1 00:00:16,316 --> 00:00:23,055 THEY SAID THEY HEARD SCREAMS COMING FROM THE PARK 2 00:00:23,057 --> 00:00:25,224 COMING FROM THE PARK >> SHE WAS FOUND NAKED AND BOUND 3 00:00:25,226 --> 00:00:26,392 >> SHE WAS FOUND NAKED AND BOUND WITH RED DUCT TAPE 4 00:00:26,394 --> 00:00:27,393 WITH RED DUCT TAPE >> WHEN YOU SEE THE PHOTOS, YOU 5 00:00:27,395 --> 00:00:31,730 >> WHEN YOU SEE THE PHOTOS, YOU CAN FEEL THE TERROR. 6 00:00:31,732 --> 00:00:33,899 CAN FEEL THE TERROR. >> HE LEFT HER FOR DEAD. 7 00:00:33,901 --> 00:00:35,501 >> HE LEFT HER FOR DEAD. >> WE WERE PRETTY SHOCKED, AS A 8 00:00:35,503 --> 00:00:36,602 >> WE WERE PRETTY SHOCKED, AS A DNA LABORATORY, THAT THERE WERE 9 00:00:36,604 --> 00:00:38,437 DNA LABORATORY, THAT THERE WERE NO OTHER OFFENDERS THAT THIS 10 00:00:38,439 --> 00:00:38,804 NO OTHER OFFENDERS THAT THIS CASE MATCHED TO. 11 00:00:38,806 --> 00:00:40,939 CASE MATCHED TO. >> HOW IS THIS GUY NOT IN THE 12 00:00:40,941 --> 00:00:42,541 >> HOW IS THIS GUY NOT IN THE SYSTEM 13 00:00:42,543 --> 00:00:44,143 SYSTEM >> Reporter: THEN ONE DAY YOU 14 00:00:44,145 --> 00:00:45,878 >> Reporter: THEN ONE DAY YOU GOT A CALL 15 00:00:45,880 --> 00:00:47,379 GOT A CALL >> SHE SAID, "THERE'S BEEN AN 16 00:00:47,381 --> 00:00:49,314 >> SHE SAID, "THERE'S BEEN AN UPDATE IN YOUR DUCT TAPE CASE. 17 00:00:49,316 --> 00:00:51,183 UPDATE IN YOUR DUCT TAPE CASE. IT WAS JUST, LIKE, FINALLY 18 00:00:51,185 --> 00:00:52,851 IT WAS JUST, LIKE, FINALLY >> I HAD BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHO 19 00:00:52,853 --> 00:00:53,919 >> I HAD BEEN THINKING ABOUT WHO THIS GUY WAS FOR SO LONG, I 20 00:00:53,921 --> 00:00:54,987 THIS GUY WAS FOR SO LONG, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING COULD HAVE 21 00:00:54,989 --> 00:00:55,554 DON'T THINK ANYTHING COULD HAVE PREPARED ME FOR THAT ANSWER. 22 00:00:55,556 --> 00:00:58,791 PREPARED ME FOR THAT ANSWER. >> HOW DO YOU WRAP YOUR MIND 23 00:00:58,793 --> 00:00:59,858 >> HOW DO YOU WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY 24 00:00:59,860 --> 00:01:00,726 AROUND THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY YOU TRUSTED IS THE ONE WHO DID 25 00:01:00,728 --> 00:01:01,493 YOU TRUSTED IS THE ONE WHO DID THIS 26 00:01:01,495 --> 00:01:02,027 THIS >> I CAN JUST PICTURE HIM 27 00:01:02,029 --> 00:01:03,095 >> I CAN JUST PICTURE HIM SMIRKING 28 00:01:03,097 --> 00:01:03,695 SMIRKING >> Reporter: KIND OF A SECOND 29 00:01:03,697 --> 00:01:05,264 >> Reporter: KIND OF A SECOND VICTIMIZATION. 30 00:01:05,266 --> 00:01:06,899 VICTIMIZATION. >> YEAH. 31 00:01:06,901 --> 00:01:07,966 >> YEAH. A HUGE, JUST, MIND SCREW 32 00:01:07,968 --> 00:01:09,601 A HUGE, JUST, MIND SCREW >> Reporter: WHAT KIND OF PERSON 33 00:01:09,603 --> 00:01:11,203 >> Reporter: WHAT KIND OF PERSON DOES THAT SORT OF THING? 34 00:01:11,205 --> 00:01:13,372 DOES THAT SORT OF THING? >> EXCEPTIONALLY SICK. 35 00:01:13,374 --> 00:01:15,007 >> EXCEPTIONALLY SICK. EVIL 36 00:01:15,009 --> 00:01:27,352 EVIL >> I'M LESTER HOLT, AND THIS IS 37 00:01:27,354 --> 00:01:28,954 >> I'M LESTER HOLT, AND THIS IS "DATELINE. 38 00:01:28,956 --> 00:01:33,859 "DATELINE. HERE'S KEITH MORRISON WITH "LEFT 39 00:01:33,861 --> 00:01:36,061 HERE'S KEITH MORRISON WITH "LEFT FOR DEAD." 40 00:01:36,063 --> 00:01:37,129 FOR DEAD." >> Reporter: THE EVENING AIR WAS 41 00:01:37,131 --> 00:01:38,764 >> Reporter: THE EVENING AIR WAS WARM AND THICK WITH 42 00:01:38,766 --> 00:01:42,000 WARM AND THICK WITH ANTICIPATION 43 00:01:42,002 --> 00:01:43,102 ANTICIPATION COLLEGE STUDENTS RETURNING ANEW, 44 00:01:43,104 --> 00:01:44,736 COLLEGE STUDENTS RETURNING ANEW, MIXED AND DRANK AND LAUGHED WITH 45 00:01:44,738 --> 00:01:46,338 MIXED AND DRANK AND LAUGHED WITH YOUNG LOCALS 46 00:01:46,340 --> 00:01:49,575 YOUNG LOCALS THEN DARKNESS FELL IN FORT 47 00:01:49,577 --> 00:01:50,642 THEN DARKNESS FELL IN FORT COLLINS, COLORADO. 48 00:01:50,644 --> 00:01:54,413 COLLINS, COLORADO. ONE MORE NIGHT TO TAKE A LUSTY 49 00:01:54,415 --> 00:01:55,481 ONE MORE NIGHT TO TAKE A LUSTY BITE OF SUMMER 50 00:01:55,483 --> 00:02:00,886 BITE OF SUMMER THAT LAST FRIDAY IN AUGUST, 51 00:02:00,888 --> 00:02:02,521 THAT LAST FRIDAY IN AUGUST, 2013 52 00:02:02,523 --> 00:02:05,224 2013 UNSEEN BY THE PARTY CROWD, A 53 00:02:05,226 --> 00:02:07,359 UNSEEN BY THE PARTY CROWD, A ROOKIE COP NAMED DANE STRATTON 54 00:02:07,361 --> 00:02:09,528 ROOKIE COP NAMED DANE STRATTON PROWLED THE STREETS AROUND THE 55 00:02:09,530 --> 00:02:11,697 PROWLED THE STREETS AROUND THE LITTLE CITY. 56 00:02:11,699 --> 00:02:13,298 LITTLE CITY. GRAVEYARD SHIFT. 57 00:02:13,300 --> 00:02:14,933 GRAVEYARD SHIFT. HE'D BEEN ON THE JOB BARELY TWO 58 00:02:14,935 --> 00:02:17,102 HE'D BEEN ON THE JOB BARELY TWO MONTHS 59 00:02:17,104 --> 00:02:18,170 MONTHS >> IT'S ALL NEW. 60 00:02:18,172 --> 00:02:20,305 >> IT'S ALL NEW. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WILL HAPPEN. 61 00:02:20,307 --> 00:02:21,406 I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT WILL HAPPEN. >> MIDNIGHT PASSED 62 00:02:21,408 --> 00:02:23,609 >> MIDNIGHT PASSED THE USUAL, BUSY BUT NOTHING 63 00:02:23,611 --> 00:02:26,678 THE USUAL, BUSY BUT NOTHING SPECIAL. 64 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:27,913 SPECIAL. THEN SOMEBODY CALLED 911 65 00:02:27,915 --> 00:02:28,981 THEN SOMEBODY CALLED 911 >> ABOUT 4:00 IN THE MORNING WE 66 00:02:28,983 --> 00:02:31,150 >> ABOUT 4:00 IN THE MORNING WE GET A CALL OF A FEMALE'S VOICE 67 00:02:31,152 --> 00:02:33,318 GET A CALL OF A FEMALE'S VOICE IN A PARK SCREAMING. 68 00:02:33,320 --> 00:02:34,953 IN A PARK SCREAMING. >> THEN MORE AND MORE NEIGHBORS 69 00:02:34,955 --> 00:02:38,223 >> THEN MORE AND MORE NEIGHBORS CALLING 911 ABOUT THAT SCREAMING 70 00:02:38,225 --> 00:02:41,426 CALLING 911 ABOUT THAT SCREAMING WOMAN. 71 00:02:41,428 --> 00:02:42,528 WOMAN. OUT ON THE EDGE OF TOWN, 72 00:02:42,530 --> 00:02:43,629 OUT ON THE EDGE OF TOWN, COTTONWOOD GLEN PARK 73 00:02:43,631 --> 00:02:45,531 COTTONWOOD GLEN PARK >> THEY STARTED REPORTING, THEY 74 00:02:45,533 --> 00:02:47,933 >> THEY STARTED REPORTING, THEY COULD HEAR HER SCREAMING, HELP, 75 00:02:47,935 --> 00:02:49,768 COULD HEAR HER SCREAMING, HELP, HELP 76 00:02:49,770 --> 00:02:51,737 HELP SO THAT FLIPPED A GEAR IN MY 77 00:02:51,739 --> 00:02:52,838 SO THAT FLIPPED A GEAR IN MY HEAD THAT SOMETHING WAS 78 00:02:52,840 --> 00:02:56,074 HEAD THAT SOMETHING WAS SERIOUSLY WRONG OVER THERE 79 00:02:56,076 --> 00:02:57,142 SERIOUSLY WRONG OVER THERE AND I WAS DRIVING ABOUT AS FAST 80 00:02:57,144 --> 00:02:58,777 AND I WAS DRIVING ABOUT AS FAST AS I COULD 81 00:02:58,779 --> 00:03:01,146 AS I COULD MY HEART IS IN MY THROAT 82 00:03:01,148 --> 00:03:02,581 MY HEART IS IN MY THROAT I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M GETTING 83 00:03:02,583 --> 00:03:04,183 I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I'M GETTING MYSELF INTO OR WHAT WILL BE AT 84 00:03:04,185 --> 00:03:06,351 MYSELF INTO OR WHAT WILL BE AT THE END OF THIS DRIVE. 85 00:03:06,353 --> 00:03:07,986 THE END OF THIS DRIVE. >> A BIG PARK. 86 00:03:07,988 --> 00:03:09,621 >> A BIG PARK. HE DROVE IN GUIDED NOW BY THE 87 00:03:09,623 --> 00:03:11,256 HE DROVE IN GUIDED NOW BY THE WAILING SOUNDS OF THE WOMAN 88 00:03:11,258 --> 00:03:12,324 WAILING SOUNDS OF THE WOMAN STRANDED SOMEWHERE IN THE DARK 89 00:03:12,326 --> 00:03:13,959 STRANDED SOMEWHERE IN THE DARK >> I COULDN'T MAKE OUT WHAT SHE 90 00:03:13,961 --> 00:03:16,695 >> I COULDN'T MAKE OUT WHAT SHE WAS SAYING AT THAT POINT 91 00:03:16,697 --> 00:03:18,797 WAS SAYING AT THAT POINT MY HEART IS POUNDING 92 00:03:18,799 --> 00:03:23,702 MY HEART IS POUNDING I CAN HEAR TO THIS DAY HER 93 00:03:23,704 --> 00:03:25,270 I CAN HEAR TO THIS DAY HER SCREAMS OF JUST AGONY, PAIN. 94 00:03:25,272 --> 00:03:27,072 SCREAMS OF JUST AGONY, PAIN. >> EVEN WITH HIS POWERFUL 95 00:03:27,074 --> 00:03:28,507 >> EVEN WITH HIS POWERFUL SPOTLIGHT, HE COULD STILL SEE 96 00:03:28,509 --> 00:03:32,311 SPOTLIGHT, HE COULD STILL SEE NOTHING. 97 00:03:32,313 --> 00:03:37,216 NOTHING. WHERE WAS SHE? 98 00:03:37,218 --> 00:03:41,620 WHERE WAS SHE? >> AND AS I SWUNG MY CAR AROUND 99 00:03:41,622 --> 00:03:43,455 >> AND AS I SWUNG MY CAR AROUND WITH MY HEADLIGHTS CAUGHT HER ON 100 00:03:43,457 --> 00:03:44,856 WITH MY HEADLIGHTS CAUGHT HER ON THE SERVICE ROAD 101 00:03:44,858 --> 00:03:47,426 THE SERVICE ROAD INSTANTLY MY HEART JUST JUMPED 102 00:03:47,428 --> 00:03:48,427 INSTANTLY MY HEART JUST JUMPED INTO MY THROAT 103 00:03:48,429 --> 00:03:49,561 INTO MY THROAT SHE WAS NAKED, BOUND 104 00:03:49,563 --> 00:03:50,662 SHE WAS NAKED, BOUND THERE'S JUST RED ALL OVER HER 105 00:03:50,664 --> 00:03:52,264 THERE'S JUST RED ALL OVER HER FACE 106 00:03:52,266 --> 00:03:53,365 FACE SHE WAS ON THE GROUND. 107 00:03:53,367 --> 00:03:54,433 SHE WAS ON THE GROUND. HER HANDS ARE BEHIND HER BACK 108 00:03:54,435 --> 00:03:56,034 HER HANDS ARE BEHIND HER BACK AND SHE'S SCREAMING. 109 00:03:56,036 --> 00:03:57,636 AND SHE'S SCREAMING. TERRIFIED. 110 00:03:57,638 --> 00:03:59,771 TERRIFIED. >> SHE WAS WEARING ONLY A SOCK 111 00:03:59,773 --> 00:04:00,906 >> SHE WAS WEARING ONLY A SOCK ON ONE FOOT. 112 00:04:00,908 --> 00:04:01,940 ON ONE FOOT. AS THE YOUNG COP APPROACHED, HE 113 00:04:01,942 --> 00:04:03,041 AS THE YOUNG COP APPROACHED, HE SAW IT WASN'T JUST BLOOD ON HER 114 00:04:03,043 --> 00:04:05,777 SAW IT WASN'T JUST BLOOD ON HER BODY 115 00:04:05,779 --> 00:04:07,212 BODY >> THE RED THAT I WAS SEEING WAS 116 00:04:07,214 --> 00:04:08,981 >> THE RED THAT I WAS SEEING WAS A RED DUCT TAPE. 117 00:04:08,983 --> 00:04:10,115 A RED DUCT TAPE. HER HANDS WERE BOUND AND DUCT 118 00:04:10,117 --> 00:04:11,750 HER HANDS WERE BOUND AND DUCT TAPED. 119 00:04:11,752 --> 00:04:13,385 TAPED. HER HAIR MATTED ACROSS HER FACE, 120 00:04:13,387 --> 00:04:14,953 HER HAIR MATTED ACROSS HER FACE, BOUND AND DUCT TAPED 121 00:04:14,955 --> 00:04:16,622 BOUND AND DUCT TAPED HER EYES WERE COVERED. 122 00:04:16,624 --> 00:04:18,757 HER EYES WERE COVERED. SHE WAS BRUISED AND BEATEN AND 123 00:04:18,759 --> 00:04:20,392 SHE WAS BRUISED AND BEATEN AND BLOODIED AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE 124 00:04:20,394 --> 00:04:22,527 BLOODIED AND IT WAS INCREDIBLE TO SEE 125 00:04:22,529 --> 00:04:24,129 TO SEE >> RED DUCT TAPE, BINDING A 126 00:04:24,131 --> 00:04:26,331 >> RED DUCT TAPE, BINDING A WOMAN, ALIVE ENOUGH TO SCREAM 127 00:04:26,333 --> 00:04:27,399 WOMAN, ALIVE ENOUGH TO SCREAM BUT ONLY JUST. 128 00:04:27,401 --> 00:04:28,767 BUT ONLY JUST. >> A HORROR STORY ON THE BEST 129 00:04:28,769 --> 00:04:29,534 >> A HORROR STORY ON THE BEST DAY. 130 00:04:29,536 --> 00:04:30,636 DAY. BEYOND ANYTHING THAT I WOULD 131 00:04:30,638 --> 00:04:32,271 BEYOND ANYTHING THAT I WOULD IMAGINE. 132 00:04:32,273 --> 00:04:35,474 IMAGINE. SHE HAD BEEN STRANGLED AND LEFT 133 00:04:35,476 --> 00:04:38,744 SHE HAD BEEN STRANGLED AND LEFT HERE FOR DEAD. 134 00:04:38,746 --> 00:04:39,344 HERE FOR DEAD. >> AS HE BENT DOWN TO HELP, A 135 00:04:39,346 --> 00:04:40,379 >> AS HE BENT DOWN TO HELP, A FELLOW OFFICER SNAPPED THESE 136 00:04:40,381 --> 00:04:43,081 FELLOW OFFICER SNAPPED THESE PICTURES 137 00:04:43,083 --> 00:04:47,185 PICTURES THEN SITTING THERE ON THE COLD 138 00:04:47,187 --> 00:04:49,821 THEN SITTING THERE ON THE COLD CONCRETE, NAKED, AFRAID AND 139 00:04:49,823 --> 00:04:54,192 CONCRETE, NAKED, AFRAID AND IN TERRIBLE PAIN, THE YOUNG 140 00:04:54,194 --> 00:04:54,826 IN TERRIBLE PAIN, THE YOUNG WOMAN LOOKED UP AND TOLD HIM HER 141 00:04:54,828 --> 00:04:55,394 WOMAN LOOKED UP AND TOLD HIM HER NAME 142 00:04:55,396 --> 00:04:56,895 NAME SHE SAID SHE WAS AMBER 143 00:04:56,897 --> 00:04:57,929 SHE SAID SHE WAS AMBER AMBER SMITH. 144 00:04:57,931 --> 00:04:59,398 AMBER SMITH. >> WE WERE ABLE TO CUT APART HER 145 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:00,666 >> WE WERE ABLE TO CUT APART HER BINDINGS ON HER HANDS. 146 00:05:00,668 --> 00:05:01,733 BINDINGS ON HER HANDS. THERE WERE MITTENS, ALMOST, AND 147 00:05:01,735 --> 00:05:03,368 THERE WERE MITTENS, ALMOST, AND THIS TAPE ON HER FOREHEAD. 148 00:05:03,370 --> 00:05:04,469 THIS TAPE ON HER FOREHEAD. IT WAS CUTTING INTO HER SKIN 149 00:05:04,471 --> 00:05:06,071 IT WAS CUTTING INTO HER SKIN >> THEY BAGGED THE RED DUCT TAPE 150 00:05:06,073 --> 00:05:07,139 >> THEY BAGGED THE RED DUCT TAPE FOR EVIDENCE 151 00:05:07,141 --> 00:05:09,308 FOR EVIDENCE RUSHED AMBER TO THE E.R. 152 00:05:09,310 --> 00:05:10,642 RUSHED AMBER TO THE E.R. AND IN THE AMBULANCE AS SHE 153 00:05:10,644 --> 00:05:11,977 AND IN THE AMBULANCE AS SHE STRUGGLED TO CALM DOWN, DANE 154 00:05:11,979 --> 00:05:15,747 STRUGGLED TO CALM DOWN, DANE STRATTON ASKED, WHAT HAPPENED? 155 00:05:15,749 --> 00:05:19,017 STRATTON ASKED, WHAT HAPPENED? >> WHEN YOU WOKE UP, WERE YOU -- 156 00:05:19,019 --> 00:05:20,085 >> WHEN YOU WOKE UP, WERE YOU -- DID YOU SIT YOURSELF UP? 157 00:05:20,087 --> 00:05:22,254 DID YOU SIT YOURSELF UP? >> I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I 158 00:05:22,256 --> 00:05:23,322 >> I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW, I DON'T KNOW 159 00:05:23,324 --> 00:05:26,925 DON'T KNOW >> IT'S OKAY 160 00:05:26,927 --> 00:05:28,794 >> IT'S OKAY AMBER, IT'S OKAY 161 00:05:28,796 --> 00:05:30,395 AMBER, IT'S OKAY >> I'M WORRIED THAT SHE HAS SOME 162 00:05:30,397 --> 00:05:31,396 >> I'M WORRIED THAT SHE HAS SOME MAJOR INTERNAL BRAIN BLEED OR 163 00:05:31,398 --> 00:05:33,065 MAJOR INTERNAL BRAIN BLEED OR TRAUMA THAT SHE MIGHT NOT 164 00:05:33,067 --> 00:05:34,166 TRAUMA THAT SHE MIGHT NOT RECOVER FROM 165 00:05:34,168 --> 00:05:35,801 RECOVER FROM WE ARE JUST FRANTIC TRYING TO 166 00:05:35,803 --> 00:05:36,868 WE ARE JUST FRANTIC TRYING TO GET ANY AND ALL INFORMATION THAT 167 00:05:36,870 --> 00:05:39,938 GET ANY AND ALL INFORMATION THAT WE CAN FROM HER. 168 00:05:39,940 --> 00:05:41,740 WE CAN FROM HER. BECAUSE IS SHE GOING TO BE ABLE 169 00:05:41,742 --> 00:05:43,342 BECAUSE IS SHE GOING TO BE ABLE TO SURVIVE THIS? 170 00:05:43,344 --> 00:05:44,976 TO SURVIVE THIS? >> THE DOCTORS ASSESSED HER HEAD 171 00:05:44,978 --> 00:05:46,078 >> THE DOCTORS ASSESSED HER HEAD INJURY, PATCHED UP THE REST OF 172 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:49,848 INJURY, PATCHED UP THE REST OF HER THE BEST THEY COULD, AND A 173 00:05:49,850 --> 00:05:51,650 HER THE BEST THEY COULD, AND A NEW COP ARRIVED. 174 00:05:51,652 --> 00:05:54,186 NEW COP ARRIVED. >> WHAT WAS TRULY ASTONISHING TO 175 00:05:54,188 --> 00:05:57,356 >> WHAT WAS TRULY ASTONISHING TO ME WAS SEEING THIS WOMAN WHO HAD 176 00:05:57,358 --> 00:05:58,423 ME WAS SEEING THIS WOMAN WHO HAD BEEN SO BADLY BEATEN 177 00:05:58,425 --> 00:05:59,491 BEEN SO BADLY BEATEN HER FACE WAS SO SWOLLEN. 178 00:05:59,493 --> 00:06:01,660 HER FACE WAS SO SWOLLEN. AND WHEN I SAW HER DRIVER'S 179 00:06:01,662 --> 00:06:03,261 AND WHEN I SAW HER DRIVER'S LICENSE PICTURE, IT WAS NOTHING 180 00:06:03,263 --> 00:06:05,964 LICENSE PICTURE, IT WAS NOTHING LIKE THE PERSON THAT WAS LAYING 181 00:06:05,966 --> 00:06:07,599 LIKE THE PERSON THAT WAS LAYING IN THAT BED. 182 00:06:07,601 --> 00:06:08,667 IN THAT BED. >> THE DETECTIVE FOUND AMBER IN 183 00:06:08,669 --> 00:06:09,835 >> THE DETECTIVE FOUND AMBER IN THE EMERGENCY ROOM 184 00:06:09,837 --> 00:06:11,303 THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHAT WAS HER CONDITION WHEN YOU 185 00:06:11,305 --> 00:06:12,404 WHAT WAS HER CONDITION WHEN YOU GOT THERE? 186 00:06:12,406 --> 00:06:14,673 GOT THERE? >> SHE HAD SUFFERED FROM A 187 00:06:14,675 --> 00:06:16,775 >> SHE HAD SUFFERED FROM A BROKEN JAW, A BRAIN BLEED. 188 00:06:16,777 --> 00:06:18,377 BROKEN JAW, A BRAIN BLEED. ONE OF HER EYES WAS ALMOST 189 00:06:18,379 --> 00:06:21,713 ONE OF HER EYES WAS ALMOST SWOLLEN SHUT 190 00:06:21,715 --> 00:06:23,248 SWOLLEN SHUT SHE HAD THESE LIGATURE MARKS ON 191 00:06:23,250 --> 00:06:26,151 SHE HAD THESE LIGATURE MARKS ON HER NECK WHERE YOU COULD TELL 192 00:06:26,153 --> 00:06:27,119 HER NECK WHERE YOU COULD TELL SHE HAD BEEN STRANGLED 193 00:06:27,121 --> 00:06:27,719 SHE HAD BEEN STRANGLED >> STRANGLED LIKE SOMEONE WAS 194 00:06:27,721 --> 00:06:29,254 >> STRANGLED LIKE SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO KILL HER 195 00:06:29,256 --> 00:06:30,889 TRYING TO KILL HER >> ABSOLUTELY. 196 00:06:30,891 --> 00:06:31,923 >> ABSOLUTELY. SHE HAD A HARD TIME SPEAKING 197 00:06:31,925 --> 00:06:32,724 SHE HAD A HARD TIME SPEAKING >> DETECTIVE SEYMOUR PUSHED 198 00:06:32,726 --> 00:06:33,525 >> DETECTIVE SEYMOUR PUSHED AHEAD. 199 00:06:33,527 --> 00:06:34,659 AHEAD. HAD TO 200 00:06:34,661 --> 00:06:36,261 HAD TO BUT MEDICATED, EXHAUSTED, 201 00:06:36,263 --> 00:06:37,896 BUT MEDICATED, EXHAUSTED, TRAUMATIZED, AMBER STRUGGLED TO 202 00:06:37,898 --> 00:06:38,964 TRAUMATIZED, AMBER STRUGGLED TO REMEMBER 203 00:06:38,966 --> 00:06:41,166 REMEMBER >> TELL ME EVERYTHING THAT YOU 204 00:06:41,168 --> 00:06:42,234 >> TELL ME EVERYTHING THAT YOU SAW. 205 00:06:42,236 --> 00:06:44,369 SAW. >> I DON'T KNOW. 206 00:06:44,371 --> 00:06:49,074 >> I DON'T KNOW. I LOST CONSCIOUSNESS 207 00:06:49,076 --> 00:06:52,778 I LOST CONSCIOUSNESS THE NEXT THING I KNOW, I WOKE UP 208 00:06:52,780 --> 00:06:56,281 THE NEXT THING I KNOW, I WOKE UP WITH MY EYES TAPED AND NAKED 209 00:06:56,283 --> 00:06:56,915 WITH MY EYES TAPED AND NAKED >> WHAT KIND OF SHAPE WAS SHE IN 210 00:06:56,917 --> 00:06:57,883 >> WHAT KIND OF SHAPE WAS SHE IN EMOTIONALLY? 211 00:06:57,885 --> 00:06:58,984 EMOTIONALLY? >> SHE WAS AFRAID. 212 00:06:58,986 --> 00:07:00,018 >> SHE WAS AFRAID. SHE DIDN'T WHO KNOW DID THIS 213 00:07:00,020 --> 00:07:00,619 SHE DIDN'T WHO KNOW DID THIS SHE HAD THOUGHTS OF WHO MIGHT 214 00:07:00,621 --> 00:07:02,721 SHE HAD THOUGHTS OF WHO MIGHT HAVE DONE IT BUT SHE WAS NOT 215 00:07:02,723 --> 00:07:03,822 HAVE DONE IT BUT SHE WAS NOT SURE 216 00:07:03,824 --> 00:07:05,390 SURE >> SHE HAD BEEN WITH A GUY, THEY 217 00:07:05,392 --> 00:07:06,458 >> SHE HAD BEEN WITH A GUY, THEY HAD BEEN DRINKING BUT THEY WERE 218 00:07:06,460 --> 00:07:07,559 HAD BEEN DRINKING BUT THEY WERE IN A DIFFERENT PARK. 219 00:07:07,561 --> 00:07:09,027 IN A DIFFERENT PARK. NOT THE ONE WHERE SHE WAS FOUND. 220 00:07:09,029 --> 00:07:09,728 NOT THE ONE WHERE SHE WAS FOUND. AND THE GUY WAS A FRIEND OF 221 00:07:09,730 --> 00:07:15,667 AND THE GUY WAS A FRIEND OF HERS 222 00:07:15,669 --> 00:07:19,371 HERS SHE GOT OUT HIS NAME 223 00:07:19,373 --> 00:07:21,773 SHE GOT OUT HIS NAME ARIC 224 00:07:21,775 --> 00:07:23,408 ARIC >> YOU WERE DRINKING VODKA 225 00:07:23,410 --> 00:07:25,577 >> YOU WERE DRINKING VODKA WHAT'S THE NEXT THING THAT YOU 226 00:07:25,579 --> 00:07:26,077 WHAT'S THE NEXT THING THAT YOU REMEMBER 227 00:07:26,079 --> 00:07:28,213 REMEMBER >> THE NEXT THING, I WAS WAKING 228 00:07:28,215 --> 00:07:30,415 >> THE NEXT THING, I WAS WAKING UP WITH SOME MAN ON TOP OF ME. 229 00:07:30,417 --> 00:07:33,084 UP WITH SOME MAN ON TOP OF ME. >> BUT WHO DID THIS? 230 00:07:33,086 --> 00:07:34,719 >> BUT WHO DID THIS? DETECTIVE SEYMOUR WONDERED, WAS 231 00:07:34,721 --> 00:07:36,288 DETECTIVE SEYMOUR WONDERED, WAS IT AMBER'S BUDDY ARIC OR SOMEONE 232 00:07:36,290 --> 00:07:39,524 IT AMBER'S BUDDY ARIC OR SOMEONE ELSE ALL TOGETHER? 233 00:07:39,526 --> 00:07:41,693 ELSE ALL TOGETHER? THE RED DUCT TAPE, SEVERE 234 00:07:41,695 --> 00:07:43,995 THE RED DUCT TAPE, SEVERE BEATINGS, STRANGULATION, LIKE 235 00:07:43,997 --> 00:07:47,098 BEATINGS, STRANGULATION, LIKE SOME PRACTICED PREDATOR WAS 236 00:07:47,100 --> 00:07:48,133 SOME PRACTICED PREDATOR WAS LIVING OUT AN AWFUL FANTASY. 237 00:07:48,135 --> 00:07:49,267 LIVING OUT AN AWFUL FANTASY. >> I WAS FEELING THIS INTENSE 238 00:07:49,269 --> 00:07:52,471 >> I WAS FEELING THIS INTENSE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHO HAD DONE 239 00:07:52,473 --> 00:07:53,538 NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHO HAD DONE THIS 240 00:07:53,540 --> 00:07:54,639 THIS AND FEAR FOR WHO THIS PERSON 241 00:07:54,641 --> 00:07:55,674 AND FEAR FOR WHO THIS PERSON THAT IS OUT THERE AND CAPABLE OF 242 00:07:55,676 --> 00:07:56,775 THAT IS OUT THERE AND CAPABLE OF THESE THINGS 243 00:07:56,777 --> 00:07:58,076 THESE THINGS LIKE WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHO 244 00:07:58,078 --> 00:07:58,910 LIKE WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT WHO THIS GUY IS. 245 00:07:58,912 --> 00:08:00,512 THIS GUY IS. >> WHAT WAS YOUR LEVEL OF WORRY 246 00:08:00,514 --> 00:08:01,613 >> WHAT WAS YOUR LEVEL OF WORRY ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO THIS 247 00:08:01,615 --> 00:08:03,415 ABOUT WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO THIS COMMUNITY IF YOU DID NOT FIND 248 00:08:03,417 --> 00:08:04,850 COMMUNITY IF YOU DID NOT FIND SOMEBODY QUICKLY 249 00:08:04,852 --> 00:08:08,119 SOMEBODY QUICKLY >> I WAS TERRIFIED THAT HE WOULD 250 00:08:08,121 --> 00:08:09,187 >> I WAS TERRIFIED THAT HE WOULD STRIKE AGAIN 251 00:08:09,189 --> 00:08:12,090 STRIKE AGAIN >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE 252 00:08:12,092 --> 00:08:13,525 >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, THE INVESTIGATION BEGINS 253 00:08:13,527 --> 00:08:14,593 INVESTIGATION BEGINS STARTING WITH A BODY OF 254 00:08:14,595 --> 00:08:16,228 STARTING WITH A BODY OF EVIDENCE 255 00:08:16,230 --> 00:08:17,829 EVIDENCE >> SHE WAS PROCESSED 256 00:08:17,831 --> 00:08:18,897 >> SHE WAS PROCESSED FORENSICALLY FOR DNA 257 00:08:18,899 --> 00:08:21,633 FORENSICALLY FOR DNA HER HANDS WERE PROCESSED, HER 258 00:08:21,635 --> 00:08:23,235 HER HANDS WERE PROCESSED, HER FACE, HER NECK 259 00:08:23,237 --> 00:08:25,403 FACE, HER NECK >> ANOTHER CLUE? 260 00:08:25,405 --> 00:08:26,471 >> ANOTHER CLUE? THE BRUTALITY OF THE ASSAULT 261 00:08:26,473 --> 00:08:28,106 THE BRUTALITY OF THE ASSAULT >> WHY WOULD YOU ATTACK SOMEBODY 262 00:08:28,108 --> 00:08:29,140 >> WHY WOULD YOU ATTACK SOMEBODY TO SUCH A DEGREE IF YOU DIDN'T 263 00:08:29,142 --> 00:08:30,242 TO SUCH A DEGREE IF YOU DIDN'T HAVE A GRUDGE AGAINST THEM 264 00:08:30,244 --> 00:08:31,910 HAVE A GRUDGE AGAINST THEM THIS DIDN'T SEEM LIKE A STRANGER 265 00:08:31,912 --> 00:08:32,978 THIS DIDN'T SEEM LIKE A STRANGER THING TO ME. 266 00:08:32,980 --> 00:08:34,079 THING TO ME. >> SO WHY WOULD HE BE SO HARD TO 267 00:08:34,081 --> 00:08:35,180 >> SO WHY WOULD HE BE SO HARD TO FIND 268 00:08:35,182 --> 00:08:55,133 FIND >> HE WAS LIKE A GHOST, LIKE THE 269 00:08:55,135 --> 00:08:56,768 >> HE WAS LIKE A GHOST, LIKE THE >> Reporter: MEDICAL STAFF AT 270 00:08:56,770 --> 00:08:57,869 >> Reporter: MEDICAL STAFF AT THE HOSPITAL WORRIED ABOUT A 271 00:08:57,871 --> 00:08:59,471 THE HOSPITAL WORRIED ABOUT A BRAIN BLEED AS THEY TREATED 272 00:08:59,473 --> 00:09:00,572 BRAIN BLEED AS THEY TREATED AMBER SMITH AND PATCHED UP HER 273 00:09:00,574 --> 00:09:02,741 AMBER SMITH AND PATCHED UP HER BEATEN BODY AND COMPLETED ONE 274 00:09:02,743 --> 00:09:07,612 BEATEN BODY AND COMPLETED ONE MORE TEST. 275 00:09:07,614 --> 00:09:08,179 MORE TEST. AND YES, NO SURPRISE, AMBER, 276 00:09:08,181 --> 00:09:10,815 AND YES, NO SURPRISE, AMBER, JUST 20 YEARS OLD, HAD ALSO BEEN 277 00:09:10,817 --> 00:09:12,417 JUST 20 YEARS OLD, HAD ALSO BEEN RAPED. 278 00:09:12,419 --> 00:09:14,586 RAPED. DETECTIVE SIOBHAN SEYMOUR ADDED 279 00:09:14,588 --> 00:09:16,354 DETECTIVE SIOBHAN SEYMOUR ADDED THAT DISMAL RESULT TO HER PILE 280 00:09:16,356 --> 00:09:17,255 THAT DISMAL RESULT TO HER PILE OF BAD NEWS. 281 00:09:17,257 --> 00:09:17,889 OF BAD NEWS. HAD YOU EVER ENCOUNTERED A THING 282 00:09:17,891 --> 00:09:19,424 HAD YOU EVER ENCOUNTERED A THING LIKE THAT BEFORE 283 00:09:19,426 --> 00:09:20,692 LIKE THAT BEFORE >> NO. 284 00:09:20,694 --> 00:09:21,059 >> NO. I HAVEN'T. 285 00:09:21,061 --> 00:09:22,661 I HAVEN'T. >> IT'S JUST AWFUL 286 00:09:22,663 --> 00:09:24,296 >> IT'S JUST AWFUL >> YEAH. 287 00:09:24,298 --> 00:09:26,765 >> YEAH. AND I'VE SEEN MY SHARE OF PRETTY 288 00:09:26,767 --> 00:09:29,701 AND I'VE SEEN MY SHARE OF PRETTY HORRIBLE THINGS. 289 00:09:29,703 --> 00:09:31,102 HORRIBLE THINGS. THIS WAS A VERY SCARY CASE 290 00:09:31,104 --> 00:09:31,870 THIS WAS A VERY SCARY CASE >> SIOBHAN SEYMOUR HAS BEEN 291 00:09:31,872 --> 00:09:33,505 >> SIOBHAN SEYMOUR HAS BEEN STEEPED IN CRIME FIGHTING MOST 292 00:09:33,507 --> 00:09:35,674 STEEPED IN CRIME FIGHTING MOST ALL HER LIFE 293 00:09:35,676 --> 00:09:37,309 ALL HER LIFE FATHER AN FBI AGENT, GRANDFATHER 294 00:09:37,311 --> 00:09:39,244 FATHER AN FBI AGENT, GRANDFATHER ONCE WITH THE CIA. 295 00:09:39,246 --> 00:09:40,545 ONCE WITH THE CIA. BUT SHE WAS A MOTHER NOW, TWO 296 00:09:40,547 --> 00:09:42,147 BUT SHE WAS A MOTHER NOW, TWO YOUNG BOYS 297 00:09:42,149 --> 00:09:43,782 YOUNG BOYS SO THIS ONE HIT HER HARD 298 00:09:43,784 --> 00:09:45,951 SO THIS ONE HIT HER HARD ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE FOUND OUT 299 00:09:45,953 --> 00:09:48,086 ESPECIALLY WHEN SHE FOUND OUT AMBER HAD A SON, TOO 300 00:09:48,088 --> 00:09:49,688 AMBER HAD A SON, TOO SHE NEEDED TO GET MOVING FAST. 301 00:09:49,690 --> 00:09:50,755 SHE NEEDED TO GET MOVING FAST. A FEW HOURS AFTER THE ATTACK, 302 00:09:50,757 --> 00:09:52,924 A FEW HOURS AFTER THE ATTACK, DETECTIVE SEYMOUR AND HER 303 00:09:52,926 --> 00:09:54,526 DETECTIVE SEYMOUR AND HER PARTNERS TRACKED DOWN AMBER'S 304 00:09:54,528 --> 00:09:56,361 PARTNERS TRACKED DOWN AMBER'S SISTER-IN-LAW AND IT TURNED OUT 305 00:09:56,363 --> 00:09:59,364 SISTER-IN-LAW AND IT TURNED OUT BEST FRIEND. 