Hey, Sam and Amber and Sam hadn't talked in a while. Yeah, that's what I thought. She said, call me. Amber passed out at an outdoor picnic table. And I said, I think we figured out who the DNA belongs to, that we recovered. Simpson Case. We couldn't figure out we had everything we needed as far as his DNA to figure out who he was, whoever he was, his behavior, duct taping and torturing his victim was unlike anything that had happened before in Fort Collins. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. Of the ducted case. I was heartbroken. And the terrified victim waited. (NBC News) Tonight on an all-new "Dateline," a young woman survives a brutal attack and detectives work . David Bailey discusses his life trials in a Dateline NBC special which aired about 1998. Moon's intent that night was to sexual assault, to leave her and have her die so that no one would be able to put together what happened and point to him about what occurred to Ross Perot. And for a minute it was like old times. But again and again, there was nothing to find. Yeah. Amber was the victor. Could anyone understand how she was feeling, the grueling pain, the unrelenting terror, humiliation, loss? Detective Seymour pushed ahead, had to, but medicated, exhausted, traumatized. So when I performed my statistical analysis in this case, the statistic was one in 10 quintillion. And that's when it happened, when the judge reads count one attempt to commit first degree murder, we, the jury find the defendant not guilty and there's an audible gasp. I have no idea what I'm getting myself into or what's going to be at the end of this drive. Actress Lana Clarkson was dead, and thus began a six year legal process to convict a killer. Original Podcast by Datelines Josh Mankiewicz: The murders of Gelareh Bagherzadah and Coty Beavers, and the investigation into Ali Irsan. I saw that he had an affinity for rape and for torturing women based off of the searches that he had done. It must be that. I had sex with a girl. She had thoughts of who might have done it, but she wasn't sure she'd been with the guy they'd been drinking. OK, but they have your DNA. He didn't have a face or a name. There was some guy in Virginia who had used duct tape at one point in time and one of his murders. Nevertheless, armed with the DNA evidence, the police eventually arrested Stefan, and he was convicted of a count each of second-degree kidnapping and first-degree assault, as well as two counts of sexual assault, which netted him a prison sentence of 128 years in 2019. Like how long? Like, who is this guy? June 12, 2016: School Camp. I can't leave my son behind. And you should never have to go through that and nobody should ever have to go through that. If you do not have cable, you can watch it on an . In February 2003, a shot rang out in famed music producer Phil Spectors California mansion. I was choked up. Indiana Hoosiers . And would you like a hug? Just I felt like I was going to vomit. So that tells us that the same individual that sexually assaulted her left DNA on the duct tape that was wrapped around her body. And Carol Boksburg said they didn't believe Sam's alibi for a minute. Detective Seymour also submitted a sample from her only person of interest, Aburish friend Eric Vanner. It doesn't define me anymore. Now, the searches were done years later after the event. Eric echoed Amber story about drinking and Roxburgh Park having one too many in amber falling asleep. She had these ligature marks on her, not tell. And her emotions, her depression, her fear pulled her down for months. I received notice that we had a match for the DNA and it came back to your son, something no parent wants to hear from. And she asked if I would be willing to do the phone call. The trial drew the interest of "Dateline NBC," which is airing a two-hour episode, "Far From Spider Lake," featuring the case at 8 p.m. Friday. And you didn't know at that point whether it was guilty knowledge that he knew because he did it or that he just knew. This person that is out there and is capable of these things. I remember waking up on my stomach on the floor and my hands and my feet were bound with duct tape and my mouth was bound with duct tape up my eyes or not, I knew I was in danger. I never, ever, ever, never heard or Detective Seymour does not bluster or threaten and she didn't hear. I thought about my son. That's LifeLock dotcom slash scan and use promo code dateline for twenty five percent off. Just a bunch of friends living together like the TV show, frankly, didn't feel a bit like that. An anxious detective, Seymour watched for news anywhere of sexual assaults. Latest on Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders wide receiver Bryce Bailey including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN No, no. Director Of Financial Planning & Analysis. And we didn't want to let her down. He drove in, guided now by the wailing sounds of the woman stranded somewhere in the dark. What was your level of worry about? So there was this tremendous amount of pressure to get it right. She had been strangled, strangled like somebody tried to kill her. She swabbed all areas of the tape. So Colorado, you have to provide a DNA sample for all felony arrests. They act out, they tell stories. And then in 2015, a whole group, in a way came to members rescue housemates who invited her to live here with them in this safe place among friends in a good neighborhood. And the thing is, you could miss certain threats to your identity by only checking bank statements and monitoring your credit. But if he couldn't find him, maybe he could at least prevent another attack. Coming up, the lab results come in a gut punch for everyone. How important was it to your psychic health to learn who it was and to give some sort of justice? Have you always felt the things were your fault? That is why she believes the only place for him is in prison. 