not let this happen to anyone else. for that reason, brigitte set up the brain and breach estes foundation. advocating for a new outlawed change, for anyone arrested for a felony to be given a dna sample. known as breonna s law, it passed in 2013. it is not like it brings breonna back to me, i guess i can just move on and do other things. it has not brought you her back but is kind of brought you back. yeah, kind of. kind of. that is all for this edition of dateline, i m natalie morales, thank you for watching. . yeah i believe that he is an old
sleeping there. i knocked on the door and was like hey, time to get up. at 9:45, k.t. tried once again to wake breonna. once again, she got no response. and i was pounding on the door, and not getting answers. we are starting to pound on my other roommates door. and it was like, all of these things running through my mind. where is she? only then did it hit k.t. that breonna was not in the house. what scared k.t., was what bri had left behind. her whole life was there. her cell phone, shoes, purse. all of her clothes she had brought, everything was at my house. so she could not have left? no. especially since it was wintertime, and freezing cold that night. k.t. called brianna s mom, brigitte. she called around ten. and your first thought was? not good. so you are worried right away? yes, because her cell phone was there, and she had no car. i knew she was not walking
patterns that looked like bite marks. suggestive that pillow had been pressed hard against the face of miss brighton denison. days later, test confirmed the blood on the pillow was brianna s. reno is a casino town, not easily shocked. but this case hit everyone hard, even the reporter, victoria campbell. she was one of ours. we would not let her go without a fight. brianna denison was a dazzling beauty, with a 1000 watt smile, a straight arrow kid with a huge heart, who had a tough start in life. her dad passed away suddenly when she was just six years old. her younger brother, was an infant. her mom brigitte says that made their family even closer. we had to team up. and the kids all had to help. you know, i had a little baby. and she became very protective
around with no shoes on. so, i said i would be right there. back at the house, k.t. made another discovery. a terrible discovery. i called her mom right back, and i was, like i was just in hysterics crying like, there is blood on the pillow. so then i called 9-1-1. dispatch, this is robin, can i help? you high. i need the police at my house. my friend spent the night last night on my couch. she is gone, and there is something that looks like blood on the pillow, and all of her stuff is still here. breonna s mom, brigitte, could not get to k.t. s house fast enough. so your mind is working overtime? yes, i was really freaked out. there was something really bad. blood, and my child without her cell phone. i mean, what kid is without their cell phone? soon, police were everywhere. veteran homicide detectives dave jenkins and his partner,
25 days since breonna disappeared. the posters and ribbons around time were fading a bit, but her family still held out hope that she was alive. breonna s mother, brigitte, made of valentine s day appeal, on tv. i just want to say to my daughter, breonna, i love you and i miss you, and nobody s ever giving up. there are thousands of people looking for you. the next day, the weather had turned warm, and the snow had started to melt in reno. at lunchtime, a man was taking a short cut across this field, in an industrial park, south of town. he stumbled on to something he thought might be a body. then, he called police. this is breaking news. a grim discovery at south reno today. we raced to the scene. initially, we re told, it s a young con cajun appearing female. the field is about nine miles after mackie court. we know police