306 00:09:59,366 --> 00:10:01,499 BEST FRIEND. KIRSTIE AGUILAR. 307 00:10:01,501 --> 00:10:02,534 KIRSTIE AGUILAR. >> I WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY TO A 308 00:10:02,536 --> 00:10:03,635 >> I WOKE UP THE NEXT DAY TO A VOICEMAIL FROM THE DETECTIVES 309 00:10:03,637 --> 00:10:04,703 VOICEMAIL FROM THE DETECTIVES EXPLAINING WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO 310 00:10:04,705 --> 00:10:07,405 EXPLAINING WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO AMBER. 311 00:10:07,407 --> 00:10:08,506 AMBER. I WAS SCARED 312 00:10:08,508 --> 00:10:12,277 I WAS SCARED I WENT INTO COMPLETE PANIC MODE 313 00:10:12,279 --> 00:10:13,345 I WENT INTO COMPLETE PANIC MODE RIGHT AWAY 314 00:10:13,347 --> 00:10:15,513 RIGHT AWAY >> FRANTIC, KIRSTIE RUSHED TO 315 00:10:15,515 --> 00:10:17,115 >> FRANTIC, KIRSTIE RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL 316 00:10:17,117 --> 00:10:19,317 THE HOSPITAL BUT THE NAME ON THE ROOM SHE WAS 317 00:10:19,319 --> 00:10:20,919 BUT THE NAME ON THE ROOM SHE WAS SENT TO WASN'T AMBER SMITH 318 00:10:20,921 --> 00:10:24,522 SENT TO WASN'T AMBER SMITH >> BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO 319 00:10:24,524 --> 00:10:26,358 >> BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHO DID IT TO HER. 320 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:27,993 DID IT TO HER. SO FOR HER SAFETY, THEY PUT HER 321 00:10:27,995 --> 00:10:30,629 SO FOR HER SAFETY, THEY PUT HER UNDER AN ALIAS NAME. 322 00:10:30,631 --> 00:10:32,364 UNDER AN ALIAS NAME. >> AND IN THAT ROOM? 323 00:10:32,366 --> 00:10:33,365 >> AND IN THAT ROOM? >> IT WAS VERY SHOCKING AND 324 00:10:33,367 --> 00:10:36,468 >> IT WAS VERY SHOCKING AND SCARY TO SEE 325 00:10:36,470 --> 00:10:37,669 SCARY TO SEE I WALKED IN THERE. 326 00:10:37,671 --> 00:10:38,770 I WALKED IN THERE. HER FACE WAS UNRECOGNIZABLE. 327 00:10:38,772 --> 00:10:40,905 HER FACE WAS UNRECOGNIZABLE. THAT WAS MY SISTER, MY BEST 328 00:10:40,907 --> 00:10:44,042 THAT WAS MY SISTER, MY BEST FRIEND 329 00:10:44,044 --> 00:10:49,114 FRIEND >> THEY HAD MET WHEN AMBER WAS 330 00:10:49,116 --> 00:10:51,483 >> THEY HAD MET WHEN AMBER WAS DATING KIRSTIE'S BROTHER-IN-LAW. 331 00:10:51,485 --> 00:10:52,651 DATING KIRSTIE'S BROTHER-IN-LAW. >> SHE ENDED UP GETTING PREGNANT 332 00:10:52,653 --> 00:10:53,618 >> SHE ENDED UP GETTING PREGNANT WITH GABRIEL AND OUR 333 00:10:53,620 --> 00:10:55,220 WITH GABRIEL AND OUR RELATIONSHIP KIND OF GREW FROM 334 00:10:55,222 --> 00:10:57,389 RELATIONSHIP KIND OF GREW FROM THERE. 335 00:10:57,391 --> 00:10:58,490 THERE. >> KIRSTIE HAD BEEN HELPING 336 00:10:58,492 --> 00:10:59,591 >> KIRSTIE HAD BEEN HELPING RAISE AMBER'S SON, WAS BABY 337 00:10:59,593 --> 00:11:00,659 RAISE AMBER'S SON, WAS BABY SITTING THE NIGHT OF THE ATTACK. 338 00:11:00,661 --> 00:11:06,665 SITTING THE NIGHT OF THE ATTACK. AMBER HAD BEEN WORKING HARD TO 339 00:11:06,667 --> 00:11:10,001 AMBER HAD BEEN WORKING HARD TO GET HER HIGH OF ON TRACK, EARNED 340 00:11:10,003 --> 00:11:11,036 GET HER HIGH OF ON TRACK, EARNED HER GED, JUGGLED A JOB A 341 00:11:11,038 --> 00:11:12,103 HER GED, JUGGLED A JOB A 7-ELEVEN, WHILE TRYING TO BE A 342 00:11:12,105 --> 00:11:13,371 7-ELEVEN, WHILE TRYING TO BE A GOOD SINGLE MOM. 343 00:11:13,373 --> 00:11:14,272 GOOD SINGLE MOM. AND SHE WAS YOUNG AND PRETTY, 344 00:11:14,274 --> 00:11:15,340 AND SHE WAS YOUNG AND PRETTY, HAD LOTS OF FRIENDS. 345 00:11:15,342 --> 00:11:17,042 HAD LOTS OF FRIENDS. >> WE HAD NO IDEA WHO COULD HAVE 346 00:11:17,044 --> 00:11:18,576 >> WE HAD NO IDEA WHO COULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING SO HORRIBLE TO 347 00:11:18,578 --> 00:11:19,644 DONE ANYTHING SO HORRIBLE TO HER. 348 00:11:19,646 --> 00:11:21,279 HER. AMBER WAS SOMEBODY THAT YOU 349 00:11:21,281 --> 00:11:22,380 AMBER WAS SOMEBODY THAT YOU WOULDN'T THINK THAT WOULD EVER 350 00:11:22,382 --> 00:11:23,848 WOULDN'T THINK THAT WOULD EVER HAPPEN TO. 351 00:11:23,850 --> 00:11:25,083 HAPPEN TO. >> SOMEBODY IT WOULD NEVER 352 00:11:25,085 --> 00:11:26,718 >> SOMEBODY IT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN TO. 353 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:28,586 HAPPEN TO. DETECTIVE SEYMOUR WRESTLED WITH 354 00:11:28,588 --> 00:11:30,355 DETECTIVE SEYMOUR WRESTLED WITH SOMETHING THAT FELT LIKE DREAD, 355 00:11:30,357 --> 00:11:30,955 SOMETHING THAT FELT LIKE DREAD, AND INTENSE PRESSURE 356 00:11:30,957 --> 00:11:32,057 AND INTENSE PRESSURE SHE AND HER FELLOW COPS HAD TO 357 00:11:32,059 --> 00:11:33,658 SHE AND HER FELLOW COPS HAD TO FIND THE PERPETRATOR QUICKLY 358 00:11:33,660 --> 00:11:34,759 FIND THE PERPETRATOR QUICKLY BEFORE HE DID IT AGAIN 359 00:11:34,761 --> 00:11:40,365 BEFORE HE DID IT AGAIN >> EVERYONE IS A SUSPECT WHEN 360 00:11:40,367 --> 00:11:44,502 >> EVERYONE IS A SUSPECT WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE. 361 00:11:44,504 --> 00:11:47,172 YOU DON'T KNOW WHO THEY ARE. >> WHAT IS THE SENSE OR THE 362 00:11:47,174 --> 00:12:01,086 >> WHAT IS THE SENSE OR THE LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT 363 00:12:01,088 --> 00:12:03,788 LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY THAT COMES CRASHING DOWN ON YOUR 364 00:12:03,790 --> 00:12:05,190 COMES CRASHING DOWN ON YOUR SHOULDERS WHEN YOU SEE A THING 365 00:12:05,192 --> 00:12:05,724 SHOULDERS WHEN YOU SEE A THING LIKE THAT? 366 00:12:05,726 --> 00:12:06,925 LIKE THAT? >> OH, MY GOSH 367 00:12:06,927 --> 00:12:08,426 >> OH, MY GOSH IT IS REALLY AT TIMES, IT FEELS 368 00:12:08,428 --> 00:12:09,494 IT IS REALLY AT TIMES, IT FEELS LIKE THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD 369 00:12:09,496 --> 00:12:10,562 LIKE THE WEIGHT OF THE WORLD TO KNOW THAT I AM RESPONSIBLE 370 00:12:10,564 --> 00:12:11,663 TO KNOW THAT I AM RESPONSIBLE FOR FIGURING OUT ALL THE PARTS 371 00:12:11,665 --> 00:12:12,263 FOR FIGURING OUT ALL THE PARTS AND PIECES, PUTTING THEM 372 00:12:12,265 --> 00:12:13,298 AND PIECES, PUTTING THEM TOGETHER, SO THAT EVERYONE IS 373 00:12:13,300 --> 00:12:14,365 TOGETHER, SO THAT EVERYONE IS SAFE, INCLUDING ME 374 00:12:14,367 --> 00:12:15,467 SAFE, INCLUDING ME >> NOT JUST SOLVING THE CRIME 375 00:12:15,469 --> 00:12:16,534 >> NOT JUST SOLVING THE CRIME FOR HER BUT FOR THE WHOLE TOWN 376 00:12:16,536 --> 00:12:17,569 FOR HER BUT FOR THE WHOLE TOWN >> YEAH. 377 00:12:17,571 --> 00:12:18,670 >> YEAH. IT'S A LOT 378 00:12:18,672 --> 00:12:20,038 IT'S A LOT AND THE LEVEL OF RAGE THAT WAS 379 00:12:20,040 --> 00:12:20,772 AND THE LEVEL OF RAGE THAT WAS EXERCISED ON THIS WOMAN WAS SO 380 00:12:20,774 --> 00:12:21,873 EXERCISED ON THIS WOMAN WAS SO SCARY. 381 00:12:21,875 --> 00:12:23,374 SCARY. >> THE FORENSICS PEOPLE 382 00:12:23,376 --> 00:12:26,711 >> THE FORENSICS PEOPLE EXTRACTED WHAT EVIDENCE THEY 383 00:12:26,713 --> 00:12:28,546 EXTRACTED WHAT EVIDENCE THEY COULD. 384 00:12:28,548 --> 00:12:30,448 COULD. >> SHE WAS PROCESSED 385 00:12:30,450 --> 00:12:31,516 >> SHE WAS PROCESSED FORENSICALLY FOR DNA 386 00:12:31,518 --> 00:12:32,951 FORENSICALLY FOR DNA HER HANDS WERE PROCESSED, HER 387 00:12:32,953 --> 00:12:33,651 HER HANDS WERE PROCESSED, HER FACE WAS, HER NECK, ANY AREA 388 00:12:33,653 --> 00:12:34,686 FACE WAS, HER NECK, ANY AREA THAT WE BELIEVED THE SUSPECT MAY 389 00:12:34,688 --> 00:12:35,787 THAT WE BELIEVED THE SUSPECT MAY HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH WAS 390 00:12:35,789 --> 00:12:40,925 HAVE COME IN CONTACT WITH WAS EXAMINED 391 00:12:40,927 --> 00:12:45,363 EXAMINED >> THE ATTACKER HAD LEFT HIS 392 00:12:45,365 --> 00:12:45,964 >> THE ATTACKER HAD LEFT HIS SEMEN BEHIND AND MAYBE TOUCHED 393 00:12:45,966 --> 00:12:49,968 SEMEN BEHIND AND MAYBE TOUCHED DNA. 394 00:12:49,970 --> 00:12:50,568 DNA. THEY SWABBED EVERY INCH OF THE 395 00:12:50,570 --> 00:12:52,203 THEY SWABBED EVERY INCH OF THE DUCT TAPE. 396 00:12:52,205 --> 00:12:54,072 DUCT TAPE. AS INVESTIGATORS TRIED TO FATHOM 397 00:12:54,074 --> 00:12:55,106 AS INVESTIGATORS TRIED TO FATHOM THE MOTIVE 398 00:12:55,108 --> 00:12:56,241 THE MOTIVE >> THE BRUTALITY OF THIS WAS 399 00:12:56,243 --> 00:12:57,275 >> THE BRUTALITY OF THIS WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT I HAD HEARD 400 00:12:57,277 --> 00:12:58,376 UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT I HAD HEARD ABOUT. 401 00:12:58,378 --> 00:12:59,711 ABOUT. WHY WOULD YOU ATTACK SOMEBODY 402 00:12:59,713 --> 00:13:00,612 WHY WOULD YOU ATTACK SOMEBODY AND BRUTALIZE THEM TO SUCH A 403 00:13:00,614 --> 00:13:01,613 AND BRUTALIZE THEM TO SUCH A DEGREE IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THEM 404 00:13:01,615 --> 00:13:02,714 DEGREE IF YOU DIDN'T KNOW THEM OR HAVE A GRUDGE AGAINST THEM? 405 00:13:02,716 --> 00:13:04,315 OR HAVE A GRUDGE AGAINST THEM? THIS DIDN'T SEEM LIKE A STRANGER 406 00:13:04,317 --> 00:13:07,018 THIS DIDN'T SEEM LIKE A STRANGER THING TO ME. 407 00:13:07,020 --> 00:13:08,653 THING TO ME. >> AND DETECTIVE SEYMOUR KNEW 408 00:13:08,655 --> 00:13:13,558 >> AND DETECTIVE SEYMOUR KNEW THERE WAS ONE PERSON SHE NEEDED 409 00:13:13,560 --> 00:13:15,360 THERE WAS ONE PERSON SHE NEEDED TO GET A LOOK AT RIGHT AWAY. 410 00:13:15,362 --> 00:13:22,400 TO GET A LOOK AT RIGHT AWAY. THE LAST PERSON AMBER REMEMBERED 411 00:13:22,402 --> 00:13:24,035 THE LAST PERSON AMBER REMEMBERED BEING WITH 412 00:13:24,037 --> 00:13:25,103 BEING WITH HER FRIEND ARIC VANAGUNAS. 413 00:13:25,105 --> 00:13:26,738 HER FRIEND ARIC VANAGUNAS. SHE GOT HIS NAME AND ADDRESS 414 00:13:26,740 --> 00:13:27,772 SHE GOT HIS NAME AND ADDRESS ARIC WAS 20-SOMETHING, LIVED 415 00:13:27,774 --> 00:13:28,840 ARIC WAS 20-SOMETHING, LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS 416 00:13:28,842 --> 00:13:29,908 WITH HIS PARENTS BUT HE WASN'T HOME 417 00:13:29,910 --> 00:13:30,942 BUT HE WASN'T HOME >> HIS MOTHER WAS THERE AND SHE 418 00:13:30,944 --> 00:13:32,177 >> HIS MOTHER WAS THERE AND SHE SAID THAT HE USUALLY VOLUNTEERS 419 00:13:32,179 --> 00:13:33,244 SAID THAT HE USUALLY VOLUNTEERS AT THE CHURCH. 420 00:13:33,246 --> 00:13:34,412 AT THE CHURCH. SO A PARTNER OF MINE AND I WENT 421 00:13:34,414 --> 00:13:40,819 SO A PARTNER OF MINE AND I WENT TO THE CHURCH TO CONTACT HIM 422 00:13:40,821 --> 00:13:44,088 TO THE CHURCH TO CONTACT HIM THERE. 423 00:13:44,090 --> 00:13:47,458 THERE. >> I AM WORKING RIGHT NOW ON THE 424 00:13:47,460 --> 00:13:47,992 >> I AM WORKING RIGHT NOW ON THE CASE INVOLVING AMBER SMITH 425 00:13:47,994 --> 00:13:52,430 CASE INVOLVING AMBER SMITH >> YEAH. 426 00:13:52,432 --> 00:13:54,065 >> YEAH. I PICKED HER UP. 427 00:13:54,067 --> 00:13:55,867 I PICKED HER UP. BUT HE ALSO KNEW I BELIEVE AT 428 00:13:55,869 --> 00:13:58,136 BUT HE ALSO KNEW I BELIEVE AT THAT POINT IN TIME SOMETHING HAD 429 00:13:58,138 --> 00:14:00,605 THAT POINT IN TIME SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED TO AMBER BECAUSE HE WAS 430 00:14:00,607 --> 00:14:04,042 HAPPENED TO AMBER BECAUSE HE WAS IN CONNECTION WITH OTHER PEOPLE 431 00:14:04,044 --> 00:14:05,109 IN CONNECTION WITH OTHER PEOPLE THAT SHE KNEW. 432 00:14:05,111 --> 00:14:06,211 THAT SHE KNEW. >> AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT 433 00:14:06,213 --> 00:14:07,278 >> AND YOU DIDN'T KNOW AT THAT POINT WHETHER IT WAS GUILTY 434 00:14:07,280 --> 00:14:08,646 POINT WHETHER IT WAS GUILTY KNOWLEDGE THAT HE KNEW BECAUSE 435 00:14:08,648 --> 00:14:09,514 KNOWLEDGE THAT HE KNEW BECAUSE HE DID IT OR HE JUST KNEW. 436 00:14:09,516 --> 00:14:10,448 HE DID IT OR HE JUST KNEW. >> CORRECT 437 00:14:10,450 --> 00:14:12,083 >> CORRECT >> ARIC ECHOED AMBER'S STORY, 438 00:14:12,085 --> 00:14:13,184 >> ARIC ECHOED AMBER'S STORY, ABOUT DRINKING IN THE PARK, 439 00:14:13,186 --> 00:14:17,088 ABOUT DRINKING IN THE PARK, HAVING ONE TOO MANY AND AMBER 440 00:14:17,090 --> 00:14:18,823 HAVING ONE TOO MANY AND AMBER FALLING ASLEEP 441 00:14:18,825 --> 00:14:21,726 FALLING ASLEEP >> I TRIED TO WAKE HER UP, BUT 442 00:14:21,728 --> 00:14:24,462 >> I TRIED TO WAKE HER UP, BUT SHE WOULDN'T WAKE UP 443 00:14:24,464 --> 00:14:26,297 SHE WOULDN'T WAKE UP >> SO ARIC CLAIMED HE LEFT HER 444 00:14:26,299 --> 00:14:31,035 >> SO ARIC CLAIMED HE LEFT HER THERE ASLEEP, DROVE AROUND, BUT 445 00:14:31,037 --> 00:14:32,103 THERE ASLEEP, DROVE AROUND, BUT THEN GOT WORRIED ABOUT HER 446 00:14:32,105 --> 00:14:34,839 THEN GOT WORRIED ABOUT HER >> I CAME BACK AND SHE SEEMED 447 00:14:34,841 --> 00:14:35,874 >> I CAME BACK AND SHE SEEMED FINE SO I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD 448 00:14:35,876 --> 00:14:38,576 FINE SO I THOUGHT THAT IT WOULD BE OKAY IF I LEFT HER THERE. 449 00:14:38,578 --> 00:14:41,813 BE OKAY IF I LEFT HER THERE. >> SO SAID ARIC, HE WENT HOME. 450 00:14:41,815 --> 00:14:43,281 >> SO SAID ARIC, HE WENT HOME. >> I THINK HE WAS SURPRISED THAT 451 00:14:43,283 --> 00:14:44,582 >> I THINK HE WAS SURPRISED THAT IT HAD HAPPENED. 452 00:14:44,584 --> 00:14:46,284 IT HAD HAPPENED. AND CERTAINLY IT MADE HIM LOOK 453 00:14:46,286 --> 00:14:47,151 AND CERTAINLY IT MADE HIM LOOK LIKE A VERY BAD FRIEND. 454 00:14:47,153 --> 00:14:51,890 LIKE A VERY BAD FRIEND. >> YEAH. 455 00:14:51,892 --> 00:14:52,523 >> YEAH. >> THAT HE HAD LEFT HER IN THAT 456 00:14:52,525 --> 00:14:54,425 >> THAT HE HAD LEFT HER IN THAT CONDITION. 457 00:14:54,427 --> 00:14:59,430 CONDITION. >> ARIC DID AGREE TO PROVIDE A 458 00:14:59,432 --> 00:15:04,135 >> ARIC DID AGREE TO PROVIDE A SAMPLE OF HIS DNA, WHICH 459 00:15:04,137 --> 00:15:04,736 SAMPLE OF HIS DNA, WHICH DETECTIVE SEYMOUR GOT BACK TO 460 00:15:04,738 --> 00:15:05,169 DETECTIVE SEYMOUR GOT BACK TO THE LAB. 461 00:15:05,171 --> 00:15:06,804 THE LAB. AND THEN HURRIED BACK TO THE 462 00:15:06,806 --> 00:15:07,839 AND THEN HURRIED BACK TO THE HOSPITAL TO TRY ONE MORE TIME TO 463 00:15:07,841 --> 00:15:09,440 HOSPITAL TO TRY ONE MORE TIME TO PROBE AMBER FOR ANYTHING ELSE, 464 00:15:09,442 --> 00:15:10,575 PROBE AMBER FOR ANYTHING ELSE, ANYTHING AT ALL, SHE COULD 465 00:15:10,577 --> 00:15:11,643 ANYTHING AT ALL, SHE COULD REMEMBER 466 00:15:11,645 --> 00:15:13,778 REMEMBER AND REMARKABLY, DESPITE INJURIES 467 00:15:13,780 --> 00:15:14,879 AND REMARKABLY, DESPITE INJURIES THAT COULD HAVE KILLED HER, SHE 468 00:15:14,881 --> 00:15:15,947 THAT COULD HAVE KILLED HER, SHE WAS SOMEHOW GETTING BETTER 469 00:15:15,949 --> 00:15:17,148 WAS SOMEHOW GETTING BETTER WELL ENOUGH TO BEGIN TO RELATE A 470 00:15:17,150 --> 00:15:18,616 WELL ENOUGH TO BEGIN TO RELATE A REAL LIFE NIGHTMARE. 471 00:15:18,618 --> 00:15:20,251 REAL LIFE NIGHTMARE. >> I WAS BEYOND SCARED 472 00:15:20,253 --> 00:15:23,454 >> I WAS BEYOND SCARED I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE 473 00:15:23,456 --> 00:15:27,225 I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO DIE I THOUGHT THAT WAS MY LAST 474 00:15:27,227 --> 00:15:28,860 I THOUGHT THAT WAS MY LAST MOMENT ON EARTH. 475 00:15:28,862 --> 00:15:33,631 MOMENT ON EARTH. >>> COMING UP, A BONE CHILLING 476 00:15:33,633 --> 00:15:35,566 >>> COMING UP, A BONE CHILLING TALE OF TERROR 477 00:15:35,568 --> 00:15:38,036 TALE OF TERROR >> AS I WAS SCREAMING TRYING TO 478 00:15:38,038 --> 00:15:39,370 >> AS I WAS SCREAMING TRYING TO BREAK FREE, I REMEMBER A ROPE 479 00:15:39,372 --> 00:15:41,773 BREAK FREE, I REMEMBER A ROPE BEING PUT ACROSS MY NECK AND 480 00:15:41,775 --> 00:16:00,124 BEING PUT ACROSS MY NECK AND THEN SOME WORDS WERE SAID TO ME. 481 00:16:00,126 --> 00:16:02,827 THEN SOME WORDS WERE SAID TO ME. >> Reporter: EVENING AGAIN 482 00:16:02,829 --> 00:16:06,064 >> Reporter: EVENING AGAIN ONE DAY LATER. 483 00:16:06,066 --> 00:16:07,665 ONE DAY LATER. FORT COLLINS, COLORADO 484 00:16:07,667 --> 00:16:08,733 FORT COLLINS, COLORADO AND ONCE AGAIN, RESTAURANTS AND 485 00:16:08,735 --> 00:16:09,834 AND ONCE AGAIN, RESTAURANTS AND BARS BEGAN TO FILL WITH YOUNG 486 00:16:09,836 --> 00:16:11,436 BARS BEGAN TO FILL WITH YOUNG PEOPLE EAGER TO MEET NEW 487 00:16:11,438 --> 00:16:12,537 PEOPLE EAGER TO MEET NEW FRIENDS. 488 00:16:12,539 --> 00:16:14,706 FRIENDS. DETECTIVE SIOBHAN SEYMOUR RACED 489 00:16:14,708 --> 00:16:18,843 DETECTIVE SIOBHAN SEYMOUR RACED AGAINST AN AWFUL POSSIBILITY, 490 00:16:18,845 --> 00:16:21,612 AGAINST AN AWFUL POSSIBILITY, MAYBE PROBABILITY, THAT A SERIAL 491 00:16:21,614 --> 00:16:24,649 MAYBE PROBABILITY, THAT A SERIAL KIDNAPPER, RAPIST, KILLER HAD 492 00:16:24,651 --> 00:16:27,018 KIDNAPPER, RAPIST, KILLER HAD MOVED INTO HER TOWN. 493 00:16:27,020 --> 00:16:29,354 MOVED INTO HER TOWN. WAS THE PERSON WHO ATTACKED 494 00:16:29,356 --> 00:16:31,856 WAS THE PERSON WHO ATTACKED AMBER SMITH STILL OUT HERE, 495 00:16:31,858 --> 00:16:36,894 AMBER SMITH STILL OUT HERE, LOOKING, FISHING 496 00:16:36,896 --> 00:16:37,495 LOOKING, FISHING SHE ASKED TO RUSH TESTS ON DNA 497 00:16:37,497 --> 00:16:38,496 SHE ASKED TO RUSH TESTS ON DNA SAMPLES TAKEN FROM AMBER 498 00:16:38,498 --> 00:16:40,131 SAMPLES TAKEN FROM AMBER AND MELISSA GOT TO WORK. 499 00:16:40,133 --> 00:16:40,732 AND MELISSA GOT TO WORK. >> THESE TYPES OF PERPETRATORS 500 00:16:40,734 --> 00:16:41,766 >> THESE TYPES OF PERPETRATORS TYPICALLY AREN'T FIRST TIME 501 00:16:41,768 --> 00:16:42,834 TYPICALLY AREN'T FIRST TIME OFFENDERS WHEN YOU HAVE A CASE 502 00:16:42,836 --> 00:16:44,969 OFFENDERS WHEN YOU HAVE A CASE THAT IS SO BRUTAL. 503 00:16:44,971 --> 00:16:46,604 THAT IS SO BRUTAL. SO THIS CASE WAS WORKED ON THE 504 00:16:46,606 --> 00:16:47,638 SO THIS CASE WAS WORKED ON THE RUSH STATUS. 505 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:49,240 RUSH STATUS. >> AND STILL, DETECTIVE SEYMOUR 506 00:16:49,242 --> 00:16:50,341 >> AND STILL, DETECTIVE SEYMOUR HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO DECIPHER 507 00:16:50,343 --> 00:16:54,645 HADN'T BEEN ABLE TO DECIPHER FROM AMBER EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED 508 00:16:54,647 --> 00:16:56,781 FROM AMBER EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED TO HER 509 00:16:56,783 --> 00:16:59,384 TO HER AND SO 13 HOURS INTO HER 510 00:16:59,386 --> 00:16:59,984 AND SO 13 HOURS INTO HER INVESTIGATION, SHE RETURNED TO 511 00:16:59,986 --> 00:17:00,952 INVESTIGATION, SHE RETURNED TO THE HOSPITAL 512 00:17:00,954 --> 00:17:02,253 THE HOSPITAL >> SHE WAS ABLE TO TALK AND SHE 513 00:17:02,255 --> 00:17:03,521 >> SHE WAS ABLE TO TALK AND SHE WAS SCARED 514 00:17:03,523 --> 00:17:05,323 WAS SCARED >> SCARED, OF COURSE, AND STILL 515 00:17:05,325 --> 00:17:06,424 >> SCARED, OF COURSE, AND STILL VERY TRAUMATIZED 516 00:17:06,426 --> 00:17:08,359 VERY TRAUMATIZED BUT THIS TIME, AMBER WAS MORE 517 00:17:08,361 --> 00:17:11,496 BUT THIS TIME, AMBER WAS MORE LUCID. 518 00:17:11,498 --> 00:17:13,664 LUCID. AND THE STORY SHE TOLD 519 00:17:13,666 --> 00:17:16,667 AND THE STORY SHE TOLD EVEN NOW YEARS LATER, AS SHE 520 00:17:16,669 --> 00:17:17,735 EVEN NOW YEARS LATER, AS SHE BEGAN TO TELL US THE SAME STORY, 521 00:17:17,737 --> 00:17:21,406 BEGAN TO TELL US THE SAME STORY, WAVES OF ANXIETY ALL BUT STOPPED 522 00:17:21,408 --> 00:17:24,275 WAVES OF ANXIETY ALL BUT STOPPED HER. 523 00:17:24,277 --> 00:17:24,909 HER. >> YOU KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE 524 00:17:24,911 --> 00:17:26,277 >> YOU KNOW THERE'S SOME PEOPLE WHO LOVE NOTHING BETTER THAN TO 525 00:17:26,279 --> 00:17:28,079 WHO LOVE NOTHING BETTER THAN TO GET LOTS OF ATTENTION, GO ON 526 00:17:28,081 --> 00:17:28,679 GET LOTS OF ATTENTION, GO ON TELEVISION, BE SEEN BY LOTS OF 527 00:17:28,681 --> 00:17:29,180 TELEVISION, BE SEEN BY LOTS OF PEOPLE 528 00:17:29,182 --> 00:17:31,315 PEOPLE THEY ACT OUT 529 00:17:31,317 --> 00:17:32,383 THEY ACT OUT THEY TELL STORIES. 530 00:17:32,385 --> 00:17:33,451 THEY TELL STORIES. YOU'RE NOT ONE OF THOSE, ARE 531 00:17:33,453 --> 00:17:35,820 YOU'RE NOT ONE OF THOSE, ARE YOU? 532 00:17:35,822 --> 00:17:40,391 YOU? >> NO. 533 00:17:40,393 --> 00:17:40,892 >> NO. I'M KIND, CARING, QUIET, 534 00:17:40,894 --> 00:17:42,560 I'M KIND, CARING, QUIET, PEACEFUL 535 00:17:42,562 --> 00:17:43,194 PEACEFUL I'M A MOTHER 536 00:17:43,196 --> 00:17:44,262 I'M A MOTHER >> AND SO SHE BEGAN. 537 00:17:44,264 --> 00:17:45,396 >> AND SO SHE BEGAN. IN A WAY, EMBARRASSED ABOUT 538 00:17:45,398 --> 00:17:46,397 IN A WAY, EMBARRASSED ABOUT GOING DRINKING WITH HER FRIEND, 539 00:17:46,399 --> 00:17:50,668 GOING DRINKING WITH HER FRIEND, ARIC VANAGUNAS 540 00:17:50,670 --> 00:17:53,838 ARIC VANAGUNAS >> I BECAME INTOXICATED. 541 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:54,472 >> I BECAME INTOXICATED. >> THE TWO OF YOU POLISHED OFF A 542 00:17:54,474 --> 00:17:55,873 >> THE TWO OF YOU POLISHED OFF A BOTTLE 543 00:17:55,875 --> 00:17:57,208 BOTTLE >> YES 544 00:17:57,210 --> 00:17:59,477 >> YES DRANK TOO MUCH 545 00:17:59,479 --> 00:18:00,812 DRANK TOO MUCH >> AMBER PASSED OUT AT AN 546 00:18:00,814 --> 00:18:02,480 >> AMBER PASSED OUT AT AN OUTDOOR PICNIC TABLE 547 00:18:02,482 --> 00:18:04,782 OUTDOOR PICNIC TABLE FOR HOW LONG SHE DOESN'T KNOW. 548 00:18:04,784 --> 00:18:08,286 FOR HOW LONG SHE DOESN'T KNOW. AND WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER NEXT? 549 00:18:08,288 --> 00:18:09,454 AND WHAT DO YOU REMEMBER NEXT? >> I REMEMBER WAKING UP ON MY 550 00:18:09,456 --> 00:18:10,588 >> I REMEMBER WAKING UP ON MY STOMACH ON THE FLOOR, AND MY 551 00:18:10,590 --> 00:18:13,591 STOMACH ON THE FLOOR, AND MY HANDS AND MY FEET WERE BOUND 552 00:18:13,593 --> 00:18:14,692 HANDS AND MY FEET WERE BOUND WITH DUCT TAPE 553 00:18:14,694 --> 00:18:15,760 WITH DUCT TAPE MY MOUTH WAS BOUND WITH DUCT 554 00:18:15,762 --> 00:18:16,828 MY MOUTH WAS BOUND WITH DUCT TAPE BUT MY EYES WERE NOT. 555 00:18:16,830 --> 00:18:17,895 TAPE BUT MY EYES WERE NOT. I KNEW I WAS IN DANGER 556 00:18:17,897 --> 00:18:18,463 I KNEW I WAS IN DANGER >> NO KIDDING! 557 00:18:18,465 --> 00:18:19,797 >> NO KIDDING! >> SO I STARTED TO SCREAM 558 00:18:19,799 --> 00:18:24,569 >> SO I STARTED TO SCREAM THROUGH THE TAPE AS LOUD AS I 559 00:18:24,571 --> 00:18:28,139 THROUGH THE TAPE AS LOUD AS I COULD. 560 00:18:28,141 --> 00:18:28,773 COULD. I WAS TRYING TO BREAK FREE FROM 561 00:18:28,775 --> 00:18:29,240 I WAS TRYING TO BREAK FREE FROM THE TAPE 562 00:18:29,242 --> 00:18:30,842 THE TAPE >> WHERE WAS SHE 563 00:18:30,844 --> 00:18:31,375 >> WHERE WAS SHE WHY WAS SHE INSIDE 564 00:18:31,377 --> 00:18:32,443 WHY WAS SHE INSIDE WHO WAS THAT MAN ON TOP OF HER 565 00:18:32,445 --> 00:18:33,511 WHO WAS THAT MAN ON TOP OF HER NO IDEA. 566 00:18:33,513 --> 00:18:34,579 NO IDEA. >> AS I WAS SCREAMING, TRYING TO 567 00:18:34,581 --> 00:18:35,813 >> AS I WAS SCREAMING, TRYING TO BREAK FREE, I REMEMBER A ROPE OR 568 00:18:35,815 --> 00:18:36,714 BREAK FREE, I REMEMBER A ROPE OR SOMETHING BEING PUT ACROSS MY 569 00:18:36,716 --> 00:18:38,349 SOMETHING BEING PUT ACROSS MY NECK 570 00:18:38,351 --> 00:18:41,586 NECK AND THEN SOME WORDS WERE SAID TO 571 00:18:41,588 --> 00:18:43,221 AND THEN SOME WORDS WERE SAID TO ME 572 00:18:43,223 --> 00:18:44,288 ME >> WORDS WE ARE SIMPLY NOT GOING 573 00:18:44,290 --> 00:18:45,323 >> WORDS WE ARE SIMPLY NOT GOING TO REPEAT. 574 00:18:45,325 --> 00:18:46,424 TO REPEAT. >> I REMEMBER THAT VIVIDLY 575 00:18:46,426 --> 00:18:48,593 >> I REMEMBER THAT VIVIDLY AND SO I KEPT SCREAMING AND 576 00:18:48,595 --> 00:18:50,695 AND SO I KEPT SCREAMING AND SCREAMING. 577 00:18:50,697 --> 00:18:51,729 SCREAMING. AND THEN I REMEMBER GETTING HIT 578 00:18:51,731 --> 00:18:54,966 AND THEN I REMEMBER GETTING HIT IN THE FACE RIGHT HERE 579 00:18:54,968 --> 00:18:57,101 IN THE FACE RIGHT HERE A PRETTY GOOD BLOW 580 00:18:57,103 --> 00:19:00,338 A PRETTY GOOD BLOW >> AMBER COULD NOT SEE HER 581 00:19:00,340 --> 00:19:01,973 >> AMBER COULD NOT SEE HER ATTACKER'S FACE OR RECOGNIZE HIS 582 00:19:01,975 --> 00:19:04,675 ATTACKER'S FACE OR RECOGNIZE HIS VOICE, BUT THERE WAS ONE THING 583 00:19:04,677 --> 00:19:05,810 VOICE, BUT THERE WAS ONE THING SHE WAS SURE OF. 584 00:19:05,812 --> 00:19:07,445 SHE WAS SURE OF. >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS MY LAST 585 00:19:07,447 --> 00:19:08,412 >> I THOUGHT THAT WAS MY LAST MOMENT ON EARTH. 586 00:19:08,414 --> 00:19:11,649 MOMENT ON EARTH. >> YOU THOUGHT TO YOURSELF, I'M 587 00:19:11,651 --> 00:19:14,585 >> YOU THOUGHT TO YOURSELF, I'M ABOUT TO DIE 588 00:19:14,587 --> 00:19:15,620 ABOUT TO DIE >> YES, DEFINITELY 589 00:19:15,622 --> 00:19:16,687 >> YES, DEFINITELY I THOUGHT ABOUT MY SON 590 00:19:16,689 --> 00:19:18,823 I THOUGHT ABOUT MY SON THAT WAS THE LAST THING I 591 00:19:18,825 --> 00:19:19,891 THAT WAS THE LAST THING I THOUGHT ABOUT. 592 00:19:19,893 --> 00:19:20,958 THOUGHT ABOUT. >> HER SON 593 00:19:20,960 --> 00:19:23,060 >> HER SON 3-YEAR-OLD GABRIEL 594 00:19:23,062 --> 00:19:24,228 3-YEAR-OLD GABRIEL >> I CAN'T LEAVE MY SON BEHIND 595 00:19:24,230 --> 00:19:26,664 >> I CAN'T LEAVE MY SON BEHIND THAT'S MY BABY, THAT'S MY WORLD. 