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>> scheck and clark tell lowery not to celebrate yet. the evidence has been sitting in an unrefrigerated vault for 20 years. time, heat, bacteria, any one of them might have destroyed the dna and with it lowerys hopes for clearing his name. the innocence project makes the decision to send the rape evidence to a lab outside of san francisco. dr. edward blake is known for his skill in teasing dna from even the oldest and smallest samples. >> is the relevant biology there so that something useful c...

>> in 1981 when the victim was raped, semen samples were taken from her body, clothing, and bed sheets. if those old samples can be found and if they havent been ravaged by time, scientists can perform dna testing. since lowery is out of prison, he cant demand a test. he must ask for permission from the current riley county prosecutor bill kennedy. >> i remember distinctly were out on the front steps of the courthouse having a five-minute conversation, and his response to my request was, if you ...

>> investigators found no significant urine sample near judys body in the park. this was another indication she was killed elsewhere. interestingly, judys children told police their father had complained about some soiled bed sheets shortly after judy disappeared. >> i can remember him, came around and threw in a bed sheet into the trash. i was why are you burning that? hes like, the dog urinated on it. >> on hearing this news, police immediately confiscated what had remained of the bedding from...

From losing someone in that way. >> its like somebody had taken a pitchfork thats burning and sticking it to your chest, the side your heart is on. there is no other way to describe this pain. >> hampton told police that tamika stopped by his apartment while he was ironing his clothes. >> i got plans. im going out. >> plans with who? >> they got into an argument. hampton said it was because he was seeing other women. hampton admitted he lost his temper and struck her in the head with his iron. a...

Spent most of his time inside his girlfriends apartment since he knew there were warrants out for his arrest on the robbery cases. with nothing to do, he discovered there was an attic and crawl space above the apartment. so, he looked around and discovered there was another apartment just 16 feet away, michael andrades apartment. prosecutors believe he opened the panel in michaels bedroom closet, and when he didnt hear any sound, dropped in. but michael was sleeping and the noise woke him up. th...

Roommate, 25-year-old joe luna. >> she met luna over the internet and seemed to me to be desperate to be in a relationship with a man and latched on to joe luna in what i believe was a very manipulative relationship. >> maria claimed she knew nothing about joe lunas criminal past, that he had served five years in prison for carjacking and aggravated assault on a police officer. and joe luna was wanted for a series of home invasions that bore a marked similarity to the michael andrade case. >> he...

And it heats the can, therefore your water gets hot. >> at san quentin, using fish lines is the customary way for locked up inmates to share food, tobacco, information, anything. >> fish lines are throughout the institution. i mean, thats a common practice for the inmates. its their way of getting something from this cell to that cell. they rip up bed sheets. sometimes theyll get real fine ones by taking their clothes apart, getting a thread-sized fish line going. they usually anchor it be a pie...

>> officer perez thinks guerra was still angry when he was let out of his cell for the allotted time in the day room. >> while the medic tries to calm guerra, the cert team searches his cell for contraband. a standard procedure following a code two. they remove trash, torn bed sheets and several strings of cloth guerra has made from the sheets. >> well document what his claim is. and go from there. [ speaking spanish ] >> from this point on, i will take the reports from the officer, send it to t...

His girlfriends apartment since he knew there were warrants out for his arrest on the robbery cases. with nothing to do, he discovered there was an attic and crawl space above the apartment. so, he looked around and discovered there was another apartment just 16 feet away, michael andrades apartment. prosecutors believe he opened the panel in michaels bedroom closet, and when he didnt hear any sound, dropped in. but michael was sleeping and the noise woke him up. there was a struggle. luna tore ...

>> she met luna over the internet and seemed to me to be desperate to be in a relationship with a man and latched on to joe luna in what i believe was a very manipulative relationship. >> maria claimed she knew nothing about joe lunas criminal past, that he had served five years in prison for carjacking and aggravated assault on a police officer. and joe luna was wanted for a series of home invasions that bore a marked similarity to the michael andrade case. >> he would break in, cut bed sheets ...