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Shaking, shaking uncontrollably. i remember them asking me what happened and i just the words were just coming out so fast. reporter: the cops took the man away in handcuffs while kristin slept on her friend s couch that night. the friend called the police to see what would happen next. she found out that they didn t book him for sexual assault charges. reporter: in fact, kristin s attacker, the man she said almost killed her, had been released. that must ve been a tough pill to swallow. it was terrifying. i just i thought he was going to come and find me and kill me. reporter: down at the police station, the man had given a wildly different version of events. eric buske is the current bryan police chief. he wasn t with the department back then, but says the suspect told investigators that he and kristin had a fight over drugs. she got angry when he substituted aspirin for cocaine, and she went off in a rage when that occurred. i think he had told them some story abou ....
Treated it like a he said-she said story. how angry were you getting? i was furious. i just couldn t believe, like, nobody believed me. reporter: chief buske maintains the detective was just doing a thorough investigation. everything i ve read indicated the detectives did believe her. you know, sometimes when you re conducting an investigation, your job is to get to the truth as a detective you re going to have to ask some hard questions. reporter: they interviewed her attacker again and a few months later did charge him with sexual assault. the unlawful restraint was still in place. and then we booked him on first degree sexual assault. reporter: the case went to a grand jury but it decided not to indict him. so the sexual assault charges were dropped, because they felt that there was insufficient evidence. reporter: oh, that must have been tough to hear that. it was very tough to hear that. and it was at a point in time though when i found that out i just didn t f ....
Asked her questions. lots of them. i had bruises all up and down my throat. i couldn t swallow. and then at one point in time, the detective asked me to place my hands on my own throat. which even then, like, psychologically that was even traumatizing. why would he want you to do that? because he looks at me and says, well, those could have been self-inflicted. what did you say to the detective who s coming up with these theories? i was hysterically crying and telling him, this man tried to kill me. you know? and he would just say, well that s not what he says. of course that s not what he says. kristen says that despite her bruises, police treated it like a he said/she said story. how angry were you getting? i was furious. i just couldn t believe, like nobody believed me. chief buske maintains the detective was just doing a thorough investigation. everything i ve read indicated that detectives did believe her. sometimes when you re conducting an investigation, your j ....
I was just curled in a fetal position on the floor just shaking, shaking uncontrollably. i remember them asking me what happened and i just the words were just coming out so fast. the cops took the man away in handcuffs and kristin slept on her friend s couch that night. the friend called the police to see what would happen next. she found out that they didn t book him for sexual assault charges. in fact, kristin s attacker, the man she said almost killed her, had been released. that must ve been a tough pill to swallow. it was terrifying. i just i thought he was going to come and find me and kill me. down at the police station, the man had given a wildly different version of events. eric buske is the current bryan police chief. he wasn t with the department back then but says the suspect told investigators that he and kristin had a fight over drugs. she got angry when he substituted aspirin for cocaine, and she went off in a rage when that occurred. i think he had to ....
Bruises, police treated it like a he said-she said story. how angry were you getting? i was furious. i just couldn t believe, like, nobody believed me. chief buske maintains the detective was just doing a thorough investigation. everything i ve read indicated the detectives did believe her. you know, sometimes when you re conducting an investigation, your job is to get to the truth as a detective, and you re going to have to ask some hard questions. they interviewed her attacker again and a few months later did charge him with sexual assault. the unlawful restraint was still in place. and we booked him on first degree sexual assault. the case went to a grand jury but it decided not to indict him. so the sexual assault charges were dropped because they felt that there was insufficient evidence. that must have been tough to hear that. it was very tough to hear that. and it was at a point in time though when i found that out i ....