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Prosecutors believe denney saw corey get ready to go with her friends on the night before thanksgiving. then armed with a knife and wearing gloves, he entered corey's apartment through the kitchen window. the evidence suggests he hid somewhere, possibly in her closet. and waited for her to return. corey had no hint that anyone was inside and went to bed. that's when denney attacked. but corey fought back. in the process, she pulled out some of his hair which contained his dna. his lighter slipped from his pocket during the struggle. he stabbed her repeatedly. at some point, he cut himself

Blood stain or seman stain. >> the results were it belonged to robert denney. >> fact that he ever denied being in her apartment made the evidence more incriminating. >> and there was other evidence that implicated denney. the gold-plated lighter found in corey's bedroom. he said it wasn't his. but a former girlfriend told police it was his lighter. >> she was able to identify the emblem on it. she was positive that was his lighter. >> prosecutors believed robert denney was obsessed with his beautiful neighbor corey parker. and monitored her comings and going. he also looked inside her apartme...

And bled inside his gloved hand. as he left the apartment through the kitchen window, he left a blood smear on the window sill, providing his dna. robert denney went on trial for first degree murder. the jury deliberated for 45 minutes. >> we the jury find the defendant guilty of murder in the first degree as charged in the indictment. we the jury further find that the killing was done with premeditation. >> since he was only 17 years old, a minor when he committed the crime, denney was sentenced to life in prison without parole. >> he was methodical in cleaning up. he was careful and he almos...