596 00:19:26,666 --> 00:19:28,132 THAT'S MY BABY, THAT'S MY WORLD. I HAVE TO BE STRONG. 597 00:19:28,134 --> 00:19:28,733 I HAVE TO BE STRONG. I'VE GOT TO PULL THROUGH THIS 598 00:19:28,735 --> 00:19:31,369 I'VE GOT TO PULL THROUGH THIS FOR HIM. 599 00:19:31,371 --> 00:19:34,071 FOR HIM. >> YOU CAN'T DIE 600 00:19:34,073 --> 00:19:35,106 >> YOU CAN'T DIE >> NO, I CAN'T DIE 601 00:19:35,108 --> 00:19:36,741 >> NO, I CAN'T DIE THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION 602 00:19:36,743 --> 00:19:37,742 THAT WAS NOT AN OPTION I FOUGHT FOR MY LIFE BECAUSE OF 603 00:19:37,744 --> 00:19:38,943 I FOUGHT FOR MY LIFE BECAUSE OF MY SON 604 00:19:38,945 --> 00:19:40,011 MY SON >> SO SHE FOUGHT, STRUGGLED TO 605 00:19:40,013 --> 00:19:41,045 >> SO SHE FOUGHT, STRUGGLED TO BREATHE. 606 00:19:41,047 --> 00:19:42,113 BREATHE. >> AND THEN THE ROPE GOT 607 00:19:42,115 --> 00:19:44,282 >> AND THEN THE ROPE GOT TIGHTER. 608 00:19:44,284 --> 00:19:45,349 TIGHTER. I REMEMBER, IT WAS LIKE A 1, 2, 609 00:19:45,351 --> 00:19:48,052 I REMEMBER, IT WAS LIKE A 1, 2, 3, AND THEN IT WAS LIKE A BRIGHT 610 00:19:48,054 --> 00:19:51,255 3, AND THEN IT WAS LIKE A BRIGHT LIGHT. 611 00:19:51,257 --> 00:19:52,356 LIGHT. AND I LOST CONSCIOUSNESS 612 00:19:52,358 --> 00:19:55,026 AND I LOST CONSCIOUSNESS >> AND THEN SHE WOKE UP ON A 613 00:19:55,028 --> 00:19:57,195 >> AND THEN SHE WOKE UP ON A COLD PIECE OF PAVEMENT IN A 614 00:19:57,197 --> 00:19:58,262 COLD PIECE OF PAVEMENT IN A DIFFERENT PARK NOW, NAKED. 615 00:19:58,264 --> 00:20:00,131 DIFFERENT PARK NOW, NAKED. BUT FOR THE RED DUCT TAPE THAT 616 00:20:00,133 --> 00:20:00,965 BUT FOR THE RED DUCT TAPE THAT BOUND HER. 617 00:20:00,967 --> 00:20:04,402 BOUND HER. >> I KNEW I NEEDED TO GET OUT OF 618 00:20:04,404 --> 00:20:07,138 >> I KNEW I NEEDED TO GET OUT OF THERE. 619 00:20:07,140 --> 00:20:07,672 THERE. I WAS OVERJOYED THAT I WAS 620 00:20:07,674 --> 00:20:08,406 I WAS OVERJOYED THAT I WAS ALIVE. 621 00:20:08,408 --> 00:20:09,607 ALIVE. I WAS SCARED 622 00:20:09,609 --> 00:20:10,541 I WAS SCARED I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS STILL IN 623 00:20:10,543 --> 00:20:11,609 I DIDN'T KNOW IF I WAS STILL IN DANGER 624 00:20:11,611 --> 00:20:12,677 DANGER >> YOU THOUGHT MAYBE HE WASN'T 625 00:20:12,679 --> 00:20:13,744 >> YOU THOUGHT MAYBE HE WASN'T FINISHED WITH YOU. 626 00:20:13,746 --> 00:20:15,313 FINISHED WITH YOU. >> YEAH. 627 00:20:15,315 --> 00:20:17,381 >> YEAH. AND THAT WAS MOTIVATION ENOUGH 628 00:20:17,383 --> 00:20:19,517 AND THAT WAS MOTIVATION ENOUGH FOR ME TO SCREAM AS LOUD AS I 629 00:20:19,519 --> 00:20:22,153 FOR ME TO SCREAM AS LOUD AS I COULD AND GET HELP 630 00:20:22,155 --> 00:20:22,887 COULD AND GET HELP >> AND THAT'S WHEN OFFICER DANE 631 00:20:22,889 --> 00:20:25,022 >> AND THAT'S WHEN OFFICER DANE STRATTON FOUND AND RESCUED HER 632 00:20:25,024 --> 00:20:27,225 STRATTON FOUND AND RESCUED HER A STILL LIVING MESS OF INJURIES. 633 00:20:27,227 --> 00:20:28,292 A STILL LIVING MESS OF INJURIES. >> I REMEMBER, I DIDN'T LOOK AT 634 00:20:28,294 --> 00:20:29,794 >> I REMEMBER, I DIDN'T LOOK AT MYSELF FOR A GOOD THREE DAYS 635 00:20:29,796 --> 00:20:32,730 MYSELF FOR A GOOD THREE DAYS >> YOU MUST HAVE KNOWN YOU 636 00:20:32,732 --> 00:20:35,433 >> YOU MUST HAVE KNOWN YOU LOOKED PRETTY BAD. 637 00:20:35,435 --> 00:20:37,568 LOOKED PRETTY BAD. >> AND THEN WHEN I SAW MY FACE I 638 00:20:37,570 --> 00:20:40,538 >> AND THEN WHEN I SAW MY FACE I WAS LIKE WHO AM I? 639 00:20:40,540 --> 00:20:41,305 WAS LIKE WHO AM I? I'M UNRECOGNIZABLE 640 00:20:41,307 --> 00:20:42,406 I'M UNRECOGNIZABLE >> FOUR DAYS AFTER BEING 641 00:20:42,408 --> 00:20:45,076 >> FOUR DAYS AFTER BEING RESCUED, AMBER WAS RELEASED FROM 642 00:20:45,078 --> 00:20:46,143 RESCUED, AMBER WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL AND TRANSFERRED TO 643 00:20:46,145 --> 00:20:47,712 THE HOSPITAL AND TRANSFERRED TO A LOCAL SAFE HOUSE, WHICH TO 644 00:20:47,714 --> 00:20:49,914 A LOCAL SAFE HOUSE, WHICH TO AMBER DIDN'T REALLY FEEL SAFE AT 645 00:20:49,916 --> 00:20:51,549 AMBER DIDN'T REALLY FEEL SAFE AT ALL. 646 00:20:51,551 --> 00:20:53,184 ALL. >> I THOUGHT HE WOULD COME BACK 647 00:20:53,186 --> 00:20:55,319 >> I THOUGHT HE WOULD COME BACK FOR ME, EVEN IN THE SAFE HOUSE 648 00:20:55,321 --> 00:20:58,022 FOR ME, EVEN IN THE SAFE HOUSE I THOUGHT HE HAD LEFT ME FOR 649 00:20:58,024 --> 00:21:04,862 I THOUGHT HE HAD LEFT ME FOR DEAD AND THE FACT THAT I WAS 650 00:21:04,864 --> 00:21:06,631 DEAD AND THE FACT THAT I WAS ALIVE, THE FACT THAT THEY GAVE 651 00:21:06,633 --> 00:21:07,231 ALIVE, THE FACT THAT THEY GAVE ME AN ALIAS FOR THE HOSPITAL - 652 00:21:07,233 --> 00:21:08,199 ME AN ALIAS FOR THE HOSPITAL - >> AN ALIAS SO NO ONE COULD FIND 653 00:21:08,201 --> 00:21:09,834 >> AN ALIAS SO NO ONE COULD FIND YOU. 654 00:21:09,836 --> 00:21:10,401 YOU. >> YEAH. 655 00:21:10,403 --> 00:21:11,402 >> YEAH. I WAS SCARED EVERYWHERE. 656 00:21:11,404 --> 00:21:12,470 I WAS SCARED EVERYWHERE. IF SOMEBODY LOOKED FOR ME, A FEW 657 00:21:12,472 --> 00:21:13,537 IF SOMEBODY LOOKED FOR ME, A FEW SECONDS, I WOULD GET SUSPICIOUS. 658 00:21:13,539 --> 00:21:14,605 SECONDS, I WOULD GET SUSPICIOUS. >> IT WAS MORE THAN JUST FEAR, 659 00:21:14,607 --> 00:21:17,575 >> IT WAS MORE THAN JUST FEAR, WASN'T IT? 660 00:21:17,577 --> 00:21:18,342 WASN'T IT? >> YEAH. 661 00:21:18,344 --> 00:21:21,045 >> YEAH. I DEFINITELY THOUGHT HE WAS 662 00:21:21,047 --> 00:21:21,646 I DEFINITELY THOUGHT HE WAS STILL LURKING, STILL TRYING TO 663 00:21:21,648 --> 00:21:22,146 STILL LURKING, STILL TRYING TO FIND ME. 664 00:21:22,148 --> 00:21:23,214 FIND ME. >> BUT WHO 665 00:21:23,216 --> 00:21:24,282 >> BUT WHO WAS A FACE IN THE CROWD WATCHING 666 00:21:24,284 --> 00:21:25,316 WAS A FACE IN THE CROWD WATCHING HER? 667 00:21:25,318 --> 00:21:26,517 HER? COMING FOR HER 668 00:21:26,519 --> 00:21:27,485 COMING FOR HER WAS IT A STRANGER? 669 00:21:27,487 --> 00:21:31,522 WAS IT A STRANGER? A FRIEND 670 00:21:31,524 --> 00:21:33,391 A FRIEND AS SHE RAN HER TESTS, THE CRIME 671 00:21:33,393 --> 00:21:36,427 AS SHE RAN HER TESTS, THE CRIME LAB'S MELISSA GRASS WAS 672 00:21:36,429 --> 00:21:37,261 LAB'S MELISSA GRASS WAS OPTIMISTIC THAT A SOLID DNA 673 00:21:37,263 --> 00:21:39,697 OPTIMISTIC THAT A SOLID DNA PROFILE WOULD EMERGE AND SOLVE 674 00:21:39,699 --> 00:21:41,198 PROFILE WOULD EMERGE AND SOLVE THE MYSTERY QUICKLY. 675 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:42,433 THE MYSTERY QUICKLY. >> WE EXPECTED THAT IT WOULD 676 00:21:42,435 --> 00:21:43,501 >> WE EXPECTED THAT IT WOULD EITHER HIT TO OTHER CASES OR TO 677 00:21:43,503 --> 00:21:45,202 EITHER HIT TO OTHER CASES OR TO AN OFFENDER IN THE DATABASE. 678 00:21:45,204 --> 00:21:47,838 AN OFFENDER IN THE DATABASE. >> OR, OF COURSE, TO THE LAST 679 00:21:47,840 --> 00:21:49,507 >> OR, OF COURSE, TO THE LAST PERSON AMBER REMEMBERED BEING 680 00:21:49,509 --> 00:21:50,007 PERSON AMBER REMEMBERED BEING WITH -- 681 00:21:50,009 --> 00:21:51,075 WITH -- ARIC VANAGUNAS 682 00:21:51,077 --> 00:21:54,011 ARIC VANAGUNAS HE SWORE HE DIDN'T HURT HER. 683 00:21:54,013 --> 00:21:54,879 HE SWORE HE DIDN'T HURT HER. DNA WOULD TELL THE TRUTH 684 00:21:54,881 --> 00:21:57,581 DNA WOULD TELL THE TRUTH >>> COMING UP -- 685 00:21:57,583 --> 00:22:00,785 >>> COMING UP -- THE LAB RESULTS COME IN. 686 00:22:00,787 --> 00:22:01,352 THE LAB RESULTS COME IN. A GUT PUNCH FOR EVERYONE 687 00:22:01,354 --> 00:22:02,420 A GUT PUNCH FOR EVERYONE >> WE WERE PRETTY SHOCKED, AS A 688 00:22:02,422 --> 00:22:04,055 >> WE WERE PRETTY SHOCKED, AS A DNA LABORATORY 689 00:22:04,057 --> 00:22:07,725 DNA LABORATORY WE WERE SURPRISED. 690 00:22:07,727 --> 00:22:24,742 WE WERE SURPRISED. >> I JUST FELT SICK. 691 00:22:24,744 --> 00:22:27,978 >> I JUST FELT SICK. >> Reporter: COULD ANYONE 692 00:22:27,980 --> 00:22:29,080 >> Reporter: COULD ANYONE UNDERSTAND HOW SHE WAS FEELING 693 00:22:29,082 --> 00:22:30,147 UNDERSTAND HOW SHE WAS FEELING THE GRUELING PAIN? 694 00:22:30,149 --> 00:22:32,350 THE GRUELING PAIN? THE UNRELENTING TERROR 695 00:22:32,352 --> 00:22:36,587 THE UNRELENTING TERROR HUMILIATION, LOSS? 696 00:22:36,589 --> 00:22:37,154 HUMILIATION, LOSS? AMBER SMITH WAS A MESS 697 00:22:37,156 --> 00:22:38,189 AMBER SMITH WAS A MESS >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO 698 00:22:38,191 --> 00:22:38,656 >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE THAT FEELING. 699 00:22:38,658 --> 00:22:43,260 DESCRIBE THAT FEELING. >> PRETTY BLACK, THE DARKNESS. 700 00:22:43,262 --> 00:22:46,130 >> PRETTY BLACK, THE DARKNESS. >> YEAH. 701 00:22:46,132 --> 00:22:46,764 >> YEAH. IT'S A PLACE I NEVER WANT TO GO 702 00:22:46,766 --> 00:22:47,832 IT'S A PLACE I NEVER WANT TO GO AGAIN. 703 00:22:47,834 --> 00:22:49,500 AGAIN. >> IF THEY COULD ONLY FIND HER 704 00:22:49,502 --> 00:22:52,002 >> IF THEY COULD ONLY FIND HER ATTACKER, ARREST HIM, PUT HIM 705 00:22:52,004 --> 00:22:52,570 ATTACKER, ARREST HIM, PUT HIM WHERE HE COULDN'T GET AT HER 706 00:22:52,572 --> 00:22:53,137 WHERE HE COULDN'T GET AT HER ANYMORE. 707 00:22:53,139 --> 00:22:58,075 ANYMORE. SO INVESTIGATORS WATCHED THE 708 00:22:58,077 --> 00:22:58,676 SO INVESTIGATORS WATCHED THE CLOCK FOR THE DNA RESULTS AND 709 00:22:58,678 --> 00:22:59,377 CLOCK FOR THE DNA RESULTS AND SPECULATED 710 00:22:59,379 --> 00:23:01,278 SPECULATED >> AN ATTACK LIKE THIS IS NOT 711 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:02,313 >> AN ATTACK LIKE THIS IS NOT SOMEBODY'S FIRST RODEO 712 00:23:02,315 --> 00:23:03,447 SOMEBODY'S FIRST RODEO THEY HAVE HAD TO HAVE DONE 713 00:23:03,449 --> 00:23:04,515 THEY HAVE HAD TO HAVE DONE SOMETHING IN THE PAST. 714 00:23:04,517 --> 00:23:05,116 SOMETHING IN THE PAST. SO IN MY MIND, A CASE OF THIS 715 00:23:05,118 --> 00:23:07,551 SO IN MY MIND, A CASE OF THIS GRAVITY, WE'LL GET AN ANSWER 716 00:23:07,553 --> 00:23:08,285 GRAVITY, WE'LL GET AN ANSWER WITHIN DAYS. 717 00:23:08,287 --> 00:23:13,724 WITHIN DAYS. IF WE HAVE THE OFFENDER IN 718 00:23:13,726 --> 00:23:17,762 IF WE HAVE THE OFFENDER IN CODIS. 719 00:23:17,764 --> 00:23:19,196 CODIS. >> CODIS, THE NATIONAL DNA 720 00:23:19,198 --> 00:23:20,865 >> CODIS, THE NATIONAL DNA DATABASE THAT HOUSES PROFILES 721 00:23:20,867 --> 00:23:24,068 DATABASE THAT HOUSES PROFILES FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN 722 00:23:24,070 --> 00:23:24,635 FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN ARRESTED FOR OR CONVICTED OF 723 00:23:24,637 --> 00:23:25,102 ARRESTED FOR OR CONVICTED OF FELONIES 724 00:23:25,104 --> 00:23:26,137 FELONIES DETECTIVE SEYMOUR SUBMITTED A 725 00:23:26,139 --> 00:23:27,238 DETECTIVE SEYMOUR SUBMITTED A SAMPLE FROM HER ONLY PERSON OF 726 00:23:27,240 --> 00:23:28,305 SAMPLE FROM HER ONLY PERSON OF INTEREST 727 00:23:28,307 --> 00:23:29,440 INTEREST AMBER'S FRIEND, ARIC VANAGUNAS 728 00:23:29,442 --> 00:23:30,508 AMBER'S FRIEND, ARIC VANAGUNAS >> WE THOUGHT IT COULD HAVE BEEN 729 00:23:30,510 --> 00:23:31,575 >> WE THOUGHT IT COULD HAVE BEEN ARIC, THE PERSON SHE WAS WITH 730 00:23:31,577 --> 00:23:37,615 ARIC, THE PERSON SHE WAS WITH THE NIGHT BEFORE 731 00:23:37,617 --> 00:23:38,249 THE NIGHT BEFORE >> WHO CAN KNOW WHAT A PERSON IS 732 00:23:38,251 --> 00:23:38,516 >> WHO CAN KNOW WHAT A PERSON IS CAPABLE OF 733 00:23:38,518 --> 00:23:39,917 CAPABLE OF EVEN A YOUNG MAN WHO LIVED WITH 734 00:23:39,919 --> 00:23:41,018 EVEN A YOUNG MAN WHO LIVED WITH HIS PARENTS AND HELPED OUT AT 735 00:23:41,020 --> 00:23:45,890 HIS PARENTS AND HELPED OUT AT CHURCH 736 00:23:45,892 --> 00:23:48,793 CHURCH AND THEN NEARLY A WEEK AFTER THE 737 00:23:48,795 --> 00:23:49,827 AND THEN NEARLY A WEEK AFTER THE ATTACK ON AMBER, DNA ANALYST 738 00:23:49,829 --> 00:23:56,834 ATTACK ON AMBER, DNA ANALYST MELISSA GRASS PICKED UP THE 739 00:23:56,836 --> 00:23:57,368 MELISSA GRASS PICKED UP THE PHONE AND CALLED DETECTIVE 740 00:23:57,370 --> 00:23:59,370 PHONE AND CALLED DETECTIVE SEYMOUR WITH THE NEWS. 741 00:23:59,372 --> 00:24:00,070 SEYMOUR WITH THE NEWS. >> THE FIRST PART OF THE 742 00:24:00,072 --> 00:24:01,138 >> THE FIRST PART OF THE CONVERSATION WAS EXCITING. 743 00:24:01,140 --> 00:24:02,206 CONVERSATION WAS EXCITING. WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP A DNA 744 00:24:02,208 --> 00:24:07,578 WE WERE ABLE TO DEVELOP A DNA PROFILE. 745 00:24:07,580 --> 00:24:09,847 PROFILE. >> A FULL AND COMPLETE GENETIC 746 00:24:09,849 --> 00:24:10,881 >> A FULL AND COMPLETE GENETIC PICTURE WHICH THEY COULD USE TO 747 00:24:10,883 --> 00:24:11,949 PICTURE WHICH THEY COULD USE TO I.D. AMBER'S ATTACKER. 748 00:24:11,951 --> 00:24:13,017 I.D. AMBER'S ATTACKER. THAT WAS THE GOOD NEWS 749 00:24:13,019 --> 00:24:14,118 THAT WAS THE GOOD NEWS THE ONLY GOOD NEWS 750 00:24:14,120 --> 00:24:15,219 THE ONLY GOOD NEWS >> WE WERE PRETTY SHOCKED THAT 751 00:24:15,221 --> 00:24:16,220 >> WE WERE PRETTY SHOCKED THAT THE DNA LABORATORY, WE WERE 752 00:24:16,222 --> 00:24:16,787 THE DNA LABORATORY, WE WERE SURPRISED THAT THERE WERE NO 753 00:24:16,789 --> 00:24:17,922 SURPRISED THAT THERE WERE NO OTHER CASES AND NO OTHER 754 00:24:17,924 --> 00:24:19,123 OTHER CASES AND NO OTHER OFFENDERS THAT THIS CASE MATCHED 755 00:24:19,125 --> 00:24:19,523 OFFENDERS THAT THIS CASE MATCHED TO 756 00:24:19,525 --> 00:24:20,591 TO >> DID YOU GET THAT? 757 00:24:20,593 --> 00:24:21,692 >> DID YOU GET THAT? NO MATCH 758 00:24:21,694 --> 00:24:22,226 NO MATCH NONE 759 00:24:22,228 --> 00:24:23,327 NONE ZERO 760 00:24:23,329 --> 00:24:24,061 ZERO NOT ONE SINGLE HIT AMONG THE 761 00:24:24,063 --> 00:24:27,465 NOT ONE SINGLE HIT AMONG THE MILLIONS OF PROFILES IN THE 762 00:24:27,467 --> 00:24:29,433 MILLIONS OF PROFILES IN THE CODIS DATABASE 763 00:24:29,435 --> 00:24:31,469 CODIS DATABASE NONE OF THEM MATCHED THE DNA 764 00:24:31,471 --> 00:24:32,169 NONE OF THEM MATCHED THE DNA RECOVERED FROM AMBER OR THE DUCT 765 00:24:32,171 --> 00:24:33,571 RECOVERED FROM AMBER OR THE DUCT TAPE 766 00:24:33,573 --> 00:24:35,739 TAPE AND WHEN THEY COMPARED TO THE 767 00:24:35,741 --> 00:24:41,078 AND WHEN THEY COMPARED TO THE SAMPLE THEY COLLECTED FROM 768 00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:42,313 SAMPLE THEY COLLECTED FROM AMBER'S FRIEND ARIC VANAGUNAS, 769 00:24:42,315 --> 00:24:46,350 AMBER'S FRIEND ARIC VANAGUNAS, DIDN'T MATCH HIM EITHER. 770 00:24:46,352 --> 00:24:48,352 DIDN'T MATCH HIM EITHER. HE DIDN'T DO IT. 771 00:24:48,354 --> 00:24:51,455 HE DIDN'T DO IT. SO WHO 772 00:24:51,457 --> 00:24:55,960 SO WHO A CRIME LIKE THIS ONE HAD ALL 773 00:24:55,962 --> 00:24:56,527 A CRIME LIKE THIS ONE HAD ALL THE EARMARKS OF A PRACTICED 774 00:24:56,529 --> 00:25:00,598 THE EARMARKS OF A PRACTICED PREDATOR 775 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:01,165 PREDATOR SO WHY WASN'T HIS DNA IN THE 776 00:25:01,167 --> 00:25:01,699 SO WHY WASN'T HIS DNA IN THE MASSIVE SYSTEM 777 00:25:01,701 --> 00:25:02,967 MASSIVE SYSTEM >> I FELT SICK 778 00:25:02,969 --> 00:25:03,567 >> I FELT SICK I FELT LIKE HOW COULD THIS BE? 779 00:25:03,569 --> 00:25:04,335 I FELT LIKE HOW COULD THIS BE? WE DON'T HAVE A SUSPECT. 780 00:25:04,337 --> 00:25:04,902 WE DON'T HAVE A SUSPECT. WHO IS HE? 781 00:25:04,904 --> 00:25:06,003 WHO IS HE? IS HE DEAD 782 00:25:06,005 --> 00:25:07,137 IS HE DEAD >> USUALLY YOU HAVE SOMEBODY TO 783 00:25:07,139 --> 00:25:08,105 >> USUALLY YOU HAVE SOMEBODY TO LOOK AT. 784 00:25:08,107 --> 00:25:09,173 LOOK AT. >> YEAH. 785 00:25:09,175 --> 00:25:10,774 >> YEAH. BUT ALL THE SOMEBODIES WERE 786 00:25:10,776 --> 00:25:16,180 BUT ALL THE SOMEBODIES WERE NOBODIES 787 00:25:16,182 --> 00:25:17,748 NOBODIES >> DANE STRATTON, THE PATROL 788 00:25:17,750 --> 00:25:19,383 >> DANE STRATTON, THE PATROL COP, STILL HAUNTED BY WHAT HE 789 00:25:19,385 --> 00:25:20,985 COP, STILL HAUNTED BY WHAT HE SAW IN THE PARK, HAD BEEN JUST 790 00:25:20,987 --> 00:25:23,153 SAW IN THE PARK, HAD BEEN JUST AS SURE. 791 00:25:23,155 --> 00:25:24,522 AS SURE. AMBER WASN'T HER ATTACKER'S 792 00:25:24,524 --> 00:25:26,390 AMBER WASN'T HER ATTACKER'S FIRST VICTIM 793 00:25:26,392 --> 00:25:27,892 FIRST VICTIM >> IT WAS A KICK IN THE GUT. 794 00:25:27,894 --> 00:25:28,559 >> IT WAS A KICK IN THE GUT. HOW IS THIS GUY NOT IN THE 795 00:25:28,561 --> 00:25:32,296 HOW IS THIS GUY NOT IN THE SYSTEM 796 00:25:32,298 --> 00:25:39,403 SYSTEM I WAS DUMBFOUNDED, HONESTLY. 797 00:25:39,405 --> 00:25:43,407 I WAS DUMBFOUNDED, HONESTLY. IF THIS IS HIS OPENING ACT, 798 00:25:43,409 --> 00:25:43,974 IF THIS IS HIS OPENING ACT, WHERE'S HE GOING TO GO FROM 799 00:25:43,976 --> 00:25:45,075 WHERE'S HE GOING TO GO FROM HERE 800 00:25:45,077 --> 00:25:47,711 HERE >> AND AMBER FOUND IT HARD TO 801 00:25:47,713 --> 00:25:49,280 >> AND AMBER FOUND IT HARD TO EVEN GO OUTSIDE. 802 00:25:49,282 --> 00:25:50,948 EVEN GO OUTSIDE. >> CODIS IS A GREAT BIG SYSTEM 803 00:25:50,950 --> 00:25:58,422 >> CODIS IS A GREAT BIG SYSTEM EVERY FELON IN THE NATION. 804 00:25:58,424 --> 00:26:00,157 EVERY FELON IN THE NATION. AND SOMEBODY WHO WOULD DO A 805 00:26:00,159 --> 00:26:01,458 AND SOMEBODY WHO WOULD DO A THING LIKE THAT TO YOU MUST BE 806 00:26:01,460 --> 00:26:02,526 THING LIKE THAT TO YOU MUST BE IN THE SYSTEM. 807 00:26:02,528 --> 00:26:03,093 IN THE SYSTEM. >> YEAH. 808 00:26:03,095 --> 00:26:04,161 >> YEAH. I DEFINITELY THOUGHT SO. 809 00:26:04,163 --> 00:26:04,728 I DEFINITELY THOUGHT SO. >> SO WHEN THAT RESULT CAME 810 00:26:04,730 --> 00:26:05,763 >> SO WHEN THAT RESULT CAME BACK, NOTHING. 811 00:26:05,765 --> 00:26:06,830 BACK, NOTHING. WHAT WAS THAT LIKE 812 00:26:06,832 --> 00:26:07,898 WHAT WAS THAT LIKE >> CRUSHING. 813 00:26:07,900 --> 00:26:08,999 >> CRUSHING. IRRITATING 814 00:26:09,001 --> 00:26:10,100 IRRITATING I THOUGHT IT WAS RIGGED. 815 00:26:10,102 --> 00:26:12,236 I THOUGHT IT WAS RIGGED. I THOUGHT THEY MISSED SOMETHING. 816 00:26:12,238 --> 00:26:13,871 I THOUGHT THEY MISSED SOMETHING. >> BUT THEY DID HAVE ONE, CALL 817 00:26:13,873 --> 00:26:15,506 >> BUT THEY DID HAVE ONE, CALL IT A SMALL CONSOLATION 818 00:26:15,508 --> 00:26:16,507 IT A SMALL CONSOLATION THE DNA TOLD THEM IT HAD TO BE 819 00:26:16,509 --> 00:26:19,710 THE DNA TOLD THEM IT HAD TO BE ONE GUY. 820 00:26:19,712 --> 00:26:23,981 ONE GUY. ONE ATTACKER 821 00:26:23,983 --> 00:26:26,050 ONE ATTACKER >> A SEMEN STAIN RECOVERED FROM 822 00:26:26,052 --> 00:26:27,618 >> A SEMEN STAIN RECOVERED FROM HER BODY, THAT DNA PROFILE 823 00:26:27,620 --> 00:26:30,220 HER BODY, THAT DNA PROFILE MATCHED THE DNA PROFILE ON THE 824 00:26:30,222 --> 00:26:32,856 MATCHED THE DNA PROFILE ON THE DUCT TAPE. 825 00:26:32,858 --> 00:26:34,692 DUCT TAPE. SO THAT TELLS US THAT THE SAME 826 00:26:34,694 --> 00:26:36,193 SO THAT TELLS US THAT THE SAME INDIVIDUAL WHO SEXUALLY 827 00:26:36,195 --> 00:26:37,761 INDIVIDUAL WHO SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER LEFT THE DNA ON 828 00:26:37,763 --> 00:26:40,931 ASSAULTED HER LEFT THE DNA ON THE DUCT TAPE THAT WAS WRAPPED 829 00:26:40,933 --> 00:26:41,966 THE DUCT TAPE THAT WAS WRAPPED AROUND HER BODY. 830 00:26:41,968 --> 00:26:42,766 AROUND HER BODY. >> THE DETECTIVE PUT THAT NUGGET 831 00:26:42,768 --> 00:26:43,567 >> THE DETECTIVE PUT THAT NUGGET OF INFORMATION IN HER BACK 832 00:26:43,569 --> 00:26:44,668 OF INFORMATION IN HER BACK POCKET 833 00:26:44,670 --> 00:26:45,803 POCKET WHO KNEW WHEN SHE MIGHT NEED IT. 834 00:26:45,805 --> 00:26:49,506 WHO KNEW WHEN SHE MIGHT NEED IT. NOW SHE AND HER PARTNER STARTED 835 00:26:49,508 --> 00:26:51,408 NOW SHE AND HER PARTNER STARTED ALL OVER AGAIN 836 00:26:51,410 --> 00:26:53,844 ALL OVER AGAIN AMBER FRIEND ARIC HAD SUGGESTED 837 00:26:53,846 --> 00:26:56,947 AMBER FRIEND ARIC HAD SUGGESTED MAYBE CHECK SOME OF AMBER'S 838 00:26:56,949 --> 00:26:57,581 MAYBE CHECK SOME OF AMBER'S OTHER FRIENDS WHO LIVED IN FORT 839 00:26:57,583 --> 00:27:00,618 OTHER FRIENDS WHO LIVED IN FORT COLLINS. 840 00:27:00,620 --> 00:27:01,251 COLLINS. HE WASN'T SO SURE ABOUT SOME OF 841 00:27:01,253 --> 00:27:01,719 HE WASN'T SO SURE ABOUT SOME OF THEM 842 00:27:01,721 --> 00:27:03,287 THEM >> SHE HAD SEVERAL FRIENDS THAT 843 00:27:03,289 --> 00:27:04,388 >> SHE HAD SEVERAL FRIENDS THAT HE BROUGHT UP THAT MAY HAVE BEEN 844 00:27:04,390 --> 00:27:05,990 HE BROUGHT UP THAT MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THIS 845 00:27:05,992 --> 00:27:07,625 INVOLVED IN THIS THEY'RE FROM A PART OF HER 846 00:27:07,627 --> 00:27:08,659 THEY'RE FROM A PART OF HER HISTORY THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN 847 00:27:08,661 --> 00:27:09,159 HISTORY THAT SHE WAS INVOLVED IN MORE RISKY TYPE BEHAVIOR 848 00:27:09,161 --> 00:27:10,828 MORE RISKY TYPE BEHAVIOR >> WASN'T ALWAYS MAKING THE BEST 849 00:27:10,830 --> 00:27:12,997 >> WASN'T ALWAYS MAKING THE BEST CHOICES. 850 00:27:12,999 --> 00:27:14,031 CHOICES. >> YEAH. 851 00:27:14,033 --> 00:27:18,435 >> YEAH. SO WE FOLLOWED UP ON THOSE 852 00:27:18,437 --> 00:27:19,470 SO WE FOLLOWED UP ON THOSE INDIVIDUALS. 853 00:27:19,472 --> 00:27:20,537 INDIVIDUALS. >> AND SO DAY BY DAY, ONE BY 854 00:27:20,539 --> 00:27:22,172 >> AND SO DAY BY DAY, ONE BY ONE, THE MEN IN AMBER'S CIRCLE 855 00:27:22,174 --> 00:27:28,846 ONE, THE MEN IN AMBER'S CIRCLE WERE QUESTIONED. 856 00:27:28,848 --> 00:27:29,446 WERE QUESTIONED. CLOSE TO TEN OF THEM, FRIENDS, 857 00:27:29,448 --> 00:27:30,981 CLOSE TO TEN OF THEM, FRIENDS, ACQUAINTANCES. 858 00:27:30,983 --> 00:27:33,283 ACQUAINTANCES. EACH ONE PROVIDED A DNA SAMPLE 859 00:27:33,285 --> 00:27:34,385 EACH ONE PROVIDED A DNA SAMPLE FOR MELISSA GRASS. 860 00:27:34,387 --> 00:27:35,486 FOR MELISSA GRASS. >> AS WE RECEIVED MORE SAMPLES 861 00:27:35,488 --> 00:27:39,323 >> AS WE RECEIVED MORE SAMPLES FROM INDIVIDUALS IN THIS CASE, 862 00:27:39,325 --> 00:27:40,691 FROM INDIVIDUALS IN THIS CASE, WE ANTICIPATED THAT ONE OF THEM 863 00:27:40,693 --> 00:27:43,560 WE ANTICIPATED THAT ONE OF THEM COULD POTENTIALLY MATCH THE 864 00:27:43,562 --> 00:27:44,128 COULD POTENTIALLY MATCH THE UNKNOWN DNA PROFILE IN THIS 865 00:27:44,130 --> 00:27:45,195 UNKNOWN DNA PROFILE IN THIS CASE 866 00:27:45,197 --> 00:27:46,797 CASE >> BUT NONE OF THEM DID. 867 00:27:46,799 --> 00:27:49,967 >> BUT NONE OF THEM DID. AND A TERRIFIED VICTIM WAITED 868 00:27:49,969 --> 00:27:54,038 AND A TERRIFIED VICTIM WAITED AND WINTER CAME TO FORT COLLINS. 869 00:27:54,040 --> 00:27:55,272 AND WINTER CAME TO FORT COLLINS. AN ANXIOUS DETECTIVE SEYMOUR 870 00:27:55,274 --> 00:27:59,710 AN ANXIOUS DETECTIVE SEYMOUR WATCHED FOR NEWS ANYWHERE OF 871 00:27:59,712 --> 00:28:00,077 WATCHED FOR NEWS ANYWHERE OF SEXUAL ASSAULTS. 872 00:28:00,079 --> 00:28:01,245 SEXUAL ASSAULTS. TICK-TOCK. 873 00:28:01,247 --> 00:28:03,447 TICK-TOCK. HE HAD TO BE OUT THERE 874 00:28:03,449 --> 00:28:04,515 HE HAD TO BE OUT THERE WAS HE WATCHING? 875 00:28:04,517 --> 00:28:05,616 WAS HE WATCHING? >>> COMING UP, FOR 876 00:28:05,618 --> 00:28:07,217 >>> COMING UP, FOR INVESTIGATORS, THE DEPTHS OF 877 00:28:07,219 --> 00:28:08,252 INVESTIGATORS, THE DEPTHS OF DESPAIR. 878 00:28:08,254 --> 00:28:09,553 DESPAIR. >> I FELT HELPLESS 879 00:28:09,555 --> 00:28:12,056 >> I FELT HELPLESS HOW DO WE NOT KNOW WHO THIS GUY 880 00:28:12,058 --> 00:28:15,125 HOW DO WE NOT KNOW WHO THIS GUY IS 881 00:28:15,127 --> 00:28:16,694 IS >> AND THEN FOR AMBER, A 882 00:28:16,696 --> 00:28:18,429 >> AND THEN FOR AMBER, A BRAND NEW TRAUMA 883 00:28:18,431 --> 00:28:35,412 BRAND NEW TRAUMA >> I HAD LIKE AN ANXIETY ATTACK, 884 00:28:35,414 --> 00:28:37,581 >> I HAD LIKE AN ANXIETY ATTACK, >> Reporter: DETECTIVE SEYMOUR 885 00:28:37,583 --> 00:28:38,682 >> Reporter: DETECTIVE SEYMOUR HAD BEEN SO SURE AMBER SMITH 886 00:28:38,684 --> 00:28:41,385 HAD BEEN SO SURE AMBER SMITH KNEW THE MAN WHO RAPED HER AND 887 00:28:41,387 --> 00:28:44,054 KNEW THE MAN WHO RAPED HER AND NEARLY KILLED HER. 888 00:28:44,056 --> 00:28:45,656 NEARLY KILLED HER. OR IF SHE DIDN'T, HE WOULD BE A 889 00:28:45,658 --> 00:28:46,690 OR IF SHE DIDN'T, HE WOULD BE A PREDATOR WHO HAD COMMITTED OTHER 890 00:28:46,692 --> 00:28:48,325 PREDATOR WHO HAD COMMITTED OTHER SIMILAR CRIMES SO HIS DNA WOULD 891 00:28:48,327 --> 00:28:49,927 SIMILAR CRIMES SO HIS DNA WOULD BE IN CODIS, THE NATIONAL 892 00:28:49,929 --> 00:28:51,528 BE IN CODIS, THE NATIONAL DATABASE 893 00:28:51,530 --> 00:28:56,433 DATABASE BUT THERE WAS SIMPLY NO TRACE OF 894 00:28:56,435 --> 00:28:59,136 BUT THERE WAS SIMPLY NO TRACE OF HIM ANYWHERE 895 00:28:59,138 --> 00:29:01,004 HIM ANYWHERE NOT ONLY IN FORT COLLINS BUT THE 896 00:29:01,006 --> 00:29:01,705 NOT ONLY IN FORT COLLINS BUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY 897 00:29:01,707 --> 00:29:04,908 ENTIRE COUNTRY >> HE WAS LIKE A GHOST, LIKE THE 898 00:29:04,910 --> 00:29:05,943 >> HE WAS LIKE A GHOST, LIKE THE BOOGEYMAN. 