But was he still here in Fort Collins planning his next attack or long gone? I just sobbed and I just remember, like looking at the jury and like why, like I was angry and understand I cannot begin. A young woman survives a brutal attack and detectives work tirelessly to find a suspect. He was disgusted and surprised that he didn't feel this. We made sure that Amber was no longer the girl dumped in the park and the duct tape case. Her voice steady, calming as she gently lowered the boom. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Join me as we go into the roots of inequality and economic injustice and racial injustice. And then when I saw my face, I was like, Who am I? She swabbed all areas of the tape. But even if Amber doubted herself, the prosecutors never did, and when she took the stand, she was phenomenal and I think she really got to take back some of what Steffon Moon took from her when she sat there and confronted him. He testified, told the same story about responding to a Craigslist ad offering sex at the park. How important was it to your psychic health to learn who it was and to give some sort of justice? Tonight on Dateline nine, one one calls started coming in. Yeah, we have sex, I didn't hurt you, we had sex, we had sex, that Rossborough Park, Rossborough Park, remember, that was the place Amber had been drinking with a different friend. This didn't seem like a stranger thing to me. Kirsti had been helping raise and her son was babysitting the night of the attack. It's truly, at times feels like the weight of the world to know that I am responsible for figuring out all these parts and pieces, putting them together so that everyone's safe, including me not just solving the crime for her, but for the whole town. We did a search warrant for specific keywords that Stefan had used in his interview about what the ad had said. Dateline sat down at the desk of assistant producer Linda Zhang to learn more about her. The moon said they couldn't remember anything unusual. What could happen to this community if you did not find somebody quickly? A bottle that up and just try to forget about it. And the picture was Sam Sam Moon, but it didn't compute. It's OK, no, it's OK. She had thoughts of who might have done it, but she wasn't sure she'd been with the guy they'd been drinking. And soon fast friends like Bryce Bailey, a boyfriends buddy and Bryce's childhood pal, a friendly guy named Stephan Moon who crashed on the couch. Director Of Financial Planning & Analysis. He said he did not rape Amber. What was that like? Bryce Bailey is on Facebook. Yeah, and he was eager to provide me with a sample of his DNA to exonerate him. That was probably the longest two or three seconds of my life from the first not guilty and then to the next one and then out it came one by one. And later, Detective Seymour has big news for Amber, but it's nothing she's prepared for. And when they compared it to the sample that collected from Ambriz friend Eric Bana Goodis didn't match him either. I'm unrecognizable. Oh, yes, he stole Bryce's bike, remember? Nobody felt like celebrating, least of all Ambre, who wanted only one thing for Christmas. Good situation. I thought I would come back for me, even in the safe houses. Plus, you can transfer up to 90 credits from community college coursework, professional and volunteer experience or military experience and training so you can save time and money on the way to your bachelor's degree. Actress Lana Clarkson was dead, and thus began a six year legal process to convict a killer. You didn't hesitate. He had to be out there, was he watching? It was good to hear your girlfriend's health care and her whole head was covered and it was just so bloody. But who was a face in the crowd watching her coming for her? Original podcast by Datelines Keith Morrison: Pam Hupp and the Missouri murders of Betsy Faria and Louis Gumpenberger. She ended up getting pregnant with Gabriel and our relationship kind of grew from there. Exceptionally sick. Very, very, very important. For how long? Even with this powerful spotlight, he could still see nothing. Yeah. Oh, I think I could tell you about Sam as day is a constant liar. And I remember jumping out of bed and calling her and she told me that we had a DNA hit and I was so happy I was over the moon took forever. Could she do it? We wanted her to be able to walk out of that courtroom at the end of the trial, knowing that the person who violated her in the ways that Mr. Mounded would never walk free. Yeah, that's what I thought. My whole world is flipped upside down. I just sobbed. an attacker. And get our conversation now for free wherever you download your podcasts. And so she began, in a way, embarrassed about going drinking with her friend Eric. There were other charges, other verdicts to come, but the concern is they'll make that same finding all the way through. Detective Seymour pushed ahead, had to, but medicated, exhausted, traumatized. A wealthy