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D.a. have taken positions consistently they believe that certain information need not be produced. >> rollins has argued for dna testing on fingernail scrapings from barbara jean and samples from inside the box she was found in to reveal her killers true identity. >> the truth about what happened to that little girl is very possibly in the evidence vault right now in philadelphia and the d.a.s office in fighting against testing it. are they interested in finding out who actually killed barbara j...

>> the philadelphia district attorney asked the court to dismiss the entirety of rollins petition and objected to full dna testing. >> there are fingernail scrapings. there is biological material from the box in which the victim was found, fingerprint evidence. we cant test it unless the court gives us an order allowing us to do it. >> if youre a prosecutor with any integrity, you would say, all right. well pull all the dna out and test it. lets be sure. and they wont do it. and they wont do it ...

And she told me that he had told her that if she didnt shut up and quit talking to him about it and quit asking him about it, that she would end up the same way that they did, he would do the same to her that he did to them, meaning referencing to twila and her boys, he would kill her like he killed them. >> three years after the murders, bob denell was driving drunk when he crashed into a tractor-trailer. he was killed instantly. >> twilas uncle, i mean, he was never a suspect on it. but its aw...

This jacket, sweat stains, bloodstains on this jacket. it was a veritable cornucopia of possible dna testing. >> owen believed he had strong grounds for appeal because the state had failed to test the windbreaker, and other key evidence. >> in the living room there is a black plastic garbage bag. and inside that garbage bag there were found a knife and a hand towel and they didnt test either of those items. theres a second knife, which was found on the porch of the house and this i think now we ...

>> thats what i would say too if i were in their position and i was trying to explain away why their expert said these hairs didnt look like twilas and elwin calers and -- >> john mann shut down any further dna testing. >> skinner thinks the longer time that he has on appeal after appeal after appeal the greater probability that texas will do away with the death sentence and he will be commuted to life. i think thats all hes after. >> i dont have to prove who did do it. thats the polices job. al...

Why. was he the killer or was he not? he put the young man under surveillance and followed him to a local restaurant. >> are you hidden somewhere in the restaurant? >> im back in a corner, yeah. >> he watched the student had a few drinks and when he left, the detective snagged the dirty beer mugs and sent them out for dna testing. the results would take weeks, leaving a town full of young people on edge. >> dads and moms were telling their college-aged kids, be alert everywhere you go. go with p...

Someone said they saw a white car speeding from the park the night of the shootings. that led nowhere, so chavez and his team focused on the crime scene. there was no murder weapon. they did find two spent .45-caliber casings. and near an observation deck just 30 feet away from where mollie and kristene were discovered, police found an empty monster energy drink can and five cigarette butts. and the girls didnt smoke? >> the girls did not smoke. >> chavez sent all that for dna testing. as for th...

Of pepper spray, too. there were two shoes found in the car, but nothing else. melissa had been wearing a sterling silver ring, diamond earrings and a $5,000 watch. she also had an expensive prada handbag and an iphone. could very well be a target of some opportunistic grab and run. >> at the point we find her vehicle, we have no clues, no leads, and we dont have any suspects identified. >> reporter: police did find a tiny drop of melissas blood in her car and on a tile in her house. but there w...

>> the second one had an ash about an inch long. someone had left that cigarette and rushed out of there. >> detective arnold ordered dna testing on the cigarettes and cans. the detective was also learning about erin and the more he found out shall the more he was drawn in. mostly by herself, erin was raising four children, including erica, the only one home the night of the shooting and ebony, the oldest at 16. >> instead of like mother and daughter, were more like sisters. >> youre like friend...

That would back up murder charges against both of them, no matter who pulled the trigger. quisenberry was interviewed first and said he knew nothing about the crime. as the interrogation wore on, he started blaming the man in the other room. >> why dont you tell me why you killed her. and how he did it. >> i wasnt there. but i know he did it. >> but detective arnold knew something quisenberry did not. after his first interview, rick had scooped up his smoked down marlboros for dna testing. bingo...