So from lation, you went right back down again. This is not accurate. So I started to scream through the tape as loud as I could, and I was trying to break free from the tape. And when they compared it to the sample that collected from Ambriz friend Eric Bana Goodis didn't match him either. We were pretty shocked as a DNA laboratory. And then when you see the photos. And winter came to Fort Collins. And I was like, maybe this is my my duct tape guy. I did feel safe. She asked if I would be willing to do the whole cop. He didn't do it. Honestly, if this is his opening act, where's he going to go from here? I think he was surprised that it had happened. TUSCALOOSAThe University of Alabama is expanding into the land where Bryce Hospital resides. She said, call me. How could this be? One more night to take a lusty bite of fleeting summer that last Friday in August 2013. I just sobbed. Not once. That's my baby. And every time there was a violent sexual assault here in town, I was certain it was my guy until it wasn't. Well, of course you've guessed the answer. Waves of students had come and gone. What's the next thing here? Less than a day. And so if they had stopped a car with a strange guy in it and he had red duct tape, they took his swabs, collected the duct tape. It's a new kind of family dynamic, isn't it? I knew I needed to get out of there. 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. 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. Yeah. You can change how the story ends. He'd been on the job barely two months. Dateline NBC presents an original podcast on Richard Rosario, who was convicted of a 1996 murder in New York City. Life had moved on. Related To Sharon Bailey, Bruce Bailey, Jana Bailey, Sally Bailey, Joy Bailey. It was crazy. It was covered and it was not so bloody. The trial began in the Fort Collins courtroom in August 2013, nearly six years to the day after the attack. But as the trial approached the victim herself, Amber Smith was not so certain. Dateline's 'Left For Dead' chronicles the gruesome crime and follows the ensuing investigation that led straight to Stefan Moon. It's all new. Generate leasing sales for manufacturing equipment ranging from $5,000 to $1,000,000. They act out, they tell stories. I was overjoyed. What did you expect this person would turn out to be? I'm sorry for them and my heart breaks for them, but I just don't think that that's the right choice. This byline is for a different person with the same name. She wasn't at all sure they got the right man harmless so that I would describe him as harmless. How could I not figure this out? She's naked, she's bound, there's just red all over her face. The suspect was arrested and booked and swabbed all routine. While in Asheville, North Carolina, for a new episode of Dateline, our producers met local musician, teacher and historian of Asheville: Wayne Erbsen. Did you tell him what your situation was and what had happened to you? Has he hadn't seen him handle it or make stuff with the. And then detectives interview the man Sam says attacked Amber. She had a hard time speaking because her jaw hurt so badly. This is for real. When bad choices become a twisted tale of deadly obsession A podcast from Datelines Josh Mankiewicz. Yes, he said, you know, I'm so sorry. Medical staff at the hospital worried about a brain bleed as they treated Amber Smith and patched up her beaten body and completed one more test. Just I felt like I was going to vomit. Learn more about Dateline assistant producer, Brittany Morris. I'm . I was like, there a mistake. 20, 2013. The judge gave Mr. Zero. We expected that it would either hit to other cases or to an offender in the database or of course, to the last person I remember being with Eric Vannak. And when I saw that picture of him, he didn't really look like a bogeyman, not quite the monster she expected raped Amber, beat her within an inch of her life and left her to die, trussed up and helpless in red duct tape. I was terrified that he was going to strike again. But when they finally do, the victim is convinced they have the wrong man. The red that I was seeing was a red duct tape, her hands just bound and duct tape, her hair matted across her face bound and duct taped, her eyes covered. I would look at mine in question as it happened. But there was simply no trace of him anywhere, not only in Fort Collins, but the entire country. This is my friend. So who a crime like this one at all? Eric did agree to provide a sample of his DNA, which Detective Seymour got to the lab. I needed to figure out who did this before. Yeah, we have sex. Bryce Bailey . He's got to do it again, right? Plus, if you become a victim of identity theft, a U.S. based identity restoration specialist dedicated to your case will work to fix it from start to finish. They came back something. And when I saw her driver's license picture, it was nothing like the person that was laying in that bed. LifeLock sees certain threats you could miss and alerts you if they find something that could be suspicious. And she asked if I would