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Attacked and murdered. and i really never asked for any other details, just because i didnt think i could really deal with it. >> the last thanksgiving we spent together, diane had gotten me off to the side and said, you know, david, if something happens to me, i want you to raise my son. and i said, okay, well, i will. and that was less than a month before she was killed. >> more than 20 of dianes co-workers at the phone company quit their jobs. many of those who remained armed themselves with ...

>> with all the evidence gone, david now had to tell his father that the case might never be solved.

Police policy, someone had sold them to the british crime magazine "master detective" in 1971. when contacted, the publisher no longer had the pictures or negatives. all they had left was a single copy of the magazine. >> i asked them to send it to me because i didnt have any pictures of the crime scene. and they were hesitant to do that because that was their only copy. so i asked them to please, you know, make copies of the photographs. >> the photocopies of the magazine pages were virtually u...

David asked the department to run the unidentified prints found in his sisters car. at the time, they actually had to be traced. >> we dont do that anymore. but years ago, the traced image, we just had better luck with the tracing than the direct image. the image just wasnt as clear as it is now. >> unfortunately, there was no match. >> i began to think that maybe he was dead, because i couldnt imagine that you would commit that type of crime, which was probably random, and never commit it again...

good morning, im melissa harris-perry. there is a washington, d.c. puzzle confounding me. lets start with the first piece of the puzzle. its from june 2012. the house oversight and government reform committee voted to hold eric holder in contempt of congress. that decision to hold the a.g. in contempt makes it clear that eric holder and the u.s. congress do not have a good working relationship. thats puzzle piece one. in september 2014 eric holder announces his intention to resign as s...

And so i know that was an impetus. but i think it was just an ongoing impetus. >> so at the age of 37, david maxwell was accepted into the oldest and most exclusive law enforcement agency in north america, the texas rangers, an elite group with only 134 members. >> i thought about it a great deal, that if i became in law enforcement, if i was able to eventually get into the texas rangers and it remained unsolved, that i would be able to reopen the case and eventually solve it. >> and by this tim...

Found in his sisters car. at the time, they actually had to be traced. >> we dont do that anymore. but years ago, the traced image we just had better luck with the tracing than the direct -- the image just wasnt as clear as it is now. >> unfortunately, there was no match. >> i began to think that maybe he was dead, because i couldnt imagine that you would commit that type of crime, which was probably random, and never commit it again. >> and the case turned cold again for another 17 years. it wa...

Was running short. >> and he would tell me that he would dream of seeing diane. and thats all he thought about. he said, thats all i can think about is diane and this case being solved. i want to know who killed her before i die. >> with nowhere else to go, david turned to his friend, jim ramsey, a veteran homicide investigator with the houston police department. the two had known each other for years, but david never told jim about his sisters murder. >> i was shocked. i was amazed that anyon...

The fastest office plant. so why wouldnt i choose the fastest wifi? i would. switch to comcast business internet and get the fastest wifi included. comcast business. built for business. for more than 30 years, david maxwell was haunted by his sisters murder and still hoped to find some way to solve it. >> he had been successful in solving a lot of very complicated crimes, and i know that this was really important to him to try to solve this crime. because of course this was very personal. and ...

Them to the british crime magazine "master detective" in 1971. when contacted, the publisher no longer had the pictures or negatives. all they had left was a single copy of the magazine. >> i asked them to send it to me because i didnt have any pictures of the crime scene. and they were hesitant to do that because that was their only copy. so i asked them to please, you know, make copies of the photographs. >> the photocopies of the magazine pages were virtually useless. and then jim ramsey and ...