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Case, that dna testing, the genetic genealogy was complicated. dense data. >> i taught fifth grade. i know how hard it is to teach somebody something. you have to repeat it over and over and over again. im concerned about that. >> thank you. >> as it turned out, the jury reached a quick verdict. judge hoover read the decision allowed. >> we, the jury, find the defendant jerry lynn burns guilty of the charge of murder in the first degree. >> how did he take it, the verdict? >> i think he was shoc...

Spouses. our concern about violence is imperfect. crimes and ijustices of women go unsolved at alarming rates. the death of gabby petito captivated the nation. her boyfriend, who police say is a person of interest, is still missing. what happened to gabby petito is horrible and her case deserves the attention its getting. so do the stories of thousands of women who have shared a similar fate. ashley was 20 years old when she disappeared from the blackfoot indian reservation in 2017. the family r...

When i was ten-year-old my mom and dad said you are kidnapped from the hospital. is this really true? i started wondering, am i really paul? >> for quite some time he would try to find out who am i? he knew dna testing can help him find the answer to his mystery. >> the test results says there is no possibility that you are who you are. but, there is more. >> what the -- >> i was shaking. everything i thought i knew was a lie. this was bigger than what happened to me. the fbi is revisiting a hal...

And dad said you were kidnapped from the hospital. the fbi found you a couple years later. i had no idea what happened. is this really true? i started really wondering, am i really paul? >> for quite some time, he was trying to find out who am i? he knew the dna testing could help him find the answer to his mystery. >> and the test results said theres no possibility that youre paul. but theres more. what the -- >> i was shaking. >> we were in shock. >> wow. >> everything i thought i knew was a l...

Revolution in human identification. the first step is to get dna tested. someone like paul needs to get tested at a consumer dna testing company and compare it against the millions of others in those data bases. >> so you say in the film people dont have necessarily a right to have a relationship with their biological family but they do have a birth right to the knowledge of their heritage. talk about that. why it is so important. >> alex hayley talked about that yearning, that need to know who ...

There are a lot of applications genetic geneology can help to find answers. and pauls story is an amazing example of that. >> back to pauls story, i dont want to give too much away because we want everybody to tune in and see the whole story but there is a bigger mystery. when he starts diving in to this, everything was a lie. is that right? >> right. >> with paul, he is incredibly dedicated to finding answers but unfortunately for him every time we find an answer for him it opens up a new myste...

>> the jacket smelled of pepper spray to, there were two shoes found in the car, but nothing else. melissa had been wearing a sterling silver ring, diming airings, and a 5000 dollar watch. she also had unexpected prone to handbag, and an iphone. it could very well be a target of some opportunities go up and run. >> at the point where we found a vehicle, we have no clothes, no leads, and we dont have any suspect to identify. suspects did find a tiny drop of malicious blood in her car, and on a ti...

Samota files, took a look inside and found some promising evidence. >> in06 when she decided to reopen the case, she went over to the lab and realized they did have a rape kit. they did have a sample that in todays technology could be tested to try and find a dna standard. >> by 2006, of course, dna testing had evolved. some of angies other friends also approached police about reopening the investigation, but it was sheila who eventually made more than 700 phone calls over the years. trying to m...

Tattoo. i believe she has a tattoo on her right arm, the inside of her right arm. they know her hair color, they know her eye color. they certainly can check dental records, although that takes some time, and they certainly can do dna testing, and that takes some time. its not clear what the condition of the body is, whether it was exposed to the environment for a certain period of time. they dont know exactly that length of time, but the autopsy will reveal a great deal and allow a positive ide...

Had missed her. which is a hard thing as an investigator -- >> youre beating yourself up for that, huh? >> im not so much beating myself up. its just i would have much rather found her than have him find her. >> now, all these years later, dolphin avenue was a crime scene. >> theres a possible break in a cold case. the disappearance of this young mother more than two decades ago. >> that search turned up much more than just bonnies skull. there were her disintegrating bones, her ring, the acryli...