Case. going in? going in. coming out? coming out i felt like i had been kicked. nobody showed any interest, a complete rejection on prosecution. too circumstantial, said the d.a., and no incriminating evidence even on those items seized from marshall s car. marshall was released from jail. his girlfriend, yvonne, picked him up. once again, detective lancaster had to deliver the news to the hoynes family. the only suspect he had was back on the streets. maddening. his life goes forward and, you know, robin s is snuffed out and she never gets to meet her potential because of what he did. they all suffered, all the hoynes. perhaps mr. hoynes most of all. our dad felt like he had not done what he was supposed to do as a father because he didn t protect her.
Searched for the box with william marshall s boots inside and, amazingly after two decades, they were still there in a plastic container intact. and, sure enough, when i pulled them out, one of the boots had the brown leather casing for that part of the boot that was so important that the foam was missing from the casing. come on. when i was sitting there looking at that shoe, i ve got to tell you, there was a tingle up the back of my neck. wallace thought he hit the jackpot. the foam from the kfc appeared to match the remaining foam in william marshall s boot, even the color and curvature looked identical. that foam, he thought, must have fallen from marshall s boot right at the scene of the murder. wallace rushed the news to assistant d.a. john lewin. i could have looked at that foam for six years, those shoes, and i never would have put that together. ever. but, you know, jim saw it and