. >> that would be sheila brown, simo's girlfriends and the mother of their children.ng to her and the original lead detective, she said two men had come to the door that day looking for simo. what happened next has been in dispute for years. here is the version she said sheila told the family. >> i want to say by 8:00 i got up and the i got the kids rhett ready for school. i'm listening. she said there was a knock at the door. she said two guys at the door. she said i recognize one of the guys as ducken. the other guy i didn't nope, 'd brown paper bag underneath his arm. she said simo, simo, she said two men down here to see you. and she claims she left the two men on the outside, locked th business. that's what she said. >> sheila brown says she went to the store before getting her hair done and when she returned? >> the door was wide open. she thought it was strange. >> 5:07m street northeast is gone now. raised for development and a new condo. but back on march 28th, 1990, the little rowhouse was swarming with police, some of them worked the scene while detective r

detective rubin sanchez met with sheila brown. >> we went to get a statement from her. gave a statement reluctant. combative >> when she was questioned she offered to help them come up with a composite sketch of the two men she says came to the house that that day. this is what they came up with, but detective rubin sanchez the original lead detective now retired told us that he believes the answer to this case lies within the family >> to me, she was lying. >> fox 5 reached out to sheila brown but through a family member declined to comment. >> to me, is that the answer to this case is within the family. when they put out a reward for $25,000 and nothing comes out, believe me, people come out and provide information. not a bit of information i got. >> reporter: detective sanchez says he remains haunted by the case. an investigation he says just got lost >> people didn't understand that we were overworked. not enough people. we didn't have time. we had to move the next case >> police investigated over theories that he may have been shot and robbed for money. but nothing