very much so, yes. this is something that happens in chicago. it s something that happens in houston. it s not something that happens in college station, in aggie land. kelly brown is the editor of the eagle, the local newspaper. i think at the time, people were 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
the case ended up being charged as a misdemeanor, unlawful restraint. it was kristen s. ynobe was the man she says almost killed her. i was certain that he had done this before. but at the same time, i didn t think he would do it again. the detective called ynobe matthews back down to the station for another interview and decided to pull a fast one with his suspect. telling him he was about to get dna results from the crime scene. were you really about to get it that quickly? we weren t going to get it that quickly that day. but trying to get him to believe that we had that information, that we had everything that we needed. i had contacted my supervisor earlier. i told him if he would page me, just say type in the words that says his dna matches. and right on cue, the detective s pager went off. and i showed it to mr. matthews and asked him to read it. it said dna matches. so what s his face like when
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 kristen 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, you know, perhaps i hadn t tried hard enough to make people believe me. did you feel like i life could have been saved if you had been taken more seriously? oh, yes. carolyn would still be here. i mean, there s no doubt. and what about the woman at the start of our story? jamie hart s case had been handled by the brazos county
the case ended up being charged as a misdemeanor, unlawful restraint. it was kristen s. ynobe was the man she says almost killed her. i was certain that he had done this before. but at the same time, i didn t think he would do it again. the detective called ynobe matthews back down to the station for another interview and decided to pull a fast one with his suspect. telling him he was about to get dna results from the crime scene. were you really about to get it that quickly? we weren t going to get it that quickly that day. but trying to get him to believe that we had that information, that we had everything that we needed. i had contacted my supervisor earlier. i told him if he could page me, just say 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 and asked him to read it.
in the files, he read the account of one particularly brutal attack. the case ended up being charged as a misdemeanor, unlawful restraint. it was kristen s. ynobe was the man she says almost killed her. i was certain that he had done this before. but at the same time, i didn t think he would do it again. the detective called ynobe matthews back down to the station for another interview and decided to pull a fast one with his suspect. telling him he was about to get dna results from the crime scene. were you really about to get it that quickly? we weren t going to get it that quickly that day. but trying to get him to believe that we had that information, that we had everything that we needed. i had contacted my supervisor earlier. i told him if he could page me, just say 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 and asked him to read it. it said dna matches. so what s his face like when he lo