>> reporter: tiana carruthers lived at the meadows complex where jason was coming to pick up his nextbout being in the wrong place at the wrong time. that was tiana carruthers. >> i was in the house just finishing up a workout, you know, trying to get fit for the summer. and my daughter was with some young ladies. they came in like, "we really want to go over this girl's house named joi." "can we go over her house?" i said, "okay, i'll walk you over there. we'll go meet her mom." i had joi, kaniya, dorjaye, edriana, salinah, and myself. >> reporter: snow's melting, and you cross the street. >> yes. >> reporter: do you remember what you were talking about? >> oh, we're just talking, laughing, and then all that ended when i saw this car just speeding. >> reporter: right as they were about to cross the street, tiana and those kids, jason dalton pulled up. >> he just instantly was right in front of me. i just remember a dog barking. wouldn't stop barking. >> he saw tiana, and he approached her, rolled down the window, asked if she was maci. >> he just kept asking me that. "are you maci?"