was evil stalking young men and women? those pretty girls, they were very similar. the case that led to unheard of places. in the history of my department, that has never happened. and then finally far from the city the truth, revealed in a quiet country road. we got out of the car and let out the scream. in an act of courage from a woman who refused to be a victim. and i won. the woman in the icu was barely alive. her jaw shattered. a once beautiful face unrecognizable after the brutal beating, the rape, the fire, the fall, the massive nearly fatal stroke. someone thought she would be dead now. someone who had fled into the night. someone killing women, and this one deep in a coma at the threshold of death is the only chance to catch him before he does it again. a terrifying flaw that forces us to admit yes virginia, there really is a bogeyman. and against them were the only weapons that they had, the power of one family. a determined cause, and one remarkabl
both dark-haired, both pretty girls. chillingly similar. a case that led to unheard of places. in the history of my department that s never happened. and then finally, far from the city, the truth, revealed on a quiet country road. he got out of the car and let out this scream. and an act of courage from a woman who refused to be a victim. and i won. the woman in the icu was barely alive. her jaw shattered in a dozen pieces. a once beautiful face unrecognizable after the brutal beating, the rape, the fire, the fall, the massive nearly fatal stroke. someone thought she d be dead now. someone who fled into the night. someone killing women. and this one deep in a coma at the threshold of death is their only chance to catch him before he does it again. what happened here was spawned in a very dark corner of the human condition. by that terrifying flaw that forces us to admit, yes, virginia, there really is a bogey man. and against him were the only weapons they ha
Suspect was still out there somewhere on the street at large, potentially targeting his next victim, and it would stay that way unless detectives could prove that the attacks were both the work of travis forbes. there was one possibility and really only one. sitting at the denver police crime lab were several swabs of travis s dna, which detective nash gurule had obtained when the two talked in texas. we needed that obviously quickly to compare it to what had been collected from lydia tillman when she was transported to the hospital. but she d been sprayed with bleach and every and she d been burned. i mean, was there actually any dna left? there actually was. it was pretty amazing. it s amazing how resilient dna is. reporter: so on a friday evening just four days after lydia s attack the dna found under her fingernail and the sample taken from forbes were taken to the colorado bureau of investigation for processing to see if they matched. i didn t sleep.
Day was simply amazing. hard to believe. sitting just feet away from the man who raped her, smashed her face and body, doused her with bleach, set her on fire, lydia tillman struck a blow against evil. she gave travis a gift. she forgave him. since she was unable to speak herself, her father read her statement for her, saying that to forgive is easier than holding anger. there wasn t a dry eye in that courtroom, including the judge. it s freeing for her. and i understand that. and i did the same. because we re not going to live in that hatred, in that that she s amazing. to do what she did and to endure what she went through, i couldn t imagine. i couldn t imagine. she is she s a superhero in my eyes. reporter: and then there was
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