Detective Seymour hope the moons might offer some insight into Sam and the odd habits of fetishes, even sexual deviances of their 30 something year old couch surfing son. Months later, they got the answer. No one can prevent all identity theft or monitor all transactions at all businesses. The other part to keep in mind is if it wasn't Steffon Moon, there was no one else's DNA there. But who was a face in the crowd watching her coming for her? . About four o'clock in the morning, we get a call of a female's voice in a park screaming. 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. Eric was twenty something, lived with his parents, but he wasn't home. I hope you feel better. Shoot me now. Nobody felt like celebrating, least of all Ambre, who wanted only one thing for Christmas. He reached over to tell Amber, who by then was living with her son in her own small apartment. Would I have like an anxiety attack, just like the overwhelming sense of like of doom? 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. That he had left her in that condition. What did you expect this person would turn out to be? It's OK, no, it's OK. Drink too much. Unseen by the party crowd, a rookie cop named Dane Stratton prowled the streets around the Little City graveyard shift. I thought he had left me for dead. Wow. Then they tracked down Bryce Bailey, told him what Sam said. And so she began, in a way, embarrassed about going drinking with her friend Eric. Contact Bryce for services Business Analytics, 3D Design, Graphic Design, and Financial Analysis Yes, she'd need to find out a lot more about Simon. And she said, yes, it was difficult to contain my joy that we had found him. 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. I went through some of the things that he had Googled and which is gross, gross stuff. That's LifeLock dotcom slash scan and use promo code dateline for twenty five percent off. I thought I was going to die. So this one hit her hard, especially when she found out Amber had a son, too. She's like, I know him for a moment. Life had moved on. Goodness, he swore he didn't hurt her. They just said, say what you want. But not everyone was satisfied, Sam Moon's parents, the mortified by what their son had done and what it all meant for their family, were not so convinced that he was the one who beat and bound that in duct tape. Tonight on Dateline nine, one one calls started coming in. But was he still here in Fort Collins planning his next attack or long gone? He was just somebody really scary out there. 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. He insisted again and again that he was innocent, that this was all a mistake and it was not a rapist. I don't know how this is happening. Dateline Crime Capsule: The O.J. He was disgusted and surprised that he didn't feel this. A murder plot. The guy you trusted. Oh, I think I could tell you about Sam as day is a constant liar. There is also scratches on her nose that were swabbed. It was four years since the attack on Amber Smith. Melissa was like, we got him. Bender's Big Night Helps Hillcrest Past Regina. Zero. 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. Subscribe to Dateline Premium on Apple Podcasts to get ad-free listening on every episode, early access to new originals, plus exclusive bonus content. Director Of Financial Planning & Analysis. 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. Darkness. With an electrical engineering degree, practical work experience for various electrical contractors, and studies in circuitry design and electromagnetics, he is able to leverage his experience across the patent prosecution, IP litigation, and technology transactions areas. Like how long? Sad, really, that a victim would blame herself for her own victimization. Amber struggled to remember everything. A new Dateline 24/7 channel, where it's all Dateline, all the time. There was some around here a while ago. They had a little whiteboard and if I were to get stuck, they were going to write questions about me even as the phone rang. And winter came to Fort Collins. The answer? 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 then detectives give her a job. Yeah, just looking at him. I just was so nervous and so many people I just was getting very overwhelmed. And the thing is, you could miss certain threats to your identity by only checking bank statements and monitoring your credit. So I started to scream through the tape as loud as I could, and I was trying to break free from the tape. When Dateline continues. Then Sam Moon said something disturbing. And then suddenly it dawned on her what this picture could mean. 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. 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. I thought they missed something but they did have one. No, she felt guilty. Yeah, exactly. We had no idea who could have done anything so horrible to her. She had these ligature marks on her, not tell. She was like, You need a call sehbai. Just looking at it. Besides, people who know Stefan mentioned that he was considered to be a loner and kept . This chapter in my life will close. I'm sorry I didn't hurt you. Each one provided a DNA sample for Melissa Grass. 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. 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. The detective asked Sam's father, Brian Moon, about duct tape. The next day. Also known as Bryec S Bailey. A wealthy couple. When we come back, the investigation begins, starting with a body of evidence she was processed forensically for DNA. He had to be out there, was he watching? Call it a small consolation. Yeah. 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. This person that is out there and is capable of these things. He was always the boogie man to me. But again and again, there was nothing to find. 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. But there was simply no trace of him anywhere, not only in Fort Collins, but the entire country. And you should never have to go through that and nobody should ever have to go through that. No, I wasn't so interested in. Yeah. But how after all those years of fruitless slogging, where did this DNA suddenly show up? Yeah, it was great. There's a sense of disorientation, like everything that was real in her world just went poof, kind of a second victimization. I was terrified that he was going to strike again. Goodness, we thought it possibly could have been Eric, the person she was with the night before. Seymour dialed forensic DNA analyst Melissa Grass at the CBI. Don. The shooting was just the beginning of an investigation that would lead many to wonder if it could have been prevented. PLUS! Well, upsetting thing to have your bike stolen, as anyone knows who's had it happen. 