there was a suspect, but he had an alibi, until this revelation. revelation i said, i have something that you need to know. welcome to dateline, it sometimes takes a special eye to look at a crime scene and spot the one thing that is out of place. the clue that will crack the case. and in this story, that thing appeared so inconsequential, no one even knew what it was, alone would ve meant. it took almost two decades of a team of determinant investigators and a detective was than usual back out to find out. here is keith morrison with the night before halloween. it was the night before halloween, october 30th, late, midnight approaching. it happened in one of the little class suburbs that sprawl across the los angeles basin. inside a fast food franchise, closed for the night. a frantic scrambling, running feet, then, silence. but the nice morning, not far away, the family dollar prepared for celebration, kim was the eldest, then robin, trisha, wendy. excited, because
meanwhile, 2,500 miles away, high in the mountains, detectives pulled up to william marshall s house not knowing what to expect. for whatever reason, he was comfortable enough with us to let us in. things unfolded slowly. marshall was cooperative and even keeled though in full denial of any guilt whatsoever. i had nothing to do with this. no, i wasn t there. yes, you knocked on my door today and you opened up a chapt earp of my life that i thought i had closed. then detective wallace tried a different approach. they got talking about shoes, why that distinctive wear pattern on the shoes police seized from marshall back when he was first arrested after the murder of the kfc. he did explain to us that his pattern of shoe wear was such that he typically wore out his shoes in this fashion. he wouldn t untie his shoes to get them off, he would kick them off, and the rubbing on the heel, constantly rubbing coming out of the shoe, eventually wears his shoes.
meanwhile, 2,500 miles away, high in the mountains, detectives pulled up to william marshall s house not knowing what to expect. for whatever reason, he was comfortable enough with us to let us in. things unfolded slowly. marshall was cooperative and even keeled though in full denial of any guilt whatsoever. i had nothing to do with this. no, i wasn t there. you knocked on my door today and you opened up a chapt earp of my life that i thought i had closed. then detective wallace tried a different approach. they got talking about shoes, why that distinctive wear pattern on the shoes police seized from marshall back when he was first arrested after the murder of the kfc. he did explain to us that his pattern of shoe wear was such that he typically wore out his shoes in this fashion. he wouldn t untie his shoes to get them off, he would kick them off, and the rubbing on the heel, constantly rubbing coming
yeah, definitely does. when you look at the metal, a lot of the keys we find in an aircraft accident have to do with the metal to see if a crack in a particular component had started cracking or fatiguing over time. you d have a certain wear pattern you could look at through a microscope and see if it was earlier or a sudden tear. it makes a different on the metal itself. so all of that can be there s way s ways to get through that, but with salt water it can definitely degrade your ability to do a complete investigation. the one key, the one thing that s clear, the longer it takes, the more difficult to answer those questions. thanks to all of you for joining us. still ahead in this hour, what do you tell grieving families whose patience is nearly exhausted after two weeks of dead ends and false hopes. that s right after this break.
congressman who was a ride-along last week with nhtsa and toyota investigators, he said that the wear pattern on the brake patterns is not consistent with what this driver said happened. megyn: it is very interesting. we re going to have more next hour in our kelly s court with both sides, trained lawyers who will tell us what we can expect when this thing goes further. william, thank you. as college students pack up and head out for spring break, a new warning from the state department that everyone needs to hear after word that a weekend of drug-fueled violence has now spread from the border to some very popular tourist destinations. and we are closing in on the final countdown. just an hour from now, a critical bill on health care reform will be on the floor of the house. do democrats have the votes to push it through? we re live on capitol hill, carl cameron next.