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Asked her questions. lots of them. >> i had bruises all up and down my throat. i couldn't swallow. and then at one point in time, the detective asked me to place my hands on my own throat. which even then, like, psychologically that was even traumatizing. >> why would he want you to do that? >> because he looks at me and says, well, those could have been self-inflicted. >> what did you say to the detective who's coming up with these theories? >> i was hysterically crying and telling him, this man tried to kill me. you know? and he would just say, well that's not what he says. of course that's ...

Jamie's murder. kristin faced him in court during the penalty phase. >> it was terrifying, and i had to testify and i met carolyn's family and jamie's family. they all came out afterwards and gave me a hug. it helped me realize that their families didn't hold any grudge against me. >> it is not her fault that my sister died, and kristin should have no guilt over that. >> with the casey family as witnesses, ynobe matthews was executed three years later. if there is a lesson to take from this story, it is one that comes directly from a survivor herself, someone who has learned the hard way to ch...

Carolyn would still be here. i mean there's no doubt. >> and what about the woman at the start of our story? jamie hart's case had been handled by the brazos county sheriff's office, but after ynobe was arrested it didn't take long for the college station police department and the sheriff's department to compare the dna. what they found? ynobe was also jamie's killer. >> what's that moment like? >> i remember the feeling of wanting to feel relieved, but all i could think was this is -- this is exactly what i knew was going to happen. he struck again, another girl is dead and another family has...

>> in fact, kristen's attacker, the man she said almost killed her, had been released. that must have been a tough pill to swallow. >> it was terrifying. i thought he was going to come and find me and kill me. >> down at the police station, the man had given a wildly different version of events. eric buskey is the current bryan police chief. he wasn't with the department back then, but says the suspect told investigators that he and kristen had a fight over drugs. >> she got angry when he substituted aspirin for cocaine, and she went off in a rage when that occurred. >> i think he told them so...

The story begins in a small, texas town. it is not any town, college station, home to texas a&m. >> i was immediately struck with her beauty. >> chuck cruz was her boyfriend at the time. he said jamie was the light of his life. he remembered when he first laid eyes on her. >> i could barely speak when i saw her, she was so pretty. when the color came on in "the wizard of oz." i was living in a dark world and she was a world full of color. >> she was a loyal friend, funny, outspoken. >> she would tell you exactly what was on her mind at all times. >> it was early one morning in may jamie's room...