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cooperative. he voluntarily gave head hair samples, he gave a blood sample, he gave fingerprints. and at the end of that, he ultimately said, you know, whatever i can do, i ll do. reporter: but as he read the file, daron learned there were other things sam didn t do. for example, sam lived right down the street, yet cathy s family says he never stopped by during that whole frantic week when they were searching. he did speak extensively with police. i don t think anybody thought that sam was telling the truth. remember how sam told detectives cathy came to him looking for weed? but there was absolutely no indication that any of that was true. which called into question sam s story. it does.
but at the same time, daron had to admit that sam certainly did not fit anyone s profile of a murder suspect. no criminal history. there was no indicators that he was anything other than, you know, a normal 22-year-old kid. he didn t sound like a killer. no, absolutely not. reporter: detectives had interviewed sam on two separate days, first on audiotape when cathy went missing. he voluntarily gave head hair samples, he gave a blood sample, he gave fingerprints. and at the end of that, he ultimately said, you know, whatever i can do, i ll do. reporter: but as he read the file, daron learned there were other things sam didn t do. for example, sam lived right down the street, yet cathy s family says he never stopped by during that whole frantic week when they were searching. he did speak extensively with police. i don t think anybody thought that sam was telling the truth. remember how sam told detectives cathy came to him looking for weed? but there was absolutely
cathy. where the heck could she be. reporter: he had always been cooperative. he voluntary gave head ir samples, he gave a blood sample, he gave finger prints. and at the end of that, he ultimately said, you know, whatever i can do, i ll do. reporter: but as he read the file, daron learned there were other things sam didn t do. for example, sam lived right down the street, yet cathy s family says he never stopped by. during that whole frantic week when they were searching. he did speak extensively with police. i don t think anybody thought that sam was telling the truth. reporter: remember how sam told detectives cathy came to him looking for weed? the first thing she said is, uh, could you get me any weed? reporter: but there was absolutely no indication that any of that was true. which calls into question sam s story. it does. coming up as daron digs deeper into the case.
he voluntarily gave hair samples, he gave a blood sample. he gave fingerprints. i don t think anybody thought that sam was telling the truth. remember how sam told detectives cathy came to him looking for weed? but there was absolutely no indication that any of that was true. which called into question sam s story. it does. reporter: and daron noticed