Learn more about Dateline assistant producer, Brittany Morris. I woke up the next day to a voicemail from the detective explaining what had happened to Amber. Her voice steady, calming as she gently lowered the boom. It's my world. The next day, Bryan Moon and his wife Susie came down to the police station to tell Detective Seymour about their son. Posted: Sep 24, 2020 / 02:27 PM EDT. Roxburgh Park, right? So the detective offered some inconvenient facts. He had to be out there, was he watching? When Dateline continues. 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. A young woman survives a brutal attack and detectives work tirelessly to find a suspect. She was afraid because she didn't know who did this and confused. Amber was there in court listening to all of this. And then she focused on raising her son. A community is on edge after a 27-year-old Egypt Covington is shot to death in her Michigan home. I don't know how to put words to it. Melissa was like, we got him. And we didn't want to let her down. Her hands were processed, her face or neck. That one took a while. Well, I'm going to do my best to make you as comfortable as possible. You can hear his wheels spinning as he's trying to create the story that is somehow plausible, given the evidence he's trying to figure out how to make what we have matched, something that could have happened. So I would drive my police car through the park. Yeah. The detective asked Sam's father, Brian Moon, about duct tape. She doesn't know. Cops are people, too, after all, just like Amber Dane Straten needed relief, but I started to think, what is this guy? If I had laser beams out a her thing in the back of his head. And that's why his DNA showed up. And Amber deserves every minute, every second he deserves in prison. He insisted again and again that he was innocent, that this was all a mistake and it was not a rapist. A stew of emotions overlaid with confusion. I was becoming more and more discouraged and frustrated. Yeah, I was scared everywhere. A year went by. When Dateline continues, the trauma of the kind suffered by Amber Smith is a beast, the long tail. He was just somebody really scary out there. I was dumbfounded. Generate leasing sales for manufacturing equipment ranging from $5,000 to $1,000,000. So she fought, struggled to breathe, and then the rope got tighter. I don't know if there were things that he did growing up or here, but I never saw him looking at weird pornography. Now, the searches were done years later after the event. 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. David Bailey discusses his life trials in a Dateline NBC special which aired about 1998. Detective Seymour wrestled with something that felt like dread and intense pressure. She asked the Colorado Bureau of Investigation in Denver to rush tests on DNA samples taken from Amber and forensic analyst Melissa Grass to work. . Hey, it's Amber. Yet back at the police station, as she pressed for answers, he said something that caught her off guard. Don. She and her fellow cops had to find the perpetrator quickly before he did it again. It was like a bright light and a. Director Of Financial Planning & Analysis. 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. Her hands were processed, her face was her neck. Coming up, Sam's parents say a brutal attack is just not in his character. She asked if I would be willing to do the whole cop. As he bent down to help, a fellow officer snapped these pictures and then sitting there in the cold, concrete, naked, afraid and terrible pain, a young woman looked up and told him her name. All right. Also known as Bryec S Bailey. The DNA said he had to be the man who attacked her. In September 2012, the search for Skylar Neese was intensifying. And I showed her a picture and she said, oh, my God. He's going to slip up. I just was overwhelmed. I didn't know what to think. I went through some of the things that he had Googled and which is gross, gross stuff. She was found naked and bound with red duct tape. How do we not know who this guy is? So it was all consensual. She's bruised and beaten and bloody. This really shakes the whole foundation. Um, yeah. How do we not know who this guy is? This is interesting. Zero. Sam insisted he'd responded to a personal ad on Craigslist, and that must be how she picked up his DNA. Sad, really, that a victim would blame herself for her own victimization. It became very clear that whoever had done this to her was a stranger, a stranger who'd managed to avoid capture for whatever else she'd probably done, someone who had had the bad luck to encounter at a moment of vulnerability. Just what Amber needed to find was real, real supportive. You know, there are some people who love nothing better than to get lots of attention, go on television, be seen by lots and lots of people. But Sam did not report his roommate to the police. A new Dateline 24/7 channel, where it's all Dateline, all the time. And afterwards he said he went home and told his roommate, Bryce Bailey, there's a girl in the park offering free sex. I thought I would come back for me, even in the safe houses. 