because i did not want anything my fingerprints anywhere in that house. because i just, you know, watched enough tv to know better. reporter: what d you what d you see in him in terms of demeanor? he seemed pretty genuine to me. he was pretty shaken up. reporter: so investigators knocked the contractor off their list but in his interview he helped point them to someone else that boy on the rock. then i seen that boy sittin the next-door neighbor sittin down on a rock across the street. and that made me kinda suspicious right there, cause i be i said i said, i wonder if this guy s a lookout. right? i mean, he might be still you know, somethin is goin on here. reporter: michael, becky s 22 year old son from next door. remember, he was also on the scene that morning when deputies arrived. a neighbor and familiar face to kay, the victim. that got edmunds thinking. i thought, you know, if she came home and surprised this burglar and she knew who this burglar
reporter: you had the bad luck of bein 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 wanna get a full story from. exactly. reporter: maybe with some sharp questions, huh? yeah, exactly. i 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. reporter: what d you what d you see in him in terms of demeanor? he seemed pretty genuine to me. he was pretty shaken up. reporter: so investigators knocked the contractor off their list but in his interview he helped point them to someone else that boy on the rock. then i seen that boy sittin the next-door neighbor sittin down on a rock across the street. and that made me kinda suspicious right there, cause i be i said i said, i wonder if this guy s a lookout. right? i mean, he might be s
anything my fingerprints anywhere in that house. because i just, you know, watched enough tv to know better. reporter: what d you what d you see in him in terms of demeanor? he seemed pretty genuine to me. he was pretty shaken up. reporter: so investigators knocked the contractor off their list but in his interview he helped point them to someone else that boy on the rock. then i seen that boy sittin the next-door neighbor sittin down on a rock across the street. and that made me kinda suspicious right there, cause i be i said i said, i wonder if this guy s a lookout. right? i mean, he might be still you know, somethin is goin on here. reporter: michael, becky s 22 year old son from next door. remember, he was also on the scene that morning when deputies arrived. a neighbor and familiar face to kay, the victim. that got edmunds thinking. i thought, you know, if she came home and surprised this burglar and she knew who this burglar was, he couldn t let h
then i seen that boy sittin the next-door neighbor sittin down on a rock across the street. and that made me kinda suspicious right there, cause i be i said i said, i wonder if this guy s a lookout. right? i mean, he might be still you know, somethin is goin on here. reporter: michael, becky s 22 year old son from next door. remember, he was also on the scene that morning when deputies arrived. a neighbor and familiar face to kay, the victim. that got edmunds thinking. i thought, you know, if she came home and surprised this burglar and she knew who this burglar was, he couldn t let her get away. reporter: you can almost see that little movie play out, the motivation, what happened. exactly, exactly. so we started lookin at michael pretty hard. reporter: michael told them he d gotten there around 8;30 that morning only to find his house had been burglarized and he d promptly called his mom. but he hadn t called the police, which seemed a bit strange to inves
luck of bein 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 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. reporter: what d you what d you see in him in terms of demeanor? he seemed pretty genuine to me. he was pretty shaken up. reporter: so investigators knocked the contractor off their list but in his interview he helped point them to someone else that boy on the rock. then i seen that boy sittin the next-door neighbor sittin down on a rock across the street. and that made me kinda suspicious right there, cause i be i said i said, i wonder if this guy s a lookout. right? i mean, he might be still you know, somethin