bixby knolls.eighborhood. it was a wonderful place to grow up. and i would escape. our take my dog around. >> he was lucky two to have that in for a mother. how did you make you feel? >> as parents should. >> safe? >> loving. welcome. they just good. >> but now, lynn -- was gone. killed in a burglary. charlie was 14 and grief stricken, was so angry at the police. >> you didn't do your job, how could that happen with you being right? there that negligence. >> charlie was far from the only one. this was a broad daylight murder. police officers just outside their front door when it happened. i can imagine people would be kind of acts set in the neighborhood, that a burglar had been there? >> yes. >> and dropped a house, killed women, and the cops can prevent it? >> right. i think the majority of the neighborhood was just stunned and shocked by the violence. how does somebody who is in her own home die within a matter of seconds with officers all around her home? >> tracy's paper, the long beach press