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What an odd combination for. >> all i used to say sales make good guy. >> and right away he knew there was a key piece of evidence that demanded a closer look. that condom wrapper found in nonas apartment. it held somebodys danny, but whos? steffy wondered if police cleared those male friends and neighbors of nona too quickly in the early days of the investigation. >> do you think they have a valid alibi? because either i missing something or, you know. so i began to feel that some of those peop...

>> so, dna evidence, a disturbing background, an alibi that turned out to be no alibi at all. in short, it was hard to see how dunns public defenders could argue against their clients lies in dna. but thats exactly what they did. and with gusto. >> what you are saying is that the state was simply wrong? >> the state was simply wrong. >> whats more, they could prove it. for starters, they said, the state wasnt being honest about the dna on the condo rapper. it was only a mixed, partial match to g...

Other officers mocked up the case royally. >> the only area that was fingerprinted was the area around the body that there was blood near the front door. there was blood on the venetian blinds. empty condom wrapper a short distance from the body. the police go upstairs to see if thats been flushed. they do not fingerprint the flush handle at the commode, dont dna that, dont dna anything up there. >> in fact, the defense did its own dna testing. on that condom wrapper. by the prosecutions account...

A high probability that it was kevin. the defense did a really good job. >> once again, dons defense had retried kevin jones for the murder of nona dirksmeyer. the jurors eventually came to peace with that. >> it was garys trial, when you look at the evidence that is against or before him. >> once they did, they were troubled. on the witness stand, the jogger described how brutally dunn had attacked her, just as nona had been attacked. >> that was a really big factor in thinking about whether he...

Did belong to gary dunn. but that made them wonder as well. >> if this guy was supposedly so careful to not leave no other dna, or no other fingerprints in this whole crime scene, you think he would be smart enough to take the condom wrapper with him? >> so, there it was. dna evidence against dunn. interesting, if perhaps not proved. circumstantial evidence, which was compelling. they took a poll, guilty or not? several polls, actually. then, on the last round, they knew that they were finished....

Detective and full-time preacher. would an odd combination. >> i used to say, ultimate good guy. >> right away, he knew there was a key piece of evidence demanding a closer look. that condom wrapper found in knowns apartment. it held somebodys dna, but whose? steffy wondered if police cleared those male friends and neighbors of nona too quickly in the early days of the investigation. >> do you think they have a valid alibi? because either im missing something or, you know -- i began to feel that...

I believe he committed this crime. thats my belief, based on what i saw in his trial. >> dunns trial opened in april, 2010. jones listened as the state, which had already tried his son, now argue that don was a sexually violent man, who had been stalking the beauty queen whose bedroom he could see across the parking lot. his own wife testified he was by violent in bed with her, and that weeks before known as death, she caught him hanging around i-at night. so, said the prosecutor, the jury could...

And i said, if i can roll them out, they are done. >> but there was a problem. to get that sample tested, he needed to get the cash strapped jones family to pay for it. i first kevins mother hesitated, the test costing about $600. but the investigator insisted. what did she say? >> eventually she said something like, oh, shucks, its just money. >> so she paid for it. and what a good investment it turned out to be. because because weeks later, steffy got a call from one of kevins lawyers. the dna...

The apartment. some believe the dna probably did belong to gary dunn. but that made them wonder as well. >> if this guy was supposedly so careful to not leave no other dna, or no other fingerprints in this whole crime scene, you think he would be smart enough to take the condom wrapper with him? >> so, there it was. dna evidence against dunn. interesting, if perhaps not proved. circumstantial evidence, which was compelling. they took a poll, guilty or not? several polls, actually. then, on the l...

Case royally. >> the only area that was fingerprinted was the area around the body that there was blood near the front door. there was blood on the venetian blinds. empty condom wrapper a short distance from the body. the police go upstairs to see if that has been flushed. do not fingerprint the flush handle at the commode. dont dna that. dont dna anything up there. >> in fact, the defense did its own dna testing. on that condom wrapper. by the prosecutions account it was a key piece of evidence...