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By neighboring west jordan p.d. during her interview, she started telling detectives about a young girl she had seen a week prior. the cops thought some of what she said sounded eerily similar to annies case. so they called draper p.d., and detective derek johnson and his colleague came over to hear what joanna had to say. >> tell me what you know about this girl. >> it was the second time ive seen her over there. >> reporter: there at the home where a man named daniel ferry used to live. danny ...

Saying annie was ever a friend or ever at his house. >> reporter: but detectives had never found enough evidence to make a murder charge stick. and it turned out, there was an explanation. remember, while under suspicion for annies murder, ferry was arrested for an unrelated kidnapping in a different town. the charge stuck. ferry eventually pleaded guilty and was sent to prison. draper police came to believe it was this kidnapping that star witness joanna had recounted to them. she had seen a to...

It appeared the bottom of the shoe, both shoes, were soaked in blood. >> reporter: it seemed like damning evidence, but after testing that blood further -- >> it came back with two males and two females. >> reporter: again, nothing you can take to the jury. >> right. >> reporter: she tested some of the other evidence, but it didnt lead anywhere. >> reporter: this is more of jaclyn learning how to be a detective. >> yes. >> reporter: she took a week-long course on cell phone investigation taught ...

Thats what i remember the most. >> what parts do you remember being red? >> pants and shoes and a shirt like was bright red. >> the shirt was white and red? >> yeah. her shoes. shoes had white laces, and we were tying them. >> reporter: then, joanna said, daniel, l.j. and "v" wrapped the unconscious girl in a blue tarp, put her in a white suburban and took off. and when they came back hours later, she said daniel was covered in blood and the girl was not with him. >> i asked daniel where she was...

By neighboring west jordan pd. during her interview, she started telling detectives about a young girl she had seen a week prior. the cops thought some of what she said sounded eerily similar to annies case. so they called draper pd, and detective derek johnson and his colleague came over to hear what joanna had to say. >> tell me what you know about this girl. >> it was the second time ive seen her over there. >> reporter: there at the home where a man named daniel ferry used to live. danny fer...

Can develop your theories about his involvement in this thing? >> yeah. >> reporter: they continued to investigate ferry. months went by. lead detective derek johnson was promoted to sergeant. which meant jaclyn moores case of finally making detective came true. one of her first assignments was the annie kasprzak murder. >> how did you feel this was going to be your case? >> i cried for two hours. >> i cried for two hours. >> reporter: jaclyn decided she needed to start again from the beginning,...

The physical evidence wasnt there either. >> none of the dna came back saying annie was ever a friend or ever at his house. >> detectives never found enough evidence to make a murder charge stick and it turns out there was an explanation. he was also being investigated for an unrelated kidnapping and assault case in a neighboring town. ferry eventually pleaded guilty and was sent to prison. draper police came to believe it was this kidnapping that star witness joanna had recounted to them. she h...

Weekend. >> dude, i have no idea who annie is. >> weve already talked to a lot of other people that all verify she was there, danny. >> okay. show me a picture, then. >> reporter: you showed him a picture of annie. >> yep. >> brittany? is her name brittany? >> no, its annie. >> reporter: detectives thought daniel was lying, and they were done playing around. >> what if i told you shes dead? >> i didnt do it. what the [ bleep ]? if you guys think i did this, i do want a lawyer. >> okay. >> becaus...

But in the course of their investigation of ferry, detectives learned something interesting. and you had another l.j. in that crowd, didnt you? >> yeah. >> reporter: daniel ferry? >> yeah. >> reporter: what was his >> reporter: maybe their witness was confused or deliberately hiding the fact that ferry and l.j. were one and the same. either way ferry seemed like their man. but the d.a. wanted more evidence before filing charges. derek johnson and chad carpenter thought the blood samples taken fr...

Clenched his fists. his eyes got big. he couldnt take his eyes off of me. and i thought, this kid has done something wrong. and he thinks im coming to arrest him because im approaching him in uniform. >> reporter: did you share that with derek? >> yes. he said, weve received more information now, and we think we have another suspect. >> reporter: another suspect. a new name altogether. based on information from an eyewitness who may have seen annie kasprzak the night she was killed and knew who ...