899 00:29:05,945 --> 00:29:07,010 BOOGEYMAN. WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT, WE HAD 900 00:29:07,012 --> 00:29:08,378 WE COULDN'T FIGURE OUT, WE HAD EVERYTHING WE NEEDED AS FAR AS 901 00:29:08,380 --> 00:29:10,714 EVERYTHING WE NEEDED AS FAR AS HIS DNA TO FIGURE OUT WHO HE 902 00:29:10,716 --> 00:29:12,316 HIS DNA TO FIGURE OUT WHO HE WAS. 903 00:29:12,318 --> 00:29:14,485 WAS. >> WHOEVER HE WAS, HIS BEHAVIOR, 904 00:29:14,487 --> 00:29:15,552 >> WHOEVER HE WAS, HIS BEHAVIOR, DUCT TAPING AND TORTURING HIS 905 00:29:15,554 --> 00:29:16,620 DUCT TAPING AND TORTURING HIS VICTIM, WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT 906 00:29:16,622 --> 00:29:21,125 VICTIM, WAS UNLIKE ANYTHING THAT HAD HAPPENED BEFORE IN FORT 907 00:29:21,127 --> 00:29:23,727 HAD HAPPENED BEFORE IN FORT COLLINS. 908 00:29:23,729 --> 00:29:25,262 COLLINS. >> IT BECAME VERY CLEAR THAT 909 00:29:25,264 --> 00:29:26,296 >> IT BECAME VERY CLEAR THAT WHOEVER HAD DONE THIS TO HER WAS 910 00:29:26,298 --> 00:29:28,766 WHOEVER HAD DONE THIS TO HER WAS A STRANGER 911 00:29:28,768 --> 00:29:30,334 A STRANGER >> A STRANGER WHO HAD MANAGED TO 912 00:29:30,336 --> 00:29:32,136 >> A STRANGER WHO HAD MANAGED TO AVOID CAPTURE FOR WHATEVER ELSE 913 00:29:32,138 --> 00:29:33,670 AVOID CAPTURE FOR WHATEVER ELSE HE'D PROBABLY DONE, SOMEONE 914 00:29:33,672 --> 00:29:39,143 HE'D PROBABLY DONE, SOMEONE AMBER HAD THE BAD LUCK TO 915 00:29:39,145 --> 00:29:39,643 AMBER HAD THE BAD LUCK TO ENCOUNTER AT A MOMENT OF 916 00:29:39,645 --> 00:29:41,111 ENCOUNTER AT A MOMENT OF VULNERABILITY. 917 00:29:41,113 --> 00:29:42,913 VULNERABILITY. BUT WAS HE STILL HERE IN FORT 918 00:29:42,915 --> 00:29:45,883 BUT WAS HE STILL HERE IN FORT COLLINS PLANNING HIS NEXT ATTACK 919 00:29:45,885 --> 00:29:47,484 COLLINS PLANNING HIS NEXT ATTACK OR LONG GONE 920 00:29:47,486 --> 00:29:48,619 OR LONG GONE >> THE PATROL OFFICERS KNEW THE 921 00:29:48,621 --> 00:29:53,524 >> THE PATROL OFFICERS KNEW THE SUSPECT HAD USED RED DUCT TAPE 922 00:29:53,526 --> 00:29:55,125 SUSPECT HAD USED RED DUCT TAPE SO IF THEY HAD STOPPED A CAR 923 00:29:55,127 --> 00:29:56,727 SO IF THEY HAD STOPPED A CAR WITH A STRANGE GUY IN IT AND HE 924 00:29:56,729 --> 00:29:57,761 WITH A STRANGE GUY IN IT AND HE HAD RED DUCT TAPE, THEY TOOK HIS 925 00:29:57,763 --> 00:29:58,395 HAD RED DUCT TAPE, THEY TOOK HIS SWAB AND COLLECTED THE DUCT 926 00:29:58,397 --> 00:29:59,396 SWAB AND COLLECTED THE DUCT TAPE 927 00:29:59,398 --> 00:30:00,030 TAPE WE WERE CHASING DOWN EVERYTHING 928 00:30:00,032 --> 00:30:01,064 WE WERE CHASING DOWN EVERYTHING WE COULD 929 00:30:01,066 --> 00:30:02,099 WE COULD I WAS BECOMING MORE AND MORE 930 00:30:02,101 --> 00:30:03,734 I WAS BECOMING MORE AND MORE DISCOURAGED AND FRUSTRATED 931 00:30:03,736 --> 00:30:05,369 DISCOURAGED AND FRUSTRATED I FELT HELPLESS. 932 00:30:05,371 --> 00:30:08,071 I FELT HELPLESS. HOW DO WE NOT KNOW WHO THIS GUY 933 00:30:08,073 --> 00:30:12,976 HOW DO WE NOT KNOW WHO THIS GUY IS 934 00:30:12,978 --> 00:30:14,578 IS >> MONTHS PASSED 935 00:30:14,580 --> 00:30:16,747 >> MONTHS PASSED THE HOLIDAYS CAME TO FORT 936 00:30:16,749 --> 00:30:18,882 THE HOLIDAYS CAME TO FORT COLLINS. 937 00:30:18,884 --> 00:30:22,619 COLLINS. NOBODY FELT LIKE CELEBRATING 938 00:30:22,621 --> 00:30:27,491 NOBODY FELT LIKE CELEBRATING LEAST OF ALL, AMBER WHO WANTED 939 00:30:27,493 --> 00:30:30,727 LEAST OF ALL, AMBER WHO WANTED ONLY ONE THING FOR CHRISTMAS 940 00:30:30,729 --> 00:30:35,532 ONLY ONE THING FOR CHRISTMAS HOW IMPORTANT WAS IT TO YOUR 941 00:30:35,534 --> 00:30:36,600 HOW IMPORTANT WAS IT TO YOUR PSYCHIC HEALTH TO LEARN WHO IT 942 00:30:36,602 --> 00:30:37,134 PSYCHIC HEALTH TO LEARN WHO IT WAS? 943 00:30:37,136 --> 00:30:38,202 WAS? AND TO GET SOME SORT OF JUSTICE? 944 00:30:38,204 --> 00:30:40,838 AND TO GET SOME SORT OF JUSTICE? >> VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. 945 00:30:40,840 --> 00:30:41,872 >> VERY, VERY, VERY IMPORTANT. I JUST FELT HOPELESS 946 00:30:41,874 --> 00:30:43,540 I JUST FELT HOPELESS I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO FULLY 947 00:30:43,542 --> 00:30:48,245 I WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO FULLY MOVE ON FROM IT. 948 00:30:48,247 --> 00:30:50,247 MOVE ON FROM IT. >> IT WOULDN'T BE JUST A 949 00:30:50,249 --> 00:30:51,882 >> IT WOULDN'T BE JUST A QUESTION OF I GIVE UP, I'M NEVER 950 00:30:51,884 --> 00:30:52,883 QUESTION OF I GIVE UP, I'M NEVER GOING TO FIND OUT. 951 00:30:52,885 --> 00:30:53,951 GOING TO FIND OUT. BUT I'M NEVER GOING TO FIND OUT 952 00:30:53,953 --> 00:30:54,585 BUT I'M NEVER GOING TO FIND OUT AND THIS WOUND IS NEVER GOING TO 953 00:30:54,587 --> 00:30:55,619 AND THIS WOUND IS NEVER GOING TO HEAL 954 00:30:55,621 --> 00:30:56,920 HEAL >> YEP 955 00:30:56,922 --> 00:30:57,754 >> YEP THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. 956 00:30:57,756 --> 00:31:02,726 THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT. I THOUGHT HE WAS DECEASED OR HE 957 00:31:02,728 --> 00:31:05,095 I THOUGHT HE WAS DECEASED OR HE HAD LEFT THE COUNTRY 958 00:31:05,097 --> 00:31:05,696 HAD LEFT THE COUNTRY >> BUT DID YOU FEEL ANY SAFER 959 00:31:05,698 --> 00:31:06,163 >> BUT DID YOU FEEL ANY SAFER REALLY 960 00:31:06,165 --> 00:31:07,231 REALLY >> NOT REALLY. 961 00:31:07,233 --> 00:31:07,898 >> NOT REALLY. I BOTTLED IT UP AND JUST TRIED 962 00:31:07,900 --> 00:31:08,832 I BOTTLED IT UP AND JUST TRIED TO FORGET ABOUT IT 963 00:31:08,834 --> 00:31:09,900 TO FORGET ABOUT IT BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS THAT FEAR 964 00:31:09,902 --> 00:31:11,201 BUT THERE WAS ALWAYS THAT FEAR THAT HE WOULD HURT SOMEBODY 965 00:31:11,203 --> 00:31:16,173 THAT HE WOULD HURT SOMEBODY ELSE 966 00:31:16,175 --> 00:31:16,940 ELSE >> A YEAR WENT BY. 967 00:31:16,942 --> 00:31:20,711 >> A YEAR WENT BY. BUT AMBER DID NOT FEEL BETTER 968 00:31:20,713 --> 00:31:21,778 BUT AMBER DID NOT FEEL BETTER WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME 969 00:31:21,780 --> 00:31:25,015 WITH THE PASSAGE OF TIME NO 970 00:31:25,017 --> 00:31:26,116 NO SHE FELT GUILTY. 971 00:31:26,118 --> 00:31:30,387 SHE FELT GUILTY. >> I'VE ALWAYS FELT RESPONSIBLE, 972 00:31:30,389 --> 00:31:33,957 >> I'VE ALWAYS FELT RESPONSIBLE, LIKE IT WAS MY FAULT 973 00:31:33,959 --> 00:31:37,961 LIKE IT WAS MY FAULT >> HAVE YOU ALWAYS FELT THINGS 974 00:31:37,963 --> 00:31:40,197 >> HAVE YOU ALWAYS FELT THINGS WERE YOUR FAULT? 975 00:31:40,199 --> 00:31:42,366 WERE YOUR FAULT? >> YES, DEFINITELY 976 00:31:42,368 --> 00:31:43,967 >> YES, DEFINITELY IF I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN 977 00:31:43,969 --> 00:31:45,035 IF I WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN INTOXICATED OR AT THAT PARK THAT 978 00:31:45,037 --> 00:31:48,272 INTOXICATED OR AT THAT PARK THAT NIGHT, THEN NONE OF THIS WOULD 979 00:31:48,274 --> 00:31:53,644 NIGHT, THEN NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED, YOU KNOW. 980 00:31:53,646 --> 00:31:55,245 HAVE HAPPENED, YOU KNOW. I DESERVED FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. 981 00:31:55,247 --> 00:31:56,880 I DESERVED FOR THAT TO HAPPEN. >> SAD, REALLY, THAT A VICTIM 982 00:31:56,882 --> 00:31:57,948 >> SAD, REALLY, THAT A VICTIM WOULD BLAME HERSELF FOR HER OWN 983 00:31:57,950 --> 00:31:59,583 WOULD BLAME HERSELF FOR HER OWN VICTIMIZATION. 984 00:31:59,585 --> 00:32:01,485 VICTIMIZATION. OF COURSE IT WASN'T AMBER'S 985 00:32:01,487 --> 00:32:02,853 OF COURSE IT WASN'T AMBER'S FAULT. 986 00:32:02,855 --> 00:32:04,955 FAULT. BUT SHE COULDN'T SEE IT THEN 987 00:32:04,957 --> 00:32:06,023 BUT SHE COULDN'T SEE IT THEN AND HER EMOTIONS, HER 988 00:32:06,025 --> 00:32:08,692 AND HER EMOTIONS, HER DEPRESSION, HER FEAR, PULLED HER 989 00:32:08,694 --> 00:32:10,294 DEPRESSION, HER FEAR, PULLED HER DOWN 990 00:32:10,296 --> 00:32:11,929 DOWN FOR MONTHS THAT BECAME YEARS, 991 00:32:11,931 --> 00:32:15,699 FOR MONTHS THAT BECAME YEARS, THE WEIGHT OF IT AS HEAVY AS HER 992 00:32:15,701 --> 00:32:19,436 THE WEIGHT OF IT AS HEAVY AS HER FIRST DAY IN THE HOSPITAL. 993 00:32:19,438 --> 00:32:20,671 FIRST DAY IN THE HOSPITAL. >> IT WAS THAT SENSE OF, I'M NOT 994 00:32:20,673 --> 00:32:22,072 >> IT WAS THAT SENSE OF, I'M NOT SAFE 995 00:32:22,074 --> 00:32:23,173 SAFE I'M NEVER GOING TO BE SAFE 996 00:32:23,175 --> 00:32:24,808 I'M NEVER GOING TO BE SAFE I WOULD LOOK AT MEN AND 997 00:32:24,810 --> 00:32:25,909 I WOULD LOOK AT MEN AND QUESTION, IS IT HIM? 998 00:32:25,911 --> 00:32:29,713 QUESTION, IS IT HIM? >> WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO YOU 999 00:32:29,715 --> 00:32:31,949 >> WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO YOU INSIDE WHEN THAT HAPPENED? 1000 00:32:31,951 --> 00:32:34,384 INSIDE WHEN THAT HAPPENED? >> I WOULD HAVE LIKE AN ANXIETY 1001 00:32:34,386 --> 00:32:37,020 >> I WOULD HAVE LIKE AN ANXIETY ATTACK, JUST LIKE THE 1002 00:32:37,022 --> 00:32:43,493 ATTACK, JUST LIKE THE OVERWHELMING SENSE OF, LIKE -- 1003 00:32:43,495 --> 00:32:44,594 OVERWHELMING SENSE OF, LIKE -- OF DOOM. 1004 00:32:44,596 --> 00:32:45,696 OF DOOM. >> KIRSTIE AGUILAR SAW HER ONCE 1005 00:32:45,698 --> 00:32:46,730 >> KIRSTIE AGUILAR SAW HER ONCE HAPPY FRIEND TURN INTO SOMEONE 1006 00:32:46,732 --> 00:32:47,831 HAPPY FRIEND TURN INTO SOMEONE SHE BARELY RECOGNIZED. 1007 00:32:47,833 --> 00:32:49,433 SHE BARELY RECOGNIZED. >> SHE BECAME VERY ISOLATED. 1008 00:32:49,435 --> 00:32:50,534 >> SHE BECAME VERY ISOLATED. AND SHE WAS VERY SELF-CONSCIOUS 1009 00:32:50,536 --> 00:32:52,502 AND SHE WAS VERY SELF-CONSCIOUS ABOUT EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY 1010 00:32:52,504 --> 00:32:53,236 ABOUT EVERYTHING AND EVERYBODY THAT SHE WAS AROUND. 1011 00:32:53,238 --> 00:32:55,372 THAT SHE WAS AROUND. SHE WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN AND 1012 00:32:55,374 --> 00:32:59,476 SHE WAS COMPLETELY BROKEN AND SHATTERED FROM WHAT HAD HAPPENED 1013 00:32:59,478 --> 00:33:01,311 SHATTERED FROM WHAT HAD HAPPENED TO HER 1014 00:33:01,313 --> 00:33:02,412 TO HER >> AND THEN IN 2015, A WHOLE 1015 00:33:02,414 --> 00:33:05,048 >> AND THEN IN 2015, A WHOLE GROUP, IN A WAY, CAME TO AMBER'S 1016 00:33:05,050 --> 00:33:08,919 GROUP, IN A WAY, CAME TO AMBER'S RESCUE 1017 00:33:08,921 --> 00:33:11,455 RESCUE HOUSE MATES WHO INVITED HER TO 1018 00:33:11,457 --> 00:33:13,724 HOUSE MATES WHO INVITED HER TO LIVE HERE WITH THEM IN THIS SAFE 1019 00:33:13,726 --> 00:33:14,358 LIVE HERE WITH THEM IN THIS SAFE PLACE, AMONG FRIENDS, IN A GOOD 1020 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:14,658 PLACE, AMONG FRIENDS, IN A GOOD NEIGHBORHOOD 1021 00:33:14,660 --> 00:33:16,193 NEIGHBORHOOD A GOOD SITUATION 1022 00:33:16,195 --> 00:33:17,761 A GOOD SITUATION >> IT WAS FINE 1023 00:33:17,763 --> 00:33:21,498 >> IT WAS FINE >> DID IT FEEL SAFE? 1024 00:33:21,500 --> 00:33:23,700 >> DID IT FEEL SAFE? >> IT DID FEEL SAFE. 1025 00:33:23,702 --> 00:33:25,702 >> IT DID FEEL SAFE. >> IT'S A NEW KIND OF FAMILY 1026 00:33:25,704 --> 00:33:26,837 >> IT'S A NEW KIND OF FAMILY DYNAMIC, ISN'T IT? 1027 00:33:26,839 --> 00:33:29,339 DYNAMIC, ISN'T IT? JUST A BUNCH OF FRIENDS LIVING 1028 00:33:29,341 --> 00:33:29,906 JUST A BUNCH OF FRIENDS LIVING TOGETHER, LIKE THE TV SHOW, 1029 00:33:29,908 --> 00:33:30,874 TOGETHER, LIKE THE TV SHOW, FRANKLY. 1030 00:33:30,876 --> 00:33:31,942 FRANKLY. DID IT FEEL LIKE THAT? 1031 00:33:31,944 --> 00:33:34,277 DID IT FEEL LIKE THAT? >> A LITTLE BIT, YEAH. 1032 00:33:34,279 --> 00:33:35,746 >> A LITTLE BIT, YEAH. >> MOSTLY GUYS, AND SOON FAST 1033 00:33:35,748 --> 00:33:37,514 >> MOSTLY GUYS, AND SOON FAST FRIENDS LIKE BRYCE BAILEY. 1034 00:33:37,516 --> 00:33:39,116 FRIENDS LIKE BRYCE BAILEY. A BOYFRIEND'S BUDDY. 1035 00:33:39,118 --> 00:33:40,717 A BOYFRIEND'S BUDDY. AND BRYCE'S CHILDHOOD PAL, A 1036 00:33:40,719 --> 00:33:42,886 AND BRYCE'S CHILDHOOD PAL, A FRIENDLY GUY NAMED STEFAN MOON 1037 00:33:42,888 --> 00:33:44,488 FRIENDLY GUY NAMED STEFAN MOON WHO CRASHED ON THE COUCH 1038 00:33:44,490 --> 00:33:46,256 WHO CRASHED ON THE COUCH EVERYBODY CALLED HIM SAM 1039 00:33:46,258 --> 00:33:47,758 EVERYBODY CALLED HIM SAM GRADUALLY THEY AND THE OTHER 1040 00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:53,497 GRADUALLY THEY AND THE OTHER HOUSE MATES HELPED AMBER LEARN 1041 00:33:53,499 --> 00:33:57,200 HOUSE MATES HELPED AMBER LEARN TO SMILE AGAIN 1042 00:33:57,202 --> 00:33:57,901 TO SMILE AGAIN BUT PARTICULARLY SAM, A BRIGHT, 1043 00:33:57,903 --> 00:33:58,301 BUT PARTICULARLY SAM, A BRIGHT, GENTLE GUY 1044 00:33:58,303 --> 00:33:59,369 GENTLE GUY A GOOD LISTENER. 1045 00:33:59,371 --> 00:34:01,004 A GOOD LISTENER. JUST WHAT AMBER NEEDED 1046 00:34:01,006 --> 00:34:02,839 JUST WHAT AMBER NEEDED >> STEFAN WAS REAL SUPPORTIVE. 1047 00:34:02,841 --> 00:34:03,707 >> STEFAN WAS REAL SUPPORTIVE. >> DID YOU TELL HIM WHAT YOUR 1048 00:34:03,709 --> 00:34:04,741 >> DID YOU TELL HIM WHAT YOUR SITUATION WAS AND WHAT HAPPENED 1049 00:34:04,743 --> 00:34:07,511 SITUATION WAS AND WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU 1050 00:34:07,513 --> 00:34:09,646 TO YOU >> YES 1051 00:34:09,648 --> 00:34:10,714 >> YES HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M SO SORRY. 1052 00:34:10,716 --> 00:34:12,315 HE SAID, YOU KNOW, I'M SO SORRY. AND WOULD YOU LIKE A HUG 1053 00:34:12,317 --> 00:34:15,752 AND WOULD YOU LIKE A HUG YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO GO 1054 00:34:15,754 --> 00:34:17,220 YOU SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT AND NOBODY SHOULD 1055 00:34:17,222 --> 00:34:18,321 THROUGH THAT AND NOBODY SHOULD EVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT 1056 00:34:18,323 --> 00:34:19,723 EVER HAVE TO GO THROUGH THAT >> AND HELPED YOU FEEL BETTER. 1057 00:34:19,725 --> 00:34:20,457 >> AND HELPED YOU FEEL BETTER. >> IT DID. 1058 00:34:20,459 --> 00:34:22,059 >> IT DID. >> TO HER BEST FRIEND KIRSTIE, 1059 00:34:22,061 --> 00:34:24,161 >> TO HER BEST FRIEND KIRSTIE, IT SEEMED THE OLD AMBER WAS 1060 00:34:24,163 --> 00:34:27,764 IT SEEMED THE OLD AMBER WAS BEGINNING TO EMERGE AGAIN. 1061 00:34:27,766 --> 00:34:28,465 BEGINNING TO EMERGE AGAIN. >> SHE WAS SETTLED IN AND HAPPY. 1062 00:34:28,467 --> 00:34:30,734 >> SHE WAS SETTLED IN AND HAPPY. THAT WAS A PLACE TO CALL HOME 1063 00:34:30,736 --> 00:34:33,136 THAT WAS A PLACE TO CALL HOME THERE. 1064 00:34:33,138 --> 00:34:38,241 THERE. >> AND AS SHE FOCUSED ON RAISING 1065 00:34:38,243 --> 00:34:39,643 >> AND AS SHE FOCUSED ON RAISING HER SON, AMBER BEGAN TO ACCEPT, 1066 00:34:39,645 --> 00:34:42,579 HER SON, AMBER BEGAN TO ACCEPT, RELUCTANTLY, THAT HER CASE WOULD 1067 00:34:42,581 --> 00:34:43,680 RELUCTANTLY, THAT HER CASE WOULD PROBABLY NEVER BE SOLVED 1068 00:34:43,682 --> 00:34:45,282 PROBABLY NEVER BE SOLVED >> I BLOCKED IT OUT TO TRY TO 1069 00:34:45,284 --> 00:34:46,917 >> I BLOCKED IT OUT TO TRY TO MOVE ON WITH MY LIFE 1070 00:34:46,919 --> 00:34:49,052 MOVE ON WITH MY LIFE >> AND THEN, HOW TO SAY IT, 1071 00:34:49,054 --> 00:34:50,687 >> AND THEN, HOW TO SAY IT, THERE WAS A BICYCLE AND A PAWN 1072 00:34:50,689 --> 00:34:52,823 THERE WAS A BICYCLE AND A PAWN SHOP AND A SMALL DOMESTIC 1073 00:34:52,825 --> 00:34:57,127 SHOP AND A SMALL DOMESTIC TRAUMA 1074 00:34:57,129 --> 00:34:58,795 TRAUMA HOW CURIOUS LIFE CAN BE. 1075 00:34:58,797 --> 00:35:00,397 HOW CURIOUS LIFE CAN BE. >>> COMING UP, A TANTALIZING 1076 00:35:00,399 --> 00:35:02,232 >>> COMING UP, A TANTALIZING LEAD FROM OUT OF STATE 1077 00:35:02,234 --> 00:35:03,600 LEAD FROM OUT OF STATE >> THERE WAS SOME GUY IN 1078 00:35:03,602 --> 00:35:05,235 >> THERE WAS SOME GUY IN VIRGINIA WHO HAD USED DUCT TAPE 1079 00:35:05,237 --> 00:35:06,837 VIRGINIA WHO HAD USED DUCT TAPE IN SOME OF HIS MURDERS 1080 00:35:06,839 --> 00:35:08,772 IN SOME OF HIS MURDERS AND I WAS LIKE, "MAYBE THIS IS 1081 00:35:08,774 --> 00:35:08,839 AND I WAS LIKE, "MAYBE THIS IS 1082 00:35:08,906 --> 00:35:28,758 >> Reporter: BY 2015, THE AMBER SMITH DUCT TAPE CASE WAS OLD 1083 00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:30,360 SMITH DUCT TAPE CASE WAS OLD NEWS IN FORT COLLINS 1084 00:35:30,362 --> 00:35:31,461 NEWS IN FORT COLLINS AT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, 1085 00:35:31,463 --> 00:35:33,063 AT COLORADO STATE UNIVERSITY, WAVES OF STUDENTS HAD COME AND 1086 00:35:33,065 --> 00:35:36,333 WAVES OF STUDENTS HAD COME AND GONE 1087 00:35:36,335 --> 00:35:38,468 GONE LIFE HAD MOVED ON. 1088 00:35:38,470 --> 00:35:39,503 LIFE HAD MOVED ON. EXCEPT FOR A FEW, LIKE DETECTIVE 1089 00:35:39,505 --> 00:35:41,738 EXCEPT FOR A FEW, LIKE DETECTIVE SIOBHAN SEYMOUR, WHO WAS STILL 1090 00:35:41,740 --> 00:35:42,772 SIOBHAN SEYMOUR, WHO WAS STILL CHASING PHANTOMS 1091 00:35:42,774 --> 00:35:44,407 CHASING PHANTOMS CHASING ANYTHING SHE COULD THINK 1092 00:35:44,409 --> 00:35:46,042 CHASING ANYTHING SHE COULD THINK OF 1093 00:35:46,044 --> 00:35:47,677 OF AND SHE KEPT AN EYE ON THE NEWS 1094 00:35:47,679 --> 00:35:49,813 AND SHE KEPT AN EYE ON THE NEWS FROM OUT OF STATE. 1095 00:35:49,815 --> 00:35:51,982 FROM OUT OF STATE. >> THERE WAS SOME GUY IN 1096 00:35:51,984 --> 00:35:53,049 >> THERE WAS SOME GUY IN VIRGINIA WHO HAD USED DUCT TAPE 1097 00:35:53,051 --> 00:35:54,117 VIRGINIA WHO HAD USED DUCT TAPE AT ONE POINT IN TIME IN ONE OF 1098 00:35:54,119 --> 00:35:56,219 AT ONE POINT IN TIME IN ONE OF HIS MURDERS. 1099 00:35:56,221 --> 00:35:59,990 HIS MURDERS. AND I WAS LIKE, "MAYBE THIS IS 1100 00:35:59,992 --> 00:36:01,191 AND I WAS LIKE, "MAYBE THIS IS MY -- MY DUCT TAPE GUY." 1101 00:36:01,193 --> 00:36:02,125 MY -- MY DUCT TAPE GUY." >> Reporter: BUT AGAIN AND 1102 00:36:02,127 --> 00:36:03,226 >> Reporter: BUT AGAIN AND AGAIN, THERE WAS NOTHING TO 1103 00:36:03,228 --> 00:36:04,261 AGAIN, THERE WAS NOTHING TO FIND 1104 00:36:04,263 --> 00:36:05,862 FIND >> WE COULD HAVE SWABBED 1105 00:36:05,864 --> 00:36:06,897 >> WE COULD HAVE SWABBED EVERYONE 1106 00:36:06,899 --> 00:36:07,964 EVERYONE LIKE, WE COULD'VE ASKED EVERYONE 1107 00:36:07,966 --> 00:36:09,166 LIKE, WE COULD'VE ASKED EVERYONE FOR THEIR CONSENT. 1108 00:36:09,168 --> 00:36:09,666 FOR THEIR CONSENT. WE COULD'VE ASKED -- 1109 00:36:09,668 --> 00:36:10,734 WE COULD'VE ASKED -- >> Reporter: THE WHOLE TOWN. 1110 00:36:10,736 --> 00:36:11,835 >> Reporter: THE WHOLE TOWN. >> YEAH. 1111 00:36:11,837 --> 00:36:12,903 >> YEAH. I MEAN, WE COULD'VE. 1112 00:36:12,905 --> 00:36:13,436 I MEAN, WE COULD'VE. I MEAN, IT'S NOT REALISTIC 1113 00:36:13,438 --> 00:36:14,538 I MEAN, IT'S NOT REALISTIC >> Reporter: THE IDEA CROSSED 1114 00:36:14,540 --> 00:36:15,639 >> Reporter: THE IDEA CROSSED YOUR MIND? 1115 00:36:15,641 --> 00:36:17,207 YOUR MIND? >> YEAH. 1116 00:36:17,209 --> 00:36:19,476 >> YEAH. AND EVERY TIME THERE WAS A 1117 00:36:19,478 --> 00:36:21,011 AND EVERY TIME THERE WAS A VIOLENT SEXUAL ASSAULT HERE IN 1118 00:36:21,013 --> 00:36:22,646 VIOLENT SEXUAL ASSAULT HERE IN TOWN, I WAS CERTAIN IT WAS MY 1119 00:36:22,648 --> 00:36:27,651 TOWN, I WAS CERTAIN IT WAS MY GUY. 1120 00:36:27,653 --> 00:36:28,552 GUY. UNTIL IT WASN'T. 1121 00:36:28,554 --> 00:36:30,153 UNTIL IT WASN'T. >> AND NEW CRIMES WERE DEMANDING 1122 00:36:30,155 --> 00:36:33,924 >> AND NEW CRIMES WERE DEMANDING ATTENTION. 1123 00:36:33,926 --> 00:36:35,492 ATTENTION. SHE HAD TO LET IT GO 1124 00:36:35,494 --> 00:36:37,294 SHE HAD TO LET IT GO >> I FELT JUST LIKE I HAD 1125 00:36:37,296 --> 00:36:38,228 >> I FELT JUST LIKE I HAD FAILED 1126 00:36:38,230 --> 00:36:39,296 FAILED >> MAYBE NOT SUCH A GOOD COP 1127 00:36:39,298 --> 00:36:40,363 >> MAYBE NOT SUCH A GOOD COP AFTER ALL. 1128 00:36:40,365 --> 00:36:41,431 AFTER ALL. >> YEAH. 1129 00:36:41,433 --> 00:36:42,499 >> YEAH. LIKE I COULDN'T PUT THE PIECES 1130 00:36:42,501 --> 00:36:43,066 LIKE I COULDN'T PUT THE PIECES TOGETHER ON THIS ONE 1131 00:36:43,068 --> 00:36:46,636 TOGETHER ON THIS ONE >> DID YOU TAKE IT HOME WITH YOU 1132 00:36:46,638 --> 00:36:49,139 >> DID YOU TAKE IT HOME WITH YOU AT NIGHT 1133 00:36:49,141 --> 00:36:50,207 AT NIGHT >> YES, I DID. 1134 00:36:50,209 --> 00:36:51,308 >> YES, I DID. I HAD NIGHTMARES ABOUT THIS 1135 00:36:51,310 --> 00:36:55,078 I HAD NIGHTMARES ABOUT THIS CASE 1136 00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:58,215 CASE HOW COULD I NOT FIGURE THIS OUT? 1137 00:36:58,217 --> 00:36:59,149 HOW COULD I NOT FIGURE THIS OUT? HE'S STILL OUT THERE 1138 00:36:59,151 --> 00:37:00,217 HE'S STILL OUT THERE >> AND NOW TIME WAS RUNNING OUT. 1139 00:37:00,219 --> 00:37:02,385 >> AND NOW TIME WAS RUNNING OUT. >> WE HAVE SEVEN YEARS WHERE WE 1140 00:37:02,387 --> 00:37:03,453 >> WE HAVE SEVEN YEARS WHERE WE GET TO BE A DETECTIVE, RIGHT 1141 00:37:03,455 --> 00:37:05,121 GET TO BE A DETECTIVE, RIGHT AND THEN YOU GET ROTATED BACK 1142 00:37:05,123 --> 00:37:06,723 AND THEN YOU GET ROTATED BACK OUT TO PATROL. 1143 00:37:06,725 --> 00:37:09,926 OUT TO PATROL. AND I WAS DUE TO ROTATE OUT. 1144 00:37:09,928 --> 00:37:11,528 AND I WAS DUE TO ROTATE OUT. I NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT WHO DID 1145 00:37:11,530 --> 00:37:18,034 I NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT WHO DID THIS BEFORE I DIDN'T HAVE THE 1146 00:37:18,036 --> 00:37:21,438 THIS BEFORE I DIDN'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY ANY LONGER 1147 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:22,072 OPPORTUNITY ANY LONGER >> OFFICIALLY, IT WASN'T EVEN A 1148 00:37:22,074 --> 00:37:23,139 >> OFFICIALLY, IT WASN'T EVEN A CASE ANYMORE 1149 00:37:23,141 --> 00:37:24,107 CASE ANYMORE THE AMBER SMITH INVESTIGATION 1150 00:37:24,109 --> 00:37:25,175 THE AMBER SMITH INVESTIGATION WAS CLOSED TWO YEARS AFTER THE 1151 00:37:25,177 --> 00:37:26,243 WAS CLOSED TWO YEARS AFTER THE ATTACK 1152 00:37:26,245 --> 00:37:27,711 ATTACK THE CASE, COLDER THAN THE 1153 00:37:27,713 --> 00:37:29,012 THE CASE, COLDER THAN THE COLORADO WINTER. 1154 00:37:29,014 --> 00:37:30,080 COLORADO WINTER. BUT NOT QUITE FOR OFFICER DANE 1155 00:37:30,082 --> 00:37:33,250 BUT NOT QUITE FOR OFFICER DANE STRATTON, THE COP WHO FOUND AND 1156 00:37:33,252 --> 00:37:34,384 STRATTON, THE COP WHO FOUND AND RESCUED AMBER IN THE PARK. 1157 00:37:34,386 --> 00:37:37,053 RESCUED AMBER IN THE PARK. IT WAS NEVER HIS INVESTIGATION 1158 00:37:37,055 --> 00:37:41,458 IT WAS NEVER HIS INVESTIGATION AND YET YEARS LATER, HE WAS 1159 00:37:41,460 --> 00:37:43,994 AND YET YEARS LATER, HE WAS STILL TRAUMATIZED BY THE 1160 00:37:43,996 --> 00:37:44,628 STILL TRAUMATIZED BY THE HORRIBLE SCENE HE ENCOUNTERED IN 1161 00:37:44,630 --> 00:37:46,062 HORRIBLE SCENE HE ENCOUNTERED IN THE PARK 1162 00:37:46,064 --> 00:37:50,834 THE PARK >> I HAD POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS, 1163 00:37:50,836 --> 00:37:52,469 >> I HAD POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS, NOT BEING ABLE TO SLEEP, 1164 00:37:52,471 --> 00:37:53,536 NOT BEING ABLE TO SLEEP, AUDITORY, HEARING HER SHOUTS 1165 00:37:53,538 --> 00:37:54,604 AUDITORY, HEARING HER SHOUTS >> COPS ARE PEOPLE, TOO, AFTER 1166 00:37:54,606 --> 00:37:55,672 >> COPS ARE PEOPLE, TOO, AFTER ALL. 1167 00:37:55,674 --> 00:37:56,773 ALL. JUST LIKE AMBER, DANE STRATTON 1168 00:37:56,775 --> 00:37:59,976 JUST LIKE AMBER, DANE STRATTON NEEDED RELIEF. 1169 00:37:59,978 --> 00:38:01,044 NEEDED RELIEF. BUT -- 1170 00:38:01,046 --> 00:38:08,084 BUT -- >> I STARTED TO THINK, IS THIS 1171 00:38:08,086 --> 00:38:12,555 >> I STARTED TO THINK, IS THIS GUY A ONE-HIT WONDER 1172 00:38:12,557 --> 00:38:16,793 GUY A ONE-HIT WONDER IS HE -- BUT SURELY HE COULDN'T 1173 00:38:16,795 --> 00:38:17,861 IS HE -- BUT SURELY HE COULDN'T BE BECAUSE OF HOW BRUTAL IT WAS. 1174 00:38:17,863 --> 00:38:18,962 BE BECAUSE OF HOW BRUTAL IT WAS. >> SO OFTEN, LATE AT NIGHT, IN 1175 00:38:18,964 --> 00:38:20,030 >> SO OFTEN, LATE AT NIGHT, IN HIS PATROL CAR, HE PROWLED 1176 00:38:20,032 --> 00:38:21,097 HIS PATROL CAR, HE PROWLED THROUGH CITY PARKS LOOKING FOR 1177 00:38:21,099 --> 00:38:22,732 THROUGH CITY PARKS LOOKING FOR WHAT 1178 00:38:22,734 --> 00:38:28,905 WHAT A VILLAIN? 1179 00:38:28,907 --> 00:38:33,410 A VILLAIN? THE RAPIST 1180 00:38:33,412 --> 00:38:36,813 THE RAPIST >> BECAUSE IF HE HAD DONE IT 1181 00:38:36,815 --> 00:38:37,414 >> BECAUSE IF HE HAD DONE IT ONCE, HE'S GOT TO DO IT AGAIN, 1182 00:38:37,416 --> 00:38:37,881 ONCE, HE'S GOT TO DO IT AGAIN, RIGHT? 1183 00:38:37,883 --> 00:38:39,282 RIGHT? SO I WOULD DRIVE MY POLICE CAR 1184 00:38:39,284 --> 00:38:40,083 SO I WOULD DRIVE MY POLICE CAR THROUGH THE PARK 1185 00:38:40,085 --> 00:38:40,717 THROUGH THE PARK I WOULD TRY TO BE AS SNEAKY AS I 1186 00:38:40,719 --> 00:38:41,651 I WOULD TRY TO BE AS SNEAKY AS I COULD IN THESE PLACES. 