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Nick was murdered. >> i got to circle s at 6:00, and then at midnight i ended up leaving. >> when you left, where did you go? >> home. >> video from the circle s confirmed justins presence until midnight. however, his story that hed then gone home was somewhat harder to prove. >> his roommate stated that he wasnt quite sure if he was actually in his room or not. >> and then there was this. >> im seeing a few scratches on your arm. how did those happen? >> landscaping. >> when she asked to photog...

He has targeted them for death. by having that really good current understanding of his life history, we were able to prove that he was lying. take a seat. we were able to get a dna sample from him, and that was an exact match from the offender profile that wed found that the scene of wendy, and a match to what we now knew from the forensic link to caroline. at that point, we thought, here, weve done it. we now knew david fuller was the offender. but then we found something else. hes identified ...

Forensic scientist alana williams took over from there. >> how long did it take you to see if there was a match? is it instant? >> no, so it takes several days to look at the item of evidence, swab the sample, extract the dna, see how much you have, and when its on the instrument, you get a dna profile. >> at the end of all that did you think it was him? >> i thought it was a possibility got my hopes up. then i was very disappointed when it wasnt. >> the dna didnt match. a big let down. one of m...

We had a breakthrough. we developed the tights that caroline was wearing when she was found in order to be able to get, for the first time ever, a dna sample that we believed is from the suspect who had killed caroline in 1987. but back then, there was nothing to compare it with. the police were not taking dna from people, because we didnt have the power — we didnt even though the technology was going to be there. dna profiles are a bit like car number plates. one plate, one car. there has bee...

>> your connection to brittani and diane, i want to enter office once before. you try not to get emotionally involved, but you do. >> as the investigation languished, brittani continued on with her life. and in may 2016, eight years after being nearly beaten to death, she graduated from college. >> i didnt think i would be graduated from college right now, i didnt think i would be doing that. >> to go to college and to come this far, its just incredible. i mean, how do you do it? >> you gotta be...

At kent police, it was clear that the leads had run out. we scaled down the inquiry, but one thing that weve never done is close the inquiry. the old kent police headquarters would soon be earmarked for closure, but in 2019, the tunbridge wells case came back to life. we had a breakthrough. we developed the tights that caroline was wearing when she was found in order to be able to get, for the first time ever, a dna sample that we believed is from the suspect who had killed caroline in 1987. but...

Caroline pierce was manageress. we also found that — items from supasnaps, where wendy worked. it is clear to me that he knew wendy knell, or who she was, he knew caroline — he has targeted them for death. by having that really good, current understanding of his life history, we were able to prove that he was lying. take a seat. we were able to get a dna sample from him, and that was an exact match from the offender profile that wed found at the scene of wendy, and a match to what we now kne...

>> the detectives cut to the chase. >> you didnt kill her, right? >> no. >> did you have someone else kill her? >> no. >> was he being really cooperative with you? >> he appeared to have nothing to hide. >> maliek let them download his phone. and that wasnt all. he volunteered his bank records, offered fingerprints, and provided a dna sample. he gave police permission to search his apartment and car. the detectives got to work. >> right away. we talked to neighbors in his apartment building. the...

E-mails looking for help, as well. >> these investigations that were working on, sometimes theyve been cold for decades. in these cold cases, theyre cold because there are no leads. and in a lot of cases thats because theres no witness description, and were able to give them that just with the dna. >> from a single dna sample, parabon can make an estimation of someones hair-color, eye-color and complexion. we hired parabon to test a sample of my dna. but we didnt tell them it was from me until t...

>> before she left hansens house, gonterman decided to rattle his cage by telling him that brittanis memory was finally starting to return. >> if your statement doesnt match when she remembers -- she remembers very well that you used to visit her. when she was born, you would come in twice a week and you would hang out. she remembers that used to wear tight shirts and baggy pants. >> hunter said he would come by the office. but he never showed up. so gonterman gave him a call to see what was goi...