lancaster followed the investigation? did people change their behavior patterns because of this crime? to a certain degree, but i think it was short-lived. i mean people went back to their classes and their business, yeah. you start rationalizing that maybe, you know, she trusted the wrong person. this doesn t happen to you? exactly, yeah. and then it was late cctober half a year since the murder of jamie hart. kristin didn t know it yet, but she was about to become part of a chain of events that only deepened the mystery. i think maybe i went to classes that day. i m not exactly sure. i know that the evening time rolled around. i think, was it a friday? a friend invited kristin to a party. and she said you know im having a little get together at my house. why don t you come by? kristin drove over to the apartment complex in bryan, texas that s the town next to college station. the door is open. there s a
moved home to be with his family near dallas who spent money to hire a defense attorney. the biggest thing that was going through my mind the whole time was that i didn t do it, they don t know who did it, and the guy who did it is out walking around and likely to prey on more victims. this monster is walking free while they re wasting their time on me. kelly brown of the eagle newspaper was writing front page stories about the unsolved crime in the college town. and it really shook the community because this is an area that isn t used to seeing this type of crime. and kelly was hearing talk that the police had a suspect. but there was no arrest and that s what kept everybody saying, well, then, okay. was it the boyfriend? was it you know, someone that s still out there? is he going to strike again? it was scary of course and students like kristin lancaster followed the investigation?
was it the boyfriend? was it, you know, someone that s still out there? is he going to strike again? it was scary, of course, and students like kristin lancaster followed the investigation. did people change their behavior patterns because of this crime? to a certain degree, but i think it was short-lived. i mean, people went back to their classes and their business, yeah. you start rationalizing that maybe, you know, she trusted the wrong person. this doesn t happen to you. exactly, yeah. and then it was late october, half a year since the murder of jamie hart. kristin didn t know it yet, but she was about to become part of a chain of events that only deepened the mystery. i think maybe i went to classes that day. i m not exactly sure. i know that the evening time rolled around. i think, was it a friday? a friend invited kristin to a party. and she said, well, you know, i m having a little get-together at my house. why don t you come by? kristin drove over to the apa
process the car. and inside the car, a drivers license that belonged to jamie hart. when detectives showed up at chuck s workplace that afternoon, he says his heart sank. when they told me that she had been found dead, it felt like i had been hit by a truck. wow. so your sense of dread was right. coming true? yep. realized, fully realized. did fear spread throughout the campus? oh, yes. i mean, it was front page news. kristin lancaster was a 19 year old freshman. my brother actually worked with jamie at the time. i ll never forget him coming home devastated. reporter: a killer in a college town is terrifying. very much so, yes. this is something that happens in chicago. it something that happens in houston. it s not something that happens in bryan college station in aggieland. kelly brown is the editor of the eagle, the local newspaper