couple. But you want an explanation. Goodness, you were drinking Quica. Abby's friend Eric had suggested maybe check some of Anvers other friends who lived in Fort Collins. Where does fiction end and reality begin? No kidding. They just said, say what you want. It was like all the air had been sucked out of the room and she's like, no, you don't get it. Have you always felt the things were your fault? Amber struggled to remember everything. Yeah. Get your free dark web scan at LifeLock dotcom slash scan. Bryce Bailey . Zero. This was a very scary case. What was truly astonishing to me was seeing this woman who had been so badly beaten, her face was so swollen. I did not I did not hurt you. We got a CODIS hit on this case. None. And well, Amber still has her struggles ahead. Lester Holt anchors NBC's signature newsmagazine. Irritating. But in 2013, when they did when investigators asked Craigslist, was there any such ad at the time? It's like the only way through to get your the justice you wanted was to tell all these people everything. In the end, it didn't take very long at all. So when that result came back, nothing. I was like, we got him. Learn more about Dateline assistant producer, Brittany Morris. We get support from LifeLock. But as the trial approached the victim herself, Amber Smith was not so certain. Her son, three year old Gabriel. How do we not know who this guy is? Yeah, like I couldn't put the pieces together on this one. I did feel safe. By 2015, the Amber Smith duct tape case was old news in Fort Collins at Colorado State University. I was becoming more and more discouraged and frustrated. Six chances for you to help bring somebody home. And then when you see the photos. Yeah, definitely, if I went and intoxicated or at that park that night and none of this would have happened, you know, it deserved for that to happen. Dateline - Watch episodes on NBC.com and the NBC App. Yet back at the police station, as she pressed for answers, he said something that caught her off guard. But they were in a different park, not the one where she was found. They said they heard screams coming from the park. One more night to take a lusty bite of fleeting summer that last Friday in August 2013. a bright, gentle guy, good listener. Cops are people, too, after all, just like Amber Dane Straten needed relief, but I started to think, what is this guy? By Cynthia Cole , Bryce Bailey , DJ Kim Lee. There's been an update in your duct tape case where at that moment were you thinking, like, we got it. Bryce Bailey attends Vanderbilt Commodores camp. The DNA told them it had to be one guy, one attacker, a semen stain recovered from her body. He left her for dead. I thought it was rigged. No match? Then I said this about his old friend, Sam, the kid he had known since they were five years old. Yeah, it's a lot. He deserves every year, every minute, every second that he spends in prison. This is not accurate. The next day. That was my sister, my best friend. I'm sorry for them and my heart breaks for them, but I just don't think that that's the right choice. An anxious detective, Seymour watched for news anywhere of sexual assaults. And the level of rage that was exercised on this woman was so scary. Hey, Sam and Amber and Sam hadn't talked in a while. Yeah, we have sex. So she fought, struggled to breathe, and then the rope got tighter. I just was overwhelmed. Officially, it wasn't even a case anymore, the Amber Smith investigation was closed two years after the attack. Includes Address (11) Phone (4) See Results. Timeless premieres Monday, October 3 at Watch the Dateline episode The Window now, Watch the Dateline episode Footprints in the Snow now, Watch the Dateline episode Who Killed Mindy Morgenstern? now, 69-year-old Bruce Benson has been missing since November 9, 2022, Rochester man Tommy Williams was last seen on camera a year ago, Oklahoma man Rick Larabee still missing nearly a decade later, Massachusetts State Police looking for Brookfield woman last seen on January 10, Sister hoping for new clues in 1966 disappearance of three sunbathers, 8 years later, 2014 murder of Joseph Mullins remains a mystery, 41 years later, murder of North Carolina teen Rhonda Hinson remains a mystery, Eric Alvarado still missing four years later in East Texas, A Postcard from the Field: Europes Largest Boat Lift. Ahead of next week's premiere of the new NBC show Timeless, we got to thinking if you changed one moment in time, could you alter history? Yeah. Unseen by the party crowd, a rookie cop named Dane Stratton prowled the streets around the Little City graveyard shift. I'm one of that confession. My heart's in my throat. Related To Sharon Bailey, Bruce Bailey, Jana Bailey, Sally Bailey, Joy Bailey. I'm Lester Holt, thanks for joining us. You should go there. Associate Bryce.Bailey@gtlaw.com. I'm not a victim. That's still fun. She sentenced him to twenty eight years to the remainder of his natural life. 20, 2013. Yes, she'd need to find out