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Inside. >> there were certainly the inferences that were drawn from the fact that he was buying clothing in downtown gunnison, driving michelle wallace's vehicle at that time, which told us he knew she was dead and he knew she was not around to make a report of a stolen vehicle. he was brazen about that particular fact. >> by this time, roy melanson was serving time in a kentucky prison for burglary, but was extradited to colorado to face trial for murder. melanson pleaded not guilty and even refused to attend the trial. instead, he listened to the proceedings from his prison cell. >> we are n...

>> many melanson's possession was michelle's backpack, driver's license and pawnshop ticket for a 35 millimeter camera. >> on the camera was was a roll of film. the last photographs on the roll of film were photographs of michelle's dog, okie, wearing his hiking packs. in the very last photograph on the roll was a picture of roy melanson with a young woman he met in pueblo, colorado. >> melanson denied having anything to do with michelle's disappearance. he said they stopped for coffee and he admitted sneaking out the back way and stealing her car. and he said michelle's dog was tied up outsid...

To his truck. he said he didn't know roy's last name and never saw either of them again. >> the police are looking for a mysterious roy. they don't have a last name for this man. all they know is that he's the last one seen with michelle. >> investigators suspected roy was the key to michelle wallace's disappearance. every day, people fall. from a simple misstep, to tripping over a rug, to just losing their balance. and not being able to get up from a fall can have serious, lifetime consequences. being prepared is important. philips lifeline with autoalert is more than just a medical alert but...

>> the fact that the dog obviously had been separated from her and found dead later was of great concern because people felt clearly michelle wallace never would have willingly been separated from her dog. >> another ranch hand came forward with even more information. he said michelle gave him a ride in the mountains after his car broke down. he said his friend, roy, sat in the front seat with michelle, and that he was in the back seat with the german shepherd. >> the ranch hand remembers the dog in particularly because he had to sit in the back seat of the station wagon with the dog. and amus...

From the levis, because it was torn. >> in september of 1993, a jury found roy melanson guilty of first-degree murder. he was sentenced to life in prison. >> see these bastards, the devastation they leave behind, nobody knows. they think they killed an individual, but they killed dozens of people. >> michelle's father is thankful to forensic science and the volunteers who worked so diligently to find his daughter. >> you can't express the gratitude. i just couldn't believe that it finally came to an end. >> the system of justice worked in this particular case. whether the system, itself, ever ...