close friends, and, a summer night in the park. they had this look out, and you can see the harbor bridge that up. it s really pretty when the stars are out. it was the next morning that they found it. i could see the two girls laying. there it was horrifying. there was duct tape on their mouse, on their hands. a mystifying scene. the only thing we have our cigarette beds and suspicion. dna would 0.1 way. it was like star you gotta take a look at. this a bombshell message would point another. i read a letter, and immediately knew this was something very important. a twisted trail leading to a sinister suspect. take some special kind of mind that wants to do something like that. to crack a case this kind of alluded, it might just take a miracle. that was extraordinary. i just couldn t believe it. welcome to dateline, two young women were discovered in a park bound and gagged both were sexually assaulted and shot in the head. one died, but th
cleared by police and by his height. then, that chris melcher also cleared of suspicion by geography. now the detective was on the trail of another man. david strickland. the detective learned that strickland was a hometown boy. his dad, a successful businessman. strickland served briefly in the military. and was now, newly married. then, the detective saw photographs of david strickland s possessions. which had been seized at the time of his arrest on the gun theft charge. i will never forget the first photograph that popped up. it was a glock, 45 caliber pistol. and an under armor glove. and you could see very clearly the white under armor glove. a glock 45. the type that the crime lab suspected was shooting the girls. as for [inaudible]
strikeland served in the military and was now remarried. and seized at the time of his arrest on the gun theft charge. i ll never forget the first photograph that popped up, it was a.45-caliber pistol and an under armor glove. reporter: a glock .45, the kind of gun used to shoot the girls. and the under armor glove. i know that because i played softball and that stuck out to me right away. reporter: detective veuleman immediately sent strikeland s gun to be tested to see if it fired those two spent shell casings found at the crime scene. he didn t have to wait long for the results. what the report said said was