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. And the terrified victim waited. Rapping or the sock or anything. A New Jersey federal judge is the intended target during an attack at her home. It wouldn't be just a question of I give up. And then for Amber, a brand new trauma have like an anxiety attack, just like the overwhelming sense of doom. The detective with that little nugget of information in her back pocket, who knew when she might need it. And yet Amber could not believe that the man in the picture was him. The answer? She said there's been an update on your duct tape case. 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Kirsti had been helping raise and her son was babysitting the night of the attack. 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. So from lation, you went right back down again. But in 2013, when they did when investigators asked Craigslist, was there any such ad at the time? So what the searches showed me was that he still had a propensity towards rape and hurting women. She swabbed the sticky side of the tape and those swabs had the defendant's DNA on them. Explore the latest . That was not an option. 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. 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. But did you feel any safer? Have a seat on the couch, though, because they were the two people who might know him best and for whom the news was a blow. Amber passed out at an outdoor picnic table. Kirsty Aguilar's saw her once happy friend turned into someone she barely recognized. I thought he had left me for dead. Yeah. I was like, yes, the start of a new beginning. This is not accurate. Keith Morrison reports. Well, that was easy, said Bryce on his ear, or to his trying to get revenge on me for getting in trouble in the first place. Coming up, for investigators, the depths of despair, I felt helpless. Except for a few, like Detective Yvonne Seymour, who was still chasing phantoms, chasing anything she could think of, and she kept an eye on the news from out of state. Right in the center of downtown Fort Worth, Texas is a 5-acre park known as the Fort Worth Water Gardens. I was like the last thing I thought about. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. Then they tracked down Bryce Bailey, told him what Sam said. Take it home with you. Father, an FBI agent, grandfather once with the CIA. Between 1986 and 1989, at least eight people were murdered near or along Virginias Colonial Parkway by an apparent serial killer. But nothing nothing aggressive, nothing violent. Select this result to . Coming up, a call from the crime lab that was really excited to say to her, you're not going to believe what happened today. For how long? And the guy was a friend of hers. Bender's Big Night Helps Hillcrest Past Regina. He said he did not rape Amber. She was processed forensically for DNA. We caught up with Sarah Goode at her desk to find out a little bit more about her! I thought, like, it was rigged. 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? Was it a stranger, a friend. I don't even know how to describe that feeling to be pretty black darkness. Why was she inside? We found it really on her injuries and then on the tape, all of it matching only the man arrested for that small time bike theft. Get started today at UMG Dot Edu Slash podcast. Dateline NBC presents an original podcast on Richard Rosario, who was convicted of a 1996 murder in New York City. Bryce Bailey, one of Ember's old housemates. No, I wasn't so interested in. No, I can't die. He didn't have a face or a name. Bryce S Bailey, 57. There's been an update in your duct tape case where at that moment were you thinking, like, we got it. Everybody called him Sam. It was fine to feel safe. But not much you. I was terrified that he was going to strike again. These types of perpetrators typically are first time offenders when you have a case that is so brutal. I mean, we were chasing down everything we 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. I just felt sick. I would never be able to fully, you know, move on from it. They came back something. It's all new. Which is mind screw. How important was it to your psychic health to learn who it was and to give some sort of justice? I mean, we could have I mean, it's not realistic. You just can't make up what happened next. They said they heard screams coming from the park. And she was young and pretty, had lots of friends. How did Bryce react to this? So how do you explain that. He was always the boogie man to me. And then Detective Seymour prepared to reveal this amazing new break to Amber. Dana Stratton, the first responder, tried to be businesslike on the stand, he couldn't do it. She's naked, she's bound, there's just red all over her face. So it must have been cross contamination that spread Sam's DNA to her neck. So when that result came back, nothing. It was like all the air had been sucked out of the room and she's like, no, you don't get it. Yeah. Dude, how do you explain that. What did you expect this person would turn out to be? I remember that vividly. Tonight on Dateline nine, one one calls started coming in. LifeLock sees certain threats you could miss and alerts you if they find something that could be suspicious. Irritating. But who was a face in the crowd watching her coming for her? It didn't seem to register because that was her old friend, her gentle confidante, her housemate, that man. Amber, that's I, I remember you talking about that and that's sick. But there was simply no trace of him anywhere, not only in Fort Collins, but the entire country. The evening air was warm and thick with anticipation, college students returning a new mixed and drank and laugh with young locals and darkness fell on Fort Collins, Colorado. 