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Laura accused sam of hustling some young boys in a game of pool. afterwards, freeman had a few more drinks and asked the bartender if he could have the empty galliano bottle for his collection. at 10:45 the bartender announced that it was the last call for drinks because the bar was closing at 11:00 p.m. according to witnesses, thats when sam freeman left the bar with the galliano bottle since he knew laura would have to leave at closing time. laura lived only a short distance from the bar. when...

Two foreign hairs in lauras apartment as proof that someone else killed laura. and also reminded the jury that the eyewitness description didnt match freeman either. >> i mean, they argued reasonable doubt which was a smart argument to make. >> but prosecutors maintained that the dna evidence was concrete proof. >> i think what happened here was that sam freeman didnt realize in 1992 he could leave a piece of himself at the scene other than semen, blood or fingerprints. but he did. >> in septemb...

She said the altercation was minor. >> just got a little loud. then they quit. then it seemed okay. normal stuff that would happen in a bar. >> several bar patrons said freeman left the bar about 20 minutes before laura did. and his parents said he came home a short time later and stayed there the rest of the night. investigators also discovered there was another man in the bar that night. lauras ex-boyfriend, robert mcswain. >> she loved him. she was head over heels in love with him. she was ju...

Night laura was murdered. but police confiscated it anyway. apparently freeman filled the bottle with colored water for display purposes. but he didnt fill it to the very top. a lab technician swabbed the entire bottle and, on the inside near the top, was a microscopic stain. a phenolphthalein test showed this was human blood. but after 12 years it had degraded. >> there was not enough to do a dna profile on. >> but why was human blood inside the bottle? investigators were determined to find out...

Reinvestigate that and see if he couldnt come up with something. >> and davis did just that, looking for anything that could be reinvestigated. >> it was never a closed case. up to that point, all the proper things that needed to be done were done. >> detective davis decided to go back and reinterview everyone who was in the bar with laura wynn on the night she was murdered. and his interview with candace shipman who was bartending that night provided an important lead. >> she informed me some t...

Detergent that dissolved everything but the complex molecules. a pcr dna analysis once again provided useful information. >> the majority of the dna appeared to have male gender characteristics. >> the last step was to collect a dna sample from sam freeman. >> when we first informed mr. freeman of why we were there and who we were, it was like at that instance he had just went into shock. his demeanor totally changed. that, i couldnt describe, only other as maybe the face of fear. >> before taki...

Couldnt come up with something. >> and davis did just that, looking for anything that could be reinvestigated. >> it was never a closed case. up to that point, all the proper things that needed to be done were done. >> detective davis decided to go back and reinterview everyone who was in the bar with laura wynn on the night she was murdered. and his interview with candace shipman who was bartending that night provided an important lead. >> she informed me some things then she thought was pertin...

Some young boys in a game of pool. afterwards, freeman had a few more drinks and asked the bartender if he could have the empty galliano bottle for his collection. at 10:45 the bartender announced that it was the last call for drinks because the bar was closing at 11:00 p.m. according to witnesses, thats when sam freeman left the bar with the galliano bottle since he knew laura would have to leave at closing time. laura lived only a short distance from the bar. when she got home around 11:15, pr...

And sam freeman came in, ordered some galliano, and chose a song from the jukebox. >> he was sitting at the bar and staring me right in the eyes singing "only you know and i know." hairs stood up all over my body. ♪ only you know and i know >> i was convinced -- i was convinced that hed gotten away with murder and was flaunting it in front of me. >> now, 12 years later, freeman was married with two children and worked as a supply sergeant for the national guard. >> he was even attempting to ru...

Him by the bartender on the night laura was murdered. but police confiscated it anyway. apparently freeman filled the bottle with colored water for display purposes. but he didnt fill it to the very top. a lab technician swabbed the entire bottle and, on the inside near the top, was a microscopic stain. a phenolphthalein test showed this was human blood. but after 12 years it had degraded. >> there was not enough to do a dna profile on. >> but why was human blood inside the bottle? investigators...