stepfather which ultimately produced kevin stoeser nine months later. >> mr. stoeser had by all accounts a difficult upbringing. his relationships with other individuals in his home were quite strained. >> i went to school with him, lived down the street. he was just kind of a geeky, different, you know, didn't stand out but didn't fit in. but he was a stoeser. everybody liked the stoesers, you know? >> march of 1994, he joined the army as an infantry man, and he actually excels and promotes quickly. within a matter of a couple of years he is already promoted up the ranks to sergeant. in early 1996, while he was stationed in fort hood, texas, he saw a young lady who at the time was 16 years old. they struck up a relationship and just under a year they actually got married.