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She was a strong woman.
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She had good principles.
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She loved her family.
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She was outgoing.
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She was cheerful.
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She was beautiful.
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* I am made of dark things *
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* Ravagings *
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It's hard to have
to think back
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to the day that we lost her.
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-*... Lightning striking *
-No other mother
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should have to go through this.
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And whoever took
my beautiful daughter Danyese,
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yes, we want them accountable.
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***
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So this case
makes me crazy.
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You probably like it, though.
Right?
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You know, this is
one of those cases, like,
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when you're a cop,
it puts the fear of God
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-in your own family and stuff.
-No, I know.
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Because our victim was
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coming home from work
at midnight from her shift
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-on Easter Sunday night...
-Yep.
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...and gets snatched
out of her car.
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Back in 2000,
young mother Danyese Laclair
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was abducted after making
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a late night drop off
at the post office.
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Her car was found abandoned,
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the windows rolled down
and the engine running.
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Her partially clothed body
was found in a field,
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shot in the head,
execution style.
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It's every woman's
worst nightmare.
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It feels like
the thoughts of the family
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and the cops were all over
the place on who was involved.
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I think the family
has all looked inward.
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They're pointing fingers
and it ruined the whole family.
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-It did.
-It's just sad.
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Danyese's murder
tore her family apart,
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not just because of
the grief and the sadness,
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but also because
some of the family suspected
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that her husband was involved.
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Though the nature of this crime
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opens up a lot of
scary possibilities.
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Right away when I read this,
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the driver's window
is halfway down.
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I think of one thing,
and I don't like saying it,
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and either a police impersonator
or the police themselves.
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Why do you--why--
why do you jump to that?
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Because it's just so common.
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Even I do it
when the cops stop me.
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I roll the window halfway down,
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and I can just see...
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the police department is
right next door.
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Across the street
from the police department.
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So all of a sudden,
all that stuff starts adding up
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and I don't like it.
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We know that Danyese's killer
had a gun,
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but did he also carry a badge?
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With a crime like this
occurring in a public area
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in the middle of the night,
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we have to consider
a wider range of suspects
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than we normally do.
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We've got suspects and people
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that no one can tell you
about when that happened,
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these are the things
they said or how they acted
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that didn't make any sense.
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But when you have a stranger
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potentially
being the killer/abductor,
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there's no pieces like that
to point at anybody.
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It's the kind of case
which is a lot harder to do.
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-Hello, hello!
-Good morning.
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-I'm Kelly.
-Chief Ross. Brian Ross.
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-Nice to meet you, sir.
-Kevin Kissel.
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Steve Spignola.
Nice to meet you, sir.
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-Nice to meet you.
-Dave Powell.
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-Hey, Dave. Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you, ma'am.
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Ooh,
you got a hard case, sir.
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-It is a tough one.
-We need, like, a miracle.
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We do. We really do. Yeah.
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It's an absolutely
difficult case.
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I go home at night and
I think about it constantly.
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I think about
an 11-year-old boy
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and a 3-year-old girl
without their mom.
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Danyese's murder
affected her children,
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every one of her loved ones,
family and friends.
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It affected our community.
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For 22 years,
we've been asking who's
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responsible for her death.
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My heart, my soul, my bones,
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every bit of me is in this.
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Okay, so...
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Easter Sunday night, 2000.
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So start with
the front of the story.
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What's your first recollection
of how this case becomes
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Burton PD's
number one unsolved case?
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Danyese Laclair left
her job at a local hospital
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around 11:38 p.m.
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Around midnight, her car
was spotted at a post office
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across the street from
the Burton Police Department.
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One of our patrol officers
saw the red Cavalier
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parked at the exit, running.
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Driver's door open,
window down.
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Blinker on, like,
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just as she was ready
to pull out into traffic,
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-something stopped her.
-Was her purse in the car?
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-Her purse was never located.
-What about her cell phone?
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Cell phone was plugged in
to cigarette lighter.
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The officers at that time
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treated it as
a missing person abduction case.
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The original officers
had secured the scene,
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ran the plate.