a lot more about Simon. Who can know where the person is capable of even a young man who lived with his parents and helped out at church. And as I swung my car around the headlights car on the service road, instantly my heart just jumped into my throat. And she was young and pretty, had lots of friends. Kirsty Aguilar's saw her once happy friend turned into someone she barely recognized. So I would be talking to her Detective Seymour, one on one as tears rolled down his face. At the Desk Of: Marissa Hoffman, Dateline During this game of "Fill in the Blank," learn more about Dateline associate producer, Marissa Hoffman. I was to be honest with each other, we have your DNA in her body. A murder plot. She had a hard time speaking because her jaw hurt so badly. A New Jersey federal judge is the intended target during an attack at her home. Where lust and obsession lead to murder and a classic double cross A podcast from Datelines Keith Morrison. I feel like I can finally move on with my life. Remember how he said he looked under his bedroom door and watched his friend Bryce Bailey commit the crime? It wouldn't be just a question of I give up. Sam. Father, an FBI agent, grandfather once with the CIA. We don't have a suspect like how do we not have a suspect? Six stories of people who have simply vanished. Amber was somebody that you wouldn't think that would ever happen to somebody. OK, and again, he offered up his Craigslist story that he had responded to a personal ad, a woman offering free sexual favors in the park. Juvenile pranks, unpaid traffic tickets, those were his worst offenses, so his parents and they were sure their once married son would never hurt a woman, much less do what happened to Amber. And soon fast friends like Bryce Bailey, a boyfriends buddy and Bryce's childhood pal, a friendly guy named Stephan Moon who crashed on the couch. But Amber did not feel better with the passage of time. Frustrating. So I started to scream through the tape as loud as I could, and I was trying to break free from the tape. Latest on Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders wide receiver Bryce Bailey including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN This is not real. Instead, her son and husband are shot when a gunman opens fire at their front door. Those overwhelming DNA results were wrong. When Dateline continues, Detective Seymour had been so sure Amber Smith knew the man who raped her and nearly killed her. And I just got separated from my wife at home and went out there at Rossborough Park. Join Facebook to connect with Bryce Bailey and others you may know. The hot bike thing is, Colorado frowns heavily on people who sell hot goods to pawnbroker's, which in the state of Colorado is a felony to lie. He'd been on the job barely two months. And certainly it made him look like a very bad friend. Where is he? Yeah, just looking at him. It was like a bright light and a. Stressful, because this is one of the most emotional cases I've ever experienced. IE 11 is not supported. She asked if I would be willing to do the whole cop. But if he couldn't find him, maybe he could at least prevent another attack. Others named Bryce Bailey. The trial began in the Fort Collins courtroom in August 2013, nearly six years to the day after the attack. He didn't do it. Bailey, was living in the basement and . The suspect was arrested and booked and swabbed all routine. I mean, I can't imagine what else it would be by right away. She wasn't at all sure they got the right man harmless so that I would describe him as harmless. What was her condition when you got there? And what do you remember next? I don't know if I lost consciousness because I still didn't know what kind of shape was she in emotionally. About four o'clock in the morning, we get a call of a female's voice in a park screaming. So what the searches showed me was that he still had a propensity towards rape and hurting women. Has he hadn't seen him handle it or make stuff with the. I was heartbroken. So good to her and her son Gabe. And still, Detective Seymour hadn't been able to decipher from Amber exactly what happened to her, and so 13 hours into her investigation, she returned to the hospital. But not quite for Officer Dane Stratton, the cop who found and rescued Amber in the park. There was a roll around it. Yeah, I had sex with her in 2013. Coming up, for investigators, the depths of despair, I felt helpless. Let's get him. A brain bleed out of her eyes was almost swollen shut. We caught up with Sarah Goode at her desk to find out a little bit more about her! She was seated on the ground, her hands were behind her back and she's just screaming, terrified. So as we received more known samples from individuals in this case, we anticipated that one of them would eventually or could potentially match the unknown DNA profile in this case. Dallas D +1 214.665.3670 T +1 214.665.3600. vCard PDF Print Share +. What about that screaming woman out on the edge