sexual assault and in 2018 his sentence was reduced to 48 years. >> it is the perfect storm. i'm going down with the ship. >> stephanie's friend jennifer was driving when the verdict came in. >> i was in my car, yeah, parked on the side of the road, crying like a baby. >> and like others who knew stephanie, she wishes she had taken her secrets more seriously. >> i beat myself up every day, how i should have done this, should have done that. >> an almost good marriage with one deadly flaw. >> a lot of stephanie's close friends and family didn't know what was going on and i knew of a couple of events over the years. let's say it was only two. >> yeah snietd only took three and she was dead. >> so her friends say take some advice, heed the warning, don't hide the secret. >> that's why i'm talking about