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But after 17 years, there was plenty of dna evidence to charge him with julie estes rape and murder. >> it just was unbelievable that it would be the socks that would hold the true identity of her killer. >> faced with a possible death penalty, elmen decided to plead no contest to julie estes rape and murder. in return, he was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole. >> how do you feel about everything? >> how do i feel? >> mm-hmm. >> the overall picture? i think this sucks. >>...

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...

Tend to die. >> unfortunately, if elmen was julies killer, there was no longer any dna to prove it. hey guys! sorry were late. did you run into traffic? no, just had to stop by the house to grab a few things. you stopped by the house? uh-huh. yea. alright, whenever you get your stuff, run upstairs, get cleaned up for dinner. you leave the house in good shape? yea. yea, of course. ♪ [ sportscaster talking on tv ] last-second field go-- yea, sure ya did. [ male announcer ] introducing at&t digit...