A homicide. They had no suspect. But for years, her mother kept fighting to find bonnies killer. Bodies mother continues her own crusade. Then after more than a decade of searching, a phone call. I just got information, there was a match. Can we get a conviction on just the dna . And there was something else. Something about bonnie herself. It was almost like she knew something hello, and welcome to dateline. We often see headlines about Dna Evidence exonerating the innocent. It seems we hear less about how dna from an unknown person might be used to track down the guilty. And the story about to see, a sample found on a murder young woman, listen to the national Database. 12 years after she was killed, it turned up a match. But in this case, prosecutors would need more than dna to convict a killer. Heres keith morrison. Many years ago, late on a september night, the family in anchorage, alaska, got a knock on the door. It was one of those erie feelings, instantly, when someone walks on
morales this, and this is dateline. and you can t believe that your baby is lying there lifeless. she was everything to me, she was so sweet to everybody. and state trooper said that bonnie had died and a hiking accident. the said she fell off a cliff. her mother said, they were wrong. i was screaming to them, these are defensive wounds. no witnesses, no weapon. nothing left behind by a stranger s dna. we no longer have some accidental death. this was a homicide. they had no suspect. but for years, her mother kept fighting to find bonnie s killer. bonnie s mother continues her own crusade. then after more than a decade of searching, a phone call. i just got information, there was a match. can we get a conviction on just the dna? and there was something else. something about bonnie herself. it was almost like she knew something hello, and welcome to dateline. we often see headlines about dna evidence exonerating the innocent. it seems we hear less
and this is dateline. i can t believe that their baby is lying there lifeless. she was everything to me. she was so sweet everybody. state troopers said bonnie had died in a hiking accident. the said she fell off a cliff. her mother said, they were wrong. i was screaming to them, these are defensive wounds. no witnesses, no weapon. nothing left behind by a stranger s dna. we no longer have some accidental death. this was a homicide. they had no suspect. but for years, her mother kept fighting to find bonnie s killer. bonnie s mother continues her own crusade. then after more than a decade of searching, a phone call. i just got information, there was a match. can we get a conviction on just the dna? and there was something else. something about bonnie herself. it was almost like she knew something hello, and welcome to dateline. we often see headlines about dna evidence exonerating the innocent. it seems we hear less about how dna from an unknow
years her mother kept fighting to find bonnie s killer. bonnie s mother continues her own crusade. then after more than a decade of searching, a phone call. they got information there was a match. can we get a conviction on just the dna? and there was something else, something about bonnie herself. it was almost like she knew something. hello and welcome to dateline. we hear about dna evidence to clear the innocent. it seems we hear less about how dna evidence might be used to track down the guilty. this story is about the murder of a young woman whose dna was sent to the national debate 12 years after she was murdered would turn up a match. but in this case, prosecutors would need more to convict a murderer. here is keith morrison. reporter: many years ago late on a september night, a family in anchorage, alaska, got a knock on the door. one of those eerie feelings instantly when someone knocks on the door at 10:00 at night and asked to speak to my dad. r
we no longer have some accidental death. this was a homicide. they had no suspect, but for years her mother kept fighting to find bonnie s killer. bonnie s mother continues her own crusade. then after more than a decade of searching, a phone call. they got information there was a match. can we get a conviction on just the dna? and there was something else, something about bonnie herself. it was almost like she knew something. justice for bonnie. hello, and welcome to dateline extra. i m craig melvin. bonnie craig was an 18-year-old whose future was filled with promise. she had just started college, and then bonnie was murdered, her body found floating in a creek. investigators quickly discovered a crucial clue. the killer had left behind his dna. but prosecutors would need more than forensics to get a conviction. here s keith morrison. reporter: many years ago late on a september night, a family in anchorage, alaska, got a knock on the door. one of tho