reporter: but no, bonnie was not at the airport to meet karen. her body was at the funeral home. i only got to see her face. it s just incredibly sad. and you think, my god, it is her. and you can t believe that your baby s lying there cold and lifeless. reporter: the next day karen saw her baby again, saw more than her face, and noticed something that seemed to confirm what she already believed it wasn t a hiking accident. she called the alaska state troopers. her knuckles were broken. so i m on the phone screaming to them saying, no, you ve got to get back. you ve got to take more pictures. these are defensive wounds. reporter: look again at bonnie s body, she demanded, look harder. what happened to bonnie craig that september day, screamed karen, was murder.
it wasn t me. it s all just been a terrible mistake. reporter: but no, bonnie was not at the airport to meet karen. her body was at the funeral home. i only got to see her face. it s just incredibly sad. and you think, my god, it is her. and you can t believe that your baby s lying there cold and lifeless. reporter: the next day karen saw her baby again, saw more than her face, and noticed something that seemed to confirm what she already believed it wasn t a hiking accident. she called the alaska state troopers. her knuckles were broken. so i m on the phone screaming to them saying, no, you ve got to get back. you ve got to take more pictures. these are defensive wounds.
if i got there she might even be at the airport saying, mom, i m sorry. it wasn t me. it s all just been a terrible mistake. reporter: but no, bonnie was not at the airport to meet karen. her body was at the funeral home. i only got to see her face. it s just incredibly sad. and you think, my god, it is her. and you can t believe that your baby s lying there cold and lifeless. reporter: the next day karen saw her baby again, saw more than her face, and noticed something that seemed to confirm what she already believed it wasn t a hiking accident. she called the alaska state troopers. her knuckles were broken. so i m on the phone screaming to them saying, no, you ve got to get back. you ve got to take more pictures. these are defensive wounds. reporter: look again at bonnie s body, she demanded,
struggled with denial. i believed flying back that if i got there she might even be at the airport saying, mom, i m sorry. it wasn t me. it s all just been a terrible mistake. reporter: but no, bonnie was not at the airport to meet karen. her body was at the funeral home. i only got to see her face. it s just incredibly sad. and you think, my god, it is her. and you can t believe that your baby s lying there cold and lifeless. reporter: the next day karen saw her baby again, saw more than her face, and noticed something that seemed to confirm what she already believed it wasn t a hiking accident. she called the alaska state troopers. her knuckles were broken. so i m on the phone screaming to them saying, no, you ve got to get back. you ve got to take more pictures.
if i got there she might even be at the airport saying, mom, i m sorry. it wasn t me. it s all just been a terrible mistake. reporter: but no, bonnie was not at the airport to meet karen. her body was at the funeral home. i only got to see her face. it s just incredibly sad. and you think, my god, it is her. and you can t believe that your baby s lying there cold and lifeless. reporter: the next day karen saw her baby again, saw more than her face, and noticed something that seemed to confirm what she already believed it wasn t a hiking accident. she called the alaska state troopers. her knuckles were broken. so i m on the phone screaming to them saying, no, you ve got to get back. you ve got to take more pictures. these are defensive wounds.