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A time, and he's probably thinking, oh, you know, if this is what she wants, i want her to be happy, but on the other hand, you're always protective of your kids. >> sure. what should a father do? he certainly didn't like the guy, but christie was a grown-up. it wasn't really his business anymore, so he passed on the number, and she dialed it. >> i know she was very curious. like, wow. i wonder how he is now. so you're not really that upset or nervous or anything. you're just -- >> and she wasn't. >> no. it was kind of flattering that somebody would look you up after many years. >> art told ch...

By the table where it appeared there were two chairs that were out of place. it looked like there had been two people sitting there, they had been smoking, and something happened that caused that ashtray to be on the floor. >> it was quickly becoming clear that christie not only knew her killer, she knew him quite well. certainly enough to share a smoke and a beer with him before he took her life. but who? detectives started with the obvious, men she was dating or had been dating. >> there was a number of them, and they proceeded by finding them, talking to them, and as a result of their inter...

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 that had happened. in fact, the very day the detective called me and said, "we just picked him up. he's under arrest for murder," unbelievable. >> but even though art gutierrez, who's sitting in jail awaiting trial for murder, davis felt obliged to warn the family that convicting him might not be so easy. >> a circumstantial case is a very tough c...

Past." bud's, like, "well, i don't have time for this. who is this?" he's like "it's me, it's art." >> art? who was art? he was arturo gutierrez, christie's high school sweetheart. >> they had a relationship. in fact, they had a sexual relationship, and apparently she became pregnant and ultimately had an abortion, ultimately they broke up, and there had been a number of years that had passed since he had been in contact with her. >> then there he was out of the blue on the phone with christie's father. >> he said, "i'd like to get ahold of christie. can you give me her number?" he said "why d...

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