>> and i told bradford, i said"" let's hear it." >> dennis earl bradford told us that, shortly after his attack on jennifer, he had attempted suicide. he was using a shotgun and just as he pulled the trigger, he made the decision not to take his own life. >> from there, he was transported down to the hospital for an evaluation. >> and was put into the hospital, in the psychiatric ward, which happened to be the same hospital that jennifer was still in. and that was something we did not know beforehand. >> we got a confession, and then he filled in a lot of the blanks. and to confirm a lot of what she remembered happened made her feel better about always wanting to remember. >> i'm not a victim, but, instead, victorious. i was so overwhelmed at the press conference. and then detective cromie and agent rennison came into the room and hugged me and whispered in my ear, "we told you we'd get him." at the time, that was the single most amazing moment of my life. >> well, dennis earl bradford was in... in the county jail awaiting trial. i get a phone call in the middle of the night. "tim, i

>> and i told bradford, i said"" let's hear it." >> dennis earl bradford told us that, shortly after his attack on jennifer, he had attempted suicide. he was using a shotgun and just as he pulled the trigger, he made the decision not to take his own life. >> from there, he was transported down to the hospital for an evaluation. >> and was put into the hospital, in the psychiatric ward, which happened to be the same hospital that jennifer was still in. and that was something we did not know beforehand. >> we got a confession, and then he filled in a lot of the blanks. and to confirm a lot of what she remembered happened made her feel better about always wanting to remember. >> i'm not a victim, but, instead, victorious. i was so overwhelmed at the press conference. and then detective cromie and agent rennison came into the room and hugged me and whispered in my ear, "we told you we'd get him." at the time, that was the single most amazing moment of my life. >> well, dennis earl bradford was in... in the county jail awaiting trial. i get a phone call in the middle of the night. "tim, i

. >> reporter: the dna matched a convicted kidnapper named dennis earl bradford, just as jennifer hadis earl bradford's driver's license photo, it was another perfect match. >> it was the most surreal moment of my life. >> chilling, right? >> oh, my god. >> it's amazing she can talk so articulately about it. and then to think of the horror she went through. normally time w in a case like this. >> usually time is the enemy. but not here. it actually worked for them because there were advances in dna technology. here's the other rub. he attacked someone else, he kidnapped someone else, he went to jail for someone else. that's why he was in the files and that's why they got the hit. >> how is she today? >> she is just fine. she has two beautiful children, she is very happily married -- >> imagine living with this for 27 years. >> but she has managed to work through it because every day of her life she imagined getting her day in the court, looking this man in the eye and telling him you did this to me and >> the question is did she get justice? >> and that's called a tease. >> you can se