Just tell me what the search did to your house.

Well, they did find some bloodstains, and then they cut out the carpet.

They took out some of the plumbing fixtures, looking for things that might've been put in the drain, um, and in the course of moving things around, they, well, they did some damage and they also took out a little bit of flooring.

Were you worried that as time went on and they didn't have any evidence and they didn't have any suspects, that they might arrest one of your sons?

Hmm.

I was, I was worried that possibly one of my sons could be arrested.

I didn't think there was the slightest chance that he could ever be charged or indicted, or certainly not convicted.

Other members of my family became so concerned that they, uh, kind of insisted on getting a criminal defense attorney for my younger son.

Why do you say that?

E- even just the sensation you could get from a distance, just the serenity in her face, the welcoming smile, the... just putting people at e- at ease.

Even from, you know, 50 feet away, she could do that.

And what did they think when they heard you had just cleaned the carpet?

It looked like I was, uh, covering up, uh, removing evidence.

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Why do you say that?

E- even just the sensation you could get from a distance, just the serenity in her face, the welcoming smile, the...

Just putting people at e- at ease, even from, you know, 50 feet away, she could do that.

Peggy then called her son Robert.

And I, I tried to reassure her that she was overreacting, that, you know, "Oh, there's all kinds of reasons he might have missed that performance." And, uh, I dutifully went to check, but I, everything I saw indicated they were out of town.