the scene and met up with her older son michael. >> they're both there, so your mother and christopher are there? >> yeah, they pulled up together at the same time, with columbia county officer. we all walk around back to kay's house, and my mom, she sounds very distraught. she's -- she's screamin' kay's name. >> she shows up at her house while you were all in the backyard there? >> right. they show up on scene and -- and they're, wondering what's going on, and they're -- they're pretty -- pretty shaken up. >> reporter: everyone else in becky's family was accounted for, her husband tony, a long haul trucker, was away on the road, her three younger children were fine at school and day care. the investigator said becky's focus then turned to kay. >> understandably she was upset. you know, she didn't know what happened to her neighbor. she just knew her neighbor had -- had left in an ambulance. >> reporter: and in fact, edmunds says, becky was less concerned about that burglary in her own home and more anxious to get to see her neighbor. michelle amerson is a longtime