reporter: here s a veteran investigator for the county. what s your crime rate? it s not that high. we don t have too much violent crime. reporter: dozens of homicides a year, would you say? no, not at all. we might have one a year. reporter: one a year? yeah. reporter: and in march, 2009, they did have one a homicide. a bad one that sent neighbors shopping for burglar alarms and maybe fresh ammo. you wonder, what s going on? what s happening? reporter: so many terrible things happened so quickly. so many taboos were broken on an anywhere suburban street that the mind reeled. we were so confused. we just kept praying for the families. the whole neighborhood was shocked. reporter: it began here with two houses, two best friends on a street called hot springs drive in grovetown. kay parsons had moved into the neighborhood in 2005. she was a devoted wife to her husband, david, who worked down at ft. gordon. and an active little league mom cheering on her 12-yea
of the city s 12,000 residents are active or retired military crime stats can be measured in stolen bicycles. great place t here s a veteran investigator for the county. r what s your crime rate? it s not that high. we don t have too much violent crime. dozens of homicides a year, would you say? no, not at all. we may have one a year. one a year? yeah. and in march 2009, they did have one, a homicide, a bad one, that sent neighbors shopping for burglar alarms and maybe fresh ammo. you re wondering what s going on, what s happened? so many terrible things happened so quickly. so manyreeled. we were so confused. you just kept praying for the families. the whole neighborhood was shocked. it began here with twooo hous with two best friends on a street called hot springs devot
reporter: you won t find mayberry r.f.d. on the map. but if close neighbors, good schools, and just plain, old civility is what you re looking for in a place to call home, you could do worse than settle in grovetown, georgia. tamara baldwin has lived here for 14 years. you see the children outside playing, having a good time. just a nice, quiet place that you wanna move and take your family to. reporter: the way we think america used to be, and seems to be harder and harder to find, huh? yeah. the army s ft. gordon is just down the road and a number of the city s 12,000 residents are active or retired military. crime stats can be measured in stolen bicycles. great place to raise a family. reporter: here s a veteran investigator for the county. what s your crime rate? it s not that high. we don t have too much violent crime. reporter: dozens of homicides a year, would you say? no, not at all. we might have one a year. reporter: one a year? yeah. reporter: and in
down the road and a number of the city s 12,000 residents are active or retired military. crime stats can be measured in stolen bicycles. great place to raise a family. reporter: here s a veteran investigator for the county. what s your crime rate? it s not that high. we don t have too much violent crime. reporter: dozens of homicides a year, would you say? no, not at all. we might have one a year. reporter: one a year? yeah. reporter: and in march, 2009, they did have one a homicide. a bad one that sent neighbors shopping for burglar alarms and maybe fresh ammo. you wonder, what s going on? what s happening? reporter: so many terrible things happened so quickly. so many taboos were broken on an anywhere suburban street that the mind reeled. we were so confused. we just kept praying for the families. the whole neighborhood was shocked. reporter: it began here with two houses, two best friends on investigator for the county. what s your crime rate? it s n
but did deception lead to murder? here s dennis murphy. reporter: you won t find mayberry r.f.d. on the map. but if close neighbors, good schools, and just plain old civility is what you re looking for in a place to call home, you could do worse than settle in grovetown, georgia. tamara baldwin has lived here for 14 years. you see the children outside playing, having a good time. just a nice, quiet place that you want to move and take your family to. reporter: the way we think america used to be, and seems to be harder and harder to find, huh? yeah. the army s ft. gordon is just down the road and a number of the city s 12,000 residents are active or retired military. crime stats can be measured in stolen bicycles. great place to raise a family. reporter: here s a veteran investigator for the county. what s your crime rate? it s not that high. we don t have too much violent crime. reporter: dozens of homicides a year, would you say? no, not at all. we might have one