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Prosecutors say that tuesday night was like any other. the regulars were at the gentlemen's club, including jack denofa. after the club closed for the night, while rachel and her friend were talking outside, jack returned, obviously drunk, and knocked wildly on the door. rachel offered to walk jack to the motel next door where he usually stayed after a night out drinking. the evidence shows she walked him to room 223. prosecutors believe jack may have made some type of advance towards her, one that was rejected. enraged, he choked rachel until she lost consciousness. denofa may have thought sh...

Rachel was his favorite dancer. >> she had mentioned jack, and she said that, you know, she wouldn't even have to work that night if she didn't want to because he would just give her money to sit there and talk to him. and she said that, you know, he seemed like, just like a lonely guy, and that he was basically paying for her friendship. >> we had never discovered any evidence of any kind of sexual relationships. we asked the girls that, and we have no evidence at all that rachel ever engaged in any kind of activity like that with him, or anyone else for that matter. >> jack had a previous dr...

Rachel's body in jack denofa's red pickup truck as he drove over the bridge into new jersey on the night of the murder. according to friends, rachel was denofa's favorite dancer at divas gentlemen's club. >> rachel knew him pretty well, and she told people that she thought he was a loser. a sucker is what she called him. he would give her $100, $200, sometimes $300 just for sitting next to him at divas. and so, his money did not buy her heart, but it did buy her trust, and that would prove fatal to rachel. she thought he was harmless. >> on the night of rachel's murder, denofa stayed in room 2...

>> jack denofa had no criminal past and was well liked. >> if you could pick your neighbors, you would pick jack denofa, because there wasn't anything he wouldn't do for you. he came from a good family, was a workaholic, ace pool player, back-slapping guy, you know, chairman of his high school alumni association. great guy. >> on the night of rachel's murder, witnesses saw rachel accompany an inebriated denofa to the motel next door to the club. jack denofa didn't deny that. he simply said she left without going to his room. >> we knew jack denofa was in there, but we wanted to find out -- we ...

Jason denied any involvement in rachel's murder. >> he was believable, but we still couldn't rule him out. we always have to keep that individual in mind. he could be a good actor. >> then homicide investigators got a break. on the last night rachel worked at divas, she was in the parking lot talking with a friend after the club closed, and a man, obviously drunk, started banging on the door of the club. a local police officer witnessed the incident. >> call inside divas. there's a guy banging on the door here. ask him if he has a problem or something. >> the policeman offered to help. >> one ...