she was you know, bruises everywhere, all over her body. reporter: all indicating something else, kay had fought back. and whoever assaulted her had been on the prowl for something. deputies shot video of the upstairs bedroom. it had been looted, with jewelry and other valuables missing. and they found what seemed like a similar m.o. in becky s house next door. the master bedroom in that residence had been ransacked. so both houses had been tossed. both houses. reporter: becky s most valuable necklace and rings, gone. and as edmunds kept examining that grisly scene in the parsons garage, he determined how the burglar had assaulted kay, with a hammer, found underneath the car, and a baseball bat. so the way the weapons the appeared just describe a horrendous attack? yes, it appeared that this this hammer, you know, was used in - - in, there was so much blood, it it slipped outta the attacker s hand. and, you know, the baseball bat, which we were able to determine be
emt s 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 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, as investigators turned their attention to the house next door. that s where kay s friend becky the mother with five kids lived. could there be another victim there? the point of entry we could see was the backdoor also there, and we found spots of blood on the back door. reporter: inside, becky s place was ransacked, but, q
welcome back. it was a ghastly crime. cay has been savagely beaten during a home invasion. leaving a bloody trail. the suspected burglar ransack the house next door. cay was fighting for her life in the hospital as police were sweeping the crime scenes for clues. what had happened in that house? and could they catch cays attacker before he struck again. returning to our story. denn dennis murphy. reporter: friends and family gathered at the hospital keeping a vigil for kay parsons, a suburban mom who d been brutally beaten that morning in a home invasion. and while her next-door neighbor becky s home had been burglarized too, becky didn t seem to care as much about that. good friend tamara says that for
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 so severely in her head, it was pretty bad. reporter: but amazingly, kay was alive. e
and i was, like, well, mine has been, too. reporter: so now two broad daylight break-ins of across the fence neighbors. was the thief still lurking? i carry a firearm in my vehicle. and so actually i i went out and got one just in case. you know, i mean, the somebody could run out or whatever. reporter: he called 911. yeah, the back door is broke in and the next-door neighbor s door is broke in. i d called the owner, but she s not here. and i don t think if she s gone. i mean, i hollered into the door. uh-huh. and i didn t get no response. yeah, i don t want you to go in. reporter: the contractor followed instructions, and within minutes, law enforcement responded to the scene ready to investigate two potential burglaries right next door to each other. police taped off the area. now tamara s neighbors were calling her at work, including kay s husband david. he was traveling on business. he asked me, have you spoken to kay? and i m, like, no, not today. i m