and i love the simplicity. welcome to my studio. as an architect, i needed a space to work, but i wanted it outside the house. so i created the studio as a separate workspace. i configured it in such a way that the building looks like an object in the landscape as seen from the main house, and from the studio, you cannot see the house from the interior. here, i wanted to look out into the wild nature at its best, and i've loved working here for the last 30 years. thanks for joining me today for the tour of my home and studio and to see how de stijl still influences and inspires 100 years after its inception. [music playing] now, that house was truly unique. still ahead on "open house," we're stopping by the sagaponack home of artist keith

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you're watching "open house." i'm luann d'agostino for sara gore. we're back in sagaponack at the quaint home of artist keith sonnier. situated on nearly two acres, this farmhouse serves as an inspiration for his art and sculptures, which are featured at museums and art galleries around the world. [music playing] hi, it's keith sonnier. i'm sitting on the front porch of my sagaponack house overlooking my tulip tree and my bamboo grove. welcome.

to the beginning. first of all, i had lived for years in new york in a loft. i liked the enclosure of open space. and when i was here, i realized, well, god, there's a door on every structure here. so i began first by eliminating doors. there were these amazing old 50s light fixtures that really detracted from the house, so i designed a series of light fixtures out of neon, because i've worked in neon for over 35 years. and it adapted quite well to the old house. [music playing] in the expansion of the house, i wanted to build, in my new structure, a place that was open to light and nature, a place where i could keep plants in the winter. and i definitely wanted to have an access to water,

i mean a pool 10 feet away. [music playing] in this particular greenhouse space, it houses a variety of art that i've made or art that i'm interested in. there are a series of african sculptures i've been collecting for about 40 years. there is one very new piece, and it's from a series i entitled, "floating grids." they are, in fact, the last two series of work i've made here. as i began to spend more time in the house, i began to realize i didn't really have a proper work studio here. and i wanted to build something that you could literally drive a vehicle in, and i wanted something of a big scale to see what my works actually looked like in a larger

architectural scale. so now, in this particular space, we have an amazing piece from the series i called, the "tesla series," because i was extremely interested in tesla and his use of electricity. because in fact, my work has to be plugged in. i'm not a painter. [music playing] i'd like to thank everybody for coming for the tour. the place has been very good to me. i hope you've enjoyed the experience. i love how sonnier uses his home as a backdrop for his masterpieces. up next, the team from little miss party shows us how to plan the perfect hamptons soiree. [music playing]

the hamptons is one of the most celebrated summer escapes. it's renowned for its luxury estates, fine sandy beaches, and of course, its parties. so with that in mind, we're heading to quogue, where seri kertzner from little miss party is sharing tips and style secrets for hosting a swanky backyard soiree. [music playing] hi, i'm seri kertzner of little miss party planner. today, i'm going to show you how to throw a pineapples by the pool party. when planning a party, you want to determine a theme. i chose pineapples by the pool. pineapples are having a very trendy moment, so there's so many fun things we can do with decor. [music playing] first, for our food, we're going to style a charcuterie board on a surfboard. after all, we're in the hamptons, right? for this party, i want my guests to be able to come and graze on the food all day long. grapes, fresh meats, dried fruit, and crackers--

to identify all the items on our board, we spray painted shells and then calligraphied on the names of each item that we're serving. another great item to serve is pizzas. they're so easy to make, and you can pick up the dough at your local pizza store so you're not in the kitchen all night before prepping. one pizza i made is spread with mascarpone and fresh fruit-- so healthy and so yummy. and then we have a white pizza, and i'll keep replenishing throughout the party with other pizzas that we've made. [music playing] the most important part of your party, the bar-- i've got a huge cooler that's filled with wine, beer, and water. it's really important to keep your guests hydrated on such a hot day. it's always fun to serve a signature drink at your party. today, i'm going to serve rose with a pop. fill the glass with rose. and now, i'm going to drop a popsicle inside, and i'm going to garnish with a blackberry.

