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And michael came with a history of trouble, mostly drugs. so, that s gotta make your nose twitch a little bit. most definitely. he s on the scene when we get there. he s had a lot of problems in the past with drugs. so that raised a lot of red flags. reporter: opportunity to get quick cash? most definitely. drug habit? make a buy? you know, they gotta get money. and the best way to do that 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: smoking weed, or harder stuff, michael? ah, smoking 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, ....
And michael came with a history of trouble, mostly drugs. so, that s gotta make your nose twitch a little bit. most definitely. he s on the scene when we get there. he s had a lot of problems in the past with drugs. so that raised a lot of red flags. reporter: opportunity to get quick cash? most definitely. drug habit? make a buy? you know, they gotta get money. and the best way to do that 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: smoking weed, or harder stuff, michael? ah, smoking 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, ....
He wasn t straight with the facts. not at the beginning. first, he said he was at home that day. later, he changed his account, said he d actually been shopping, then shared a meal with his family. reporter: that must make your nose twitch when a guy doesn t give you the straight out story. i agree. it s going to raise the suspicions a little bit. reporter: even though mark oleksak s story changed, investigators accepted it. he had receipts for his purchases. and the final texts between the two seemed to affirm they were close until the end, mark promising ann a big long kiss cause i love you. even the morning of the murder they were very lovey-dovey on text messages that particular morning. reporter: and you don t think but he also reporter: the financial the outstanding debt gets you there? no. there was nothing to suggest that mark was upset about that outstanding debt. she was paying him back for that debt. reporter: but investigators were looking at anoth ....
Get away. reporter: you can almost see that little movie play out, the motivation, what happened. exactly, exactly. so we started lookin at michael pretty hard. reporter: michael told them he d gotten there around 8;30 that morning only to find his house had been burglarized and he d promptly called his mom. but he hadn t called the police, which seemed a bit strange to investigators. what s more there was no forced entry to that residence. reporter: there wasn t? there was no forced entry. reporter: that was odd too, and they were about to learn a lot more about michael. he was becky s oldest son. he andis brother chrere from a prior marriage. and michael came with a history of trouble, mostly drugs. so, that s gotta make your nose twitch a little bit. most definitely. he s on the scene when we get there. he s had a lot of problems in the past with drugs. so that raised a lot of red flags. reporter: opportunity to get quick cash? ....
Her, one of which had racked up about a $7,000 balance at one point. reporter: and another thing. after ann s death, when investigators asked mark what he was doing the day of the murder, he wasn t straight with the facts. not at the beginning. first, he said he was at home that day. later, he changed his account, said he d actually been shopping, then shared a meal with his family. reporter: that must make your nose twitch when a guy doesn t give you the straight out story. i agree. it s going to raise the suspicions a little bit. reporter: even though mark oleksak s story changed, investigators accepted it. he had receipts for his purchases. and the final texts between the two seemed to affirm they were close until the end, mark promising ann a big long kiss cause i love you. even the morning of the murder they were very lovey-dovey on text messages that particular morning. reporter: and you don t think but he also reporter: the financial the outstanding debt ....