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, 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 back door also there, and we found spots of blood on the back door. reporter: inside, becky s place was ransacked, but, quick relief, as they looked aroun
there were no new victims. the blood smears they d noted appeared to be from the crime scene next door. that means you have somebody that is brave enough, or just or just cruel enough to just just beat this woman so severely, and then is going to go next door and commit another burglary? reporter: becky had been at work that morning with her 19-year old son christopher. the two of them raced home to the scene and met up with her older son michael. they re both there, so your mother and christopher are there? yeah, they pulled up together at the same time with a columbia county officer. we all walk around back to kay s house, and my mom, she sounds very distraught. she s she s screaming kay s name. she shows up at her house while you were all in the backyard there? right. they show up on scene and and they re wondering what s going on, and they re they re pretty shaken up. reporter: everyone else in becky s family was accounted for, her husband tony, a long haul
yes. reporter: i mean, he s the guy who discovers this violent criminal act, and you wonder if he knows more than he s saying. oh, definitely. reporter: they pressed him to find out more about just what work he was to do there, and whether he had worked for kay parsons before. did you have the key have the door open to the house? to do the work? well, we we was mostly outside. the only time that we was really on the inside is when she called me up and said, i need a little bit fixed on the inside. reporter: you had the bad luck of being the person to find this. yeah. yeah. yeah. reporter: so, that put you on the list also, mitch, of sure. sure, yeah reporter: people they want to get a full story from. exactly. reporter: maybe with some sharp questions, huh? yeah, exactly. i knew better to walk in that house, you know, because i did not want anything my fingerprints anywhere in that house because i just, you know, watched enough tv to know better.
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 and there was so much blood, it slipped out of the attacker s hand. and, you know, the baseball bat, which we were able to determine belonged at that house, was was a weapon of opportunity after he lost the first weapon. reporter: it looked like the little league mom was beaten with her own son derek s baseball bat. it really touched my soul knowing how much derek loved baseball. and i m, like, how i
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 and there was so much blood, it slipped out of the attacker s hand. and, you know, the baseball bat, which we were able to determine belonged at that house, was a weapon of opportunity after he