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Around 02:00 a.m.
a police officer was dispatched
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to the Laclair home
to notify Dan Laclair
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that his wife's vehicle
had been found abandoned.
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And it wasn't till
later that morning
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that the office down the street
opened up and
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some of the employees
began to notice
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some clothing in the back.
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And eventually
someone walked out there
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and observed it to be a body.
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She had been disrobed partially.
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She was found wearing
a trench coat, underwear.
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She had been shot through
the head one time.
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Close range shot.
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With what kind of weapon?
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9mm. The slug was found
in the ground
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about six inches
into the soil.
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To me, the weirdest thing
about this whole case
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is how she's found clothed.
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All she has on is her panties
and her trench coat.
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So was she sexually assaulted?
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There was no evidence or
anything definitive to say.
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While aspects of this crime
look like sexual assault,
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Danyese's body showed
no signs of sexual trauma
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and the rape kit came back
inconclusive,
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with no semen found
and DNA results
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that are still unclear.
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We're going to retest
the evidence
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using the most recent
DNA techniques
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to see if we can find
a profile matching the suspect.
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The biggest one
that they focused on back then
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is going to be Danyese's
husband, Dan Laclair.
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-He's kind of a jerk.
-A hothead, too.
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He had been in a fight
in Oakland County...
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-Yes.
-...where they--
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it was a traffic--
I think, a road rage incident.
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-One road rage incident?
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And then the headstone issue.
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What did he do,
kick her picture over?
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Yeah, he damaged
the headstone
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and broke the picture off
of the front of it.
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-Right.
-He was actually charged with
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destruction of property.
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That was a couple of
years later, wasn't it?
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Dan Laclair claimed
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that he was home
with his kids that night,
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though the officer
who knocked on the door
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thought that
he acted a little unusual.
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His first reaction at, what
was it, 1:40 in the morning?
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And he goes,
"A little late, isn't it?"
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Doesn't he also
punch the door?
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-The wall.
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It was only later
that the investigators
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discovered
a potential motive for Dan--
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Danyese was having
an affair with another man.
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And though that man
was cleared as a suspect,
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could that affair
have been enough of a motive
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to drive Dan to commit murder?
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Did he even know
about it before her murder?
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Y'all think that maybe Dan
found out about this affair
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when he saw that letter
in her car, right?
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But the letter in the car,
it was returned to him
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by you guys, right?
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No, it was left in the car.
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They didn't mean to
give it to him.
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They left it in the car
and he found it.
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Yes, it was inadvertently
left behind,
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and it was
a short handwritten letter
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that said, you know,
some supportive messages.
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Yeah, "Thanks for helping me,"
and "I love you, too."
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And I know the kids
were asked
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several times over the years,
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"Is there more to that night
that you don't want to tell us?
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Please tell us,"
and they never have, right?
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-Right.
-And they believe
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their dad didn't do it.
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Okay, next on the list,
Ralph Vanucci.
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How does he get in
the middle of our world?
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-Ralph worked with Danyese.
-He was an x-ray tech.
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Yeah, they saw each other
on a daily basis.
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He goes to make a pass at her,
and she turns him down.
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-When is that?
-About a week before.
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-Yeah.
-Right.
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Ralph Vanucci knew that Danyese
was having this affair,
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so he made a little pass at her,
but she rejected him.
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So how upset was he about that?
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Could that have caused him to
follow her after work one night
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and did he kill her over that?
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Ralph had a rough background.
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He had a son pass away
due to a drowning.
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And that was just, like,
five months earlier.
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Yeah, and so that
caused a lot of grief,
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a lot of stress
within the home.
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In fact, he was going through
a second divorce because of it.
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Okay, so unknown suspect.
Scary as hell.
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Do we agree
it's not a robbery?
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Well, she's missing her purse.
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The purse was never located.
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Credit cards were all flagged
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-and none were ever used.
-But never used.
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-Never used.
-Okay.
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-Where she was abducted...
-Where the car was found
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is right across the street
from the police department.
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It's a clear view
to the police department,
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a 24/7-hour operation.