be willing to do the phone call. Dateline - Watch episodes on NBC.com and the NBC App. Funny how these things happen, so the police went out and investigated that particular theft, found the bike at the Ponderosa was a lucky thing. I don't know Amber. The next day, Bryan Moon and his wife Susie came down to the police station to tell Detective Seymour about their son. I do believe that he was and is a ticking time bomb. Yes. And somebody who would do a thing like that to you must be on the list, right? Some of this stuff doesn't make sense to me. Apr 1998 - Apr 20068 years 1 month. So the police contacted me and said, your DNA matched up. No idea. This byline is mine, but I want my name removed. It's just awful. Goodness, he swore he didn't hurt her. Very bad things, and it was just screaming and yelling in there. I was like, yes, the start of a new beginning. 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 that's why his DNA showed up. Talk to kids in the middle and I would talk to people hanging out. No, she's a survivor, focused on raising her son Gabe and giving back somehow. Where does fiction end and reality begin? And I said, what? Dallas D +1 214.665.3670 T +1 214.665.3600. vCard PDF Print Share +. And that's when Officer Dean Stratton found and rescued her, still living massive injuries. I'm sorry I didn't hurt you. As the call continues, Sam never wavered. Not one single hit among the millions of profiles in the CODIS database, none of them matched the DNA recovered from Amber or the duct tape. 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. Sad, really, that a victim would blame herself for her own victimization. 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. 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. But you want an explanation. Yeah, that's what I thought. A mysterious trail of death follows Helen and Olga, two kindly old ladies determined to help homeless men in Los Angeles. Amber was the victor. That is why she believes the only place for him is in prison. Where was she? Like, I know. Her friends and family begin a 40 year search to find her killer. Amber had been working hard to get her life on track, earned her GED, juggled a job at 7-Eleven while trying to be a good single mom. Everybody called him Sam. So this one hit her hard, especially when she found out Amber had a son, too. I don't even know how to describe that feeling to be pretty black darkness. It was Detective Seymour who told the story for the jury. But there was always that fear that he would hurt somebody else. My personal business thanasis out for everybody. They all said they were shocked when they first set eyes on the baby-faced murder suspect. Frustrating. I mean, he's been kind of a. Six stories of people who have simply vanished. The question now was, without that attempted murder conviction, would he do serious time or as Amber feared, would he be released to terrify her again? We did a search warrant for specific keywords that Stefan had used in his interview about what the ad had said. And then I said there was a bicycle, the pawn shop and a small domestic drama. So Erik claimed he left her there asleep and drove around, but then got worried about it. What was your level of worry about? He was just somebody really scary out there. I mean, we could have I mean, it's not realistic. She had suffered from a broken jaw. When Dateline continues, the trauma of the kind suffered by Amber Smith is a beast, the long tail. I did not hurt you. Amber Smith had overcome her worst fears and confronted her friends and moon. So get LifeLock identity theft protection. And I showed her a picture and she said, oh, my God. The Drew Peterson began in 2001 but ended up lasting more than a decade. I would see people stumbling home from the bars and I kind of became a self-motivated taxi. The case colder than the Colorado winter. A one hit wonder, is he? But not much you. I didn't have the opportunity any longer. So they for her safety, they put her under an alias name. SkyWest Airlines. What is the sense or the level of responsibility that comes crashing down on your shoulders when you see a thing like that? So his DNA would be in CODIS, the national database. Yes. Others named Bryce Bailey. Yeah. This is interesting. He drove in, guided now by the wailing sounds of the woman stranded somewhere in the dark. Was there a point at which it came crashing down on you, it was him had to be him during the trial, wasn't it, till then? Midnight past the usual rowdies, busy, but nothing special. Latest on Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders wide receiver Bryce Bailey including news, stats, videos, highlights and more on ESPN So she fought, struggled to breathe, and then the rope got tighter. At the Desk Of: Marissa Hoffman, Dateline During this game of "Fill in the Blank," learn more about Dateline associate producer, Marissa Hoffman. Moon the maximum possible sentence. Amber, after all, was slated to be their star witness and they needed her to help seal the case here for the first time since that night in the park, she would finally confront Simon face to face. 