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Happened as any sort of crutch or let it get in the way. i did the best i could to -- if she was still here, i think shed be proud. >> the judge then delivered dakers sentence, life in prison plus 47 years, but a defiant daker refused to sign the documents for his sentence. >> its typical of the coward that you would act the way youre acting and thats what you are, a coward. >> case closed. justice for carmen and nick smith and the victory lottie had wanted so badly, but the story was far from o...

Manipulating her. >> he is manipulating you right now into doing exactly what he wants? >> absolutely not. this is a repentive woman who is very remorseful and very sorry for what she has caused. >> but evans say the letters tell another story. he says lottie knew about the bedding and hair evidence long before dakers trial started and never said a word about giving any blankets to carmen. >> it wasnt until after she started secretly communicating with the defendant that she made this broad asse...

Daker? >> no, i never was in love with mr. daker. >> and youre not today? >> no. >> but lottie says even though she and daker were in a relationship, she still feared him and until recently genuinely believed he was a murderer. >> i was terrified of him. that was no lie. ive had the nightmares. ive lived in that fear. >> she says that fear drove her to lie to put daker behind bars, but the euphoria she felt after the verdict started to sour. she couldnt stop thinking about something prosecutor j...

Possible. >> and during the next ten years nicks life did finally return to normal. but in 2006 daker was released and moved nearby. all the terrifying memories of the masked man wielding a knife came rushing back. police decided to provide security to keep nick safe. >> we would have the cops sit outside of our house at night and we had cameras installed in my house and on the outside just as a precaution. >> lottie said she was also looking over her shoulder. >> tell us about the day that he g...

>> somebody needs to stand up and say, wait a minute, justice was not served in this case! >> on that point, lottie is not alone. dakers shadow attorney agrees. >> what more pivotal evidence could there be with the hair on the blanket? i believe the man deserves a new trial. >> how can you believe anything lottie says, though, now? >> i think when you have a mans liberty and life at stake, you have to believe what she says. how can you at least not allow 12 different people to hear her version n...

Welcome in my home and we were friends and he had spent the night and clearly i knew that his dna could have been on those blankets. >> remember carmen had been found under several layers of bedding. if one of lotties blankets was among them, it could explain how dakers hair got on carmens body. >> this isnt a maybe. this is a woman whos risking perjury, this is a woman who can explain this evidence. you have to take this seriously. >> dr. hampekian who had been a paid expert witness for daker, ...

Daker, that he wasnt really her stalker, he was her lover. it was something she had flat out denied for 17 years. >> if what youre saying is true, you lied to the district attorney, you lied in open court to the jury, you lied to me. >> uh-huh. there are no words to describe just how very remorseful i am. what i did was wrong. i am taking 100% full responsibility for what ive done. the damage i have caused this man and his family is -- theres nothing i can do to take it back, nothing. >> lottie ...

Swore to tell the truth. >> just prior to carmen smiths murder, i gave her two blankets, blankets that i knew that you used in my roswell apartment. >> reporter: she acknowledged having a sexual relationship with daker and then lotties old list of dakers abuses started to topple like dominos. >> did the defendant threaten you with a handgun? >> never. >> did i ever steal your bras, panties and hang them on your door knob? >> reporter: they will thinking you are lying. >> what do i have to lose? ...

Garter belt looking at himself in my mirror. >> this is any womans worst nightmare. >> yes. >> lottie said things reached a tipping point when he threatened her and her daughter this time while brand dishing a knife. >> hes always told me he can get away with the perfect murder. his plan was in the making. >> finally lottie decided to let the justice system take over. he was arrested in august 1995 but released on bond. a judge ordered him to stay away. he didnt and was arrested again in septemb...

Observed firsthand some of the stalking activities that were occurring at her apartment, either by hearing the phone, hearing him knock on the door at all hours of the night, seeing him come by. >> daker was convicted in september of 1996 and sentenced to ten years in prison. it was the close to the worst chapter of lottie spencers life. but it wasnt a happy ending. >> did you feel like you had some peace in your life again when he was behind bars? >> no. no. i mean, because he was getting away ...