investigate not one, but two burglaries. worried about her friends and neighbors kay and becky, tamara baldwin left work and headed home to what shockingly had become a crime scene. did you see lots of vehicles and uniforms and a lot of police cars, the entire corner was all taped off with crime tape. now you see two houses that i have to pass to get home, and you wonder what s goin on. reporter: and what the responders found inside these homes would put this neighborhood into full-on panic mode. investigator jimmy edmunds entered the home of kay, the little league mom, through that shattered glass back door, the one the contractor first noticed. then edmunds saw it: a trail of blood. immediately, i could start seein spots of blood on the floor. i could see an empty coffee cup that had spilled right there on the floor from, from mcdonald s. there was a mcdonald s bag
a reporter with nbc affiliate wagt near grovetown. after becky was shot, she was working her contacts. i placed a call to one of the columbia county investigators and just to find out, you know, what is going on, like, what s the connection here? and he just told me, hold on. i can t tell you anything quite yet, but it s about to get a lot more crazy. reporter: the source wasn t kidding. at the hospital after she d been shot, becky revealed she d been having an affair. but she didn t say the other man s name. then, the very next morning, in what could only be considered a lucky break: deputies got a tip from someone close to the family, and learned just who that other man was. how about: david parsons, kay s husband? that was a shock. reporter: becky s friend michelle could not believe it. david and she have had an ongoing fling? uh-huh. reporter: david, the investigators learned, had carried on the affair with his wife s close friend and next-door neighbor becky
affair didn t surface until after kay had been buried. david was still seen then as the grieving husband. if i woulda known about that affair, i don t think there woulda been as much support for david at the funeral or at the hospital. why would you cheat on someone that loved you so much and was always there for you, to be with someone or to just just to have sex basically? why? it it wasn t worth it. reporter: tamara thought back to david s behavior in those days after kay s death, including an odd exchange between them at the memorial service. david went up to me. and again, being very close with kay, he hugs me. and he hugs me really, really tight. and he s boohoo cryin and he tells me, i m sorry. i never meant for this to happen. and i didn t know that s kind of what that meant. a funny thing to say. what do you think he meant? i don t know. i didn t mean for this to happen ? i i didn t know what he meant. i just you know, i was thinking,
where gossip tends to travel at warp speed. it was shocking more than anything. would ve never expected it. did you know anything about david philandering, messing around, infidelity? not till i heard. a friend of mine called me on the, on my cell phone and asked me, he said, did you hear about david havin an affair with becky? and i said, there s no way. there s no way. reporter: the news about the
gone. i mean, i hollered into the door. uh-huh. and i didn t get no response. yeah, i don t want you to go in. reporter: the contractor followed instructions, and e. within minutes, law enforcement> responded to the scene ready tos investigate two potential burglaries right next door to each other. police taped off the area. now tamara s neighbors were po calling her at work, including a kay s husband david. he was traveling on business. he asked me, have you spoken to kay? and i m, like, no, not today. i m at work. and he says, okay, i m just trying to get in touch with kay. i m in california. reporter: first responders at the scene alerted investigator jimmy edmunds with the columbia county sheriff s office. it s very unusual to have have two houses side by side, you know, hit it one time that s, you know, that same way reporter: so are you thinking, where s this guy gonna go next? correct. t i m definitely thinking, where s he at? reporter: but as edm