, got no response and then entered the room. i saw her feet and she wasn t moving. so i turned on the light, and said hey, shelley, are you okay? she wasn t moving? so i went in and i shook her in her bed was she covered up? originally the blanket was on her and you shake her with her blanket on her. yes, sir. and you shake her and she don t wake
the stage area, the blue tarp. there was a security guard in there. he was dead. he was laying on his back. he was dead. and when i looked to my right, there was a bigger man with a western vest on. he was laying on his back. he wasn t moving. there was people talking in the front of the area, but they were trying to help survivors stop their bleeding. i was on the phone because i was trying to get in touch with my daughter. i didn t want to leave until i knew she was all right. dana: i m sorry to have to cut you. i hope people follow you on facebook and twitter. i m so glad that you are okay. from one country music fan to another, you take care. please give your son and daughter our very best as well. thank you very much. oh, i will. and thank you all so much. bless all the survivors. thank you. dana: indeed. bye-bye, shirley.