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
kim left early for a job at a nearby mall. robbyn was not home. after working late, she had told her family, she arranged to sleep over at a girlfriends place. she was due home any minute as wendy remembers. she was good about reporting and telling us where she was going to be. and when she was going to be home. robin was 21 years old, a redhead, pretty, popular, friendly. she was an assistant manager at a kentucky fried chicken franchise in the nearby town of torrance. had taken a late shift as a favor to a coworker named cheryl. i asked robin if she would trade hours with me. i had just started dating someone and we had plans. so robin worked the late shift. she closed the restaurant, counted the cash, carry across the parking lot to a bank deposit box. i knew that robin was very cautious about when i went to the store, she would always
redhead, pretty, popular, friendly. she was an assistant manager at a kentucky fried chicken franchise in the nearby town of torrance. had taken a late shift as a favor to a coworker named cheryl. i asked robin if she betrayed ours with me. i had just started dating someone and we had plans. so robin worked the late shift. she closed the restaurant, counted the cash, carry across the parking lot to a bank deposit box. i knew that robin was very cautious about when i went to the store, she would always tell me, make sure the doors locked. this is not the sort of person who would have let someone in, just anybody? no, not at all. so when cheryl arrived at work, and pulled into the kfc parking lot i saw a robin s car. did you get mixed up, i think i wasn t trading, why is she here? shell crept through the empty kfc, everything seemed in order, until she entered the
she was a redhead, pretty, popular, friendly. she was an assistant manager at a kentucky fried chicken franchise in the nearby town of torrance, had taken that late shift as a favor to a co-worker named cheryl. i had asked robin if she would trade hours with me. i had just started dating somebody, and we had plans. so robin worked the late shift. she had closed the restaurant, count the cash, carried it across the parking lot to the bank deposit box. i knew robin was very cautious about, like when i went to the store, she would always tell me make sure the door is locked. this is not the sort of person who would have let someone in just anyone? no, not at all. so when cheryl arrived at work and pulled into the kfc parking lot i saw robin s car. i thought, did she get mixed up or did she think i wasn t trading? why is she here? cheryl crept through the empty kfc, everything seemed in order. until she entered the kitchen.