really concerned about that. >> reporter: the d.a had his own concerns. the testimony of a schoolgirl, and the sister of the victim, didn't seem enough to convict. and that's about all the evidence they had. police never found any dna, fingerprints, or forensic evidence that linked c-styles to the garage of crystal taylor's apartment. and while they found a .38-caliber bullet lodged in crystal's brain, they never found the gun that fired it, let alone linked that gun to c-styles or anyone else. if c-styles went to trial and was acquitted, that would be the end of it. and so, rather than take that chance the d.a. dropped the charges. >> when the prosecutor said, "we don't want to try this case now because we don't have the evidence right now, and the witnesses are skittish. we want to wait." and you think that's gonna be a couple of months. >> couple of months. >> maybe a year. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: instead, many