. >> reporter: while emily's family tried to cope with their loss, state investigator don schnitker washe assumption that her death was linked to her addiction. >> she did have a drug problem. she had an addiction to opiate medication -- prescription pills. >> reporter: an overdose would mean no crime, just a regrettable accidental death -- or even a suicide. but then, six weeks later, something that changed the entire focus of the investigation. emily's toxicology report came back. >> results came back clean. she wasn't under the influence of opiates at the time of her death. >> so it wasn't an overdose. >> it wasn't an overdose. >> reporter: no trace of the opioid pain pills emily there was no alcohol in her blood. so now, investigators had to take a new look at the case, starting with the photos of the bruises on emily's body. remember, police saw a bump on her head, but during her initial exam -- the medical examiner found more. >> she had areas of trauma to all four sides of her head, so the front of her head, both left and right side of her head, and the top of her head. >> possib