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>> with advance dna science not yet available at the time of the trial the prosecution relied on inexact hair testing methods yielding results that would not be accepted in a court of law today. >> i consulted a couple of forensic experts i knew and there was no way anybody, fbi, no matter where theyre from could say that pubic hair belonged to james duckett. theres no way they could say that. >> as it turned out, the fbis hair and fiber analyst had a long history of controversial findings. >> o...

Produce videos that potential customers will provide useful. the hash tag how to is one of the top trending tags online. and integrate social within the app. give users multiple chances to share information about your app with others on facebook, twitter and other sites. we have a lot more to come in our special south by southwest edition of "your business." well be talking to anne wojcicki, the founder of the controversial 23andme dna testing. and the company that disrupted the real estate indu...

Made. investigators learned that during the fourth of july party, megan attended, the host through rid glitter on everyone, including megan. >> i said, do you still have the bottle, she said yes, i do. so we then went and recovered the remaining portion of the glitter. >> scientists confirmed the glitter in megan barrosos hair came from megans friend, and it was the same glitter found in sanchezs truck, on the ak-47 rifle, on megans jacket found in sanchezs trash and in megans own car. it was th...

The light switch and brought in all of that to us. >> analysts viewed the switch plate with oblique or angled lighting. >> we take various different types of light sources, and we bring them in from the side, from the front, to see if we can see anything on the surface itself. >> and thats where they found a single, high-quality fingerprint, and it looked like it was in plasma. >> not all blood is red or brownish like you would think. there are other components in the blood that are clear. the p...

Olamides blood was discovered in the trunk. they also found bloody fingerprints on the rearview mirror. >> i was able then to powder and lift those impressions and then lift them off of the rearview mirror and then do a comparison. >> one of these was maurice wallaces thumbprint. dna testing identified the blood as olamides. investigators also found evidence on wallaces jeans. >> to the naked eye, it didnt appear that there was anything unusual about them. however, later forensic testing found t...

Assault. >> investigators found several foreign hairs in coreys hands. one had an intact root. >> the fact that the hair had root material on it and was not from her would allow you to at least presume that hair had to be attained forcibly. >> dna testing revealed the blood in the kitchen came from the same person as the hair in coreys hand. surprisingly, this dna did not match the prime suspect eric jones, coreys co-worker, despite his bizarre behavior. the dna from coreys apartment did not mat...

>> straddling the tailgate flailing her arms, like, screaming. and at the time we didnt -- we just thought it was a crazy drunk person, you know, partying. >> she was trying to get out of the truck to the point she was going to jump out of the back of the truck while it was moving. >> unfortunately, michelles friends couldnt remember anything about the truck except that it was red. police canvassed area hospitals. no one matching michelles description had been admitted. law enforcement volunteer...

The physical characteristics of the die and the hairs themselves were consistent with hairs collected from ginger hayes. >> the harris recovered from the tire rim exhibited all the same microscopic traits as the hair coming from the victim. >> during questioning, investigators noticed some dark brown stains on edwards shoes and clothing. those stains were blood and the dna profile of that blood was compared to the tire at the crime scene. the results left no doubt. >> certainly, the presence of ...

Two days later, she was gone and pat was dead. >> she stripped sunday night, danced sunday night at the outer limits and then she and her boyfriend leave town. >> police issued an all points bulletin for laura england. in the meantime, at the crime scene, investigators made some important discoveries. first, there were bloody boot prints throughout the house and they had been made at two different times and several hours apart. >> you could see that someone had exited the house and then, apparen...

Contacted police about his former roommate, bob johnson. >> someone who came forward and claimed that their roommate at that time in 86, johnson, had come home bloodied and said that he had killed somebody. >> johnsons mugshot looked remarkably like the composite drawing of the suspect. he didnt fit the fbi profile, but his background made him a likely suspect. >> his ex-wife told the investigators that mr. johnson had a significant drug problem, and he was conducting those burglaries to help su...