. >> reporter: her name was adrien. jose 's ex-girlfriend from years ago. >> it was like i was speaking with lajoya. >> reporter: and summer, 2017, jose one on trial for transfers murder. >> when you take this to it jury you want to prove it beyond any possible doubt. >> reporter: she prosecuted the case and said the evidence was overwhelming. the bloodsoaked note found in lajoya's car in her own writing . documenting jose stalking. and that red , i got a flat tire after he says he is in my area. jose turner dna at the scene of the crime. and the jury heard from jose 's former girlfriend, adrien, whose own story echoed lajoya's. and one more thing. the items missing from lajoya's apartment, detectives found them in jose 's car. along with this, a green notebook with notes in jose 's writing. >> they find almost a stream of conscious writing, event session on this one page and it says, i will have great pleasure tearing her apart. >> reporter: the defense, the writing was fiction and he was after all an actor and playwright and as for jose's dna at the crime