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Full-time preacher. 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 tha...

Arrested her neighbor, gary done, for her murder. >> i believe we committed this crime, that is my belief, based upon what i saw. >> dunns trial opened in april, 2010. the state had already tried his son, he hiram johns now argued that dunn was a sexually violent young man, who stalking the beauty queen whose bedroom we could see across the parking lot. his own wife testified he was violent in bed with her, and that weeks before nonnas death, she got him hanging around known as front door in the...

The beginning that it was. he was a high probability it was kevin. because the defense did a really good job of giving us evidence that it could be kevin. >> once again, dunns 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, that jogger described just how brutally dunn had attacked her, jus...

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 and dna, but that is exactly what they did. and with gusto. >> what you are saying is the state was simply wrong? >> the state was simply wrong. >> whats more, they could prove it. for starters, they said the state was not being honest about the dna on that condom wrapper. it was only a mixed, partial match to gary dunn they said, w...

If i could rule him out then, were done. >> there was a problem. to get that sample steffy needed the cash strapped jones family to pay for. at first kevins mother hesitated the test would cost about $600. but the investigator insisted. what did she say? >> eventually she just kind of said, something like oh shucks its just money. >> so, she paid for. and what a good investment it turned out to be. because weeks later, steffy got a call from one of kevins lawyers. the dna test were back. and wou...

Fingerprint fingerprinted was the area around the body. that it was blood near the front door. there was blood on the venetian blinds. the condom wrapper short distance from the body. the police go upstairs to see if thats been flushed. do not fingerprint the flush handle of 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, the thing that likely set kevin off...

>> an odd combination. >> oh, i used to say its the ultimate good guy. >> and right away stephie knew there was a key piece of evidence that demanded a closer look. that condom wrapper found in nonas apartment. it held somebodys dna, but whose? steffey wondered if police cleared those male friends and neighbors of nona too quickly in the early days of the investigation. >> do they have a valid alibi? because either im missing something or, you know -- and so i began to feel like that some of tho...

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

Out to be no alibi at all. in short, it was hard to see how dunns public defenders, bill james and jeff rosenzwag, could argue against their clients lies and dna. but thats exactly what they did. and with gusto. >> what youre saying is the state was simply wrong. >> the state was simply wrong. >> whats more, they told jurors, they could prove it. for starters, they said, the state wasnt being honest about the dna on that condom wrapper. it was only a mixed partial match to gary dunn, they said, ...

Crime. but thats my belief. based upon what i saw in this trial. >> dunns trial opened in april 2010. hiram jones listened as the state, which had already tried his son, now argued that dunn was a sexually violent man whod been stalking the young beauty queen whose bedroom window he could see across the parking lot. his own wife testified he was violent in bed with her and that weeks before nonas death shed caught him hanging around nonas front door in the middle of the night. so, said the prose...