Patty Scoville

Something had happened.

There was blood on the floor.

There's obviously going to be a homicide.

I just started sobbing.

I couldn't stop.

We're still puzzled about what happened, what sequence of events took place.

I just knew it has to be him.

He was definitely the first person that came to mind.

Deadline for Justice, tonight's 48 Hours Mystery.

It's more than 1,700 miles from the lush mountains of northern Montana to the grassy plains of western Texas, a long way from home for a young girl just out of college.

But when Jennifer Servo showed up for work as Abilene's newest television reporter, it was clear there was no place she'd rather be.

Anchor woman Jennifer Lauren and weatherman Brian Travers, who both worked at KRBC in 2002, So I thought this guy looked a little bit like Brian.

quickly discovered that the new kid on the block was a natural.

A lot of people say when you come into the news business, you either have it or you don't.

She had it and she hit the ground running from day one.

There was no doubt Jennifer Servo was good at her job.

But when it came to relationships, it seemed she still had a bit to learn.

On her first day at work, I said, so you came out here by yourself?

And she said, no, actually, there's a guy that's with me.

Ralph Sepulveda, who was 34 when he started dating 22-year-old Jennifer Servo, had moved to Abilene to continue what he thought was a long-term relationship.