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Was no forensic evidence linking him to the crime scene. gerald cowan was later convicted of manslaughter for killing his father-in-law. he served only two years in prison for that crime before he was released on parole. prosecutors believe robert cowan was one of the men seen near the mercks' home by the neighbor. based on the forensic evidence, prosecutors say robert cowan and an accomplice broke into the mercks' home through the back door. cliff merck probably went for his gun to defend himself and robert cowan grabbed the pistol and turned it on cliff. [ shots ] the men bound his wife, alm...

Detail. it's like an egg on a teflon frying pan. one can see that one achieves a very true representation of the interior of the barrel, plus the fine detail. >> he cut away the portion of the barrel imprint destroyed by the screwdriver and then compared the remainder of the cast to the bullets that killed cliff merck. in an incredible turn of events, they were an exact match. this proved that clifford merck's own gun was used in his murder and that the cowan brothers had been in possession of the gun before it had been altered. even with this discovery, it still wasn't enough to prove murder....

At cliff merck's autopsy, the medical examiner recovered two .25-caliber bullets from his skull. coincidentally, one of cliff's .25-caliber pistols was stolen during the robbery. investigators wondered whether cliff had been murdered with his own gun. >> we had been evaluating every .25-caliber automatic seized in the area as it came in to see if the ballistics would match the .25-caliber bullets that were removed from the skull of clifford merck. >> two months later, investigators found cliff merck's gun. it was in the possession of a man, whom we'll call dan jones, at the time he was arreste...

At cliff merck's autopsy, the medical examiner recovered two .25-caliber bullets from his skull. coincidentally, one of cliff's .25-caliber pistols was stolen during the robbery. investigators wondered whether cliff had been murdered with his own gun. >> we had been evaluating every .25-caliber automatic seized in the area as it came in to see if the ballistics would match the .25-caliber bullets that were removed from the skull of clifford merck. >> two months later, investigators found cliff merck's gun. it was in the possession of a man, whom we'll call dan jones, at the time he was arreste...

Slowly removed the cast from the barrel. >> it literally does not adhere to the substance that it's casting. it just records its surface detail. it's like an egg on a teflon frying pan. one can see that one achieves a very true representation of the interior of the barrel, plus the fine detail. >> he cut away the portion of the barrel imprint destroyed by the screwdriver and then compared the remainder of the cast to the bullets that killed cliff merck. in an incredible turn of events, they were an exact match. this proved that clifford merck's own gun was used in his murder and that the cowan...