. >> the victim was 21-year-old carolyn casey, a daycare worker.ents so proud of their eldest daughter. >> she was wonderful with kids. all the kids loved her. everyone loved her. >> never could they have prepared themselves for the dreadful phone call they received. >> is your daughter carolyn casey? i said yes. and i think he said, well, there's been an accident, and your daughter is dead. a fire. >> when carolyn's younger sister amanda learned the news, she collapsed with grief. >> i just -- i screamed really loud. made my ears ring from my screaming. >> they've got this wrong? >> yeah. something's wrong. she didn't die. i said no, she's not dead. >> what was the turning point? >> i called her apartment. she didn't answer. detective capps did say it was homicide. >> i think we had a strong feeling that possibly there was some type of sexual assault that occurred, and somebody was trying to cover up some evidence. >> kelly brown of "the eagle" newspaper had another story to write. this is a community that's not used to a lot of murders. it's not

armstrong, russ walker, tom screener, jim carnes, ron rabun, steven yates, pat longo, carolyn mcclarty, raina casey, leslie rutledge and kathy kieran. can you please stand and let us thank you for all the hard work that you've done. i also want to thank dave shopa, the parliamentarian who worked in the senate for 29 years. i met him the first day i entered this senate. we go bay back. he has incredible expertise, and i would like to thank you for the days that you've been spending with us right now. thank you. [ applause ] also want to thank our clerk, mary elizabeth taylor who works in the senate. counsels justin reimer, alison curry, sloan skinner, grant gardner, tray trainor. if you could all stand and let us thank you. [ applause ] we have a professional staff who are staffing the committee. many of them work in the house and in the senate and i'm going to ask all of them to please say, justin minot, cyrus arts, eric uland, jeff, michael stransky, jonathan burks, robert wilkie, katie, danielle katrona, robert porter and stephen higgins. thank you for all your hard work. [ applause ] i also have