murdering stacey stites in texas. a year after the murder reed was interviewed by investigators. in this rarely seen video of that interrogation reed repeatedly denied knowing stites. have you ever seen her before? no, i haven t. but investigators knew what reed did not know at the time, that his dna was found on stacey stites. this made reed the prime suspect. reed has long said he was having a consensual affair with the 19-year-old. in a death row interview reed said he lied because he was engaged to a small town white officer named jimmy finel. she said if jimmy found out we were together that he would kill me. reporter: his lawyer says