here again is dennis murphy. >> reporter: it was may 5th, 2014. the car was at the head of the driveway. lights on and two county detectives arriving to try to figure out what had happened to the young woman dead in the drivers seat. detective mike ryan and captain steve welker in the first minutes of what would be a years long investigation. >> mike and i arrived at about the same time. >> did the scene explain itself to you? >> we could see the basics of what had happened. >> reporter: their victim brandy daniels had been shot three times at close range. crime scene techs would later recover three shell casings and a clip for a semi-automatic pistol. brandy's purse and phone were beside her. >> we eliminated robbery -- almost immediately. there was an amount of money there that somebody woulda took if it would've been a robbery. >> reporter: as the csi's took their photos and estimated bullet trajectories, gathered blood, dna, brandy's mom, sister, and fiancee watched on in blank horror. >> what do you remember about