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twist after twist. instant panic. instant, instant panic. i still get chills. people have secrets. people have a lot of secrets. the family that lived in this cozy house on this quiet street never came back after the awful thing that happened here. it s terrifying. it s terrifying to think of. it was april 10th, 2008. portsmouth, virginia, police
she shared a story, mcdaniel had never heard before. the bus driver said that there was one kid on the bus that took a liking tour. and she kept telling him, hey, that s not the girl for you. i am not trying to tell you what to do with their life. but, you are showing interest in her, and she is not showing interest by kenya. so, the bus driver is giving this kid saying hey love advice, kind of harmless teenage stuff? the bus driver worried, it would end in heartache for the boy. and i said, well, who s this kid? i talked to the ones that you picked up. and he said, his name was robert barnes. we didn t know who robert barnes was at the time. we have never heard his name. but, megan s parents remembered him. he lived nearby. robert bonds would come over and catch the bus with meghan when they were both going to high school. they were part of that same exclusive art program. megan danced. and robert played the violin. around the school, he was considered an exc
or, he s a teenager being interviewed by a detective. robert seem to fit that geographic ancestry profile. and, the detective realized, he could be the kid that they ve been looking for. a friend of meghan s, a young person who might own a pair of air force one sneakers, mcdaniel asked him to provide a dna swab. and he said, well, i can t do it right now but let me talk to my mom and see what she says. which is fair. it s just if your house cools goal kid. and i really didn t expect him to say anything other than that. the next morning. something unexpected. sergeant mcdaniel got a call from robert. and it s from his home phone number. and he says, hey, can you meet me at the school? i think i remembered something, you asked about, and you said if i remember i could call you. he said he had new information. and i want to the school, and this kid robert barnes said he might have something for me. he remembers something about meghan. can you go get him out of class
bloody in a, his semen, we had his fingerprints. so, the so forensically, we had what we needed. it fell on the detectives, at that matter time, it was just a matter of old fashioned detective work. ncis as a psychologist greater profile of meghan s killer. the profiler believe that meghan s murderer was a schoolmate or a member of the victims social groups. which made sense, because they now know whoever left those footprints had been wearing nike air force one s. air force one was the hot shoe at the moment. i believe we look at a lot of air force one ten issues in a lot of different places, especially on kids, young kids. that was the really sought after tennis shoe. there is a lot of young people in michigan s life, in their school, but her neighborhood to. it was on meghan s block where sergeant mcdaniel got his next