Elizabeth Phillips
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
I wasn't a kid.
But it was an attempted rape.
I was able to escape the guy.
And then I got dragged into a criminal court case around that.
I didn't think anything would happen, there would be any justice, but the Dallas DA's office started testing the rape kit backlog.
Have you heard about this issue?
It's a national issue.
Yeah.
So they start testing the rape kit backlog.
This guy's DNA ties to several victims.
I didn't do a DNA kit because mine was an attempted rape, not one that would require a rape kit.
Um, yeah, I get a call from the senior detective for homicide, uh, cold cases and sexual assault.
I just left filming a PBS segment in North Carolina for something, and I get this call.
I'm like, huh?
Trey had just died.
I was the board chair of an anti-trafficking organization.
I'm like, this could be one of 20 things, right?
And they're like, we detained Rafa Alvarez in Houston.
And I was like, what?
I have not heard that name in a minute.