that person was tall, muscular, and had brown eyes. hansen on the other hand is average height, thin and has green eyes. hansen was also a married father of four with no criminal convictions other than a dui. was this immediate for you? i have to run this down right now? or was it like, okay, i ll get to it. well, i said, okay, i m going to set it aside, and i m going to wait to contact him, because the more i had when i do an interview, the more information i have behind me is going to be more helpful. justin hansen just didn t seem like a high priority, until three months later, january 3, 2017, when detective gonterman and sgt. thomson, finally got the parabon dna report. dr. ellen greytak of parabon walked us through her dna analysis. this is the dna from the person who attacked brittani. yes, so this is from blood that was found at the crime scene, and so we find that this person, you know, has fairly fair skin.
so this is a white male, as it s a fair-skinned male. fairly confident in that, and this person has sort of light brown hair. so, we say blonde to brown. it s fairly equally likely blonde to brown. so, it s sort of on the - the lighter brown side, and most likely doesn t have a lotta 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 joran dough? 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
call had been kind of like, yeah, it s not him. she goes, we ve got a match. i m like just blown over and i m overwhelmed and i could hear the emotions in her voice. and and she says, yeah, we ve got a match. and said, this is how it happened. and i m going wow. just like on tv, huh? and goes, yeah, it does happen. diane then called brittani, who was in boston with sister, jennifer. i said jodi called, and she s got a match. she s like, they know who the guy is. i m like, what? she goes, it s a dna match 100%. i m like, who is it? she goes, justin hansen who you ga you remember giving that tip to her? i m like, yeah. she says, it s 100% match. i m like, well, holy crap. i was like, my prayers were answered. so i called jodi. and i m like, you have no idea how thankful i am for for you solving this, jodi. she goes, no. you did it. i said, no, you did. she goes, you have me the name. i was all, but you acted on it. hansen was
me know you re sorry. i ll apologize after i get your direct dna. detective gonterman had been investigating justin hansen for five months now, yet there was still a question mark next to his name. so time again for gonterman to get creative. coming up an undercover mission to mcdonald s? they followed him and they watched him eat. a hunt for treasure in the trash. i said, i can t believe this. when dateline continues. with downy infusions, let the scent set the mood. feel the difference with downy.
and now that he d come to the attention of prosecutor david waymire and detective jodi gonterman, after brittani remembered his name, hansen was able to keep them at bay by simply refusing a dna test. so our district attorney suggested having him followed and getting his dna. and one of the main ways that that can be done is through things that a subject throws away. on april 3rd, 2017, six months after brittani told police about hansen, detective gonterman requested a couple of undercover officers to tail him. but by the time the request was approved, two months later, hansen had both moved and quit his job. police didn t know where he was. two more months passed before the surveillance team tracked hansen to his new job at this this body shop in north albuquerque. and they followed him to a mcdonald s, and they watched him