eye. she got everyone s eye. she didn t come home that night. there was blood everywhere. there was blood splatter all over the inside of the car. it was very frenzied attack. the theories were just awful. drug rings, prostitute rings. and the entire town was going crazy. i thought eventually, enough people were gonna come across a suspect. it was fascinating how they went about the investigation. we got a call, we ve got three brothers. we think one of them is the color. that they didn t know which one. so, you ve got a live one? we ve got live one here. what do you think at that moment? we re ecstatic. we re ready to go. he was sitting at a booth right by the window. . there. you are the next ? it s hard to enjoy your food when you think you re staring at that killer. hello and welcome to dateline . teenager michelle martinko was blessed with beauty, brings and compassion. but her promising future was cut short when she was savagely murdered
people were gonna come across a suspect. it was fascinating how they went about the investigation. we got a call, we ve got three brothers. we think one of them is the color. that they didn t know which one. so, you ve got a live one? we ve got live one here. what do you think at that moment? we re ecstatic. we re ready to go. he was sitting at a booth right by the window. there you are the next ? it s hard to enjoy your food when you think you re staring at that killer. hello and welcome to dateline . teenager michelle martinko was blessed with beauty, brings and compassion. but her promising future was cut short when she was savagely murdered. that dreadful night was ice cold, and after four decades, so was her case. then, a stunning scientific breakthrough helped detectives whittled down a list of suspects to unmask a killer hiding in plain sight. here s dennis murphy with and then there were three . it was an act of unspeakable violence. it w
because he hadn t heard about the murder yet. soon, he was inside an interrogation room, answering questions about the previous day. go through the night, kurt. what time did you get a school? did you drive from schools? you know? they want to timeline. very factual. he says after hours of back and forth, the detectives finally told him michel had been murdered. the unhappy fact was you were the last person in her circle of associates not seen her life. that realization hit me like a brick. that s not a good place to be in. oh, no. at that point, i was somewhere in shock. then he says, they hit him with it. and it was just like the do it on tv. this guy wheeled around and put his hands on the desk and leaned over and said, why did you kill her? now is the time to give it up and do yourself some good. oh, talk about there in the headlights looking kid. but then his store manager for the white mall was on the line. she told detectives kurt had gone on break, retur
but then his store manager for the white mall was on the line. she told detectives kurt had gone on break, return to the store at around 9:30, and helped her close up shop about ten. police believed michelle left them all sometime in that half hour. this detective said mr. thomas, you can go. i didn t know what that meant. as stupid as that is to say, can i really go? for the moment, at least, kurt was in the clear. in fact, michelle brother-in-law s, john, already had someone else in mind for her murder. old boyfriend andy. he was he was very possessive after they broke up. he parked down the street sections when it was someone else. he drive fast around the block. so, i was pretty sure it was andy. if i can t have her, nobody can have her type of thing. sure enough, andy was brought in for questioning. matt denlinger and doug harrison understood why the first detectives took a hard look andy. and he was at the mall that.
but then his store manager for the white mall was on the line. she told detectives kurt had gone on break, return to the store at around 9:30, and helped her close up shop about ten. police believed michelle left them all sometime in that half hour. this detective said mr. thomas, you can go. i didn t know what that meant. as stupid as that is to say, can i really go? for the moment, at least, kurt was in the clear. in fact, michelle brother-in-law s, john, already had someone else in mind for her murder. old boyfriend andy. he was he was very possessive after they broke up. he parked down the street sections when it was someone else. he drive fast around the block. so, i was pretty sure it was andy. if i can t have her, nobody can have her type of thing. sure enough, andy was brought in for questioning. matt denlinger and doug harrison understood why the