once again, elizabeth vargas. >> reporter: there's big ben and buckingham palace, but in the summer ofething else getting attention. jens soering and elizabeth haysom, peering out from their mugshots. american sweethearts and uva scholars on the run from coldhearted murders back in virginia. former scotland yard detectives ken beever and terry wright remember the pair, eager for their weekly court dates. >> that was their only opportunity to see each other, and i used to let them have a kiss and cuddle in the passageway. yes, they were definitely still in love. >> reporter: in love and in trouble. virginia investigator ricky gardner finally has the captive couple right where he wants them. you flew to london? >> i did. >> reporter: he and the scotland yard detectives question jens and elizabeth about the so-called voodoo murder of her parents a little more than a year before. >> the following statement is being taken from jens soering on june 5th, 1986. >> reporter: a strangely compliant jens waives his right to an attorney and starts talking. and he has no lawyer present? >> that's ri

. >> and i'm elizabeth vargas. here now is deborah roberts. >> reporter: this is every track and field star's dream. >> i'm baillie gibson, and i'm a track and field champion. >> reporter: but baillie gibson's story is not one of olympic glory, but rather a twisted tale of a promising athlete, her mercurial coach, and the dark side of college athletics. and it's resulted in criminal charges, lawsuits and countersuits. >> you have to realize the threats he made to me. your only goal is, what can i do to make sure that i live one more day? >> reporter: 26-year-old baillie gibson hails from casper, wyoming. known as much for its oil rigs as for its cowboys. but as a child, baillie would just as soon skip the rodeo and rough-house with her two older brothers. >> a lot of sports and being outside and camping, fishing, you know, all the outdoorsy stuff, volleyball, basketball, track and softball. >> reporter: sports in the family blood? >> definitely in the family blood. i don't know any better, like, >> i love you. >> i

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. >> and i'm elizabeth vargas, and this is "20/20." >> reporter: an abandoned kingdom and an unforgiving river, with a mystery running through it. the woman at the heart of the case, the one they call the kayak killer, walks out of prison on a sunny afternoon four days before christmas, 2017. angelika graswald had been charged with the murder of her fiance, vince viafore. >> she pulled the plug on her fiance's kayak and then watched him drown in the hudson river. >> reporter: facing a possible life sentence. until she was suddenly set free. >> angelika graswald is out of prison tonight after serving just over 2 1/2 years behind bars. >> reporter: viafore's outraged family says it's not right. >> four years for taking someone's life? no way. >> smile if you want. it's okay. you can smile. come on. walk with me. >> reporter: outside new york's bedford hills correctional facility, freedom and the media are waiting. >> we're not going to take my questions. >> reporter: her release sparking headlines. although, for now, angelika lets her attorney rich portale do the talking. >> she's grateful

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