[music playing] this is a pool party, so i want my guests to feel relaxed. i set up vignettes of seating all around the pool so my guests can choose a spot to sit and relax for the afternoon, of course, with a glass of rose in hand and a pineapple floaty. since we're outside, i had a lot of fun with the decor. i built in a pop of pink in my umbrella. i threw some pineapple floats into the pool, and i tied huge jumbo balloons to pineapples to float through the pool and around the pool. i also sprayed some pineapples white to add a chic element to my party. we really went all out with the pineapple theme and built them into the decor as much as we could. [music playing] the party is all set, and the finishing touches are done. now, i'm just waiting for my guests to arrive. so i'm going to grab a tray of my signature drink, and get ready to serve them. [music playing]

i hope you enjoyed watching today, and you learned some tips and tricks about entertaining in your backyard, hamptons style. [music playing] i think i learned a few tricks that i'll use next time my fellow housewives come over. we're not done yet. stick around. we're heading to the weekend home of architect bryan young. be right back. [music playing]

welcome back to "open house." now, architect bryan young shows us his weekend bungalow in westhampton. it has a mid-century modern aesthetic, with a wide open floorplan and architectural interest at every turn. take a look. [music playing] hi, my name is bryan young. i'm the principal of young projects in brooklyn, new york. welcome to my house in westhampton. for us, this is much more than a weekend escape or a beach house. this is our home away from the shoebox in brooklyn. but at 2,000 square feet, we had to make every bit of area really count, and that started with the exterior. here on the front concrete porch,

where they can hang out. we charred the exterior using a japanese technique which protects it from the elements. let's get going. [music playing] and as you move to the interior, there's a threshold, a spatial change. you go from the intimacy of the front porch to something much more open and expansive in the living room. the ceiling is composed of a series of facets that negotiate the lower scale at the front to the more expansive scale, and direct your views to these oversized sliders, which allow you to look out to the pool and the garden. the ceiling not only negotiates the geometry from outside to inside, but allows for the tv area to feel smaller and more intimate, the living area to feel a little bit more formal, and the dining area to be the most open. so here we are in the dining room, cobalt blue, aka los angeles dodger blue.

[inaudible] outlet dining room table. but all illuminated by the beautiful, high end, boxy chandelier. [music playing] and here, we had the rare opportunity for three frontages. we have a strip window that looks at the pool, sliding glass doors that take you to the outdoor shower, and one window that lets in the morning sun. we really like to find some art from strange places, so in here, we used the cut offs from spatulas as a wall piece behind the bed. on the other wall, we have a french vintage movie poster for my wife's favorite movie, "a streetcar named desire." but the best part of the house is living outside. let's go. [music playing] so this is what i'm talking about-- barbecuing, a nice dinner with a family, a little bit of pool action, and then looking at the stars.

so this is where i like to lounge, drink my ginger vanilla and lime seltzer, and chill out. thanks for coming. that's all for now. i hope you enjoyed our tour of the hamptons. i've had a great time stepping in for sara gore. i'll see you on bravo's "real housewives of new york city," and "open house" will be back next week with more amazing homes. and if you want to check out any of the homes featured on today's show, again, all you have to do is head to openhousetv.com, or follow the show on twitter, instagram, or facebook at open house tv. thanks so much for watching. [music playing]

i told myself the worst part about dying is being afraid of dying. if i'm not afraid, it won't be so bad. i just couldn't believe this was the way it was going to happen. >> she was a college student found on a lonely road in texas. >> we figured she had been sexually assaulted and dumped here. >> tough questions for her boyfriend.

>> where was i the night before. what had i been doing. when had i last seen her. >> i really thought he could be her killer. >> but while police try to prove it, another attack. >> he's got me by the throat and he's shaking me and yelling at me not to say a word. >> you're a prisoner in this apartment now. >> yes. >> a college campus gripped by fear. a growing list of suspects. a growing list of victims, too. >> her body had kind of been propped up on to the bed. >> even law enforcement said, what do we have on our hands here. >> there's growing danger because police are looking in the wrong place. >> i have lived to tell and nobody believed me. >> this monster is walking free while they're wasting their time on me. >> can the killer be caught before he kills again? >> it makes you realize how fragile life is and that anybody can take it. >> i'm lester holt, and this is "dateline." here's andrea canning with "the face of evil."

this woman almost didn't make it. >> i said if you keep doing this, you're going to kill me. and he said, do you think i really care about that? >> reporter: is that when you knew you were looking into the face of evil? >> i knew he was intent on killing me. >> reporter: little did she know that in this college town she wasn't the only one. >> he said he would go to jail for murder before he ever went to jail for rape. >> what was going through their mind? >> i wish i had told all the people i loved that i loved them. >> but was their private horror connected to a very public mystery? >> everyone said what is going on in this community. people wondered what's going to happen next. >> people connected by tragedy and by questions. could a killer have been stopped sooner? >> i was so angry that two people had to die in order for someone to believe me. >> the story begins in a small texas town, but it's not just

