evidence of sexual assault. but at the time, dna testing was still in its infancy. in 1986, we weren t even online. our state was not doing dna testing. although it was beginning to be done in other places, there were only a few select laboratories that did it, and it was a very, very expensive process. but by the time nancy ludwig was murdered, dna testing was routine. and to the surprise of investigators, dna testing proved what margarette eby s son knew instinctively, that the same man killed both women. i thought we had our case solved. and he said, well, the good news is we ve matched your case. the bad news, we still don t can t give you a suspect. the dna profile of their killer did not match any of the known criminal offenders in the national database. the dna match didn t tell us
investigators also found evidence of sexual assault. but at the time, dna testing was still in its infancy. in 1986, we weren t even online. our state was not doing dna testing. although it was beginning to be done in other places, there were only a few select laboratories that did it, and it was a very, very expensive process. but by the time nancy ludwig was murdered, dna testing was routine. and to the surprise of investigators, dna testing proved what margarette eby s son knew instinctively, that the same man killed both women. i thought we had our case solved. and he said, well, the good news is we ve matched your case. the bad news, we still don t can t give you a suspect. the dna profile of their killer did not match any of the known criminal offenders in the national database. the dna match didn t tell us who that person was.
known criminal offenders in the national database. the dna match didn t tell us who that person was. that was our job, to find him. but it wouldn t be easy. margarette eby s murder took place many years earlier, and nancy ludwig was murdered in detroit, over 75 miles away from flint. but investigators suspected that the killer drove a monte carlo automobile and had access to twine, used by landscapers. the hotel employee s boyfriend who owned the monte carlo had an alibi for the night of nancy ludwig s murder, and he was no longer considered a suspect. most of the times, killers are pretty stupid, and we catch them for some pretty stupid reason. he was very clever, very clever and very thorough. as the years passed, all 22,000 leads in the case were tracked down in one way or another. and all were dead ends. margarette eby s family, as well
the bad news, we still don t can t give you a suspect. the dna profile of their killer did not match any of the known criminal offenders in the national database. the dna match didn t tell us who that person was. that was our job, to find him. but it wouldn t be easy. margarette eby s murder took place many years earlier, and nancy ludwig was murdered in detroit, over 75 miles away from flint. but investigators suspected that the killer drove a monte carlo automobile and had access to twine used by landscapers. the hotel employee s boyfriend who owned the monte carlo had an alibi for the night of nancy ludwig s murder, and he was no longer considered a suspect. most of the times, killers are pretty stupid, and we catch them for some pretty stupid reason. he was very clever, very clever and very thorough. as the years passed, all 22,000 leads in the case were
but at the time, dna testing was still in its infancy. in 1986, we weren t even online. our state was not doing dna testing. although it was beginning to be done in other places, there were only a few select laboratories that did it, and it was a very, very expensive process. but by the time nancy ludwig was murdered, dna testing was routine. and to the surprise of investigators, dna testing proved what margarette eby s son knew instinctively, that the same man killed both women. i thought we had our case solved. and he said, well, the good news is we ve matched your case. the bad news, we still don t can t give you a suspect. the dna profile of their killer did not match any of the known criminal offenders in the national database. the dna match didn t tell us who that person was.