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>> reporter: and no matter how much derek and the other investigators leaned on him, daniel ferry didn't budge. he's saying all along, it's not me? 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 commi...

>> reporter: the only bright spot, daniel ferry wasn't getting out of jail. he was also being investigated for an unrelated kidnapping and assault case in a neighboring town. so he's on ice while you guys can develop your theories about his involvement in this thing? >> yeah. >> reporter: they continued to investigate ferry. months went by. lead detective derek johnson was promoted to sergeant. which meant former hairdresser jaclyn moore's dream of making detective finally came true. maybe a case of beware what you wish for. one of her first assignments was the annie kasprzak murder. how did y...

Home to foster home before she was adopted by her case worker, veronica. annie's life finally seemed to be turning around. then in 2012, annie, just 15, was found murdered, her body floating in the jordan river. >> there was never a second that your mind didn't go to, this is not what was supposed to happen. >> reporter: draper police were on the hunt to find her killer, and a week after annie's murder they believed they had. known gang member and drug dealer, daniel ferry. >> i know that she was at the house, but how she got to the house, that's something we're working out. if she'd been to t...

Annie. >> tell me about annie. tell me about annie. >> annie who? >> annie. >> who the [ bleep ] is annie? >> annie is a girl that was at your house for a party last weekend. >> dude, i have no idea who annie is. >> we've already talked to a lot of other people that all verify she was there, danny. >> 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 ]...

Like a white red. >> the shirt was white and red? >> yeah. her shoes. shoes had white laces, and we were tying them. >> reporter: then, joanna said, daniel, l.j. and "v" wrapped the unconscious girl in a blue tarp, put her in a white suburban and took off. and when they came back hours later, she said daniel was covered in blood and the girl was not with him. >> i asked daniel where she was, and he said that she went swimming. he said, she put up one hell of a fight once we got there. >> reporter: joanna's story rang true, leading derek johnson to believe the mystery girl was annie and daniel ...