1187 00:38:41,653 --> 00:38:44,988 COULD IN THESE PLACES. TALK TO KIDS IN THE MIDDLE OF 1188 00:38:44,990 --> 00:38:47,691 TALK TO KIDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT. 1189 00:38:47,693 --> 00:38:49,626 THE NIGHT. TALK TO THE PEOPLE HANGING OUT 1190 00:38:49,628 --> 00:38:50,660 TALK TO THE PEOPLE HANGING OUT IT WAS NEVER OUR GUY, EVER 1191 00:38:50,662 --> 00:38:52,095 IT WAS NEVER OUR GUY, EVER >> IF HE COULDN'T FIND HIM, 1192 00:38:52,097 --> 00:38:53,330 >> IF HE COULDN'T FIND HIM, MAYBE HE COULD AT LEAST PREVENT 1193 00:38:53,332 --> 00:38:54,364 MAYBE HE COULD AT LEAST PREVENT ANOTHER ATTACK 1194 00:38:54,366 --> 00:38:55,999 ANOTHER ATTACK >> I WOULD SEE PEOPLE STUMBLING 1195 00:38:56,001 --> 00:38:57,067 >> I WOULD SEE PEOPLE STUMBLING HOME FROM THE BARS 1196 00:38:57,069 --> 00:39:02,038 HOME FROM THE BARS I KIND OF BECAME A 1197 00:39:02,040 --> 00:39:02,906 I KIND OF BECAME A SELF-MOTIVATED TAXI. 1198 00:39:02,908 --> 00:39:04,441 SELF-MOTIVATED TAXI. OFTENTIMES I WOULD DRIVE THEM 1199 00:39:04,443 --> 00:39:06,109 OFTENTIMES I WOULD DRIVE THEM HOME BECAUSE THE LAST THING I 1200 00:39:06,111 --> 00:39:09,579 HOME BECAUSE THE LAST THING I WANTED WAS SOMEBODY TO TURN UP 1201 00:39:09,581 --> 00:39:11,181 WANTED WAS SOMEBODY TO TURN UP DEAD OR WASHED UP IN A PARK. 1202 00:39:11,183 --> 00:39:12,782 DEAD OR WASHED UP IN A PARK. >> BUT GIVE UP 1203 00:39:12,784 --> 00:39:16,086 >> BUT GIVE UP HE COULDN'T DO THAT. 1204 00:39:16,088 --> 00:39:17,153 HE COULDN'T DO THAT. >> BECAUSE IF THE GUY IS ALIVE, 1205 00:39:17,155 --> 00:39:18,722 >> BECAUSE IF THE GUY IS ALIVE, HE CAN'T SIT IDLY BY FOR THE 1206 00:39:18,724 --> 00:39:19,789 HE CAN'T SIT IDLY BY FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE 1207 00:39:19,791 --> 00:39:20,857 REST OF HIS LIFE HE'S GOING TO DO SOMETHING AT 1208 00:39:20,859 --> 00:39:21,958 HE'S GOING TO DO SOMETHING AT SOME POINT 1209 00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:22,992 SOME POINT WE'RE GOING TO CATCH HIM DOING 1210 00:39:22,994 --> 00:39:26,262 WE'RE GOING TO CATCH HIM DOING SOMETHING. 1211 00:39:26,264 --> 00:39:27,864 SOMETHING. HE'S GOING TO SLIP UP. 1212 00:39:27,866 --> 00:39:30,600 HE'S GOING TO SLIP UP. >> THEN ONE DAY, BENEATH JUST 1213 00:39:30,602 --> 00:39:35,538 >> THEN ONE DAY, BENEATH JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY'S NOTICE, 1214 00:39:35,540 --> 00:39:37,407 ABOUT EVERYBODY'S NOTICE, SOMEBODY STOLE A BICYCLE 1215 00:39:37,409 --> 00:39:39,709 SOMEBODY STOLE A BICYCLE WELL, UPSETTING THING TO HAVE 1216 00:39:39,711 --> 00:39:40,877 WELL, UPSETTING THING TO HAVE YOUR BIKE STOLEN AS ANYONE KNOWS 1217 00:39:40,879 --> 00:39:42,746 YOUR BIKE STOLEN AS ANYONE KNOWS WHO'S HAD IT HAPPEN. 1218 00:39:42,748 --> 00:39:50,620 WHO'S HAD IT HAPPEN. SO THE OWNER CALLED THE COPS 1219 00:39:50,622 --> 00:39:56,159 SO THE OWNER CALLED THE COPS AND WHO WAS THE OWNER? 1220 00:39:56,161 --> 00:39:56,793 AND WHO WAS THE OWNER? BRYCE BAILEY, ONE OF AMBER'S OLD 1221 00:39:56,795 --> 00:39:57,794 BRYCE BAILEY, ONE OF AMBER'S OLD HOUSE MATES. 1222 00:39:57,796 --> 00:40:01,464 HOUSE MATES. FUNNY HOW THESE THINGS HAPPENED. 1223 00:40:01,466 --> 00:40:03,600 FUNNY HOW THESE THINGS HAPPENED. >> THEY INVESTIGATED THE THEFT 1224 00:40:03,602 --> 00:40:06,603 >> THEY INVESTIGATED THE THEFT >> THEY FOUND THE BIKE AT THE 1225 00:40:06,605 --> 00:40:07,003 >> THEY FOUND THE BIKE AT THE PAWN DEALER'S? 1226 00:40:07,005 --> 00:40:08,238 PAWN DEALER'S? >> MM-HMM. 1227 00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:09,839 >> MM-HMM. >> A LUCKY THING 1228 00:40:09,841 --> 00:40:10,940 >> A LUCKY THING BIKES AREN'T OFTEN RECOVERED 1229 00:40:10,942 --> 00:40:12,108 BIKES AREN'T OFTEN RECOVERED BUT THE PAWN DEALER WAS HAPPY TO 1230 00:40:12,110 --> 00:40:13,109 BUT THE PAWN DEALER WAS HAPPY TO HELP 1231 00:40:13,111 --> 00:40:15,712 HELP HE TOLD POLICE ABOUT THE THIEF 1232 00:40:15,714 --> 00:40:17,347 HE TOLD POLICE ABOUT THE THIEF WHO SOLD HIM THE BIKE. 1233 00:40:17,349 --> 00:40:19,349 WHO SOLD HIM THE BIKE. THE THING IS COLORADO FROWNS 1234 00:40:19,351 --> 00:40:23,620 THE THING IS COLORADO FROWNS HEAVILY ON PEOPLE WHO SELL HOT 1235 00:40:23,622 --> 00:40:26,456 HEAVILY ON PEOPLE WHO SELL HOT THINGS TO PAWNBROKERS. 1236 00:40:26,458 --> 00:40:28,792 THINGS TO PAWNBROKERS. >> IT IS A FELONY TO LIE, 1237 00:40:28,794 --> 00:40:29,392 >> IT IS A FELONY TO LIE, PROVIDE FALSE INFORMATION TO A 1238 00:40:29,394 --> 00:40:30,093 PROVIDE FALSE INFORMATION TO A PAWNBROKER 1239 00:40:30,095 --> 00:40:32,562 PAWNBROKER A FELONY CASE. 1240 00:40:32,564 --> 00:40:33,630 A FELONY CASE. SO COLORADO, YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE 1241 00:40:33,632 --> 00:40:34,664 SO COLORADO, YOU HAVE TO PROVIDE DNA SAMPLE FOR ALL FELONY 1242 00:40:34,666 --> 00:40:35,765 DNA SAMPLE FOR ALL FELONY ARRESTS. 1243 00:40:35,767 --> 00:40:36,866 ARRESTS. >> THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED, 1244 00:40:36,868 --> 00:40:39,369 >> THE SUSPECT WAS ARRESTED, BOOKED, AND SWABBED. 1245 00:40:39,371 --> 00:40:40,637 BOOKED, AND SWABBED. ALL ROUTINE. 1246 00:40:40,639 --> 00:40:42,772 ALL ROUTINE. JUST ONE MORE DNA SAMPLE TO DROP 1247 00:40:42,774 --> 00:40:44,908 JUST ONE MORE DNA SAMPLE TO DROP INTO THAT MASSIVE CODIS SYSTEM 1248 00:40:44,910 --> 00:40:46,176 INTO THAT MASSIVE CODIS SYSTEM WHICH OF COURSE, ALSO CONTAINED 1249 00:40:46,178 --> 00:40:49,813 WHICH OF COURSE, ALSO CONTAINED THE SAMPLES TAKEN FROM AMBER 1250 00:40:49,815 --> 00:40:52,515 THE SAMPLES TAKEN FROM AMBER SMITH. 1251 00:40:52,517 --> 00:40:55,919 SMITH. AND -- WELL, YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE 1252 00:40:55,921 --> 00:40:57,921 AND -- WELL, YOU JUST CAN'T MAKE UP WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. 1253 00:40:57,923 --> 00:40:59,022 UP WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. >>> COMING UP, A CALL FROM THE 1254 00:40:59,024 --> 00:41:01,191 >>> COMING UP, A CALL FROM THE CRIME LAB. 1255 00:41:01,193 --> 00:41:02,826 CRIME LAB. >> I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SAY 1256 00:41:02,828 --> 00:41:04,994 >> I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SAY TO HER, "YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT 1257 00:41:04,996 --> 00:41:09,265 TO HER, "YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TODAY." 1258 00:41:09,267 --> 00:41:10,433 HAPPENED TODAY." >> MELISSA WAS LIKE, I GOT HIM 1259 00:41:10,435 --> 00:41:11,067 >> MELISSA WAS LIKE, I GOT HIM >> AND LATER, DETECTIVE SEYMOUR 1260 00:41:11,069 --> 00:41:11,935 >> AND LATER, DETECTIVE SEYMOUR HAS BIG NEWS FOR AMBER 1261 00:41:11,937 --> 00:41:12,969 HAS BIG NEWS FOR AMBER BUT IT'S NOTHING SHE'S PREPARED 1262 00:41:12,971 --> 00:41:17,907 BUT IT'S NOTHING SHE'S PREPARED FOR. 1263 00:41:17,909 --> 00:41:35,458 FOR. SHE SAID, "OH, MY GOD. 1264 00:41:35,460 --> 00:41:37,594 SHE SAID, "OH, MY GOD. >> Reporter: IT WAS ONE OF THOSE 1265 00:41:37,596 --> 00:41:39,195 >> Reporter: IT WAS ONE OF THOSE PICTURE PERFECT DAYS 1266 00:41:39,197 --> 00:41:40,830 PICTURE PERFECT DAYS THE KIND THAT DRAW PEOPLE TO 1267 00:41:40,832 --> 00:41:42,465 THE KIND THAT DRAW PEOPLE TO LIFE IN COLORADO 1268 00:41:42,467 --> 00:41:44,067 LIFE IN COLORADO IT WAS FOUR YEARS SINCE THE 1269 00:41:44,069 --> 00:41:47,837 IT WAS FOUR YEARS SINCE THE ATTACK ON AMBER SMITH. 1270 00:41:47,839 --> 00:41:50,573 ATTACK ON AMBER SMITH. DETECTIVE SIOBHAN SEYMOUR WAS 1271 00:41:50,575 --> 00:41:51,641 DETECTIVE SIOBHAN SEYMOUR WAS HIKING WITH HER KIDS IN A PLACE 1272 00:41:51,643 --> 00:41:53,009 HIKING WITH HER KIDS IN A PLACE CALLED HOOTER CANYON WEST OF 1273 00:41:53,011 --> 00:41:54,310 CALLED HOOTER CANYON WEST OF TOWN 1274 00:41:54,312 --> 00:41:58,114 TOWN AND HER PHONE CHIRPED. 1275 00:41:58,116 --> 00:42:02,785 AND HER PHONE CHIRPED. TEXT MESSAGE FROM HER BOSS 1276 00:42:02,787 --> 00:42:03,920 TEXT MESSAGE FROM HER BOSS >> SHE WAS LIKE, YOU NEED TO 1277 00:42:03,922 --> 00:42:04,988 >> SHE WAS LIKE, YOU NEED TO CALL CBI 1278 00:42:04,990 --> 00:42:06,022 CALL CBI THERE'S BEEN AN UPDATE IN YOUR 1279 00:42:06,024 --> 00:42:06,723 THERE'S BEEN AN UPDATE IN YOUR DUCT TAPE CASE 1280 00:42:06,725 --> 00:42:07,824 DUCT TAPE CASE >> RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT, WHAT 1281 00:42:07,826 --> 00:42:08,224 >> RIGHT AT THAT MOMENT, WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? 1282 00:42:08,226 --> 00:42:08,725 WERE YOU THINKING? >> LIKE, WE GOT HIM. 1283 00:42:08,727 --> 00:42:12,896 >> LIKE, WE GOT HIM. FINALLY. 1284 00:42:12,898 --> 00:42:14,664 FINALLY. >> IT MUST BE THAT 1285 00:42:14,666 --> 00:42:15,532 >> IT MUST BE THAT >> YES, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT 1286 00:42:15,534 --> 00:42:16,599 >> YES, I CAN'T IMAGINE WHAT ELSE IT WOULD BE 1287 00:42:16,601 --> 00:42:17,667 ELSE IT WOULD BE >> RIGHT AWAY, SEYMOUR DIALED 1288 00:42:17,669 --> 00:42:18,768 >> RIGHT AWAY, SEYMOUR DIALED FORENSIC ANALYST MELISSA AT THE 1289 00:42:18,770 --> 00:42:19,802 FORENSIC ANALYST MELISSA AT THE CBI. 1290 00:42:19,804 --> 00:42:23,306 CBI. >> I PICKED UP THE PHONE 1291 00:42:23,308 --> 00:42:25,341 >> I PICKED UP THE PHONE I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SAY TO 1292 00:42:25,343 --> 00:42:25,975 I WAS REALLY EXCITED TO SAY TO HER YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE 1293 00:42:25,977 --> 00:42:28,378 HER YOU'RE NOT GOING TO BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. 1294 00:42:28,380 --> 00:42:32,081 WHAT HAPPENED TODAY. >> MELISSA WAS LIKE, WE GOT HIM. 1295 00:42:32,083 --> 00:42:32,649 >> MELISSA WAS LIKE, WE GOT HIM. >> WE GOT A CODIS HIT ON THE 1296 00:42:32,651 --> 00:42:33,149 >> WE GOT A CODIS HIT ON THE CASE 1297 00:42:33,151 --> 00:42:34,250 CASE THERE WAS SCREAMING AND YELLING 1298 00:42:34,252 --> 00:42:35,318 THERE WAS SCREAMING AND YELLING ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PHONE 1299 00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:36,386 ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE PHONE >> IT WAS COMPLETE ELATION 1300 00:42:36,388 --> 00:42:37,487 >> IT WAS COMPLETE ELATION I WAS SO HAPPY 1301 00:42:37,489 --> 00:42:38,588 I WAS SO HAPPY IT IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS IN MY 1302 00:42:38,590 --> 00:42:41,224 IT IS ONE OF THOSE MOMENTS IN MY LIFE REALLY WHERE I WILL ALWAYS 1303 00:42:41,226 --> 00:42:43,893 LIFE REALLY WHERE I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE I WAS 1304 00:42:43,895 --> 00:42:44,961 REMEMBER EXACTLY WHERE I WAS >> BUT HOW 1305 00:42:44,963 --> 00:42:46,529 >> BUT HOW AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS OF 1306 00:42:46,531 --> 00:42:50,366 AFTER ALL THOSE YEARS OF FRUITLESS SLOGGING, WHERE DID 1307 00:42:50,368 --> 00:42:51,401 FRUITLESS SLOGGING, WHERE DID THIS DNA SUDDENLY SHOW UP? 1308 00:42:51,403 --> 00:42:55,672 THIS DNA SUDDENLY SHOW UP? WELL, OF COURSE, YOU GUESSED THE 1309 00:42:55,674 --> 00:42:56,806 WELL, OF COURSE, YOU GUESSED THE ANSWER 1310 00:42:56,808 --> 00:42:59,542 ANSWER IT CAME FROM THE STOLEN BIKE 1311 00:42:59,544 --> 00:43:01,110 IT CAME FROM THE STOLEN BIKE THAT TURNED UP AT THE PAWN SHOP, 1312 00:43:01,112 --> 00:43:03,279 THAT TURNED UP AT THE PAWN SHOP, THE DNA SWAB OF THE BICYCLE 1313 00:43:03,281 --> 00:43:04,881 THE DNA SWAB OF THE BICYCLE THIEF. 1314 00:43:04,883 --> 00:43:07,850 THIEF. IT WAS THAT DNA THAT MATCHED THE 1315 00:43:07,852 --> 00:43:11,888 IT WAS THAT DNA THAT MATCHED THE SAMPLE RECOVERED FROM AMBER. 1316 00:43:11,890 --> 00:43:12,989 SAMPLE RECOVERED FROM AMBER. >> IT WAS LIKE FINALLY, FINALLY. 1317 00:43:12,991 --> 00:43:14,057 >> IT WAS LIKE FINALLY, FINALLY. EVERYBODY NEEDS TO STOP WHAT 1318 00:43:14,059 --> 00:43:15,692 EVERYBODY NEEDS TO STOP WHAT THEY'RE DOING. 1319 00:43:15,694 --> 00:43:16,759 THEY'RE DOING. WE'VE GOT TO GO GET THIS GUY 1320 00:43:16,761 --> 00:43:18,394 WE'VE GOT TO GO GET THIS GUY RIGHT NOW. 1321 00:43:18,396 --> 00:43:21,030 RIGHT NOW. >> SO SHE WENT ON FACEBOOK AND 1322 00:43:21,032 --> 00:43:22,632 >> SO SHE WENT ON FACEBOOK AND FOUND HIS PICTURE. 1323 00:43:22,634 --> 00:43:24,300 FOUND HIS PICTURE. >> WHAT DID YOU EXPECT THIS 1324 00:43:24,302 --> 00:43:25,368 >> WHAT DID YOU EXPECT THIS PERSON WOULD TURN OUT TO BE? 1325 00:43:25,370 --> 00:43:26,970 PERSON WOULD TURN OUT TO BE? >> HE WAS ALWAYS THE BOOGEYMAN 1326 00:43:26,972 --> 00:43:28,638 >> HE WAS ALWAYS THE BOOGEYMAN TO ME. 1327 00:43:28,640 --> 00:43:29,872 TO ME. HE DIDN'T HAVE A FACE OR A NAME. 1328 00:43:29,874 --> 00:43:31,874 HE DIDN'T HAVE A FACE OR A NAME. HE WAS JUST SOMEBODY REALLY 1329 00:43:31,876 --> 00:43:32,909 HE WAS JUST SOMEBODY REALLY SCARY OUT THERE. 1330 00:43:32,911 --> 00:43:34,077 SCARY OUT THERE. WHEN I SAW THE PICTURE OF HIM, 1331 00:43:34,079 --> 00:43:35,645 WHEN I SAW THE PICTURE OF HIM, HE DIDN'T REALLY LOOK LIKE A 1332 00:43:35,647 --> 00:43:36,713 HE DIDN'T REALLY LOOK LIKE A BOOGEYMAN. 1333 00:43:36,715 --> 00:43:38,381 BOOGEYMAN. >> NOT QUITE THE MONSTER SHE 1334 00:43:38,383 --> 00:43:41,451 >> NOT QUITE THE MONSTER SHE EXPECTED 1335 00:43:41,453 --> 00:43:45,054 EXPECTED WHO RAPED AMBER, BEAT HER WITHIN 1336 00:43:45,056 --> 00:43:47,123 WHO RAPED AMBER, BEAT HER WITHIN AN INCH OF HER LIFE, LEFT HER TO 1337 00:43:47,125 --> 00:43:47,991 AN INCH OF HER LIFE, LEFT HER TO DIE TRUSSED UP AND HELPLESS IN 1338 00:43:47,993 --> 00:43:50,393 DIE TRUSSED UP AND HELPLESS IN RED DUCT TAPE. 1339 00:43:50,395 --> 00:43:51,260 RED DUCT TAPE. BUT THE NUMBERS DIDN'T LIE 1340 00:43:51,262 --> 00:43:54,297 BUT THE NUMBERS DIDN'T LIE >> WHEN I PERFORMED MY 1341 00:43:54,299 --> 00:43:59,535 >> WHEN I PERFORMED MY STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THIS 1342 00:43:59,537 --> 00:44:00,236 STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THIS CASE, THE STATISTIC WAS 1 IN 10 1343 00:44:00,238 --> 00:44:01,938 CASE, THE STATISTIC WAS 1 IN 10 QUINTILLION. 1344 00:44:01,940 --> 00:44:03,806 QUINTILLION. THAT IS ONE FOLLOWED BY EIGHT 1345 00:44:03,808 --> 00:44:05,241 THAT IS ONE FOLLOWED BY EIGHT ZEROS, SO A SIGNIFICANT MATCH. 1346 00:44:05,243 --> 00:44:05,942 ZEROS, SO A SIGNIFICANT MATCH. >> DID YOU FIND HIS DNA ANYWHERE 1347 00:44:05,944 --> 00:44:07,010 >> DID YOU FIND HIS DNA ANYWHERE ELSE 1348 00:44:07,012 --> 00:44:08,044 ELSE EITHER ON HER BODY OR ON THE 1349 00:44:08,046 --> 00:44:08,611 EITHER ON HER BODY OR ON THE WRAPPING OR THE SOCK OR 1350 00:44:08,613 --> 00:44:09,679 WRAPPING OR THE SOCK OR ANYTHING 1351 00:44:09,681 --> 00:44:13,383 ANYTHING >> WE FOUND IT ON NECK SWABS 1352 00:44:13,385 --> 00:44:15,351 >> WE FOUND IT ON NECK SWABS THAT WERE TAKEN FROM THE 1353 00:44:15,353 --> 00:44:17,420 THAT WERE TAKEN FROM THE LIGATURE MARKS AND THE MARKINGS 1354 00:44:17,422 --> 00:44:20,023 LIGATURE MARKS AND THE MARKINGS ON HER NECK. 1355 00:44:20,025 --> 00:44:22,058 ON HER NECK. WE FOUND IT ON THE TAPE THAT WAS 1356 00:44:22,060 --> 00:44:23,526 WE FOUND IT ON THE TAPE THAT WAS USED TO BIND HER 1357 00:44:23,528 --> 00:44:26,896 USED TO BIND HER WE FOUND IT REALLY ON HER 1358 00:44:26,898 --> 00:44:27,997 WE FOUND IT REALLY ON HER INJURIES AND ON THE TAPE 1359 00:44:27,999 --> 00:44:28,998 INJURIES AND ON THE TAPE >> ALL OF IT MATCHING ONLY THE 1360 00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:30,099 >> ALL OF IT MATCHING ONLY THE MAN ARRESTED FOR THAT SMALL TIME 1361 00:44:30,101 --> 00:44:31,200 MAN ARRESTED FOR THAT SMALL TIME BIKE THEFT 1362 00:44:31,202 --> 00:44:32,435 BIKE THEFT OFFICER DANE STRATTON WAS 1363 00:44:32,437 --> 00:44:33,002 OFFICER DANE STRATTON WAS STUNNED WHEN HE GOT THE NEWS 1364 00:44:33,004 --> 00:44:36,272 STUNNED WHEN HE GOT THE NEWS AFTER FOUR YEARS, THEY FINALLY 1365 00:44:36,274 --> 00:44:39,275 AFTER FOUR YEARS, THEY FINALLY HAD A SUSPECT. 1366 00:44:39,277 --> 00:44:44,447 HAD A SUSPECT. >> I ACTUALLY WOKE UP TO AN 1367 00:44:44,449 --> 00:44:45,081 >> I ACTUALLY WOKE UP TO AN E-MAIL FROM SIOBHAN. 1368 00:44:45,083 --> 00:44:46,149 E-MAIL FROM SIOBHAN. SHE SAID CALL ME 1369 00:44:46,151 --> 00:44:46,783 SHE SAID CALL ME WE GOT SOME NEWS ABOUT THE DUCT 1370 00:44:46,785 --> 00:44:48,051 WE GOT SOME NEWS ABOUT THE DUCT TAPE CASE. 1371 00:44:48,053 --> 00:44:48,851 TAPE CASE. I REMEMBER JUMPING OUT OF BED 1372 00:44:48,853 --> 00:44:50,486 I REMEMBER JUMPING OUT OF BED AND CALLING HER. 1373 00:44:50,488 --> 00:44:51,521 AND CALLING HER. AND SHE TOLD ME THAT WE HAD A 1374 00:44:51,523 --> 00:44:52,622 AND SHE TOLD ME THAT WE HAD A DNA HIT AND I WAS SO HAPPY 1375 00:44:52,624 --> 00:44:55,324 DNA HIT AND I WAS SO HAPPY I WAS OVER THE MOON. 1376 00:44:55,326 --> 00:44:57,093 I WAS OVER THE MOON. IT TOOK FOREVER. 1377 00:44:57,095 --> 00:44:58,394 IT TOOK FOREVER. WE FINALLY HAVE AN ANSWER. 1378 00:44:58,396 --> 00:44:59,262 WE FINALLY HAVE AN ANSWER. >> AND THEN DETECTIVE SEYMOUR 1379 00:44:59,264 --> 00:45:00,897 >> AND THEN DETECTIVE SEYMOUR PREPARED TO REVEAL THIS AMAZING 1380 00:45:00,899 --> 00:45:02,498 PREPARED TO REVEAL THIS AMAZING NEW BREAK TO AMBER 1381 00:45:02,500 --> 00:45:03,599 NEW BREAK TO AMBER AFTER FOUR YEARS OF BAD NEWS, 1382 00:45:03,601 --> 00:45:07,170 AFTER FOUR YEARS OF BAD NEWS, SHE COULD BARELY CONTAIN 1383 00:45:07,172 --> 00:45:09,305 SHE COULD BARELY CONTAIN HERSELF. 1384 00:45:09,307 --> 00:45:10,840 HERSELF. >> AND I CALLED HER. 1385 00:45:10,842 --> 00:45:11,474 >> AND I CALLED HER. I TOLD HER THAT I HAD AN UPDATE 1386 00:45:11,476 --> 00:45:12,508 I TOLD HER THAT I HAD AN UPDATE IN HER CASE AND COULD I COME 1387 00:45:12,510 --> 00:45:16,112 IN HER CASE AND COULD I COME OVER AND SEE YOU 1388 00:45:16,114 --> 00:45:16,813 OVER AND SEE YOU AND SHE SAID YES 1389 00:45:16,815 --> 00:45:18,915 AND SHE SAID YES AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN 1390 00:45:18,917 --> 00:45:23,553 AND IT WAS DIFFICULT TO CONTAIN MY JOY THAT WE HAD FOUND HIM 1391 00:45:23,555 --> 00:45:24,353 MY JOY THAT WE HAD FOUND HIM >> SHE RACED OVER TO TELL AMBER, 1392 00:45:24,355 --> 00:45:25,421 >> SHE RACED OVER TO TELL AMBER, WHO BY THEN WAS LIVING WITH HER 1393 00:45:25,423 --> 00:45:26,522 WHO BY THEN WAS LIVING WITH HER SON IN HER OWN SMALL APARTMENT 1394 00:45:26,524 --> 00:45:28,124 SON IN HER OWN SMALL APARTMENT >> SHE ANSWERED THE DOOR 1395 00:45:28,126 --> 00:45:30,259 >> SHE ANSWERED THE DOOR I SAID WE GOT A HIT. 1396 00:45:30,261 --> 00:45:31,360 I SAID WE GOT A HIT. AND I SAID I THINK WE FIGURED 1397 00:45:31,362 --> 00:45:33,529 AND I SAID I THINK WE FIGURED OUT WHO THE DNA BELONGS TO THAT 1398 00:45:33,531 --> 00:45:35,131 OUT WHO THE DNA BELONGS TO THAT WE RECOVERED 1399 00:45:35,133 --> 00:45:36,232 WE RECOVERED I WAS LIKE, YEAH 1400 00:45:36,234 --> 00:45:37,266 I WAS LIKE, YEAH I DID A LITTLE DANCE 1401 00:45:37,268 --> 00:45:38,367 I DID A LITTLE DANCE YEAH 1402 00:45:38,369 --> 00:45:39,736 YEAH IT WAS GREAT 1403 00:45:39,738 --> 00:45:40,536 IT WAS GREAT >> COULD YOU BELIEVE IT? 1404 00:45:40,538 --> 00:45:41,871 >> COULD YOU BELIEVE IT? >> NO. 1405 00:45:41,873 --> 00:45:42,205 >> NO. IT WAS SURREAL 1406 00:45:42,207 --> 00:45:45,675 IT WAS SURREAL IT WAS CRAZY 1407 00:45:45,677 --> 00:45:47,076 IT WAS CRAZY I WAS OVERJOYED. 1408 00:45:47,078 --> 00:45:50,213 I WAS OVERJOYED. I WAS LIKE, YES! 1409 00:45:50,215 --> 00:45:50,747 I WAS LIKE, YES! THIS IS THE START OF A NEW 1410 00:45:50,749 --> 00:45:51,214 THIS IS THE START OF A NEW BEGINNING. 1411 00:45:51,216 --> 00:45:52,882 BEGINNING. >> THEN DETECTIVE SEYMOUR PULLED 1412 00:45:52,884 --> 00:45:55,518 >> THEN DETECTIVE SEYMOUR PULLED OUT THE PICTURE OF THE PRIME 1413 00:45:55,520 --> 00:45:56,619 OUT THE PICTURE OF THE PRIME SUSPECT, FINALLY PUTTING A FACE 1414 00:45:56,621 --> 00:45:58,654 SUSPECT, FINALLY PUTTING A FACE TO THAT UNSPEAKABLE CRIME HE HAD 1415 00:45:58,656 --> 00:46:05,928 TO THAT UNSPEAKABLE CRIME HE HAD COMMITTED AGAINST HER. 1416 00:46:05,930 --> 00:46:11,534 COMMITTED AGAINST HER. >> AND I SAID, WHAT? 1417 00:46:11,536 --> 00:46:13,636 >> AND I SAID, WHAT? LIKE, I -- NO, NO. 1418 00:46:13,638 --> 00:46:14,737 LIKE, I -- NO, NO. I WAS LIKE THERE'S A MISTAKE 1419 00:46:14,739 --> 00:46:15,271 I WAS LIKE THERE'S A MISTAKE THIS IS NOT REAL 1420 00:46:15,273 --> 00:46:16,305 THIS IS NOT REAL THIS IS NOT RIGHT. 1421 00:46:16,307 --> 00:46:17,373 THIS IS NOT RIGHT. THIS IS NOT ACCURATE 1422 00:46:17,375 --> 00:46:20,109 THIS IS NOT ACCURATE MY WHOLE WORLD HAS FLIPPED 1423 00:46:20,111 --> 00:46:23,646 MY WHOLE WORLD HAS FLIPPED UPSIDE DOWN. 1424 00:46:23,648 --> 00:46:24,247 UPSIDE DOWN. >> WERE THOSE OVERWHELMING DNA 1425 00:46:24,249 --> 00:46:24,714 >> WERE THOSE OVERWHELMING DNA RESULTS WRONG? 1426 00:46:24,716 --> 00:46:25,815 RESULTS WRONG? THEY COULDN'T BE 1427 00:46:25,817 --> 00:46:26,883 THEY COULDN'T BE AND YET AMBER COULD NOT BELIEVE 1428 00:46:26,885 --> 00:46:28,117 AND YET AMBER COULD NOT BELIEVE THAT THE MAN IN THE PICTURE WAS 1429 00:46:28,119 --> 00:46:31,721 THAT THE MAN IN THE PICTURE WAS HIM. 1430 00:46:31,723 --> 00:46:33,356 HIM. THERE HAD TO BE SOME MISTAKE 1431 00:46:33,358 --> 00:46:34,957 THERE HAD TO BE SOME MISTAKE >>> COMING UP -- WHY AMBER 1432 00:46:34,959 --> 00:46:36,292 >>> COMING UP -- WHY AMBER COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT SHE HAD 1433 00:46:36,294 --> 00:46:37,126 COULDN'T BELIEVE WHAT SHE HAD BEEN TOLD. 1434 00:46:37,128 --> 00:46:38,728 BEEN TOLD. >> THERE IS NO WAY 1435 00:46:38,730 --> 00:46:39,829 >> THERE IS NO WAY THIS IS THE WRONG GUY. 1436 00:46:39,831 --> 00:46:40,863 THIS IS THE WRONG GUY. >> AND THEN DETECTIVES GIVE HER 1437 00:46:40,865 --> 00:46:41,964 >> AND THEN DETECTIVES GIVE HER A JOB. 1438 00:46:41,966 --> 00:46:44,634 A JOB. >> SHE ASKED IF I WOULD BE 1439 00:46:44,636 --> 00:47:10,026 >> SHE ASKED IF I WOULD BE LONG YEARS TO THIS MOMENT IN 1440 00:47:10,028 --> 00:47:15,932 LONG YEARS TO THIS MOMENT IN AMBER SMITH'S LITTLE APARTMENT 1441 00:47:15,934 --> 00:47:19,635 AMBER SMITH'S LITTLE APARTMENT WHERE DETECTIVE SIOBHAN SEYMOUR 1442 00:47:19,637 --> 00:47:21,404 WHERE DETECTIVE SIOBHAN SEYMOUR COULD TELL HER THE NEWS, THE MAN 1443 00:47:21,406 --> 00:47:25,107 COULD TELL HER THE NEWS, THE MAN WHO HAD RAPED AND BEATEN AND 1444 00:47:25,109 --> 00:47:25,708 WHO HAD RAPED AND BEATEN AND BOUND HER UP IN RED DUCT TAPE 1445 00:47:25,710 --> 00:47:26,142 BOUND HER UP IN RED DUCT TAPE HAD BEEN FOUND 1446 00:47:26,144 --> 00:47:27,276 HAD BEEN FOUND >> SO I HAVE EXCITING NEWS 1447 00:47:27,278 --> 00:47:27,777 >> SO I HAVE EXCITING NEWS >> OKAY. 1448 00:47:27,779 --> 00:47:28,778 >> OKAY. >> WE GOT A HIT. 1449 00:47:28,780 --> 00:47:29,846 >> WE GOT A HIT. I SHOWED HER A PICTURE 1450 00:47:29,848 --> 00:47:30,980 I SHOWED HER A PICTURE AND SHE SAID, OH, MY GOD 1451 00:47:30,982 --> 00:47:32,014 AND SHE SAID, OH, MY GOD SHE SAID I KNOW HIM. 1452 00:47:32,016 --> 00:47:33,082 SHE SAID I KNOW HIM. >> FOR A MOMENT IT DIDN'T SEEM 1453 00:47:33,084 --> 00:47:35,284 >> FOR A MOMENT IT DIDN'T SEEM TO REGISTER BECAUSE THAT WAS HER 1454 00:47:35,286 --> 00:47:38,521 TO REGISTER BECAUSE THAT WAS HER OLD FRIEND, HER GENTLE 1455 00:47:38,523 --> 00:47:40,156 OLD FRIEND, HER GENTLE CONFIDANTE, HER HOUSEMATE. 1456 00:47:40,158 --> 00:47:43,926 CONFIDANTE, HER HOUSEMATE. THAT MAN IN THE PICTURE WAS SAM. 1457 00:47:43,928 --> 00:47:45,561 THAT MAN IN THE PICTURE WAS SAM. SAM MOON 1458 00:47:45,563 --> 00:47:46,662 SAM MOON BUT IT DIDN'T COMPUTE. 1459 00:47:46,664 --> 00:47:49,932 BUT IT DIDN'T COMPUTE. AND THEN SUDDENLY IT DAWNED ON 1460 00:47:49,934 --> 00:47:51,000 AND THEN SUDDENLY IT DAWNED ON HER WHAT THIS PICTURE COULD 1461 00:47:51,002 --> 00:47:52,101 HER WHAT THIS PICTURE COULD MEAN 1462 00:47:52,103 --> 00:47:55,137 MEAN >> IT WAS LIKE ALL THE AIR HAD 1463 00:47:55,139 --> 00:47:57,139 >> IT WAS LIKE ALL THE AIR HAD BEEN SUCKED OUT OF THE ROOM. 1464 00:47:57,141 --> 00:47:58,040 BEEN SUCKED OUT OF THE ROOM. AND SHE WAS LIKE, NO, YOU DON'T 1465 00:47:58,042 --> 00:47:59,075 AND SHE WAS LIKE, NO, YOU DON'T GET IT 1466 00:47:59,077 --> 00:48:03,512 GET IT I DIDN'T KNOW HIM UNTIL TWO 1467 00:48:03,514 --> 00:48:04,080 I DIDN'T KNOW HIM UNTIL TWO YEARS AFTER THE ASSAULT TOOK 1468 00:48:04,082 --> 00:48:04,614 YEARS AFTER THE ASSAULT TOOK PLACE. 1469 00:48:04,616 --> 00:48:05,681 PLACE. >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY 1470 00:48:05,683 --> 00:48:06,749 >> I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO SAY RIGHT NOW. 1471 00:48:06,751 --> 00:48:07,283 RIGHT NOW. THIS IS INSANE 1472 00:48:07,285 --> 00:48:08,384 THIS IS INSANE THIS IS MY FRIEND. 1473 00:48:08,386 --> 00:48:11,053 THIS IS MY FRIEND. THERE IS NO WAY. 1474 00:48:11,055 --> 00:48:12,088 THERE IS NO WAY. THIS IS THE WRONG GUY. 1475 00:48:12,090 --> 00:48:13,322 THIS IS THE WRONG GUY. >> SO FROM ELATION, YOU WENT 1476 00:48:13,324 --> 00:48:16,859 >> SO FROM ELATION, YOU WENT RIGHT BACK DOWN AGAIN. 1477 00:48:16,861 --> 00:48:19,362 RIGHT BACK DOWN AGAIN. >> YEAH. 1478 00:48:19,364 --> 00:48:19,996 >> YEAH. >> THIS IS THE GUY YOU CONFIDED 1479 00:48:19,998 --> 00:48:20,296 >> THIS IS THE GUY YOU CONFIDED IN 1480 00:48:20,298 --> 00:48:21,430 IN >> YEAH. 1481 00:48:21,432 --> 00:48:22,531 >> YEAH. >> THE GUY YOU TRUSTED 1482 00:48:22,533 --> 00:48:24,800 >> THE GUY YOU TRUSTED >> YEAH, EXACTLY 1483 00:48:24,802 --> 00:48:28,504 >> YEAH, EXACTLY >> YOUR GOOD FRIEND. 1484 00:48:28,506 --> 00:48:31,240 >> YOUR GOOD FRIEND. IT WAS A MISTAKE 1485 00:48:31,242 --> 00:48:31,841 IT WAS A MISTAKE >> I WAS CONCONVINCED IT WAS A 1486 00:48:31,843 --> 00:48:34,377 >> I WAS CONCONVINCED IT WAS A MISTAKE. 1487 00:48:34,379 --> 00:48:35,444 MISTAKE. IT WASN'T RIGHT. 