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>> this is one of the first times in u.s. history that forensic hypnosis was used in a high profile case and it was risky. once a witness is hypnotized, most state laws prohibit an individual from test testifying at a trial. as the witness keyed in on the images, she began to remember what she saw. she recalled man. man, tall, thin, hair pushed back off his face. wearing an oxford shirt. he appeared intoxicated. and his car, possibly sedan, was unusually clean and blue. when asked if she could remember the license plate number, she recalled the first letter. >> i see the letter k.

>> she was xasked if she could recall anything else. she said she saw a 4 and an n. that's all she could remember. there were 500,000 sedan cars in northern washington that had license plates with the letter k. so investigators believed that the physical description of the suspect provided by their witness was the key piece of information. to put this on paper, they brought in an artist john heinz. he interviewed the witness who was once again hypnotized. >> this is the only witness i have ever done a composite drawing of who has been under hypnosis. >> using the information from the interview...