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like, shes dead, shes dead! and i was so confused. i was like, whats going on? what happened? >> a small texas town, two super close friends, and a summer night in the park. >> they have this lookout, and you could see the harbor bridge lit up. its really pretty when the stars are out. >> it was the next morning that they found them. >> i could see two girls laying there. it was horrifying. there was duct tape on their mouths, on their hands. >> a mystifying scene. >> the only thing we...

The shootings. >> we have no gun. we have no usable prints. the only thing we have are cigarette butts, a monster can, and suspicion. >> it didnt help that chavezs one eyewitness to the shootings could not identify spellman from a photo lineup. >> it was very hard because the suspects all looked the same. >> and then there was the matter of mr. spellmans height. >> hes big. >> hes what, 68"? >> 68". >> remember, kristene said the shooter was quite a bit shorter than that, 58", maybe 59". >> for ...

>> that must have been a wonderful thing to see. >> it was. >> for police, the pressure to find the shooter was intense. detective roland chavez hoped kristene, now conscious, would be playing a big part in that, but kristene still could not speak. >> it was either a squeeze of the hand and then the blinking of the eyes. >> so chavez kept his questions simple. >> the first thing we asked her, of course, is did you know the person that did this, and she said no. >> how tall was he? >> she describ...

And began to stir. >> thats an incredible little girl here. im telling you, she is something else. >> we asked her questions, she would squeeze our hand. >> that must have been a wonderful thing to see. >> it was. >> for police, the pressure to find the shooter was intense. detective roland chavez hoped kristene, now conscious, would be playing a big part in that, but kristene still could not speak. >> it was either a squeeze of the hand and then the blinking of the eyes. >> so chavez kept his q...

Monster can, and suspicion. >> it didnt help that chavezs one eyewitness to the shootings could not identify spellman from a photo lineup. >> it was very hard because the suspects all looked the same. >> and then there was the matter of mr. spellmans height. >> hes big. >> hes what, 68"? >> 68". >> remember, kristene said the shooter was quite a bit shorter than that, 58", maybe 59". >> for me, it was always the difficulty of getting over the size. >> so chavez and his team regrouped. >> we begi...

Somehow, shed survived. then, just days after her brain surgery, kristene again defied the odds and began to stir. >> thats an incredible little girl here. im telling you, she is something else. >> we asked her questions, she would squeeze our hand. >> that must have been a wonderful thing to see. >> it was. >> for police, the pressure to find the shooter was intense. detective roland chavez hoped kristene, now conscious, would be playing a big part in that, but kristene still could not speak. >...

We have no usable prints. the only thing we have are cigarette butts, a monster can, and suspicion. >> it didnt help that chavezs one eyewitness to the shootings could not identify spellman from a photo lineup. >> it was very hard because the suspects all looked the same. >> and then there was the matter of mr. spellmans height. >> hes big. >> hes what, 68"? >> 68". >> remember, kristene said the shooter was quite a bit shorter than that, 58", maybe 59". >> for me, it was always the difficulty o...

Cigarette butts, a monster can, and suspicion. >> it didnt help that chavezs one eyewitness to the shootings could not identify spellman from a photo lineup. >> it was very hard because the suspects all looked the same. >> and then there was the matter of mr. spellmans height. >> hes big. >> hes what, 68"? >> 68". >> remember, kristene said the shooter was quite a bit shorter than that, 58", maybe 59". >> for me, it was always the difficulty of getting over the size. >> so chavez and his team re...

Then, just days after her brain surgery, kristene again defied the odds and began to stir. >> thats an incredible little girl here. im telling you, she is something else. >> we asked her questions, she would squeeze our hand. >> that must have been a wonderful thing to see. >> it was. >> for police, the pressure to find the shooter was intense. detective roland chavez hoped kristene, now conscious, would be playing a big part in that, but kristene still could not speak. >> it was either a squeez...

Her and mollie as "girl one" and "girl two." >> he used numbers in that other crime? >> yes. >> they referred to each other by number in that particular crime. >> reporter: the similarities between the two crimes didnt end there. >> in the nevada home invasion, were the victims bound? >> yes, they were. >> hes gotta be number one on the list at this point. >> he -- he definitely jumped to the -- to the top. >> reporter: by that time, dylan spellman had already returned to nevada to begin serving...