1488 00:48:35,446 --> 00:48:36,545 IT WASN'T RIGHT. HE WASN'T CAPABLE OF THAT. 1489 00:48:36,547 --> 00:48:37,647 HE WASN'T CAPABLE OF THAT. >> SAM MOON? 1490 00:48:37,649 --> 00:48:38,714 >> SAM MOON? SENSITIVE, COME PASSIONATE SAM 1491 00:48:38,716 --> 00:48:40,316 SENSITIVE, COME PASSIONATE SAM HER FORMER HOUSEMATE 1492 00:48:40,318 --> 00:48:41,751 HER FORMER HOUSEMATE SO GOOD TO HER AND HER SON GABE? 1493 00:48:41,753 --> 00:48:43,586 SO GOOD TO HER AND HER SON GABE? THIS WAS THE PERSON WHO DID 1494 00:48:43,588 --> 00:48:45,788 THIS WAS THE PERSON WHO DID THAT 1495 00:48:45,790 --> 00:48:52,061 THAT AND ALL THAT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH 1496 00:48:52,063 --> 00:48:54,063 AND ALL THAT WASN'T BAD ENOUGH NOW AMBER HAD TO DEAL WITH 1497 00:48:54,065 --> 00:48:57,266 NOW AMBER HAD TO DEAL WITH SOMETHING FAR MORE DIFFICULT, 1498 00:48:57,268 --> 00:49:03,406 SOMETHING FAR MORE DIFFICULT, SOMETHING DETECTIVE SEYMOUR 1499 00:49:03,408 --> 00:49:04,774 SOMETHING DETECTIVE SEYMOUR ASKED HER TO DO, CALL HIM. 1500 00:49:04,776 --> 00:49:05,508 ASKED HER TO DO, CALL HIM. CONFRONT SAM MOON ON THE PHONE 1501 00:49:05,510 --> 00:49:07,176 CONFRONT SAM MOON ON THE PHONE THE DNA WAS HUGE, OF COURSE. 1502 00:49:07,178 --> 00:49:08,811 THE DNA WAS HUGE, OF COURSE. BUT IF AMBER COULD SOMEHOW 1503 00:49:08,813 --> 00:49:09,912 BUT IF AMBER COULD SOMEHOW ELICIT A CONFESSION FROM SAM, 1504 00:49:09,914 --> 00:49:11,480 ELICIT A CONFESSION FROM SAM, THE CASE WOULD BE IRON CLAD. 1505 00:49:11,482 --> 00:49:12,581 THE CASE WOULD BE IRON CLAD. >> SHE SAID WE COULD CATCH HIM 1506 00:49:12,583 --> 00:49:13,582 >> SHE SAID WE COULD CATCH HIM WE'RE GOING TO GET HIM 1507 00:49:13,584 --> 00:49:14,717 WE'RE GOING TO GET HIM AND SHE ASKED IF I WOULD BE 1508 00:49:14,719 --> 00:49:15,718 AND SHE ASKED IF I WOULD BE WILLING TO DO THE PHONE CALL 1509 00:49:15,720 --> 00:49:17,053 WILLING TO DO THE PHONE CALL AND I SAID YEP, LET'S DO THIS. 1510 00:49:17,055 --> 00:49:20,156 AND I SAID YEP, LET'S DO THIS. LET'S GET HIM. 1511 00:49:20,158 --> 00:49:21,457 LET'S GET HIM. >> YOU DIDN'T HESITATE AT ALL? 1512 00:49:21,459 --> 00:49:23,125 >> YOU DIDN'T HESITATE AT ALL? >> I HESITATED, YEAH 1513 00:49:23,127 --> 00:49:23,693 >> I HESITATED, YEAH IT WAS A REALLY HORRIBLE DAY 1514 00:49:23,695 --> 00:49:28,397 IT WAS A REALLY HORRIBLE DAY >> BECAUSE 1515 00:49:28,399 --> 00:49:28,998 >> BECAUSE >> BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE WAS MY 1516 00:49:29,000 --> 00:49:29,498 >> BECAUSE I THOUGHT HE WAS MY FRIEND 1517 00:49:29,500 --> 00:49:30,599 FRIEND I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK. 1518 00:49:30,601 --> 00:49:34,570 I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK. I WAS STILL JUST BLOWN AWAY IT 1519 00:49:34,572 --> 00:49:36,639 I WAS STILL JUST BLOWN AWAY IT WAS HIM. 1520 00:49:36,641 --> 00:49:38,374 WAS HIM. >> THE THING WAS, IT WASN'T JUST 1521 00:49:38,376 --> 00:49:44,613 >> THE THING WAS, IT WASN'T JUST THE CALL SHE DREADED 1522 00:49:44,615 --> 00:49:45,181 THE CALL SHE DREADED SHE WASN'T AT ALL SURE THEY -- 1523 00:53:35,779 --> 00:53:37,913 >> Reporter: AMBER SMITH HAD OVERCOME HER WORST FEARS AND 1524 00:53:37,915 --> 00:53:38,948 OVERCOME HER WORST FEARS AND CONFRONT HER FRIEND, SAM MOON. 1525 00:53:38,950 --> 00:53:40,015 CONFRONT HER FRIEND, SAM MOON. THE DNA SAID HE HAD TO BE THE 1526 00:53:40,017 --> 00:53:43,986 THE DNA SAID HE HAD TO BE THE MAN WHO ATTACKED HER 1527 00:53:43,988 --> 00:53:44,887 MAN WHO ATTACKED HER AND YET, BACK IN THE POLICE 1528 00:53:44,889 --> 00:53:45,688 AND YET, BACK IN THE POLICE STATION, SHE PRESSED SAM FOR 1529 00:53:45,690 --> 00:53:46,522 STATION, SHE PRESSED SAM FOR ANSWERS. 1530 00:53:46,524 --> 00:53:47,590 ANSWERS. HE SAID SOMETHING THAT CAUGHT 1531 00:53:47,592 --> 00:53:48,123 HE SAID SOMETHING THAT CAUGHT HER OFF GUARD. 1532 00:53:48,125 --> 00:53:49,191 HER OFF GUARD. >> YEAH, WE HAD SEX. 1533 00:53:49,193 --> 00:53:50,459 >> YEAH, WE HAD SEX. I DIDN'T HURT YOU. 1534 00:53:50,461 --> 00:53:51,327 I DIDN'T HURT YOU. WE HAD SEX 1535 00:53:51,329 --> 00:53:51,894 WE HAD SEX >> WE HAD SEX AT ROSSBOROUGH 1536 00:53:51,896 --> 00:53:52,962 >> WE HAD SEX AT ROSSBOROUGH PARK 1537 00:53:52,964 --> 00:53:55,631 PARK >> ROSSBOROUGH PARK. 1538 00:53:55,633 --> 00:53:56,498 >> ROSSBOROUGH PARK. REMEMBER 1539 00:53:56,500 --> 00:53:57,266 REMEMBER THAT WAS THE PLACE AMBER HAD 1540 00:53:57,268 --> 00:53:58,901 THAT WAS THE PLACE AMBER HAD BEEN DRINKING WITH A DIFFERENT 1541 00:53:58,903 --> 00:54:02,371 BEEN DRINKING WITH A DIFFERENT FRIEND 1542 00:54:02,373 --> 00:54:03,205 FRIEND >> YEAH. 1543 00:54:03,207 --> 00:54:04,840 >> YEAH. YOU WERE GIVING OUT FREE -- YOU 1544 00:54:04,842 --> 00:54:06,408 YOU WERE GIVING OUT FREE -- YOU WERE THE GIRL. 1545 00:54:06,410 --> 00:54:08,010 WERE THE GIRL. >> SAM INSISTED HE HAD RESPONDED 1546 00:54:08,012 --> 00:54:10,112 >> SAM INSISTED HE HAD RESPONDED TO A PERSONAL AD ON CRAIGSLIST 1547 00:54:10,114 --> 00:54:12,281 TO A PERSONAL AD ON CRAIGSLIST AND THAT MUST BE HOW SHE PICKED 1548 00:54:12,283 --> 00:54:13,315 AND THAT MUST BE HOW SHE PICKED UP HIS DNA 1549 00:54:13,317 --> 00:54:15,017 UP HIS DNA >> OH, WOW 1550 00:54:15,019 --> 00:54:16,018 >> OH, WOW >> WE HAD SEX. 1551 00:54:16,020 --> 00:54:17,086 >> WE HAD SEX. I DID NOT HURT YOU, AMBER. 1552 00:54:17,088 --> 00:54:18,153 I DID NOT HURT YOU, AMBER. >> BUT THAT WAS A TERRIBLE THING 1553 00:54:18,155 --> 00:54:20,322 >> BUT THAT WAS A TERRIBLE THING TO SAY 1554 00:54:20,324 --> 00:54:21,957 TO SAY IT COULDN'T BE TRUE. 1555 00:54:21,959 --> 00:54:24,660 IT COULDN'T BE TRUE. >> THAT WAS HORRIBLE 1556 00:54:24,662 --> 00:54:27,363 >> THAT WAS HORRIBLE THAT WAS EMBARRASSING AND 1557 00:54:27,365 --> 00:54:29,965 THAT WAS EMBARRASSING AND DISGUSTING AND DISTURBING. 1558 00:54:29,967 --> 00:54:31,066 DISGUSTING AND DISTURBING. >> AND THEN RIGHT AFTER HE THREW 1559 00:54:31,068 --> 00:54:32,701 >> AND THEN RIGHT AFTER HE THREW OUT THAT DISTURBING STORY -- SAM 1560 00:54:32,703 --> 00:54:33,836 OUT THAT DISTURBING STORY -- SAM ENDED THE CALL 1561 00:54:33,838 --> 00:54:34,903 ENDED THE CALL >> THIS CONVERSATION IS DONE 1562 00:54:34,905 --> 00:54:36,538 >> THIS CONVERSATION IS DONE I DIDN'T HURT YOU. 1563 00:54:36,540 --> 00:54:38,674 I DIDN'T HURT YOU. I'M SORRY. 1564 00:54:38,676 --> 00:54:40,776 I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T HURT YOU. 1565 00:54:40,778 --> 00:54:44,613 I DIDN'T HURT YOU. >> WAS IT REMOTELY POSSIBLE HE 1566 00:54:44,615 --> 00:54:46,215 >> WAS IT REMOTELY POSSIBLE HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH? 1567 00:54:46,217 --> 00:54:47,816 WAS TELLING THE TRUTH? DETECTIVE SEYMOUR HAD BEEN 1568 00:54:47,818 --> 00:54:49,451 DETECTIVE SEYMOUR HAD BEEN LISTENING INTENTLY 1569 00:54:49,453 --> 00:54:51,086 LISTENING INTENTLY >> YOU CAN HEAR HIS WHEELS 1570 00:54:51,088 --> 00:54:56,992 >> YOU CAN HEAR HIS WHEELS SPINNING AS HE'S TRYING TO 1571 00:54:56,994 --> 00:54:58,027 SPINNING AS HE'S TRYING TO CREATE THIS STORY THAT IS 1572 00:54:58,029 --> 00:55:00,496 CREATE THIS STORY THAT IS SOMEHOW PLAUSIBLE. 1573 00:55:00,498 --> 00:55:02,364 SOMEHOW PLAUSIBLE. GIVEN THE EVIDENCE 1574 00:55:02,366 --> 00:55:03,966 GIVEN THE EVIDENCE HE'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO 1575 00:55:03,968 --> 00:55:05,034 HE'S TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MAKE WHAT WE HAVE MATCH 1576 00:55:05,036 --> 00:55:08,237 MAKE WHAT WE HAVE MATCH SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE 1577 00:55:08,239 --> 00:55:09,338 SOMETHING THAT COULD HAVE HAPPENED 1578 00:55:09,340 --> 00:55:11,573 HAPPENED >> SOMETHING THAT WOULD CLEAR 1579 00:55:11,575 --> 00:55:13,108 >> SOMETHING THAT WOULD CLEAR HIM AND SLIME AMBER. 1580 00:55:13,110 --> 00:55:15,277 HIM AND SLIME AMBER. THE DETECTIVE WASN'T BUYING IT 1581 00:55:15,279 --> 00:55:16,879 THE DETECTIVE WASN'T BUYING IT AND SOON AFTER THE PHONE CALL 1582 00:55:16,881 --> 00:55:18,514 AND SOON AFTER THE PHONE CALL WAS DONE, POLICE ARRESTED SAM 1583 00:55:18,516 --> 00:55:20,115 WAS DONE, POLICE ARRESTED SAM MOON, BROUGHT HIM TO THE FORT 1584 00:55:20,117 --> 00:55:21,317 MOON, BROUGHT HIM TO THE FORT COLLINS POLICE STATION, AND THEN 1585 00:55:21,319 --> 00:55:23,919 COLLINS POLICE STATION, AND THEN THEY SAT HIM DOWN HERE FOR ONE 1586 00:55:23,921 --> 00:55:26,555 THEY SAT HIM DOWN HERE FOR ONE MORE CONVERSATION. 1587 00:55:26,557 --> 00:55:28,824 MORE CONVERSATION. EXCEPT THIS TIME SAM WOULD BE 1588 00:55:28,826 --> 00:55:31,460 EXCEPT THIS TIME SAM WOULD BE TALKING TO HER, DETECTIVE 1589 00:55:31,462 --> 00:55:40,169 TALKING TO HER, DETECTIVE SEYMOUR, ONE-ON-ONE. 1590 00:55:40,171 --> 00:55:40,736 SEYMOUR, ONE-ON-ONE. >> AS TEARS ROLLED DOWN HIS 1591 00:55:40,738 --> 00:55:41,236 >> AS TEARS ROLLED DOWN HIS FACE 1592 00:55:41,238 --> 00:55:46,075 FACE DID IT SEEM LIKE HE, THAT GUY, 1593 00:55:46,077 --> 00:55:50,212 DID IT SEEM LIKE HE, THAT GUY, THAT COUCH SURFER, COULD BE YOUR 1594 00:55:50,214 --> 00:55:50,746 THAT COUCH SURFER, COULD BE YOUR MONSTER, COULD BE YOUR 1595 00:55:50,748 --> 00:55:51,847 MONSTER, COULD BE YOUR BOOGEYMAN? 1596 00:55:51,849 --> 00:55:53,215 BOOGEYMAN? >> NO. 1597 00:55:53,217 --> 00:55:53,982 >> NO. NOT AT FIRST 1598 00:55:53,984 --> 00:55:55,050 NOT AT FIRST BUT WHAT THIS JOB HAS TAUGHT ME 1599 00:55:55,052 --> 00:55:56,118 BUT WHAT THIS JOB HAS TAUGHT ME TIME AND TIME AGAIN IS PEOPLE 1600 00:55:56,120 --> 00:55:57,219 TIME AND TIME AGAIN IS PEOPLE ARE NOT ALWAYS WHO YOU THINK 1601 00:55:57,221 --> 00:55:58,787 ARE NOT ALWAYS WHO YOU THINK THEY ARE 1602 00:55:58,789 --> 00:56:00,989 THEY ARE >> HE INSISTED AGAIN AND AGAIN 1603 00:56:00,991 --> 00:56:07,930 >> HE INSISTED AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT HE WAS INNOCENT 1604 00:56:07,932 --> 00:56:09,565 THAT HE WAS INNOCENT THAT THIS WAS ALL A MISTAKE. 1605 00:56:09,567 --> 00:56:10,632 THAT THIS WAS ALL A MISTAKE. >> I'M NOT A RAPIST. 1606 00:56:10,634 --> 00:56:18,307 >> I'M NOT A RAPIST. I NEVER HURT AMBER 1607 00:56:18,309 --> 00:56:21,276 I NEVER HURT AMBER I NEVER HURT HER 1608 00:56:21,278 --> 00:56:24,646 I NEVER HURT HER >> DETECTIVE SEYMOUR DOES NOT 1609 00:56:24,648 --> 00:56:25,214 >> DETECTIVE SEYMOUR DOES NOT BLUSTER OR THREATEN, AND SHE 1610 00:56:25,216 --> 00:56:25,514 BLUSTER OR THREATEN, AND SHE DIDN'T HERE. 1611 00:56:25,516 --> 00:56:26,548 DIDN'T HERE. >> WELL, I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST 1612 00:56:26,550 --> 00:56:27,616 >> WELL, I'M GOING TO DO MY BEST TO MAKE YOU AS COMFORTABLE AS 1613 00:56:27,618 --> 00:56:28,717 TO MAKE YOU AS COMFORTABLE AS POSSIBLE 1614 00:56:28,719 --> 00:56:35,457 POSSIBLE >> SHOOT ME. 1615 00:56:35,459 --> 00:56:36,692 >> SHOOT ME. >> NO. 1616 00:56:36,694 --> 00:56:38,127 >> NO. STEFAN, LET'S SLOW IT DOWN 1617 00:56:38,129 --> 00:56:38,794 STEFAN, LET'S SLOW IT DOWN TAKE SOME BREATHS. 1618 00:56:38,796 --> 00:56:39,895 TAKE SOME BREATHS. OKAY 1619 00:56:39,897 --> 00:56:40,929 OKAY SLOW IT DOWN 1620 00:56:40,931 --> 00:56:44,400 SLOW IT DOWN >> HER VOICE, STEADY, CALMING. 1621 00:56:44,402 --> 00:56:47,035 >> HER VOICE, STEADY, CALMING. AS SHE GENTLY LOWERED THE BOOM 1622 00:56:47,037 --> 00:56:47,669 AS SHE GENTLY LOWERED THE BOOM >> I WANT TO BE HONEST WITH EACH 1623 00:56:47,671 --> 00:56:50,973 >> I WANT TO BE HONEST WITH EACH OTHER. 1624 00:56:50,975 --> 00:56:51,607 OTHER. WE HAVE YOUR DNA IN HER BODY IN 1625 00:56:51,609 --> 00:56:52,274 WE HAVE YOUR DNA IN HER BODY IN 2013 1626 00:56:52,276 --> 00:56:53,108 2013 OKAY 1627 00:56:53,110 --> 00:56:54,710 OKAY >> SO SAM KEPT TALKING 1628 00:56:54,712 --> 00:56:55,744 >> SO SAM KEPT TALKING >> YEAH, I HAD SEX WITH HER IN 1629 00:56:55,746 --> 00:56:56,845 >> YEAH, I HAD SEX WITH HER IN 2013 1630 00:56:56,847 --> 00:56:57,980 2013 >> OKAY. 1631 00:56:57,982 --> 00:56:59,581 >> OKAY. >> AGAIN, HE OFFERED UP HIS 1632 00:56:59,583 --> 00:57:01,216 >> AGAIN, HE OFFERED UP HIS CRAIGSLIST STORY THAT HE HAD 1633 00:57:01,218 --> 00:57:03,118 CRAIGSLIST STORY THAT HE HAD RESPONDED TO A PERSONAL AD, A 1634 00:57:03,120 --> 00:57:04,453 RESPONDED TO A PERSONAL AD, A WOMAN OFFERING FREE SEXUAL 1635 00:57:04,455 --> 00:57:08,223 WOMAN OFFERING FREE SEXUAL FAVORS IN THE PARK, AND THAT'S 1636 00:57:08,225 --> 00:57:09,291 FAVORS IN THE PARK, AND THAT'S WHY HIS DNA SHOWED UP. 1637 00:57:09,293 --> 00:57:11,427 WHY HIS DNA SHOWED UP. >> I HAD JUST GOTTEN SEPARATED 1638 00:57:11,429 --> 00:57:15,197 >> I HAD JUST GOTTEN SEPARATED FROM MY WIFE 1639 00:57:15,199 --> 00:57:16,832 FROM MY WIFE I WAS REALLY DOWN. 1640 00:57:16,834 --> 00:57:19,501 I WAS REALLY DOWN. I WENT OUT THERE TO ROSSBOROUGH 1641 00:57:19,503 --> 00:57:20,602 I WENT OUT THERE TO ROSSBOROUGH PARK 1642 00:57:20,604 --> 00:57:25,441 PARK I HAD SEX WITH A GIRL. 1643 00:57:25,443 --> 00:57:28,310 I HAD SEX WITH A GIRL. I DIDN'T SEE HER FACE. 1644 00:57:28,312 --> 00:57:28,944 I DIDN'T SEE HER FACE. I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT HER, 1645 00:57:28,946 --> 00:57:29,945 I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING ABOUT HER, NOTHING. 1646 00:57:29,947 --> 00:57:31,013 NOTHING. >> AND AFTERWARDS, HE SAID, HE 1647 00:57:31,015 --> 00:57:35,317 >> AND AFTERWARDS, HE SAID, HE WENT HOME AND TOLD HIS ROOMMATE, 1648 00:57:35,319 --> 00:57:36,885 WENT HOME AND TOLD HIS ROOMMATE, BRYCE BAILEY 1649 00:57:36,887 --> 00:57:38,487 BRYCE BAILEY THERE'S A GIRL IN THE PARK 1650 00:57:38,489 --> 00:57:41,190 THERE'S A GIRL IN THE PARK OFFERING FREE SEX. 1651 00:57:41,192 --> 00:57:43,792 OFFERING FREE SEX. YOU SHOULD GO THERE. 1652 00:57:43,794 --> 00:57:45,527 YOU SHOULD GO THERE. >> MAYBE AN HOUR OR TWO, WHEN HE 1653 00:57:45,529 --> 00:57:48,664 >> MAYBE AN HOUR OR TWO, WHEN HE COMES THROUGH THE DOOR AND I CAN 1654 00:57:48,666 --> 00:57:50,199 COMES THROUGH THE DOOR AND I CAN HEAR HE'S WITH SOMEBODY ELSE 1655 00:57:50,201 --> 00:57:51,800 HEAR HE'S WITH SOMEBODY ELSE AND IT'S FEMALE. 1656 00:57:51,802 --> 00:57:53,969 AND IT'S FEMALE. >> SAM SAID HE BELIEVED BRYCE 1657 00:57:53,971 --> 00:57:55,103 >> SAM SAID HE BELIEVED BRYCE WENT TO THE PARK, BROUGHT THE 1658 00:57:55,105 --> 00:57:56,672 WENT TO THE PARK, BROUGHT THE WOMAN BACK TO THE HOUSE. 1659 00:57:56,674 --> 00:57:57,739 WOMAN BACK TO THE HOUSE. AND THAT'S WHEN THINGS HAPPEN, 1660 00:57:57,741 --> 00:58:01,477 AND THAT'S WHEN THINGS HAPPEN, SAID SAM 1661 00:58:01,479 --> 00:58:03,111 SAID SAM VERY BAD THINGS. 1662 00:58:03,113 --> 00:58:10,018 VERY BAD THINGS. >> AND IT WAS JUST SCREAMING AND 1663 00:58:10,020 --> 00:58:11,353 >> AND IT WAS JUST SCREAMING AND YELLING IN THERE 1664 00:58:11,355 --> 00:58:13,922 YELLING IN THERE UNTIL IT STOPPED 1665 00:58:13,924 --> 00:58:15,557 UNTIL IT STOPPED I THOUGHT HE KILLED HER. 1666 00:58:15,559 --> 00:58:20,729 I THOUGHT HE KILLED HER. >> SAM SAID HE HID IN HIS ROOM 1667 00:58:20,731 --> 00:58:23,332 >> SAM SAID HE HID IN HIS ROOM WITH THE DOOR CLOSED 1668 00:58:23,334 --> 00:58:25,300 WITH THE DOOR CLOSED >> SO I LOOKED IN THE DOOR AND 1669 00:58:25,302 --> 00:58:26,435 >> SO I LOOKED IN THE DOOR AND WATCHED HIM CARRY HER OUT. 1670 00:58:26,437 --> 00:58:27,469 WATCHED HIM CARRY HER OUT. HE HAD HER OVER HIS SHOULDER AND 1671 00:58:27,471 --> 00:58:30,973 HE HAD HER OVER HIS SHOULDER AND HER WHOLE HEAD WAS COVERED IN 1672 00:58:30,975 --> 00:58:32,307 HER WHOLE HEAD WAS COVERED IN RED. 1673 00:58:32,309 --> 00:58:33,408 RED. IT WAS ALL BLOODY. 1674 00:58:33,410 --> 00:58:39,348 IT WAS ALL BLOODY. >> BUT SAM DID NOT REPORT HIS 1675 00:58:39,350 --> 00:58:41,517 >> BUT SAM DID NOT REPORT HIS ROOMMATE TO THE POLICE 1676 00:58:41,519 --> 00:58:44,219 ROOMMATE TO THE POLICE >> THE NEXT DAY, HE BEAT THE 1677 00:58:44,221 --> 00:58:50,726 >> THE NEXT DAY, HE BEAT THE [ BLEEP ] OUT OF ME. 1678 00:58:50,728 --> 00:58:52,394 [ BLEEP ] OUT OF ME. AND TOLD ME HE KILLED HER. 1679 00:58:52,396 --> 00:58:53,395 AND TOLD ME HE KILLED HER. AND I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. 1680 00:58:53,397 --> 00:58:54,496 AND I DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING. >> QUIETLY, IN HER ALMOST GENTLE 1681 00:58:54,498 --> 00:58:55,531 >> QUIETLY, IN HER ALMOST GENTLE WAY, DETECTIVE SEYMOUR PUSHED 1682 00:58:55,533 --> 00:58:56,632 WAY, DETECTIVE SEYMOUR PUSHED BACK 1683 00:58:56,634 --> 00:58:57,733 BACK >> SOME OF THE STUFF ISN'T 1684 00:58:57,735 --> 00:59:00,402 >> SOME OF THE STUFF ISN'T MAKING SENSE TO ME 1685 00:59:00,404 --> 00:59:01,270 MAKING SENSE TO ME ALL RIGHT? 1686 00:59:01,272 --> 00:59:05,340 ALL RIGHT? >> YES, MA'AM. 1687 00:59:05,342 --> 00:59:06,542 >> YES, MA'AM. NONE OF THIS STUFF MAKES SENSE 1688 00:59:06,544 --> 00:59:07,709 NONE OF THIS STUFF MAKES SENSE TO ME. 1689 00:59:07,711 --> 00:59:08,677 TO ME. >> BUT HIS STORY DID SEEM TO 1690 00:59:08,679 --> 00:59:10,879 >> BUT HIS STORY DID SEEM TO EXPLAIN HOW HIS DNA COULD BE ON 1691 00:59:10,881 --> 00:59:16,585 EXPLAIN HOW HIS DNA COULD BE ON AMBER'S BODY CONSENSUALLY. 1692 00:59:16,587 --> 00:59:18,287 AMBER'S BODY CONSENSUALLY. SO THE DETECTIVE OFFERED SOME 1693 00:59:18,289 --> 00:59:19,454 SO THE DETECTIVE OFFERED SOME INCONVENIENT FACTS 1694 00:59:19,456 --> 00:59:22,824 INCONVENIENT FACTS >> THERE WAS ALSO SCRATCHES ON 1695 00:59:22,826 --> 00:59:26,128 >> THERE WAS ALSO SCRATCHES ON HER NECK THAT WERE SWABBED, 1696 00:59:26,130 --> 00:59:26,728 HER NECK THAT WERE SWABBED, SWABS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER 1697 00:59:26,730 --> 00:59:29,298 SWABS ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF HER HAND, SWABS ON THE LEFT HAND, 1698 00:59:29,300 --> 00:59:31,466 HAND, SWABS ON THE LEFT HAND, SWABS ON THE TAPE. 1699 00:59:31,468 --> 00:59:34,169 SWABS ON THE TAPE. AND YOUR DNA WAS ON ALL OF THAT. 1700 00:59:34,171 --> 00:59:36,438 AND YOUR DNA WAS ON ALL OF THAT. >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND. 1701 00:59:36,440 --> 00:59:37,005 >> I DON'T UNDERSTAND. WAS THERE SEMEN ALL OVER HER 1702 00:59:37,007 --> 00:59:40,876 WAS THERE SEMEN ALL OVER HER BODY 1703 00:59:40,878 --> 00:59:43,912 BODY >> NO. 1704 00:59:43,914 --> 00:59:44,479 >> NO. IT WASN'T SEMEN, IT WAS YOUR 1705 00:59:44,481 --> 00:59:44,947 IT WASN'T SEMEN, IT WAS YOUR DNA. 1706 00:59:44,949 --> 00:59:46,014 DNA. YOU'RE THE MAN WHO DID THIS TO 1707 00:59:46,016 --> 00:59:47,115 YOU'RE THE MAN WHO DID THIS TO HER. 1708 00:59:47,117 --> 00:59:48,150 HER. >> I'M NOT 1709 00:59:48,152 --> 00:59:49,284 >> I'M NOT >> AND I PLEADED WITH HIM TO BE 1710 00:59:49,286 --> 00:59:50,352 >> AND I PLEADED WITH HIM TO BE THE HERO THAT I BELIEVED HE 1711 00:59:50,354 --> 00:59:50,986 THE HERO THAT I BELIEVED HE COULD BE, AND ALLOW MY VICTIM TO 1712 00:59:50,988 --> 00:59:51,954 COULD BE, AND ALLOW MY VICTIM TO MOVE FORWARD WITH HER LIFE BY 1713 00:59:51,956 --> 00:59:53,055 MOVE FORWARD WITH HER LIFE BY APOLOGIZING AND TAKING 1714 00:59:53,057 --> 00:59:54,056 APOLOGIZING AND TAKING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE THINGS HE 1715 00:59:54,058 --> 00:59:55,123 ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE THINGS HE HAD DONE 1716 00:59:55,125 --> 00:59:56,224 HAD DONE >> YOUR FRIEND NEEDS THIS. 1717 00:59:56,226 --> 00:59:57,359 >> YOUR FRIEND NEEDS THIS. YOU KNOW THAT. 1718 00:59:57,361 --> 00:59:58,393 YOU KNOW THAT. AND YOU HEARD THE PAIN IN HER 1719 00:59:58,395 --> 01:00:00,028 AND YOU HEARD THE PAIN IN HER VOICE. 1720 01:00:00,030 --> 01:00:02,731 VOICE. YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO OFFER HER. 1721 01:00:02,733 --> 01:00:03,832 YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO OFFER HER. YOU CAN CHANGE THIS. 1722 01:00:03,834 --> 01:00:08,704 YOU CAN CHANGE THIS. YOU CAN CHANGE HOW THE STORY 1723 01:00:08,706 --> 01:00:10,305 YOU CAN CHANGE HOW THE STORY ENDS 1724 01:00:10,307 --> 01:00:11,907 ENDS >> BUT SAM WOULDN'T BUDGE. 1725 01:00:11,909 --> 01:00:13,542 >> BUT SAM WOULDN'T BUDGE. HE STUCK TO HIS STORY. 1726 01:00:13,544 --> 01:00:15,143 HE STUCK TO HIS STORY. BLAMING HIS LIFELONG FRIEND 1727 01:00:15,145 --> 01:00:16,945 BLAMING HIS LIFELONG FRIEND BRYCE FOR ATTACKING AMBER, 1728 01:00:16,947 --> 01:00:18,947 BRYCE FOR ATTACKING AMBER, LEAVING HER FOR DEAD 1729 01:00:18,949 --> 01:00:23,251 LEAVING HER FOR DEAD IT SEEMED TO THE DETECTIVE LIKE 1730 01:00:23,253 --> 01:00:26,421 IT SEEMED TO THE DETECTIVE LIKE A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED FRAME JOB 1731 01:00:26,423 --> 01:00:36,164 A GOOD OLD-FASHIONED FRAME JOB UNLESS, THAT IS, UNLESS HE WAS 1732 01:00:36,166 --> 01:00:38,033 UNLESS, THAT IS, UNLESS HE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH. 1733 01:00:38,035 --> 01:00:39,768 TELLING THE TRUTH. DETECTIVE SEYMOUR WASN'T 1734 01:00:39,770 --> 01:00:40,869 DETECTIVE SEYMOUR WASN'T FINISHED INVESTIGATING YET 1735 01:00:40,871 --> 01:00:41,837 FINISHED INVESTIGATING YET SHE NEEDED TO FIND OUT A LOT 1736 01:00:41,839 --> 01:00:42,971 SHE NEEDED TO FIND OUT A LOT MORE ABOUT SAM MOON. 1737 01:00:42,973 --> 01:00:44,006 MORE ABOUT SAM MOON. WHO WAS HE, ANYWAY 1738 01:00:44,008 --> 01:00:44,640 WHO WAS HE, ANYWAY >>> COMING UP, SAM'S PARENTS SAY 1739 01:00:44,642 --> 01:00:45,641 >>> COMING UP, SAM'S PARENTS SAY A BRUTAL ATTACK IS JUST NOT IN 1740 01:00:45,643 --> 01:00:46,675 A BRUTAL ATTACK IS JUST NOT IN HIS CHARACTER. 1741 01:00:46,677 --> 01:00:47,776 HIS CHARACTER. >> HE WAS FAMOUS FOR DOING 1742 01:00:47,778 --> 01:00:48,310 >> HE WAS FAMOUS FOR DOING STUPID THINGS, BUT NOTHING 1743 01:00:48,312 --> 01:00:49,544 STUPID THINGS, BUT NOTHING AGGRESSIVE 1744 01:00:49,546 --> 01:00:53,715 AGGRESSIVE NOTHING VIOLENT. 1745 01:00:53,717 --> 01:00:55,751 NOTHING VIOLENT. >> AND THEN DETECTIVES INTERVIEW 1746 01:00:55,753 --> 01:01:18,106 >> AND THEN DETECTIVES INTERVIEW THE MAN SAM SAYS ATTACKED AMBER. 1747 01:01:18,108 --> 01:01:19,708 THE MAN SAM SAYS ATTACKED AMBER. >> Reporter: EVERYBODY IS 1748 01:01:19,710 --> 01:01:21,877 >> Reporter: EVERYBODY IS SOMEBODY'S BABY. 1749 01:01:21,879 --> 01:01:23,211 SOMEBODY'S BABY. EVEN SAM MOON. 1750 01:01:23,213 --> 01:01:26,682 EVEN SAM MOON. A MAN ACCUSED OF HEINOUS CRIMES, 1751 01:01:26,684 --> 01:01:28,316 A MAN ACCUSED OF HEINOUS CRIMES, RAPE AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. 1752 01:01:28,318 --> 01:01:30,452 RAPE AND ATTEMPTED MURDER. AFTER SAM'S ARREST, DETECTIVE 1753 01:01:30,454 --> 01:01:33,321 AFTER SAM'S ARREST, DETECTIVE SEYMOUR AND HER COLLEAGUES WENT 1754 01:01:33,323 --> 01:01:35,457 SEYMOUR AND HER COLLEAGUES WENT TO HIS PARENTS' HOUSE. 1755 01:01:35,459 --> 01:01:38,593 TO HIS PARENTS' HOUSE. AND WHILE THE OTHERS SEARCHED 1756 01:01:38,595 --> 01:01:41,263 AND WHILE THE OTHERS SEARCHED FOR EVIDENCE, THE DETECTIVES 1757 01:01:41,265 --> 01:01:42,597 FOR EVIDENCE, THE DETECTIVES ASKED SAM'S FATHER, BRIAN MOON, 1758 01:01:42,599 --> 01:01:43,699 ASKED SAM'S FATHER, BRIAN MOON, ABOUT DUCT TAPE. 1759 01:01:43,701 --> 01:01:45,300 ABOUT DUCT TAPE. >> HAS HE HAD IT 1760 01:01:45,302 --> 01:01:47,469 >> HAS HE HAD IT YOU'VE SEEN HIM HANDLE IT OR 1761 01:01:47,471 --> 01:01:48,537 YOU'VE SEEN HIM HANDLE IT OR MAKE STUFF WITH IT OR USE IT 1762 01:01:48,539 --> 01:01:50,172 MAKE STUFF WITH IT OR USE IT >> THERE WAS SOME AROUND HERE A 1763 01:01:50,174 --> 01:01:51,206 >> THERE WAS SOME AROUND HERE A WHILE AGO. 1764 01:01:51,208 --> 01:01:53,942 WHILE AGO. >> LIKE HOW LONG AGO, WOULD YOU 1765 01:01:53,944 --> 01:01:55,010 >> LIKE HOW LONG AGO, WOULD YOU THINK? 1766 01:01:55,012 --> 01:01:56,645 THINK? >> WELL, IN MY RECOLLECTION, 1767 01:01:56,647 --> 01:02:01,183 >> WELL, IN MY RECOLLECTION, IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS. 1768 01:02:01,185 --> 01:02:04,486 IT'S BEEN SEVERAL YEARS. THERE WAS A ROLL AROUND. 1769 01:02:04,488 --> 01:02:05,087 THERE WAS A ROLL AROUND. MY RECOLLECTION IS IT ALL GOT 1770 01:02:05,089 --> 01:02:05,587 MY RECOLLECTION IS IT ALL GOT USED UP. 1771 01:02:05,589 --> 01:02:06,655 USED UP. >> NEXT DAY, BRIAN MOON AND HIS 1772 01:02:06,657 --> 01:02:07,723 >> NEXT DAY, BRIAN MOON AND HIS WIFE SUSY CAME DOWN TO THE 1773 01:02:07,725 --> 01:02:12,594 WIFE SUSY CAME DOWN TO THE POLICE STATION TO TELL DETECTIVE 1774 01:02:12,596 --> 01:02:14,763 POLICE STATION TO TELL DETECTIVE SEYMOUR ABOUT THEIR SON. 1775 01:02:14,765 --> 01:02:16,398 SEYMOUR ABOUT THEIR SON. THEY WERE THE TWO PEOPLE WHO 1776 01:02:16,400 --> 01:02:20,168 THEY WERE THE TWO PEOPLE WHO MIGHT KNOW HIM BEST AND FOR WHOM 1777 01:02:20,170 --> 01:02:21,236 MIGHT KNOW HIM BEST AND FOR WHOM THE NEWS WAS A BLOW. 1778 01:02:21,238 --> 01:02:25,040 THE NEWS WAS A BLOW. >> JUST REALLY SHAKES MY WHOLE 1779 01:02:25,042 --> 01:02:27,175 >> JUST REALLY SHAKES MY WHOLE FOUNDATION UP. 1780 01:02:27,177 --> 01:02:28,810 FOUNDATION UP. >> I RECEIVED NOTICE THAT WE HAD 1781 01:02:28,812 --> 01:02:33,682 >> I RECEIVED NOTICE THAT WE HAD A MATCH FOR THE DNA AND IT CAME 1782 01:02:33,684 --> 01:02:35,851 A MATCH FOR THE DNA AND IT CAME BACK TO YOUR SON 1783 01:02:35,853 --> 01:02:38,120 BACK TO YOUR SON >> SOMETHING NO PARENT WANTS TO 1784 01:02:38,122 --> 01:02:40,122 >> SOMETHING NO PARENT WANTS TO HEAR 1785 01:02:40,124 --> 01:02:41,189 HEAR DETECTIVE SEYMOUR HOPED THEY 1786 01:02:41,191 --> 01:02:42,257 DETECTIVE SEYMOUR HOPED THEY MIGHT OFFER SOME INSIGHT INTO 1787 01:02:42,259 --> 01:02:44,960 MIGHT OFFER SOME INSIGHT INTO SAM. 1788 01:02:44,962 --> 01:02:46,061 SAM. ANY ODD HABITS OR FETISHES, EVEN 1789 01:02:46,063 --> 01:02:48,163 ANY ODD HABITS OR FETISHES, EVEN SEXUAL DEVIANCES OF THEIR 30 1790 01:02:48,165 --> 01:02:51,399 SEXUAL DEVIANCES OF THEIR 30 SOMETHING-YEAR-OLD COUCH SURFING 1791 01:02:51,401 --> 01:02:54,102 SOMETHING-YEAR-OLD COUCH SURFING SON. 1792 01:02:54,104 --> 01:02:57,372 SON. >> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WERE 1793 01:02:57,374 --> 01:02:59,508 >> I DON'T KNOW IF THERE WERE THINGS THAT HE DID GROWING UP, 1794 01:02:59,510 --> 01:03:03,311 THINGS THAT HE DID GROWING UP, OR IF YOU EVER SAW HIM LOOKING 1795 01:03:03,313 --> 01:03:04,913 OR IF YOU EVER SAW HIM LOOKING AT WEIRD PORNOGRAPHY 1796 01:03:04,915 --> 01:03:13,855 AT WEIRD PORNOGRAPHY >> THE MOONS SAID THEY COULDN'T 1797 01:03:13,857 --> 01:03:15,724 >> THE MOONS SAID THEY COULDN'T REMEMBER ANYTHING USUAL. 