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And that further dna testing would prove that. and i can remember saying, well, its his dna, if it isnt there, theres no case there. >> in fact, despite the long interrogation, dna would eventually link the depalmas not to alex, but to an ex-marine. a stereo, vacuum cleaner and set of keys stolen from the couple would also be found in his possession. >> he did say when asked, that bostick was not involved in the murder. >> this is reinforced by phone records, that show alex in tampa about 35 mil...

>> she had dental records but they were ten years old. i couldnt find a dentist that kept their records that long. >> and initially scientists couldnt use dna testing either. >> they couldnt pull the dna from the remains from the bones. apparently the bones were too dried out. >> investigators were facing the very real possibility that their victim would never be identified. then forensic anthropologist dr. midori albert had an idea. >> id been familiar with a procedure called skull photo video ...

Of blood, high-velocity blood spatter, the type that would be created by a high-powered rifle. dna testing showed the blood came from both diane and alan johnson. this proved the killer wore the robe backwards, but investigators needed to prove that sarah wore the robe on the morning of the murders. to do that, they had to analyze the shirt she had on that day. >> sarah johnson had a blue cotton t-shirt with green paint smeared on to it. so, therefore, im thinking, well, lets examine the blue sh...

Officer. the first cold case he was assigned was laura salmons murder. >> i didnt become a law enforcement officer to work on this case. but it was always on my mind. so i was quite happy that i got to assist bill sharp on this case. >> one of the first things dan goodwin and bill sharp did was to send all of the evidence to the forensic lab for testing. >> obviously through the advancement in science, through dna testing, maybe we could find the donor of the biological material and match that w...

Indication they were left by the person who bit the victim, presumably her killer. goebel removed the fabric and performed dna testing, which is a more advanced form of pcr testing. the result, the dna profile from the saliva on the tee shirt did not match roy brown. but whose was it? barry benchs daughter kathryn offered to help out. >> his daughter was a very courageous young woman who said i want the truth. she actually contacted us after our papers were filed in court and said if you ever ne...

Stains were not the result of transfer which would have just been on the top of the weave, but, rather, down driven into the weave, much more consistent with impact spatter. >> the blood spatter was the same size and shape as one would expect to find after inflitctin a beating with a blunt object. dna testing of this blood revealed it was kathy lambs blood. >> we have impact spatters at the scene, on the wall. and we also have impact spatters on the left interior thigh area of the dark jeans fro...

Chance that he could have touched the knot while he was tying the knot. >> dna specialist jason wycoff swabbed the stocking looking for any of those skin cells. >> the swabs were treated with a solvent to free possible dna. and then replicated so the sample was large enough for dna testing. just as they suspected, they found a dna sample. >> i noticed that the profile was characteristic of a mixture of at least two individuals and the mixture had male and female gender characteristics. >> the fe...

Particular suspect. its very dangerous. i think thats what happened in this case. like sunny said, we will have to see what the judges say. the dna testing in the last two cases in the appeal and this current trial were done independently by the italians and they came back with less and less evidence that rafael or amanda were involved at all. i dont understand how this conviction took place. i cant understand it. >> stunning. thank you very much. leaving that there, i want to get you back to th...

>> and that support has led to hundreds of thousands of dollars for dna testing of a hair found at the crime scene. and that has led to some startling revelations. >> the dna evidence proves that there were no sexual assaults. the fronzices -- forensics proves that as well. the material that does exist, all three defendants are eliminated from it. they couldnt have produced it. and on the other hand, there is evidence consistent with a relative or a family member of one of the victims. and its a...

Did. as you stated she was brutally kidnapped and brutally raped at the hands of dennis maguire and through a lengthy investigation people was eliminated. based on his own words to me implicated himself and that led to the investigation ultimately to some dna testing and other information where he had told other people trying to blame it on a brother in law jerry richardson. so in my eyes my sympathies go to the families that lost their loved one, lost a baby that will never, ever experience wha...