Own crusade. Then after more than a decade of searching, a phone call. They got information there was a match. Can we get a conviction on just the dna . And there was something else, something about bonnie herself. It was almost like she knew something. Keith morrison with justice for bonnie. Bonnie was an 18yearold whose future was filled with promise. She had a boyfriend and just started college. Then bonnie was murdered. Her body found floating in a creek. Investigators quickly discovered a crucial clue. The killer had left behind his dna. But prosecutors need more than forensics to get a conviction. Heres keith morris. It was one of the eerie feelings when someone knocks on the door at 10 00 and 23450i9 and asked to speak to my dad. Her brother was 13. They huddled on the staircase overlooking the front door. My dad collapse and screamed no, not bonnie. Let her be in the hospital and let her be okay. Bonnie craig, 18 years old. I remember my dad dropping to his knees crying on the front deck and that was the first time we had seen that happen. She was four time zones away. It was 2 00 when she docked and got the news that bonnie would not be okay. Alaska state troopers said that bonnie died in a hiking accident. You thought why you would you Say Something like that . Its true that bonnie was dead. A hiker found her body floating in the creek. First they didnt know who it was. No id on the body. Alaska state troopers figured it out from the class ring she was wearing, but karen could not take it in. Not bonnie. Her model child, her conscientious College Freshman who she knew was going school that day. Not hiking miles and miles from home and the university. None of it made sense. She didnt drive so how did she get out there . Somebody would have had to be with her. And she would not have missed school. She absolutely did not go out there on her own. Reporter in fact, bonnies sister heard her get up that morning at 5 00 a. M. And set out on her 45minute walk through the predawn dark to catch the bus that would take her to her 7 00 a. M. Class at that time university. She usually didnt return home until about 10 00 p. M. Packing most of her classes into a few days because she had a job at sams club. She was incredibly responsible. Reporter responsible and nurturing toward her younger siblings. When i was a little bitty boy reporter in part because their parents, mother karen and stepfather gary, had divorced a couple of years earlier. She just liked to help us make all the right decisions, and i looked up to her. Reporter another brother jason, was two years older than bonnie. I tell my kids this all the time, you can decide in the morning when you get up, you can have a good day or a bad day. And she would always choose to have a good day. She was incredible. One of those people that as soon as you Start Talking to her, youre instantly attracted to her personality. In high school they used to call her tigger because she was bouncy and fun, and so sweet to everybody. She was involved in sports. She was coaching the kids in swimming. She started students against drunk driving. She was the very first girl to be on the wrestling team at the high school. Reporter bonnie had a serious boyfriend, cameron, who had left that summer to Start College at the university of california. She used to record herself singing and talking to him and sent him cassette tapes. She was crazy about him, yes. They were madly in love. Reporter but now suddenly bonnie craig was dead. At least thats what her mother karen had been told, but as she flew home to alaska, she struggled with denial. I believed flying back that if i got there she might even be at the airport saying, mom, im sorry. It wasnt me. Its all just been a terrible mistake. Reporter but no, bonnie was not at the airport to meet karen. Her body was at the funeral home. I only got to see her face. Its just incredibly sad. And you think, my god, it is her. And you cant believe that your babys lying there cold and lifeless. Reporter the next day karen saw her baby again, saw more than her face, and noticed something that seemed to confirm what she already believed it wasnt a hiking accident. She called the Alaska State Troopers. Her knuckles were broken. So im on the phone screaming to them saying, no, youve got to get back. Youve got to take more pictures. These are defensive wounds. Reporter look again at bonnies body, she demanded, look harder. What happened to bonnie craig that september day, screamed karen, was murder. Karen believed she was to blame. I think my mom felt very responsible. Like i caused this. They killed bonnie because of something i did. When justice for bonnie continues. When justice for bonnie continues. Welcome back. Karen campbells daughter bonnies body had been found floating in a creek near their home in anchorage. Bonnie may have been the victim of a tragic hiking accident. She noticed what appeared to be defensive wounds on her daughters hands. A clear sign that bonnie had been murder and a sgregrieving mother would stop at nothing to find her killer. Here is keith morrison. In the autumn of 1994 a suffocating grief descended in anchorage, alaska, and settled on the home of 18yearold 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. She reporter she told her media friends it was murder, the troopers didnt know what they were doing. Youre not going to get away with it. Reporter she gave a slew of interviews, included samantha in this one. 