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. Bender's Big Night Helps Hillcrest Past Regina. Oh my God, Amber, I, I, I don't know what to say. How do you wrap your mind around the fact that somebody you trusted is the one who did this? 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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. And new crimes were demanding attention. You can change this. We did a sex assault exam on her. Watch popular content from the following creators: Brycen(@brycenbailey4), Bryce Bagley(@brycebagley4), Bryce Bailey(@brycebh04), Bryce Bailey(@brycebh04), Bryce Bailey(@brycebh04), Bryce Bailey(@brycebh04), Bryce Bailey(@brycebh04), Bryce Bailey(@brycebh04), Bryce Bailey(@brycebh04), bryce krispy(@_brycebailey) . And the thing is, you could miss certain threats to your identity by only checking bank statements and monitoring your credit. Lived In Seattle WA, Woodinville WA, Snohomish WA, Bellingham WA. So there are ads that. That was a place for her to call home there. OK, but they have your DNA. Yeah, it was great. I mean, I can't imagine what else it would be by right away. He left her for dead. Just looking at it. I was beyond scared. When Dateline continues, Detective Seymour had been so sure Amber Smith knew the man who raped her and nearly killed her. She ended up getting pregnant with Gabriel and our relationship kind of grew from there. Well, I'm going to do my best to make you as comfortable as possible. A resident of Fort Collins, Colorado, Stefan Moon, resided with his housemate, Bryce Bailey, at the time of the attack. Includes Address (11) Phone (4) See Results. So Colorado, you have to provide a DNA sample for all felony arrests. Take some breaths, OK? As she ran her tests, the crime labs, Melissa Grass was optimistic that a solid DNA profile would emerge and solve the mystery quickly. And I just got separated from my wife at home and went out there at Rossborough Park. 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. and in the ambulance, as she struggled to calm down, David Stratton asked, what happened when you woke up, where you. Then they tracked down Bryce Bailey, told him what Sam said. A young North Carolina man named James Chambers goes missing and his family is frantic. Dateline Crime Capsule: The O.J. Sam insisted he'd responded to a personal ad on Craigslist, and that must be how she picked up his DNA. 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 . After all, many convicted murderers have got much less time, have had a chance to be released. He testified, told the same story about responding to a Craigslist ad offering sex at the park. He saw it wasn't just blood on her body. An anxious detective, Seymour watched for news anywhere of sexual assaults. 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. Select this result to . Just as striking was the testimony of Jason's parents . Hey, it's Amber. 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. Consensus three-star prospect Three-year offensive line starter for south Indiana power As senior captain, led Castle to 8-4 mark, sectional title and 5A state quarterfinals 2016 all-state first team 2016 all-metro 25 domination blocks, 12 pancake blocks as senior Just what Amber needed to find was real, real supportive. Yeah, I confidently thought so. Her son, three year old Gabriel. I just felt sick. She had been strangled, strangled like somebody tried to kill her. June 11, 2016: Offer. I think he was surprised that we were there. That was the good news. The detective with that little nugget of information in her back pocket, who knew when she might need it. And the duct tape suggestions the prosecutor swatted away because the analysts found DNA where only the violent attacker could have left it. You were given out free. None of this stuff makes sense to me. Stream recent and classic episodes of Dateline now on Peacock TV. We don't have a suspect like how do we not have a suspect? He was famous for doing stupid things, but nothing aggressive, nothing violent. He had to be out there, was he watching? We have that. Get started today at UMG Dot Edu Slash podcast. Yeah. It had taken four long years to this moment in Amber Smith's little apartment, where Detective Chevon Seymour could finally tell her the news that the man who had raped and beaten and found her up, the red duct tape had been found. But they were in a different park, not the one where she was found. No, I don't even know Amber in 2013. Take a look back at the case in Dateline Crime Capsule. That he had left her in that condition. Moon. She was found naked and bound with red duct tape. Hey, Sam and Amber and Sam hadn't talked in a while. Facebook gives people the power to. 