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Target. of course, we all know its someone in the inner circle. >> if we had known those kind of circumstances earlier in the investigation, im sure he would have come into our radar sooner, but again, we can always look back and wish we had done things differently. >> a few months before he confessed, eric copple patched things up with lily prudhomme, and the two married. in a bitter irony, the couple asked arlene allen, adrianes mother, to be part of the wedding with ceremony. lily claims she ...

>> it was that cold feeling that came over me. i didnt know what to feel or at that moment. i really didnt know. >> we want to make sure that he knows details about the crime and the things hes telling us match up with what we already know about the crime scene. we want to make sure that its information that hasnt been released to the media. >> although eric copple confessed, he wouldnt tell plice why he did it. >> he always claimed he didnt know what he did with the murder weapon, which, again,...

Death penalty. >> and i think that was a very real possibility. accepting a life without possibility of parole plea was probably the best deal he was going to get. >> were it not for a few drops of blood, two cigarette butts and some skin cells on a rubber band, eric copple might have gotten away with murder. but ever advancing dna technology provided a profile so accurate, it was only a matter of time before he was exposed as the killer. >> this case turned on those cigarette butts. >> things t...

Of course, we all know its someone in the inner circle. >> if we had known those kind of circumstances earlier in the investigation, im sure he would have come into our radar sooner, but again, we can always look back and wish we had done things differently. >> a few months before he confessed, eric copple patched things up with lily prudone, and the two married. in a bitter irony, the couple asked arlene allen, adrianes mother, to be part of the wedding with ceremony. lily claims she never susp...

Further analytics are necessary. beam us up. ♪ thats my phone. hey. [ female announcer ] the x1 entertainment operating system, only from xfinity. tv and internet together like never before. 25-year-old eric copple walked into police headquarters and confessed to the murders of adriane insogna and leslie mazzara. dna tests confirmed that eric copples blood was at the crime scene and that his saliva was on the cigarette butts found outside. >> i dont know if i exactly remember the moment when...

Suspects dna. >> copple was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. investigators learned that copple blamed adriane insogna for the breakup of his engagement to lily prudone. >> it appeared that some people and possibly adriane, were telling lily that she could do better and that she shouldnt any longer be involved in this relationship with eric copple, that he wasnt good for her or right for her. >> on the night of the murders, copple went to a halloween party and ran into...

Came over me. i didnt know what to feel or at that moment. i really didnt know. >> we want to make sure that he knows details about the crime and the things hes telling us match up with what we already know about the crime scene. we want to make sure that its information that hasnt been released to the media. >> although eric copple confessed, he wouldnt tell police why he did it. >> he always claimed he didnt know what he did with the murder weapon, which, again, to me always suggested to me th...

Life without possibility of parole plea was probably the best deal he was going to get. >> were it not for a few drops of blood, two cigarette butts and some skin cells on a rubber band, eric copple might have gotten away with murder. but ever advancing dna technology provided a profile so accurate, it was only a matter of time before he was exposed as the killer. >> this case turned on those cigarette butts. >> things that would have not been considered 20 years ago as evidence are very crucial...

Has green eyes. >> he now knew two things, that he made too many mistakes and the dna technology had advanced far beyond anything he could ever have imagined. the same time, police asked the surviving roommate, lauren meanza, if she knew anyone who smoked this brand of cigarettes. >> she had let us know, well, the only smoker i can think of at this point is eric copple. >> 25-year-old eric copple was a land surveyor and a friend of one of the victims. but before police could question him, copple...