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I was kind of surprised, actually, because its not one of the more common places we would find semen. >> the areas were removed then analyzed with a new dna test that needed only a very small amount of genetic material. miraculously, the tests generated a mixture of two dna profiles, one female and one male. one was julies dna. the other was the dna of the killer. >> they were able to identify that dna profile as the exact match to james elmen. >> we were all ecstatic. i mean, it was an unbeliev...

He was serving time in prison for a similar crime committed 30 miles away. his name was james elmen. >> elmen was the worst of the worst. we talk about hes the poster child of antisocial. its a clue when the public defenders are afraid of him, when the doctors are afraid of him, when the people at the medical treatment facility are afraid of him. >> i was convinced if james elmen hit the streets of jacksonville again, women were going to start dying again, and i wanted to make sure that those co...

Julie estes killer, investigators were convinced theyd found him. he was serving time in prison for a similar crime committed 30 miles away. his name was james elmen. >> elmen was the worst of the worst. we talk about hes the poster child of antisocial. its a clue when the public defenders are afraid of him, when the doctors are afraid of him, when the people at the medical treatment facility are afraid of him. >> i was convinced if james elmen hit the streets of jacksonville again, women were g...

Scratch again. >> but investigators refused to give up. >> elmen has a rough history, and people around james elmen tend to die. >> unfortunately, if elmen was julies killer, there was no longer any dna to prove it.

His name was james elmen. >> elmen was the worst of the worst. we talk about hes the poster child of antisocial. its a clue when the public defenders are afraid of him, when the doctors are afraid of him, when the people at the medical treatment facility are afraid of him. >> i was convinced if james elmen hit the streets of jacksonville again, women were going to start dying again, and i wanted to make sure that those cold case detectives had everything that they had to make sure that we could ...

Electricity, held julie at knifepoint, forced her to open the safe. then, he made her drive a half mile away to an area behind an unoccupied store. he used her shoelaces to tie her wrists, then raped and killed her. he removed items from julies trunk to make room for her body. elmen drove to the woods where he hid her body under some cardboard. the biological evidence from the attack was embedded in her cotton socks. elmen probably wanted to keep julies car, but it got stuck in the mud and he ha...

>> unfortunately, if elmen was julies killer, there was no longer any dna to prove it. after years of searching for

Evidence could have transferred onto julies socks was remote. nevertheless, analyst brian higgins examined the socks with light sources that cause genetic material to fluoresce. >> i was kind of like, wow, could these be semen stains? i was kind of surprised, actually, because its not one of the more common places we would find semen. >> the areas were removed then analyzed with a new dna test that needed only a very small amount of genetic material. miraculously, the tests generated a mixture o...

To drive to an isolated field and sexually assaulted her. he then forced her to drive away. she was sure he was going to kill her because she could identify him, but then she saw the only chance to escape, a police officer directing traffic. >> what are you doing? >> drop the knife! >> the man was identified as james elmen. he was convicted for the crime and was currently serving a 22-year sentence in a nearby prison. and cold case investigators learned another startling coincidence. elmen had a...

Material to fluoresce. >> i was kind of like, wow, could these be semen stains? i was kind of surprised, actually, because its not one of the more common places we would find semen. >> the areas were removed then analyzed with a new dna test that needed only a very small amount of genetic material. miraculously, the tests generated a mixture of two dna profiles, one female and one male. one was julies dna. the other was the dna of the killer. >> they were able to identify that dna profile as the...