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. Unseen by the party crowd, a rookie cop named Dane Stratton prowled the streets around the Little City graveyard shift. Eric was twenty something, lived with his parents, but he wasn't home. Original podcast by Datelines Keith Morrison: Pam Hupp and the Missouri murders of Betsy Faria and Louis Gumpenberger. There's no way this is this is the wrong guy. Now, the searches were done years later after the event. You should go there. I went into complete panic mode right away. A new Dateline 24/7 channel, where it's all Dateline, all the time. 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. So they're from a part in her history that she was involved in some more risky type behavior, wasn't always making the best choices. Have you always felt the things were your fault? It's like the only way through to get your the justice you wanted was to tell all these people everything. The DNA was huge, of course, but if Amber could somehow elicit a confession from Sam, the case would be ironclad. Yeah, huge. Devotion. Actress Lana Clarkson was dead, and thus began a six year legal process to convict a killer. He can't sit idly by for the rest of his life, he's going to do something at some point we're going to catch him doing something. And it was incredible to see red duct tape finding a woman alive enough to scream, but only just. How could anyone know whether or when he might attack someone else, where for it and any way she knew something else about that after going through his phone, something the jury didn't hear and it wasn't pretty. That's LifeLock dotcom slash scan and use promo code dateline for twenty five percent off. A romantic early morning cruise on Lake Coeur d'Alene, Idaho ends in tragedy. And so I kept screaming and screaming, and then I remember getting hit in the face right here like a pretty good blow. A nation-wide man hunt begins for a killer on the loose. About four o'clock in the morning, we get a call of a female's voice in a park screaming. Well, upsetting thing to have your bike stolen, as anyone knows who's had it happen. Any area that we believe the suspect may have come in contact with was examined. It stopped, thought, killed, Sam said he hid in his room with a door closed, so it looked to the door. This is the guy you confided in. And so day by day, one by one, the men in Amber Circle were questioned, close to ten of them friends, acquaintances. Was it his buddy Eric or someone else altogether? And then when you add health is a health injustice into what's at stake, people are going to be voting not for a person, but for stability and into what comes next into America, a podcast about who we are as Americans and who we want to become. 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. Also known as Bryec S Bailey. And yeah, I guess it could have been working out. He wasn't capable of that. I couldn't make out what she was saying at that point because my heart's pounding. Bikes aren't often recovered, but the pawnbroker was keen to help, told the cops about the thief who sold them. You are the man that did this to her and I pleaded with him to be the hero that I believed he could be and allow my victim to move forward with her life by apologizing and taking accountability for the things you've done. Then I said this about his old friend, Sam, the kid he had known since they were five years old. She needed to get moving fast. He's still out there. I'm never going to find out, but I'm never going to find out. June 20, 2016: School Camp. (NBC News) Tonight on an all-new "Dateline," a young woman survives a brutal attack and detectives work . The detective asked Sam's father, Brian Moon, about duct tape. 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. I thought he had left me for dead. Her hands were processed, her face was her neck. And she was young and pretty, had lots of friends. And then hurried back to the hospital to try one more time to probe Amber for anything else, anything at all she could remember, and remarkably, despite injuries that could have killed her, she was somehow getting better, well enough to begin to relate a real life nightmare. Subscribe to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts to get ad-free listening on every episode, early access to new originals, plus exclusive bonus content. A brain bleed out of her eyes was almost swollen shut. An unlikely hero. I was shaking. Tick tock. And then when I saw my face, I was like, Who am I? I still couldn't believe it. Little Bejar, mostly guys. Can't die. A murder plot. A New Jersey federal judge is the intended target during an attack at her home. 