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If i exchange one e-mail with a random stranger or if i just write something like no, thanks, im not interested. you have a suspect right there. if you return 30 or 40 no thank yous in a week, and trust me, women get inundated with that many requests, well, youve got 40 suspects. >> investigators interviewed all the men sarah spoke to from the site. each provided a dna sample and all were eliminated. by this time, several weeks had passed. and the trail of sarahs killer was turning cold. then un...

A dna sample was obtained from phillips bone marrow. it did not match the dna from the crime scene. >> i called and spoke with susans mother, and she was very disappointed. but you know, i tried to assure her that we would continue to go forward and try to identify the suspect. >> i was angry at the time, because i felt we had closure, it was done with. >> and there was more bad news. the dna did not match anyone in the statewide database of known criminal offenders. if the killer wasnt phillips...

Blood spatter analysis, investigators believe richard van dusen was pulled from his jeep and shot outside the vehicle. his wife karla was sitting in the passenger seat and was shot through the windshield. but on the steering wheel, investigators found blood which did not come from karla or richard. >> the samples that were tested from the steering wheel were consistent with being human blood. those samples were tested to develop a dna profile. >> perhaps the killer nicked his hand while cutting ...

Lees dna sample was sent immediately to the forensics lab for testing. it matched the biological samples from all five victims. >> just a sense of relief and joy come over me. you know, and its like, i had to smile. i said, "we got him." >> derrick todd lee was arrested and charged with first-degree murder. >> the first thing i would tell him is hes a coward. he picked on women. he took advantage of their good nature. >> after his arrest, investigators learned that lees dna matched skin cells un...

The negotiated sentence was for the defendant to be sentenced to the maximum indeterminate sentence allowable by law. that on the promoting prison contraband she would be sentenced to 2 1/3 to 7 year term of i was imprisonment and a $5,000 fine and a one year county jail sentence to be imposed concurrently with a $1,000 fine on her conviction for criminal facilitation. in addition to these prison sentences and fiennnes, mandato surcharges, crime victims fees and require the defendant to provide ...

A trophy. >> count i, you did while in the perpetration or attempted perpetration of criminal sexual conduct in the first degree -- >> jeffrey gorton was tried and convicted for the first-degree murder of both nancy ludwig and margarette eby. he will spend the rest of his life in prison. >> im afraid of him. im glad hes locked up for the rest of his life. he is the absolutely most frightening person that ive ever encountered because he was random, because he was so secretive, because he was so o...

>> it came from the bathroom in the upstairs bedroom where margarette eby was found. >> mm-hmm. >> the house that you said you had never been in. so right now, jeff, theres no question that youre the person thats responsible. the question that needs to be answered is, why? and what can we do to help you? >> well, there is no why, cause i didnt do it. so -- i just need to see an attorney now. because i know i didnt do anything and i need to -- >> when gorton asked for a lawyer, the interview stop...

Near the canadian border. david sweat is in solitary con confinement today. it has resulted in 12 employees being put on leave. again, according to the "new york times" an official briefed on this investigation, says authorities have reason to believe that david sweats account is credible. and frankly hes the only one thats able to talk. >> good point. >> the question is what is the rest of the story. a tough moment to show you, a 19-year-old woman stares down the man accused of killing her pa...

And i think probably fatigue was a factor as well. you get to where you cant think clearly. >> dr. kobe listenski, is there a way for authorities to tell how long ago a dna sample was left? i assume with rotted food there probably is if there is bugs or things like that but -- >> unfortunately, just looking at the dna itself you cant really tell. you cant tell when it was deposited. yes, you are right, lets say if it comes from saliva from the bite of an apple, you can sense from the apple how o...

That dense. from there uninterrupted all the way to the border. >> yeah he may have -- been a little bit careless. maybe more than a little careless when he looked out and didnt see these, you know this huge presence of law enforcement in the search teams. i think maybe he felt like he could make a sprint to the border. it wasnt that far. had the maps to tell him that. so he took a chance. i think probably fatigue was a factor as well the you get to where you cant think clearly. >> doctor is the...