for sergeant liz thomson and detective jodi gonterman, calling brittani s case cold was an admission of defeat. but 8 years after the attack, the investigation had clearly stalled. so this new name from brittani justin hansen didn t look to be any kind of case-changer. she gave me so many names names of people, but nothing was really significant to her and all along justin s name never came up. did she have any reason why his name, of all people, was popping into her head? she didn t know. it just popped into her head one day. hansen didn t match the description brittani gave while under hypnosis. he s hurting me. that person was tall, muscular, and had brown eyes. hansen on the other hand is average height, thin and has
take a stand, and start a new day with trelegy. ask your doctor about once-daily trelegy, and save at trelegy.com if justin hansen really was the guy who assaulted brittani marcell, he d done a masterful job getting away with it. over the course of a nine-year investigation, not once had police considered him a suspect. it s pretty unique that his name had never been mentioned by any of the family, the friends. and now that he d come to
brown hair. so, we say blonde to brown. it s fairly equally likely blonde to brown. so, it s sort of on the lighter brown side, and most likely doesn t have a lot of freckles. there was one detail in john doe s profile that turned out to be crucial information. the color of his eyes. remember brittani s description of john doe. brittani marcell, brown eyes. well, it turns out she was wrong. john doe s eyes weren t brown. we found that this person has green to hazel eyes. which is unique. it s fairly unusual, yes. green eyes. the same color as justin hansen s and the sketch itself. here it is. when we saw that composite, i was like, oh my god. it was that close. it was. oh yeah. to justin. we think it s yeah. yeah. yeah, but i still didn t wanna get my hopes because i didn t wanna get disappointed again. still not convinced this man was the guy she d spent years hunting, gonterman, along with a fellow detective wearing a body cam, paid justin a visit. hi, h
justin? i am justin. okay, cool. i m jodi. we re detectives with the apd. okay. right from the start justin was calm and cooperative. i m investigating a case, an older case and i m just going back and to talk with the friends or the people who knew brittani marcell. okay. it s from 08. okay. hansen invited the detectives into his home, where gonterman started off with the basics. do you remember hanging out with her at her sunglass place ever? not hanging out with her. i walked by, maybe and kind a just, hey, how ya doin ? what s new? how s your family? how s your sisters? that kind of stuff. on a like, on a regular basis or do you just remember, like no, no, no. just when i when i think when i was working at the mall. i d just happen to walk by and say hi. it wasn t like a hanging out, regular basis type thing. because she cause brittani actually remembers you coming in and visiting her and hanging out and talking with her, like twice a week.
gonterman told hansen what she was really after. a dna sample. just to compare with the dna at the scene just so we can exclude everyone because that narrows down the field. expecting, or hoping, hansen would agree gonterman put on a pair of latex gloves as she continued to talk. not that you re suspect at all anyway, because you re not. but hansen hesitated. can i can i think about this then come back and see you? just cause seems kinda what s your concerns? what s what s your concerns? i don t know. me and my wife watch a bunch of a bunch of shows, and we hear people, you know, oh, i ve been. i ve been in trouble, or i got in trouble for something i never did. and then 10, 15 years later they come back and oh, it wasn t you, or that kinda thing and then they ve been in trouble for it for a long time. yeah. can i get your card, though, and come back, and just so i can think about everything and talk to my mom or whatever? and if they re like, yeah, t