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 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 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 that was that it was a drop that had fallen straight down. Reporter indicating to the troopers that shed been hurt somehow before she got anywhere near the edge of the cliff. With it being, you know, five, six feet away from the cliffs edge, it was real apparent to me that, you know, we no longer have some accidental death. This was a homicide. Reporter but because there was no sign of a struggle at the crime scene, no weapon, nothing more left behind, it was obvious this would be hard to solve. So though eventually they told karen they agreed with her, bonnie had been murdered, they wanted her to keep that information secret. Fat chance. By then, karen was telling anyone who would listen what she thought, and she was not about to stop. So you spoiled it for them. Yeah. I did. I got in trouble constantly for me getting involved in the investigation and also reporter opening your big mouth to the media. Yeah. Reporter she was troubled by something else, too, her reserve work with the Anchorage Police department. Was bonnie the victim of a revenge killing . I was doing undercover work, doing drug buys, and we had done this major bust just beforehand. Reporter so in a position to make some people pretty mad at you. Right. I think my mom felt very responsible. Reporter like i caused this. I caused this, you know. They killed bonnie because of something i did. She took that as it was her fault. Reporter and so therefore, she had to figure it out. Had to solve the crime. Reporter because of guilt of her own possible role and a growing anger of what she perceived as an inept investigation by the troopers, karen began a campaign to keep bonnies case in the public eye. We started handing out flyers, we got bumper stickers made. We started building up a reward. We had bus signs driving all around town. The first one said who killed bonnie . Reporter and continued doing interviews. Somebody out there knows whats happened. And we desperately need to hear from them. Reporter and there were lots of tips, which went nowhere, and only ate up the troopers precious time. They resisted karens efforts to insert herself into the case and told her as little as possible. Didnt tell her about that drop of bonnies blood at the top of the cliff. She was very demanding. I think she felt with her police background, she should be privy to all the information we had. The troopers hated me because i just kept pushing and pushing. I wasnt about to give up. I was so fearful that things were being missed. Reporter tension grew. Troopers rarely returned karens calls, which compounded her belief the investigators didnt know what they were doing, unwilling to believe and unaware that they were doing a lot. We were talking to bonnies friends and people she went to school with, people she worked with. Anybody that had any connection at all with bonnie. We walked the same route that bonnie walked that day to see if anybody was around. Talked to the paper girl. Talked to people we saw jogging on the street. We would ride the bus, you know, for a week straight just to talk to all the people on the bus. Reporter for a week . Yeah. To see if they saw anything, see if they heard anything. Reporter nobody heard anything. No, no one could remember seeing bonnie that day. Reporter winter came. Karen, consumed by grief, rage, guilt about her undercover drug work, was now a singleminded crusader for bonnie. Nothing else mattered. Nothing at all. Its unbelievable, you know, as the mother, i abandoned my kids and started looking for a killer. Reporter it was months before the troopers gave karen the rest of the news about what happened to bonnie. In the last minutes of her life. Coming up as investigators began looking for possible suspects, they looked first close to home. I remember just straight up asking him, dad, did you kill bonnie . Are ar play it cool and escape heartburn fast with new tums chewy bites cooling sensation. Tum tum tum tums. Welcome back. Teenager bonnie craigs body was found in a creek outside of anchorage and the evidence was saying bonnie had been murdered, just as her mother, karen, knew all along. She insisted state troopers were not doing enough to find her daughters killer, but detectives were about to uncover a clue that would give the grieving mom something she so desperately needed. Hope. Here again is keith morrison. It was a standoff, tense and unpleasant. Karen, the grieving mother, furious at a team of state troopers she did not trust, determined to find out herself who murdered her bright, beautiful bonnie versus detectives who, in turn, did not trust her. And so told her little about what they knew and what they were learning. But they eventually let her see the autopsy report. Thats when karen saw a dozen or so brutal head wound. Thats also when the medical examiner told her about one extremely important piece of news, horrifying, but potentially useful. Bonnie had been raped as well. And as awful as that was, it left one sliver of hope. The killer left behind his dna. Match it and theyd solve the case. So who was it . It couldnt have been the boyfriend, cameron. He was down in california going to college. Reporter troopers said they looked at karens work as a Undercover Police officer and determined that the men in the drug buys were not involved either. But there was one man very close with opportunity who returned home to anchorage from an out of town trip just the night before the murder, bonnies stepfather, karens exhusband, samanthas dad. And i remember that being a really unsure, scary feeling. In my mind it didnt make sense. My dad is not and never has been a violent man. So i remember just straight up asking him, dad, did you kill bonnie . Reporter do you remember the look on his face when you asked him . He was devastated. He was completely devastated. But i just needed to hear it from him because there was so much uncertainty in my life at that point. There was so much confusion that to be able to have him tell me when he was tucking me in bed was all i needed. Reporter the dna spoke, too. He was eliminated. But someone did it. Troopers set about collecting dna from every man who might have crossed bonnies path the day she was murdered including some men who worked with her at sams club. We had information that there was one employee there who bonnie complained to her supervisor about. Evidently this individual