possibly he wouldn t have been able to go on to hurt anyone else. and kristen is left with the memory of an assault that, according to the law, never really happened. i was so angry that two people had to die in order for someone to believe me. did the system fail? it failed me. it failed carolyn. it failed jamie. do you think about them a lot? they were total strangers to you. but they re my alternative future. i mean, they re what could have happened to me. i mean, they re what could have happened to any of us. a jury convicted ynobe matthews of carolyn s murder and sentenced him to death. he also pleaded guilty to jamie s murder. kristen faced him in court during the penalty face. it was terrifying. and i had to testify. and i met carolyn s family. and jamie s family. they all came out afterwards and gave me a hug. it helped me realize that their families didn t hold any grudge against me.
as a misdemeanor, unlawful restraint. it was kristen s. ynobe was the man she says almost killed her. i was certain that he had done this before. but at the same time, i didn t think he would do it again. the detective called ynobe matthews back down to the station for another interview and decided to pull a fast one with his suspect. telling him he was about to get dna results from the crime scene. were you really about to get it that quickly? we weren t going to get it that quickly that day. but trying to get him to believe that we had that information, that we had everything that we needed. i had contacted my supervisor earlier. i told him if he would page me, just say type in the words that says his dna matches. and right on cue, the detective s pager went off. and i showed it to mr. matthews and asked him to read it. it said dna matches. so what s his face like when he looks at that match? he became pretty emotional.
that says his dna matches. and right on cue, the detective s pager went off. and i showed it to mr. matthews and asked him to read it. it said dna matches. so what s his face like when he looks at that match? he became pretty emotional. and he said, it was an accident, but he had killed her. the detective called carolyn s parents and gave them the news of the confession. they said, i think we got him. i said well, how sure? he said, i ll bet the farm on it. it was the next morning when kristen lancaster opened up the newspaper and learned her attacker had been charged with murder. i felt overwhelming guilt. just overwhelming guilt knowing that he had killed someone, and that, you know, perhaps i hadn t tried hard enough to make people believe me. did you feel like a life could have been saved if you had been taken more seriously? oh, yes. carolyn would still be here. i mean, there s no doubt.
emerged. and it was someone police had met before. could her killer have been stopped sooner? here s andrea canning with the final chapter of the face of evil. it was two nights after the murder and fire. detective capps made a discovery, one that would finally connect the dots in this series of crimes that had terrorized this college town. i spent that evening basically reading through all these reports. the detective had ordered background checks on some of the people who attended the party in carolyn s apartment complex, including ynobe matthews. it turns out there were several police reports in the file accusing ynobe of a number of crimes. mr. matthews had a tendency to try to sexual assault females, and in the process of that, he would choke them if they were not willing to have sex with him. how did carolyn die?
i was scared. she now regrets that decision. her attack happened first, months before jamie was murdered. i feel like if i would have stayed and fought him through the police department, that possibly he wouldn t have been able to go on to hurt anyone else. and kristen is left with the memory of an assault that, according to the law, never really happened. i was so angry that two people had to die in order for someone to believe me. did the system fail? it failed me. it failed carolyn. it failed jamie. do you think about them a lot? they were total strangers to you. but they re my alternative future. i mean, they re what could have happened to me. i mean, they re what could have happened to any of us. a jury convicted ynobe matthews of carolyn s murder and sentenced him to death. he also pleaded guilty to jamie s murder. kristen faced him in court during the penalty face.