that s all. reporter: smokin weed, or harder stuff, michael? ah, smokin weed and a little harder stuff, pills, things like that. reporter: this is methadone? yeah. uh-huh. yes, sir. reporter: with michael s presence on the scene, and drugs now in the equation, edmunds team brought him down to their substation for questioning. now, i m gonna be point-blank with ya, if you knew anything about this you would tell me right? absolutely. when was the last time you took some methadone? today. today? uh-huh. reporter: so michael had used methadone on the morning of kay parsons murder. now investigators wanted to know more about where exactly he was when the assault happened. michael said his mom becky had dropped him off at a jobsite just before 7am to do some house painting. when did ya tell your mom you had this paint job? when did you tell her you were told her a little while ago. this mornin . reporter: but here s the thing. he didn t do any house painti
is is burglaries, you know? get the quick cash. reporter: did you have trouble with drugs at the time? i won t say trouble, but it was reporter: you were a regular customer, huh? i mean, it was a social thing. we d be being dumb and young, that s all. reporter: smokin weed, or harder stuff, michael? ah, smokin weed and a little harder stuff, pills, things like that. reporter: this is methadone? yeah. uh-huh. yes, sir. reporter: with michael s presence on the scene, and drugs now in the equation, edmunds team brought him down to their substation for questioning. now, i m gonna be point-blank with ya, if you knew anything about this you would tell me right? absolutely. when was the last time you took some methadone? today. today? uh-huh. reporter: so michael had used methadone on the morning of kay parsons murder. now investigators wanted to know more about where exactly he was when the assault happened. michael said his mom becky had dropped him
team brought him down to their substation for questioning. now, i m gonna be point-blank with ya, if you knew anything about this you would tell me right? absolutely. when was the last time you took some methadone? today. today? uh-huh. reporter: so michael had used methadone on the morning of kay parsons murder. now investigators wanted to know more about where exactly he was when the assault happened. michael said his mom becky had dropped him off at a jobsite just before 7am to do some house painting. when did ya tell your mom you had this paint job? when did you tell her you were told her a little while ago. this mornin . reporter: but here s the thing. he didn t do any house painting that day. and he initially lied to his mom and investigators about working. and the whole reason you lied to us was because you didn t want your mom to find out that you didn t really have a job? yes, sir. that just that blows my mind. reporter: and there was something e
now, i m gonna be point-blank with ya, if you knew anything about this you would tell me right? absolutely. when was the last time you took some methadone? today. today? uh-huh. reporter: so michael had used methadone on the morning of kay parsons murder. now investigators wanted to know more about where exactly he was when the assault happened. michael said his mom becky had dropped him off at a jobsite just before 7am to do some house painting. when did ya tell your mom you had this paint job? when did you tell her you were told her a little while ago. this mornin . reporter: but here s the thing. he didn t do any house painting that day. and he initially lied to his mom and investigators about working. and the whole reason you lied to us was because you didn t want your mom to find out that you didn t really have a job? yes, sir. that just that blows my mind. reporter: and there was something else that really troubled investigators. if michael was the
we d be being dumb and young, that s all. reporter: smokin weed, or harder stuff, michael? ah, smokin weed and a little harder stuff, pills, things like that. reporter: this is methadone? yeah. uh-huh. yes, sir. reporter: with michael s presence on the scene, and drugs now in the equation, edmunds team brought him down to their substation for questioning. now, i m gonna be point-blank with ya, if you knew anything about this you would tell me right? absolutely. when was the last time you took some methadone? today. today? uh-huh. reporter: so michael had used methadone on the morning of kay parsons murder. now investigators wanted to know more about where exactly he was when the assault happened. michael said his mom becky had dropped him off at a jobsite just before 7am to do some house painting. when did ya tell your mom you had this paint job? when did you tell her you were told her a little while ago. this mornin . reporter: but here s the thin