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. It's pretty frickin phenomenal, actually, now that you go from feeling like a worthless piece of meat victim to Wonder Woman. Like how long? 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. He testified, told the same story about responding to a Craigslist ad offering sex at the park. None of this stuff makes sense to me. I know I'm going to do that. Lester Holt anchors NBC's signature newsmagazine. Wow. That is why she believes the only place for him is in prison. The DNA was huge, of course, but if Amber could somehow elicit a confession from Sam, the case would be ironclad. So his DNA would be in CODIS, the national database. I said, yeah, let's do this. I thought about my son. And you heard the pain in her voice. She was wearing only a sock on one foot. 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 . Yeah, you got the guy. 1:26. Slow it down. Moon the maximum possible sentence. Life had moved on. The Drew Peterson began in 2001 but ended up lasting more than a decade. Oh, my gosh. So when I performed my statistical analysis in this case, the statistic was one in 10 quintillion. Then Detective Seymour pulled out the picture of the prime suspect finally putting a face to that unspeakable crime he committed against her. Yeah. He deserves every year, every minute, every second that he spends in prison. and in the ambulance, as she struggled to calm down, David Stratton asked, what happened when you woke up, where you. And then when you see the photos. So often late at night in his patrol car, he prowled through city parks looking for what, a villain, a rapist, because if he'd done it once. Then more and more neighbors calling 911. Has he hadn't seen him handle it or make stuff with the. So the next day at the police station, Abhra called Sam Detective Seymour listened in neither quite sure what would happen. Those overwhelming DNA results were wrong. And then when I saw my face, I was like, Who am I? 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 . 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. So good to her and her son Gabe. 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. Did you set yourself up? I did do her best friend, Kirsty. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. I was heartbroken. Yeah, it's a lot. I knew I needed to get out of there. 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. It was like finally I'd been thinking about who this guy was for so long. They met when Amber was dating Kirsty's brother in law. The other part to keep in mind is if it wasn't Steffon Moon, there was no one else's DNA there. Original podcast by Datelines Keith Morrison: Pam Hupp and the Missouri murders of Betsy Faria and Louis Gumpenberger. I think that was very powerful to the jury because he added that human element to this case. I love Sarah. Follow, subscribe and listen now. The idea that anybody can treat somebody like this, even in this line of work, you know, doing this for 10 years is still amazing. Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. How do you wrap your mind around the fact that somebody you trusted did this? That was my sister, my best friend. Exceptionally sick. Dateline sat down at the desk of assistant producer Linda Zhang to learn more about her. As I was screaming, trying to break free, I remember a rope or something being put across my neck. I'm Trymaine Lee, host of Into America, a podcast from MSNBC. Yeah, and he was eager to provide me with a sample of his DNA to exonerate him. Dateline's 'Left For Dead' chronicles the gruesome crime and follows the ensuing investigation that led straight to Stefan Moon. And if they could only find her attacker, arrest him, put it where he couldn't get at her anymore. They act out, they tell stories. And well, Amber still has her struggles ahead. She routinely asked us, are you guys sure? I didn't hurt you. I still couldn't believe it. So I would be talking to her Detective Seymour, one on one as tears rolled down his face. I went into complete panic mode right away. Couldn't be true. It's just awful. That's all I wanted. Sensitive, compassionate. If you got nothing. Because I thought I was my friend. At the Desk of: Justin Ratchford, Dateline Meet Justin Ratchford, an assistant producer for Dateline. I had nightmares about this case. Another clue, the brutality of the assault. By Cynthia Cole , Bryce Bailey , DJ Kim Lee. How curious life can be. 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