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I suppose there's a possibility
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that whoever had done this
to Danyese
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didn't know
it was the police department,
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but I really
find that hard to believe.
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Risky.
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What happens at
the post office?
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Why would she not fight,
run, scream?
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Why does
she give up so voluntarily,
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a woman who's
taken karate lessons?
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Unless you think the guy
that's pulling you over...
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-Yeah, I mean...
-...is a police officer.
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Put the windows half down.
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And I'm not saying this
couldn't be an impersonator
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or a security guard
who's just driving by, too.
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Wouldn't you either be an idiot
or super high risk-taking
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-to do it right there?
-Pretty bold.
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Or, if we're
walking down that path,
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you have a radio,
and you can hear everything
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and everywhere where
everybody's at,
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and you know
if it's clear or it's not.
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The police department
has investigated
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this idea
that Danyese was killed
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by someone of authority
from the very beginning.
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And they went down that road
and looked for records and logs
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of anybody that could
have been involved back then,
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but they had no luck.
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Whoever committed this crime,
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we got our work cut out for us.
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All right, get your notes.
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Danyese's mom,
Dianne Parrish,
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when you called her up to
tell her you were looking
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at the case again,
how'd she take it?
250
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She immediately got emotional
that we haven't given up yet.
251
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We reached out to Danyese
and Dan's children
252
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to talk to us
and share their story,
253
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but they didn't want to do that.
254
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After all this time
and what they've been through,
255
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I think it's understandable.
256
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Their dad is a suspect,
257
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and throughout all these years,
they've always been adamant
258
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that their dad was
home with them that night
259
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and could not
have killed their mother.
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-Hello. How are you?
-Hello.
261
00:10:10,844 --> 00:10:12,979
Ms. Dianne? I'm Kelly.
262
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-Nice to meet you.
-Nice to meet you.
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As a mother myself
with two young daughters,
264
00:10:18,184 --> 00:10:19,886
Dianne, Danyese's mother,
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00:10:19,919 --> 00:10:22,055
has lived through
the worst thing imaginable--
266
00:10:22,088 --> 00:10:24,791
thinking about her daughter
out by herself,
267
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vulnerable,
and look what happens.
268
00:10:27,394 --> 00:10:31,064
Worst of all, after 22 years,
it's still unsolved.
269
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Sounds like
from reading the file,
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she was close to her brothers.
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She was.
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She was my oldest.
273
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So I had the three sons
and the one daughter.
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She was funky,
she had a lot of moxie.
275
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She was a people person,
very caring.
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Just a beautiful soul.
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At that time,
were y'all aware of any
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strain or issues
going on in
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Danyese's marriage with Dan?
280
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No.
281
00:11:01,561 --> 00:11:04,197
Danyese probably--
she didn't discuss...
282
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-Right.
-those kind of details with me.
283
00:11:06,766 --> 00:11:08,835
Go back 22 years.
284
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Do you remember how you first
heard what happened?
285
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I get a call in the morning.
286
00:11:14,074 --> 00:11:17,510
Danyese's car
was found at the post office
287
00:11:17,544 --> 00:11:19,279
and she's missing.
288
00:11:19,312 --> 00:11:23,583
So I jumped in a car and
went over to Danyese's house.
289
00:11:23,616 --> 00:11:25,919
Dan was out in
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the little porch there
with the detective.
291
00:11:34,928 --> 00:11:38,431
He said, "Yep, it's her,"
and he just left.
292
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No emotion.
He wasn't acting...
293
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...like a distraught
husband would do.
294
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He was very, uh...
295
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arrogant,
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very...distant, cold.
297
00:11:59,185 --> 00:12:01,154
Did you ever,
in all these years,
298
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ask Dan a hard question
about if he hurt your daughter?
299
00:12:05,658 --> 00:12:07,093
No.
300
00:12:07,127 --> 00:12:08,428
Okay.
301
00:12:11,364 --> 00:12:12,732
[sniffles]
302
00:12:15,368 --> 00:12:17,237
But, uh...
303
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It's hard to think back...
304
00:12:24,944 --> 00:12:28,915
and it brings up
a lot of questions.
