sex with him. how did carolyn die? her death was ruled a strangulation. so things started kinda matchin up. ynobe had never been convicted of sexual assault, but in the files the detective read the story one particularly brutal assault. a case ended up being charged as a misdemeanor unlawful restraint it was kristin 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 decided to pull a fast one with his suspect telling him he was about to get dna results from the crime scene. what were you really about to get it that quickly? we weren t gonna get it that quickly that day, but tryin to get him to believe that we had that information, that we had everything that we needed. i had contacted my supervisor earlier. and i told him, if he
about the only thing i remember her father asking me is, when are you coming down? so i got some stuff together and drove down as soon as i could. and i spent most of the next week with them, mourning with the family. and then acting as a pallbearer for her funeral. back in college station, detective kenny elliott was working the case. anytime you have a killer out on the run it s frustrating. you want to catch the person responsible. one possible suspect that male friend jamie visited the night of her murder. he d refused to give police a dna sample for testing. that s kind of odd, if he had nothing to hide. a lot of people will not give up dna. too much tv. but the detective had snagged a sample from a beer mug and when the dna finally came back, he was not a match. you felt confident that you
she did talk about the case later with reporter kelly brown. it bothered me at the time because i wondered, why didn t the grand jury indict him for at least attempted sexual assault? but it seemed a little troubling to me that, what were we missing? what part of the story did we not have? did the detective say something that made them think maybe it was consensual? he was still facing the misdemeanor charge of unlawful restraint, scheduled to go to court down the road. in the meantime, he was a free man. he s out walking around. he s out walking around. in the next town over, detectives at the brazos county sheriff s office were still working the jamie hart murder case. in addition to keeping an eye on jamie s boyfriend chuck, they say they followed up on hundreds of other leads and tips. but no one in that department looked at kristen s case for a possible connection. you were sexually assaulted. jamie hart was sexually assaulted. did you start to think that
didn t show up. in the next town over, detective kenny elliot continued to work the jamie hart murder case. he d 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 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 communicated 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
i just i didn t feel like i had any recourse. she did talk about the case later with reporter kelly brown. it bothered me at the time because i wondered why didn t the grand jury indict him for at least attempted sexual assault. but it seemed a little troubling to me that what were we missing? what part of the story did we not have? did the detective say something that made them think maybe it was consensual. he was still facing the misdemeanor charge of unlawful restraint scheduled to go to court down the road. in the meantime, he was a freeman. he s out walking around. he s out walking around. in the next town over, detectives at the sheriff s office were still working the jamie hart murder case. in addition to keeping an eye on jamie s boyfriend chuck, they say they followed up on hundreds of other leads and tips, but no one in that department looked at kristen s case for a possible