, until one day everything changed. >> it started off as any other day until peter porco didn't show up for work. people began to get worried because that wasn't like him. >> a court officer went to the porcos' home and immediately saw signs of trouble. >> he walked up to the front of the horse, and in the door, he saw a key, a key by itself in the door lock. the door was ajar. >> he looks down and sees on the cement steps drops of blood. >> inside was a blood bath. >> he looked over to his right and he saw a body laying there whom he recognized as peter porco. >> peter porco had been bludgeoned to death. >> it was a scene of shocking horror, something that most people who saw it find it difficult to talk about. >> upstairs in the master bedroom was his wife joan, who was still alive, but just barely. a 3-foot ax was right next to her. >> to give oxygen, they were supposed to put a bag over her mouth, and they couldn't figure out where her mouth was. >> joan was rushed to the hospital, her life hanging in the balance. blood spatter analysis showed that joan porco was struck three time