. >> patrick caffey is the county prosecutor assigned to the case. >> she thought she was going to die, frankly. she was very frightened. >> reporter: when police arrive, she's struggling to breathe and bleeding from the head. the only description of the attacker she can provide is that he had a medium build. >> it was dark and they held a pillow over her face. so she couldn't tell anything other than it was obviously a man and she was raped. >> the case is dead on arrival. until detectives hear about lowery's car crash. they are intrigued by the timing. the crash o ura.m., 12 minutes after the rape. they think that perhaps lowery was making a getaway when he crashed. >> because of that, they zeroed in on him as a suspect. >> lowery says he's innocent. and says he was at his trailer most of the night. >> but i knew in my heart iknew the truth. and i had nothing to do with that. and i didn't know anything about it. so i was going to tell them the truth and continue to tell them what happened that night. >> after an hour, lowery is taken home. but he agrees to come back the next day for