MSNBC Dateline October 2, 2021 08:19:00
Sanded down, but specks of paint still clung to them. blue paint. >> oh, my gosh. we were so excited. we had expectations. that's why we brought a warrant. but we didn't expect those expectations to be met with the actual wooden dowel that was used to build the -- i mean, what are the odds of anyone keeping it that long? >> sure. >> it looked old. >> there's your case. >> we thought this was going to be a pretty good piece of evidence. the kind of wood it is. the graining even. we were that excited. >> all wallace needed was a testing lab to confirm it, and prosecutor john lewin would finally ...