. >> michelle's fiance, jason doyle, immediately drove the 400 miles from his home in miami to michelle's home in gainesville to see what was wrong. >> he finds michelle's house is -- it's locked up. all the doors are locked. all the windows are locked. the outside lights are still on, as they would have been left on from the night before. >> her dog was inside, and the tv was on. through a crack in the blinds, jason could actually see what later turned out to be michelle's foot. >> when police arrived, they found michelle's body in her bedroom, face down. it was clear she'd been dead for some time. >> she was in a somewhat awkward position with her left arm folded up underneath her body. >> at first glance, there was no trauma to the body, no bruises, no wounds, no blood. >> we had no indication of what would have caused her death. >> the medical examiner thought the position of michelle's body face down was unusual. >> if somebody is sick and in the process of dying, most folks tend to end up either on their side or on their back. >> there were no foreign fingerprints in the apartment,