. >> reporter: special agent, mark ludwick works for a division of the state police, the department of criminal investigation, the dci. this was his first case in pleasantville, about an hour from des moines. >> so i get here to the driveway, got multiple vehicles in the driveway. law enforcement's on the scene, and the family's kind of gathering around the big tree. >> reporter: does any of the arriving officers tell you, "that's the husband," or "that'g the son"? >> i meet with the sheriff, and it's apparent to me that these are family members, and i don't know names yet. >> reporter: as soon as he got a search warrant, agent ludwick entered the house with crime ra scene techs. it looked as though someone had ransacked the place, but, there sitting on a chair -- >> you first see this purse. that's gonna be a key item for a burglar. it's untouched. >> reporter: money in it? >> money in it. cash in it. credit cards in it. gift cards in it. uhm, was not touched. >> reporter: some papers were strewn about, huh? n >> that was it.wn when we made our way into the bedroom, her jewelry boxes