once and a while, anything new? nearly two decades went by. it was 1997. someone found a little extra money for the torrance police department to open a cold case unit. when we first opened this detail, we started looking at about 30 cases. this is one of the very first ones we did. that s when detective jim wallace heard about lynne from her sister donna. wallace works crimes with his brain. he is cerebral. what he saw at that file hit at a baser level. the cases i worked, this is the most horrific, powerful, terrifying crime scene i ve ever seen. there s something about the horror that lynne went through that was evident in the crime scene. the ghost of that scene was still there. ghost maybe, but virtually no hard evidence. so wallace went back to the
absent? yes, absolutely nothing, not a phone call. nothing, not a card from doug bradford. richard frank, lynne s last love interest, testified about the day he said he saw doug bradford fly into a rage just after lynne dropped him. nobody had ever really seen him violent, and i had. came to the sliding glass door and tore off the screen, opened up the door, shouted, ranted. i think broke a lamp. he was incredibly upset. it was scary. it was jealous rage, said the prosecution. rage that inspired doug to make a garrote using materials he found in his mother s garage. his alibi? that story that he went sailing at night, paddled a 2-ton racing boat, couldn t have killed lynne? lewin called several sailing
invitation. had her name on it and it was crumpled up in the trash. that s when we went, came wouldn t do that. my grandparents picture was right there, their wedding pictures. so we knew something wasn t right. and also, if it was crumpled up, who else would have the motive to crumple it up? someone who is ticked off that they weren t coming to this wedding. reporter: ticked off enough to actually kill lynne? who was it left off the gas list? coming up, an old boyfriend tells a startling story. was it also a valuable clue? it s almost surreal knowing the incident happened and maybe after the crime. when dateline continues. dateline continues
freedom and was led away. no family here to weep or cry out or say good-bye. even his attorney, robert shapiro, was conspicuously absent on vacation. who was it like to see that guy, after all those years, put in handcuffs and led away? it was very satisfying. very satisfying. he was a cocky, arrogant guy. i believe until the time he heard the verdict, thought he won. some people will delude themselves and have a capacity to lie to themselves, you know, to a degree that the rest of us can t understand. you know, this is one of those guys. it was almost 35 years to the day after the murder of lynne knight. as he goes to jail, we re let out of jail. and this team did the most amazing job that could ever be done. it s a wonderful day. it s a wonderful, wonderful day. thank you, people of los angeles. yeah.
does he have a last name? i have his card. of course, i get the card, and it is robert shapiro. yes, that robert shapiro. the lawyer who represented o.j. simpson. the man who founded legal zoom. thank you very much. thank you. here was a true courtroom celebrity. robert shapiro had been practicing law nearly 50 years, had represented scores of hollywood s rich and famous, including, of course, o.j. simpson. o.j. will do everything he can to cooperate with them to help solve this horrible murder. almost 20 years now since he helped engineer simpson s acquittal in the infamous trial of the century. lynne s sister, donna, was well aware of shapiro s representation. i certainly wasn t going to be intimidated by robert shapiro. maybe she should have been. once shapiro stepped in, doug bradford was out on bail within hours. the outlet for the trial?