that individual. there is plenty of? dna dna under her fingernails. we heard about the argument with the boyfriend. it sounds like somebody try to build now by. it s what it sounds like. you don t think this was someone close to her? no. i want answers. someone that could deal with this could hurt other people. if someone inside the bathroom? i just knew he was in the house. 9-1-1. what city? las cruces. november 2003. to them were barricaded inside their bathroom in las cruces new mexico and desperately calling on 11. what s your emergency? i think someone is trying to break into our house. what is your name? another. reporter: they had seen the intruder before watching them, lurking. waiting. anela? i need you to calm down, okay? anela? reporter: now he was inside the apartment they shared as cold roommates. you ll want to remember this 9-1-1 call. is the officer? they re because although no one knew it at the time. ma am?
Explore the fact that maybe they were romantically involved, shelley and ashley, because the degree of injury that that poor girl suffered, as i stated, it s personal, which is a lot of pent up rage. reporter: somethin like a lover would do. a spurned lover absolutely. yes, sir. that s correct. reporter: and she could well have been that spurned lover? oh yes. yes. she sure could have. without a doubt. reporter: ashley told the detective she discovered the murder after the school sent her home to check on shelley. said she knocked on shelley s closed bedroom door, got no response and then entered the room. i saw her feet and she wasn t moving. so i turned on the light, and said hey, shelley, are you okay? she wasn t moving? so i went in and i shook her in her bed was she covered up? originally the blanket was on her and you shake her with her blanket over her. yes, sir. and you shake her and she don t wake up. you pull the cover off of her and you shak
Image of that intensely personal murder scene. could ashley have been so full of rage? reporter: one of the things that can make a roommate situation between two girls deadly is if there s a romantic attachment. absolutely reporter: did you did you go down that path with her? you know, i went down two directions. i went down the part that maybe they were seein the same guy. i also because you have to explore the fact that maybe they were romantically involved, shelley and ashley, because the degree of injury that that poor girl suffered, as i stated, it s personal, which is a lot of pent up rage. reporter: somethin like a lover would do. a spurned lover absolutely. yes, sir. that s correct. reporter: and she could well have been that spurned lover? oh yes. yes. she sure could have. without a doubt. reporter: ashley told the detective she discovered the murder after the school sent her home to check on shelley. said she knocked on shelley s closed bedroom door
Have really nasty staffers asking you things. here is what bad debate prep looks like. eight or nine or ten or 15 or 20 all get in the room with their pen pent up rage at the candidate and throw questions at them. under the idea they got to get ready for tough questions. it s only their for the staff. gives them an excuse to yell. he had a classic line of all debates. i knew chuck kennedy. he was a friend of mine. senator, you re no ted kennedy. was that prepped? yes. the basic idea, you re no jack kennedy was there. he came up with i was served with jack kennedy. i knew jack kennedy and senator, you re no jack kennedy. you want to teach a candidate how to think in a way to have a quick line and natural reaction. i think benson thought that way.