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And i said "did they have an accident?" and i said "are you sure?" several times, i asked him, "are you sure?" and then he told me that they had been found and that they had been murdered. and i just -- i dont even remember after that. >> investigators had two crime scenes, the jeep and the area where the bodies were found. based on the evidence and the location of the bodies, investigators think that the killer was someone the van dusens knew. >> we felt that there probably was a third party in...

>> sullivan said, you know, i lose my i.d.s all the time. in fact, i just lost one a couple of weeks before you came to interview me. >> the drivers license was dusted for fingerprints. none were found. police also looked for fingerprints inside the van dusens jeep, especially on the seat belt. >> after having applied ninhydrin to the seat belt and allowing it to dry completely, i reexamined the seat belt for the presence of fingerprints and found none. >> but the killer left behind one piece of...

Murder weapon. crime scene analysts then turned their attention to the van dusens classic red pickup truck found behind henry sullivans apartment. as they examined the vehicle, there was another bizarre incident in this already unusual investigation. >> we are approached by a white male subject who identifies himself as william deparvine who announces himself to us as the owner of the truck and said that he had purchased it the day previously. >> deparvine lived in the same apartment building as...

>> the technology has become incredibly sensitive and incredibly powerful. and there is the ability to obtain dna from the smallest piece of evidence in a very reproducible, very reliable manner. >> on the spoon, scientists found saliva. they extracted dna and compared to it the blood found on the steering wheel of the van dusens jeep. the results left no doubt. >> the dna profile that was developed from the steering wheel was matched to the dna profile that was obtained for william deparvine, h...

Been looking for. >> one was inoperable. the other 9 millimeter handgun was test-fired into a tank of water. that bullet was microscopically compared to the 9 millimeter slug found in the van dusens jeep. analyst erica henderson carefully examined the distinctive marks called lands and grooves made when each bullet goes through the barrel of the gun. >> when you look down the barrel of a firearm, you will see the ridges and valleys. these ridges and valleys, once a bullet is fired, will be impor...

Van dusens later delivered it to his apartment. he said he paid them $6,500 for it. and when they left, he never saw them again. most of deparvines story could be corroborated, but there were several discrepancies. >> what is he doing with a bill of sale for $6,500 when van dusen is telling a coworker the day before he has found a buyer for $13,500? that just tells us there is nothing something not right here. >> deparvine said the van dusens left his apartment around 5:30. but karla van dusen c...