dna. but prosecutors would need more than forensics to get a conviction. here s keith morrison. reporter: many years ago late on a september night, a family in anchorage, alaska, got a knock on the door. one of those eerie feelings instantly when someone knocks on the door at 10:00 at night and asked to speak to my dad. reporter: 1994, samantha was 12, her brother adam 13, they huddled on the staircase overlooking the front door. we heard my dad collapse and scream no, not bonnie. and i remember thinking, please let her be in the hospital and let her be okay. reporter: bonner was elder sister, bonnie craig, 18 years old. i remember my dad dropping to his knees crying on the front deck. and that was about the first time i ve ever seen that happen. reporter: their mother karen was on vacation, was on a sailboat off the coast of florida, four time zones away. it was 2:00 a.m. when she
midwest all the way to the east coast. and you ll appreciate this, 14 for chicago tomorrow. derek, thank you. one thing you ll appreciate, the iditarod in alaska. okay. i have been watching this. let s look. the video is really interesting. this in anchorage, alaska. on streets, crowds of people line the streets saturday, cheering the 52 mushers and their dogs. the trek officially starts sunday. a thousand miles or 1600 kilometers across the state. the course was lengthened a bit this year, but, derek, this is interesting, to bypass a section of the behring sea, that is not frozen. very interesting. so last year they broke the record and this year they don t expect to because there is too much snow for the dogs to traverse. interesting. thank you. thank you for being with us for newsroom. back after the break with more news for you. stay with us. so, it was me, one other mom and twelve boys.
it seems we hear less about how dna is used to track down the guilty. in a story you re about to see, a sample found on a murdered young woman was sent to the national database. 12 years after she was killed, it turned up a match. reporter: many years ago late on a september night, a family in anchorage, alaska, got a knock on the door. one of those eerie feelings instantly when someone knocks on the door at 10:00 at night and asked to speak to my dad. reporter: 1994, samantha was 12, her brother adam 13, they huddled on the staircase overlooking the front door. we heard my dad collapse and scream no, not bonnie. and i remember thinking, please let her be in the hospital and let her be okay. reporter: bonner was elder sister, bonnie craig, 18 years old. i remember my dad dropping to his knees crying on the front deck. and that was about the first time i ve ever seen that happen. reporter: their mother karen was on vacation, was on a sailboat off the coast of
been. some in buildings, broken glass, a few ceiling tiles coming down on various buildings. the major damage has been to several of the highways. but as governor walker said yesterday in the wake of this earthquake, alaskans really dodged a bullet here. it could have been so much worse. there has been no reported loss of life. only a few injuries and governor walker said a lot of that is to do with a very strict building codes and the inspections that have been in place since the awful 9.0 earthquake of 1964. those building codes according to governor walker, saved a lot of lives yesterday, leland. leland: you can see some of the damage to office buildings there. jonathan hunt, in anchorage, as dawn breaks and cleanup begins. thank you jonathan. ebony: coming up, the deep and lasting faith president george h. w. bush. we will talk to franklin graham whose father, billy graham was
seismic activity and seeing an earthquake is not unusual. something of this size, though, certainly is. it s going to rattle the region here. many people in the area had reported feeling that strong jolt and now many people are reporting aftershocks across the area so that s a concern. every home will need to be inspected by the homeowner. all of the buildings by government officials and that is what s happening right now. but again, the first and foremost thing that first responders are trying to do is assess the damage, get people to safety and as they brace for more aftershocks. that won t be easy. stay there. i want to pull in an image of a road in anchorage. can you see that on your screen? this is a highway that is basically completely torn up, chewed up. it is unclear base and the image if we know of cars that had been on the road that might be under a portion of this. if you are a firefighter, a team