,. our like, there is blood on the pillow. somebody was stalking the young women of reno. and now, one of them had vanished. obviously, there was, you know, something really bad. her name, brianna. she was just 19 years old. just wanted to say to my daughter, breonna, that i love you. i miss you, and nobody s ever giving up. nobody was giving up, but nobody was any closer to solving the mystery. where was breonna? within a three mile radius, they were hundreds of registered sex offenders. then, a tip but a woman who had found something odd in her boyfriends truck women s underwear. and when she asked him for the truth, she discovered something even stranger. did you do this. oh my god, did you? hello, and welcome to dateline. reno, nevada calls itself the biggest little city in the world, and this was one of the biggest cases it had ever seen. a local girl, a college student named breonna had disappeared on a winters night. what had happened, no one
vanished. obviously, there was, you know, something really bad. her name, brianna. she was just 19 years old. just wanted to say to my daughter, breonna, that i love you. i miss you, and nobody s ever giving up. nobody was giving up, but nobody was any closer to solving the mystery. where it was breonna? within a three mile radius, they were hundreds of registered sex offenders. then, a tip but a woman who had found something odd in her boyfriends truck women s underwear. and when she asked him for the truth, she discovered something even stranger. did you do? this oh my god, did you? hello, and welcome to dateline. reno, nevada calls itself the biggest little city in the world, and this was one of the biggest cases it had ever seen. a local girl, a college student named breonna had disappeared on a winters night. what had happened, no one knew. where it would lead, nobody could predict. but this entire city would soon galvanize for a single mission, t
infant. her mom brigitte says that made their family even closer. we had to team up. and the kids all had to help. you know, i had a little baby. and she became very protective of me. as she got older, she stayed close? that does not happen a lot. she stayed close, and he followed the rules. the more she followed the rules, the more freedom she had. she decided on college in california, and was in her sophomore year ad santa barbara city college. she had a steady boyfriend, while studying psychology, and wanted to work with kids. then came winter break, and brianna came back to visit her hometown friends. so you thought great, home, safe? never felt like she was unsafe, because she was so responsible. so the detectives wanted to know, how do this responsible girl end up missing? they began to retrace her steps, the day before she disappeared.
exactly what happened after that, in the predawn hours of a 24-hour town was a mystery. because by 9 am, the couch was empty, and she had vanished. now, with the evidence they had before them, homicide detectives adam and dave thought brianna had been abducted. we suspected she might well be taken out the back door. besides breonna s blood antique mark at the pillow, crime like technicians found another important piece of evidence on the back door. we were able to get a touch dna profile off it. on the doorknob of the residents. touch dna meaning somebody who just grabbed the ignored of with their bare hand? bare hands and there was sufficient skin cells transferred on just the mere
reach a verdict. we the jury, find the defendant james michael biehle guilty of count five of sexual assault, guilty of count to kidnapping in the first degree, guilty of count three sexual assault, guilty of thought for, murdering to the first degree of brianna dennison. guilty on all counts. the jury gave james billet the death penalty that verdict meant the end of a long and difficult ordeal for the city of reno, especially for breonna s mother brigitte. for her, this is also the beginning of something. we spoke again just after the trial. the first interview i did, you are coming apart at the seams. you ve come a long way. i have. it s been two and a half years. you have to make a choice. you can be miserable and let it control your life, or you can move on and hopefully try to