"I hope Cheri and her family will finally get the justice they deserve and have waited so long for," District Attorney Mike Hestrin said in a statement.
"I hope Cheri and her family will finally get the justice they deserve and have waited so long for," District Attorney Mike Hestrin said in a statement.
"I hope Cheri and her family will finally get the justice they deserve and have waited so long for," District Attorney Mike Hestrin said in a statement.
absolutely. i think dna would be valuable. i know they had physical altercations but the evidence such as maybe a bite mark or dna under the skin or fingerprints on her person, if it be her neck or other areas, just provides and builds the case for that substantial evidence for that case. trace: so it appears police will go back to the carlton reserve today, an area mostly water. 75%. 83 miles in hiking trails and so forth. do you think they are going there because of science? have they gleaned something, or is this a shot in the dark and another chance to clear this area and move on? absolutely. the law enforcement has to cover every lead no matter how difficult it is and they have to run it to ground. right now the only lead for
this was a burglary or a home invasion gone wrong. sherri s purse was missing, as was her new bmw, an engagement gift from john. there was no sign of the murder weapon, but detectives did recover two.38 caliber slugs and something else that caught the detective s attention. on the inside of sherri s left arm, they found a bite mark. a crime scene analyst went ahead and she swabbed that for saliva that could pertain to the killer. saliva that contained dna from whoever bit sherri. remember, this was 1986, years before dna technology testing would arrive, which could link a suspect to a sample like this one. so, back then, the dna wasn t much help. but the swab was carefully package and bundled with all of the other evidence. for now, detectives didn t have much else to work with. no eyewitnesses. no usable fingerprints. no clear motive,