Sergeant Tyrone Hassel III

So it was getting to me.

Every tip that we received came to really a dead end and, you know, of course you're going to go through every lead you can find.

We need to solve this.

Kamaya Hassel remains in town as funeral arrangements are finalized.

Was she making plans for the funeral?

Yeah, definitely.

I've been to the funeral home with her.

We went to the church together.

We planned the entire funeral, picked out the pictures that would be playing at the repass.

She was following through with it all.

And then eventually planning to go back to the military base?

Yes.

And she wanted to have him cremated.

And she had her urn picked out.

She wanted them to cremate him immediately after the funeral so she can take his ashes back.

Until then, the grieving widow sits in solitude in the very same house where the murder occurred.

Most of the day, she would just sit on the couch and wouldn't move, wouldn't go nowhere.

The distraught parents of Sergeant Hassel split their time grieving the loss of their son and comforting their daughter-in-law.

You know, every day, I would try to console her.

I would try to make sure she ate.