as it was for kay mortensen. it was november 16th, 2009, just before thanksgiving. >> hi, this is -- we have the police on the way to help you there, are you sure your dad's cold to the touch? >> kay did not shoot some intruder as he'd long promised he was prepared to do. no, somebody killed him. without firing a shot. and the man on the phone reporting the crime? roger mortensen, kay's eldest son. >> sliced his throat? >> yes. >> it wasn't long before kay's wife darla had made it to the mouth of the canyon and was led to the command post that had been set up just down the hill from their home. that's where they gave her the news. >> your life just comes tumbling down. you know, you have it all planned out. you think you know what it's going to be. and then everything's gone. >> kay caught off guard? not kay, thought darla, impossible. but that seemed to be just what happened. at least that's what roger and pam told the police, and later us. and a very strange story it was that began, they said, when pam received