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Steep ravine about a 400-foot ravine. >> the skull was that of a young caucasian female. >> the news came on, and the reporter was holding the skull, and was saying this body has been found, yada, yada, and all the details. and about, and this had happened to me so many times since she went missing. its amazing how many bodies are found. >> dental records identified the victim. it was heather church. >> at the beginning, i didnt want to hear it. for like 24 hours, i kept on saying, "are you sure...

All. >> the first suspect on the list was heathers father. at the time, he was separated from diane church and living on his own. >> the fbi wanted to talk to me for about four hours. i had the, like you see in the movie, the good guy/bad guy scenario, fbi agents asking me all these questions that some of them were really hard to imagine. they were very, very personal. things that, how i felt about my daughter. >> but mike church said he had an alibi for the time heather went missing. he attende...

Ill put him to bed. >> diane and the two boys returned home around 10:00. the house was dark, and for some reason, the front door was unlocked. she assumed heather and sage were asleep. sage was in bed, but heather was not. >> she was so little, and she had such a big fluffy comforter that i just figured she was under her comforter, so i said, go look again. so, he goes and looks again and comes back and goes, no, shes not in there. so i went and looked and she wasnt in there. and then thats whe...

And things like that. >> diane church and her family lived in a sparsely populated area, which meant the kidnapper could have abducted heather without drawing much attention. >> it was this 13-year-old girl who was home, and yet, her brother was left behind. she disappeared and her brother was just still sleeping in his bed. it all was a very suspicious situation right off the bat. >> an fiber profiler agreed. since there was nothing missing from the home and no signs of violence, the profiler s...

The next morning, diane church noticed that the screen on her bedroom window was askew, evidence technicians found three fingerprints on the outside of the screens frame. >> the prints themselves were very fresh in this particular case on that particular screen, they were very distinct prints. >> but these fingerprints could have been left by anyone. dozens of people had been in and around the house. >> this was a busy household just like many of our households. there were hundreds of prints thr...

Window into one of the empty bedrooms. he most likely wore gloves, but when he had difficulty removing the screen, he took them off and inadvertently left three prints behind. prosecutors believe heather heard the noise and went to investigate. when brown saw her, he realized heather could identify him, so he struck her in the head with a blunt object, killing her instantly. he carried heathers body out through the front door, which he left unlocked, loaded her into his vehicle and drove to the ...

And she said oh, mom i let him stay up a little bit. ill put him to bed. >> diane and the two boys returned home around 10:00. the house was dark, and for some reason, the front door was unlocked. she assumed heather and sage were asleep. sage was in bed, but heather was not. >> she was so little, and she had such a big fluffy comforter that i just figured she was under her comforter, so i said, go look again. so, he goes and looks again and comes back and goes, no, shes not in there. so i went ...

Measures with your children and making sure they understood, you know, stranger danger concerns and things like that. >> diane church and her family lived in a sparsely populated area, which meant the kidnapper could have abducted heather without drawing much attention. >> it was this 13-year-old girl who was home, and yet, her brother was left behind. she disappeared and her brother was just still sleeping in his bed. it all was a very suspicious situation right off the bat. >> an fbi profiler ...

42-year-old robert brown, who had been arrested in both louisiana and california and served time in prison for car theft. >> he had a criminal history in both of those states. nothing for murder, but we knew he was a felon. >> browns fingerprints didnt make it into the fbis database, because his offense was comparatively minor. >> when louisiana notified us that they had matched the prints to a subject named robert brown, we immediately went into our files and our databases to find out where rob...

Bedroom window was ascrew. evidence technicians found three fingerprints on the outside of the screens frame. >> the prints themselves were very fresh. in this particular case on that particular screen, they were very distinct prints. >> but these fingerprints could have been left by anyone. dozens of people had been in and around the house. >> this was a busy household just like many of our households. there were hundreds of prints throughout the house. >> it was a process that would take day, ...