since 1994, dna samples from all individuals convicted of a sex offense in california were entered into a computer database. in an unbelievable stroke of luck, the dna from the so-called bedroom basher matched an inmate already serving time in a california prison. his name was gerald parker, imprisoned for the rape of a 14-year-old girl. when confronted with the dna evidence, gerald parker confessed to being the notorious bedroom basher. but sergeant tarpley didn't stop there. during his interrogation, tarpley asked parker if the name dianna green rang a bell. >> that's when i noticed a change in his whole manner. he seemed to take an interest. he knew a lot about the green case, which i thought was very unusual. he wasn't really talking about the other cases but he said that