heart of a generation-old mystery. a young mom, torn between her photographer husband and her photographer lover, found dead in her own home. there was blood everywhere. but it would take years before dna science would advance enough to unlock the clues inside it. and then there was this diary. it also had a story to tell. everything she knew about him was a lie. a husband under suspicion. could not be more convinced there was more. a lover subject of speculation. all of a sudden, he has a motive. after more than a quarter century, would this family get justice? hello, and welcome to dateline. she was a charismatic and talented young mother. when she died violently, her family hoped for quick justice. but as years went by with nobody arrested or charged, that hope faded. what did not fade, small traces of dna evidence. more than two decades after the crime, could that evidence solve this case? here s keith morrison with haunting images. boyd underwood wa
mystery. a young mom, torn between her photographer husband, and her photographer lover, now dead in her own home. there was blood everywhere. but it would take years before dna science could advance enough to unlock the clues inside it. and then there was this diary. it also had a story to tell. everything she knew about him was a lie. a husband under suspicion. could not be more convinced there was more. a lover, subject of speculation. all of the sudden, he has a motive. after more than a quarter century, would this family get justice? hello, and welcome to dateline. she was a charismatic and talented young mother. when she died violently, her family hoped for quick justice. but as years went by with nobody arrested or charged, i hope faded. what did not fade, small traces of dna evidence. more than two decades after the crime, could that evidence solve this case? here s keith morrison with, haunting images. boyd underwood was back. back here where he a
Educated, accomplished. I am a professor, i tried to seek a Meaningful Life. Reporter she had a prestigious career, a loving husband, a young daughter. But she also had a secret. I have lived at this nightmare for 18 years. It is 7 murder. They followed him, they kidnapped him and then they dumped his body. It was clearly a plan. Plan. I didnt realize she was involved as deep as she was. Narrator scholar, professor, mother. What is going to happen to my daughter . I am innocent. She certainly knew. Manipulative, in your eyes . Uh, yes. Narrator everything was at stake. She certainly knew. Manipulative in your eyes . Yes. Everything was at stake. I could face life in prison, i am willing to do anything that needs to be done, now i have the strength. Attended Elite Schools, and rose to the top of her field. She was the embodiment of the American Dream, an immigrant who escaped a childhood of poverty and abuse, attended Elite Schools and rose to the top of her field. Against all odds, Nor
even the police said they hadn t seen such a filthy house. the defense, it turned out, had been busy. they had retested the blood evidence on the rear sliding door, the one showing a mixture of kits blood, and gregory s dna. and, the result was stunning. gregory, and his daughter, shared an identical blood protein. we were excited, because we were hoping one. as it ends up, both daughters had that. so, it was impossible, defense attorney jack early said, to be 100% certain it was only a mixture of gregory s dna and kits blood on the slider. it could have been a mixture of the entire family, piled on, all over the years. then, after weeks of testimony, another jury left the courtroom, and the waiting began again. based on the results of the first trial, i did not have the same sense of confidence the second time. gregory, however, was confident, as thanksgiving weekend approached. everybody was going, hey, what s going on over the
and struck back. then, there was the police interview, in which, reacting to a blatant police lie, gregory appeared to admit, he was in the house, with kit, alone, on the day of the murder. so so the prosecution, opportunity, motive, and dna, all pointing to gregory as the murderer. but, is that evidence enough? when you get into the details, then you see the problems that were there. not nearly enough, said defense attorney, jack early. that vaunted dna sample of gregory s blood? police had a storage problem with it. when did you discover that his vial of blood had broken in evidence room and, spilled on other items? i don t think i was aware of that until, maybe, 1999, or 2000. gregory s blood sample had leaked, on to some of the evidence packaging, and that, said the defense, hopelessly compromised the integrity of the dna.