it went to veteran homicide detective jim beining. >> they both immediately accused each other as beingr. >> so, you got to evaluate all these stories and figure out what's really going on. >> i do. it's a difficult case. >> reporter: first responders found diane kyne's lifeless body face up in her own bed. kevin's loving mother, bill's loving wife, was just 49 years old. >> it appears that she is -- died from possible strangulation or asphyxiation. and there's some other things in the room. there's broken glasses at the bottom of the bed and a shoe. >> maybe most interestingly there was blood -- blood on the bed cover, blood on the victim, upper leg, huh? >> yes, the -- the victim had three small spots of blood on her leg. >> reporter: things were in disarray both inside the house and in the front yard. beining took a quick inventory. >> there are shirts in the driveway and the yard. um, pair of shorts. a phone was in the front yard. >> just those visual observations. any of that stuff explain itself to you about what might have happened there? >> not really, no. at this point, we've g