A Battle Creek Police Detective was finally able to give a Michigan family the answers they waited more than 32 years for. The family of Gayle Barrus finally have the answers they've waited decades for. After many failed attempts to identify the suspect, who left his DNA behind as evidence, Battle Creek Police Detective Scott Marshall was finally able to tell the family of Gayle Barrus that without a shadow of a doubt the murderer has been identified. Roger Plato, who had long been a suspect, was identified as the person who murdered the single mom. Plato however, will not be brought to justice. He was shot dead by Battle Creek Police just days before the missing single mother's body was found in 1988. Nor will the man believed to have helped Plato in some capacity, Richard Compton. A man fitting Compton's description was seen with Plato at the time Gayle went missing. Compton however died a miserable death.... he was homeless and died of sepsis and cirrhosis of the liver some years ago. While justice can not be served, hopefully, the answers will provide Gayle's family the peace they've sought for so long.