his dna sample for testing. but one of their scientific experts had a suggestion. i said we need to get a sample that was more intimate from him. we need to get a sample which he had touched or used, such as a cigarette butt or a toothbrush, or an item of clothing. but that wouldn t be easy. it seemed planten knew he was being followed. surveillance was conducted on drew planten for a week, at work and at home, and we could not obtain any dna from that week s worth of surveillance. ultimately, investigators followed planten to a restaurant. but planten was one step ahead of them. he ate nothing but finger foods. when he would get up to go to the bathroom, he would take his straw out of his drink and put it in his pocket and take it to
claimed they saw the window peeper in the area. this time, one neighbor reported some new information. we actually had one that reported seeing this peeping tom walking a dog that appeared to be a large rottweiler type dog and that he saw him walking him from bridgeport apartments over into dominion apartments. stephanie bennett lived in the bridgeport apartments. apartment managers remembered a tenant with a big, black dog who moved away. their very words to us were, we know who you re talking about. his name is drew planten and he is a strange bird. 35-year-old drew planten had no criminal history and wasn t married and analyzed ingredients for the department
but this profile was so weak, it would be inadmissible in court. it was a partial match, which told law enforcement and told me we were on the right track. we just needed to get a good dna sample from drew planten. since planten worked for the state, investigators got permission to search his workplace. mark bodet swabbed his computer keyboard, his radio and other items he handled. dna from those skin cells was compared to the biological evidence from stephanie bennett s rape kit. the dna that was obtained was an exact match to the profile from the dna that was obtained from the sperm sample from the vaginal swabs. investigators believe this dna evidence placed planten at the scene on the night of stephanie s murder.
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reinterviewed the people in stephanie s neighborhood who claimed they saw the window peeper in the area. this time, one neighbor reported some new information. we actually had one that reported seeing this peeping tom walking a dog that appeared to be a large rottweiler type dog and that he saw him walking him from bridgeport apartments over into dominion apartments. stephanie lived in bridgeport. we took our focus from bridgeport to dominion apartments. apartment managers remembered a tenant with a big, black dog who moved away. their very words to us were, we know who you re talking about. his name is drew planten and he is a strange bird. 35-year-old drew planten had no criminal history and wasn t married and analyzed ingredients