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>> you have to tell yourself that god will take care of it. at some point, this person will pay for what they did. it's really the only way to be able to accept it. >> christie and rhonda's father, bud fleming, took it very hard. life didn't seem to be worth much to him anymore. >> he was under the care of a psychiatrist for the rest of his life and never recovered from it. he really -- really aged. it really took its toll physically, mentally. >> really only about one thing kept him alive. persistently and politely, bud and rhonda nudged detective davis. >> rhonda, i remember, would call me p...

>> each was questioned, submitted saliva samples, and was given a polygraph test, and within a few days, all dropped off the list of suspects. christie's father, bud, who had taught his daughter to be so security conscious, tried to help solve what he could not prevent, by hanging posters all over town. >> if anybody out there knows anything at all, i'm begging them to please come forward. we sure need the help. >> she was his baby. he was never the same. he used to be such an outgoing, fun-loving person, and this just totally changed him. >> he was just very heartbroken. it crushed him. it re...

>> the only reason why he would lie like that is if he had something to do with the murder. when we walked away, it was, yeah, we got him. this is our guy. there's no question about it. >> and just like that, a dead, old case was fully reborn. now the man steve davis had been chasing all these years could finally be arrested. >> you're a free man. you think you got away with it, and then all of a sudden, they drop the hammer on you. >> it was davis who called christie's sister, rhonda, and her father, bud. >> i mean, i just can't even describe to you what a feeling that was for both of us that...

First full day dragged by with no verdict -- >> i was scared to death they were going to say not guilty. looking at the jurors' faces, i just couldn't tell where they were going. >> it took them a day and a half. arturo gutierrez was found guilty of murder in the first degree. a secret preserved by a cigarette for 14 years finally produced justice, that and a detective's determined patience. >> any time you convict a murderer, that's a good thing. but when you convict somebody that you know has gotten away with it for 14 years, that's a long time. and so to finally see justice served, that's a...

A few minutes later i called again. the line was busy. i called, called, called. her phone was busy all saturday morning which seemed strange. >> so rhonda went to her mother's house anyway, thinking her younger sister would show up, but -- >> christie wasn't there, which was very usually, because she was always on time, never, never late, and my mom hadn't talked to her. i called christie again. the phone was still busy. now i know something is wrong. >> panic now. rhonda called her father, bud fleming. he was divorced but raised both girls and kept close tabs on them, especially christie, wh...