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read or anything like that? or did they say, say what you want. >> they had a white board. and if i were to get stuck they were gonna write questions to help me. >> reporter: even as the phone rang, amber was still deeply conflicted. could she do it? could she really accuse him? if she did, would she be right, or wrong? sam answered, apparently, no idea what was happening. >> hey, is the same? >> it is. >> amber and sam hadn't talked in a while. for a minute, it was like old times. >> hey, it's amber. >> amber smith? >> yeah. what's up? >> not much. how are you? >> reporter: then, she dove in. >> so remember how i told you about that stuff that happened to me in 2013 about that guy that broke my jaw and stuff? >> yes. >> yeah, so the police contacted me and said your dna matched up.
>> i woke up to an email from siobhan, she said call me, we have news about the duck tape case. i remember jumping out of bed and calling her. and she told me that we had a dna hit. i was so happy. i was over the moon, it took forever. we finally have an answer. >> reporter: and then detective seymour prepared to reveal this amazing new break to amber. after four years of bad news, she could barely contain herself. >> i called her, i told her that i had an update in her case, and can i come over and see you? and she said, yes. it was difficult to contain my joy. that we had found him. >> reporter: she raised over to tell amber, who, by then was living with her son in her own small apartment. >> she answered the door, and we said we have a hit, and i said we figured out who the dna belongs to that we recovered.
>> what? oh my god, amber, i -- -- i don't know what to say -- i -- i did not hurt you. >> okay, but they have your dna. so how do you explain that? >> what the [bleep]? >> from the 2013 incident, the one i told you about. the when i broke down to you and told you about multiple time. >> yeah. amber, that's -- i -- i remember you talking about that. that's sick. >> he just kept stammering. kept annoying, and denying. >> amber. amber. i'm gonna -- i'm gonna stop you right there -- i did not hurt you. i don't know how this is happening. this is surreal. >> reporter: how did i make you feel? >> angry. i got angrier and angrier as the phone call went on.
making sense to me, all right. >> yes ma'am, none of this makes sense to me. >> reporter: but, his story did seem to explain how his dna could be on amber's body, consensually. so, the detective offered some inconvenient facts. >> there are scratches on her neck that was swabbed, swabs on her hands, left hand, swapped on the tape, it's your dna. >> i don't understand, there were seamen all over her body. >> there was your dna. , stefan, you're the man who did this to her. >> i pleaded with him to be the hero that i believed he could be and allow my victim to move forward with her life by apologizing and taking accountability for the things he had done. your friend needs this, you
her. >> reporter: dane stratton, the first responder trying to be businesslike on the stand. he couldn't do it. >> i teared up, i was choked up. it was extremely emotional for me, because it was so vivid when i was being asked about this crime scene. >> i think that was very powerful to the jury. because he added that human element to this case. >> reporter: mind you, sam himself tried to do that to. he testified, told the same story about responded to craig's list ad offering sex in the park. it was all consensual he said, he did not rape amber. investigators didn't look hard enough for that at the defense said. although even some's attorney acknowledged there was no evidence to show and posted anything on craigslist. anyway, the defense told the jury amber was found in a puddle of fluid, it must have been cross contamination that
the only person standing eight hours that there was mr. moon. >> reporter: amber was there, in court, listened to all of it. was there a point at which it came crashing down on you that it was him. it had to be him. >> during the trial. >> reporter: wasn't until then? >> it wasn't. i still questioned. i still couldn't believe it. >> reporter: as she sat there, looking at her former friend -- >> i was angry. pretty angry. i was hurt. i was every emotion. every negative emotion. >> reporter: just looking at him. >> just looking at him. if i had laser beams i would have burned that thing at the back of his head. >> reporter: because now she knew. sam moon was her kidnapper an attacker. she needed to share her story to help put him behind bars.
say. >> i mean he's been a screw up. >> he was famous for doing stupid things. the epitome of stupidity, but nothing aggressive, nothing violent. >> reporter: juvenile pranks, unpaid traffic tickets, those were his worst offenses said his parents. and, they were sure their once married son would never hurt a woman. much less do what happened to amber. >> if anything i've put into him how to treat women, and how i feel about beating women up, and rape, and that culture. i'm a nurse, for god sake, so yes, he understands. >> reporter: sam moon was an unlikely suspect, for sure. and he had offered alibis. so, detective seymour checked them out, one by one. remember how he said he looked under his bedroom door and watched his friend, bryce bailey commit the crime? >> i went to the home, i looked
did it feel a bit like that? >> a little bit, yes. >> reporter: mostly guys, and soon fast friends like bryce bailey, a boyfriend buddy. and prices childhood pal, a friendly guy named stephen moon who crashed on the couch, everybody called him sam. gradually, they and the other house made helped amber learn to smile again. particularly sam, a bright gentle guy. good listener. just what amber needed. >> stefan was really supportive. >> reporter: did you tell him what your situation was and what happened to you? >> yes. he said, you know, i'm so sorry, would you like a hug, you should never have to go through that, no one should have to go through that. >> reporter: hope to feel better? >> it did. >> reporter: to her best friend kirstie, it look like the old amber was beginning to emerge again. >> she was settled in and happy, that was a place for her to
>> reporter: he insisted, again and again that he was innocent. that this was all a mistake. >> oh god! [crying] i'm not a rapist. i never heard amber. i never heard her. >> reporter: detective seymour does not fluster or threatened, and she didn't hear. >> well, a her do my best to make you as comfortable as possible. >> shoot me. >> no. stefan let's slow it down, take some breaths, slow it down. >> reporter: her voice, steady, coming as she gently lowered the moon. >> i want to be honest with each other. we have your dna in her body in 2013, okay. >> reporter: so, sam kept talking. >> i had sex with her in 2013.
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