i m singing this song for you jessie s parents have started an educational campaign in their daughter s honor called love is greater than hate. i m doing it for the millions of people who will be jessie, if not murdered, sexually assaulted and have their lives changed forever because of it. those who love jessie say her zest for life changed them for the better and still lives on through her music and her spirit. we started thinking differently because of her and acting differently because of her. have the tables turned? you were the one always proud of her and do you feel she is proud of you. she s lifting me up and encouraging me through life where it used to be the other way around. there is nothing i wouldn t do i ll be here, i ll be here for you that s all for this edition of dateline.
country as our understanding was at the time this happened. case closed on that one. he is not going to be involved. remember, joy mentioned a second man from the cast party who made jessie uncomfortable. the one she claimed told an inappropriate joke. turned out that guy was none other than jerry becker. i have to believe it was some sort of misunderstanding with regard to who jessie was talking about. it was a surprise to you that she brought up your name specifically? absolutely. did you have anything to hide about that night? my daughter and my son were there at the picnic with me. jerry told us he had just a brief conversation with jessie that night and nothing flirtatious about it. detectives didn t think it sounded like much of a lead and jerry never became a suspect. in fact, the investigation was going no where leaving the town on edge. every time someone would come up behind me, i would jump.
responsible for jessie s death. did you pick up the phone and call randy when he was going through this? yes. he was saddened by all this. how did that conversation leave you feeling? i was exceptionally confident at the end of the phone call that he was not involved in this in any way. when the detective got his hands on randy s phone records, he began thinking the same thing. did his phone records tell you anything of significance? he had been talking to her on the phone that we could see in this time period that we were looking at and he hadn t been near the house. we haven t eliminated him, but we were had to look at other options. so, working day and night, they went over the other leads from jessie s parents. they interviewed the tree trimmers who might have been peering into jessie s window. there was nothing of significance found as far as their possible involvement. and they tracked down the restaurant co-worker jessie had been upset with. he was actually out
jessie sounded like an old soul. i don t know much high schoolers that are super activists about animal rights. she made herself well versed in just a lot of different opinions and viewpoints. jessie wanted to make a difference. that much was clear. but what made her happiest was sharing her gift. every time i went over to jessie s house she would be playing the piano. even though i was trying to talk to her. i was like, hello, jessie. jesse s passion for music grew even stronger in college. in the summer after her freshman year she teamed up with dan and together they wrote this heartfelt song. it will be just fine we had a music room. he had a music room at his house. he would bring his guitar and they both sang.
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