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The bad news, we still don't -- can't give you a suspect. >> the dna profile of their killer did not match any of the known criminal offenders in the national database. >> the dna match didn't tell us who that person was. that was our job, to find him. >> but it wouldn't be easy. margarette eby's murder took place many years earlier, and nancy ludwig was murdered in detroit, over 75 miles away from flint. but investigators suspected that the killer drove a monte carlo automobile and had access to twine used by landscapers. the hotel employee's boyfriend who owned the monte carlo had an alibi f...

Automobile like the one a witness saw in the hotel parking lot on the night of nancy ludwig's murder. and there was another surprise. gorton worked for a water sprinkler company that serviced the sprinkler system in margarette eby's yard. >> that same company had been to margarette eby's residence several days before her death in order for them to blow out the sprinkler lines for the season. >> but that could have been easily explained why his fingerprint would have been inside eby's home. >> you're working with metal sprinkler equipment and maybe there's a sharp edge and you slice your finger...

After several years, the cold case unit of the michigan state police decided to take a second look at the murders of margarette eby and nancy ludwig. they thought that perhaps the original investigators might have missed something. dna testing revealed the same man killed both women, but they had no idea to whom the dna belonged. so they concentrated on the partial fingerprint from the faucet in margarette eby's bathroom. >> the crime lab was able to identify a small print on the faucet knob in the sink of that bathroom. the faucet knob was actually taken off, taken back to the crime lab, wher...

Took of women without their knowledge. >> he was just very strange. very strange. you kind of wonder what went wrong with him that made him behave like that. >> when police brought gorton in for questioning, they asked him about his interest in stealing women's underwear. >> is there one particular item of clothing that you were fond of? be it hose or bras or panties, sleepwear? is there any one particular item that you're attracted to? >> mostly just the hose, i guess. >> do you still feel those strong fetish desires to this day? i mean, is that something that -- >> yeah, i see a psychiatrist...

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 because 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 suggested, that jeffrey gorton had sexually assaulted and presumab...