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What looked like human bones in the backyard of the home he rented in wilmington, north carolina. >> it was kind of gruesome. we came across these bones. it was horrible. at first, we seen her leg bones and then we came across her skull. you know, and ribs and -- and then we realized, you know, it wasnt fake. it was real. you know, so it was terrible. >> he called authorities who moved quickly to collect the remains and any possible forensic evidence. >> the bones had been scattered by the anima...

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 the seat belt to remove karlas body, and the blood dri...

>> next, robertson flew to modesto, california, to conduct an experiment in doug mousers car. he wanted to try to recreate the same skin pattern that was on gennas thigh. he placed a live model, the same height and weight as genna in the back of the vehicle over the rear seat belt buckle. it was a hatch back and one of the back seats was broken and was kept flat. the model remained in the same position for 15 minutes, the time it would have taken to drive from gennas house to the dump site. when...

Minutes away, pulled his car off doug chose a dump site 15 minutes away, pulled his car off the road, which picked up the bits of starthistle, the same stage of development that was found on gennas body. prosecutors think doug simply got lucky when the security cameras at both his office and the fast-food restaurant werent working. but doug made a crucial mistake during his interrogation. he said he used his computer that saturday at the office. but his employer found no evidence that doug logge...

What looked like human bones in the backyard of the home he rented in wilmington, north carolina. >> it was kind of gruesome. we came across these bones. it was horrible. at first, we seen her leg bones and then we came across her skull. you know, and ribs and -- and then we realized, you know, it wasnt fake. it was real. you know, so it was terrible. >> he called authorities who moved quickly to collect the remains and any possible forensic evidence. >> the bones had been scattered by the anima...

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 the seat belt to remove ...

Doug chose a dump site 15 minutes away, pulled his car off the road, which picked up the bits of starthistle, the same stage of development that was found on gennas body. prosecutors think doug simply got lucky when the security cameras at both his office and the fast-food restaurant werent working. but doug made a crucial mistake during his interrogation. he said he used his computer that saturday at the office. but his employer found no evidence that doug logged in. >> they couldnt find any ev...

Drops in the trunk. tests showed it was the same blood type as julies, an indication she was injured elsewhere, placed in the trunk, then driven to the woods. >> initially, they werent sure whether that was the scene of the murder or that was simply a dumpsite. >> that type of development makes investigation that much more difficult, because now youve got two crime scenes to worry about. >> unfortunately, there were no foreign fingerprints found on or in the car, and investigators found no useab...

The backyard of the home he rented in wilmington, north carolina. >> it was kind of gruesome. we came across these bones. it was horrible. at first, we seen her leg bones and then we came across her skull. you know, and ribs and -- and then we realized, you know, it wasnt fake. it was real. you know, so it was terrible. >> he called authorities who moved quickly to collect the remains and any possible forensic evidence. >> the bones had been scattered by the animals and maybe by the tide coming ...

Get at the end of the line. >> greta: i suppose you are doing somewhat of a victory dance, but the supreme court yesterday upheld 5-4, the cision, actually, they reversed the maryland highest court and now they have allowed it so law enforcement can take dna swab when is someone has been arrested but not convicted. that goes back to a case you handled in 2003 or 04. >> thats right. young college student, years old, she was raped, kidnapped and murdered and dumped into a dump site, put on f the t...