1798 01:03:15,726 --> 01:03:17,292 REMEMBER ANYTHING USUAL. >> A SMART KID 1799 01:03:17,294 --> 01:03:22,998 >> A SMART KID >> A SMART AND KIND KID WHO DID 1800 01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:23,565 >> A SMART AND KIND KID WHO DID NOT ALWAYS MAKE THE MOST 1801 01:03:23,567 --> 01:03:24,599 NOT ALWAYS MAKE THE MOST INTELLIGENT CHIOICES, THEY SAID 1802 01:03:24,601 --> 01:03:25,667 INTELLIGENT CHIOICES, THEY SAID >> HE'S BEEN KIND OF A SCREW UP. 1803 01:03:25,669 --> 01:03:26,735 >> HE'S BEEN KIND OF A SCREW UP. >> HE WAS FAMOUS FOR DOING 1804 01:03:26,737 --> 01:03:28,336 >> HE WAS FAMOUS FOR DOING STUPID THINGS. 1805 01:03:28,338 --> 01:03:29,437 STUPID THINGS. THE EPITOME OF STUPIDITY 1806 01:03:29,439 --> 01:03:31,606 THE EPITOME OF STUPIDITY BUT NOTHING AGGRESSIVE, NOTHING 1807 01:03:31,608 --> 01:03:33,008 BUT NOTHING AGGRESSIVE, NOTHING VIOLENT. 1808 01:03:33,010 --> 01:03:34,342 VIOLENT. >> JUVENILE PRANKS, UNPAID 1809 01:03:34,344 --> 01:03:38,747 >> JUVENILE PRANKS, UNPAID TRAFFIC TICKETS. 1810 01:03:38,749 --> 01:03:39,648 TRAFFIC TICKETS. THOSE WERE HIS WORST OFFENSES. 1811 01:03:39,650 --> 01:03:40,715 THOSE WERE HIS WORST OFFENSES. SAID HIS PARENTS 1812 01:03:40,717 --> 01:03:42,384 SAID HIS PARENTS AND THEY WERE SURE THEIR ONCE 1813 01:03:42,386 --> 01:03:43,385 AND THEY WERE SURE THEIR ONCE MARRIED SON WOULD NEVER HURT A 1814 01:03:43,387 --> 01:03:48,323 MARRIED SON WOULD NEVER HURT A WOMAN, MUCH LESS DO WHAT 1815 01:03:48,325 --> 01:03:49,958 WOMAN, MUCH LESS DO WHAT HAPPENED TO AMBER. 1816 01:03:49,960 --> 01:03:51,593 HAPPENED TO AMBER. >> IF THERE'S ANYTHING I'VE 1817 01:03:51,595 --> 01:03:52,994 >> IF THERE'S ANYTHING I'VE DRUMMED INTO HIM HOW YOU TREAT 1818 01:03:52,996 --> 01:03:54,696 DRUMMED INTO HIM HOW YOU TREAT WOMEN, AND HOW I FEEL ABOUT 1819 01:03:54,698 --> 01:03:56,498 WOMEN, AND HOW I FEEL ABOUT BEATING WOMEN UP AND RAPE AND 1820 01:03:56,500 --> 01:04:00,101 BEATING WOMEN UP AND RAPE AND THAT CULTURE 1821 01:04:00,103 --> 01:04:02,804 THAT CULTURE I'M A NURSE FOR GOD'S SAKE 1822 01:04:02,806 --> 01:04:04,439 I'M A NURSE FOR GOD'S SAKE >> SAM MOON WAS AN UNLIKELY 1823 01:04:04,441 --> 01:04:05,507 >> SAM MOON WAS AN UNLIKELY SUSPECT, FOR SURE, AND HE HAD 1824 01:04:05,509 --> 01:04:06,541 SUSPECT, FOR SURE, AND HE HAD OFFERED ALIBIS 1825 01:04:06,543 --> 01:04:10,445 OFFERED ALIBIS SO DETECTIVE SEYMOUR CHECKED 1826 01:04:10,447 --> 01:04:11,880 SO DETECTIVE SEYMOUR CHECKED THEM OUT ONE BY ONE. 1827 01:04:11,882 --> 01:04:13,548 THEM OUT ONE BY ONE. REMEMBER HOW HE SAID HE LOOKED 1828 01:04:13,550 --> 01:04:16,017 REMEMBER HOW HE SAID HE LOOKED UNDER HIS BEDROOM DOOR AND 1829 01:04:16,019 --> 01:04:16,985 UNDER HIS BEDROOM DOOR AND WATCHED HIS FRIEND BRYCE BAILEY 1830 01:04:16,987 --> 01:04:18,520 WATCHED HIS FRIEND BRYCE BAILEY COMMIT THE CRIME 1831 01:04:18,522 --> 01:04:19,621 COMMIT THE CRIME >> I WENT TO THE HOME. 1832 01:04:19,623 --> 01:04:21,756 >> I WENT TO THE HOME. I LOOKED UNDER THE DOOR TO 1833 01:04:21,758 --> 01:04:23,625 I LOOKED UNDER THE DOOR TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE VANTAGE 1834 01:04:23,627 --> 01:04:24,459 FIGURE OUT WHAT THE VANTAGE POINT WAS THAT STEFAN MOON HAD 1835 01:04:24,461 --> 01:04:27,662 POINT WAS THAT STEFAN MOON HAD CLAIMED HE HAD 1836 01:04:27,664 --> 01:04:29,264 CLAIMED HE HAD AND YOU COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING 1837 01:04:29,266 --> 01:04:30,899 AND YOU COULDN'T SEE ANYTHING UNDER THE DOOR BESIDES MAYBE A 1838 01:04:30,901 --> 01:04:32,033 UNDER THE DOOR BESIDES MAYBE A HEEL IN FRONT OF YOU 1839 01:04:32,035 --> 01:04:35,670 HEEL IN FRONT OF YOU >> BUT THEN THEY TRACKED DOWN 1840 01:04:35,672 --> 01:04:37,072 >> BUT THEN THEY TRACKED DOWN BRYCE BAILEY 1841 01:04:37,074 --> 01:04:38,707 BRYCE BAILEY TOLD HIM WHAT SAM SAID 1842 01:04:38,709 --> 01:04:39,741 TOLD HIM WHAT SAM SAID HOW DID BRYCE REACT TO THIS? 1843 01:04:39,743 --> 01:04:41,443 HOW DID BRYCE REACT TO THIS? >> HE WAS DISGUSTED AND 1844 01:04:41,445 --> 01:04:42,477 >> HE WAS DISGUSTED AND SURPRISED. 1845 01:04:42,479 --> 01:04:46,248 SURPRISED. >> THAT'S RIDICULOUS 1846 01:04:46,250 --> 01:04:46,815 >> THAT'S RIDICULOUS >> REALLY? 1847 01:04:46,817 --> 01:04:47,849 >> REALLY? DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH 1848 01:04:47,851 --> 01:04:48,917 DID YOU HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED TO 1849 01:04:48,919 --> 01:04:50,552 THE INCIDENT THAT HAPPENED TO AMBER IN 2013? 1850 01:04:50,554 --> 01:04:52,153 AMBER IN 2013? >> NO. 1851 01:04:52,155 --> 01:04:54,289 >> NO. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW AMBER IN 1852 01:04:54,291 --> 01:04:55,924 I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW AMBER IN 2013 1853 01:04:55,926 --> 01:04:57,125 2013 >> SO WHY WOULD HIS OLD PAL SAM 1854 01:04:57,127 --> 01:04:58,627 >> SO WHY WOULD HIS OLD PAL SAM TRY TO FRAME HIM FOR THE ATTACK 1855 01:04:58,629 --> 01:05:05,033 TRY TO FRAME HIM FOR THE ATTACK ON AMBER 1856 01:05:05,035 --> 01:05:07,202 ON AMBER WELL, THAT WAS EASY, SAID BRYCE. 1857 01:05:07,204 --> 01:05:09,337 WELL, THAT WAS EASY, SAID BRYCE. >> ONE, TOO SCARED OR, TWO, HE'S 1858 01:05:09,339 --> 01:05:10,405 >> ONE, TOO SCARED OR, TWO, HE'S TRYING TO GET REVENGE ON ME FOR 1859 01:05:10,407 --> 01:05:12,007 TRYING TO GET REVENGE ON ME FOR GETTING HIM IN TROUBLE IN THE 1860 01:05:12,009 --> 01:05:14,175 GETTING HIM IN TROUBLE IN THE FIRST PLACE. 1861 01:05:14,177 --> 01:05:15,243 FIRST PLACE. >> OH, YES 1862 01:05:15,245 --> 01:05:16,878 >> OH, YES HE STOLE BRYCE'S BIKE. 1863 01:05:16,880 --> 01:05:19,014 HE STOLE BRYCE'S BIKE. REMEMBER 1864 01:05:19,016 --> 01:05:21,750 REMEMBER THAT'S HOW POLICE GOT SAM'S DNA. 1865 01:05:21,752 --> 01:05:23,885 THAT'S HOW POLICE GOT SAM'S DNA. AND BRYCE? 1866 01:05:23,887 --> 01:05:26,054 AND BRYCE? >> LIKE, BACK AND FORTH. 1867 01:05:26,056 --> 01:05:27,155 >> LIKE, BACK AND FORTH. >> HE WAS EAGER TO PROVIDE ME 1868 01:05:27,157 --> 01:05:30,392 >> HE WAS EAGER TO PROVIDE ME WITH A SAMPLE OF HIS DNA TO 1869 01:05:30,394 --> 01:05:31,993 WITH A SAMPLE OF HIS DNA TO EXONERATE HIM. 1870 01:05:31,995 --> 01:05:33,628 EXONERATE HIM. >> THEN BRYCE SAID THIS ABOUT 1871 01:05:33,630 --> 01:05:35,230 >> THEN BRYCE SAID THIS ABOUT HIS OLD FRIEND SAM 1872 01:05:35,232 --> 01:05:40,268 HIS OLD FRIEND SAM THE KID HE HAD KNOWN SINCE THEY 1873 01:05:40,270 --> 01:05:42,037 THE KID HE HAD KNOWN SINCE THEY WERE 5 YEARS OLD 1874 01:05:42,039 --> 01:05:45,340 WERE 5 YEARS OLD >> THE ONLY THING I COULD TELL 1875 01:05:45,342 --> 01:05:46,808 >> THE ONLY THING I COULD TELL YOU ABOUT SAM IS THAT HE'S A 1876 01:05:46,810 --> 01:05:48,443 YOU ABOUT SAM IS THAT HE'S A CONSTANT LIAR. 1877 01:05:48,445 --> 01:05:50,612 CONSTANT LIAR. >> BUT THE HEART OF SAM'S ALIBI 1878 01:05:50,614 --> 01:05:52,180 >> BUT THE HEART OF SAM'S ALIBI WAS HIS CLAIM THAT HE HAD SEX 1879 01:05:52,182 --> 01:05:53,214 WAS HIS CLAIM THAT HE HAD SEX AND ONLY SEX WITH AMBER AFTER 1880 01:05:53,216 --> 01:05:55,417 AND ONLY SEX WITH AMBER AFTER READING A CRAIGSLIST AD, 1881 01:05:55,419 --> 01:05:57,018 READING A CRAIGSLIST AD, OFFERING FREE SEX IN THE PARK. 1882 01:05:57,020 --> 01:06:00,388 OFFERING FREE SEX IN THE PARK. THESE DAYS, CRAIGSLIST DOESN'T 1883 01:06:00,390 --> 01:06:01,957 THESE DAYS, CRAIGSLIST DOESN'T POST ADS LIKE THAT 1884 01:06:01,959 --> 01:06:04,092 POST ADS LIKE THAT BUT IN 2013 WHEN THEY DID? 1885 01:06:04,094 --> 01:06:05,160 BUT IN 2013 WHEN THEY DID? WELL, INVESTIGATORS ASKED 1886 01:06:05,162 --> 01:06:06,227 WELL, INVESTIGATORS ASKED CRAIGSLIST, WAS THERE ANY SUCH 1887 01:06:06,229 --> 01:06:10,565 CRAIGSLIST, WAS THERE ANY SUCH AD AT THE TIME 1888 01:06:10,567 --> 01:06:12,167 AD AT THE TIME THAT ONE TOOK A WHILE. 1889 01:06:12,169 --> 01:06:14,302 THAT ONE TOOK A WHILE. >> WE DID A SEARCH WARRANT FOR 1890 01:06:14,304 --> 01:06:15,370 >> WE DID A SEARCH WARRANT FOR SPECIFIC KEY WORDS THAT STEFAN 1891 01:06:15,372 --> 01:06:18,106 SPECIFIC KEY WORDS THAT STEFAN USED IN HIS INTERVIEW ABOUT WHAT 1892 01:06:18,108 --> 01:06:20,775 USED IN HIS INTERVIEW ABOUT WHAT THE AD HAD SAID. 1893 01:06:20,777 --> 01:06:23,478 THE AD HAD SAID. AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO LOCATE 1894 01:06:23,480 --> 01:06:24,546 AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO LOCATE AN AD THAT HAD THE AMOUNT OF 1895 01:06:24,548 --> 01:06:28,350 AN AD THAT HAD THE AMOUNT OF DETAIL THAT STEFAN HAD REPORTED 1896 01:06:28,352 --> 01:06:31,019 DETAIL THAT STEFAN HAD REPORTED THIS AD HAVING 1897 01:06:31,021 --> 01:06:32,087 THIS AD HAVING AND YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY ON 1898 01:06:32,089 --> 01:06:34,789 AND YOU KNOW, CERTAINLY ON CRAIGSLIST, THERE'S SOME SEEDY 1899 01:06:34,791 --> 01:06:36,358 CRAIGSLIST, THERE'S SOME SEEDY STUFF THAT HAPPENS 1900 01:06:36,360 --> 01:06:38,560 STUFF THAT HAPPENS SO THERE ARE ADS THAT TALK ABOUT 1901 01:06:38,562 --> 01:06:42,364 SO THERE ARE ADS THAT TALK ABOUT THINGS LIKE THAT 1902 01:06:42,366 --> 01:06:46,601 THINGS LIKE THAT BUT NOT TO THE EXTENT THAT 1903 01:06:46,603 --> 01:06:52,173 BUT NOT TO THE EXTENT THAT STEFAN MOON HAD SAID 1904 01:06:52,175 --> 01:06:53,875 STEFAN MOON HAD SAID >> IT HAD TO BE INVESTIGATED 1905 01:06:53,877 --> 01:06:58,413 >> IT HAD TO BE INVESTIGATED THOUGH THE PROSECUTORS SAID THEY 1906 01:06:58,415 --> 01:06:59,114 THOUGH THE PROSECUTORS SAID THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE SAM'S ALIBI FOR A 1907 01:06:59,116 --> 01:07:00,115 DIDN'T BELIEVE SAM'S ALIBI FOR A MINUTE 1908 01:07:00,117 --> 01:07:01,116 MINUTE NO 1909 01:07:01,118 --> 01:07:03,284 NO IT LOOKED TO THEY WILL LIKE SAM 1910 01:07:03,286 --> 01:07:04,853 IT LOOKED TO THEY WILL LIKE SAM HAD A VERY UGLY PLAN 1911 01:07:04,855 --> 01:07:05,920 HAD A VERY UGLY PLAN >> 100% OF ME BELIEVES THAT MR 1912 01:07:05,922 --> 01:07:07,622 >> 100% OF ME BELIEVES THAT MR MOON'S INTENT THAT NIGHT WAS TO 1913 01:07:07,624 --> 01:07:09,257 MOON'S INTENT THAT NIGHT WAS TO SEXUALLY ASSAULT HER, LEAVE HER, 1914 01:07:09,259 --> 01:07:13,862 SEXUALLY ASSAULT HER, LEAVE HER, AND HAVE HER DIE SO THAT NO ONE 1915 01:07:13,864 --> 01:07:15,697 AND HAVE HER DIE SO THAT NO ONE WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER 1916 01:07:15,699 --> 01:07:17,966 WOULD BE ABLE TO PUT TOGETHER WHAT HAPPENED AND POINT TO HIM 1917 01:07:17,968 --> 01:07:19,067 WHAT HAPPENED AND POINT TO HIM ABOUT WHAT HAD OCCURRED. 1918 01:07:19,069 --> 01:07:20,101 ABOUT WHAT HAD OCCURRED. >> SO THE PROSECUTORS WERE 1919 01:07:20,103 --> 01:07:23,972 >> SO THE PROSECUTORS WERE CERTAIN THEY HAD THEIR MAN 1920 01:07:23,974 --> 01:07:25,607 CERTAIN THEY HAD THEIR MAN BUT, AS THE TRIAL APPROACHED, 1921 01:07:25,609 --> 01:07:27,242 BUT, AS THE TRIAL APPROACHED, THE VICTIM HERSELF, AMBER SMITH, 1922 01:07:27,244 --> 01:07:30,745 THE VICTIM HERSELF, AMBER SMITH, WAS NOT SO CERTAIN 1923 01:07:30,747 --> 01:07:32,247 WAS NOT SO CERTAIN >> SHE ROUTINELY ASKED US, ARE 1924 01:07:32,249 --> 01:07:35,283 >> SHE ROUTINELY ASKED US, ARE YOU GUYS SURE? 1925 01:07:35,285 --> 01:07:36,151 YOU GUYS SURE? ARE YOU SURE THIS IS WHO DID IT? 1926 01:07:36,153 --> 01:07:37,786 ARE YOU SURE THIS IS WHO DID IT? HOW DO YOU WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND 1927 01:07:37,788 --> 01:07:39,921 HOW DO YOU WRAP YOUR MIND AROUND THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY YOU 1928 01:07:39,923 --> 01:07:41,022 THE FACT THAT SOMEBODY YOU TRUSTED IS THE ONE WHO DID THIS? 1929 01:07:41,024 --> 01:07:42,624 TRUSTED IS THE ONE WHO DID THIS? >> AMBER, AFTER ALL, WAS SLATED 1930 01:07:42,626 --> 01:07:43,725 >> AMBER, AFTER ALL, WAS SLATED TO BE THEIR STAR WITNESS AND 1931 01:07:43,727 --> 01:07:46,594 TO BE THEIR STAR WITNESS AND THEY NEEDED HER TO HELP SEAL THE 1932 01:07:46,596 --> 01:07:47,495 THEY NEEDED HER TO HELP SEAL THE CASE 1933 01:07:47,497 --> 01:07:49,864 CASE HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1934 01:07:49,866 --> 01:07:50,698 HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE THAT NIGHT IN THE PARK, SHE 1935 01:07:50,700 --> 01:07:54,469 THAT NIGHT IN THE PARK, SHE WOULD FINALLY CONFRONT SAM MOON 1936 01:07:54,471 --> 01:07:56,071 WOULD FINALLY CONFRONT SAM MOON FACE TO FACE 1937 01:07:56,073 --> 01:08:00,408 FACE TO FACE >>> COMING UP -- EVEN ON THE EVE 1938 01:08:00,410 --> 01:08:02,444 >>> COMING UP -- EVEN ON THE EVE OF TRIAL, AMBER WASN'T CONVINCED 1939 01:08:02,446 --> 01:08:03,645 OF TRIAL, AMBER WASN'T CONVINCED SAM WAS HER ATTACKER 1940 01:08:03,647 --> 01:08:04,746 SAM WAS HER ATTACKER >> I STILL QUESTIONED. 1941 01:08:04,748 --> 01:08:06,915 >> I STILL QUESTIONED. >> WOULD SHE HAVE IT IN HER TO 1942 01:08:06,917 --> 01:08:23,331 >> WOULD SHE HAVE IT IN HER TO TESTIFY? 1943 01:08:23,333 --> 01:08:25,500 TESTIFY? >> Reporter: TRAUMA, THE KIND 1944 01:08:25,502 --> 01:08:28,770 >> Reporter: TRAUMA, THE KIND SUFFERED BY AMBER SMITH, IS A 1945 01:08:28,772 --> 01:08:30,338 SUFFERED BY AMBER SMITH, IS A BEAST WITH A LONG TAIL 1946 01:08:30,340 --> 01:08:31,940 BEAST WITH A LONG TAIL AND STILL AS THE TRIAL OF HER 1947 01:08:31,942 --> 01:08:34,109 AND STILL AS THE TRIAL OF HER ACCUSED ATTACKER APPROACHED, 1948 01:08:34,111 --> 01:08:35,743 ACCUSED ATTACKER APPROACHED, AMBER COULD NOT QUITE BELIEVE 1949 01:08:35,745 --> 01:08:37,345 AMBER COULD NOT QUITE BELIEVE THAT HER SWEET FRIEND, SAM MOON, 1950 01:08:37,347 --> 01:08:40,048 THAT HER SWEET FRIEND, SAM MOON, WAS THE ONE WHO DID THOSE AWFUL 1951 01:08:40,050 --> 01:08:41,683 WAS THE ONE WHO DID THOSE AWFUL THINGS 1952 01:08:41,685 --> 01:08:45,987 THINGS A STEW OF EMOTIONS OVERLAID WITH 1953 01:08:45,989 --> 01:08:48,690 A STEW OF EMOTIONS OVERLAID WITH CONFUSION. 1954 01:08:48,692 --> 01:08:52,861 CONFUSION. >> YOU COULD JUST SEE THERE'S 1955 01:08:52,863 --> 01:08:54,696 >> YOU COULD JUST SEE THERE'S THIS SENSE OF DISORIENTATION 1956 01:08:54,698 --> 01:08:56,531 THIS SENSE OF DISORIENTATION LIKE EVERYTHING THAT WAS REAL IN 1957 01:08:56,533 --> 01:08:57,332 LIKE EVERYTHING THAT WAS REAL IN HER WORLD JUST WENT POOF 1958 01:08:57,334 --> 01:08:58,933 HER WORLD JUST WENT POOF >> KIND OF A SECOND 1959 01:08:58,935 --> 01:09:00,001 >> KIND OF A SECOND VICTIMIZATION. 1960 01:09:00,003 --> 01:09:03,838 VICTIMIZATION. >> YEAH. 1961 01:09:03,840 --> 01:09:05,006 >> YEAH. A HUGE MIND SCREW, IF YOU WILL 1962 01:09:05,008 --> 01:09:07,075 A HUGE MIND SCREW, IF YOU WILL JUST THAT THIS PERSON THAT YOU 1963 01:09:07,077 --> 01:09:08,409 JUST THAT THIS PERSON THAT YOU DEVELOPED A RELATIONSHIP WITH 1964 01:09:08,411 --> 01:09:09,511 DEVELOPED A RELATIONSHIP WITH AND TRUSTED -- 1965 01:09:09,513 --> 01:09:10,578 AND TRUSTED -- >> NOT ONLY BETRAYED YOU, 1966 01:09:10,580 --> 01:09:11,613 >> NOT ONLY BETRAYED YOU, ATTACKED YOU, ASSAULTED YOU, AND 1967 01:09:11,615 --> 01:09:12,680 ATTACKED YOU, ASSAULTED YOU, AND MAY HAVE TRIED TO KILL YOU 1968 01:09:12,682 --> 01:09:13,815 MAY HAVE TRIED TO KILL YOU >> YEAH. 1969 01:09:13,817 --> 01:09:14,949 >> YEAH. YEAH 1970 01:09:14,951 --> 01:09:18,052 YEAH EVERYTHING THAT WAS REAL IS NOT 1971 01:09:18,054 --> 01:09:20,221 EVERYTHING THAT WAS REAL IS NOT REAL ANYMORE 1972 01:09:20,223 --> 01:09:21,856 REAL ANYMORE >> BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY REAL TO 1973 01:09:21,858 --> 01:09:26,694 >> BUT IT WAS CERTAINLY REAL TO THE TWO SEASONED PROSECUTORS 1974 01:09:26,696 --> 01:09:27,729 THE TWO SEASONED PROSECUTORS >> THE IDEA THAT ANYBODY CAN 1975 01:09:27,731 --> 01:09:29,330 >> THE IDEA THAT ANYBODY CAN TREAT SOMEBODY LIKE THIS EVEN IN 1976 01:09:29,332 --> 01:09:33,735 TREAT SOMEBODY LIKE THIS EVEN IN THIS LINE OF WORK, DOING THIS 1977 01:09:33,737 --> 01:09:36,070 THIS LINE OF WORK, DOING THIS FOR TEN YEARS, IS STILL AMAZING. 1978 01:09:36,072 --> 01:09:37,405 FOR TEN YEARS, IS STILL AMAZING. >> AND THEN WHEN YOU SEE THE 1979 01:09:37,407 --> 01:09:40,208 >> AND THEN WHEN YOU SEE THE PHOTOS, YOU CAN FEEL THE TERROR 1980 01:09:40,210 --> 01:09:41,242 PHOTOS, YOU CAN FEEL THE TERROR THAT AMBER FELT. 1981 01:09:41,244 --> 01:09:44,045 THAT AMBER FELT. BUT I HAVE NOT ENCOUNTERED 1982 01:09:44,047 --> 01:09:46,214 BUT I HAVE NOT ENCOUNTERED SOMETHING QUITE LIKE THIS. 1983 01:09:46,216 --> 01:09:47,215 SOMETHING QUITE LIKE THIS. >> AND THOUGH AMBER SURVIVED, IF 1984 01:09:47,217 --> 01:09:49,350 >> AND THOUGH AMBER SURVIVED, IF ONLY BARELY, HER TRAUMA, THE 1985 01:09:49,352 --> 01:09:53,121 ONLY BARELY, HER TRAUMA, THE UGLINESS OF THE CRIME, MADE 1986 01:09:53,123 --> 01:09:54,189 UGLINESS OF THE CRIME, MADE THEIR MISSION PERSONAL 1987 01:09:54,191 --> 01:09:55,290 THEIR MISSION PERSONAL >> WE DIDN'T WANT TO LET HER 1988 01:09:55,292 --> 01:09:56,658 >> WE DIDN'T WANT TO LET HER DOWN 1989 01:09:56,660 --> 01:09:57,959 DOWN WE WANTED HER TO BE ABLE TO WALK 1990 01:09:57,961 --> 01:10:00,662 WE WANTED HER TO BE ABLE TO WALK OUT OF THE COURTROOM AT THE END 1991 01:10:00,664 --> 01:10:03,364 OUT OF THE COURTROOM AT THE END OF THE TRIAL KNOWING THE PERSON 1992 01:10:03,366 --> 01:10:06,034 OF THE TRIAL KNOWING THE PERSON WHO VIOLATED HER IN THE WAY MR 1993 01:10:06,036 --> 01:10:07,135 WHO VIOLATED HER IN THE WAY MR MOON DID, WOULD NEVER WALK FREE. 1994 01:10:07,137 --> 01:10:09,337 MOON DID, WOULD NEVER WALK FREE. >> THE TRIAL BEGAN IN A FORT 1995 01:10:09,339 --> 01:10:10,705 >> THE TRIAL BEGAN IN A FORT COLLINS COURTROOM IN AUGUST 1996 01:10:10,707 --> 01:10:13,608 COLLINS COURTROOM IN AUGUST 2019, NEARLY SIX YEARS TO THE 1997 01:10:13,610 --> 01:10:15,243 2019, NEARLY SIX YEARS TO THE DAY AFTER THE ATTACK 1998 01:10:15,245 --> 01:10:17,912 DAY AFTER THE ATTACK IT WAS DETECTIVE SEYMOUR WHO 1999 01:10:17,914 --> 01:10:19,547 IT WAS DETECTIVE SEYMOUR WHO TOLD THE STORY TO THE JURY 2000 01:10:19,549 --> 01:10:22,750 TOLD THE STORY TO THE JURY >> WHAT WAS THE EXPERIENCE LIKE? 2001 01:10:22,752 --> 01:10:24,385 >> WHAT WAS THE EXPERIENCE LIKE? >> STRESSFUL 2002 01:10:24,387 --> 01:10:26,020 >> STRESSFUL BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST 2003 01:10:26,022 --> 01:10:30,825 BECAUSE THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST EMOTIONAL CASES I'VE EVER 2004 01:10:30,827 --> 01:10:31,893 EMOTIONAL CASES I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED. 2005 01:10:31,895 --> 01:10:33,094 EXPERIENCED. SO THERE WAS THIS TREMENDOUS 2006 01:10:33,096 --> 01:10:37,665 SO THERE WAS THIS TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO GET IT 2007 01:10:37,667 --> 01:10:39,267 AMOUNT OF PRESSURE TO GET IT RIGHT. 2008 01:10:39,269 --> 01:10:42,670 RIGHT. IT WAS ALMOST AS IF I WAS 2009 01:10:42,672 --> 01:10:46,174 IT WAS ALMOST AS IF I WAS FIGHTING FOR A SISTER TO BE ABLE 2010 01:10:46,176 --> 01:10:50,745 FIGHTING FOR A SISTER TO BE ABLE TO FIND THAT SENSE OF CLOSURE SO 2011 01:10:50,747 --> 01:10:52,981 TO FIND THAT SENSE OF CLOSURE SO THAT SHE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH 2012 01:10:52,983 --> 01:10:56,184 THAT SHE COULD MOVE FORWARD WITH HER LIFE 2013 01:10:56,186 --> 01:10:56,751 HER LIFE LIKE, WE ALL WANTED THIS FOR 2014 01:10:56,753 --> 01:10:56,985 LIKE, WE ALL WANTED THIS FOR HER. 2015 01:10:56,987 --> 01:10:57,552 HER. >> DANE STRATTON, THE FIRST 2016 01:10:57,554 --> 01:10:58,586 >> DANE STRATTON, THE FIRST RESPONDER, TRIED TO BE 2017 01:10:58,588 --> 01:10:59,654 RESPONDER, TRIED TO BE BUSINESS-LIKE ON THE STAND 2018 01:10:59,656 --> 01:11:00,855 BUSINESS-LIKE ON THE STAND HE COULDN'T DO IT. 2019 01:11:00,857 --> 01:11:01,789 HE COULDN'T DO IT. >> I TEARED UP 2020 01:11:01,791 --> 01:11:03,024 >> I TEARED UP I WAS CHOKED UP. 2021 01:11:03,026 --> 01:11:07,161 I WAS CHOKED UP. IT WAS EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL FOR 2022 01:11:07,163 --> 01:11:08,229 IT WAS EXTREMELY EMOTIONAL FOR ME 2023 01:11:08,231 --> 01:11:09,330 ME BECAUSE IT WAS SO VIVID WHEN I 2024 01:11:09,332 --> 01:11:10,431 BECAUSE IT WAS SO VIVID WHEN I WAS BEING ASKED ABOUT THIS CRIME 2025 01:11:10,433 --> 01:11:12,033 WAS BEING ASKED ABOUT THIS CRIME SCENE. 2026 01:11:12,035 --> 01:11:15,236 SCENE. >> I THINK THAT WAS VERY 2027 01:11:15,238 --> 01:11:16,304 >> I THINK THAT WAS VERY POWERFUL TO THE JURY 2028 01:11:16,306 --> 01:11:20,108 POWERFUL TO THE JURY BECAUSE HE ADDED THAT HUMAN 2029 01:11:20,110 --> 01:11:21,142 BECAUSE HE ADDED THAT HUMAN ELEMENT TO THIS CASE 2030 01:11:21,144 --> 01:11:22,243 ELEMENT TO THIS CASE >> MIND YOU, SAM HIMSELF TRIED 2031 01:11:22,245 --> 01:11:23,911 >> MIND YOU, SAM HIMSELF TRIED TO DO THAT, TOO. 2032 01:11:23,913 --> 01:11:24,979 TO DO THAT, TOO. HE TESTIFIED 2033 01:11:24,981 --> 01:11:26,080 HE TESTIFIED TOLD THE SAME STORY ABOUT 2034 01:11:26,082 --> 01:11:28,182 TOLD THE SAME STORY ABOUT RESPONDING TO A CRAIGSLIST AD 2035 01:11:28,184 --> 01:11:29,284 RESPONDING TO A CRAIGSLIST AD OFFERING SEX IN THE PARK 2036 01:11:29,286 --> 01:11:30,351 OFFERING SEX IN THE PARK SO IT WAS ALL CONSENSUAL, HE 2037 01:11:30,353 --> 01:11:36,924 SO IT WAS ALL CONSENSUAL, HE SAID 2038 01:11:36,926 --> 01:11:38,259 SAID HE DID NOT RAPE AMBER. 2039 01:11:38,261 --> 01:11:40,161 HE DID NOT RAPE AMBER. INVESTIGATORS JUST DIDN'T LOOK 2040 01:11:40,163 --> 01:11:41,696 INVESTIGATORS JUST DIDN'T LOOK HARD ENOUGH FOR THAT AD, THE 2041 01:11:41,698 --> 01:11:43,731 HARD ENOUGH FOR THAT AD, THE DEFENSE SAID 2042 01:11:43,733 --> 01:11:45,600 DEFENSE SAID EVEN THOUGH SAM'S ATTORNEY SAID 2043 01:11:45,602 --> 01:11:49,837 EVEN THOUGH SAM'S ATTORNEY SAID THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO SHOW 2044 01:11:49,839 --> 01:11:50,338 THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE TO SHOW AMBER POSTED ANYTHING ON 2045 01:11:50,340 --> 01:11:50,905 AMBER POSTED ANYTHING ON CRAIGSLIST 2046 01:11:50,907 --> 01:11:53,474 CRAIGSLIST THE DEFENSE TOLD THE JURY AMBER 2047 01:11:53,476 --> 01:11:54,208 THE DEFENSE TOLD THE JURY AMBER WAS FOUND IN A PUDDLE OF FLUID 2048 01:11:54,210 --> 01:11:55,209 WAS FOUND IN A PUDDLE OF FLUID SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN CROSS 2049 01:11:55,211 --> 01:11:59,881 SO IT MUST HAVE BEEN CROSS CONTAMINATION THAT SPREAD THE 2050 01:11:59,883 --> 01:12:00,448 CONTAMINATION THAT SPREAD THE DNA TO HER NECK AND THE DUCT 2051 01:12:00,450 --> 01:12:01,282 DNA TO HER NECK AND THE DUCT TAPE 2052 01:12:01,284 --> 01:12:03,251 TAPE SUGGESTIONS THE PROSECUTORS 2053 01:12:03,253 --> 01:12:06,087 SUGGESTIONS THE PROSECUTORS SWATTED AWAY 2054 01:12:06,089 --> 01:12:08,823 SWATTED AWAY BECAUSE THE ANALYSTS FOUND DNA 2055 01:12:08,825 --> 01:12:09,924 BECAUSE THE ANALYSTS FOUND DNA WHERE ONLY THE VIOLENT ATTACKER 2056 01:12:09,926 --> 01:12:12,560 WHERE ONLY THE VIOLENT ATTACKER COULD HAVE LEFT IT 2057 01:12:12,562 --> 01:12:13,194 COULD HAVE LEFT IT >> SHE SWABBED ALL AREAS OF THE 2058 01:12:13,196 --> 01:12:13,594 >> SHE SWABBED ALL AREAS OF THE TAPE 2059 01:12:13,596 --> 01:12:14,662 TAPE SHE DIDN'T JUST SWAB THE 2060 01:12:14,664 --> 01:12:15,763 SHE DIDN'T JUST SWAB THE OUTSIDE. 2061 01:12:15,765 --> 01:12:16,831 OUTSIDE. IF YOU BUY WHAT THE DEFENSE WAS 2062 01:12:16,833 --> 01:12:17,932 IF YOU BUY WHAT THE DEFENSE WAS TRYING TO SELL TO THAT JURY, THE 2063 01:12:17,934 --> 01:12:19,000 TRYING TO SELL TO THAT JURY, THE CONTAMINATION WOULD ONLY BE ON 2064 01:12:19,002 --> 01:12:22,303 CONTAMINATION WOULD ONLY BE ON THE OUTSIDE AREA 2065 01:12:22,305 --> 01:12:24,639 THE OUTSIDE AREA SHE SWABBED THE STICKY SIDE OF 2066 01:12:24,641 --> 01:12:26,474 SHE SWABBED THE STICKY SIDE OF THE TAPE, AND THOSE SWABS THE 2067 01:12:26,476 --> 01:12:28,142 THE TAPE, AND THOSE SWABS THE DEFENDANT'S DNA ON THEM. 2068 01:12:28,144 --> 01:12:29,210 DEFENDANT'S DNA ON THEM. >> THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN 2069 01:12:29,212 --> 01:12:31,112 >> THE OTHER THING TO KEEP IN MIND IS, IF WASN'T STEFAN MOON, 2070 01:12:31,114 --> 01:12:31,913 MIND IS, IF WASN'T STEFAN MOON, THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE'S DNA 2071 01:12:31,915 --> 01:12:37,251 THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE'S DNA THERE. 