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Seen that car. well, that s strange. it s a red mustang. you ve never seen a red mustang? then i pulled out a picture of diane that david had given me and i handed it to him. but he wouldn t take the picture. i tried to hand it to him, he wouldn t take it. davis initially denied any involvement. but when told of the fingerprint evidence, he confessed. i m very sorry that it happened, and i ve cried and i ve prayed what i did wrong. he d been out of prison five days when he killed diane. and his life was a lifetime of crime. after more than 30 years, the mystery was finally solved. well, my father was ecstatic. it just was a huge boost for him, you know, that they knew who it was. i ve worked scores or hundreds of murders. and they re all important to me. but it s not very often that you re personally touched by them. ....
davis said his primary motive was robbery. when he saw diane get out of her car, he abducted her at knifepoint, and took her to the wooden shack. he admitted robbing her, but denied sexually assaulting her, although the evidence clearly showed that he did. then he stabbed her to death and stole her car. he abandoned the mustang across town and left his fingerprint and a palm print. although it took almost 35 years to find him, his fingerprints on file had not degraded. if it had not been for the afis system, he would have never been identified. on january 15, 2004, james davis pled guilty to murder with malice and was sentenced to life in prison. ....
58-year-old james davis, a career criminal. i identified him four different times. i identified them, i think, fingers right index, right middle, right ring, and then the right palm. it s hard to really describe how i felt, but i was absolutely elated about it. james ray davis spent the majority of his adult life incarcerated, auto theft, forgery, assaults. davis was living in a housing project on the texas/arkansas border. he had been out of prison for about ten years following a conviction for abducting a young girl. detective ramsey knocked on his door. i said, mr. davis, i m from the houston police department. and you could tell his demeanor changed drastically. he just stared at me. ramsey pulled out a photo of diane s car. davis didn t want to look at it. he said, i ve never, ever ....