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Embankment, doused it with fuel and set it on fire. but the fire didn't consume wesley's entire body. enough remained to create this likeness. and the animal hair plaster and construction plastic ultimately led police to the murder scene. >> without that pile of debris, without that piece of ductwork, wesley person's case would be unsolved today. >> justin glover and lawrence morrell were convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole. >> first thing i think of when i think of this case is exceptional forensic investigation. hands down the best forensic work i'...

Animal hair in the plaster from the renovated house. >> i was able to say that these were animal hairs that were from the same animal. they knew that they had the right residence. they knew that they had the right people. >> but the ultimate proof came from a piece of duct work from the basement floor. testing showed it contained a tiny speck of human blood. and dna testing left no doubt who the blood had come from. >> it ended up being the blood of wesley person. we had found our crime scene. we had the victim's blood there. >> investigators felt they knew who planned this attack. >> lawrence...

One here. and he's the one with the brains to be able to put this thing together. >> but could they place justin glove and lawrence morrell at the scene? that's a man interviewino.for a job. not that one. that one. the one who seems like he's already got the job 'cause he studied all the right courses from the get-go. and that's an accountant, a mom, a university of phoenix scholarship recipient, who used our unique --scratch that-- awesome career-planning tool. and that's a student, working late, with a day job, taking courses aligned with the industry he's aiming to be in. ready to build an ...

>> wesley's cousin said when they were finished shopping, wesley left with friends whom he didn't know. he said there seemed to be some tension among them. >> they go to the back of the car, talking. and when they're talking back there, it's an intense conversation. >> it wasn't an argument. but you can see that he was talking like he was either frustrated or angry, but it wasn't loud. >> the three men drove off. and the next day wesley person was dead. police questioned wesley's family and learned that the men matching the description were wesley's long time friends justin glove and lawrence ...

Harrisburg, pennsylvania. when we began looking at these properties, we were able to determine that three of those properties were vacant at the time of the murder. >> the property that needed the most work was on south 13th street in downtown harrisburg. records showed it had been built in the 1930s, around the same time builders used animal hair plaster like the kind found with wesley person's body. >> we're looking for slugs, bullet holes in the walls. we were unsuccessful. >> investigators sprayed luminol in the basement of lawrence morrell's construction property on south 13th street and ...