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Transcripts for MSNBC Dateline 20240604 07:46:00

Did attack this girl in rich field, but there is no way that he could ve killed our friend. but the detective who just interrogated daniel thought the opposite. did you believe that daniel could have killed jesse? yes, it was just a sense that you got, a feeling you. got that you were sitting across from a killer. yes. detective thickens went to grill dan himself. i was hopeful we would get more information to advance our case. when was the last time you saw her? last week i think. daniel admitted to having a romantic feelings for jessie, but swore through sobs that he had nothing to do with the murder. what do you think happened too jessie? i have no idea. do you think it could have been accidental? i don t know why somebody would do that to her. but detectives did not believe him and he fit the ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC Dateline 20240604 07:42:00

Outwork. i move my stuff around. had a cut us, them had road rash on his leg. had injuries what consistent with the injuries that somebody might have had with attacking melissa richards. detectives were skeptical about the work injury story and in fact, they weren t sure that this 19 year old even had a job. we check with your employer, would they still have your job? no. okay that s what i thought. how long when did you lose your job? a while ago. the first time we had him in a lot. picked up my chair moved it next to him and started a different phase of the interview. no more lies, it just makes things worse. after the detectives warning, the suspect tried another story. this time, he claimed he had cut his finger while cooking. nobody in their right mind would lie about cutting ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC Dateline 20240604 07:22:00

Had spread. jessie s close friends, jackie and amelia, race to the blodgett house. we drove up to her driveway and her parents were sitting outside. and they said jessie is no longer with us anymore. was that when it became real for you? it was just i don t know, it was just like really shocking i guess. so, it s probably the worst pain anyone could ever feel. jessie s theater director, jerry becker, was also stunned. having just celebrated with jessie and the cast of fiddler at the roof the night before. the best way to describe it is simply surreal. finding jessie s killer became the police departments number one priority. this is a girl that s been attacked in her home where she should be safe. and i think that that definitely put people on edge. detectives talked with cast members from fiddler at the roof and heard again how jessie had been upset after the cast party. in particular, with one man named randy tally. we made contact with him and ....

Jessie Blodgett , Blodgett House , Jerry Becker , Theater Director , Fiddler At The Roof , Finding Jessie , Police Departments , Detectives Didn T , Randy Tally , Cast Members ,

Transcripts for MSNBC Dateline 20240604 07:45:00

Student. had gotten the lead role in most musicals. was very talented. i was like, i like this kid. he could make me laugh and he came from a nice family. we said that it is not dan, he is a good kid. jessie s friends agreed. when detectives called daniel s cell phone, they were with him at the house grieving together. we were all crying, my friends phone rang. and he was like i got called into the police station for questioning. amelia and jackie were the ones who drove daniel into the police station that afternoon, assuming it was just routine questioning about jesse. and we were like they might question you as a suspect. that s what they ve been doing to all of her male friends. he was like, i didn t even think about that. now, even with dan under arrest for the park attack, they could not imagine that their friend was capable of murder. i was thinking that it was a mistake, like yes, maybe dan ....

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Transcripts for MSNBC Dateline 20240604 09:07:00

This was a burglary or a hom invasion gone wrong. sherri s purse was missing, as was her new bmw, an engagement gift from john. there was no sign of the murde weapon, but detectives did recover two. 38 caliber slug and something else that caught the detective s attention. on the inside of sherri s left arm, they found a bit mark. a crime scene analys went ahead and she swabbed tha for saliva that could pertai to the killer. saliva that contained dna from whoever bit sherri. remember, this was 1986, years before dna technology testin would arrive, which could link a suspect to a sample like thi one. so, back then, the dna wasn much help. but the swab was carefully package and bundled with all o the other evidence for now, detectives didn t hav much else to work with. no eyewitnesses. no usabl ....

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