jessie's close friends, jackie and amelia raced to the blodgett house. >> we drove up her driveway and her parents were standing outside. and they said, jessie is no longer with us anymore. >> was that when it became real for you? >> it was -- i don't know. it was -- it's like really that anyone could ever feel. >> reporter: jessie's theater director, jerry becker, was also stunned, having just celebrated with jessie and the cast of fiddler on the roof the night before. >> the best way to describe it is simply surreal. that kind of thing doesn't happen here. >> and to someone like jessie. >> exactly. jessie was someone you could not imagine a bad thing happening to. >> reporter: finding jessie's killer became the police priority. >> this is a girl that's been attacked in her home where she should be safe and i think that it definitely did put people on edge. >> reporter: detectives talked with cast members from fiddler on the roof and heard again how jessie had been upset after the cast party. in particular, with one man named randy talley. >> we made contact with him and asked him to