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. I said, yeah, let's do this. 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. I just was overwhelmed. After 2013 sex assault, man befriended victim before being identified, convicted. After four years, they finally had a suspect actually woke up to an email from Siobhan. And then detectives give her a job. View the profiles of people named Bryce Bailey. It was four years since the attack on Amber Smith. What? So investigators watch the clock for the DNA results and speculated an attack like this is not somebody's first rodeo. He saw it wasn't just blood on her body. Just one more DNA sample to drop into that massive CODIS system, which, of course, also contains the samples taken from Amber Smith and. He deserves every year, every minute, every second that he spends in prison. Oh. And you could just see, like. Provide false information to a pawn broker. And then she focused on raising her son. Oh, yes, he stole Bryce's bike, remember? There's no way this is this is the wrong guy. 20, 2013. So I was hopeful the case was the jury's now the verdict would be swift, but what came next? One more night to take a lusty bite of fleeting summer that last Friday in August 2013. Bryce Bailey Licensed Engineer Russell Springs, KY. Bryce Bailey President of Accounting Student Body at The University of Mississippi Germantown, TN. And then detectives interview the man Sam says attacked Amber. They just said, say what you want. Bryce Bailey . It's what they do. So I remember how I told you about that stuff that happened to me in 2013 about that guy that broke my jaw and stuff. They bag the red duct tape for evidence, rushed amber to the E.R. This is my friend. Sensitive, compassionate. And then Sam told a whole different story about that terrible night. Amber and her team hear the verdict. What was her condition when you got there? And winter came to Fort Collins. Oh, my gosh. None. Of course, it wasn't Ember's fault, but she couldn't see it then. Like, it was surreal. And Detective Seymour knew there was one person she needed to get a look at right away. Yeah. We were able to cut apart her bindings on her hands and they were Minton's almost. Where is he? Coming up, even on the eve of trial, Amber wasn't convinced Sam was her attacker. New episodes every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. NEW YORK - Laughter is not often associated with "Dateline NBC." And yet, there were laughs coming from a reunion of sorts at the NBC offices in 30 Rockefeller Plaza amongst the . No match? Join Facebook to connect with Bryce Bailey and others you may know. I was like, Yeah, little dance. Detective Chavan Seymour added that dismal result to her pile of bad news. 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. She swabbed the sticky side of the tape and those swabs had the defendant's DNA on them. This really shakes the whole foundation. Because now she knew someone was her kidnapper and attacker, that she needed to share her story to help put him behind bars. By 2015, the Amber Smith duct tape case was old news in Fort Collins at Colorado State University. He was just somebody really scary out there. Dateline Crime Capsule: The O.J. He insisted again and again that he was innocent, that this was all a mistake and it was not a rapist. A mysterious trail of death follows Helen and Olga, two kindly old ladies determined to help homeless men in Los Angeles. A stew of emotions overlaid with confusion. And I remember it was like a one, two or three. The county sheriff calls for a full-on manhunt and the search for Denise Hallowell's killer begins. . Detective Seymour had been listening intently. Slow it down. Learn more about Dateline assistant producer, Brittany Morris. I felt just like I had failed. 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. They came back something. That was a place for her to call home there. This byline is for a different person with the same name. We found it on the tape that was used to find her. 