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Investigators also found gloves inside the bag covered with maryann's blood. dna tests of skin cells left in the gloves also matched george hansen. the dna was proof george was wearing the sweater and the gloves as the fatal blows were struck, and investigators found the source of the prescription sleep medication found in maryann's coffee cup. >> we tracked down mr. hansen's sister, who signed a statement stating that she was sending him these pills. in return, he would give her like $25 a month. >> george hansen was arrested and charged with murder. prosecutors believe the motive was financi...

Out. >> prosecutors believe maryann waited until all the employees left before confronting hansen with the evidence of embezzlement. she estimated he stole more than $100,000 from the company. he could either pay the money back or maryann was going to report him to police. hansen, however, chose another option -- murder. as maryann was about to walk out through the back door, hansen struck her in the head with a hammer. while hansen staged the scene to look like a robbery, he discovered that maryann wasn't dead, so he struck her again, creating more blood splatter on top of the coagulated bloo...

But it was wintertime, and he missed the open water by about five feet, and it landed on the ice. >> the theory was to drop the bag into the water and have it float away. >> later, a witness saw hansen's car driving back and forth over the rock river bridge, most likely contemplating how to retrieve the bag he tried to throw into the river. once in custody, hansen changed his story. he denied killing maryann, but admitted to a coverup. he said he found maryann's body when he first got to work, thought he'd be blamed for her murder, so he removed the items that belonged to him from the scene. >...

Inside the bag covered with maryann's blood. dna tests of skin cells left in the gloves also matched george hansen. the dna was proof george was wearing the sweater and the gloves as the fatal blows were struck, and investigators found the source of the prescription sleep medication found in maryann's coffee cup. >> we tracked down mr. hansen's sister, who signed a statement stating that she was sending him these pills. in return, he would give her like $25 a month. >> george hansen was arrested and charged with murder. prosecutors believe the motive was financial. >> he was going to collect s...

Stealing money, but said maryann was in on it, too. >> i was depositing it and we were splitting the money. >> however, maryann's financial records showed her transactions were consistent with the amount of her salary and nothing more. gene's son, dean, was outraged by hansen's accusation. >> i knew he was lying. lying through his teeth. he couldn't look at me. >> and police soon found george had another possible motive. >> if he did kill her and got away with it, then he would collect $150,000 in insurance policy that each had the other. he was probably using this as a vehicle to generate the...