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the scariest thing that you will ever go through. my whole world crumbled. >> cara was the kind of teacher students just love. >> she was a rock star at her school. >> with the same man for 20 years, enjoying life together by the beach. >> the balcony was like our second living room, you can hear the waves on the shore. >> but she was all alone that night when, according to her, an intruder burst into her bedroom. >> i was scared to death. i didnt have any other choice. >> you shot him...

To me, id run over there and say, "he just texted me, what do i say? " i hadnt really been on a date in 20 years. >> the day of the shooting, cara texted scott a very explicit text, complete with intimate selfie, inviting him to come over for a tryst. >> so embarrassing. i had never sent suggestive text messages, let alone body parts, it was mortifying. it would be sad if it wasnt so tragic. but it is tragic. >> -- but he couldnt come, is that what happened? >> oh, scott was at work. he worked f...

>> cara told detectives that as she and j.j. were in bed together, he phone kept beeping. incoming text messages. chirp chirp. >> yeah. so i ignored it. >> it was scott. >> it went off again. and i told him, "just ignore it. just ignore it." and he leaned over and he grabbed the phone and he opened it and he said, "who the hell is scott holderbaum? " >> that, cara told police, is when j.j. saw shed sent the same picture, the same invitation to both of them. >> so, he saw, kind of like, the text ...

Later, they looked at the tapes of cara, recorded during that drive to the station. did she appear to be emotionally battered or anything? >> i mean, if you watch the in-car camera, shes just kind of casually talking with him about being in the law enforcement community and knowing different people. >> yaz was on my husbands softball team. >> it was just kind of, you know, general conversation. she didnt seem so upset in that video. >> it was around 2:00 a.m. at police headquarters when cara rev...

>> you say he assaulted you. what, he raped you? >> he did things against my will. yes. >> then, cara told the detectives, j.j. dressed and drove off, and she called him six times, to try to get him to calm down. >> i called him right away and i told him how sorry i was, and how its not serious with scott, and that i was going to call it off. >> and a few minutes later, when he came storming back into the house, cara said she knew exactly who it was. >> i heard him come through the door and he t...

For an examination at a rape crisis center. later, they looked at the tapes of cara, recorded during that drive to the station. did she appear to be emotionally battered or anything? >> i mean, if you watch the in-car camera, shes just kind of casually talking with him about being in the law enforcement community and knowing different people. >> yaz was on my husbands softball team. >> it was just kind of, you know, general conversation. she didnt seem so upset in that video. >> it was around 2:...

>> yeah, were all nostalgic. theres a country song, "we dont have to be lonely tone." you know, and then tomorrow well go our separate ways. >> cara told detectives that as she and j.j. were in bed together, he phone kept beeping. incoming text messages. chirp chirp. >> yeah. so i ignored it. >> it was scott. >> it went off again. and i told him, "just ignore it. just ignore it." and he leaned over and he grabbed the phone and he opened it and he said, "who the hell is scott holderbaum? " >> tha...

Been on a date in 20 years. >> the day of the shooting, cara texted scott a very explicit text, complete with intimate selfie, inviting him to come over for a tryst. >> so embarrassing. i had never sent suggestive text messages, let alone body parts, it was mortifying. it would be sad if it wasnt so tragic. but it is tragic. >> -- but he couldnt come, is that what happened? >> oh, scott was at work. he worked from 7:00 at night until 7:00 in the morning. i was joking around, why dont you just sk...

>> he did things against my will. yes. >> then, cara told the detectives, j.j. dressed and drove off, and she called him six times, to try to get him to calm down. >> i called him right away and i told him how sorry i was, and how its not serious with scott, and that i was going to call it off. >> and a few minutes later, when he came storming back into the house, cara said she knew exactly who it was. >> i heard him come through the door and he told me he was going to kill me or he was going to...