reporter: the suspect was arrested and booked, and swab, all routine, just one more dna sample to drop into that massive cota system. which of course held the samples taken from amber smith. and? well, you can t make up what happened next. coming up a call from the crime lab. i was excited to say to her, you are not going to believe what happened today. melissa was like, we got him. reporter: later detective seymour has big news for amber. but it s nothing she is prepared for. i showed her a picture, and she said, oh my god. reporter: when dateline continues. ne continues. remember the three p s. what are the three p s? the three p s of life insurance on a fixed budget
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amber was in the attackers first victim. how is this guy not in the system? i was dumbfounded honestly. if this is his opening act, where is he gonna go from here? reporter: and amber? she found it hard to even offside. quotas is a great big system with every felon in the nation, and somebody who would do a thing like that to you must be in the list, right? yes, i definitely thought so. reporter: when that result came back, nothing. nobody there. what was that like? frustrating, irritating. i thought that it was rigged. i thought that they missed something. reporter: but they did have one, call it a small consolation. the dna toll than it had to be one guy. one attacker. a seaman stained recovered
in, they said they heard screams coming from the park. she was found naked and bound with red duck taped. when you see the photos, you can feel the terror. he left her for dead. we were shocked. as a dna laboratory that there were no other offenders. how is this guy not in the system? then, one day, you ve got a call. they said there s been an update on the case. it was like finally. i ve been thinking about who this guy was for so long, i don t think anything could have prepared me for that answer. how do you wrap around mind around the fight that someone you trusted this. i can picture him smirking. a second customization? yes. might screw up. what kind of person does that kind of thing? exceptionally sick, evil.