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you had an empty chair. you got an empty chair, that she should be there and she s not there. reporter: heidi s boyfriend stephen cooke was trying to move on with his life as well he married, had a child, and landed a steady job with veterans affairs. he s got a normal life for the first time in a long while, huh? he does. things are lookin pretty good for him. reporter: then, in 2011, eleven years after heidi s murder, meyer rejoined the homicide unit and once again cracked the file. this time, he and veteran baltimore county detective gary childs got an idea. technology had progressed and we knew now that there s a possibility that heidi s fingernails may contain some physical evidence. so what s the thought, let s run it again, see what happens ? yeah. the thought was to resubmit. reporter: to their surprise, the criminal database spit out a match. we got a dna hit. i couldn t believe it. reporter: but the hit wasn t for anyone in heidi s known circle, ev

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