And we would go to parks. which is exactly what mollie and kristene decided to do on a warm summer night back in june of 2012. their destination, violet andrews park. that place seemed safe to you? yeah. yeah, it did. all of the parks were i mean, we would go we would go at night all the time. before heading out, the two called britney, asking if she would join them. britney took a pass. i had a volleyball game the next morning, so i wasn t able to. it was a decision that still haunts her. i just know, because they, like, you know, they called me that night. i m like, if i was there the next morning, chris and stan seymour were strolling through violet andrews park. we started looking around for birds in general, didn t see a thing. this place was as quiet as we d ever seen it.
Her safety, and so we moved very quickly to make sure that she was safe, that she was protected. and they re like, okay, you know what, you need to leave town. like, no one could know where i was at. only my family knew where i was at. with kristene in a safe place, volaman went straight to layton, utah. with the help of the local pd, he was soon sitting across from his new person of interest. cristobal melchor said he was on a training exercise in california at the time of the muferd. not only was he not in texas, he was on the other side of the country. he was. was there anything to suggest that he had some kind of vendetta against the chapa family? we were not able to find any connection between cristobal melchor and the chapa family or the olgin family. he then showed melchor the letter, and melchor was stunned. but he was even more surprised when he saw his picture on the last page of the letter. that was because melchor immediately recognized the photo. he kne
Daughter, but she s she s hurt, yes. pretty seriously hurt. mm-hmm. for the chapas, the wait was excruciating. and then their daughter returned with the news they had been praying for. she comes back down, she tells me, mom, it s grace. family and friends took turns at kristene s bedside, wondering if she would ever regain consciousness. i was talking to her, telling her that i was there, you know, that we loved her, you know. how d she look? it was bad. it was so bad that you couldn t even you didn t know it was her. the bullet had entered the right side of kristene chapa s head and shattered, destroying some of her brain tissue. during a lengthy surgery, doctors decided not to try to retrieve the bullet fragments. but at least kristene was still alive. by now, the other victim had had been identified as mollie olgin, and news of
Persisted, and eventually, everyone decided she deserved to know mollie s fate. family and doctors assembled in kristene s room. when detective chavez revealed the truth. she was distraught and crying and we told her, you know, just i need you to stay strong so that you can help us and we re going to catch him. and so, she did. as the days passed, kristene s communication skills steadily improved, enabling her to share with police more details of that horrible night. it s supposed to be peaceful and safe. we wanted to hear her story, too. you look great, and it s great to see you. thank you. kristene began by describing her relationship with mollie. i met mollie at the mall. was there some chemistry right from the beginning? oh there was. we re both like very sarcastic and we would just amuse each other and make each other laugh a lot. six months later, the two had become a serious couple. then came that june night in
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