sheriff s office kept investigating chuck, even communicating with the d.a. about possibly convening a grand jury. chuck and his juror spoke to the detective on many occasions, and the detective continued to think chuck s behavior was suspicious. and that he still seemed nervous. did you ever think that maybe the reason that chuck cruz was acting this way was that you guys were coming down pretty hard on him, and he s lost his girlfriend. i mean, is there a way to act? i don t know, but he had several things going against him, and we just couldn t walk away from him. we either had to prove that he did it or that he didn t do it. but chuck says he should have been cleared right away. so even though the dna didn t
another gruesome crime for all the facts to start lining up. here s andrea canning with more of our story, the face of evil. it was may of 2000, six months since kristen had been assaulted. her attacker had failed to show up in court and seemed to have just disappeared. didn t show up? didn t show up. in the next town over, detective kenny elliot continued to work the jamie hart murder case. he had spent the last year casting a wide net for possible suspects. you took dna from 70 people? i think 77. mainly people that were being booked into jail for violent crimes. anyone that was in the area that just didn t want to talk. we took dna from everybody that would give it practically. but he also had never taken his eye off her body, chuck cruz. there was just something that was bothering you about chuck cruz. there was a lot bothering me about chuck cruz. so the brazos county sheriff s office kept investigating chuck, even
investigating chuck, even communicating with the d.a. about possibly convening a grand jury. chuck and his lawyer spoke to detective on many occasions, and the detective continued to think chuck s behavior was suspicious. and that he still seemed nervous. did you ever think that maybe the reason that chuck cruz was acting this way was that you guys were coming down pretty hard on him, and he s lost his girlfriend. i mean, is there a way to act? i don t know, but he had several things going against him, and we just couldn t walk away from him. we either had to prove that he did it or that he didn t do it. but chuck says he should have been cleared right away. so even though the dna didn t match they insisted on targeting me as the prime suspect. they were trying to build a case that wasn t there. while chuck s life had been
eye off her boyfriend. chuck cruz. there was just something that was bothering you about chuck cruz. there was a lot bothering me about chuck cruz. so the brazos county sheriff s office kept investigating chuck, even communicating with the d.a. about possibly convening a grand jury. chuck and his lawyer spoke to the detective on many occasions, and the detective continued to think chuck s behavior was suspicious. and that he still seemed nervous. did you ever think that maybe the reason that chuck cruz was acting this way was that you guys were coming down pretty hard on him, and he s lost his girlfriend. i mean, is there a way to act? i don t know, but he had several things going against him, and we just couldn t walk away from him. we either had to prove that he did it or that he didn t do it. but chuck says he should have been cleared right away. so even though the dna didn t match there was no match, but they insisted on targeting me as the prime suspect.
investigating chuck, even communicating with the d.a. about possibly convening a grand jury. chuck and his lawyer spoke to the detective on many occasions and the detective continued to think chuck s behavior was suspicious and that he still seemed nervous. did you ever think that maybe the reason that chuck cruz was acting this way was that you guys were coming down pretty hard on him, and he s lost his girlfriend. i mean, is there a way to act? i don t know, but he had several things going against him, and we just couldn t walk away from him. we either had to prove that he did it or that he didn t do it. but chuck says he should have been cleared almost right away. so even though the dna didn t match there was no match but they insisted on targeting me as the prime suspect. they were trying to build a case that wasn t there.