Payton Moreland

And when they get there, they let themselves in and they found 46 year old Michelle on the staircase still like the neighbor had mentioned. Only she's got a rope around her neck.

And she's died by what appears to be a suicide by hanging. So she wasn't actually standing on the stairs. She was hanging.

And she's died by what appears to be a suicide by hanging. So she wasn't actually standing on the stairs. She was hanging.

And she's died by what appears to be a suicide by hanging. So she wasn't actually standing on the stairs. She was hanging.

It is eerie.

It is eerie.

It is eerie.

But there's something one of the detectives noticed on Michelle. It's this little U-shaped mark on her chin. Sort of looks like the rope maybe got stuck around her face before it went around her neck. She also appeared to have scratch marks on her face, which told the police she maybe had second thoughts and tried to remove the rope. But they can't say for sure.

But there's something one of the detectives noticed on Michelle. It's this little U-shaped mark on her chin. Sort of looks like the rope maybe got stuck around her face before it went around her neck. She also appeared to have scratch marks on her face, which told the police she maybe had second thoughts and tried to remove the rope. But they can't say for sure.

But there's something one of the detectives noticed on Michelle. It's this little U-shaped mark on her chin. Sort of looks like the rope maybe got stuck around her face before it went around her neck. She also appeared to have scratch marks on her face, which told the police she maybe had second thoughts and tried to remove the rope. But they can't say for sure.

All they know right now is that this is very unsettling. So is the fact that Charlotte, her 14-year-old daughter who was supposed to be picked up that day, is nowhere to be found at this point. And when police try to contact her, they can't get a hold of her. She's not answering her cell phone. No one seems to have seen her. So police are wondering, was she home during this?

All they know right now is that this is very unsettling. So is the fact that Charlotte, her 14-year-old daughter who was supposed to be picked up that day, is nowhere to be found at this point. And when police try to contact her, they can't get a hold of her. She's not answering her cell phone. No one seems to have seen her. So police are wondering, was she home during this?

All they know right now is that this is very unsettling. So is the fact that Charlotte, her 14-year-old daughter who was supposed to be picked up that day, is nowhere to be found at this point. And when police try to contact her, they can't get a hold of her. She's not answering her cell phone. No one seems to have seen her. So police are wondering, was she home during this?

Is this some sort of homicide kidnapping? There's just so many things about this scene that are alarming.

Is this some sort of homicide kidnapping? There's just so many things about this scene that are alarming.

Is this some sort of homicide kidnapping? There's just so many things about this scene that are alarming.

Yeah. Then later that day, officers get a call down at their station. And it's Michelle's middle daughter. So 19-year-old Carrie, who's in college in New York. She says she got a disturbing phone call from one of her friends. They had heard that her mother might have died by suicide in the home earlier, and Carrie was literally calling the police to find out if this was true.

Yeah. Then later that day, officers get a call down at their station. And it's Michelle's middle daughter. So 19-year-old Carrie, who's in college in New York. She says she got a disturbing phone call from one of her friends. They had heard that her mother might have died by suicide in the home earlier, and Carrie was literally calling the police to find out if this was true.

Yeah. Then later that day, officers get a call down at their station. And it's Michelle's middle daughter. So 19-year-old Carrie, who's in college in New York. She says she got a disturbing phone call from one of her friends. They had heard that her mother might have died by suicide in the home earlier, and Carrie was literally calling the police to find out if this was true.

Now, unfortunately, police do confirm this for Carrie, but they do get a tiny bit of relief when Carrie says that her younger sister Charlotte had been with her for the weekend.