When Caitlin Mathis started her first year at the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton, she broke up with Bryant. Bryant was not taking no for an answer. In the weeks leading up to Jackie Vandagriff’s death, he continued to show up on Caitlin’s Denton campus and was arrested three times. Caitlin also filed a restraining order against him.
Holland Ranger believes that Bryant failed to cope with his ex-girlfriend’s rejection and that he took revenge on the next woman he managed to find who looked like Caitlin. This woman became Jackie Vandagriff.
“I wouldn’t be surprised if he really confused her at first … He saw her from behind and thought, ‘Man, my ex is here.’ And surprise, it’s not, “said Ranger Holland. “But I think in his mind that whole night, I think this is what he imagined.”