the at brutally attcked his girlfriend, julia philips he got a close look at melvin s body. could you tell immediately what had happened? he had a couple of abrasion, one on top of his head, one next to his ear, and they were good licks, somebody beat him up pretty good with a metal object. the detective could also tell that melvin was shot at, the bullet had only grazed his ear. so what killed him? as i m looking down at him he had a zip tie that was wrapped around his neck and it was cinch down pretty good. 79-year-old melvin roberts had been strangled. police quickly searched the scene and spotted their first clue. the prosecution who would handle the case, thought it was a big one. they found footprints back to his house, they were in mud and muddy water and still had tread. that told us that it was super fresh. investigators believe that the footprints most likely came from a man, they quickly called in the canine unit hoping dogs could track down the killer if he wa