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>> yeah, it's looking more and more like this is actually true, all this information that we're receiving. >> reporter: did you find blood-like splotches on the wall? >> we found indications that there would be blood on the wall. >> reporter: they swabbed those areas and then went looking for daniel. they found him at an apartment complex, arrested him and brought him in. >> do you want to talk to us without counsel? >> yeah, whatever. but what's it about? >> let me ask you that. what do you think? >> i got no clue. >> reporter: it was, detectives thought, the typical bad guy response. they we...

Prior. the cops thought some of what she said sounded eerily similar to annie's case. so they called draper pd, and detective derek johnson and his colleague came over to hear what joanna had to say. >> tell me what you know about this girl. >> it was the second time i've seen her over there. >> reporter: there at the home where a man named daniel ferry used to live. danny ferry is a guy known to law enforcement? >> yes. >> reporter: as maybe a drug dealer? >> drug dealer. he was a member of a gang called vario loco town. and law enforcement has dealt with danny quite a few times, yeah. >> rep...

Make a murder charge stick. and it turned out, there was an explanation. remember, while under suspicion for annie's murder, ferry was arrested for an unrelated kidnapping in a different town. the charge stuck. ferry eventually pleaded guilty and was sent to prison. draper police came to believe it was this kidnapping that star witness joanna had recounted to them. she had seen a totally different crime. not annie's murder. what's more, it happened on the same night annie was killed. no way daniel ferry could have committed both crimes. so now, rookie detective jaclyn moore went back to the bo...

L.j. were one and the same. either way ferry seemed like their man. but the d.a. wanted more evidence before filing charges. derek johnson and chad carpenter thought the blood samples taken from daniel ferry's home would push the case over the finish line. you and derek have to think >> bloodwork came back, and it was negative for blood. >> reporter: not only were the samples not annie's blood, it wasn't even blood at all. a major blow to the investigation. didn't mean he's not good for the crime? >> it doesn't mean that he's not good for the crime. it just led us to believe that, okay, it did...

>> okay. show me a picture, then. >> reporter: you showed him a picture of annie. >> yep. >> brittany? is her name brittany? >> no, it's annie. >> reporter: detectives thought daniel was lying, and they were done playing around. >> what if i told you she's dead? >> i didn't do it. what the [ bleep ]? if you guys think i did this, i do want a lawyer. >> okay. >> because there's only -- >> we're done. >> the only thing that is shaking me. >> we're done daniel, because i think you did it. >> well, if you think i did it, then you've got the wrong guy, man. for real. >> good luck. >> find the right...