>> cindy henderson reese. >> cindy reese? >> -- very quickly. the station was right across the street. small town, remember? officers entered the home and then made a call of their own. >> we have been called for assistance by the morris police department. sergeant detective streit was on call that night for the sheriff's department. >> you arrived on the scene. what do you see? >> -- whole scene taped off with crime scene tape. i walk in the front door and there is a table turned over inside, right inside the door. i could see the victim lying in the backdoor area, to the hallway. >> a victim. yes, a man, it was clear to the detective he had a murder on his hands. are there many murders like this in morris? >> no, it's very rare. morris it's a small town. >> this must have been a big deal. >> for morris, yes it was. >> so, who were you told was the victim? >> michael reese. >> michael reese, just 40 years old, had been killed in his own home. the only potential -- she was outside being cared for by police officers while detective streit took in