got bonnies phone number off the sams Club Computer and would call her. Reporter he was doing a little stalking. That put a red flag up right away. Reporter dna cleared him. They moved on to a second young man at sams club whose behavior seemed suspicious. They had a meeting at sams club that morning that she was murdered, and this individual, he did not sign in to the meeting. Reporter you went and checked him out. We come to find out he was at the meeting, he didnt sign in. Others saw him there. We still got his dna and he was cleared. Reporter then there was a student, attended an english class with bonnie threw up all kinds of red flags, that is once the teacher read his class journal. I met with her, and she showed me his journal that was filled with anger. There was a reference that september 28th was going to be a rough day. And that he was going to be put to the test. Reporter that was the day she was killed. Yes. And there was a reference to die bitch. You could see that he was very angry and troubled. He wasnt in class that day. And he came to her later on the afternoon soaking wet and wreaking of aftershave. And he handed in his paper. And she felt like he was nervous at the time. Reporter all the signs pointing toward guilt. And then he was also at the scene when they were recovering her body. Reporter that very day . Yes. Reporter one of the lookie lous, as they say. Yes. Reporter which is often the case with somebody when theyve killed somebody, theyll go back and look at the investigation. Right. Reporter what did you think when you heard that . I thought this is it. You know . I remember instantly thinking bonnie had pepper spray. I wonder if she pepper sprayed him and thats why he had to mask it with cologne. It sounded very suspicious to us. Right away, were just talking about that and jumping on that. Find the guy. Reporter but the dna eliminated him, too. Or so the troopers told karen. They said, no, the dna didnt match, and he has an alibi. His stepmom said he slept in that day. Reporter did you buy that . Absolutely not. I said what if there was two people . It didnt have to be his dna. Reporter yes. He could have been involved and it was somebody elses dna. Reporter did you make some noise about that . Absolutely. Reporter but then months went by and years, no match, no justice for bonnie. No peace for karen. For the troopers. Then it was 1998, four years since bonnies murder, the troopers still working the case, when one of them zeroed the on a former city bus driver. And he would fill in for the regular driver on bonnies bus route. And we just found out from strange things about this guy. He had several reports about him trying to pick up young girls. One of them was the daughter of another bus driver. Im talking 14yearold girls. Reporter oh, boy. He was a substitute teacher but got fired for some of the things he was saying in his classes. Reporter apropos of young girls. Yes. And he left the area and moved down to california. Reporter the troopers went looking and found him in davis, california. We flew down there to try to talk to him. Reporter could this be him, the man who raped and murdered bonnie . Could the hunt finally be over . They got his dna. It came back that he was the individual involved in bonnies death or that he had sex with her. Everybody was happy, everybody was ecstatic. Reporter you got your guy. We got our guy. Reporter finally they had their man. But what it is they say . Dont count your chickens. The dna match was everything bonnies family was hoping for. It was hoping to deliver justice. Coming up this is the guy. Then the bomb hit. The bomb . When justice for bonnie continues. Hen justice for bonnie continues. The latest Charter School scandals are piling up. Leaders of one san Diego Charter network . Indicted for conspiracy and grand theft. Thankfully, the governors Charter School policy task force just made important recommendations for reform more accountability on Charter School spending. And giving local School Districts more control over the authorization of Charter Schools. Reforms we need to pass now. So call your state senator. Ask them to support ab 1505 and ab 1507. Im craig melvin. Investigators spent four years trying to find bonnie craigs killer and then finally, a break. The dna her attacker left behind was an apparent match to a former bus driver on bonnies roof. This was the moment bonnies mother, Karen Campbell, had prayed for. The agonizing wait for justice was far from over. Here is keith morrison. All that was left was collecting a memory, bits and things that reminded them of how good she was, how thoughtful. The school paper she was to have turned in, she read it to her sister the night before. It was an english paper about saying goodbye. Saying goodbye to her friend, katie and saying goodbye to her biological father was never really a part of her life. Saying goodbye to cameron as he went away for college. It was like she knew. Something was broken and could never be fixed, but this new huge news that the dna matched a onetime bus driver who moved to davis, california. They called karen as soon as the results come in. You get excite and think wow this is the guy. They retested it. Reporter back at square one. Back at square one. Then dealing with karen again. Reporter karen ramped up her campaign to keep bonnies case in the public eye. Bonnies mother Karen Campbell continues her own crusade to find her daughters killer. She remains unsatisfied with the investigation. Reporter the attention brought in tips. Troopers tested more than 100 dna samples. And nothing came of it but frustration. The case grew cold, as cold as some of the winter nights up here. And four years became six, eight, ten. The case faded from the public spotlight. And so around thanksgiving, 2006, 12 years after the murder when trooper hunyor answered the phone one day couldnt believe it. The director of the state crime lab contacted me and said that they just got information that there was a m