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A relative pleading not guilty to felony murder charges, but cops say he confessed to the crime that he sexually assaulted the 4-year-old girl, suffocated her, and stuffed her body into a cooler. new york city detectives also offering they acted on a tip and dna evidence leading them to that suspect, the relative. the lead detective in the case is now retired and talking about the case today. brian is bringing us some closure after all these years. >> we now know baby hope was 4-year-old anjelica castillo. her 52-year-old cousin confessed to sexually assaulting, suffocating her and stuffing he...

With the murder of 4-year-old angelica castillo. >> retired detective jerry georgeio they were close toe solving the case. >> when i got the news, i was just elated. up on cloud nine. >> he was the lead detective in 19 t 1. the decomposed body was stuffed in this cooler. no one ever claimed the body. they had given the name of baby hope. >> there wasn't a dry eye in the bunch.

Also known as adino juarez, in connection with the murder of 4-year-old angelica castillo. a child victim known for the last 22 years as baby hope. >> retired detective georgio heard from colleagues they were close to solving the case. >> when i got the phone call, the news, i was elated. i was on cloud nine. >> he was the lead detective in 1991. the decomposed body of a 4-year-old girl was found stuffed in the cooler discarded by the highway, and her body folded in half and sexually abused, and nobody had claimed the body. the squad paid for her funeral. >> there was not a dry eye in

Ncht . >> it was an unthinkable crime. now, after two decades long -- a two-decades long investigation, police say they have found the killer of the child known as baby hope. a lead detective on the case and has waited more than two decades for this arrest. mr. georgeio, thank you so much. how did you hear an arrest was going to be made and what was your reaction? >> well, over the past 22 years, ever since we caught the case, i being the eternal optimist,

That she found him credible, that serino found george zimmerman believable and truthful, and that was something the judge specifically told the jurors to disregard and yet that came out in her interview as being something important about zimmerman and the juror's findings about his credibility. >> here you have this lead detective in this case, right, and this person ultimately in the end seemed to be testifying more on behalf of the defense. we were all watching, right, the state's witness that day and we were sort of blown away. the idea that the jurors could go home and scrub that from thei...