this is college station, home to texas a&m. and in 1999, home to 21-year-old student jamie hart. >> i was immediately struck with her beauty. >> chuck crews was her boyfriend at the time. he said jamie was the light of his life. he remembers when he first laid eyes on her. >> i could barely speak when i saw her, she was so pretty. it was like when the color came on in "the wizard of oz." i had been living in a dark world, and she showed me a world full of color. >> and 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 roommates couldn't find her. they called chuck. >> i got a call asking me if i knew where she was. and i said, no, she didn't come over here last night. i don't know where she is. i hadn't talked to her the night before, and i went to work. >> that same morning, detective

county sheriff's office was summoned to the scene of a disturbing discovery. >> there was a young female, appeared to be in her early 20s. she was nude. she had extensive road rash on her entire body and she was obviously deceased. >> a jogger spotted the victim in a ditch nine feet from the side of the road. >> when i arrived there was probably half a dozen officers here and they had taped off the area, blocked traffic. at that point we started conducting a search of the area. we figured that she had been sexually assaulted and dumped here. >> less than a mile away, deputies discovered what was presumed to be the woman's clothing, strewn across the entrance to an oil field. another nine miles from there, an abandoned vehicle, its engine still running. >> there was blood on the car, and that raised suspicion. we sent a team over there to process the car.

driver's license that belonged to jamie hart. when detectives showed up at chuck's workplace that afternoon, he said his heart sank. >> there was this building sense that something was wrong, and the appearance of police officers is never a good sign. and when they told me that she had been found dead, it felt like i had been hit by a truck. >> wow. so your sense of dread was -- >> right. >> -- coming true? >> yep. realized. fully realized. >> did fear spread throughout the campus? >> oh, yes. i mean, it was front-page news. >> kristin lancaster was a 19-year-old freshman. >> my brother actually worked with jamie at the time, and i'll never forget him coming home devastated. >> a killer in a college town is terrifying. >> very much so, yes. >> this is something that happens in chicago.

houston. it's not something that happens in college station in aggieland. >> the editor of the local newspaper. >> people just hope this is a drifter and moved on because of the location of the body. >> the detectives searched the crime scene, searched jamie's car and talked to several witnesses. >> talked to several people and no one saw anything. >> turns out, there were no fingerprints inside the car, but during an autopsy, the medical examiner did recover dna from jamie's body, dna which likely came from her rapist and killer. did you put the dna into a database? >> we put it in codis. >> any hits? >> none. >> no fingerprints, no dna matches. the investigation wasn't off to a good start. >> that's when we started contacting people at her place of employment, friends, roommates.

>> everybody seemed to love her. >> detective elliott began to retrace jamie's steps on the night of the murder. jamie was taking time off from her studies at texas a&m and was working at a pizza parlor. her shift ended at midnight. >> we contacted everyone she delivered pizzas to and nothing out of the ordinary. >> afterward she headed to a friend's house. >> she watched movies and left the house at 11:30. >> what time do you think she was killed? >> we got the call at 7:15 a.m. so between 4:30 a.m. and 7:00 a.m. >> the friend was supposed to be the last one that saw her alive. the detective paid him a visit. >> he was upset, obviously. they were friends and had been for some time. >> the friend's grief seemed genuine, but something wasn't peculiar. when investigators asked for a dna sample -- >> he said no. >> no? >> of course, we

was he the killer or was he not? >> the detective was determined to answer that question. so he put the young man under surveillance, followed him to a local restaurant. and are you hidden somewhere in the restaurant? >> i'm kind of back in a corner, yeah. >> he watched the student have a few drinks. when he left, the detective snagged the dirty beer mugs and sent them out for dna testing. the results would take weeks, leaving a town full of young people on edge. >> dads and moms were telling their college-aged kids, be alert everywhere you go. go with people when you go out. don't be alone. and that's a frightening order to give anyone. >> frightening, but sound advice because in this case, connecting the dots wouldn't be so easy. >> detectives have a second possible suspect in their sights. jamie's boyfriend is invited to sit down for a polygraph test. when we return -

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21-year-old jamie hart had been sexually assaulted and left to die on the side of a busy roadway. >> i could barely function. i -- all i could think about was loss, that she's gone from my life forever.

>> jamie's boyfriend, chuck crews, then 24, says right after the murder he took off to baytown, texas, jamie's hometown. >> about the only thing that i remember her father asking me is, when are you coming down? so i got some stuff together and drove down as soon as i could. and i spent most of the next week with them, mourning with the family and then acting as a pallbearer for her funeral. . back in college station, detective kenny elliott was working the case. >> anytime you have a killer out on the run, it's frustrating. you want to catch the person responsible. >> one possible suspect, that male friend jamie visited the night of her murder. he'd refused to give police a dna sample for testing. that's kind of odd if he had nothing to hide.

