One of the key figures appearing on Dateline NBC is Stefan Moon, a suspect in Amber Smith's s*xual assault. He was caught in 2017, which has been a long investigation process into the assault committed on the victim. The suspect's DNA was present at the scene, and he was captured four years after the crime. He was found guilty and received a sentence of 128 years in prison.
Stefan Moon is serving his term in the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility. The Dateline episode, Left for Dead brings all the case details together and gives the viewer insight into the investigation, and what led to the discovery of all that happened.
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Stefan Moon was sentenced for the vicious attack on Amber Smith in 2013. Amber was a 20-year-old single mother, who at the time worked at 7-11, when she was sexually assaulted. She had been out drinking with friends, fell asleep in the park, and several hours later awoke with duct tape, with many violent attacks upon her person.
She was found by police after she managed to call for help even with such severe injuries. The investigation into her assault went cold for years. Authorities collected DNA from the duct tape and Amber's body, but there were no leads. It wasn't until 2017, when Stefan Moon was arrested for stealing a bike, that his DNA was entered into the database.
Years after the attack, he surprisingly became friends with Amber through mutual friends. Though Moon claimed not to have had anything to do with the attack, his DNA was identified from the samples obtained at the scene. He was charged with s*xual assault, attempted murder, and many more. Moon attempted to put the blame elsewhere but evidence proved otherwise.
Stefan Moon was convicted of "attempted first-degree murder after deliberation, two counts of s*xual assault with a weapon, second-degree kidnapping, and first-degree assault causing serious bodily injury with a deadly weapon."
He was sentenced to 128 years to life in prison and is currently serving his sentence in the Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility. Amber, though, chose to heal and utilize her experience to help others.
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Stefan Moon appeared on NBC's Dateline in an episode called Left for Dead which covered the vicious assault of Amber Smith and then the long investigation that ultimately led to the arrest of Stefan Moon.
It reveals the emotional impact on Amber as she tries to assemble her memories of the night and the shocking revelation that the man she had been friends with for years since the attack was the one who had violently attacked her.
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The Dateline episode also emphasizes how DNA evidence played a critical role in solving the case. It shows how, years after the case had seemed cold and dead, an actual breakthrough came when the DNA from Moon was matched to evidence found at the crime scene.
The episode also explains the fear and trauma that Amber went through as she unknowingly stayed with her attacker. Dateline takes viewers inside this investigation to show how determination and new forensic technology bring justice to Amber.
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