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. Like, everything that was real is not real anymore, but it was certainly real to the two seasoned prosecutors. And then at the end of the call, it's like a light bulb went on in his head with you. And the picture was Sam Sam Moon, but it didn't compute. He didn't have a face or a name. Your good friend. IE 11 is not supported. Amber was still deeply conflicted. These types of perpetrators typically are first time offenders when you have a case that is so brutal. Yeah. She asked if I would be willing to do the whole cop. If you got nothing. Then more and more neighbors calling 911. And this tape on her forehead and face was just cutting into her skin. Liked by Bryce Bailey Myself and Janean Couch, MEd, PHR are honored to be receiving the 2022 Alumni Leadership and Service award from our beloved alma mater, Grand Valley I was like, Yeah, little dance. He said he did not rape Amber. Yeah, we have sex. 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. That was my sister, my best friend. 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. This really shakes the whole foundation. And that's why his DNA showed up. So we could see where we go. How curious life can be. After Sam's arrest, Detective Seymour and her colleagues went to his parents house and, well, the others searched for evidence. Remember looking at the jury and like why I was heartbroken. A resident of Fort Collins, Colorado, Stefan Moon, resided with his housemate, Bryce Bailey, at the time of the attack. How did Bryce react to this? The next day, Bryan Moon and his wife Susie came down to the police station to tell Detective Seymour about their son. Learn more about the little slice of paradise known as Santa Teresa, Costa Rica from a local and an ex-pat. Has he hadn't seen him handle it or make stuff with the. And in that room, it was very shocking and scary to see. But give up. 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. I just felt sick. Father, an FBI agent, grandfather once with the CIA. Little Bejar, mostly guys. I would try to be as sneaky as I could in these places. From the 2013 incident, the one I told you about, the one I wrote down to you and told you about multiple times. That was the good news. This is my friend. 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. So I thought it would be OK if I left it as it just so said Erik, he went home. Lester Holt anchors NBC's signature newsmagazine. Was it remotely possible he was telling the truth or what? It was extremely emotional for me because it was so vivid when I was being asked about this crime scene. His mother was there and she said that he usually volunteers at the church. Yeah, huge. 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. So they for her safety, they put her under an alias name. What was your level of worry about? I don't know. They met when Amber was dating Kirsty's brother in law. It came from the stolen bike that turned up at the pawn shop, the DNA swab of The Bicycle Thief. So why would he be so hard to find? And I said, I think we figured out who the DNA belongs to, that we recovered. I felt just like I had failed. I was horrible. It's all new. So what the searches showed me was that he still had a propensity towards rape and hurting women. After all, many convicted murderers have got much less time, have had a chance to be released. Cops are people, too, after all, just like Amber Dane Straten needed relief, but I started to think, what is this guy? It seemed the old Amber was beginning to emerge again. Bikes aren't often recovered, but the pawnbroker was keen to help, told the cops about the thief who sold them. Oh, yeah, um. I went into complete panic mode right away. 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. I think that was very powerful to the jury because he added that human element to this case. Maybe not such a good cop after all. There's no way this is this is the wrong guy. None of this stuff makes sense to me. It's just awful. So get LifeLock identity theft protection. Bryce Bailey Licensed Engineer Russell Springs, KY. Bryce Bailey President of Accounting Student Body at The University of Mississippi Germantown, TN. I woke up the next day to a voicemail from the detective explaining what had happened to Amber. I feel like I can finally move on with my life. And, you know, certainly on Craigslist, there are some seedy stuff that happens. 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. The first part of that conversation was exciting because we were able to develop a DNA profile, a full and complete genetic picture of the suspect, which they could use to I.D. No match? Is he dead? And when I saw her driver's license picture, it was nothing like the person that was laying in that bed. (NBC News) Tonight on an all-new "Dateline," a young woman survives a brutal attack and detectives work . Amber and the people in the courtroom who fought so hard for her were stunned. Midnight past the usual rowdies, busy, but nothing special. Moon. Facebook gives people the power to. Dateline sat down at the desk of assistant producer Linda Zhang to learn more about her. Dateline sat down with five of the jurors. There were other charges, other verdicts to come, but the concern is they'll make that same finding all the way through. Not once. So a partner of mine and I went to the church to contact him there. It wouldn't be just a question of I give up. I wasn't. But you can find out if your information is on the dark web. I was like, yes, the start of a new beginning. And would you like a hug? A nation-wide man hunt begins for a killer on the loose. But if he couldn't find him, maybe he could at least prevent another attack. No, not at first. Amber, that's I, I remember you talking about that and that's sick. He stuck to his story, blaming his lifelong friend Bryce for attacking Amber and leaving her for dead. Death. Let's get him. I did do her best friend, Kirsty. 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. She had to let it go. My whole world is flipped upside down. It was one of those picture perfect days, the kind that draw people to life in Colorado. Well, youll just have to slow down and listen to find out, Producer Carol Gable typically works from her home office in South Carolina, but while she was in New York working on a story, we sat down at a guest desk to learn more about her (and her dog, Beau!). The DNA told them it had to be one guy, one attacker, a semen stain recovered from her body. 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Dateline's 'Left For Dead' chronicles the gruesome crime and follows the ensuing investigation that led straight to Stefan Moon. This is the guy you confided in. Devotion. But surely he couldn't be because of how brutal it was. 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. I'm . 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. I thought that was my last moment on Earth. . We got a CODIS hit on this case. Why was she inside? So who a crime like this one at all? Did you have fun with somebody last night and he beat the hell out of me and told me you killed her before anything quietly in her almost gentle way, Detective Seabaugh pushed back. What? 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