>> a lot of people will not give up dna. too much tv. >> but the detective had snagged a sample from a beer mug, and when the dna finally came back, he was not a match. you felt confident that you could rule him out based on -- >> yes. >> -- the dna not matching? >> yes. >> but even before the dna test cleared jamie's friend, the detective was already looking for other suspects. and his attention quickly landed on someone very close to the victim. her boyfriend. >> the questions that they asked, focused on where was i the night before. what had i been doing. >> looking at you as a possible suspect? >> it didn't really occur to me that that was what they were doing. i just thought they were asking for information. >> chuck told the detective that before jamie was killed, he hadn't seen her for two days. on the night of the murder, he said he was at home. >> i was playing computer games like a g

>> did you have anyone there to corroborate your alibi? >> i think my roommates were there, but they were both asleep. i had nobody right there sitting there with me. >> so the boyfriend's alibi wasn't solid. and as they spoke, the detective was looking carefully for signs he might be hiding something. >> he was cooperative. apprehensive. he said everything was fine in their relationship. >> the detective asked chuck for dna, and he said yes. and when they asked him for a polygraph, he agreed to that, too. but here's the thing with that last part, the polygraph. >> failed the test. >> that's a bad sign for you, right? >> a bad sign for him, yes. doesn't tell you that he's guilty, but he was a very strong person of interest. >> and what's more, the detective had been speaking with jamie's friends who said the relationship wasn't fine. in fact, the couple had a fight and were on the verge of a breakup. all of which jusle

>> basically, he went over every aspect of the relationship. just questioned him on his whereabouts. tried to get him to confess. >> and if a failed polygraph wasn't suspicious enough, then listen to what the detective says chuck told him next. >> he said he had done some bad things and wouldn't tell us what. >> did you look him in the eyes and say, is one of those bad things killing jamie hart? >> i did. he denied it. at that point in time, i really thought he could be our killer. >> and the more you started to think he was the killer, how does he react to that? >> he's very nervous. he just acted like -- as if he was guilty. >> chuck was free to go, but as authorities waited for his dna to be processed, the detective developed a theory of the crime that made sense to him. >> he was in love with her. he didn't want to lose her. and they were having some issues in their relationship. >> so the boyfriend, a likely suspect, wasn

back -- >> the dna was not a match. >> so were you able to rule out chuck crews then once you got that dna checked? >> i didn't rule him out completely, no. >> that was enough for you with the friend who she was with the night before, you ruled him out after you got the dna, correct? >> i did. the other guy wasn't her boyfriend. he hadn't flunked polygraphs. he wasn't in a bad relationship with her. chuck was. >> but they didn't arrest chuck. months went by, and the detective kept investigating him. authorities seized his computer, searched his car. all the while chuck was saying they were looking at the wrong guy. >> there's a lot of people that won't confess to a murder, for obvious reasons. and at that point, he was a person, strong person of interest, but i still didn't know if he was my killer, so we continued the search. >> the investigation dragged on. life for the students on campus began to go back t

parties every weekend. but when police were called to the scene of one house party, it wasn't because of noise or underage drinking. another woman was in a fight for her life. >> coming up -- a student at a party ends up a prisoner in a stranger's apartment. >> i scream as loud as i can, and then immediately he grabs me and starts choking me again.

when chuck crews' girlfriend was murdered, he was immediately considered a person of interest. they said that you were acting nervous, that you were acting like you had something to hide. >> they interpreted all these things as signs of my guilt rather than a distraught boyfriend. at the time i had long hair, and this was a cowboy town. that was considered to be weird and unusual. >> as for those bad things he told the

explained to us he was referring to a petty argument they'd had just days before jamie's murder and the guilt he felt from not being with her the night she died. do you remember what you were arguing about? >> a loaf of bread. the grocery sacker had put a cantaloupe on a loaf of bread. and she was upset that the grocery sacker had squished the loaf of bread. and i told her it wasn't that big of a deal. and we had picked our sides and we argued about something as stupid as a loaf of bread. >> and now he says he could hardly grieve with police breathing down his neck. what's it like waking up every morning and knowing that you're under a cloud of suspicion? >> incredibly depressing. >> he left college station, moved home to be with his family near dallas, to spent money to hire a defense attorney. >> the biggest thing that was going through my mind the whole time wast

