court order for jonothan vick s dna, but the court refused on the grounds that driving a vehicle like the one seen near the crime scene was insufficient probable cause. where s the probable cause on jonothan vick at this time? it doesn t exist. so police dropped their investigation of jonothan vick. there was a time i figured, well, maybe they have cleared him, but there was something inside that said it still ain t right, something s just not right. so now, ten years later, this man, jonothan vick s friend, called police again, insisting that they investigate vick for dana satterfield s murder. and just like before i didn t want to give my name. but without his name, police couldn t get a court order to obtain jonothan vick s dna sample. so police were right back where
case, come hell or high water, they re going to solve this. at the autopsy, the medical examiner concluded the cause of death was strangulation. and a rape test kit found evidence of sexual assault. once they were able to generate a profile, that s when everybody started looking for a possible suspect. investigators found a fingerprint on the water heater next to dana s body. it belonged to dana s estranged husband, mike. we had actually had a few problems, and she had actually been living a half a mile from here. the kids were staying here and she was staying there. when questioned by police, mike claimed he was with his children at the time of the murder. because we were with him that night. of course, when we got the phone call, we talked to him and there s no way that my dad did it or had anything to do with it.
information for a reduction in charges or less prison time. quinn was incarcerated for a crime that bore a marked similarity to dana s murder. he was also in prison for raping a woman and tying her to a tree. quinn was free at the time of the dana s murder and fit the eyewitness description of the killer. the police got his mug shot, put it in a photo lineup, showed it to diane harris, who as you ll remember is our lone eyewitness. diane actually picked russell trevor quinn out of a photo lineup as being the person she came in contact with. one of dana s friends says i ve seen this man in the shop before. the police are able to put him in a car not dissimilar to the one seen near the scene. but this turned out to be another dead end when his dna didn t match the biological evidence from the crime scene. russell trevor quinn was a
michael pace is the probable cause that allowed us to get jonothan vick s dna. jonothan vick was still living in south carolina after serving two years in the marines. i love my wife and daughter. that s all that matters. he had had well over 15 different jobs, was getting fired or asked to leave because of his inability to get along with his co-workers or his supervisors. vick also had some brushes with the law. he had two arrests. one was a domestic violence, which was dismissed, and there was a malicious injury, which is basically a vandalism, that was dismissed. now a husband and father of an infant daughter, vick denied any involvement in dana satterfield s murder. at the time of the arrest, he basically told us he never knew the woman. jonothan vick s dna matched the biological evidence from the
one day, ashley took her car in for repairs and those repairs changed the course of the investigation. this girl came in with a little red honda and she got an oil change, and i was like, man, she was just in here a couple of weeks ago. and they were like, yeah, that s ashley satterfield. you know dana satterfield that was murdered. and they said, that s her daughter. and i said, i didn t know she had kids. this man is an automatic mechanic and knew something about dana satterfield s murder, or at least thought he did. just by seeing ashley and her being her mother, i had to give them some closure. ten years earlier, when the auto mechanic was in high school, his friend, jonothan vick, gave him a ride home. vick was driving a white ford bronco with blue trim, like the one parked near the crime scene.