the thing that was noticeable was it was silver. the people noticed it as a type of suv or crv. and they mentioned out of state plates. out of state plates, right. reporter: there was also that description of the man people saw near the hunter home that day. an olive skinned man wearing a baggy suit. they were all seeing the same person, the same vehicle and the location. you re convinced that s not somebody who s lost and eventually finds their way outta there. oh, no, it fits. and that s the person that did this crime. and it fits with anthony garcia, also. reporter: tying it all together, prosecutors called a bombshell witness, a former stripper named cecilia hoffman. hoffman told the jury that four years after the dundee murders, garcia made a shocking confession to her. she told the cops about it in this audio recording. i remember he said it was a long time ago, he said, i killed
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case. this time they d be armed with crucial new evidence and a bombshell witness. but could they prove denny ross was the killer? here again is dennis murphy with the night hannah hill disappeared. the trial of denny ross for rape and murder had collapsed. years passed with the akron police department getting kicked in the teeth for losing the conviction with what so many people called sloppy police work. people remembered the case. it goes down as an akron pd fumble. unfortunately, that s probably the way it s remembered by most. but defending ourselves is not what we re concerned with. solving the case is what we re concerned with. with a team of detectives and prosecutors jerry hughes, now lieutenant hughes, toiled away in hopes of a second chance at convicting denny ross. the case went careening into years of appeals in the state,
case. this time, they would be armed with crucial, new evidence and a bombshell witness. but could they prove denny ross was the killer? here again is dennis murphy with the night hannah hill disappeared. the trial of denny ross for rape and murder had collapsed. years passed with the akron police department getting kicked in the teeth for losing the conviction with what so many people called sloppy police work. people remembered the case. it went down as a police fumble. that s probably what most people remember the most, but defending ourselves was not what we were concerned with. solving the case is what we were concerned with. with police and detectives did was work on the case. the case went down in the state of appeals, federal and the ohio supreme court.
victims families who d waited the longest. my main thing is i needed to see the man who did it and determine for myself if he did it. coming up, the trial begins with a lucky break. all of a sudden you get handed the murder weapon. yeah, that was a gift. and a bombshell witness, a former stripper with a revealing story. she said i only date bad boys. and i said, well, i m a bad boy.