richard s way of reacting to bad news? it s possible, but we knew that we had to speak with him. sheriff myers brought richard back to the station for questioning. he says he smelled alcohol on richards breath. richard acknowledged that he and kristen had been arguing that day. they had kind of this argumentative relationship. stormy? stormy times. that evening, richard said that they had gone out separately, when he came back home, he said, kristen sorry to fight again. so at 1:30 am, he got in his truck, and left the house, alone. he indicated that he had reached over unlock the car, looked over his shoulder, and as he pulled away, she was in the doorway. richard said he went out for wheeling. driving fast on rural roads to blow off steam. where did he say he was? he said he had been on mlb in road. i ll be inroad rechristen. was right. dashboard video from police cars in the area backed up that
i need to break up with him. that was the very first time that she even mentioned his name. but richard had been at the center of the investigation, by brett myers. ever since the night of november 11th, just a few hours after kristen was found, the sheriff was in the doorway of the couple s home. sizing up her live in boyfriend. first impressions of richard passes mauve. first impressions are begin my first impressions were that we knew exactly would happen. and he did say he knew would happened? no he didn t. in fact, richard told the sheriff that he had been out searching for kristen. he said he had no clue where she was, so the sheriff broke the news that kristen had been airlifted to a hospital, in critical condition. he was overly concerned about kristen, but his emotions didn t really match the concern that he was presenting. it was almost like a poor acting job. not possible that this was
picture because he did not like it. in the fall of about six weeks into the relationship, kristen s dad came to visit the new couple for dads weekend. a party, she didn t show up. at breakfast she didn t show up. we try to track them down at the football game. it came across to me as a bit immature. her mom says her mom she called home deaths this stated. she said she didn t know why he wouldn t want to meet her dad. i said it doesn t sound like he is the person for you. and she said, you re right or you do not understand? i don t remember what s she said. i just got the feeling that she liked him enough to continue. part of the fear is watching your kids grow up and make choices that you maybe would not have made. exactly.
but, one of them never left her side. her mom, pat i my poor baby. how could this happen to her? exactly would did happen here is a question that would consume, not just christians family, but investigators and prosecutors, as well. together, the road rash on her body, a long trail of blood on the asphalt suggested kristen may have been hit by a car. or fallen from a car. or, been thrown from a car. but, when kristen was found, there wasn t vehicle in sight. if anybody else was involved, they were gone. real simply put, we knew somebody knew would happened. i just remember clinching my face every time i went in there, just seeing her like that, knowing that somebody did that tour, and is not coming forward, hiding. the grizzlies were going to do all they could, to make sure that whoever hurt kristen, was
her memory was returning. they knew the truth that was happening on all be in road that night. we wanted her to pull through. we wanted to have information if she has it. but her gaps in her memory became noticeable. i remember talking with her and saying kristen, where are you. she said spoken. she said i don t know who i am. how would chef myers ever piece together what happened that night on all the in road. considering she couldn t even remember where she was from one minute to the next. it makes your job ten times more difficult when the actual victims doesn t remember anything about the crime. it makes a very difficult. kristen and her family prayed her memory would heal.