305
00:12:28,948 --> 00:12:32,352
I know they're going to
be working on it diligently,
306
00:12:32,385 --> 00:12:37,190
and they have been,
to try to give us closure.
307
00:12:37,223 --> 00:12:40,927
And that's what we want
the most is closure,
308
00:12:40,960 --> 00:12:43,697
so that we can put our minds
to rest,
309
00:12:43,730 --> 00:12:46,199
our hearts to rest.
310
00:12:46,232 --> 00:12:48,468
It's been hard.
311
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I'm sorry for everything
you've been through.
312
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***
313
00:13:02,215 --> 00:13:03,416
[line ringing]
314
00:13:04,551 --> 00:13:05,585
Hello?
315
00:13:05,618 --> 00:13:06,753
We were just following up
316
00:13:06,786 --> 00:13:08,922
on the Danyese Laclair murder.
317
00:13:08,955 --> 00:13:10,090
Do you remember that night?
318
00:13:11,858 --> 00:13:13,693
We've got
a few theories about
319
00:13:13,727 --> 00:13:16,062
who might have murdered
Danyese Laclair
320
00:13:16,062 --> 00:13:17,831
22 years ago.
321
00:13:17,864 --> 00:13:20,667
Her husband Dan,
her coworker Ralph,
322
00:13:20,700 --> 00:13:23,069
and an unknown sexual predator.
323
00:13:23,069 --> 00:13:26,072
And we need to track down anyone
who might have information.
324
00:13:26,072 --> 00:13:28,441
You were at the post office,
correct?
325
00:13:28,475 --> 00:13:29,609
Dropping some mail off?
326
00:13:50,597 --> 00:13:55,902
And you didn't see anybody
at that time, correct?
327
00:13:55,935 --> 00:13:57,137
Okay.
328
00:14:01,374 --> 00:14:02,809
Okay.
329
00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:05,512
While we don't have
any more eyewitnesses,
330
00:14:05,545 --> 00:14:08,415
we do have more people
from Danyese's world
331
00:14:08,448 --> 00:14:11,317
that can maybe tell us more
about her marriage,
332
00:14:11,351 --> 00:14:13,853
her affair, or anything else
going on in her world
333
00:14:13,887 --> 00:14:15,588
that might have factored
into her murder.
334
00:14:15,622 --> 00:14:16,890
Tell me about Danyese.
335
00:14:16,923 --> 00:14:19,559
-We went to college together.
-Okay.
336
00:14:19,592 --> 00:14:22,328
-And we were just best friends.
-Okay.
337
00:14:22,362 --> 00:14:24,564
She was in my wedding,
everything,
338
00:14:24,597 --> 00:14:26,900
and she stayed at
my mom and dad's house with me
339
00:14:26,933 --> 00:14:30,070
a couple of times when
her and Dan were fighting.
340
00:14:30,070 --> 00:14:31,438
What did you think of Dan?
341
00:14:31,471 --> 00:14:32,739
I did not like him
from the first time I met him.
342
00:14:32,772 --> 00:14:34,407
-Didn't like him.
-He just came off as...
343
00:14:36,109 --> 00:14:37,777
Like, an arrogant
son of a bitch.
344
00:14:37,811 --> 00:14:39,579
He got very mad very fast.
345
00:14:39,612 --> 00:14:42,382
-Like, just anger issues.
-Okay.
346
00:14:42,415 --> 00:14:44,384
Do you remember what
the fights were about?
347
00:14:44,417 --> 00:14:45,852
She was really pretty.
348
00:14:45,885 --> 00:14:47,253
She made sure she looked good
when she went out,
349
00:14:47,287 --> 00:14:49,222
-and he hated that.
-Really?
350
00:14:49,255 --> 00:14:51,725
Yeah, he hated her looking
good, like going to college.
351
00:14:51,758 --> 00:14:53,126
-"Why do you gotta--
-Oh.
352
00:14:53,159 --> 00:14:55,195
"Why do you gotta do your face
to go to college?"
353
00:14:56,429 --> 00:14:57,864
How would you describe her?
