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And just about then -- >> the sergeant for the district attorneys office just happened to call me and ask, hey, did you ever look in that gun case? was there shell casing or anything in that gun case? >> reporter: turns out the guns manufacturer includes a test-fired shell casing with each gun it sells. so the detective went to the evidence locker, he said, retrieved the gun case. >> looked inside and there was a casing. >> reporter: big moment. >> big moment. >> reporter: big moment because whe...

>> i did. i just asked her, was she okay? and she said "i am." she said, "you know, just tryin to get thru this." >> shes your friend, youre worried, huh? >> yes, worried about her. >> reporter: so was tamara baldwin. first kay now becky? >> it just -- it did not make sense to me. >> what in the world was going on? >> thats what i wanted to know. >> reporter: sheriffs deputies immediately canvassed the neighborhood looking for anyone matching beckys description of the shooter. >> so you have a g...

I just asked her, was she okay? and she said "i am." she said, "you know, just tryin to get thru this." >> shes your friend, youre worried, huh? >> yes, worried about her. >> reporter: so was tamara baldwin. first kay now becky? >> it just -- it did not make sense to me. >> what in the world was going on? >> thats what i wanted to know. >> reporter: sheriffs deputies immediately canvassed the neighborhood looking for anyone matching beckys description of the shooter. >> so you have a gunman on t...

Retrieved the gun case. >> looked inside and there was a casing. >> reporter: big moment. >> big moment. >> reporter: big moment because when ballistics tested that shell casing -- >> it was a match. that shell casing was fired from the same gun as the shell casings recovered at the scene where ken dolezsar was killed. >> reporter: chris wrights missing gun must have been the murder weapon. now the case looked very strong indeed. though chris wife bianca certainly didnt think so. >> i know categ...

Accidentally threw her gorgeous wedding ring away. we had to dig it out of the garbage. i was standing there. she can be an absent-minded dingbat. >> reporter: but remember the day police searched the loft? >> they took apart my toaster. >> reporter: she was focused like a laser that day, said bianca, watching intently, she said, as an officer looked in the empty 9 millimeter gun case. >> i was sitting beside her. >> reporter: no test fired shell casing, she said. >> i dont mean to sound cynical...

The killer used that vehicle to flee the scene. and when the cops found it and scoured the interior, they got a hit. chris dna. >> we had a dna result from the inside door handle of the suv. >> reporter: it was a tiny sample, not a perfect one, but it seemed to put chris in ken dolezsars car drivers side which certainly helped the case. but it wasnt quite air tight, not yet. the murder weapon had not been found. yet they found an empty gun case in chris and biancas apartment, but nothing to conn...

Fatal morning meeting, for example, the killer used that vehicle to flee the scene and when the cops found it and scoured the interior, they got a hint. chris dna. >> we had a dna result from the inside door handle of the suv. >> it was a tiny sample, not a perfect one, but it seemed to put chris in ken dolezars car, drivers side, which certainly helped the case. but it wasnt quite airtight. not yet. the murder weapon had not been found. yet, they found an empty gun case in chris and biancas apa...

Evidence locker, he said, retrieved the gun case. >> looked inside and there was a casing. >> big moment. >> big moment. >> big moment because when ballistics tested that shell casing -- >> it was a match. that shell casing was fired from the same gun as the shell casings recovered at the scene where ken dolezar was killed. >> chris wrights missing gun must have been the murder weapon. now the case looked very strong, indeed. though chris wife, bianca, certainly didnt think so. >> i know for cer...

>> reporter: big moment. >> big moment. >> reporter: big moment because when ballistics tested that shell casing -- >> it was a match. that shell casing was fired from the same gun as the shell casings recovered at the scene where ken dolezsar was killed. >> reporter: chris wrights missing gun must have been the murder weapon. now the case looked very strong indeed. though chris wife bianca certainly didnt think so. >> i know categorically that christopher different do it. >> reporter: in fact t...

Hit. chris dna. >> we had a dna result from the inside door handle of the suv. >> reporter: it was a tiny sample, not a perfect one, but it seemed to put chris in ken dolezsars car drivers side which certainly helped the case. but it wasnt quite air tight, not yet. the murder weapon had not been found. yet they found an empty gun case in chris and biancas apartment, but nothing to connect the case to the murder. and just about then -- >> the sergeant for the district attorneys office just happen...