stannislov petrov has a long rap sheet and melanie woodrow spoke with the girlfriend inside the jail to get some insight into this complicated case. >> reporter: i spoke with her inside housing unit 24. no cameras, no note pads allowed. she answered my questions. she says a friend showed her this video in november of sheriff's deputies hitting petrov with their batons more than 40 times. but it wasn't until months later someone introduced them. march 8, she said the feds busted into the home while they were sleeping. she said it was traumatizing. i woke up to guns and flashlights in my face, she said. the fbi had a search warrant. she said the person who stayed in the room before them was into computers. they were arrested on drug and firearm charges, but the d.a.'s office dropped the case. 3 1/2 weeks later, she says she was having beers with friends at the house, when someone was shot outside. she said chris was her good friend from the time she was 15 years old. she was already in jail when he died. less than 4 hours later, another fbi raid, this one even more traumatizing she say