shift was hurt last she was lying face down, a pool of blood under one side. just one tiny clue. a piece of foam rubber. there was a suspect, but he had an alibi, until this revelation. i said, i have something that you need to know. welcome to dateline, it hello, and welcome to dateline. it sometimes take especially to look at a crime scene and spot the one thing that is out of place, the clue that will crack the case. in this story, that thing appeared so inconsequential, that no one even knew what it was, let alone what it meant. it took almost two decades, a team of determined investigators, and a detective with an unusual background find out. here s keith morrison with the night before halloween. it was the night before halloween, october 30th midnight approaching. it happened in one of the middle class suburbs that s roll across the los angeles basin. inside a fast food franchise, closed for the night, a frantic scrambling, running feet, and then, sile
there was a suspect, but he had an alibi, until this revelation. revelation i said, i have something that you need to know. welcome to dateline, it sometimes takes a special eye to look at a crime scene and spot the one thing that is out of place. the clue that will crack the case. and in this story, that thing appeared so inconsequential, no one even knew what it was, alone would ve meant. it took almost two decades of a team of determinant investigators and a detective was than usual back out to find out. here is keith morrison with the night before halloween. it was the night before halloween, october 30th, late, midnight approaching. it happened in one of the little class suburbs that sprawl across the los angeles basin. inside a fast food franchise, closed for the night. a frantic scrambling, running feet, then, silence. but the nice morning, not far away, the family dollar prepared for celebration, kim was the eldest, then robin, trisha, wendy. excited, because
bring charges against him. a break in the case would come. but not for another 20 years. here, again, keith morrison with the night before halloween. october 1985, another halloween. once the hoines house would ve been festive, not anymore. they closed the door, turned out the lights. just the word, halloween, unleashed a wave brief. grief. the investigation into her murder was stalled, even though police had a suspect in plain sight. william marshall. the family groped for solace. we just had to take comfort in that because we knew really we were probably never see any resolution in this. it didn t have enough evidence. years past. there were other cases to solve, new priorities, of course. for detective lancaster, retirement. there are cases that stay
keith morrison: the 1980s were violent years in la the 19 80s were violent drug wars, gang shootings. years in l. a.. drug wars, gang, shootings and averages nearly four killings a day. but what is different. the murder at the kfc, halloween 1984. this was certainly not a crime infested neighborhood. and robin hoynes was a careful, safety conscious, churchgoing young woman. not an enemy of the world. but she was stabbed in the back by someone that she might have known. it did not make sense. the kindest hearted person you would probably ever meet. yeah. so now the four sisters were three. i just was completely lost. at 16, you do not have the capacity to really understand grief.
until she got home from work. i head dressed up for halloween as well. i was wearing robin s flag strip cost you. and i looked down, and i see that i am in her clothes. and i lost it. i was like, get it off me. i was screaming that i needed to be out. i just freaked out. time does not wait of course. darkness fell, halloween, laughing kids came to the door. they sat in the dark and tried to get used to what grief was like. policeman buzzed around the kfc all day, halloween day, looking for something to go off of. but all of they came up with, was what did not happen. there was no signs of forced entry. she had let somebody into the