Dying Girl's Own Words Offer Lead
FEYERICK: Well, she was set on fire and then left to die. Now Jessica Chambers' cell phone and a lead she gave firefighters in rural Mississippi are helping investigators close in on her killer. Jessica reportedly got a call Saturday evening which is why she went out in the first place. CNN's Martin Savidge has more on her final hours alive.</s>BEN CHAMBERS, JESSICA'S FATHER: It's hard for me even -- it's hard to breathe, you know, even think about it.</s>MARTIN SAVIDGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): A family's anguish over an almost unspeakable crime. Their teenage daughter burned alive.</s>LISA CHAMBERS, JESSICA'S MOTHER: They have ripped everything I have.</s>SAVIDGE: 8: 00 p.m. Saturday night, rural north Mississippi, a 911 call reports a burning car on a county road. Within minutes, the volunteer fire department arrives.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We were expecting it to be just a normal car fire.</s>SAVIDGE: Instead, a horribly burned teen stumbles from the darkness in this small town. They know her.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I realized who the victim was and it was just shocking.</s>SAVIDGE: Nineteen-year-old Jessica Chambers, described by friends as well-liked, outgoing, high school cheerleader, had been doused with a flammable liquid and set on fire. She would die the next day due to burns covering nearly every inch of her body. But it gets even worse, according to what the family says doctors told them.</s>B. CHAMBERS: They said that, as far as they could tell, like they squirted fluid down her throat and up her nose, because it just burned on the inside so bad.</s>SAVIDGE: Incredibly, despite her suffering, Chambers whispered something to firefighters. Many believe it was the name of her attacker.</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I can't really disclose any of that information at this time.</s>SAVIDGE: Authorities will only tell me what the teen said is a lead. Meanwhile, in this small town, the big question is, who could have done it?</s>UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Well, certainly we're looking at murder charges, capital murder charges.</s>SAVIDGE: Authorities have been retracing where Chambers went that night. This surveillance video shows her stopping at a local gas station where police say she bought a drink and chatted with a few people. Everyone she spoke with has been cleared. The teen's burnt car is being analyzed, as is her phone, recovered inside. Investigators believe a text or last call could be key, especially if it links to her last whispered words.</s>B. CHAMBERS: I want to see justice, man. Justice, you know.</s>SAVIDGE: And in this part of Mississippi, they believe justice can be here or the hereafter.</s>L. CHAMBERS: It's God's judgment and God's punishment. It's going to be far more worse than anything that we can do.</s>FEYERICK: And that was Martin Savidge reporting. And, incredibly, Jessica's grandmother says she's willing to forgive her granddaughter's attacker.</s>WILLIE BERDAIN, JESSICA'S GRANDMOTHER: A lot of people say, well, I hope the killer burns in hell. But I don't. I don't - I don't wish that on anybody. I hope this person or persons would come to God, we see something good come out of this. I don't want anger and hate in my heart.</s>FEYERICK: Well, a FaceBook page titled "Justice for Jessica" now has more than 90,000 likes. The page states that it was created, quote, "to keep Jessica's name alive and out there." The page also warns visitors about scam sites trying to make money off Jessica. And just ahead, an ugly encounter with police caught on video.</s>POLICE OFFICER: Give me your f-ing hands. Get out of the f-ing car.</s>UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Are you really -- are you serious?</s>FEYERICK: Well, now the woman on the receiving end speaks out about what happened and what she wants to happen to the officers involved.