Jim Axelrod

Corey would tell police she and Ted kept about 20 guns in the home and said she'd used her .357 revolver to shoot back at the attacker.

Investigators had noticed a single wide open ground floor window around the side of the house and wondered if the intruders had used it to get in.

Investigators had noticed a single wide open ground floor window around the side of the house and wondered if the intruders had used it to get in.

Investigators had noticed a single wide open ground floor window around the side of the house and wondered if the intruders had used it to get in.

That open window led into an unoccupied bedroom. And there, inside a drawer, police found what seemed like an unlikely coincidence.

That open window led into an unoccupied bedroom. And there, inside a drawer, police found what seemed like an unlikely coincidence.

That open window led into an unoccupied bedroom. And there, inside a drawer, police found what seemed like an unlikely coincidence.

Well, hang on. .40 caliber is one of the caliber that you were just describing. Yes. It meant that Shaughnessy's empty gun box could have held a pistol that one of the intruders used and had ejected bullet casings near the victim.

Well, hang on. .40 caliber is one of the caliber that you were just describing. Yes. It meant that Shaughnessy's empty gun box could have held a pistol that one of the intruders used and had ejected bullet casings near the victim.

Well, hang on. .40 caliber is one of the caliber that you were just describing. Yes. It meant that Shaughnessy's empty gun box could have held a pistol that one of the intruders used and had ejected bullet casings near the victim.

Outside, near Detective Moore, first responders were looking after Corey Shaughnessy. Corey's hysterical. Corey would tell police she had not seen the attacker's faces, but she did have a hunch about why they'd come.

Outside, near Detective Moore, first responders were looking after Corey Shaughnessy. Corey's hysterical. Corey would tell police she had not seen the attacker's faces, but she did have a hunch about why they'd come.

Outside, near Detective Moore, first responders were looking after Corey Shaughnessy. Corey's hysterical. Corey would tell police she had not seen the attacker's faces, but she did have a hunch about why they'd come.

When you hear they own a jewelry store, what does that prompt in your minds? Automatically a motive. Someone figuring there was some safe with a bunch of jewelry. Absolutely. Yes, that's right. Corey broke the news by phone to the Shaughnessy's son, Nick, then 19, who lived two hours away with his girlfriend, Jackie, in College Station, Texas.

When you hear they own a jewelry store, what does that prompt in your minds? Automatically a motive. Someone figuring there was some safe with a bunch of jewelry. Absolutely. Yes, that's right. Corey broke the news by phone to the Shaughnessy's son, Nick, then 19, who lived two hours away with his girlfriend, Jackie, in College Station, Texas.

When you hear they own a jewelry store, what does that prompt in your minds? Automatically a motive. Someone figuring there was some safe with a bunch of jewelry. Absolutely. Yes, that's right. Corey broke the news by phone to the Shaughnessy's son, Nick, then 19, who lived two hours away with his girlfriend, Jackie, in College Station, Texas.

They immediately drove to Austin, arriving about 8 a.m.,

They immediately drove to Austin, arriving about 8 a.m.,

They immediately drove to Austin, arriving about 8 a.m.,

He asks me what happened. Nick, Jackie, and Corey all agreed to help the investigation in any way possible. Corey allowed police to search her phone, and though Nick said he hadn't been in Austin for about a month, he and Jackie did the same. All three also agreed to answer questions at the station.