354
00:14:57,897 --> 00:15:00,400
Little bit mousy, low key.
355
00:15:00,433 --> 00:15:02,435
Like, she didn't wear
a lot of makeup.
356
00:15:02,469 --> 00:15:05,138
Plain, naturally beautiful.
That was her.
357
00:15:05,171 --> 00:15:06,906
So when her and Dan
started hanging out,
358
00:15:06,940 --> 00:15:08,708
how would you describe that?
359
00:15:08,742 --> 00:15:11,578
Tumultuous.
Like, he was the controller...
360
00:15:11,611 --> 00:15:13,747
-Okay.
-and she was submissive.
361
00:15:13,780 --> 00:15:15,548
Was there anything
that stood out to you
362
00:15:15,582 --> 00:15:16,816
leading up to her death?
363
00:15:16,850 --> 00:15:18,651
She did confide in me that
364
00:15:18,685 --> 00:15:21,721
she was seeing somebody
from the hospital,
365
00:15:21,755 --> 00:15:23,790
and I was like, "Wow,
you just dropped a bomb on me.
366
00:15:23,823 --> 00:15:25,091
Like, you're cheating
on your husband."
367
00:15:25,125 --> 00:15:26,793
Never gave you an impression
she'd be a girl
368
00:15:26,826 --> 00:15:28,061
-like that at all?
-No, absolutely not.
369
00:15:28,094 --> 00:15:30,130
How long was that
prior to her death?
370
00:15:30,163 --> 00:15:31,498
It was literally days,
371
00:15:31,531 --> 00:15:33,433
maybe the weekend before,
two weekends before?
372
00:15:33,466 --> 00:15:36,102
I worked in radiology as well.
373
00:15:36,136 --> 00:15:37,837
How was she at work?
374
00:15:37,871 --> 00:15:39,839
She was very plain, quiet,
kept to herself,
375
00:15:39,873 --> 00:15:43,677
and then very modest,
conservative with her clothes.
376
00:15:43,710 --> 00:15:46,479
And then some point in time,
she started dressing
377
00:15:46,513 --> 00:15:49,349
a little bit more sexier,
putting on makeup.
378
00:15:49,382 --> 00:15:51,584
Some of the guys in
the office took notice of her.
379
00:15:51,618 --> 00:15:53,620
-Of course.
-Okay. Sure.
380
00:15:53,653 --> 00:15:57,157
And, I mean, at the time,
we had Ralph Vanucci,
381
00:15:57,190 --> 00:15:59,626
-kind of took interest and...
-Okay.
382
00:15:59,659 --> 00:16:02,195
And [bleep] was always kind of
a little bit friendly with her.
383
00:16:02,228 --> 00:16:04,764
The man Danyese Laclair
was having an affair with
384
00:16:04,798 --> 00:16:06,332
was cleared as a suspect,
385
00:16:06,366 --> 00:16:08,702
but we're not sure if Dan,
her husband,
386
00:16:08,735 --> 00:16:11,338
knew about the affair
or how he would have reacted
387
00:16:11,371 --> 00:16:13,707
if he had found out about it
prior to her death.
388
00:16:13,740 --> 00:16:17,344
The night in particular
that she went missing,
389
00:16:17,377 --> 00:16:19,312
we thought
she was upset that night.
390
00:16:19,346 --> 00:16:21,214
Her husband
had been calling up there,
391
00:16:21,247 --> 00:16:24,551
and he was calling for wanting
her to drop off some mail,
392
00:16:24,584 --> 00:16:26,319
and I thought
that was kind of strange.
393
00:16:26,353 --> 00:16:28,054
We had a drop box downstairs.
394
00:16:28,088 --> 00:16:30,390
She said, "No,
he wants me to drop it off."
395
00:16:30,423 --> 00:16:31,958
I always go back to
her husband
396
00:16:32,058 --> 00:16:34,060
because of
how the night played out.
397
00:16:34,060 --> 00:16:36,496
Dan would have
a pretty good idea when Danyese
398
00:16:36,529 --> 00:16:37,697
was going to be
at that post office.
