somehow, she d survived. then, just days after her brain surgery, kristene again defied the odds and began to stir. that s an incredible little girl here. i m telling you, she is something else. we asked her questions, she would squeeze our hand. that must have been a wonderful thing to see. it was. for police, the pressure to find the shooter was intense. detective roland chavez hoped kristene, now conscious, would be playing a big part in that, but kristene still could not speak. it was either a squeeze of the hand and then the blinking of the eyes. so chavez kept his questions simple. the first thing we asked her, of course, is did you know the person that did this, and she said no. how tall was he? she described him as about 5 8 , 5 9 . within the first two weeks of her recovery, kristene helped police draw this sketch of the man who shot her. she said he smelled of cigarettes, which made chavez
we have no usable prints. the only thing we have are cigarette butts, a monster can, and suspicion. it didn t help that chavez s one eyewitness to the shootings could not identify spellman from a photo lineup. it was very hard because the suspects all looked the same. and then there was the matter of mr. spellman s height. he s big. he s what, 6 8 ? 6 8 . remember, kristene said the shooter was quite a bit shorter than that, 5 8 , maybe 5 9 . for me, it was always the difficulty of getting over the size. so chavez and his team regrouped. we begin getting cell phone records for him, getting hair samples or anything off the duct tape, anything off of the girls clothing, anything that would be able to attach dylan spellman to them. does any of that lead anywhere? no, unfortunately, it didn t. two years passed.
cigarette butts, a monster can, and suspicion. it didn t help that chavez s one eyewitness to the shootings could not identify spellman from a photo lineup. it was very hard because the suspects all looked the same. and then there was the matter of mr. spellman s height. he s big. he s what, 6 8 ? 6 8 . remember, kristene said the shooter was quite a bit shorter than that, 5 8 , maybe 5 9 . for me, it was always the difficulty of getting over the size. so chavez and his team regrouped. we begin getting cell phone records for him, getting hair samples or anything off the duct tape, anything off of the girls clothing, anything that would be able to attach dylan spellman to them. does any of that lead anywhere? no, unfortunately, it didn t. two years passed. the case grew so cold that chavez s chief decided to give
then, just days after her brain surgery, kristene again defied the odds and began to stir. that s an incredible little girl here. i m telling you, she is something else. we asked her questions, she would squeeze our hand. that must have been a wonderful thing to see. it was. for police, the pressure to find the shooter was intense. detective roland chavez hoped kristene, now conscious, would be playing a big part in that, but kristene still could not speak. it was either a squeeze of the hand and then the blinking of the eyes. so chavez kept his questions simple. the first thing we asked her, of course, is did you know the person that did this, and she said no. how tall was he? she described him as about 5 8 , 5 9 . within the first two weeks of her recovery, kristene helped police draw this sketch of the man who shot her. she said he smelled of cigarettes, which made chavez think about those cigarette
her and mollie as girl one and girl two. he used numbers in that other crime? yes. they referred to each other by number in that particular crime. reporter: the similarities between the two crimes didn t end there. in the nevada home invasion, were the victims bound? yes, they were. he s gotta be number one on the list at this point. he he definitely jumped to the to the top. reporter: by that time, dylan spellman had already returned to nevada to begin serving his three-year sentence. so chavez hopped a plane to las vegas, hoping to hear what mr. spellman might reveal about his brief stay in texas. spellman admitted he was in the park the night of the shootings. but he denied being anywhere near the area where the girls were found. he said he was never on the deck. well, we ve got dna on the cigarette butts that prove otherwise. why lie about that unless you re involved in the crime? sure. so, i mean, it that definitely raised more suspicion. report