of town, Cottonwood, Glen Park. I thought that was my last moment on Earth. As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. (NBC News) Tonight on an all-new "Dateline," a young woman survives a brutal attack and detectives work . An unlikely hero. The two of you polished off a bottle. This really shakes the whole foundation. I'm a nurse and I say all I hear is that Shamoon was an unlikely suspect for sure, and he'd offered alibis. Renovations are a necessity as the university's property expands, but problems could arise with making the old new again. And I was driving about as fast as I could. Coming up, a tantalizing lead from out of state, there was some guy in Virginia who had used duct tape in one of his murders and I was like, maybe this is my duct tape guy. Nobody there. Someone who, with such force placed so much tape on her that sexually assaulted her, dragged her from the first park, took her to another location and deposited her in the middle of the second park, didn't leave any of their DNA. Officer Dane Stratton was stunned when he got the news. Dude, how do you explain that. That he had left her in that condition. I still couldn't believe it. It's broken down again, a smart and kind kid who did not always make the most intelligent choices, they said. So the prosecutors were certain they had their man. She was like, You need a call sehbai. He was just somebody really scary out there. Bryce Bailey's practice is focused on commercial real estate transactions. Apr 1998 - Apr 20068 years 1 month. Goodness, we thought it possibly could have been Eric, the person she was with the night before. Talk about things like that, but not to the extent that Steffon men have had said it had to be investigated, though prosecutors brand hard to win. You're not one of those are, you know what kind, caring, quiet, quiet, peaceful mother. No, I don't even know Amber in 2013. We did a sex assault exam on her. So we are just frantic trying to get any and all information that we can from her because is she going to be able to survive this? And the defense said, although even Sam's attorney acknowledged there was no evidence to show Amber posted anything on Craigslist anyway, the defense told the jury Amber was found in a puddle of fluid. A mysterious trail of death follows Helen and Olga, two kindly old ladies determined to help homeless men in Los Angeles. Unless that is, unless he was telling the truth, Detective Seymour wasn't finished investigating. Oftentimes, I would drive him home because the last thing that I wanted was somebody to turn up dead or washed up in a park. It was almost as if I was fighting for a sister to be able to find that sense of closure so that she could move forward with her life like we all wanted this for her. I would never be able to fully, you know, move on from it. If you do not have cable, you can watch it on an . No idea. I'm . A community is on edge after a 27-year-old Egypt Covington is shot to death in her Michigan home. Yeah, definitely. EXPAND ALL. Just I felt like I was going to vomit. She is also relishing the first tender steps of a reclaimed and strengthened life, a newfound sense of self. No, I haven't. It stopped, thought, killed, Sam said he hid in his room with a door closed, so it looked to the door. Yeah, I was scared everywhere. I remember a rope being put across my neck and then some words were said to me. Well, no one saw that coming. It was covered and it was not so bloody. So this case was worked on the rush status. Access full episodes from the current season of Dateline on NBC. After all, many convicted murderers have got much less time, have had a chance to be released. And there was a verdict. And then I said there was a bicycle, the pawn shop and a small domestic drama. Select this result to . And there was screaming and yelling and excited us on the other side of the phone. I was choked up. And I remember it was like a one, two or three. We know it's hard to keep up with our schedule Get your Dateline weekly newsletter, so you don't miss a thing! Oh my God, Amber, I, I, I don't know what to say. Each one provided a DNA sample for Melissa Grass. The guy you trusted. After Sam's arrest, Detective Seymour and her colleagues went to his parents house and, well, the others searched for evidence. Siobhan Seymour had been steeped in crime fighting most all her life. When Dateline continues. She got out his name, Eric Van. I was overjoyed that I was alive and scared. Gradually, they and the other housemates helped Amber learn to smile again, but particularly Sam, a bright, gentle guy, good listener. Maybe not such a good cop after all. Very bad things, and it was just screaming and yelling in there. So the detective offered some inconvenient facts. This was the person who did that. I don't like to see them all over her body. Looked to them like Sam had a very ugly plan, one hundred percent of he believes that Mr. Yes. 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