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Around phoenix were racing the clock and a fast-moving killer. now, thanks to a tip from rick anglin, they were getting closer. >> i'm convinced that we're dealing with dwight jones at this point. >> rick recognized that all the crime scenes related back to dwight and connie's divorce and custody battles from nearly a decade earlier. plus, forensic analysis had already told police all four victims had probably been killed with the same weapon. and there was a critical piece of evidence that might link the weapon to dwight. that bit of dna on a shell casing recovered from the scene of steve pit...

Casings. each casing tells a story to tie a crime to a gun. police fire a crime gun. the gun ejects a casing. with this computer the casing generates an image. an image that's like a fingerprint unique to every gun. >> i will search out the he jekor. he fires multiple rounds terrorizing the victims before getting away. all police have is the casings. >> you have the recovered shell casing and video evidence. unfortunately that video evidence only captured the shooting itself and captured the vehicle. >> months later police find a glock pistol thrown in the bushes following a traffic accident. ...

All possibly committed by the same person. there was one promising clue. dna on a shell casing recovered at the scene of steve pitt's murder. investigators ran it through their system, but there was no match. by 10:00 a.m. saturday morning, police opened an emergency center. and tips were pouring in. >> there was a lot of fear, there was a lot of unrest in the community, and people were desperate for a suspect. >> no one yet knew about this man. 200 miles away, watching the news of the murders unfold. he was a former phoenix police detective, and he had a sudden, sickening feeling. >> i was ce...

Now, thanks to a tip from rick anglin, they were getting closer. >> i'm convinced that we're dealing with dwight jones at this point. >> rick recognized that all the crime scenes related back to dwight and connie's divorce and custody battles from nearly a decade earlier. plus, forensic analysis had already told police all four victims had probably been killed with the same weapon. and there was a critical piece of evidence that might link the weapon to dwight. that bit of dna on a shell casing recovered from the scene of steve pitt's murder. dna tests can take weeks or months. that was time p...

Tell us about the blue towel. what did you hope to gain from it? >> we didn't know. it had blood on it and you don't know where it will lead you. does it match something somebody's got or have somebody else's dna on it? >> reporter: other than that, there was little to this crime scene. >> did you find a weapon? did you find a bullet, a casing, anything that might help you? >> no. we had detectives actually assigned to get on their hands and knees with scissors and cut the grass away, looking for a shell casing -- >> wow. >> -- or a bullet or anything. we didn't know who she was. there was no ...