melissa waller from seattle, like jennifer from iowa, struck up a phone and e-mail relationship witheath of her sister-in-law. >> how often do you think you guys talked? >> it was a few time as week. you know, sometimes more. sometimes less. on a frequent basis. we talked about sarah a lot. he was having a really, really hard time accepting everything. >> she flew to ohio to visit a friend and to go with another supporter to a bowling fund-raiser organized for witmer's defense. she even made this video tribute to ryan and sarah that she posted on youtube. ♪ what would i do with one more day with you ♪ >> melissa's husband supported her friendship with ryan. >> it was a little out there, yeah, but i'm so comfortable with her and our relation ship that without a shadow of a doubt, i was 100% behind her. >> i did feel strongly about supporting him. there's just no chance that he had anything to do with it. >> but the importance of the seattle woman's story for the defense was that she, too, had had a lengthy phone call with ryan that finished just six minutes before he called jennifer i