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>> when i first heard the facts from ms. ryan, i didn't think that they would charge her. >> from the defendant the facts are always different. >> i believed her. she seemed very believable. >> reporter: cara and her attorney waited to see what would come next. and meanwhile, detectives continued their investigation. one thing that struck them was the reaction of j.j.'s family and friends. daughter, meghan. >> i said, "was it her?" and they said, "was it who?" i said, "was it cara?" and they said, "yes." and my whole world crumbled. >> reporter: girlfriend, lonnie lancto. >> my very first word...

>> if you are in a situation that calls for self-defense, and if you lie about the circumstances, then that tells me that you weren't justified in what you were doing. otherwise why do you need to keep changin' the story? >> reporter: no question in their minds, said the detectives. cara murdered j.j. they arrested her. the sheriff made the announcement. >> so i believe this is a domestic related homicide and cara ryan was uh, acting out because she was losing control over him. >> when i watched the press conference, i was crying my eyes out. >> reporter: fellow teacher debbie rein didn't beli...

I think he went over to the neighbor's. >> okay, is your door locked? >> no. >> okay. >> i'm too scared to get up. >> in fact, the man had run from her house and collapsed on the next door neighbor's doorstep, was lying there, bleeding. the neighbor dialed 911, too. >> he doesn't look very good. he's bleeding pretty bad. >> i understand. >> the neighbor was petrified, afraid of more gunfire, refused to open his door. >> i'm afraid to go outside. he's outside on my deck. >> and you don't feel comfortable going outside and grabbing him? >> no, no. >> i completely understand. >> peering out his w...

>> you say he assaulted you. what, he raped you? >> he did things against my will. yes. >> then, cara told the detectives, j.j. dressed and drove off, and she called him six times, to try to get him to calm down. >> i called him right away and i told him how sorry i was, and how it's not serious with scott, and that i was going to call it off. >> and a few minutes later, when he came storming back into the house, cara said she knew exactly who it was. >> i heard him come through the door and he told me he was going to kill me or he was going to make it to where nobody would ever want me again ...

Detective syers, charged with finding out, understood he had a problem. learned that from the deputy who put cara in his car. >> we were told that she had used her telephone. >> that is, her cell phone, the one they failed to take away. big mistake. who did she call? what did she say? syers knew the patrol car was equipped with a camera and microphone to record any conversations. so -- >> i naturally asked, "was this recorded? " and i was told, no, it wasn't. >> there was video, just no audio. for the first hour and a half, cara was in that patrol car. deputy forgot to turn it on. mistake numb...