and sure enough, there was michiel oakes' suv in her driveway. use, the officers asked to speak to oakes. he agreed. but then he said he needed to find his pills. >> he became agitated or frustrated. kept on asking for his medication. and the chief, not knowing if michiel was having is some sort of medical issue, allowed him to look around for his medication. >> reporter: and while supposedly hunting for pills -- >> michiel then secretly snuck out to the basement area of the house and went to his vehicle. it just so happened that the sergeant was standing on the deck above the driveway and observed michiel oakes walking outside to the driveway. >> reporter: oakes, apparently not aware he was being watched, took a white bag out of his car, said the officer -- and tossed it over a 20-foot embankment outside linda's house. >> he immediately questioned michiel about what he threw over the embankment. michiel said it was garbage. >> reporter: garbage? >> garbage. >> reporter: but they went to retrieve that bag of garbage. what was actually in it? >> it