Peter Van Sant

I mean, we were all shocked.

Did he ask her to get an abortion?

Yeah.

And what was her reaction to that?

She said no.

It didn't make any difference how much she ranted and raved.

She was going to have this baby with or without him.

There was one thing Christine did want from Rudy.

She was very clear that she was going to put Rudy's name on the birth certificate and that he might be responsible at some point when she went to law school for helping with money.

And that, Christine told friends Nick and Susie, made Rudy Persaud absolutely furious.

Why did she bring that up?

Was she afraid of Rudy?

She was afraid.

She was afraid.

But Christine's friends acknowledge that Rudy never specifically threatened her, and that some part of Christine was still in love with him.

It was a rotten situation.

She was in a definitely rotten situation.

So despite whatever fears she may have had, on October 24th, 1998, Christine Kupka agreed to meet Rudy Prasad one more time.

She told friends Rudy needed her help cleaning his new apartment.

She told him to pick her up here at her house in Brooklyn.