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>> the night of the crimes, a woman named diana roper had seen her boyfriend, man named lee furrow drive up to their house in the wee hours of the morning. lee furrow comes rushing into the house wearing coveralls splattered with what looks to be spots of blood. he changes clothes and turns around and leaves. there were other people in the house, and someone looked out the window and saw a white station wagon, matching the ryens parked in the driveway with other individuals in that car. >> diana...

Furrows hatchet was missing from his tool belt. >> it would make sense that somebody like lee furrow would have killed the ryens. he was a convicted murderer. he had strangled to death a young woman and thrown her body into a canal. >> but san bernardino police waited 11 months before questioning lee furrow. and when they did, they never asked him about his missing ax. they also seemed to accept furrows word that he didnt own any overalls. tom parker thinks he knows why. >> the coveralls in fact...

Woman named laurel epler. who lived near the canyon corral bar. >> here was a log that shows that laurel epler called in to the sheriffs department the day after the murders, saying she had found a short-sleeved blue shirt that she thought had blood on it, on the road near the canyon corral bar. one of the bar employees testified that one of the men in the bar that night might have had on a blue shirt. the criminal bulletin showed that they were looking for three white men and one of them was we...

Woman named laurel eppler who lived near the canyon corral bar. >> here was a log that shows that laurel epler called in to the sheriffs department the day after the murders, saying she had found a short-sleeved blue shirt that she thought had blood on it, on the road near the canyon corral bar. one of the bar employees testified that one of the men in the bar that night might have had on a blue shirt. the criminal bulletin showed that they were looking for three white men and one of them was we...

With blood. at the time we didnt know about the murder, and we just thought, i dont know what theyve been doing, slaughtering pigs or whatever, but were out of here. >> slonaker never reported the incident, because she claimed a uniformed sheriffs deputy was at the bar that night, and she assumed he would follow up. in 2004, norm hile fought for a new trial for kevin cooper in front of u.s. district court judge marilyn huff in san diego. in his appeal, hile presented christine slonakers testimon...

>> it would make sense that somebody like lee furrow would have killed the ryans. he was a convicted murderer. he had strangled to death a young woman and throwed her body into a canal. >> but san bernardino police waited 11 months before questioning lee furrow. and when they did, they never asked him about his missing ax. they also seemed to accept furrows word that he didnt own any overalls. tom parker thinks he knows why. >> the cover alls in fact had been destroyed. a deputy had taken them a...

Woman named diana roper had seen her boyfriend, man named lee furrow drive up to their house in the wee hours of the morning. lee furrow comes rushing into the house wearing cover alls with what looks to be spots of blood. he changes clothes and turns around and leaves. there were other people in the house, and someone looked out the window and saw a white station wagon, matching the ryans parked in the driveway with other individuals in that car. >> diana roper called the sheriffs department an...