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Adopt her. >> before she left, wade sent one last, small batch of samples to the dna lab. no point, really, in waiting for the results. >> we are down to the last 18. i'm doubtful that we're going to get a match. >> so, she said good-bye and went on with her life. and 25 days later. >> my phone buzzed, and i looked down. >> it was her replacement on the cold-case unit. >> i answer the phone, and he said, there's a match on jennifer bastian. i asked, who -- who is it? what's the name? and he said, robert washburn? and i was like, no way. i knew exactly who it was. but i just couldn't believe it...

Murdered reagan tokes is somehow connected to your case." >> were they connected? the attacks happened miles away from where reagan's body was found, in a different police district, so maybe not. lieutenant davidson had been on reagan's case nonstop for more than 30 hours when he thought about getting some rest. he'd barely been home when his phone rang at 10:30. one of his detectives was on the line. >> he had received a phone call from the dna lab, and we had a hit. >> that's incredible. >> it is. >> to get a hit that fast. >> yes. >> after finding a body. >> mm-hmm. >> it was a huge break, ...

Evidence if there was enough tissue on that hair that was underneath her sweater. >> doss brought one of those dark hairs to a dna lab in texas and waited. it was almost 15 years after carmen smith's murder when the call came in. there was a match. they have identified waseem daker's hair, his and only his on the body of carmen smith. >> you had your smoking gun. >> absolutely. >> i got a call from detective doss. i was very happy but it was really hard for me to have to go back and tell the story of the things he did. >> lottie dreaded testifying in front of open court, in front of of his. sh...

Mugs back to colorado. >> do you say to the dna lab, this is it, step on it? >> they knew. colorado bureau of investigations they have been working on this case since 1980. >> everyone waited until finally shannon jensen got the call. >> the lab techs said hey, it's a match. one of them had your suspects dna sample on it, and a match the semen that was left on the coat. >> what is that like? >> i don't even know if i can describe what it is like. it is extremely rewarding. >> and then, the bad news. the statute of limitation had expired on the rape, meaning clinton could admit to that with no ...

But how did they get? here >> they seem to have been freshly there. was there a connection, dave brown a sergeant did san diego -- sent a detective along this trail. >> right along this trail, just a bit further. down parents said that split yes that's the type that she. where >> was there any indication of? dna >> yes, there was a small about blood that was found. >> didn't look good. they >> sent the close to the dna lab for confirmation. and deployed a virtual army. helicopters within the threat tracking, search and rescue teams. hundreds of people. you began beating that if they could surr...