and the guy who did it is out walking around and likely to prey on more victims. this monster is walking free while they're wasting their time on me. >> kelly brown of the eagle newspaper was writing front page stories about the unsolved crime in the college town. >> and it really shook the community because this is an area that isn't used to seeing this type of crime. >> and kelly was hearing talk that the police had a suspect. >> but there was no arrest, and that's what kept everybody saying, well, then, okay. was it the boyfriend? was it, you know, someone that's still out there? is he going to strike again? >> it was scary, of course, and students like kristin lancaster followed the investigation. did people change their behavior patterns because of this crime? >> to a certain degree, but i think it was short-lived. i mean, people went back to their classes and their business, yeah. you start rationalizing that maybe, you know, she trusted the wrong person. >> this doesn't happen to you.

>> and then it was late october, half a year since the murder of jamie hart. kristin didn't know it yet, but she was about to become part of a chain of events that only deepened the mystery. >> i think maybe i went to classes that day. i'm not exactly sure. i know that the evening time rolled around. i think, was it a friday? >> a friend invited kristin to a party. >> and she said, well, you know, i'm having a little get-together at my house. why don't you come by? >> kristin drove over to the apartment complex in bryan, texas. that's the town next to college station. >> the door is open. there's a few people inside. there's some music playing and people having some drinks. >> she struck up a conversation with her friend's upstairs neighbor. he was 24, hadn't been to college, but mixed in easily with the students. was he kind of a likable guy? >> he seemed, yeah, very likable, yeah. he was very approachable. seemed very nice. >> in fact, he had no problem sharing intimate details with kristin about his personal life. >> he had

and somehow the conversation, you know, goes into him telling me how he had found god. i made a lot of mistakes. i wasn't a great husband. >> you guys got into quite the personal conversation for having just met. >> well, i was young and i think that was normal, and he was drunk. >> not long after the party started, it abruptly ended. kristin's friend hosting the party got into a fight with her boyfriend. >> there was alcohol involved and so i was worried that it would get out of hand. >> everyone left. but not kristin. she was concerned about her friend and stuck around talking to the upstairs neighbor. so you were feeling protective? >> yeah. he said to me, you know, are you worried about your friend? i said, yes, i am. and he said we can go to my apartment so you can be close to a phone to call. >> she and the neighbor walked up the staircase to his apartment. >> it's directly above her apartment. and he opens the door. i was barely a step into the door and he just sort of kind of pushes me in, slams the door shut. he locks the door and immediately grabs a remote that was right there and turns the

volume. just deafening. >> kristin reached for the door to leave. >> and he pushes me back. and that's when he starts making some demands. all of a sudden it's very serious and aggressive. and i almost to the point where i thought he was joking. >> but he was serious. demanded she undress. >> and i kept arguing, i'm not going to do that. i kept saying, i'm not going to do it. he said, you're going to do it. that's when he runs over and he grabs me by the throat. he's choking me and choking me. and then the second he lets up i scream as loud as i can. and then immediately he grabs me and starts choking me again. and this time he picks me up almost by the throat and sort of, like, pulls me back into the bedroom that's in the back. >> you're a prisoner in this apartment now? >> yes. and he puts me on the mattress. and this is the first time i black out. i wondered if for a second this was it. >> i could die? >> yeah. he has his hand still on my throat and he's sort of shaking me. >> kristin couldn'

off physically, so she tried to talk her way out of a sexual assault. >> i said, you don't want to do this. and he stops. and he said, why don't i want the do this? and i said, well, because i have hiv. you can tell he's thinking about it for a second. he says, well, guess wha so do i. >> the lie didn't work. she tried something else. >> i was like, well, what about finding god and trying to work on yourself. i actually was able to stall him for quite some time. i must have gotten off the bed and we were standing talking. and i remember that's when i started to just stomp my foot. like, and i was sort of, like, trying to make it look like i was making a point and stomping my foot and then he grew angry again. >> he threw her back on the bed, his grip on her neck tighter as he sexually assaulted her. >> he's squeezing so hard at this point in time that it felt like the bones in my throat were cracking. i said, if you keep doing this, you're going to kill me. and he sort of looked at me and it was this half smile, and he looked at me for a second, and he just said,

