tragically short. by 2008, she had been dead longer than she had lived, and still her case had been unsolved. but with advances in dna technology, police were now ready to reveal a promising new suspect. for years, angie s friend, sheila wysocki, wanted nothing more than the truth. what she learned was as stunning as the murder itself. here s josh mankiewicz with the conclusion of in the middle of the night. more than 23 years after the rape and murder of angie samota, the man with that dna was identified. it was not, as we now know, russell buchanan. it was not lance, the ex-boyfriend. and it was not ben, the boyfriend who never asked police how angie died. the man whose dna was found in angie samota s body is donald andrew bess. not a name you had heard before? never. never hit the radar of the dallas police
news out of colorado. police say five people are dead and 18 after shooting at an lgbtq nightclub in colorado springs. suspecting custody and is getting treatment at a local hospital. fbi officials are already on the scene. officials say 11 ambulances responded at the scene to deal with the wounded. so far, no word automotive. please will further update at 10 am eastern. stay on msnbc for the very latest. now, back to dateline. to dateline. welcome back to dateline. i m craig melvin. detectives were convinced they knew who killed angie samota. russell buchanan had the means and the possible motive. but the evidence against him was circumstantial, and soon the case went cold. russell had his own story to tell. but the truth would lay dormant for decades, only to be uncovered
was screaming. lance had take an knife and shredded all of her clothes. did he threaten her? yes. yes, he did. physically, verbally? verbally. and you have a weapon, whether it s a knife, scissors, he threatened her. he was a pretty scary guy. he was creepy. suddenly, lance was at the top of the investigator s list. prime suspect. absolutely. especially when we have an 18-wound stabbing. there was no forced entry? that s right. suggesting whoever had gotten into her apartment had either figured out some way of getting in undetected or angie knew them and let them in? yes. all of that pointed either to the ex-boyfriend, lance. or to angie s current boyfriend, ben. or maybe to a new man in her life, the man she had been out with the last night of her life, russell. soon, police would ask sheila, then a
her friend, anita. another female engineering student at smu. you saw her that last night? yes. how was she? she was angie. i mean, she was fine. that night, anita accompanied angie and russell on an expedition to a series of bars and clubs. angie s boyfriend, ben, was not present. ben was aware of the fact that angie, russell, and i were all going out together. at least angie s friend, evelyn, ben didn t seem like the type to get jealous or violent. you could never imagine ben hurting angie? i could never imagine that. the evening ended at 1:00 a. m. angie dropped russell off from his apartment, which was walking distance from her own. and then took anita home. she thought about spending the night at angie s but decided against it. what was the last thing you said to each other?
sample from angie samota s cold case was entered into the national data base. to sheila wysocki, the frightened coed turned mom, turned private i, the pieces were about to finally fall into place. you still focused on the theory that russell buchanan did it and got away with murder? absolutely. found out that he was still in dallas, he was a professional. i kept thinking why is this man having a good life after he murdered angie? russell was going to go to jail. well, just a minute. sheila s persistence breathed new life into a case that sat cold for nearly 24 years. now, the investigation was about to take a stunning turn. coming up the detective said we ve got him. my mind immediately went to russell. who else could have done it? good question. but the last