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And excited. >> finally, grahams dna profile matched the biological sample from janet haynes rape test kit. the fbi profile had been remarkably accurate in predicting the perpetrators age, education, and where he lived. graham also admitted he lost weight after the murder and joined the army, where he worked in military intelligence. after he was discharged, he returned to oklahoma. >> i guess that was his best situation, to move back into an area that he was familiar with, the same old neighbor...

The biological evidence from the rape test kit gathered at danas autopsy, a 900 million to 1 match. >> i was relieved, because that particular case had been sitting on my desk for ten years. >> every time you see a poster or see an article or watch tv or on the news or anything about the case, it just, it bothered me. and now its over with, i feel a lot better. >> investigators believe dana satterfield was vicks first victim, but possibly not his last. there was another acquaintance of jonothan ...

Because she had a wire that, around her neck. >> the medical examiner also found a bloody shoe impression on heathers shirt. and what looked like knife wounds on her neck, both were indications the killer tried to subdue her. a rape test kit found no biological evidence of sexual assault. >> one of the things that you try to do as a forensic pathologist is to try to tell the story as best you can of what happened to an individual. in a case like this where there is a savage attack on a young gir...

Have been extremely lucky that things happened the way they did, and she was not killed at that point in time. >> police used her description to create a sketch, which was distributed to the local media. an autopsy revealed that kathy woodhouse died from blunt force trauma to the head. >> she received three blows to the left side of her head because there was three separate lacerations to the left side of the head. so that the mop ringer fit the bill as far as its weight, its mass, the variety o...

Half-sister of elmen. >> investigators now wanted to test the biological evidence collected from julies rape test kit to see whether james elmen was her killer, but there was a risk. the test would consume all of the evidence. >> unfortunately, sometimes you have to make a choice. you might have to run the entire bit of sample. but at the time, youre thinking this is the best technology available. >> investigators decided the gamble was worth it. >> they consumed all of the semen that was contai...

>> this meant all the evidence at what may have been the murder site was compromised. >> somebodys been there, moving things around, and it just makes the investigation a lot more difficult. >> in the meantime, it didnt take long for investigators to eliminate julies husband as a suspect. >> when he was perfectly willing to take a polygraph examination, kept in contact with the officers trying to work this case, i think all suspicion was erased. >> but julies autopsy did provide some important i...

>> and one of those hairs had the potential to be a gold mine of evidence. >> the first hair that i glommed onto was probably the largest hair and it had a root. and had a root with some tissue on it. >> dumb luck kept that towel from burning up and burning the pubic hair with it. >> investigators now had dna evidence from both crime scenes. buy logical evidence from renee powells rape test kit and the hair from barbara walshs apartment. scientists compared robert parkers dna to those dna sample...

Former roommate, bob johnson. >> someone who came forward and claimed that their roommate at that time in 86, johnson, had come home bloodied and said that he had killed somebody. >> johnsons mugshot looked remarkably like the composite drawing of the suspect. he didnt fit the fbi profile, but his background made him a likely suspect. >> his ex-wife told the investigators that mr. johnson had a significant drug problem, and he was conducting those burglaries to help support that habit. >> janet ...

The dna of kaye robinsons attacker and when they compared eskridges dna to the biological sample from kay robinsons rape test kit, investigators finally got the answer theyd been waiting for. >> when i received the call that the dna was a match, i was overjoyed. i couldnt believe it. i couldnt wait to call kay robinson. >> i went through a lot of emotions. i thought, oh, my god, im glad i didnt kill desilva, because it would have been the wrong guy. but, i mean, he could have been his twin. they...

>> elise enjoyed being in the navy. she was looking forward to her future as an air traffic controller, tough job and especially for females. she would have been good at it if she had had more time. >> quincy brown, the man found shot to death in the makdessis bedroom had no history of violence. >> once he had been in the navy for over 19 years. he was married. he had a child. he did not have any kind of criminal background. >> quincy brown worked with elise at the naval air base. >> everybody t...