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Biological evidence left by the perpetrator. the only possible piece of evidence was the bloodstain on dawn's bed. the blood was dawn's. but was it possible that the blood held other clues? >> the evidence techs looked at it and reviewed it, and the officer asked, what are our chances of identifying somebody with this? and in unison, they both said, "slim to none." >> if the killer had touched the blood, it might show his fingerprint, but the blood was on a porous bed sheet, another roadblock. >> getting prints on fabric is extremely difficult, pretty rare. there's only, you know, not very man...

Dawn ferring fit right in. >> she was interested in foreign languages and an exchange student first, learning french. then went to austria and learned german. >> dawn was an accomplished violinist and dancer, who returned from japan where she was doing christian missionary work. she was living in this apartment in kirkland for just two weeks, when her neighbor, a local fireman, noticed her front door was left open and decided to investigate. >> so he grabbed his portable phone, knocked on the door, called out to see if anyone was there. and when he didn't receive a response, he entered into th...

All-american of events, which was making cookies for her mother for mother's day in the privacy of her own home. >> a background check revealed dawn was a very private person who did not date, drink or use drugs. she had been in town for only two weeks. >> one of the interesting things that you learn when you do this kind of work, the medical examiner and their observations that they make of a person and the remarkable observation that he made about dawn fehring was that she was so modest that she didn't even have pierced ears. >> investigators checked the whereabouts of all registered sex off...

Emerged didn't look like it could be used for any kind of identification. the fabric was the real problem. >> you have to get in close and look for detail, ridge detail, friction ridge skin detail. so we look at it with magnification. as soon as you get in close, alls you can see is the weave of the fabric. you can't really see any detail because the weave is interfering with that. that's all you can see. >> the palm print now looked like a dead end. and detectives had to face the possibility that dawn's murder would never be solved. but investigators kept digging, and being at the right place...

>> i found a body. she's laying on her side. rigor mortis has set in. the body's cold. it's covered. >> her head is covered? >> yes. >> you covered it? >> no, i just checked the body to see if she was okay. >> dawn was pronounced dead at the scene. >> it was total denial for me. i couldn't believe that it was happening. i mean, there's no motive. she has no enemies whatsoever. >> i don't think she knew anybody. i don't think she even knew the people across the hall. she had not as yet said anything to any of us about the other people in the condo. >> the autopsy revealed a fist-sized bruise on...