the other in the back yard. dna from the saliva on two of the cigarette butts matched the dna from the bloods on the stairs. it also matched dna from skin cells on the rubber band holding the plastic zip ties. the dna profile was entered into a national database of 4 million known offenders. there was no match, again, police had to consider the unthinkable, that they were dealing with a serial killer who had successfully eluded them. that s the worst kind of crime to try to investigate, because there s no known link to the girls. then you have a larger pool of potential suspects, obviously. however, a second look at the cigarette butts provided a possible lead. on the white part of the cigarette, there was a gold pattern. it kind of looked like little gold birds, kind of drawing all
officers were fired or suspended for misconduct, two-thirds who appeal to an arbitrator got their jobs back. that s the highest rate in the nation. randi kaye tonight takes a look at two such cases. cases where police officers were fired from the job and then managed to get reinstated. reporter: sound asleep in the upstairs bedroom indira heard a loud knock then a strange man wearing a mask came flying through the door. it happened here in june 2011. the man pounced on her, bound her hands with plastic zip ties and raped her. all while her 4-year-old daughter lay screaming next to her in bed. when it was over, the man escaped in indira s car, take with him jewelry, cash and electronics. help came from her cousin who found and untied her. indira called houston police. officer allen sweat responded to the call. indira says he stayed less than ten minutes, ignoring key
policing? that s a question many in houston, texas, are now asking. in the series of cases where officers were fired or suspended for misconduct, 2/3 who appealed to an arbitrator got their jobs back. that s the highest rate in the nation. randi kaye tonight look at two such cases. cases where police officers were fired from the job and then managed to get reinstated. reporter: sound asleep in the upstairs bedroom, endea paz heard a knock. a strange man wearing a mask came flying through the door. it happened here in june, 2011. the man pounced on her, bound her hands with plastic zip ties, and raped her. all while her 4-year-old daughter lay screaming next to her in bed. when it was over, the man escaped in endera s car, taking with him jewelry, cash, and electronics. help came from her cousin who found and untied her. endera called houston police. officer alan swett responded to
houston, texas, are now asking. in a series of cases where officers were fired or suspended for misconduct, two-thirds who appeal to an arbitrator got their jobs back. that s the highest rate in the nation. randi kaye tonight takes a look at two such cases. cases where police officers were fired from the job and then managed to get reinstated. reporter: sound asleep in the upstairs bedroom indira heard a loud knock then a strange man wearing a mask came flying through the door. it happened here in june 2011. the man pounced on her, bound her hands with plastic zip ties and raped her. all while her 4-year-old daughter lay screaming next to her in bed. when it was over, the man escaped in indira s car, take with him jewelry, cash and electronics. help came from her cousin who found and untied her. indira called houston police. officer allen sweat responded to the call. indira says he stayed less than
that s a question many in houston, texas are now asking. in a series of cases where officers were fired or suspended for misconduct, two-thirds who appeal to an arbitrator got their jobs back. that s the highest rate in the nation. randi kaye tonight takes a look at two such cases. cases where police officers were fired from the job and then managed to get reinstated. reporter: sound asleep in the upstairs bedroom indira heard a loud knock then a strange man wearing a mask came flying through the door. it happened here in june 2011. the man pounced on her, bound her hands with plastic zip ties and raped her. all while her 4-year-old daughter lay screaming next to her in bed. when it was over, the man escaped in indira s car, take with him jewelry, cash and electronics. help came from her cousin who found and untied her. indira called houston police. officer allen sweat responded to the call.