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For five years, the murder of pat mcrae went unsolved. investigators had the dna profile of the killer and boot impressions from the scene. what they didnt have was a viable suspect. >> i just kind of gave up worrying about whether or not it would get solved. i mean, i didnt like that it wouldnt, but i had that feeling that there was probably nothing we could do. >> then detective judy stanley got a call from her counterpart in lincoln, nebraska, 200 miles away. lincoln police had just arrested ...

That she got a nosebleed during the struggle was probably the only thing about her story which was true. thats how her blood dripped on to the comforter on pats bed. she walked through the rooms trying to clean up the blood, but there was simply too much of it. blood found on the curtains showed she opened them to see if mars had returned. when he arrived, andrea left through the front door and locked it on her way out, tracking fresh blood across the front porch. several hours later, when she r...

Several hours later, andrea panicked when she realized she left her wallet in pat mcraes home. she insisted mars drive her back to des moines so she could retrieve her wallet. >> everything in her wallet was coated with blood. i mean, it was like, you know, it had been sitting in it, you know? it was -- >> but how could police determine if mars was telling the truth? >> mars davis gave us a ton of information that would not have been known to anybody other than who was at that house. >> but how ...

News. >> mars davis said that five years earlier, he was involved with a 24-year-old stripper named andrea morris. andrea was working at the outer limits club in des moines. one night around closing time, mars picked up andrea after work and she said shed promised to give a bar patron a private dance at his house. >> it wasnt entirely out of the ordinary, but it wasnt exactly something that happened all the time, but yeah. and money was pretty tight, so i was -- and she didnt ask me, you know? s...

That she got a nosebleed during the struggle was probably the only thing about her story which was true. thats how her blood dripped on to the comforter on pats bed. she walked through the rooms trying to clean up the blood, but there was simply too much of it. blood found on the curtains showed she opened them to see if mars had returned. when he arrived, andrea left through the front door and locked it on her way out, tracking fresh blood across the front porch. several hours later, when she r...

Mcrae visited on the night of his murder. des moines police learned andrea morris was recently released from prison in nebraska after serving two years on a drug charge. >> she is required to give a dna sample as part of her release. and so, i find out who her probation officer is, i call her up. she says, you know what, i just had to take her dna the other day. >> and it matched the dna from the blood found in pat mcraes bedroom. andrea morris was arrested at her apartment in lincoln, nebraska....

Years earlier, he was involved with a 24-year-old stripper named andrea morris. andrea was working at the outer limits club in des moines. one night around closing time, mars picked up andrea after work and she said shed promised to give a bar patron a private dance at his house. >> it wasnt entirely out of the ordinary, but it wasnt exactly something that happened all the time, but yeah. and money was pretty tight, so i was -- and she didnt ask me, you know? she just said, this is whats happeni...

>> they later checked into a motel, took showers and got some sleep. several hours later, andrea panicked when she realized she left her wallet in pat mcraes home. she insisted mars drive her back to des moines so she could retrieve her wallet. >> everything in her wallet was coated with blood. i mean, it was like, you know, it had been sitting in it, you know? it was -- >> but how could police determine if mars was telling the truth? >> mars davis gave us a ton of information that would not hav...

For five years, the murder of pat mcrae went unsolved. investigators had the dna profile of the killer and boot impressions from the scene. what they didnt have was a viable suspect. >> i just kind of gave up worrying about whether or not it would get solved. i mean, i didnt like that it wouldnt, but i had that feeling that there was probably nothing we could do. >> then detective judy stanley got a call from her counterpart in lincoln, nebraska, 200 miles away. lincoln police had just arrested ...

Return for leniency on his drug charge. >> i felt tremendously guilty for a long time. i didnt want to think about it anymore. it bothered me every time i closed my eyes. >> unfortunately, davis didnt know the name of the victim. he did, however, remember the neighborhood where he lived. >> he only knows that he lives at a house someplace off of harding road. he knows its by a convenience store. he knows theres a couple car washes nearby, knows the guy works for a tv station, knows that he went ...