and her friends. she was extremely outgoing. a wonderful life that came to a tragic and on one warm summer night. i hear a very weird scream. her life had ended, but our story was just beginning. her killer hadn t been caught. i remember one detective saying to me, you just have to wait till because again. but the trail grew cold. the file forgotten, until decades later, someone dusted it off. the whole goal of these cases was to try and see the thing that s hiding in plain sight. there were clues. a mysterious weapon made of wire, the wedding invitation, a midnight sale to know where. where they enough to catch a killer? i was 100 percent confident that it was our guy. now, the showdown a determined prosecutor against a famed defense lawyer, who helped set ogs in free. i m on the right side. after 35 years, it was finally time for justice. it s been a long journey. he was alone in his makeshift workshop. had to be, for what he intended. carefully
wait till because again. but the trail grew cold. the file forgotten, until decades later, someone dusted it off. see the thing that s hiding in plain sight. there were clues. a mysterious weapon made of wire, the wedding invitation, a midnight sale to know where. where they enough to catch a killer? i was 100 percent confident now, the showdown a determined prosecutor against a famed defense lawyer, who helped set ogs in free. i m on the right side. after 35 years, it was finally time for justice. it s been a long journey. in this makeshift workshop, had to be for what he intended. carefully, got the lengths of a two of them. just a few inches each, sand them down, joe the whole in each one. he found a piece of wire, he doubled it for strength. his perfect weapon for his perfect crime. outside, in the sunshine, it was the summer of 1979. aides hadn t happened to us to, north of the internet, nor did cell phones, norway to re-dna. all of those
reporter: you sent them where? the governor, the fbi. you even wrote to who, ronald reagan? yes, i had to go to key decision makers. reporter: but she was shouting in the wind. detectives hilton and capt. emilio paerels retired, not happy about what they left behind. this one weighed on me for quite a long time. in the back of your head. you don t want to leave a homicide case undone. that s just, just wrong. reporter: lead detective gary hilton second guessed himself endlessly. i could have been a little bit more, done a little bit more.
like niagara falls. you are at the bottom. and it s all coming at you. a terrible, horrible, horrible experience. she just was the last person who should have ever died like that. [noise] reporter: as the eighties rolled out their own catalog of horrors, drugs, urban decay, crime, donna fought to keep her memory of her sister from sinking under the troubles. she wrote letters, lots of them. and you listed lynn to help. i got that nice picture of lynn. i pasted it here and said, sell yourself lynn. here goes, i m going to send. it reporter: you sent them where? the governor, the fbi. you even wrote to who, ronald reagan? yes, i had to go to key decision makers. reporter: but she was shouting in the wind. detectives hilton and capt. emilio paerels retired, not
[noise] reporter: as the eighties rolled out their own catalog of horrors, drugs, urban decay, crime, donna fought to keep her memory of her sister from sinking under the troubles. she wrote letters, lots of them. and you listed lynn to help. i got that nice picture of lynn. i posted it here and said, sell yourself lynn. here goes, i m going to send. it reporter: you sent them where? the governor, the fbi. you even wrote to who, ronald reagan? yes, i had to go to key decision makers. reporter: but she was shouting in the wind. detectives hilton and capt. emilio paerels retired, not happy about what they left behind. this woman weighed on me for quite a long time. in the back of your head. you don t want to leave a homicide case undone. that s just, just wrong.