399
00:16:37,731 --> 00:16:39,666
I've gone through
an old case,
400
00:16:39,699 --> 00:16:41,568
and it's a reference
Danyese Laclair
401
00:16:41,601 --> 00:16:44,838
and Ralph worked with her
at McLaren.
402
00:16:44,871 --> 00:16:46,906
Can you tell me
what you know about that?
403
00:16:46,940 --> 00:16:49,576
Then again, we know that
her coworker, Ralph Vanucci,
404
00:16:49,609 --> 00:16:51,678
had made a pass at her
just days before
405
00:16:51,711 --> 00:16:52,746
and could have easily
followed her
406
00:16:52,779 --> 00:16:54,114
to the post office
that evening.
407
00:16:59,586 --> 00:17:03,189
And he had your daughter
at--at his home, right?
408
00:17:05,925 --> 00:17:07,594
Okay. Is there anything
about him
409
00:17:07,627 --> 00:17:10,030
that would give you any
reason to think
410
00:17:10,030 --> 00:17:12,132
that he could be responsible
for something like this?
411
00:17:17,737 --> 00:17:18,838
Okay.
412
00:17:18,872 --> 00:17:20,607
Like Dan,
Ralph has always claimed
413
00:17:20,640 --> 00:17:22,709
he was at home
that evening with his child
414
00:17:22,742 --> 00:17:24,277
and could not have
killed Danyese.
415
00:17:24,310 --> 00:17:26,713
And it's baffling to us
that both of our known suspects
416
00:17:26,746 --> 00:17:28,948
with potential motives
have an alibi
417
00:17:29,049 --> 00:17:30,917
for the evening
that Danyese was killed.
418
00:17:30,950 --> 00:17:32,752
Are these alibis as
airtight as they seem?
419
00:17:33,887 --> 00:17:36,556
[line ringing]
420
00:17:36,589 --> 00:17:38,758
Hi, this is Kevin Kissel with
the Burton Police Department.
421
00:17:38,792 --> 00:17:42,595
I am still looking at
the Danyese Laclair case.
422
00:17:42,629 --> 00:17:43,830
Do you recall that name?
423
00:17:55,475 --> 00:17:56,710
Okay.
424
00:17:56,743 --> 00:17:58,511
And, uh...
425
00:18:24,904 --> 00:18:27,807
***
426
00:18:27,841 --> 00:18:30,710
So Dr. Pinneri is here
this morning to talk over
427
00:18:30,744 --> 00:18:34,814
the autopsy and maybe even our
sexual assault kit questions.
428
00:18:34,848 --> 00:18:37,550
Dr. Kathryn Pinneri is
our forensic pathologist,
429
00:18:37,584 --> 00:18:38,752
and she's here today
to talk to us
430
00:18:38,785 --> 00:18:41,721
about the medical examiner's
findings
431
00:18:41,755 --> 00:18:44,391
and if they can get us closer
to understanding our killer.
432
00:18:44,424 --> 00:18:46,393
The body was found
433
00:18:46,426 --> 00:18:48,395
lying on her left side
with the arms bent,
434
00:18:48,428 --> 00:18:51,297
and her hands are clenched
in fists near her head,
435
00:18:51,331 --> 00:18:53,333
and she has really
long fingernails,
436
00:18:53,366 --> 00:18:55,068
and they're all intact.
437
00:18:55,068 --> 00:18:57,070
You know, if you're fighting
somebody back with nails
438
00:18:57,070 --> 00:18:58,672
that long, a lot of times
they'll get broken.
439
00:18:58,705 --> 00:19:02,008
So that suggests that
there wasn't any sort of
440
00:19:02,042 --> 00:19:05,812
hand interaction with
the suspect.
441
00:19:05,845 --> 00:19:07,113
Danyese may have believed
442
00:19:07,147 --> 00:19:08,648
that if she complied
with the offender,
443
00:19:08,682 --> 00:19:10,183
she would survive
in this attack.
