shift was hurt last she was lying face down, a pool of blood under one side. just one tiny clue. a piece of foam rubber. there was a suspect, but he had an alibi, until this revelation. i said, i have something that you need to know. welcome to dateline, it hello, and welcome to dateline. it sometimes take especially to look at a crime scene and spot the one thing that is out of place, the clue that will crack the case. in this story, that thing appeared so inconsequential, that no one even knew what it was, let alone what it meant. it took almost two decades, a team of determined investigators, and a detective with an unusual background find out. here s keith morrison with the night before halloween. it was the night before halloween, october 30th midnight approaching. it happened in one of the middle class suburbs that s roll across the los angeles basin. inside a fast food franchise, closed for the night, a frantic scrambling, running feet, and then, sile
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
boot foam, that s what you are telling. we talk here out of my boot. the cops asked marshall, can we take some pictures of those worn out shoes? that is when marshall put on the brakes. very negative experiences i feel like i m going down a spiraling away here. speak with and with that, the interview was over. interesting, sure. usable evidence? well, none, really. back in cleveland, it hadn t gone so well either. the cops were wrapping up their meeting with marshall s former girlfriend, ivan. yvonne she offered something, a strange story about william. about something he said when she picked him up for the police station when she was versus a spotting robins murder. he was crying say, how am i going to get to heaven? how my going to get to heaven? how my gonna get to heaven? he kept seeing this over and over over. that is as far as she would
his shoes in this fashion. he wouldn t untie his shoes to get them off. he would kick them off. that rubbing of the heel constantly rubbing, coming out a shoe, eventually wears his shoes. he actually showed us several pairs of shoes with the exact same pattern of where. then, detective surprised marshall. they revealed the existence of that strange piece of foam found at the crime scene. they told him that one of the boots seized from him was so worn, it was missing its piece of phone. the remaining foam in the boot seemed to match it just about perfectly. the cops asked marshall, can you take some pictures of those worn out shoes? that is when marshall put on the brakes.
and he actually showed us several pairs of shoes that had the exact same pattern of wear. then detectives surprised marshall. they revealed the existence of that strange piece of foam found at the crime scene. they told him one of the boots seized from him was so worn it was missing a piece of foam, and the remaining foam in the boot seemed to match it just about perfectly. so you re saying that this boot foam this is boot foam is what you re telling me? and you re telling me that s out of my boot? the cops asked marshall, can we take some pictures of those old worn-out shoes? that s when marshall put on the brakes. i had some very negative experiences and stuff with this case and i feel like i m going down, i m spiraling away here quick. maybe i should speak with an attorney before we go into anything. and with that, the interview was over. interesting, sure, but usable evidence?