she did talk about the case later with reporter kelly brown. it bothered me at the time because i wondered, why didn t the grand jury indict him for at least attempted sexual assault? but it seemed a little troubling to me that, what were we missing? what part of the story did we not have? did the detective say something that made them think maybe it was consensual? he was still facing the misdemeanor charge of unlawful restraint, scheduled to go to court down the road. in the meantime, he was a free man. he s out walking around. he s out walking around. in the next town over, detectives at the brazos county sheriff s office were still working the jamie hart murder case. in addition to keeping an eye on jamie s boyfriend chuck, they say they followed up on hundreds of other leads and tips. but no one in that department looked at kristen s case for a possible connection. you were sexually assaulted. jamie hart was sexually assaulted. did you start to think that
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 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 wa
didn t show up. in the next town over, detective kenny elliot continued to work the jamie hart murder case. he d spent the last year casting a wide net for possible suspects. you took dna from 70 people? i think 77. mainly people that were being booked into jail for violent crimes. anyone that was in the area that just didn t want to talk. we took dna from everybody that would give it practically. but he also had never taken his eye off her boyfriend, chuck cruz. there was just something that was bothering you about chuck cruz. there was a lot bothering me about chuck cruz. so the brazos county sheriff s office kept investigating chuck, even communicated with the d.a. about possibly convening a grand jury. chuck and his lawyer spoke to the detective on many occasions, and the detective continued to think chuck s behavior was
in the next town over detective elliott continued to work the jamie hart case. he spent the last year casting a wide net for possible suspects. you took dna from 70 people. mainly people being booked into jail for violent crimes. anyone in an area that just didn t want to talk. we took dna from everybody. but he also had never taken his eye off her boyfriend, chuck cruise. there was something that was bothering you about him. there was a lot bothering me about chuck cruise. so the county sheriff s office kept investigating chuck and communicated with the dn about possibly convening a grand jury. chuck and his lawyer spoke to the detective on many occasions and the detective continued to
kill me. and he was just saying that s not what he says. well, of course it s not what he says. kristen says 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 nobody believed me. he maintains the detective was just doing a thorough investigation. everything i have read indicated the detective did believe her. sometimes when you re conducting an investigation, your job is to get to the truth as a detective, and he had 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 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 ti