. >> reporter: after sam herr's dad, steve, called 911, the news spread quickly at camden martinique. >> my phone rings and it's my husband, asking me if i'm okay. and i -- "yes, why?" he said, "there's been a body discovered in sam's apartment. track down everybody." >> reporter: rachel and dan had just returned from the theater where they were co-starring in a play. >> dan's, you know, wondering, "was i the last one to see sam? oh my god. oh my god." and rachel is sitting on the chair next to me. and she's squeezing her head. and she's got a terrible headache. >> all of your new best friends that you hang out with every day, one of them's missing. a body was found in one of their apartments. this is something that, like, was affecting the whole atmosphere. >> reporter: costa mesa police detective ed everett responded to the call. >> we have a twenty-something-year-old female on the bed. and she's in a position that appears that she was sexually assaulted. >> reporter: police soon id'd the victim, sam's tutor and friend, julie kibuishi. they had to tell julie's parents. >> i think i