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Somehow, she'd survived. then, just days after her brain surgery, kristene again defied the odds and began to stir. >> that's an incredible little girl here. i'm telling you, she is something else. >> we asked her questions, she would squeeze our hand. >> that must have been a wonderful thing to see. >> it was. >> for police, the pressure to find the shooter was intense. detective roland chavez hoped kristene, now conscious, would be playing a big part in that, but kristene still could not speak. >> it was either a squeeze of the hand and then the blinking of the eyes. >> so chavez kept his qu...

We have no usable prints. the only thing we have are cigarette butts, a monster can, and suspicion. >> it didn't help that chavez's one eyewitness to the shootings could not identify spellman from a photo lineup. >> it was very hard because the suspects all looked the same. >> and then there was the matter of mr. spellman's height. >> he's big. >> he's what, 6'8"? >> 6'8". >> remember, kristene said the shooter was quite a bit shorter than that, 5'8", maybe 5'9". >> for me, it was always the difficulty of getting over the size. >> so chavez and his team regrouped. >> we begin getting cell phon...

Cigarette butts, a monster can, and suspicion. >> it didn't help that chavez's one eyewitness to the shootings could not identify spellman from a photo lineup. >> it was very hard because the suspects all looked the same. >> and then there was the matter of mr. spellman's height. >> he's big. >> he's what, 6'8"? >> 6'8". >> remember, kristene said the shooter was quite a bit shorter than that, 5'8", maybe 5'9". >> for me, it was always the difficulty of getting over the size. >> so chavez and his team regrouped. >> we begin getting cell phone records for him, getting hair samples or anything o...

Then, just days after her brain surgery, kristene again defied the odds and began to stir. >> that's an incredible little girl here. i'm telling you, she is something else. >> we asked her questions, she would squeeze our hand. >> that must have been a wonderful thing to see. >> it was. >> for police, the pressure to find the shooter was intense. detective roland chavez hoped kristene, now conscious, would be playing a big part in that, but kristene still could not speak. >> it was either a squeeze of the hand and then the blinking of the eyes. >> so chavez kept his questions simple. >> the fi...

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. >> reporter: the similarities between the two crimes didn't end there. >> in the nevada home invasion, were the victims bound? >> yes, they were. >> he's gotta be number one on the list at this point. >> he -- he definitely jumped to the -- to the top. >> reporter: by that time, dylan spellman had already returned to nevada to begin serving his three-year sentence. so chavez hopped a plane to las vegas, hoping to hear what mr. spellman ...