like cut her brake line on her car and make it look like an accident, or do something in that effect. reporter: jacobs said at first he thought becky was joking. i d be like, well, becky, that s okay. you know, sometimes we all feel that way about people. you know, she s like, no. she s like, i really want her dead. she said, she said, can we do this? you say, i mean, she was serious? yes. wantin somebody to kill her? yes. she wanted me to. and i told her i wouldn t. so she s shopping around for someone that can do in kay? yes. her romantic rival. reporter: it was a stunning revelation. a real doozy. a lovesick woman plotting to kill her best friend and next door neighbor so she could have her friend s husband all to herself. you ve got a wild story and a wild theory on your hands. most definitely. i mean this case has taken so many twists and turns it s unbelievable. forget about the smash and
i never thought i d say this, but i found bladder leak underwear that s actually pretty. always discreet boutique. hidden inside is a super absorbent core that quickly turns liquid to gel. so i feel protected. .and pretty. new always discreet boutique. reporter: the story of kay parsons and becky sears had now become a strange and complicated case for investigators. two best friends, victims. one killed, and the other shot outside the office where they both worked. it was juicy enough to keep this usually sleepy town wide awake for the late news. it was definitely the lead story. reporter: ashley campbell is a reporter with nbc affiliate wagt near grovetown. after becky was shot, she was working her contacts. i placed a call to one of the columbia county investigators and just to find out, you know,
she said, i would take derek, i would get half of what is in his retirement from the military. yeah. and i d get what i could get out of the account. did the community really turn on him? they did after they found out about the affair. i think there s more to the story. so now you ve got a very lethal soap opera in the midst of this thing, huh? oh, yeah. you know, things things start start comin together. now you gotta wonder what s going on with david, the husband. i definitely do. is he involved in this? does he want his wife gone? you know? we gotta look at all those angles. reporter: all predictable questions. but in an investigation that was never less than startling, more twists awaited around the bend. a tale from jail. he looks at me and he says, i think i know who did it. and i said, really. tell me. and this guy wasn t just your ordinary jailhouse snitch. reporter: by now, jimmy
suspect, you know? you know, and logically he s the first one. reporter: edmunds brought him down to the substation for questioning, and they went through the story he had told at the scene. it was an and i walked down to the hall and i said, hey, is anybody in there? and anyway i didn t hear nothing. reporter: but you also have to ask him if that s really what happened. 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
reporter: jurgen cowling has a story to tell about michael. becky and kay both worked for him at healing hands physical therapy center, and sometimes michael would do odd jobs at the office too. michael would come in and do some more we had some flooring that d be put in, some carpet. and then he would come in and assist. reporter: but after a while people in the office started to notice something. we had some blank checks in in one of our offices that disappeared. reporter: becky and kay s boss says the checks went missing while michael had been doing some cleaning in the office. so i i pull becky in. she said she sat down with michael and talked about it. and, of course, michael said, yes, it was me. reporter: how much money was stolen in that incident? about 800 bucks. reporter: 800 bucks? yeah, three or four checks, about 800 bucks. reporter: and it was all michael. and he fessed up to it, huh? yes, sir. reporter: so becky must have been, what, em