detective roland chavez hoped kristene, now conscious, would be playing a big part in that.ill could not speak. >> it was either a squeeze of the hand, and then the blinking of the eyes. >> reporter: so chavez kept his questions simple. >> the first thing we asked her, of course, is "did you know the person that did this?" and she said, "no." >> reporter: and how tall was he? >> she'd described him as about 5'8", 5'9." >> reporter: within the first two weeks of her recovery, kristene helped police draw this sketch of the man who shot her. she said he smelled of cigarettes, which made chavez think about those cigarette butts found at the crime scene. he asked that the dna tests on those be put on the fast track. >> one of the things that kristene was also able to give us was that the assailant wore gloves, and under armour gloves specifically. >> reporter: she saw the logo? >> yes. and she was a softball player. so she's saying under armour gloves, then under armour gloves is probably exactly what we're looking for. >> reporter: but during those sessions with kristene, chavez