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Shortly after his wife was brutally murdered in a detroit hotel room, art ludwig received a curious letter. it was from a man who had read about nancy's murder in the newspaper and said her death sounded strikingly similar to his own mother's murder five years earlier. >> and i read the letter, and yes, it did seem like there were some similarities. insofar, they were both women about the same size, same appearance, so on and so forth. >> the victim was 55-year-old margarette eby, a music

Conduct in the first degree. >> jeffrey gorton was tried and convicted for the first-degree murder of both nancy ludwig and margarette eby. he will spend the rest of his life in prison. >> i'm afraid of him. i'm glad he's locked up for the rest of his life. he is the absolutely most frightening person that i've ever encountered because he was random, because he was so secretive, because he was so ordinary. >> walter tom henderson wrote about this case in "blood justice" and thinks there are other victims. >> my feeling is that some day, somebody's going to be running a dna sample that kicks up...

Supposed to be gated, but the gate was usually open. no guard there. >> there were no signs of forced entry, and no valuables were missing. margarette eby had a habit of leaving her doors unlocked and had no curtains on her windows. >> the estate had a number of people who came on regularly to do work, lawn care people, electricians, painters. >> after her murder, investigators found a partial fingerprint on her bathroom faucet, but it didn't match any known criminal offenders in the michigan database. investigators also found evidence of sexual assault. but at the time, dna testing was still ...

>> no. >> it came from the bathroom in the upstairs bedroom where margarette eby was found. >> mm-hmm. >> the house that you said you had never been in. so, right now, jeff, there's no question that you're the person that's responsible. the question that needs to be answered is why and what can we do to help you? >> well, there is no why, 'cause i didn't do it. i just need to see an attorney now, because i know i didn't do anything, and i need to -- >> when gorton asked for a lawyer, the interview stopped, but not before they collected his dna sample. dna testing confirmed what the first test ...

Tracked down in one way or another. and all were dead ends. margarette eby's family, as well as nancy ludwig's, were losing faith in the idea that the killer would be apprehended. >> after ten years, i guess i thought we had done just about everything we could. to this day, it remains a mystery to me why -- why it didn't work. at humana, we believe if healthcare changes, if it becomes simpler... if frustration and paperwork decrease... if grandparents get to live at home instead of in a home... the gap begins to close. so let's simplify things. let's close the gap between people and care. ♪ ...