dr. roger brumback and his wife, mary. dr. brumback worked at creighton university in the pathology department. that's something you're going to want to remember. well, they were planning on moving to west virginia. dr. brumback had just announced his retirement from the university. they were excited about the move. well, this week a piano mover came to the house on tuesday, and discovered the body of dr. brumback. it was in the hallway. his wife mary's body was also found inside the home, also found at the scene, according to the omaha police department, a gun clip. at this point, ashleigh, we don't know if it is connected to the crime. police not making that connection for us at this moment. but they are certainly very concerned about what is the brutal slaying of a couple who, you know, as i said, well loved, well admired by this community, actually. >> it seems the mystery is getting more bizarre because there was an unsolved crime back in 2008, i believe in the same community. are they actually trying to figure out if ther

dr. brumback, back in march of 2008 another faculty member dr., a case that's never been involved and because it involves the pathology department from the one university police are looking into it but staying very closed lipped about what the circumstances of the brumback murders have been so far simply because they're trying to make progress in this investigation. >> they're saying because of the location and the pairs of these double cold case murders. >> reporter: keep in mind the pathology department is said to be just 12 people and so to have this many murders connected to this one department is why they're looking for any connection but they do not at least they have not told us any suspects that they may have in this case at this time, and when you look at it, today should be a very happy day for the creighton university community because today is graduation day, people are flooding in for these happy moments but obviously there's so much sadness because of this one event. in fact we talked to some people we heard from some people related

dr. roger brumback and his wife mary rocked the town and creighton university where brumback taught.ew possible link to a 6-year-old cold case may help investigators solve not one, but two double murders. stefphanie elam is live for us this morning. what do we know about the latest crime? >> reporter: poppy, they're being very protective, the police are, about what information they will share about this current murder that happened on tuesday. what we do know is that the brumbacks were found in their home, that they were killed there. what we don't know is the other circumstances around this or why this could have happened. dr. brumback actually just announcing that he was going to retire next month and they were going to move to west virginia. very surprising that this would come out. now, the reason why police are looking at this and trying to connect it to a cold case is because in that case that happened about six years ago now, march of 2008, there was another professor, still faculty at creighton university, also in the pathology department, his 11-year-old son and the family h

dr. brumback as a pathologist.ieves there's a good chance the same person killed all four people. >> if it was anybody other than somebody that works in the pathology department at creighton, you wouldn't even give it a second thought. the reality that they could be connected. >> reporter: police found the bodies after a piano mover saw mary and a handgun magazine through a door left open at their house. why someone would kill the brumbacks is a mystery. >> when i heard the news last night, i was literally shaken. why would anyone want to harm them? >> reporter: police are keeping the details of the murders under seal while they investigate. the university says since the murders they are taking extra security precautions. medical students wore their white coats to a prayer service in honor of dr. brumback. >> he always wore his white coat. when i imagine him, he's wearing his white coat. that's just a tribute to his professionalism and his dedication to the trade. >> reporter: we're not getting a lot of information

dr. roger brumback was weeks away from retiring and moving away to enjoy his golden years.d his wife mary dead in their home. flashback five years. the son and house keeper of the professor in the same department at the medical school were found dead at home. this is certainly a murder mystery and intriguing here. stephanie went to the graduation. what was the tone there? >> reporter: it's really interesting, don. obviously this is a huge accomplishment for these students. these people are happy. they have earned degrees. their families are thrilled to see them graduate. for the subset of people within the medical school who did study under dr. bromback, knew him this was a bitter sweet week as they were preparing to graduate. we caught up with two grads to find out how the week has been for them. >> you could tell he just loved to teach students. booming voice. just really taught us a lot in the few classes we had with him. you could tell he loved his profession and giving back to the community. >> it's been somber. it cast a pall over graduation almost. our families are h