a .38-caliber weapon. there were two torso shots. one of those torso shots, the bullet remained. the other torso shot, the bullet went all the way through his body. in the yard, investigators found the projectile that passed through shaw s body. this, along with the two bullets found inside shaw s body were sent to the forensics lab. under a microscope, firearms expert chris henderson discovered that the lands and grooves on two bullets were the same. the third bullet was different. we determined that we had two different shooters, based on the class characteristics of the bullets. in their search for potential suspects, police had to consider whether rosana shaw had anything to do with her husband s murder. ron s grown son from his first marriage certainly thought so.
him, i m pregnant. the killer backed off, but left her with a warning. he said, if you come out of here, i m going to kill you. [ sirens ] the men left, and rosana called police. 52-year-old ronald shaw was pronounced dead at the scene. police knew right away that this was an inside job. whoever was responsible for the death had to know the layout of the home, or certainly, at least, that there was a safe contained inside the bathroom of the home. rosana was unable to give a detailed description of the killers because they were wearing masks. i could tell they were young. they were black males. and they the first one was wearing a red ski mask with some black around the eyes. he s the one that was very close
shaw. mrs. shaw indicated that the person with the red mask was the most aggressive in the robbery. the identity of the other two dna profiles in the mask was inconclusive. the ski mask implicated ronald benson. the shoe impression outside the shaws home implicated shannon touchet. but there was no forensic evidence linking reggie basile to the crime. as an investigator, that s a little hard to swallow, you know. that s a little hard to leave in the end of the day with, knowing that there s nothing else you can do, and you feel fairly certain of who s responsible for doing it. investigators hoped that would change.
to go in the house when she opened the door. i was going to stand outside and wait for them. shannon said that the motive was robbery. this was how shannon repaid ron shaw for giving him a job at his grandfather s request. i was talking about my job, which mr. shaw, he was paying me good. i was telling them about that and how he had money and stuff. we started planning for, like, two weeks before, and then we finally went and did it. prosecutors say the three men drove to ron shaw s neighborhood and waited for the shaws to come home. witnesses saw the three men loitering in the area. when the shaws arrived, they were ambushed. ronald benson fired twice. [ gunshots ] reggie basile fired the third
scientists found dna from three different individuals inside the mask, but investigators needed to know who was wearing the mask before it was discarded. to find out, they analyzed the swab from the ski mask to determine who left most of the saliva behind, and the results of this test were clear. in this case, the major contributor of dna matched that of ronald benson. the red ski mask was very important because it corroborated the story that we were able to receive from mrs. shaw. mrs. shaw indicated that the person with the red mask was the most aggressive in the robbery. the identity of the other two dna profiles in the mask was inconclusive. the ski mask implicated ronald benson. the shoe impression outside the