welcome back to dateline. i m andrea canning. helene prusiensky was found murdered in a feel outside of denver. president least pursued every lead, including what turned out to be false confessions from two notorious serial killers. but the investigation stalled. decades went paths before a tireless young detective picked up the case and set her sights on a promising new suspect. back to josh mankiewicz with a promise to clean. helene prusiensky s murder had become a textbook example of a cold case. but in 1998, a rate of hope spring up. it came from a somewhat newer textbook. the use of dna evidence had become a revolutionary tool in criminal investigations. and douglas county detectives realize there was dna from
a colorado number on her phone. it was sheriff tony spurlock. he said we want to tell you that we found the murderer and so i lost it, they were saying i really, really freaked out, the realization that after 40 years there would be justice served and it was just hard to comprehend. because it s a relief but it s also reliving? exactly. lieutenant tommy barrella began escorting clanton back to colorado, as they spoke, the detective began gaining his trust. you re building a reporter with this guy. kind of, yeah. i m just a personable guy. their suspect had clammed up in that interview room, then, suddenly seemed to have a change of heart. he wants to talk? he wants to talk and they want to talk, my gosh, you have to let them talk.
been dead almost 40 years. the coldest of colorado cases. that s when a new detective shannon janssen was assigned to the case. but i focus on when i m working a case, what drives me the most is the victims. jensen had been a competitive rover before she enrolled in the police academy and joined law enforcement, she got to know howling through all the pictures and information in the case filed. she was hoping to get to know someone else. what do you know about your unknown suspect, you know it s a man, you know he s between the ages of we don t know his age. we know that the witness said that he was in his early 20s, but ultimately nobody else saw him. detective jensen decided the key to all of this was the dna profiles. she decided to consult with a genealogy has, and upload the suspects profile into a website
40 years is a long time. that s 40 winters here in colorado. and countless snowfalls. it was on a day like this that young woman disappeared. her name was helene and helene had a friend named kimberly. a friend who kept her word. you have any idea how many years you are signing up for when you made that promise? no. for those nearly four decades, kimberly kept her promise. 40 years looking at faces. 40 years meeting with detectives. 40 years retracing helene s steps. when i make a promise and they make a commitment i follow through. helene never knew it but she had another friend. you never met helene. you feel like you know her? i do. i feel like i know her well. as well as i possibly could. shannon was three years old
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Real estate experts in Portland and at the national level say changes from the pandemic will likely continue to impact the housing market. Author: Galen Ettlin Updated: 7:20 PM PDT April 20, 2021
PORTLAND, Ore. More than a year into the pandemic, real estate experts say the housing market is hotter than ever, and buyers are left with many challenges to navigate.
Jennie Huynh grew up in Portland and bought her first home in November. She and her partner had to make offers on six houses before an offer was accepted in Hillsboro.