>> leaving his gang could make watley a target for violence.ng real change. even so, he can't completely forget his past. >> being in a gang, it's not something that i choose to run behind. it's a choice that i made. you know, once you join the military, you're going to be a vet for the rest of your life. although you're not in the services anymore. so cripping is going to be something that is a part of my life. i'll just -- i still love my people, but i can't -- i can't -- i can't push that anymore, i can't push behind the movement anymore. and i see, i see the path in front of me. before it was dark. i understand what my responsibilities are as a man. definitely not gang banging. but i wish all my buddies and friends luck. >> 20 miles to the north at the county's main jail in downtown sacramento, chris la force is about to make a transition as well. one he has made a thousand times before. >> once i start being a kind of person a guy wants me to be, it's going to change my life a little better. >> the day has arrived for his release. surveill

. >> theresa watley is the prosecutor who would handle the case for the district attorney's office. >> had they not been there, he would have picked her up again. >> he was waiting. he was lurking right there. there was no question what he was waiting for. >> but though the victim was now safe, her attacker was still on the loose. the young woman gave an incredibly detailed description of the man and of his car. >> she described the car seats down to the detail. she described the tinted windows. she described the fact that the car was two-door, that it was red. >> and the victim remembered something else, a small, stuffed animal on the car side window. enter albuquerque police officer ed taylor. he showed up at the scene, ready to help track down the bad guy. first stop, the apartments where the victim escaped from her kidnapper. >> so you go to the door of the apartment. who answers? >> it's a female. but we went inside the apartment and right off the bat, you could tell she was not going to be helpful at all. >> not cooperative? >> not cooperative. she did tell us that she knew him