'She Could Have Gone Anywhere She Wanted to'

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Sepulveda would not talk to "Primetime," but he has a clean Army record — no previous crimes. And in the weeks before the murder, Servo's friends say there was no contact between the two.

"I talked to her the day before she died," said Riordan. "And she had not heard or seen him in three weeks."

But what about the stories of choking during sex while they were together? Riordan reluctantly admits that she heard this from Servo too, but says, "Strangling someone and rough sex are two completely different things. I think that um, however passionate, fireworks, whatever you want to call Jen and Ralph's personal intimate life — was it a dangerous deal? I, I don't think so. She never felt threatened by it or scared."

But for Servo's mom, everything comes down to the memorial service she held for her daughter. She says more than 300 people showed up, but there was one person conspicuous by his absence. "There were no condolences, phone calls, a card and no Ralph at that ceremony," Abel said. Police say Sepulveda remains their primary person of interest. And just a few weeks ago, they traveled to Seattle to question him yet again. Five years after the murder, they are still actively investigating, but for relatives and friends, the lack of resolution is hard.

"I want the person who did this to face what they've done. It's not fair for them to be out living their life," said Servo's sister Christa.

Riordan says she sometimes thinks back to a murder Servo once covered in Montana. In Servo's final stand-up, she said, "Yesterday the sheriff told us they're following a number of strong leads, and are just a phone call away from an arrest."

That murder, like Servo's, remains unsolved.