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19-year-old kristin lancaster was preparing to die. >> when you're possibly in the last moments of your life, when you think that someone is going to kill you, what is going through your mind? >> i had a moment where i thought about i wish i had told all the people that i loved, you know, that i loved them. >> she was in a stranger's apartment being sexually assaulted, drifting in ou

to come to again. and it's, you know, the scenes in the movies where the bombs explode and everything's really fuzzy, you can't hear, like, everything's, like, coming through this fog. >> suddenly, the man stood up and left the room. ordered her to remain quiet. >> and i scream as loud as i can, call the police, call the police. >> turns out, the bryan police were at the door. >> so my friend had heard me screaming and stomping and had called the police. >> this is like a miracle. >> it was -- yeah. >> in the nick of time the police show up. that only happens on tv. >> i know. believe me, i know. they ran in. i was just curled in a fetal position on the floor just shaking, shaking uncontrollably. i remember them asking me what happened and i just -- the words were just coming out so fast. >> the cops took the man away in handcuffs and kristin slept on her friend's couch that night. the friend called the police to see what would happen next.

>> she found out that they didn't book him for sexual assault charges. >> in fact, kristin's attacker, the man she said almost killed her, had been released. that must've been a tough pill to swallow. >> it was terrifying. i just -- 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 buske is the current bryan police chief. he wasn't with the department back then but says the suspect told investigators that he and kristin 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 had told them some story about how it had been a drug deal that had gone bad. and so, then i was crying, rape. >> after the attack, police charged him with unlawful restraint, a misdemeanor. the next day, kristin and her dad went to the bryan police department to find out why her attacker wasn't charged with something more serious. >> i was furious. i had thought in this moment

like, this is it. this guy is going down. >> she met with the detective who asked her questions. lots of them. >> i had bruises all up and down my throat. i couldn't swallow. and then at one point i had a detective ask me to place my hands on my own throat. and i mean, even psychologically that was even traumatizing. >> why would they want you to do that? >> because i did that and he looks at me and he says, well, those could have been self-inflicted. >> what did you say to the detective who's coming up with these theories? >> i mean, i was hysterically crying and telling him, like, this man tried to kill me. you know, and he would just say, well, that's not what he says. of course that's not what he says. >> kristin says that despite her bruises, police treated it like a "he said-she said" story. how angry were you getting? >> i was furious. i just couldn't believe, like, nobody believed me. >> chief buske maintains the detective was just doing a

indicated the detectives did believe her. you know, sometimes when you're conducting an investigation, your job is to get to the truth as a detective, and you're going to have to ask some hard questions. >> they interviewed her attacker again and a few months later did charge him with sexual assault. >> the unlawful restraint was still in place. and we booked him on first degree sexual assault. >> the case went to a grand jury but it decided not to indict him. >> so the sexual assault charges were dropped because they felt that there was insufficient evidence. >> that must have been tough to hear that. >> it was very tough to hear that. and it was at a point in time though when i found that out i just didn't feel like i had any recourse. >> she did talk about the case later with reporter kelly brown. >> it bothered me at the time because i wondered why didn't the grand jury indict him for at least attempted sexual assault? but it did -- it seemed a little troubling to me that what were we missing? what part of the story did we not have?

did the detectives say something that made them think, maybe it was consensual? >> he was still facing the misdemeanor charge of unlawful restraint scheduled to go to court down the road. in the meantime, he was a free man. he's out walking around. >> he's out walking around. >> in the next town over, detectives at the brazos county sheriff's office were still working the jamie hart murder case. in addition to keeping an eye on jamie's boyfriend chuck, they say they followed up on hundreds of other leads and tips. but no one in that department looked at kristin's case for a possible connection. you were sexually assaulted. jamie hart was sexually assaulted. did you start to think that these could be connected? >> i didn't think they were connected. and that was primarily because with jamie there was a boyfriend that may have been involved. it was a romantic relationship that went wrong. it wasn't some random occurrence by a stranger. >> kristin was now living with ovwh

dangerous behavior. >> instead of being afraid of everything, i became afraid of nothing. i just became completely risk seeking. >> what kind of things would you do? >> i think i started drinking heavily for a while after that. you know, i'd hop on the back of a stranger's motorcycle after he'd had three beers. and it took a long time to really get out of that hole. >> just as kristin was starting to turn a corner, her attacker was due in court on that misdemeanor charge, but nothing came of it. he didn't even show up. >> i'd done what i needed to do. and part of me just wanted to forget it ever happened. >> but she couldn't. kristin was about to walk right into another crime scene in college station. >> coming up -- >> even law enforcement, they thought, what do we have on our hands here? >> a shockingly brutal murder, and a suspect makes a big mistake. >> the clothing that he wa

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