kelly brown is the editor of the eagle, the local newspaper. i think at the time, people are hoping this is a drifter that just kept on going. because the location of her body. sheriff s deputies canvassed the crime scene, searched jamie s car, and looked for eyewitnesss. talked to several hundred people, and no one s seen anything. turns out, there were no fingerprints inside the car. but during an autopsy, the medical examiner did recover dna from jamie s body. dna which likely came from her rapist and killer. did you put the dna into a database? we put it in codus. any hits? none. no eyewitnesss. no fingerprints. no dna matches. the investigation wasn t off to a good start. that s when we started contacting people at her place of employment, friends, roommates. did she have any enemies? everybody seemed to love her. detective elliot began to retrace jamie s steps on the
and looked for eyewitnesses. talked to several hundred people, and no one s seen anything. turns out, there were no fingerprints inside the car. but during an autopsy the medical examiner did recover dna from jamie s body, dna which likely came from her rapist and killer. did you put the dna into a database? we put it in codus. reporter: any hits? none. no eyewitnesses, no fingerprints, no dna matches. the investigation wasn t off to a good start. and that s when we started contacting people at her place of employment, friends, roommates. reporter: did she have any enemies? everybody seemed to love her. detective elliott began to retrace jamie s steps on the night of the murder. jamie was taking time off from her studies at texas a&m and was working at a pizza parlor. her shift had ended around midnight. we contacted everybody on that she delivered pizzas to, and nothing out of the ordinary.
earlier. and i told him, if he would page me just say put in type in the words that says dna matches. reporter: and right on cue, the detective s pager went off. and i showed it to mr. matthews. it said dna matches. reporter: so what s his face like when he looks at that match? he became pretty emotional. and he said he it was an accident but he had killed her. reporter: the detective called carolyn s parents and gave them the news of the confession. said, i think we got got him. i said, well, how sure. he said, i ll bet the farm on it. reporter: it was the next morning when kristin lancaster opened up the newspaper and learned her attacker had been charged with murder. i felt overwhelming guilt, just overwhelming guilt knowing that he d killed someone and that, you know, perhaps i hadn t tried hard enough to make people believe me. reporter: did you feel like a life could ve been saved if you had ve been taken more
in the words that says dna matches. and right on cue the detective s pager went off. i showed it to mr. matthews and asked him to read it, says dna matches. what does his face look like? he became pretty emotional. he said it was an accident but he killed her. the detective called carolyn s parents and gave them the news of the confession. they said, i think we got him. i said, well, how sure? he said, i d bet the farm on it. it was the next morning when kristin lancaster opened up the newspaper and learned her attacker had been charged with murder. i felt overwhelming guilt. just overwhelming guilt, knowing that he had killed someone and that, you know, perhaps i hadn t tried hard enough to make people believe me. did you feel like a life could have been saved if you had been taken more seriously? oh, yes.
me just say put in type in the words that says dna matches. and right on cue, the detective s pager went off. and i showed it to mr. matthews. i asked him to read it. it said, dna matches. so what s his face like when he looks at that match? he became pretty emotional. and he said, it was an accident, but he had killed her. the detective called carolyn s parents and gave them the news of the confession. they said, i think we got him. i said, well, how sure? he said, i ll bet the farm on it. it was the next morning when kristin lancaster opened up the newspaper and learned her attacker had been charged with murder. i felt overwhelming guilt, just overwhelming guilt knowing that he d killed someone and that, you know, perhaps i hadn t tried hard enough to make people believe me. did you feel like a life could have been saved if you had been taken more seriously? oh, yesp about carolyn would still be here. i mean, there s no doubt.