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
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. here s 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 the door at 10:00 at night.
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. here s 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
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. good evening and welcome to dateline. we often see headlines about dna evidence exonerating the innocent. it seems we hear less about how dna is used to track down the guilty. in a story you re about to see, a sample found on a murdered young woman was sent to the national database. 12 years after she was killed, it turned up a match. one profile out of 5 million matching a man thousands of miles away, but in this case,
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. 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. good evening and welcome to dateline. we often see headlines about dna evidence exonerating the innocent. it seems we hear less about how dna is used to track down the guilty. in a story you re about to see, a sample found on a murdered young woman was sent to the national database.