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Crimping the edges back together. under a microscope, laskowski saw the highly distinctive marks from the tool used to cut these links. >> i'm looking for striations that run across the length of the cut surfaces. >> the striations on each tool are different. they're created when the tool is made and by normal wear and tear. laskowski compared the striations on the links from rodney berryman's truck to the links on the jewelry found with florence hildreth's body. at 50 times magnification, the results were clear. >> i have links from the victim's body. they have markings on them that are of th...

Surely florence hildreth's. >> it was consistent with having come from 0.068% of the african-american population, and miss hildreth was included within that group. so for pre-dna testing-type evidence, it was pretty strong. pretty strong indicator that it was her blood. >> rodney berryman unwittingly left a generous array of evidence at the crime scene which enabled investigators to charge him for florence's murder within 24 hours of the crime. ♪ ♪ isn't it beautiful when things just come together? build a beautiful website with squarespace.

Crime. >> he had not been in the area -- the delano area very long. he had come from los angeles. he was staying with ms. hildreth's cousin and residing at that residence and had a relationship with one of her female cousins. >> at first, investigators found no evidence in berryman's truck that could place the vehicle at the scene. but under the front seat was a clue that could have easily been overlooked. investigators found several links to a gold piece of jewelry which was sent to supervising criminalist greg laskowski. >> i received some individual links that looked like cut horseshoes or ...

He denied any involvement in the crime. >> he had not been in the delano area very long. he had come from los angeles. he was staying with ms. hildreth's cousin and residing at that residence and had a relationship with one of her female cousins. >> at first, investigators found no evidence in berryman's truck that could place the vehicle at the scene. but under the front seat was a clue that could have easily been overlooked. investigators found several links to a gold piece of jewelry which was sent to supervising criminalist greg laskowski. >> i received some individual links that looked li...