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shaw. mrs. shaw indicated that the person with the red mask was the most aggressive in the robbery. the identity of the other two dna profiles in the mask was inconclusive. the ski mask implicated ronald benson. the shoe impression outside the shaws home implicated shannon touchet. but there was no forensic evidence linking reggie basile to the crime. as an investigator, that s a little hard to swallow, you know. that s a little hard to leave in the end of the day with, knowing that there s nothing else you can do, and you feel fairly certain of who s responsible for doing it. investigators hoped that would change.
to go in the house when she opened the door. i was going to stand outside and wait for them. shannon said that the motive was robbery. this was how shannon repaid ron shaw for giving him a job at his grandfather s request. i was talking about my job, which mr. shaw, he was paying me good. i was telling them about that and how he had money and stuff. we started planning for, like, two weeks before, and then we finally went and did it. prosecutors say the three men drove to ron shaw s neighborhood and waited for the shaws to come home. witnesses saw the three men loitering in the area. when the shaws arrived, they were ambushed. ronald benson fired twice. [ gunshots ] reggie basile fired the third
were basically indistinguishable from those of shannon touchet s shoes. they had the same wear, the same physical characteristics, they were nike air jordans, same size. shannon s own mother disputed his alibi. she told investigators that shannon was out with two friends on the night of the murder, reggie basile and ronald benson, and they were driving a burgundy car, similar to the one witnesses saw near the murder scene. when questioned, both reggie basile and ronald benson denied any involvement in the robbery and murder. police obtained a search warrant and confiscated all of the shoes belonging to the two men, but none matched the shoe impressions found inside shaw s home. so, investigators decided to look for genetic material inside the red ski mask that had been discarded after the murder.
shot. shannon touchet stayed outside, leaving the shoe impressions in the sand. benson and basile took rosana inside and forced her to open the safe. for reasons that are unclear, they didn t take all of the valuables inside the safe, but they spared rosana s life. i think my daughter saved my life that night. when i told that man that i was pregnant, it just did something to his mind that decided not to kill me. and yes, my daughter saved my life. while running to the getaway car, they dropped the box full of jewelry. as they drove away, benson threw his ski mask out of the car, unaware that it contained his dna.