craig, moved in. and then winter came. the wind. and on february 20th, 2008, the moon rose full over the carson valley. i after dinner, ben, melissa, her teenage brother craig and little alyssa, settled in the dental watch a movie. melissa remembers falling asleep on the couch when she woke up with a start. >> thinking i was late for work. it was 2:30 in the morning. i was like, oh i'm not late. so i went and got in the bed. >> crawled in with ben, she said. moonlight on the color covers. warmth inside. >> about an hour later is when i was woken up by the smell and then a loud noise. my ears were ringing. but at first i thought i was dreaming. >> the smell? >> yeah, it was the smell of the gunpowder. >> as she told it, she looked over at ben. saw by the light of the moon he appeared to have slept through whatever it was. she announced him. he didn't stir. >> so i was like, ok i'll go check it out. so i walked around our bed and got about halfway down the hallway and realized our front door was open. >> but you didn't see anybody? >> no. >> halfway down the hall, she said, cold air rushing in. she knew s