you know? and he would say, that's not what he says. i'm like, of course that's not what he says. >> kristen says that despite her bruises, police treated it like a he said/she said story. >> how angry were you getting? >> i was furious. i just couldn't believe, like nobody believed me. >> chief buske maintains the detective was just doing a thorough investigation. >> everything i've read indicated that detectives didn't believe her. sometimes when you're conducting an investigation, your job is to get to the truth as a detective, and you're going to have to ask some hard questions. >> they interviewed her attacker again and, a few months later, did charge him with sexual assault. >> the unlawful restraint was still in place, and we booked him on first degree sexual assault. >> the case went to a grand jury, but it decided not to indict him. >> so the sexual assault charges were dropped because they felt that there was insufficient evidence. >> that must have been tough to hear that. >> it was very tough to hear that. and it was at a point in time that when i found that out, i