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
the original list of suspects. doug started with the really obvious suspects. all the ex-boyfriends. kurt thomas, old high school buddies that had been at the mall. at the top of that list was ex-boyfriend andy. i thought it was just a matter of time before andy was found to be a killer. that andy s dna was not a match. more than 25 years after he was first considered a suspect, he was cleared. justice for andy nothing to do with it. he had to live with that cloud over him because so many people did think he was involved. kurt thomas, the last person in her circle known to a scene michelle at the mouth, was also tested. police called his lawyer with the result. they got him on the phone and said, the dna is not a match, and they hung up. but the headline was, the dnc says it s not you. right, right. another possible suspect cleared. another setback for the cedar
all the ex-boyfriends. kurt thomas, old high school buddies that had been at the mall. at the top of that list was ex-boyfriend andy. i thought it was just a matter of time before andy was found to be a killer. that andy s dna was not a match. more than 25 years after he was first considered a suspect, he was cleared. justice for andy nothing to do with it. he had to live with that cloud over him because so many people did think he was involved. kurt thomas, the last person in her circle known to a scene michelle at the mouth, was also tested. police called his lawyer with the result. they got him on the phone and said, the dna is not a match, and they hung up. but the headline was, the dnc says it s not you. right, right. another possible suspect cleared. another setback for the cedar rapids police department. but when matt denlinger took
kurt thomas, old high school buddies that had been at the mall. at the top of that list was ex-boyfriend andy. i thought it was just a matter of time before andy was found to be a killer. that andy s dna was not a match. more than 25 years after he was first considered a suspect, he was cleared. justice for andy nothing to do with it. he had to live with that cloud over him because so many people did think he was involved. kurt thomas, the last person in her circle known to a scene michelle at the mouth, was also tested. police called his lawyer with the result. they got him on the phone and said, the dna is not a match, and they hung up. but the headline was, the dnc says it s not you. right, right. another possible suspect cleared. another setback for the cedar rapids police department. but when matt denlinger took over as lead investigator in