2072 01:12:37,253 --> 01:12:38,319 THERE. SOMEONE WHO WITH SUCH FORCE 2073 01:12:38,321 --> 01:12:39,987 SOMEONE WHO WITH SUCH FORCE PLACED SO MUCH TAPE ON HER THAT 2074 01:12:39,989 --> 01:12:41,055 PLACED SO MUCH TAPE ON HER THAT SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER, DRAGGED 2075 01:12:41,057 --> 01:12:43,224 SEXUALLY ASSAULTED HER, DRAGGED HER FROM THE FIRST PARK, TOOK 2076 01:12:43,226 --> 01:12:46,227 HER FROM THE FIRST PARK, TOOK HER TO ANOTHER LOCATION, 2077 01:12:46,229 --> 01:12:46,928 HER TO ANOTHER LOCATION, DEPOSITED HER IN THE MIDDLE OF 2078 01:12:46,930 --> 01:12:51,265 DEPOSITED HER IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SECOND PARK, DIDN'T LEAVE 2079 01:12:51,267 --> 01:12:52,333 THE SECOND PARK, DIDN'T LEAVE ANY OF THEIR DNA 2080 01:12:52,335 --> 01:12:55,570 ANY OF THEIR DNA THE DNA SAMPLES ESTABLISHED THAT 2081 01:12:55,572 --> 01:12:58,272 THE DNA SAMPLES ESTABLISHED THAT THE ONLY PERSON'S DNA THAT WAS 2082 01:12:58,274 --> 01:12:59,841 THE ONLY PERSON'S DNA THAT WAS THERE WAS MR. MOON 2083 01:12:59,843 --> 01:13:03,644 THERE WAS MR. MOON >> AMBER WAS THERE IN COURT, 2084 01:13:03,646 --> 01:13:07,248 >> AMBER WAS THERE IN COURT, LISTENED TO ALL OF THIS. 2085 01:13:07,250 --> 01:13:09,250 LISTENED TO ALL OF THIS. >> WAS THERE A POINT AT WHICH IT 2086 01:13:09,252 --> 01:13:11,219 >> WAS THERE A POINT AT WHICH IT CAME CRASHING DOWN ON YOU THAT 2087 01:13:11,221 --> 01:13:12,286 CAME CRASHING DOWN ON YOU THAT IT WAS HIM, HAD TO BE HIM? 2088 01:13:12,288 --> 01:13:15,089 IT WAS HIM, HAD TO BE HIM? >> DURING THE TRIAL. 2089 01:13:15,091 --> 01:13:16,824 >> DURING THE TRIAL. >> IT WASN'T UNTIL THEN. 2090 01:13:16,826 --> 01:13:18,960 >> IT WASN'T UNTIL THEN. >> IT WASN'T 2091 01:13:18,962 --> 01:13:20,795 >> IT WASN'T I STILL QUESTIONED 2092 01:13:20,797 --> 01:13:21,362 I STILL QUESTIONED I STILL COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. 2093 01:13:21,364 --> 01:13:24,399 I STILL COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. >> AS SHE SAT THERE, LOOKING AT 2094 01:13:24,401 --> 01:13:26,567 >> AS SHE SAT THERE, LOOKING AT HER FORMER FRIEND -- 2095 01:13:26,569 --> 01:13:30,037 HER FORMER FRIEND -- >> I WAS ANGRY, PRETTY ANGRY 2096 01:13:30,039 --> 01:13:31,672 >> I WAS ANGRY, PRETTY ANGRY I WAS HURT 2097 01:13:31,674 --> 01:13:32,240 I WAS HURT IT WAS EVERY EMOTION, EVERY 2098 01:13:32,242 --> 01:13:33,007 IT WAS EVERY EMOTION, EVERY NEGATIVE EMOTION 2099 01:13:33,009 --> 01:13:35,143 NEGATIVE EMOTION >> JUST LOOKING AT HIM 2100 01:13:35,145 --> 01:13:44,285 >> JUST LOOKING AT HIM >> YEAH. 2101 01:13:44,287 --> 01:13:45,386 >> YEAH. JUST LOOKING AT HIM. 2102 01:13:45,388 --> 01:13:46,888 JUST LOOKING AT HIM. ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD, YES 2103 01:13:46,890 --> 01:13:47,555 ON THE BACK OF HIS HEAD, YES >> BECAUSE NOW SHE KNEW. 2104 01:13:47,557 --> 01:13:48,623 >> BECAUSE NOW SHE KNEW. SAM MOON WAS HER KIDNAPPER AND 2105 01:13:48,625 --> 01:13:49,690 SAM MOON WAS HER KIDNAPPER AND ATTACKER AND SHE NEEDED TO SHARE 2106 01:13:49,692 --> 01:13:53,461 ATTACKER AND SHE NEEDED TO SHARE HER STORY TO HELP PUT HIM BEHIND 2107 01:13:53,463 --> 01:13:56,964 HER STORY TO HELP PUT HIM BEHIND BARS 2108 01:13:56,966 --> 01:13:58,065 BARS NO SMALL FEAT. 2109 01:13:58,067 --> 01:13:59,133 NO SMALL FEAT. >> I WAS JUST SO NERVOUS 2110 01:13:59,135 --> 01:14:00,234 >> I WAS JUST SO NERVOUS SO MANY PEOPLE 2111 01:14:00,236 --> 01:14:01,469 SO MANY PEOPLE I WAS GETTING VERY OVERWHELMED 2112 01:14:01,471 --> 01:14:02,904 I WAS GETTING VERY OVERWHELMED IT WAS MY PERSONAL BUSINESS AND 2113 01:14:02,906 --> 01:14:05,072 IT WAS MY PERSONAL BUSINESS AND IT WAS OUT FOR EVERYBODY 2114 01:14:05,074 --> 01:14:07,208 IT WAS OUT FOR EVERYBODY >> LIKE THE ONLY WAY THROUGH TO 2115 01:14:07,210 --> 01:14:08,309 >> LIKE THE ONLY WAY THROUGH TO GET YOUR JUSTICE YOU WANTED WAS 2116 01:14:08,311 --> 01:14:09,377 GET YOUR JUSTICE YOU WANTED WAS TO TELL ALL THESE PEOPLE 2117 01:14:09,379 --> 01:14:12,046 TO TELL ALL THESE PEOPLE EVERYTHING 2118 01:14:12,048 --> 01:14:15,082 EVERYTHING >> YEAH. 2119 01:14:15,084 --> 01:14:16,417 >> YEAH. YEAH 2120 01:14:16,419 --> 01:14:18,019 YEAH >> BUT EVEN IF AMBER DOUBTED 2121 01:14:18,021 --> 01:14:20,188 >> BUT EVEN IF AMBER DOUBTED HERSELF, THE PROSECUTORS NEVER 2122 01:14:20,190 --> 01:14:21,823 HERSELF, THE PROSECUTORS NEVER DID. 2123 01:14:21,825 --> 01:14:26,828 DID. >> WHEN SHE TOOK THE STAND, SHE 2124 01:14:26,830 --> 01:14:28,529 >> WHEN SHE TOOK THE STAND, SHE WAS PHENOMENAL 2125 01:14:28,531 --> 01:14:31,199 WAS PHENOMENAL AND I THINK SHE REALLY GOT TO 2126 01:14:31,201 --> 01:14:33,034 AND I THINK SHE REALLY GOT TO TAKE BACK SOME OF WHAT STEFAN 2127 01:14:33,036 --> 01:14:38,139 TAKE BACK SOME OF WHAT STEFAN MOON TOOK FROM HER WHEN SHE SAT 2128 01:14:38,141 --> 01:14:39,207 MOON TOOK FROM HER WHEN SHE SAT THERE AND CONFRONTED HIM 2129 01:14:39,209 --> 01:14:40,808 THERE AND CONFRONTED HIM SHE'S SUCH A STRONG WOMAN. 2130 01:14:40,810 --> 01:14:41,876 SHE'S SUCH A STRONG WOMAN. IT'S INSPIRING 2131 01:14:41,878 --> 01:14:42,944 IT'S INSPIRING >> HIS CLAIMS? 2132 01:14:42,946 --> 01:14:46,514 >> HIS CLAIMS? RIDICULOUS AND UGLY, A 2133 01:14:46,516 --> 01:14:48,850 RIDICULOUS AND UGLY, A CRAIGSLIST AD? 2134 01:14:48,852 --> 01:14:49,917 CRAIGSLIST AD? NEVER HAPPENED, SHE SAID 2135 01:14:49,919 --> 01:14:50,952 NEVER HAPPENED, SHE SAID AND AS SHE FINISHED, AMBER 2136 01:14:50,954 --> 01:14:51,519 AND AS SHE FINISHED, AMBER REALIZED SHE HAD MANAGED TO 2137 01:14:51,521 --> 01:14:55,790 REALIZED SHE HAD MANAGED TO INSPIRE HERSELF, TOO 2138 01:14:55,792 --> 01:14:57,258 INSPIRE HERSELF, TOO >> IT FELT REALLY EMPOWERING 2139 01:14:57,260 --> 01:15:01,929 >> IT FELT REALLY EMPOWERING I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE TO 2140 01:15:01,931 --> 01:15:02,497 I HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE THERE TO SUPPORT ME, TOO, SO THAT WAS 2141 01:15:02,499 --> 01:15:03,531 SUPPORT ME, TOO, SO THAT WAS HELPFUL. 2142 01:15:03,533 --> 01:15:05,166 HELPFUL. >> THE CASE WAS THE JURY'S NOW 2143 01:15:05,168 --> 01:15:07,301 >> THE CASE WAS THE JURY'S NOW THE VERDICT WOULD BE SWIFT 2144 01:15:07,303 --> 01:15:11,572 THE VERDICT WOULD BE SWIFT BUT WHAT CAME NEXT 2145 01:15:11,574 --> 01:15:15,510 BUT WHAT CAME NEXT WELL, NO ONE SAW THAT COMING 2146 01:15:15,512 --> 01:15:16,444 WELL, NO ONE SAW THAT COMING >>> COMING UP, AFTER AN 2147 01:15:16,446 --> 01:15:17,512 >>> COMING UP, AFTER AN EXCRUCIATING SIX-YEAR ODYSSEY -- 2148 01:15:17,514 --> 01:15:19,113 EXCRUCIATING SIX-YEAR ODYSSEY -- >> THERE'S AN AUDIBLE GASP 2149 01:15:19,115 --> 01:15:20,181 >> THERE'S AN AUDIBLE GASP >> AMBER AND HER TEAM HEAR THE 2150 01:15:20,183 --> 01:15:22,350 >> AMBER AND HER TEAM HEAR THE VERDICT. 2151 01:15:22,352 --> 01:15:23,384 VERDICT. >> I JUST SOBBED 2152 01:15:23,386 --> 01:15:25,586 >> I JUST SOBBED I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE JURY 2153 01:15:25,588 --> 01:15:27,822 I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE JURY AND, LIKE, WHY 2154 01:15:27,824 --> 01:15:44,772 AND, LIKE, WHY >> I WAS HEA 2155 01:15:44,774 --> 01:15:46,007 >> I WAS HEA >> Reporter: IN THE END, IT 2156 01:15:46,009 --> 01:15:46,908 >> Reporter: IN THE END, IT DIDN'T TAKE VERY LONG AT ALL 2157 01:15:46,910 --> 01:15:49,610 DIDN'T TAKE VERY LONG AT ALL LESS THAN A DAY. 2158 01:15:49,612 --> 01:15:52,847 LESS THAN A DAY. AND THERE WAS A VERDICT. 2159 01:15:52,849 --> 01:15:53,915 AND THERE WAS A VERDICT. >> I WAS SHAKING 2160 01:15:53,917 --> 01:15:55,516 >> I WAS SHAKING >> YOUR HEART GOES LIKE CRAZY. 2161 01:15:55,518 --> 01:15:58,819 >> YOUR HEART GOES LIKE CRAZY. >> I HAD STARTED CRYING BEFORE 2162 01:15:58,821 --> 01:16:04,292 >> I HAD STARTED CRYING BEFORE THE JUDGE EVEN SAID ANYTHING 2163 01:16:04,294 --> 01:16:06,027 THE JUDGE EVEN SAID ANYTHING >> AND THAT'S WHEN IT HAPPENED 2164 01:16:06,029 --> 01:16:09,030 >> AND THAT'S WHEN IT HAPPENED >> WHEN JUDGE READS COUNT ONE, 2165 01:16:09,032 --> 01:16:09,630 >> WHEN JUDGE READS COUNT ONE, ATTEMPT TO COMMIT FIRST-DEGREE 2166 01:16:09,632 --> 01:16:14,368 ATTEMPT TO COMMIT FIRST-DEGREE MURDER 2167 01:16:14,370 --> 01:16:15,002 MURDER WE, THE JURY FIND THE DEFENDANT 2168 01:16:15,004 --> 01:16:15,403 WE, THE JURY FIND THE DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY 2169 01:16:15,405 --> 01:16:16,504 NOT GUILTY AND THERE'S AN AUDIBLE GASP. 2170 01:16:16,506 --> 01:16:18,673 AND THERE'S AN AUDIBLE GASP. >> AMBER AND THE PEOPLE IN THE 2171 01:16:18,675 --> 01:16:20,841 >> AMBER AND THE PEOPLE IN THE COURTROOM WHO HAD FOUGHT SO HARD 2172 01:16:20,843 --> 01:16:22,476 COURTROOM WHO HAD FOUGHT SO HARD FOR HER WERE STUNNED 2173 01:16:22,478 --> 01:16:25,112 FOR HER WERE STUNNED >> I JUST SOBBED 2174 01:16:25,114 --> 01:16:26,747 >> I JUST SOBBED I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE JURY 2175 01:16:26,749 --> 01:16:29,417 I REMEMBER LOOKING AT THE JURY AND LIKE, WHY? 2176 01:16:29,419 --> 01:16:34,288 AND LIKE, WHY? I WAS ANGRY. 2177 01:16:34,290 --> 01:16:34,822 I WAS ANGRY. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. 2178 01:16:34,824 --> 01:16:36,457 I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND. >> I CANNOT BEGIN, I DON'T KNOW 2179 01:16:36,459 --> 01:16:37,525 >> I CANNOT BEGIN, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO PUT WORDS TO IT 2180 01:16:37,527 --> 01:16:40,728 HOW TO PUT WORDS TO IT I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO 2181 01:16:40,730 --> 01:16:46,100 I FELT LIKE I WAS GOING TO VOMIT. 2182 01:16:46,102 --> 01:16:47,535 VOMIT. YEAH 2183 01:16:47,537 --> 01:16:49,337 YEAH JUST, MY HEART, I DON'T EVEN 2184 01:16:49,339 --> 01:16:51,405 JUST, MY HEART, I DON'T EVEN THINK WAS IN MY BODY ANYMORE 2185 01:16:51,407 --> 01:16:52,039 THINK WAS IN MY BODY ANYMORE I WAS HEART BROKEN 2186 01:16:52,041 --> 01:16:54,742 I WAS HEART BROKEN >> YOU WERE AFRAID YOU FAILED. 2187 01:16:54,744 --> 01:16:58,212 >> YOU WERE AFRAID YOU FAILED. >> UH-HUH. 2188 01:16:58,214 --> 01:16:59,614 >> UH-HUH. I WAS. 2189 01:16:59,616 --> 01:17:00,681 I WAS. >> THERE WERE OTHER CHARGES. 2190 01:17:00,683 --> 01:17:02,817 >> THERE WERE OTHER CHARGES. OTHER VERDICTS TO COME 2191 01:17:02,819 --> 01:17:05,620 OTHER VERDICTS TO COME BUT -- 2192 01:17:05,622 --> 01:17:08,456 BUT -- >> THE CONCERN IS THEY'LL MAKE 2193 01:17:08,458 --> 01:17:09,056 >> THE CONCERN IS THEY'LL MAKE THAT SAME FINDING ALL THE WAY 2194 01:17:09,058 --> 01:17:09,523 THAT SAME FINDING ALL THE WAY THROUGH. 2195 01:17:09,525 --> 01:17:13,327 THROUGH. THAT WAS PROBABLY THE LONGEST 2196 01:17:13,329 --> 01:17:14,395 THAT WAS PROBABLY THE LONGEST TWO OR THREE SECONDS OF MY LIFE. 2197 01:17:14,397 --> 01:17:15,496 TWO OR THREE SECONDS OF MY LIFE. FROM THE FIRST NOT GUILTY, AND 2198 01:17:15,498 --> 01:17:18,065 FROM THE FIRST NOT GUILTY, AND THEN FOR THE NEXT ONE. 2199 01:17:18,067 --> 01:17:22,136 THEN FOR THE NEXT ONE. >> AND THEN, OUT IT CAME 2200 01:17:22,138 --> 01:17:24,038 >> AND THEN, OUT IT CAME ONE BY ONE 2201 01:17:24,040 --> 01:17:25,106 ONE BY ONE THE JURY FOUND SAM MOON GUILTY, 2202 01:17:25,108 --> 01:17:30,344 THE JURY FOUND SAM MOON GUILTY, KIDNAPPING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT, 2203 01:17:30,346 --> 01:17:31,245 KIDNAPPING AND SEXUAL ASSAULT, AND MORE 2204 01:17:31,247 --> 01:17:32,313 AND MORE ALL OF THE OTHER CHARGES 2205 01:17:32,315 --> 01:17:33,414 ALL OF THE OTHER CHARGES >> WE FELT - 2206 01:17:33,416 --> 01:17:34,482 >> WE FELT - >> RELIEF. 2207 01:17:34,484 --> 01:17:35,583 >> RELIEF. >> YEAH. 2208 01:17:35,585 --> 01:17:36,651 >> YEAH. >> THE QUESTION NOW WAS, WITHOUT 2209 01:17:36,653 --> 01:17:37,752 >> THE QUESTION NOW WAS, WITHOUT THAT ATTEMPTED MURDER 2210 01:17:37,754 --> 01:17:38,853 THAT ATTEMPTED MURDER CONVICTION, WOULD HE DO SERIOUS 2211 01:17:38,855 --> 01:17:39,920 CONVICTION, WOULD HE DO SERIOUS TIME 2212 01:17:39,922 --> 01:17:42,056 TIME OR AS AMBER FEARED, WOULD HE BE 2213 01:17:42,058 --> 01:17:43,124 OR AS AMBER FEARED, WOULD HE BE RELEASED TO TERRIFY HER AGAIN? 2214 01:17:43,126 --> 01:17:44,692 RELEASED TO TERRIFY HER AGAIN? MONTHS LATER, THEY GOT THE 2215 01:17:44,694 --> 01:17:46,360 MONTHS LATER, THEY GOT THE ANSWER 2216 01:17:46,362 --> 01:17:51,732 ANSWER >> THE JUDGE GAVE MR. MOON THE 2217 01:17:51,734 --> 01:17:54,769 >> THE JUDGE GAVE MR. MOON THE MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SENTENCE. 2218 01:17:54,771 --> 01:17:57,505 MAXIMUM POSSIBLE SENTENCE. SHE SENTENCED HIM TO 128 YEARS, 2219 01:17:57,507 --> 01:17:58,139 SHE SENTENCED HIM TO 128 YEARS, TO THE REMAINDER OF HIS NATURAL 2220 01:17:58,141 --> 01:17:59,106 TO THE REMAINDER OF HIS NATURAL LIFE 2221 01:17:59,108 --> 01:18:03,978 LIFE >> WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT 2222 01:18:03,980 --> 01:18:05,046 >> WHAT DID YOU THINK ABOUT THAT 2223 01:18:05,048 --> 01:18:12,019 THAT >> ALL I REALLY ASK, HE CAN'T 2224 01:18:12,021 --> 01:18:12,620 >> ALL I REALLY ASK, HE CAN'T HURT ANYBODY ELSE, CAN'T HURT 2225 01:18:12,622 --> 01:18:14,789 HURT ANYBODY ELSE, CAN'T HURT ME 2226 01:18:14,791 --> 01:18:17,158 ME A CHAPTER IN MY LIFE WILL CLOSE. 2227 01:18:17,160 --> 01:18:17,992 A CHAPTER IN MY LIFE WILL CLOSE. DONE 2228 01:18:17,994 --> 01:18:20,094 DONE >> A SENTENCE THAT WOULD LAST 2229 01:18:20,096 --> 01:18:23,898 >> A SENTENCE THAT WOULD LAST MORE THAN A LIFETIME 2230 01:18:23,900 --> 01:18:26,067 MORE THAN A LIFETIME MOON WON'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR 2231 01:18:26,069 --> 01:18:27,702 MOON WON'T BE ELIGIBLE FOR PAROLE UNTIL THE YEAR 2115 WHEN 2232 01:18:27,704 --> 01:18:29,837 PAROLE UNTIL THE YEAR 2115 WHEN HE WOULD BE MORE THAN 130 YEARS 2233 01:18:29,839 --> 01:18:31,439 HE WOULD BE MORE THAN 130 YEARS OLD. 2234 01:18:31,441 --> 01:18:35,810 OLD. >> HE DESERVES EVERY YEAR, EVERY 2235 01:18:35,812 --> 01:18:36,544 >> HE DESERVES EVERY YEAR, EVERY MINUTE, EVERY SECOND THAT HE 2236 01:18:36,546 --> 01:18:37,378 MINUTE, EVERY SECOND THAT HE SPENDS IN PRISON 2237 01:18:37,380 --> 01:18:38,446 SPENDS IN PRISON AND AMBER DESERVES EVERY MINUTE, 2238 01:18:38,448 --> 01:18:42,149 AND AMBER DESERVES EVERY MINUTE, EVERY SECOND HE DESERVES IN 2239 01:18:42,151 --> 01:18:43,217 EVERY SECOND HE DESERVES IN PRISON 2240 01:18:43,219 --> 01:18:45,319 PRISON >> PATROL OFFICER DANE STRATTON, 2241 01:18:45,321 --> 01:18:46,954 >> PATROL OFFICER DANE STRATTON, THE FIRST PERSON TO RESPOND TO 2242 01:18:46,956 --> 01:18:48,589 THE FIRST PERSON TO RESPOND TO THE SCENE, HAUNTED BY IT ALL FOR 2243 01:18:48,591 --> 01:18:52,093 THE SCENE, HAUNTED BY IT ALL FOR YEARS, WHO HAD SPENT MANY NIGHTS 2244 01:18:52,095 --> 01:18:55,062 YEARS, WHO HAD SPENT MANY NIGHTS SEARCHING ON HIS OWN FOR AMBER'S 2245 01:18:55,064 --> 01:18:57,765 SEARCHING ON HIS OWN FOR AMBER'S ATTACKER, FINALLY IN COURT SAW 2246 01:18:57,767 --> 01:19:00,334 ATTACKER, FINALLY IN COURT SAW HER FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME 2247 01:19:00,336 --> 01:19:01,402 HER FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME SINCE HE'D RESCUED HER 2248 01:19:01,404 --> 01:19:05,806 SINCE HE'D RESCUED HER >> I TAPPED AMBER ON THE 2249 01:19:05,808 --> 01:19:07,208 >> I TAPPED AMBER ON THE SHOULDER AND I VERY QUICKLY 2250 01:19:07,210 --> 01:19:11,445 SHOULDER AND I VERY QUICKLY SPOKE WITH HER BECAUSE I WANTED 2251 01:19:11,447 --> 01:19:13,581 SPOKE WITH HER BECAUSE I WANTED TO HEAR HER. 2252 01:19:13,583 --> 01:19:20,054 TO HEAR HER. BECAUSE THE VOICE IN MY MEMORY 2253 01:19:20,056 --> 01:19:22,223 BECAUSE THE VOICE IN MY MEMORY WAS HER SCREAMING, TERRIFIED 2254 01:19:22,225 --> 01:19:27,061 WAS HER SCREAMING, TERRIFIED I WANT HER REAL VOICE TO BE MY 2255 01:19:27,063 --> 01:19:28,129 I WANT HER REAL VOICE TO BE MY NEW MEMORY 2256 01:19:28,131 --> 01:19:29,697 NEW MEMORY >> AND THEN THE JUDGE ASKED IF 2257 01:19:29,699 --> 01:19:33,501 >> AND THEN THE JUDGE ASKED IF DANE STRATTON HAD ANYTHING TO 2258 01:19:33,503 --> 01:19:34,635 DANE STRATTON HAD ANYTHING TO SAY. 2259 01:19:34,637 --> 01:19:39,206 SAY. >> MY PARTING WORDS TO STEFAN 2260 01:19:39,208 --> 01:19:41,609 >> MY PARTING WORDS TO STEFAN MOON WERE, I WANT YOU TO TAKE A 2261 01:19:41,611 --> 01:19:42,676 MOON WERE, I WANT YOU TO TAKE A LOOK AT AMBER SMITH AND REMEMBER 2262 01:19:42,678 --> 01:19:44,411 LOOK AT AMBER SMITH AND REMEMBER HER NOT AS YOUR VICTIM BUT AS A 2263 01:19:44,413 --> 01:19:45,412 HER NOT AS YOUR VICTIM BUT AS A VICTOR 2264 01:19:45,414 --> 01:19:47,581 VICTOR WE MADE SURE THAT AMBER WAS NO 2265 01:19:47,583 --> 01:19:49,717 WE MADE SURE THAT AMBER WAS NO LONGER THE GIRL DUMPED IN THE 2266 01:19:49,719 --> 01:19:51,852 LONGER THE GIRL DUMPED IN THE PARK IN THE DUCT TAPE CASE 2267 01:19:51,854 --> 01:19:54,555 PARK IN THE DUCT TAPE CASE AMBER IS A VICTOR OF THE DUCT 2268 01:19:54,557 --> 01:19:55,656 AMBER IS A VICTOR OF THE DUCT TAPE CASE. 2269 01:19:55,658 --> 01:19:59,393 TAPE CASE. >> BUT NOT EVERYONE WAS 2270 01:19:59,395 --> 01:20:00,494 >> BUT NOT EVERYONE WAS SATISFIED. 2271 01:20:00,496 --> 01:20:01,495 SATISFIED. SAM MOON'S PARENTS, THOUGH 2272 01:20:01,497 --> 01:20:03,097 SAM MOON'S PARENTS, THOUGH MORTIFIED BY WHAT THEIR SON HAD 2273 01:20:03,099 --> 01:20:05,366 MORTIFIED BY WHAT THEIR SON HAD DONE, AND WHAT IT ALL MEANT FOR 2274 01:20:05,368 --> 01:20:06,400 DONE, AND WHAT IT ALL MEANT FOR THEIR FAMILY, WERE NOT SO 2275 01:20:06,402 --> 01:20:07,501 THEIR FAMILY, WERE NOT SO CONVINCED THAT HE WAS THE ONE 2276 01:20:07,503 --> 01:20:09,503 CONVINCED THAT HE WAS THE ONE WHO BEAT AND BOUND AMBER IN DUCT 2277 01:20:09,505 --> 01:20:10,738 WHO BEAT AND BOUND AMBER IN DUCT TAPE 2278 01:20:10,740 --> 01:20:12,339 TAPE AND THEY THOUGHT HIS LENGTHY 2279 01:20:12,341 --> 01:20:13,440 AND THEY THOUGHT HIS LENGTHY SENTENCE WAS OUTRAGEOUS. 2280 01:20:13,442 --> 01:20:15,075 SENTENCE WAS OUTRAGEOUS. AFTER ALL, MANY CONVICTED 2281 01:20:15,077 --> 01:20:17,778 AFTER ALL, MANY CONVICTED MURDERERS HAVE GOTTEN MUCH LESS 2282 01:20:17,780 --> 01:20:18,312 MURDERERS HAVE GOTTEN MUCH LESS TIME 2283 01:20:18,314 --> 01:20:19,413 TIME THEY'VE HAD A CHANCE TO BE 2284 01:20:19,415 --> 01:20:24,251 THEY'VE HAD A CHANCE TO BE RELEASED 2285 01:20:24,253 --> 01:20:28,889 RELEASED COULDN'T SAM 2286 01:20:28,891 --> 01:20:30,591 COULDN'T SAM >> I'M SORRY FOR THEM. 2287 01:20:30,593 --> 01:20:31,992 >> I'M SORRY FOR THEM. AND MY HEART BREAKS FOR THEM, 2288 01:20:31,994 --> 01:20:35,062 AND MY HEART BREAKS FOR THEM, BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S 2289 01:20:35,064 --> 01:20:36,130 BUT I JUST DON'T THINK THAT'S THE RIGHT CHOICE 2290 01:20:36,132 --> 01:20:37,698 THE RIGHT CHOICE I DO BELIEVE THAT HE WAS AND IS 2291 01:20:37,700 --> 01:20:40,434 I DO BELIEVE THAT HE WAS AND IS A TICKING TIME BOMB. 2292 01:20:40,436 --> 01:20:43,103 A TICKING TIME BOMB. AND SHOULD HE BE ABLE TO WALK 2293 01:20:43,105 --> 01:20:44,171 AND SHOULD HE BE ABLE TO WALK AROUND IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT IS A 2294 01:20:44,173 --> 01:20:46,340 AROUND IN OUR COMMUNITY, IT IS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE HE GOES 2295 01:20:46,342 --> 01:20:47,408 MATTER OF TIME BEFORE HE GOES OFF AGAIN. 2296 01:20:47,410 --> 01:20:50,678 OFF AGAIN. >> HOW COULD ANYONE KNOW WHETHER 2297 01:20:50,680 --> 01:20:51,712 >> HOW COULD ANYONE KNOW WHETHER OR WHEN HE MIGHT ATTACK SOMEONE 2298 01:20:51,714 --> 01:20:52,746 OR WHEN HE MIGHT ATTACK SOMEONE ELSE WERE HE FREE? 2299 01:20:52,748 --> 01:20:54,381 ELSE WERE HE FREE? AND ANYWAY, SHE KNEW SOMETHING 2300 01:20:54,383 --> 01:20:58,185 AND ANYWAY, SHE KNEW SOMETHING ELSE ABOUT SAM AFTER GOING 2301 01:20:58,187 --> 01:21:01,055 ELSE ABOUT SAM AFTER GOING THROUGH HIS PHONE. 2302 01:21:01,057 --> 01:21:03,824 THROUGH HIS PHONE. SOMETHING THE JURY DIDN'T HEAR 2303 01:21:03,826 --> 01:21:05,426 SOMETHING THE JURY DIDN'T HEAR AND IT WASN'T PRETTY 2304 01:21:05,428 --> 01:21:07,027 AND IT WASN'T PRETTY >> WE FOUND HUNDREDS OF SEARCHES 2305 01:21:07,029 --> 01:21:10,865 >> WE FOUND HUNDREDS OF SEARCHES FOR RAPE PORNOGRAPHY IN HIS 2306 01:21:10,867 --> 01:21:13,500 FOR RAPE PORNOGRAPHY IN HIS PHONE. 2307 01:21:13,502 --> 01:21:15,069 PHONE. I WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE 2308 01:21:15,071 --> 01:21:17,805 I WENT THROUGH SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HE HAD GOOGLED, IT 2309 01:21:17,807 --> 01:21:22,276 THINGS THAT HE HAD GOOGLED, IT WAS JUST GROSS, GROSS STUFF. 2310 01:21:22,278 --> 01:21:23,177 WAS JUST GROSS, GROSS STUFF. >> DID YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT 2311 01:21:23,179 --> 01:21:26,247 >> DID YOU SEE ANYTHING THAT SUGGESTED WHAT EVENTUALLY 2312 01:21:26,249 --> 01:21:29,984 SUGGESTED WHAT EVENTUALLY HAPPENED TO HER? 2313 01:21:29,986 --> 01:21:31,051 HAPPENED TO HER? >> I SAW THAT HE HAD AN AFFINITY 2314 01:21:31,053 --> 01:21:32,186 >> I SAW THAT HE HAD AN AFFINITY FOR RAPE AND FOR TORTURING WOMEN 2315 01:21:32,188 --> 01:21:35,389 FOR RAPE AND FOR TORTURING WOMEN BASED OFF THE SEARCHES THAT HE 2316 01:21:35,391 --> 01:21:36,457 BASED OFF THE SEARCHES THAT HE HAD DONE 2317 01:21:36,459 --> 01:21:37,524 HAD DONE THE SEARCHES WERE DONE YEARS 2318 01:21:37,526 --> 01:21:38,092 THE SEARCHES WERE DONE YEARS LATER. 2319 01:21:38,094 --> 01:21:39,960 LATER. >> AFTER THE EVENT 2320 01:21:39,962 --> 01:21:42,630 >> AFTER THE EVENT >> YES 2321 01:21:42,632 --> 01:21:44,498 >> YES >> SO WHAT THE SEARCHES SHOWED 2322 01:21:44,500 --> 01:21:46,133 >> SO WHAT THE SEARCHES SHOWED ME WAS THAT HE STILL HAD A 2323 01:21:46,135 --> 01:21:49,336 ME WAS THAT HE STILL HAD A PROPENSITY TOWARD RAPE AND 2324 01:21:49,338 --> 01:21:50,971 PROPENSITY TOWARD RAPE AND HURTING WOMEN. 2325 01:21:50,973 --> 01:21:57,478 HURTING WOMEN. >> THAT IS WHY SHE BELIEVES THE 2326 01:21:57,480 --> 01:21:59,647 >> THAT IS WHY SHE BELIEVES THE ONLY PLACE FOR HIM IS IN PRISON. 2327 01:21:59,649 --> 01:22:01,282 ONLY PLACE FOR HIM IS IN PRISON. AND WHILE AMBER STILL HAS HER 2328 01:22:01,284 --> 01:22:02,917 AND WHILE AMBER STILL HAS HER STRUGGLES AHEAD, SHE IS ALSO 2329 01:22:02,919 --> 01:22:04,351 STRUGGLES AHEAD, SHE IS ALSO RELISHING THE FIRST TENDER STEPS 2330 01:22:04,353 --> 01:22:06,086 RELISHING THE FIRST TENDER STEPS OF A RECLAIMED AND STRENGTHENED 2331 01:22:06,088 --> 01:22:07,721 OF A RECLAIMED AND STRENGTHENED LIFE 2332 01:22:07,723 --> 01:22:11,492 LIFE A NEW FOUND SENSE OF SELF. 2333 01:22:11,494 --> 01:22:13,127 A NEW FOUND SENSE OF SELF. >> I FEEL MORE AT PEACE NOW. 2334 01:22:13,129 --> 01:22:14,194 >> I FEEL MORE AT PEACE NOW. I FEEL I CAN FINALLY MOVE ON 2335 01:22:14,196 --> 01:22:15,763 I FEEL I CAN FINALLY MOVE ON WITH MY LIFE 2336 01:22:15,765 --> 01:22:18,465 WITH MY LIFE IT DOESN'T DEFINE ME ANYMORE 2337 01:22:18,467 --> 01:22:19,566 IT DOESN'T DEFINE ME ANYMORE I'M NOT A VICTIM 2338 01:22:19,568 --> 01:22:22,069 I'M NOT A VICTIM >> NO. 2339 01:22:22,071 --> 01:22:22,836 >> NO. SHE'S A SURVIVOR 2340 01:22:22,838 --> 01:22:25,005 SHE'S A SURVIVOR FOCUSED ON RAISING HER SON, 2341 01:22:25,007 --> 01:22:30,377 FOCUSED ON RAISING HER SON, GABE 2342 01:22:30,379 --> 01:22:32,313 GABE AND GIVING BACK SOMEHOW. 2343 01:22:32,315 --> 01:22:35,015 AND GIVING BACK SOMEHOW. IT'S PRETTY FREAKING 2344 01:22:35,017 --> 01:22:37,184 IT'S PRETTY FREAKING PHENOMENAL, ACTUALLY 2345 01:22:37,186 --> 01:22:38,252 PHENOMENAL, ACTUALLY THAT YOU GO FROM FEELING LIKE A 2346 01:22:38,254 --> 01:22:38,819 THAT YOU GO FROM FEELING LIKE A WORTHLESS PIECE OF VICTIM TO 2347 01:22:38,821 --> 01:22:39,920 WORTHLESS PIECE OF VICTIM TO WONDER WOMAN 2348 01:22:39,922 --> 01:22:40,955 WONDER WOMAN >> YEAH. 2349 01:22:40,957 --> 01:22:41,755 >> YEAH. >> YOU GOT THE GUY 2350 01:22:41,757 --> 01:22:44,558 >> YOU GOT THE GUY >> I DO. 2351 01:22:44,560 --> 01:22:46,327 >> I DO. I FEEL EMPOWERED NOW 2352 01:22:46,329 --> 01:22:51,932 I FEEL EMPOWERED NOW I ACTUALLY FEEL A SENSE OF HOPE 2353 01:22:51,934 --> 01:22:53,701 I ACTUALLY FEEL A SENSE OF HOPE NOW, AND I FEEL LIKE I DO HAVE A 2354 01:22:53,703 --> 01:22:54,768 NOW, AND I FEEL LIKE I DO HAVE A FUTURE AHEAD OF ME 2355 01:22:54,770 --> 01:22:55,836 FUTURE AHEAD OF ME AND I FEEL LIKE I'M MEANT TO 2356 01:22:55,838 --> 01:22:59,907 AND I FEEL LIKE I'M MEANT TO HELP PEOPLE. 2357 01:22:59,909 --> 01:23:00,741 HELP PEOPLE. AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO DO THAT. 2358 01:23:00,743 --> 01:23:01,775 AND I KNOW I'M GOING TO DO THAT. >>> THAT'S ALL FOR THIS EDITION 2359 01:23:01,777 --> 01:23:03,978 >>> THAT'S ALL FOR THIS EDITION OF "DATELINE." 2360 01:23:03,980 --> 01:23:05,079 OF "DATELINE." WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT FRIDAY 2361 01:23:05,081 --> 01:23:06,647 WE'LL SEE YOU AGAIN NEXT FRIDAY AT 9:00, 8:00 CENTRAL. 2362 01:23:06,649 --> 01:23:07,748 AT 9:00, 8:00 CENTRAL. AND, OF COURSE, I'LL SEE YOU 2363 01:23:07,750 --> 01:23:09,917 AND, OF COURSE, I'LL SEE YOU EACH WEEKNIGHT FOR "NBC NIGHTLY 2364 01:23:09,919 --> 01:23:10,985 EACH WEEKNIGHT FOR "NBC NIGHTLY NEWS." 2365 01:23:10,987 --> 01:23:12,086 NEWS." I'M LESTER HOLT. 2366 01:23:12,088 --> 01:23:13,754 I'M LESTER HOLT. FOR ALL OF US AT NBC NEWS, GOOD 2367 01:23:13,756 --> 01:23:13,921 FOR ALL OF US AT NBC NEWS, GOOD NIGHT.