i ran across the street. >> reporter: and now, four years later, elizabeth "beth" lochtefeld was in aning situation with the same man. but that night, instead of grabbing her stuff from toolan 's apartment when she got their, beth stayed. and leslie says that beth later told her that things went from bad to terrible. >> he got very violent with her that night. he sexually assaulted her. and i think that beth was probably, sort of in a state of -- it's a confusing thing when it is somebody that you are supposedly close to. who violates you. my guess is that she was probably just in the state of shock. and why she didn't leave that next day, i'm not exactly sure. >> reporter: by friday, october 22nd, two days after the dinner with her brother, beth decided to leave new york. friends and family say it was clear that she intended to call it quits with toolan, and she had even left her weather a message, saying she was coming to spend the night. but by now, something else was becoming clear. tom toolan was not going to let death go. >> he wouldn't leave her. and he followed her and said, t

the trial behind him, beth's father the artist john lochtefeld finish the book he and beth had worked on together. it was published after she died. he illustrated her words and dedicated the book to beth and her dreams. the dream she lived and those that died too soon with her. >> that's all for this edition of dateline, i'm natalie morales, thank you for watching. >>> this sunday, the battle grounds. with the midterms now just 23 days away, it is candidates that will determine party controls are making their final pitch to voters, and facing off on the debate stage. in georgia -- >> that was a lie, i'm not backing down. >> my opponent as a problem with the truth. >>> pennsylvania. >> we should have had a debate already. >> i actually have a record in fighting crime. >>> and wisconsin. >> we have to keep violent criminals in jail. >> it's absurd when people say i'm soft on crime. >>> i'll speak with two independents, senator bernie sanders of vermont and utah's independent senate candidate evan mcmullin. >>> plus, trump's testimony. >> he must accountable. >>> the january 6th committe