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>> police interviewed lauras african-american friend. and he had an airtight alibi. he was with friends on the night of the murder. with no solid leads, police turned their attention to the bar laura visited before she returned home. when investigators questioned patrons of the bar, they found laura got into an argument with sam freeman, a 26-year-old veteran of the u.s. army. >> laura accused him of hustling these two young men playing pool. whatever happened wasnt something that came to blows,...

She just didnt seem interested at all. so i think there was a little jealousy. she just put him in his place. >> and shipman recalled something else that night that she never forgot. she remembered that sam freeman was drinking an italian liquor, galliano. >> he collected bottles, odd shaped bottles. when she poured the last of the galliano, he asked for the bottle because its an odd-shaped bottle, and she gave it to him. >> witnesses reported seeing freeman leave the bar with the galliano bottl...

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 september of 2006, a jury found sam...

Her apartment and readied her apartment when she moved in. >> police interviewed lauras african-american friend. and he had an airtight alibi. he was with friends on the night of the murder. with no solid leads, police turned their attention to the bar laura visited before she returned home. when investigators questioned patrons of the bar, they found laura got into an argument with sam freeman, a 26-year-old veteran of the u.s. army. >> laura accused him of hustling these two young men playing ...

Freemans home. freeman said this bottle was a recent addition to his collection, not the one given to 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. >> th...

Rejected, spurned, and he got the ultimate last say with laura wynn with this crime. >> during the trial, freemans defense attorney pointed to the 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 ...

He stated no, no, no, to all these questions. >> but the dna from sam freemans saliva sample matched the skin cells on the ligature and the mucus on the tissue. >> the only way possible that sam freemans dna could have been at the scene in the home was the fact that sam freeman was there and was the killer. >> after 12 long years in september of 2005, sam freeman was arrested and charged with laura wynns murder. posecutors believe the motive was clear. >> here she is, this woman -- small woman -...

He then cut a tiny piece of tissue and put it into a 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,...

Again. i know hes a good forensic man. and told him to go ahead and 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 bartend...

0 about the dna, the shoe prints, all the evidence they can gather from the crime place. that can help find out who did it. >> theres a lot of technology if things are done right, everything falls into place. and sometimes a little bit of luck helps. a small texas community mourned the tragic death of an outstanding high school athlete and scholar. at first, there wasnt much hope that the killer would be apprehended, but tiny paint chips and bits of plastic provided evidence far more accurate ...