a day before ann died, they attended service at the reverend lori souder's serene church and everyone seemed so contented, fresh from a vacation. >> when i stand at the pulpit and i look around and it's like they're here. they've returned. i knew they were away in florida and they were full of light. >> reporter: when suzanne cordes saw them after the service, they struck her as a couple who had it all together. >> they were showing me pictures of a trip they had gone on. and they seemed, like, perfectly happy. >> reporter: so how to explain the horror at the bottom of the stairs? poor ann lying stiff as a mannequin. and something beyond strange, there was paint all over the place, on the body and beside it. >> reporter: what had happened to ann? a terrible accident? or something much darker? when we return -- >> there's a large amount of blood and there's several lacerations to the head. hold him back. thanks to dr. scholl's running insoles. the only ones proven to relieve and prevent pain from runner's knee, shin splints and plantar fasciitis. dr. scholl's. born to move. i neverunde