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Started combing through the old files and were assisted by a new inglewood detective steve seyler. >> technology advances so quickly that in 2002 i said to tony vasley, hey, maybe there's fingernail scrapings, maybe there's something of that nature. >> in fact, there were fingernail scrapings in this case. there was also a drop of blood on marie's saab, but at the time of marie's murder, dna analysis was still in its infancy. those samples had never been tested. in 2004, detective seyler called john lewin, a prosecutor with the l. a. da's office major crime division. lewin specializes in cold ...
George Gascon swept in during 2020 with a wave of justice reforms and now heads the nation's largest DA office which files over 100,000 cases a year.
>> it would take three years for the case against erwin howard to come to trial. cameras were not present in the courtroom that day when trial began in the fall of 2008. john lewin laid out his case in a devastatingly thorough, two and a half hour long power point presentation to the jury. >> opening statements are like a check, i'm writing a check, jury hears it, and if i do my job right after opening? all they're waiting to see is if there are funds in the bank. >> in other words, if you deliver during your case, what you say you're going to deliver in the opening statements, you're gonna ge...
Confronted and slapped didi. >> she said the conversation lasted 15 or 20 minutes, where he articulats that he was mad enough to strangle her with work gloves. >> that is what deede's neighbor said erwin set to her? >> why yes. >> why do you think she did say not tell you that for 6 months? >> i have no idea why a neighbor just wouldn't say the cops the truth that he wanted to kill her. >> armed with a new and threatening statement, detective gates was able to get his warrant and soon erwin howard was under arrest for the murder of deede keller. now the case was in the hands of l.a. county dep...