have you checked? no. she s cold. okay. reporter: as she spoke, meredith was cradling her 2 1/2-year-old niece, cassidy, who crawled out from under the bed clothes on her parents bed, just feet from where her mother lay. cassidy s voice chattering to her aunt was caught on the recorded call. she s got booboos everywhere. had cassidy witnessed the murder, awakened alone to find this? you just picture a small child walking around in this blood and tracking it across the hallway over into the bathroom. reporter: by now, wake county investigators were descending on the house. and having secured the crime scene, earp s job was done. but on his way out he saw cassidy again. she was still in her pink pajamas, still in meredith s arms. he asked meredith a question. i looked over at the child. i didn t see any blood. so i asked her, did you clean the child? and her response was no.
i m listening. is she breathing? i don t think so. have you checked? no. she s cold. okay. reporter: as she spoke, meredith was cradling her 2 1/2-year-old niece, cassidy, who crawled out from under the bed clothes on her parents bed, just feet from where her mother lay. cassidy s voice chattering to her aunt was caught on the recorded call. she s got booboos everywhere. had cassidy witnessed the murder, awakened alone to find this? you just picture a small child walking around in this blood and tracking it across the hallway over into the bathroom. reporter: by now, wake county investigators were descending on the house. and having secured the crime scene, earp s job was done. but on his way out he saw cassidy again. she was still in her pink pajamas, still in meredith s arms. he asked meredith a question. i looked over at the child. i didn t see any blood. so i asked her, did you clean
i don t think so. have you checked? she s cold. okay. reporter: as she spoke, meredith was cradling her 2 1/2-year-old niece, cassidy, who crawled out from under the bed clothes on her parents bed, just feet from where her mother lay. cassidy s voice chattering to her aunt was caught on the recorded call. she s got booboos everywhere. had cassidy witnessed the murder, awakened alone to find this? you just picture a small child walking around in this blood and tracking it across the hallway over into the bathroom. reporter: by now, wake county investigators were descending on the house. and having secured the crime scene, earp s job was done. but on his way out he saw cassidy again. she was still in her pink pajamas, still in meredith s arms. he asked meredith a question. i looked over at the child. i didn t see any blood. so i asked her, did you clean the child?
do. you need to calm down so we can help you. you said there s blood everywhere? listen to me. i m listening. is she breathing? i don t think so. have you checked? michelle? she s cold. okay. reporter: as she spoke, meredith was cradling her 2 1/2-year-old niece, cassidy, who crawled out from under the bed clothes on her parents bed, feet from where her mother lay. cassidy s voice chattering to her aunt. was caught in the recorded call. had cassidy witnessed the murder, awakened alone to find this? you just picture a small child walking around in this blood and tracking it across the hallway over into the bathroom. reporter: by now, wake county investigators were descending on the house. having secured the crime scene, earp s job was done. but on his way out he saw cassidy again. she was still in her pink pajamas, still in meredith s arms.
she s cold. okay. reporter: as she spoke, meredith was cradling her 2 1/2-year-old niece, cassidy, who crawled out from under the bed clothes on her parents bed, just feet from where her mother lay. cassidy s voice chattering to her aunt was caught on the recorded call. she s got booboos everywhere. had cassidy witnessed the murder, awakened alone to find this? you just picture a small child walking around in this blood and tracking it across the hallway over into the bathroom. reporter: by now, wake county investigators were descending on the house. and having secured the crime scene, earp s job was done. but on his way out he saw cassidy again. she was still in her pink pajamas, still in meredith s arms. he asked meredith a question. i looked over at the child. i didn t see any blood. so i asked her, did you clean the child? and her response was no. i thought it was kind of odd