for you? can be. we want to talk to them. detective thickens could see the pretty, talented teenager could attract unwanted male attention. now he had to figure out if any of it had to do with jessie s murder. a party packed with older men, but only one had raised eyebrows. had police found a possible suspect? coming up someone that was flirting with her less than 24 hours before her death. we thought it was him. who else could it have been? when dateline continues.
jessie gave her all. to everything she did. she was on a mission. her whole life. and then someone took it all away. i was like, jessie. nothing. i jiggled her a little bit and then i knew, this is not good. what is the problem? my daughter won t wake up. she had been murdered in her own bed after coming home from a pool party. a party that hadn t been all fun and games. she was 19 and these were men in their 40s. we want to talk to them. did something happen at that party? what was happening around this small town? i saw someone running behind me and then i noticed he had a knife in his hand. it was either i try to save myself or let this guy do whatever he wants to me. there were searches on serial killers and searches on bondage. could he be caught before he
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.
on the roof the night before. the best way to describe it is simply surreal. finding jessie s killer became the police department s number one priority. this is a girl who was attacked in her home where she should be safe and that put people on edge. detectives talked with cast members from fiddler on the roof and heard again how jessie had been upset after the cast party, in particular with one man named randy tally. we made contact with him and asked him to come in and speak with us. are you thinking this could be the guy? he was someone significantly older and someone flirting with her less than 24 hours before her death. he is certainly a person of interest. randy came in for questioning and admitted to joking around playfully with jessie at the party and swore there was nothing more to it. but part of randy s story didn t sit well with detective thickens. where had he been during the time of the crime?
save jessie s life. your mother instincts and doctor instincts. i kept thinking she fell asleep and stopped breathing in the pillow or something. as joy moved jessie to the floor to better perform cpr, first responders arrived. did you at that point start to feel her slip away and hope was dwindling fast? i think i was thinking, they ll do it. they will take her to the hospital. they can do all kinds of stuff. but they never took jessie to the hospital. it was too late. she was gone. a tragedy and now a mystery. what happened to jessie blodgett. coming up, detectives hear something from jessie s mom they find interesting and troubling. when jessie got that home that night from the party, she was upset. what s going on. oh, the guys, you know. what about the guys? when dateline continues.