that was obviously deceased, in the house. >> 39 year old denise leuthold lying in a pool of blood, had barely made it inside the house, her coat was still on. >> on the other side of their door where we saw him found her laying down. just right in the front door here. >> they quickly determined she had been killed by a single gunshot to the head. she didn't even have time to take her coat off. her gloves, anything. so when she entered that door, that shot was immediate. >> the weapon appear to be a 40 caliber handgun. but no sign of a gun. >> did it seem like had denise possibly startled a burglar? >> when we got there, it looked like he interrupted a burglary. when she came home the, house had been ransacked like somebody had broken in through the back door. started going through the house. she had maybe startled a burglar when she came in through the front door. >> well investigators combed the quick the crime scene, nathan anxiously watched the police activity from the house across the street. how did they tell you what they had found? >> the police were not the first people to tell