karlsen family again. it happened in november of 2002. as cindyemembers it, karl was just coming to bed. >> he sat upright and kind of looked out the window and said, oh, my god, call 911. the barn's on fire. >> reporter: cindy did call 911. and her brother-in-law. what did karl say to you when you arrived? >> he mentioned that the horses were still in there. >> reporter: the karlsens had been breeding belgian horses. their loss and the loss of the old barn was devastating to the family. when levi got the bad news, he exploded. said some terrible things. and he and karl came to blows. >> levi got in his truck to get away from karl, and karl chased after him. i was yelling at karl, you know, just let him go, leave him alone, let him go. >> reporter: but levi was never able to stay away for long. he and cassie included karl and the rest of the family in their wedding in 2003. the young couple soon had two daughters. it may have been too much too fast. the marriage different last. >> it was just a bad divorce. neither one of them was nice to each oth

he wanted to make better of his life. >> on november 20, 2008, 911 received a frantic call from cindy karlsen. >> 911. what's the location of your emergency? >> yes, i live at 885 yale farm road. >> okay. >> i think i need an ambulance. >> levi had come to the home of cindy and karl karlsen at the request of karl. >> karl told me that levi was going to come out to work on an old farm truck that we had that day. our plan was that we needed to attend by aunt's funeral. >> while levi is in the garage working under that farm truck, karl and creeteady and dressed to go to a funeral. >> i went and got in the passenger seat of the car, and karl had told me that, i'm just going to go out and let levi know that we're leaving. >> it was just a minute or two. and then karl came and got in the car. nothing seemed out of the ordinary. >> he and cindy leave to go to a funeral down in penn yan, new york. >> we were gone for, um, four hours. >> they return home. cindy first notices levi's car still parked in their driveway. she's kind of concerned. >> i went in the house and karl came up to the window in the