Tim Hunier News Today

>> he loved the adventure. >> reporter: he was married at the time of bonnies murder but later got divorced. >> thats the worse thing i ever screwed up in my life, that marriage there. >> reporter: told you all this? he had to wonder why an alaska state trooper would fly all those miles just to talk to him. he didnt show it. he was civil. answered all the questions. >> just like were good friends. >> for some reason, i got a bad memory, i forgot things. faces -- ill forget your name. ive already...

In the autumn of 1994 a suffocating grief descended in anchorage, alaska, and settled on the home of 18-year-old bonnie craig. it was a very bad night. >> it was tough. it was really tough. >> i guess you just dont know what to do after that. how to channel your emotions. >> we were all devastated. >> reporter: once she arrived home, bonnies mother karen jumped into action, had to find the truth about bonnies death. and seemed equipped to do so. she was an anchorage reserve police officer, and b...

Anchorage, alaska, and settled on the home of 18-year-old bonnie craig. it was a very bad night. >> it was tough. it was really tough. >> i guess you just dont know what to do after that. how to channel your emotions. >> we were all devastated. >> reporter: once she arrived home, bonnies mother karen jumped into action, had to find the truth about bonnies death. and seemed equipped to do so. she was an anchorage reserve police officer, and before that, a local tv reporter. >> karen campbell, anc...

Carried weapons in his car, nun chucks. >> he loved the adventure. >> reporter: he was married at the time of bonnies murder but later got divorced. >> thats the worse thing i ever screwed up in my life, that marriage there. >> reporter: told you all this? he had to wonder why an alaska state trooper would fly all those miles just to talk to him. he didnt show it. he was civil. answered all the questions. >> just like were good friends. >> for some reason, i got a bad memory, i forgot things. fa...

>> reporter: but initially it did look like an accidental fall to one of the troopers, the one who happened to be the first to talk to karen. but the others saw the evidence and thought, murder. one trooper at the crime scene was tim hunier, now retired. >> one thing strange to us, we did find one drop of blood on a leaf at the top of the cliff. >> reporter: one drop of blood. >> one drop of blood. >> reporter: which was found by this man, trooper robert beatty, also now retired. >> i was on my ...

He liked to brawl in bars he said. carried weapons in his car, nun chucks. >> he loved the adventure. >> reporter: he was married at the time of bonnies murder but later got divorced. >> thats the worse thing i ever screwed up in my life, that marriage there. >> reporter: told you all this? he had to wonder why an alaska state trooper would fly all those miles just to talk to him. he didnt show it. he was civil. answered all the questions. >> just like were friends. >> for some reason, i got a b...

Number ten in a fighting competition. >> reporter: wow. he liked to brawl in bars he said. carried weapons in his car, nun chucks. >> he loved the adventure. >> reporter: he was married at the time of bonnies murder but later got divorced. >> thats the worse thing i ever screwed up in my life, that marriage there. >> reporter: told you all this? he had to wonder why an alaska state trooper would fly all those miles just to talk to him. he didnt show it. he was civil. answered all the questions. ...

The truth about bonnies death. and seemed equipped to do so. she was an anchorage reserve police officer, and before that, a local tv reporter. >> karen campbell, anchorage. >> reporter: she told her media friends it was murder, the troopers didnt know what they were doing. >> she wouldnt have taken a ride, not from a stranger for sure. >> there was nothing accidental about it. >> reporter: but initially it did look like an accidental fall to one of the troopers, the one who happened to be the f...

And thought, murder. one trooper at the crime scene was tim hunier, now retired. >> one thing strange to us, we did find one drop of blood on a leaf at the top of the cliff. >> reporter: one drop of blood. >> one drop of blood. >> reporter: which was found by this man, trooper robert beatty, also now retired. >> i was on my hands and knees and was looking and came across that drop of blood. >> reporter: how big was this drop? >> about the size of an eraser head really. the interesting part about...

Competition. >> reporter: wow. he liked to brawl in bars he said. carried weapons in his car, nun chucks. >> he loved the adventure. >> reporter: he was married at the time of bonnies murder but later got divorced. >> thats the worse thing i ever screwed up in my life, that marriage there. >> reporter: told you all this? he had to wonder why an alaska state trooper would fly all those miles just to talk to him. he didnt show it. he was civil. answered all the questions. >> just like were good fr...