car. she would get flowers. she would come in and show me who wrote her that day. she had a lot of attention, absolutely a lot of attention. am i right thinking she didn t have the best taste in guys? like any 18 to 20-year-old, she didn t choose wisely at that point in her life. some of those choices and men would figure predominantly in angie samota s life, and of her death. there was lance, whom angie dated back home in amarillo and through her freshman year in dallas. according to her friends, angie said she was afraid of lance because he had a temper, and had once pulled a knife on her. there was ben, angie s boyfriend at the time of her death. older and already out of school, he was a construction supervisor in dallas. sounds like he was kind of the opposite of lance. i would say he was the opposite of lance. and there was russell, a new friend of angie s who had gone out that evening with her and
amarillo and through her freshman year in dallas. according to her friends, angie said she was afraid of lance because he had a temper, and had once pulled a knife on her. there was ben, angie s boyfriend at the time of her death. older and already out of school, he was a construction supervisor in dallas. sounds like he was kind of the opposite of lance. i would say he was the opposite of lance. and there was russell, a new friend of angie s who had gone out that evening with her and her friend, anita. another female engineering student at smu. you saw her that last night? yes. how was she? she was angie. i mean, she was fine. that night, anita accompanied angie and russell on an expedition to a series of bars and clubs. angie s
whether this story that ben had told police on the 911 tape actually happened? the only thing we had was ben s words. no cell phone records back then or records of local phone calls, so that phone call may have never happened? that is correct. i would expect someone to be, i can t find her, i don t know where she is, she s not answering. it was a very mellow, feelingless phone call. it was somebody who didn t seem too concerned. ben waited in the living room while they went into the bedroom. they came out and told him angie was dead.
other than donald bess. someone like ben, the defense suggested. a bouncer at the club where she had been that night talked about the way she was dressed, the way she was acting, that she was extremely flirtatious with him. just the tenor of her behavior. you re kind of making her out to be i know, it sounds that way. sort of trampy. that s a harsh word. what i would say is that things weren t exactly as they seemed. that there may be had been some reckless behavior, maybe a little bit more fun and flirtatious than certain people would have liked. and maybe someone found out about it. you think ben was angrier than he let on? much angrier. even though he appeared calm.
he was staying with his parents in amarillo, working with at the gym there. so he was eliminated based on that. what about ben, angie s oddly unemotional boyfriend, who officers thought acted strangely the night of the murder? the police check to see if there was scratches or bruises on him? they checked that, his vehicle, his apartment for any type of blood, bloody clothes, anything like that. nothing? nothing. and tests showed ben was also a secreter. whoever raped and killed angie was not. so cross ben off the list. which leaves russell. and he was a nonsecreter.