to prove to the jury that the crime occurred. you've got a living witness. she's saying something happened and it happened without her consent. so it's an entire different process. there are many prosecutors who tell you right out they would try 50 murder cases to every sexual assault case. it's a different, different kind of case. >> but with no bodies, prosecutors had no choice but to try ray for the kidnapping and sexual torture of kelly van cleave. the trial began june 29th, 2000. ray's fate now lay in the hands and credibility of van cleave. >> i didn't want to go to court. i didn't want to face him. but i did it. he couldn't be out on the streets any longer. i had to do it. because i had to do what i could to save other women. >> as kelly took the stand, ray was just a few feet away. >> he was just sitting there