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. And a new cop arrived. All right. I thought, like, it was rigged. Posted: Sep 24, 2020 / 02:27 PM EDT. Sam. Just what Amber needed to find was real, real supportive. And you couldn't see anything under the door besides maybe a heel in front of you. I just sobbed and I just remember, like looking at the jury and like why, like I was angry and understand I cannot begin. I would see people stumbling home from the bars and I kind of became a self-motivated taxi. Remember how he said he looked under his bedroom door and watched his friend Bryce Bailey commit the crime? PLUS! We have seven years where we get to be a detective for you and then you get rotated back out to patrol. Well, Detective Chaban Seemore raced against an awful possibility, maybe a probability that a serial kidnapper, rapist killer had moved into her town. I thought I was going to die. So it must have been cross contamination that spread Sam's DNA to her neck. It's one of those moments in my life really where I will always remember exactly where I was. I think that was very powerful to the jury because he added that human element to this case. And I showed her a picture and she said, oh, my God. a bright, gentle guy, good listener. She was wearing only a sock on one foot. Apr 1998 - Apr 20068 years 1 month. So in my mind, a case of this gravity, we'll get an answer within days if we have the offender in CODIS, CODIS, the national DNA database that houses DNA profiles of people who have been arrested for or convicted of felonies. Where was she? Did it seem like he that guy, that couch surfer could be your monster, could be your boogie man? I was horrible. She was afraid because she didn't know who did this and confused. I was dumbfounded. About four o'clock in the morning, we get a call of a female's voice in a park screaming. Six chances for you to help bring somebody home. And then, nearly a week after the attack on Amber, DNA analyst Melissa Grass picked up the phone and called Detective Seymour with the news. TUSCALOOSAThe University of Alabama is expanding into the land where Bryce Hospital resides. Yeah, just looking at him. It's broken down again, a smart and kind kid who did not always make the most intelligent choices, they said. My parting words to Stephan Moon were, I want you to take a look at Amber Smith and remember her not as your victim, but as a victor. Let's slow it down. I feel empowered now. And that's why his DNA showed up. And you heard the pain in her voice. And I was due to rotate out. 1:26. Yes. But there was simply no trace of him anywhere, not only in Fort Collins, but the entire country. Or if she didn't, he'd be a predator who had committed other similar crimes. The two of you polished off a bottle. Is he dead? So we could see where we go. How do you wrap your mind around the fact that somebody you trusted did this? Access full episodes from the current season of Dateline on NBC. Had you ever encountered a thing like that before? Wayne told our producers a little more about the history of A Postcard from the Field: Meet Mr. Gresham, While on our travels in Gresham, Oregon, our producers met Todd Kirnan, a man also known as Mr. Gresham. Some of this stuff doesn't make sense to me. And there was a verdict. But Amber did not feel better with the passage of time. So it was all consensual. Evening again, one day later, Fort Collins, Colorado, and once again restaurants and bars began to fill with young people eager to meet new friends. And yes, no surprise, Amber, just 20 years old, had also been raped. But did you feel any safer? I don't know Amber. I was terrified that he was going to strike again. And what do you remember next? Months later, they got the answer. No, I wasn't so interested in. I was overjoyed. What do you mean. We could have asked the whole town. I'm unrecognizable. I'm not a victim. The story he believed would clear his name. Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. It was fine to feel safe. How do you wrap your mind around the fact that somebody you trusted is the one who did this? There was some around here a while ago. I thought they missed something but they did have one. I actually feel a sense of hope now. I think he was surprised that it had happened. And I said, what? Could she really accuse him? A romantic early morning cruise on Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho ends in tragedy. Mr Donia looked pretty bad. What's the next thing here? It was never his investigation. Yes. It was never our guy ever. She became very isolated and she was very self-conscious about everything and everybody that she was around. What is the sense or the level of responsibility that comes crashing down on your shoulders when you see a thing like that? I still couldn't believe it. And in that room, it was very shocking and scary to see. That's all I wanted. But this time Amber was more lucid and the story she told even now, years later, as she began to tell us the same story, waves of anxiety all but stopped her. And there were so many problems. Yeah, you got the guy. This was a very scary case. And so day by day, one by one, the men in Amber Circle were questioned, close to ten of them friends, acquaintances. Did you see anything that suggested what eventually happened to her? The body of 21-year-old Dianna Brice was found in a wooded lot in Southwest Philadelphia on Monday, April 5, 2021, nearly a week after she disappeared after leaving the K Laundry laundromat in . So this one hit her hard, especially when she found out Amber had a son, too. 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. Yeah, I definitely thought I was still lurking, still trying to find me. 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