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She was passed along from foster home to foster home before she was adopted by her case worker, veronica. annies life finally seemed to be turning around. then in 2012, annie, just 15, was found murdered, her body floating in the jordan river. >> there was never a second that your mind didnt go to, this is not what was supposed to happen. >> reporter: an eyewitness said she saw daniel ferry assault a girl the night annie was killed. that witness also said the girl had shown up with l.j., whom po...

>> yeah. >> 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 from daniel ferrys home would push the case over the finish line. >> bloodwork came back, and it was negative for blood. >> reporter: not only were the samples not annies blood, it wasnt even blood at all. a ...

>> yeah. >> reporter: they continued to investigate ferry. months went by. lead detective derek johnson was promoted to sergeant. which meant former hairdresser jaclyn moores dream of making detective finally came true. maybe a case of beware what you wish for. one of her first assignments was the annie kasprzak murder. how did you feel about it? that this was now going to be your case? >> i cried for two hours. >> reporter: jaclyn decided she needed to start again from the beginning, following ...

Like a white 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. >> reporter: joannas story rang true, leading derek johnson to believe the mystery girl was annie and daniel ferry was her killer. >> repo...

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 ferry is a guy known to law enforcement? >> yes. >> reporter: as maybe a drug dealer? >> drug...

Poem she had written to l.j. and with it, for the first time, a name leyton jendon. but police couldnt track him down. >> reporter: jaclyn wasnt working the case then, but she remembers crossing paths with spencer at the station. >> and he immediately tensed up, 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...

>> 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 totally different crime. not annies murder. whats 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 killed her. coming up -- is this how annie was murdered? >> and is this the man who murdered her? >> what if i told you shes dead? >> i didnt do it. place, the xfinity xfi gateway.

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 nickname? >> he used two. one was joker and the other was little joe. >> reporter: little joe? l.j.? >> yeah. >> 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. w...

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 ferry is a guy known to law enforcement? >> yes. >> reporter...