We all came together to have identification to identify jane doe. Theres a passion to try and find out who our doe is. To try and think what if this was your family. You want to give them closure. Two homicide detectives. Its way above our heads. And i said i think i know how we can do it. All of these people share some amount of dna with the unknown person. We thought, this is the family. This is it surreal. It felt like someone just punched me in the stomach. Its a funny thing, isnt it . That it would be important to have a stone with your name on it. It is written on stone. Youre never forgotten. Hello and welcome to dateline in many cold cases, a grieving family is desperate to find their loved ones killer. But this mystery was not a whodunnit. The killer eventually confessed to the brutal crime. But who did he murder . That question haunted a small texas town for more than 12 years. Until a team of tenatious strangers put a name to a face. Heres Keith Morrison with the woman with
victims, the survivors and their families. at the first united methodist church of killeen, the pastor led the congregation in a prayer for the fallen, lighting four candles for the three victims and for the shooter, singing songs such as amazing grace. church members hugged and cried, seeking comfort and peace. tragedy is never the last word. this community knows that because they have experienced it and they know that god will see them through. but the resilience, the support of each person in the community, the support that the military is able to give in situations like this, i believe that this community truly knows and lives that the tragedy is not the last word. reporter: meanwhile the army continues to search for answers as to why ivan lopez snapped. witnesses say he was upset over a leave of absence request. that he went to an hr office seeking a form for time off and was told to come back the next
those values and tries to really wrap their arms around soldiers, whether they re family s in need. whether they come home and they are in need, for medical care or psychiatric care. you know, whether their children need special accommodations in our schools. our community really is focused on supporting the military that we value so much. what i m sorry. go ahead. finish your point. caller: i was going to say, in times like this, to see that character really come out in the community, and you will see an outpouring of support and care for the victim in the entire community. and what is the city of killeen doing tonight? caller: tonight we ve opened a shelter. if people can t get off the base we assume they can t get on the base. and we re separated by nothing more than a fence. and so our communities are very engaged. we are in each other s bounds constantly. so we assume that there are any number of spouses or military people who were off the base