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He fled the state the next day, driving 1,000 miles to tennessee, hoping the case would blow over and be forgotten. but by this time, too many law enforcement agencies were looking for him. >> all the planets were aligned because it was every single little piece of evidence together that made this such a strong case. and it just -- everything fell into place. >> the paint chips at the scene fit perfectly to huffman's truck. and the truck's grill also matched rafael's injuries. >> you could almost compare the height of the grill on that truck to the height of where the bruises were located on r...

A bar patron said that huffman got into his red pickup truck and headed south on route 281 towards his home. rafael was walking north on route 281 at approximately the same time. the forensic evidence proves that huffman's truck swerved off the road, onto the shoulder, and hit rafael, sending him flying 40 feet down the embankment, killing him instantly. there were no skid marks. prosecutors say huffman kept driving. but tiny pieces of glass, plastic and paint, along with the passenger side mirror, were left behind, identifying the make, model, and color of the truck. when he got home, he told...

So was the exposed metal on the truck. unbelievably, martinez discovered that the paint chips did come from huffman's truck. they fit perfectly. >> a physical fit is the only for sure thing in forensic science. its probabilities are astronomical. there were no statistics that can calculate or duplicate the odds of tearing any two pieces identical. it is the only thing that's in forensics that is the for sure thing and, in fact, better than dna. >> here's this paint chip that plugs in perfectly. that's hitting the home run in the bottom of the ninth, based loaded. >> but investigators still won...

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And they matched up almost perfectly. >> in february of 2006, robert huffman was tried and convicted of failure to stop and render aid after an accident. because of his previous drunk driving offenses, he was sentenced to the maximum, 20 years in prison. >> he never confessed, never showed any remorse, and was rather indignant about the fact that he was being tried for this offense. >> investigators say that without the science, this case, like most hit-and-run accidents, would probably have gone unsolved. >> to be able to establish a physical match is a rare find. to be able to actually solve...