for dessert, planten ordered some banana pudding, which he ate with a fork. finally he picked up his fork and took two bites of banana pudding and took a napkin and wiped that fork for about five minutes and left that fork. and, of course, our undercover detectives recovered that fork. analyst mark bodet performed the analysis. i got a mixture of dna samples, meaning there was one strong profile and one weak profile on there as well. apparently, the restaurant hadn t properly cleaned the fork. the strong profile was from an unidentified female. the weaker one, from a male, was compared to dna from stephanie s rape kit. the one weak profile on the fork was very similar to the profile that was found on the vaginal swabs coming from stephanie bennett. but this profile was so weak, it would be inadmissible in
very few friends. when police spoke with planten at his workplace, he claimed he had never before heard the name stephanie bennett. there wasn t many people within a 50-mile radius that was not familiar with this case. planten refused to go the police station so officers made an appointment to meet him at his apartment the next day. we told him we would see him at 5:00 and drew planten started shaking uncontrollably, like he was freezing cold. and it was so bad, that i looked back at him and said, are you okay? and he said, i m fine. at that meeting, planten denied any involvement in stephanie s murder and refused to provide a dna sample. we always said maybe when that first person tells us no, that will be our man. but police had no evidence against planten and he bore no resemblance to the composite sketch.
evidence behind. i think calling mr. bennett the day that we arrested drew planten was one of the highlights of my career. when police searched planten s apartment, they found pornography, lock-picking guides, and knives. they also found other disturbing evidence that opened the possibility that planten may have killed before. do you sleep too hot while your partner sleeps too cool? do you struggle to sleep at the right temperature? now sleep number has a solution that s as revolutionary as its beds. introducing the sleep number dualtemp™ layer! the amazing sleep number dualtemp layer allows both of you to select your ideal temperature for better sleep. the sleep number dualtemp layer works with any mattress brand. it features active air technology which evenly distributes air to heat and cool each side to the
the courtroom and hear a jury say you are guilty of first-degree murder of stephanie bennett. mr. planten was obviously a predator. we obtained information inside the apartment that led us to believe that he had looked into doing this, possibly, with other females. investigators are certain that the forensic evidence would have gained a conviction. but the real satisfaction is knowing that the evidence led to his capture. after we found out who planten was and did the search of his house, we did find some information on somebody he was probably currently watching for some time. it was very eerie to find that person and realize that you had maybe just saved her life by clearing this case. well, i know that forensic science played a huge role in this case. and, really, without the forensic science, without the ballistics, without re-creating this case, rebecca huismann s murder would have definitely gone cold and unsolved.
on the ground near the car was a .45 caliber shell casing. it was the only evidence at the scene. we didn t have much evidence to work with at all. we had no fingerprints, tire tracks, footwear, nothing. everyone who worked with rebecca said she made a point of having no personal relationships with any of the club s patrons. she would leave the club and not have anything to do with it outside of what she did there for her employment. dozens of interviews were conducted. no clear suspects emerged. we still focused on the club, whether it was a customer or not. we were trying to look at tapes, surveillance tapes and things of that nature. but there wasn t any altercations between her or any of the dancers. when investigators in raleigh, north carolina, found rebecca s mail in drew planten s apartment, they called lansing investigators with the news. they said if you have a .45