eye. she got everyone s eye. she didn t come home that night. there was blood everywhere. there was blood splatter all over the inside of the car. it was very frenzied attack. the theories were just awful. drug rings, prostitute rings. and the entire town was going crazy. i thought eventually, enough people were gonna come across a suspect. it was fascinating how they went about the investigation. we got a call, we ve got three brothers. we think one of them is the color. that they didn t know which one. so, you ve got a live one? we ve got live one here. what do you think at that moment? we re ecstatic. we re ready to go. he was sitting at a booth right by the window. . there. you are the next ? it s hard to enjoy your food when you think you re staring at that killer. hello and welcome to dateline . teenager michelle martinko was blessed with beauty, brings and compassion. but her promising future was cut short when she was savagely murdered
people were gonna come across a suspect. it was fascinating how they went about the investigation. we got a call, we ve got three brothers. we think one of them is the color. that they didn t know which one. so, you ve got a live one? we ve got live one here. what do you think at that moment? we re ecstatic. we re ready to go. he was sitting at a booth right by the window. there you are the next ? it s hard to enjoy your food when you think you re staring at that killer. hello and welcome to dateline . teenager michelle martinko was blessed with beauty, brings and compassion. but her promising future was cut short when she was savagely murdered. that dreadful night was ice cold, and after four decades, so was her case. then, a stunning scientific breakthrough helped detectives whittled down a list of suspects to unmask a killer hiding in plain sight. here s dennis murphy with and then there were three . it was an act of unspeakable violence. it w
gentlemen of the jury. the trial began in february 2020. s sister janel and her husband john, traveled from their florida home to attend. determined to see it through to the. and every day. every day, if the jury has to be there, will be. there you examined the dress the prosecution put detective dug larison on the stand to tell jurors the police found followed sound practices when they handled s clothing. we wore rubber gloves, for one. thankfully tried not to disturb the clothing items. just to get a quick look at them and re-insert them back into their original packaging. dna analysts, linda, since retired, testified the dna collected from that evidence could only be long to one person. the probability of finding two unrelated and officials is so small, that they can be discounted. the defense attorney spies was rolling over for the state s dna case. jerry lynn burns is not guilty of the killing of michelle martinko. the defense attorney went after the cops f
to be there, will be. there you examined the dress the prosecution put detective dug larison on the stand to tell jurors the police found followed sound practices when they handled s clothing. we wore rubber gloves, for one. thankfully tried not to disturb the clothing items. just to get a quick look at them and re-insert them back into their original packaging. the defense attorney went after the cops for the way they handled the evidence over four decades. spies argued key items like michelle s dress were jumbled up with her other clothing, gentle was worried for a different reason.
mr. burns s computer 39 years after the crime. and a pretrial hearing, the judge agreed. dealing a blow to the states case. which will down to a single piece of evidence against jerry burns, that dna match. good morning, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. the trial began in february 2020. s sister janel and her husband john, traveled from their florida home to attend. determined to see it through to the. and every day. every day, if the jury has to be there, will be. there you examined the dress the prosecution put detective dug larison on the stand to tell jurors the police found followed sound practices when they handled s clothing. we wore rubber gloves, for one. thankfully tried not to disturb the clothing items. just to get a quick look at them and re-insert them back into their original packaging. dna analysts, linda, since retired, testified the dna collected from that evidence