she is the definition of grit. she didn t give up. he s hurting me. the details that she gave. it was unbelievable. she said, you did it. i said, no, you did. route 66 once stretched across the southwest from one horizon to the next, going from what america was to what it wanted to be. cities like albuquerque, new mexico, were celebrated stops along the journey. today buildings that once lined this part of the iconic highway faded and closed as the cotton wood mall became the new downtown. the mall was the big hangout. i met my husband at the mall. so did i. it has played a pivotal part in our lives. for the marcell sisters, all six of them, along with their brother, jonathan, the cotton wood mall in albuquerque was important in their lives. 17-year-old brittani worked at a sunglasses kiosk. she is this blue-eyed girl with a big eyes and a striking mile. everything was good, until september 11th, 2008, brittani just starting high school had planned
these light eyes, but with a golden center and a dark ring. medium blonde hair. if i was a suspect in a criminal case, this would give me away. yeah, i think so. putting together a profile like this is labor intensive and costly. up to $3,600. a lot of money for cash-strapped homicide units like albuquerque s. but after months of dogged persistence, gonterman wrangled the funds and shipped a sample of the john doe dna to parabon and settled in to wait. the process would take several months. meanwhile, gonterman set brittani s file aside and focused on other cases. and it was at this time in october 2016 when a name suddenly emerged from brittani s memory. she said the name justin kept coming up. i asked my mom like, hey, did you know this person? and she goes, no. i was like, well, for some reason that name keeps coming back to mind. she s like, how often? i
the eyes look very much like mine. these light eyes, but with a golden center and a dark ring. medium blonde hair. if i was a suspect in a criminal case, this would give me away. yeah, i think so. putting together a profile like this is labor-intensive and costly, up to $3,600, a lot of money for cash-strapped homicide units like albuquerque s. but after months of dogged persistence, gonterman wrangled the funds and shipped a sample of the john doe dna to parabon and settled in to wait. the process would take several months. meanwhile, gonterman set brittani s file aside and focused on other cases. and it was at this time in act 2016 when a name suddenly emerged from brittani s memory. she said the name justin kept coming up. i asked my mom like, hey, did you know this person? and she goes, no. i was like, well, for some reason that name keeps coming back to mind. she s like, how often? i was like, like every day. i was like, i don t know why. every day? e