in particular, with one man named randy talley. >> we made contact with him and asked him to come ink to us. >> reporter: are you thinking that this could be the guy? >> he's significantly older. someone that was flirting with her less than 24 hours before her death, so he's certainly a person of interest. >> reporter: randy came in for questioning and admitted to joking around playfully with jessie at the party and swore there was nothing more to it. but part of randy's story didn't sit well with detective thickens. where had he been during the time of the crime? >> he was working or scheduled to work through a temp agency. he didn't actually go to work that day. >> reporter: so where was he then? >> he said he spent most of the day actually at his apartment by himself. >> reporter: did you just come right out with it? did you have anything to do with the murder of jessie? >> i asked him if he had any involvement in her death. he said no. >> reporter: but the detective wonders was his story straight out of a script? >> he's an actor, and it's hard for me at that point to gauge if he