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keith morrison: strange how big events in life and nexgard chews from your vet. can arrive when you least expect them. life can arrive when you least expect them. karen was on vacation again. a remote island in the philippines. an email arrived from the trooper, call me it said. >> i kept trying to call and we kept getting disconnected. >> finally the had a conversation login of for karen to learn one thing. one amazing fact. a dna match. after 12 years they had the man who they believed murdered her daughter, bonnie.
keith morrison: it was a standoff, tense and unpleasant. karen, the grieving mother furious at a team of state karen, the grieving mother furious at a team of state troopers she did not trust determined to find out who murdered her bright, beautiful bonnie vs detectives who in turn ten and trust her. and told her little about what they knew and what they were learning. they eventually let her see the autopsy report and that's when karen saw a dozen or so brutal head wounds. that's also when the medical examiner told her about one extremely important piece of news. horrifying, but potentially useful. bonnie had been raped as well. and as awful as that was, it left one sliver of hope. the killer left
>> it was almost like she knew something -- >> hello, and welcome to dateline. we often see headlines about dna evidence exonerating the innocent. it seems we hear less about how dna from an unknown person might be used to track down the guilty. and the story about to see, a sample found on a murder young woman, listen to the national database. 12 years after she was killed, it turned up a match. but in this case, prosecutors would need more than dna to convict a killer. here's keith morrison. >> many years ago, late on a september night, the family in anchorage, alaska, got a knock on the door. >> it was one of those erie feelings, instantly, when someone walks on the door at 10:00 at night.
his defense team had a different tale to tell. was there more to bonnie and her life than anyone knew and would the jury be persuaded? for the conclusion of our story, keith morrison. >> when bonnie craig's body was found face down and a creek outside of anchorage, alaska, it was september 1994, and kenneth dion was a 25-year-old cocaine addict on the way down a long criminal spiral. at the time of the trial, he was 41, entering middle age and potentially facing 124 years in prison for rape and murder. >> was she murdered? no. >> not of defense attorney, lambert could help it.
trooping the color. it has been an annual event since 1760. pope francis is expected to make a traditional appearance in st. peters square sunday, he was discharged from the hospital friday, nine days after undergoing abdominal surgery for a hernia. francis begin working from the hospital room a few days after that operation. now, back to dateline. eline. >> welcome back to dateline. i'm craig melvin. years had passed since bonnie craig was found dead, and investigators seem to to be coming up against one false lead after another. and then, in new dna match to a man who had moved to california. could this mean they could finally bring bonnie's killer to justice? or would it lead to yet another dead end? here is keith morrison. >> that one. >> all that was left to the family now, in the years after bonnie's murder was the
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the prosecution had made its case that bonnie craig was murdered by kenneth dion but his defense team had a different tale to tell. was there more threatened to bonnie and her life than anyone do and with the jury be persuaded? for the conclusion of our story, keith morrison. >> when bonnie -- was found face down and a creek outside of anchorage, alaska, it was september 1994, and kenneth dion was a 25-year-old cocaine addict on the way down a long criminal spiral. at the time of the trial, he was 41, entering middle age and potentially facing 124 years and prison for rape and murder. >> was she murdered? no. >> not of defense attorney, lambert could help. it >> bonnie excellently fell
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just the dna? >> and there was something else. something about bonnie herself. >> it was almost like she knew something -- >> hello, and welcome to dateline. we often see headlines about dna evidence exonerating the innocent. it seems we hear less about how dna from an unknown person might be used to track down the guilty. and the story about to see, a sample found on a murder young woman, listen to the national database. 12 years after she was killed, it turned up a match. but in this case, prosecutors would need more than dna to convict a killer. here's keith morrison. >> many years ago, late on a september night, the family in anchorage, alaska, got a knock on the door. >> it was one of those erie
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