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? We get support from LifeLock. Lost consciousness, and then she woke up in a cold piece of pavement in a different part, now naked, but for the red duct tape that bound her. Correct. We got a CODIS hit on this case. There's been an update in your duct tape case where at that moment were you thinking, like, we got it. Thank goodness I became intoxicated. The FBI was called to help, and her parents began advocating for Skylar's Law. What was that like? Then she drove in. Did they give you a script to read or anything like that? Drink too much. The idea crossed your mind. We found it on the tape that was used to find her. Had you ever encountered a thing like that before? I thought I was deceased or he had left the country. No, I can't die. She said she was Amber Amber Smith. And you heard the pain in her voice. Helene Pruszynski, an aspiring journalist, is found murdered in Denver, Colorado. When Dateline continues. Months later, they got the answer. Amber, Amber, I'm not I'm not going to stop you right there. Darkness. And she said, yes, it was difficult to contain my joy that we had found him. In the end, it didn't take very long at all. Did it seem like he that guy, that couch surfer could be your monster, could be your boogie man? It's a felony case. No, not at first. And if she did, would she be right or wrong? I never, ever, ever, never heard or Detective Seymour does not bluster or threaten and she didn't hear. What do you mean. 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. It was a really horrible day because. I was to be honest with each other, we have your DNA in her body. I just felt sick. 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. The patrol officers knew the suspect had used red duct tape. And I called her. Sam said he believed Rice went to the park, brought the woman back to the house, and that's when things happened, said Sam. Coming up, for investigators, the depths of despair, I felt helpless. And Detective Seymour knew there was one person she needed to get a look at right away. DNA would tell the truth. Oh. I did not hurt you, Amber, but that was a terrible thing to say. Gradually, they and the other housemates helped Amber learn to smile again, but particularly Sam, a bright, gentle guy, good listener. She routinely asked us, are you guys sure? And then for Amber, a brand new trauma have like an anxiety attack, just like the overwhelming sense of doom. When she sat there looking at her former friend, I was pretty angry with her as it was every emotion, every negative emotion. And what do you remember next? Amber could not see her attacker's face or recognize his voice, but there was one thing she was sure of. a bright, gentle guy, good listener. We were surprised that there were no other cases and no offenders within the database that this case matched to. But give up. Yes. So good to her and her son Gabe. I didn't hurt you. Well. Shoot me now. Each one provided a DNA sample for Melissa Grass. And Carol Boksburg said they didn't believe Sam's alibi for a minute. That's for it. So Detective Seymour checked them out one by one. David Bailey discusses his life trials in a Dateline NBC special which aired about 1998. But how after all those years of fruitless slogging, where did this DNA suddenly show up? 0:00. He was like a ghost, like the boogeyman. Just one more DNA sample to drop into that massive CODIS system, which, of course, also contains the samples taken from Amber Smith and. No small feat. Of course, it wasn't Ember's fault, but she couldn't see it then. And would you like a hug? Was it a stranger, a friend. And then at the end of the call, it's like a light bulb went on in his head with you. Yeah. She became very isolated and she was very self-conscious about everything and everybody that she was around. The last person Amber remembered being with, her friend Eric Bana, Gunnis Detective Seymour got a warrant, tracked his name and address. She's bruised and beaten and bloody. From the 2013 incident, the one I told you about, the one I wrote down to you and told you about multiple times. For an optimal experience visit our site on another browser. 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. Yeah, like I couldn't put the pieces together on this one. Take a look back at the case in our Dateline Crime Capsule. Yeah. Last year, there was a victim of identity theft every three seconds, which means a criminal could be spending your money, applying for loans in your name, damaging your credit, or even selling your personal info on the dark web. I was involved. Bryce Bailey's practice is focused on commercial real estate transactions. It was a kick in the gut. Bryce Bailey is a 5-10, 163-pound Athlete from Cochran, GA. While our producers were in Arkansas working on an all-new Dateline, they learned about a stretch of highway that was a hotspot for rock n roll in the '50s and '60s. It wouldn't be just a question of I give up. Yes. I had post-traumatic stress, not being able to sleep auditory, hearing her shouts. Bryce Bailey, one of Ember's old housemates. It was one of those picture perfect days, the kind that draw people to life in Colorado. How is this guy not in the system? Amber and her team hear the verdict. I thought that was my last moment on Earth. Buckle up, its Mommy Doomsday, the haunting podcast from Dateline NBCs Keith Morrison. I don't know how this is happening. Patrol officer Dane Stratton, first person to respond to the scene, haunted by it all for years, who'd spent many nights searching on his own for Ember's attacker finally in court, saw her for the very first time since he'd rescued her. He was like a ghost like this, the boogeyman.

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