here's aes >> reporter: 26-year-old shannon koehler was on vacation with her boyfriend when she says made a chilling discovery. a series of facebook messages starting with "i need to hear your voice." "i need to know if i did it or not." "i'll wait for you, i'll pray for you." then the message that left her in shock. >> "so i raped you." he came to terms with that, that he did do it. >> when you saw those words come into your inbox, what was your first thought? >> it was a sense of validation. it's not every day someone gets a confession from the person that raped them and that, no matter what, i had to pursue it again. >> what did you do with that information right after you got it? >> immediately, that night, sent screen shots to district attorney's office, and i subject lined the email and said, is this enough evidence? >> reporter: it'st a deut she s in college in gettysburg, pennsylvania, is seared in her memory forever. when we first spoke to koehler in may, she told us at the time she did everything she could, quickly telling friends and reporting her story to campus and local

. >> and koehler is one of 90 athletes with ties to the bay area. weshlgs be following them all. or trying to throughout these olympics. yeah, a lot from stanford and cal. >> almost 65 or 66 from calais loan. >> wow. >> a lot of athletes from the bay area. >>> well, if you missed the opening ceremony early this morning don't worry, you will have another chance to watch it this afternoon. we will rebroadcast the celebration today at 4:30. you can watch it on nbc bay area and also online at ayarea.com. you can also stream it on peacock and at nbcolympics.com. >>> tomorrow marks three weeks since the east bay runner went running. volunteers not giving up on the seven. now, a bizarre case that left authorities and those searching really frustrated and baffled. but there are some tips to investigate. melissa corrado joins us live from perez enton with more on this. are. >> reporter: marcus, they are three miles away from pleasant on region park. volunteers have made it over here. they have posted this missing flyers with his picture, his last known locat

my namee is valerie koehler i'm the owner of a bookshop in houston texas. people are joining us from all over the country. i'm thrilled to be here to introduce a icon of our staff and we are thrilled that they will be joining us tonight. i would like you to meet our guest author and his conversational hardener. eric berger is the space editor for spacex, naafa. eric is a former reporter and as we know we are so thrilled that he is here tonight. inon conversation is andrea reporter for "the houston chronicle" and being in a big city here we have a lot to talk about. i'm going to turn this over to eric and andrea. have a wonderful conversation and i welcome back on for the question-and-answer period. welcome eric, welcome andrea and thank you for coming tonight. >> thanks valerie. >> eric it's very exciting about your book but i love how you started it off. right now i'm in texas and its you were like the cowboy days of the falcon one ftt i'm curious y you decided to write the book that way and what similarities you see between what's happening now back then.

n my name is valerie koehler and on thend owner of blue willow bookshop in houston, texas. i know we are people joining us from all over the country and possibly even beyond the world. i'm thrilled to be here with, to introduce an icon of our staff. where so thrilled that they're going to be joining us tonight. partner. and for, senior editor for our next, nasa and beyond. his former reporter for the file you historically, he is is the city residents over so thrilled easier to read in my decision with andrea lance brown, since my read and being in stacy here we have a lot to talk about. when it comes to space to turn this over to a position. on this question and answer period. welcome andrea, thank you for coming. >> you down. >> is very exciting about your book i will have you started it off. right now we have so much happening in south texas with the source which now is in texas we learned today. but you know, it feels a little like maybe the cowboy days of the falcon one so i'm curious to, why you decided what similarities you see me must have a nap and then you. >> i wi

my name is valerie koehler and on the owner of the willow bookshop in houston, texas. i know we people joining from all over thejo country and possibly even be on the world. i am thrilled to make to be here with, to introduce an icon of our staff and were so thrilled that they're going to be joining us tonight. so i would like to introduce our guest author and his conversational partner. eric berger, senior space editor cover spacex, nasa, everything beyond. eric is a former reporter for the "houston chronicle" and as we know he founded space city weather so we arell so thrillede is here tonight inea conversatin with andrea leinfelder, space reporter for the "houston chronicle." and being in space city here we have a lot to talk about when it comes to space. i am going to turn this over to eric and andrea, and had a wonderful conversation, and i will come back on and help facilitate the question and answer period. welcome, eric. welcome, andrea. take you coming tonight. >> thank you, valerie. >> thanks. i will have you started it off. right now we have so much happenin

my name is valerie koehler and on the owner of the willow bookshop in houston, texas. i know we people joining from all over thejo country and possibly even be on the world. i am thrilled to make to be here

n my name is valerie koehler and on thend owner of blue willow bookshop in houston, texas. people joining us from all over the country and possibly even beyond the world. i'm thrilled to be here with, to introduce an icon of our staff. where so thrilled that they're going to be joining us tonight. partner

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