[music playing] josh mankiewicz (voiceover): it was a saturday morning in october 1984 when sheila wysocki's phone rang. it was a girlfriend, and she said that there's been an accident. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): an accident involving sheila's good friend, freshman roommate, and fellow student at southern methodist university, angela samota. and i initially thought that angie had been in a car accident. and of course, i went through the, is she in the hospital? where is she? and i wasn't getting any information from her. and my girlfriend was crying. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): that's because it wasn't an accident. that same morning, angie's sorority sister, evelyn sandy, was given the news straight out by two friends. they told me that angie had been murdered. she had been found naked with a lot of stab wounds. it was absolutely shock. josh mankiewicz (voiceover): angie samota had not only been killed, but butchered, repeatedly stabbed in her own bedroom. it was a bloody end to a life that had so much promise. she was the most amazing person. she was full of life. she could light up a ro