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Even named the person who had hired him. if you're wondering, the letter does not mention dylan spellman. all of it was a twist as big as texas. coming up -- the mysterious letter. could this be the smoking gun police had been looking for? >> immediately, i knew this was something very big and very important. >> when "dateline" continues. just hit me on the old horn. man: tom's my best friend, but ever since he bought a new house... tom: it's a $10 cover? oh, okay. didn't see that on the website. he's been acting more and more like his dad. come on, guys! jump in! the water's fine! tom pritc...

>> why lie about that unless you're involved in the crime? >> sure. so i mean, that definitely raised more suspicion. >> chavez then told spellman police found his dna just 30 feet from where the girls were shot. that's when he says spellman's demeanor changed. >> he asked me, you know, what are the consequences? and i said, well in texas, you know, this is a death penalty kind of case. >> and then dylan spellman asked about a deal. >> normally, any person that's innocent isn't going to ask for a deal. you're going to profess your innocence. and he wasn't. now i'm thinking, this is my guy. >> ...

>> david strickland did not do this. >> sam smith had the last word. dylan spellman, might have been under suspicion, but ultimately he had nothing to do with this crime. david strickland, he said, was the man holding the gun. >> shooting both of these girls for no identifiable reason as all. he's certainly a psychopath. >> the prosecutor never offered the jury a possible motive. christine says she's sure it was about her sexual orientation. what's the reason? >> in the letter that he supposedly tried to send to my dad says something in the letter like those lesbians. >> in his interrogation, ...

Here again is josh mankiewicz with "a texas twist." >> day by day, inch by inch, kristene chapa walked a steady, if uneven, road to recovery. >> i couldn't move my left side. i couldn't move my hand or my arm, my legs. i had to relearn to swallow. >> you don't give up, do you? >> i don't. i try to stay motivated. >> so did detective roland chavez. he, too, was making progress. the cigarette butts and drink can collected from the crime scene had just given him his first major break in the case. >> what did the dna show? >> the dna showed that it returned to dylan spellman. >> who was dylan spel...

Looking at. >> for example? >> the use of numbers. >> remember, kristene had said the shooter referred to her and mollie as girl one and girl two. >> he used numbers in that other crime? >> yes. they referred to each other by number in that particular crime. >> the similarities between the two crimes didn't end there. >> in the nevada home invasion, were the victims bound? >> yes, they were. >> he's got to be number one on the list at this point. >> he definitely jumped to the top. >> by that time, dylan spellman had had already returned to nevada to begin serving his three-year sentence, so c...