shift was hurt last she was lying face down, a pool of blood under one side. just one tiny clue. a piece of foam rubber. there was a suspect, but he had an alibi, until this revelation. i said, i have something that you need to know. welcome to dateline, it hello, and welcome to dateline. it sometimes take especially to look at a crime scene and spot the one thing that is out of place, the clue that will crack the case. in this story, that thing appeared so inconsequential, that no one even knew what it was, let alone what it meant. it took almost two decades, a team of determined investigators, and a detective with an unusual background find out. here s keith morrison with the night before halloween. it was the night before halloween, october 30th midnight approaching. it happened in one of the middle class suburbs that s roll across the los angeles basin. inside a fast food franchise, closed for the night, a frantic scrambling, running feet, and then, sile
there was a suspect, but he had an alibi, until this revelation. revelation i said, i have something that you need to know. welcome to dateline, it sometimes takes a special eye to look at a crime scene and spot the one thing that is out of place. the clue that will crack the case. and in this story, that thing appeared so inconsequential, no one even knew what it was, alone would ve meant. it took almost two decades of a team of determinant investigators and a detective was than usual back out to find out. here is keith morrison with the night before halloween. it was the night before halloween, october 30th, late, midnight approaching. it happened in one of the little class suburbs that sprawl across the los angeles basin. inside a fast food franchise, closed for the night. a frantic scrambling, running feet, then, silence. but the nice morning, not far away, the family dollar prepared for celebration, kim was the eldest, then robin, trisha, wendy. excited, because
bring charges against him. a break in the case would come. but not for another 20 years. here, again, keith morrison with the night before halloween. october 1985, another halloween. once the hoines house would ve been festive, not anymore. they closed the door, turned out the lights. just the word, halloween, unleashed a wave brief. grief. the investigation into her murder was stalled, even though police had a suspect in plain sight. william marshall. the family groped for solace. we just had to take comfort in that because we knew really we were probably never see any resolution in this. it didn t have enough evidence. years past. there were other cases to solve, new priorities, of course. for detective lancaster, retirement. there are cases that stay
found in the car were booked to evidence. under california law, detective lancaster had two days. either charge him or release him. he took the case to the da, made his best argument. i felt that going in we had a good case. maybe a tough case, a circumstantial case, but a good case. going in? going in. going out? going out i felt we had been kicked. nobody showed any interest, complete rejection on prosecution. two circumstantial said the da. and no incriminating evidence. even on those items seized from marshals car. marshall was released from jail. his girlfriend yvonne picked him up. once again, detective lancaster had to deliver the news to the hoynes family. the only suspect that he had was back on the streets. maddening. his life goes forward and robins is snuffed out and she never gets to meet her potential. because of what he did.
store after hours. detective lancaster showed the employee pictures of several suspects who might have been prowling at the kfc that night. and he picked out william marshall as being the person that was acting suspicious around this business at 11, 11:30 at night. marshall was put under surveillance and followed for a few days. and where did he go? back to the very same kfc where he was prowling in the week before. employees there would not let marshall in, so he drove off. and the cops followed. a few miles later, they pulled him over. after removing him from the car, we found what we thought was the weapon that he had used in our homicide. which was a 7 to 9 inch but we knife in the backpack he was carrying. there was no usable evidence on that knife, but it was the right size in shape. so it looked to the cops at least, that they had their man. william marshall was arrested. his knife, clothes and boots