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Stacey Stites was just 19 when she was killed in Bastrop, Texas.
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The 20/20 Event Special airs Friday at 9|8c on ABC
Rodney Reed sits on death row for murdering Stacey Stites. Her family believes the right man is in prison. Now, hear from Reed s family & new lawyers – the stunning 20/20 airs Friday at 9|8c on ABC.Carol Stites
Stacey Stites was weeks away from marrying her fiancé when she went missing.
Just 19 years old at the time, Stites didn’t show up for work one morning in 1996, and was found dead hours later. Investigators said she had been raped and strangled, then left on the side of the road.
Time Slot: 9:01 PM-11:00 PM EST on ABC
Episode Title: (#4308-120) Stacey Stites: The Girl in the Pines
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SHOULD RODNEY REED BE ON DEATH ROW FOR STACEY STITES MURDER? 20/20 REPORTS ON THE CONTROVERSIAL CASE THAT RESULTED IN A STAY OF EXECUTION LAST YEAR FOLLOWING A PUBLIC OUTCRY
Two-Hour Program Features Exclusive Interview With Stites Mother and Interviews With Stites Sisters Who Believe Reed Is Guilty
i told the jury that we proposed to show them a sexual relationship between stacey and rodney, that relationship was not widely known in her circles, but in his circles it was known. prosecutor lisa tanner countered by presenting a statement that reed gave, saying he d never even met stacey. that statement was a large part of our evidence to show that his semen didn t get in stacey stites body due to some sort of secret affair but due to a rape. from all the witnesses and all the people that i was involved interviewing, nobody ever, ever said that they ever saw those two together. rodney reed was nobody that she knew. the prosecution laid out a time line of events leading up to stacey s murder. jimmy fennell testified that he and stacey were home from 8:00 p.m. until she left for work around 3:00 a.m.
she s traveling from highway 21 to loop 150 into bastrop toward heb. rodney reed abducted stacey along the way, we believe at the railroad tracks, because we knew the trains ran through there at about that time of morning. he probably talked his way into her car, just like he did with linda. he took her to another area. he raped her, and then he dumped her body. investigators said rodney then dumped the pickup truck at the high school, a location which also tied him to the crime. her truck was found on the railroad tracks. well, rodney reed lived probably a half mile to a mile from that location. in her closing arguments, prosecutor lisa tanner said the evidence was a cinderella slipper. dna evidence was enough to convince a jury that rodney reed is guilty, the sentencing phase of the trial starts tomorrow