444
00:19:10,216 --> 00:19:11,584
But it does make you wonder
445
00:19:11,618 --> 00:19:13,787
if she knew her attacker,
like her husband Dan
446
00:19:13,820 --> 00:19:15,288
or her coworker Ralph,
447
00:19:15,321 --> 00:19:17,023
would she have tried
to fight back?
448
00:19:17,023 --> 00:19:20,593
Well, it's very unusual
that she's redressed
449
00:19:20,627 --> 00:19:23,029
and kind of right.
450
00:19:23,063 --> 00:19:25,365
In situations where
I've seen individuals
451
00:19:25,398 --> 00:19:27,834
be redressed by a suspect,
452
00:19:27,867 --> 00:19:29,502
there's something a little off.
453
00:19:29,536 --> 00:19:32,672
The underwear's on backwards
or it's half on,
454
00:19:32,706 --> 00:19:34,941
and with the condition
of the clothes,
455
00:19:35,041 --> 00:19:36,676
they're not torn.
456
00:19:36,710 --> 00:19:38,044
I never even thought of that.
457
00:19:38,044 --> 00:19:39,646
How do you not rip them of--
rip them?
458
00:19:39,679 --> 00:19:41,514
It's really hard to dress
a dead person.
459
00:19:41,548 --> 00:19:43,516
Or a struggling alive person
who's scared to death,
460
00:19:43,550 --> 00:19:45,185
-redressing them, too.
-Right.
461
00:19:45,218 --> 00:19:47,487
That really suggests
she undressed herself
462
00:19:47,520 --> 00:19:48,855
and looks like
she redressed herself.
463
00:19:48,888 --> 00:19:50,323
That sexual assault kit
mentions
464
00:19:50,357 --> 00:19:52,325
that there's blue fiber
on her vagina.
465
00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:54,561
What's the way that you
think there could be blue...
466
00:19:54,594 --> 00:19:56,663
fiber transfer there?
467
00:19:56,696 --> 00:20:00,066
-Cotton from a man's underwear.
-Right.
468
00:20:00,100 --> 00:20:02,168
Whether it was, you know,
469
00:20:02,202 --> 00:20:04,871
full sexual intercourse
or forced.
470
00:20:04,904 --> 00:20:07,173
So you think
they did sexually assault her?
471
00:20:07,207 --> 00:20:09,376
I think that there was
sexual interaction
472
00:20:09,409 --> 00:20:12,679
because of
the clothing being off and
473
00:20:12,712 --> 00:20:14,514
the blue fiber
in the vagina.
474
00:20:14,547 --> 00:20:16,649
This is a hard one.
475
00:20:16,683 --> 00:20:19,219
-Yeah.
-This is a confusing one.
476
00:20:19,252 --> 00:20:20,854
Maybe Danyese's attacker
477
00:20:20,887 --> 00:20:23,323
wasn't able
to become sexually aroused,
478
00:20:23,356 --> 00:20:25,859
or they got spooked
and changed their mind.
479
00:20:25,892 --> 00:20:28,194
But if Danyese
was sexually assaulted,
480
00:20:28,228 --> 00:20:29,896
it seems odd that her husband
481
00:20:29,929 --> 00:20:33,199
would really do that
in such a risky way.
482
00:20:33,233 --> 00:20:35,935
Not to mention
that neither he or Ralph
483
00:20:35,969 --> 00:20:37,837
owned a 9mm handgun.
484
00:20:37,871 --> 00:20:40,874
***
485
00:20:40,907 --> 00:20:43,843
This is just how it was,
just like this back then?
486
00:20:43,877 --> 00:20:46,079
No, actually, it was
a lot different 20 years ago.
487
00:20:46,112 --> 00:20:47,847
A lot of these
trees were smaller.
488
00:20:47,881 --> 00:20:49,049
City Hall across the street
489
00:20:49,082 --> 00:20:50,784
was under construction
at the time,
490
00:20:50,817 --> 00:20:53,787
and the post office
essentially is exactly the same.
491
00:20:53,820 --> 00:20:56,456
This is a first,
because our crime scene
492
00:20:56,489 --> 00:20:59,225
is only a few hundred feet
from the police station.
493
00:20:59,259 --> 00:21:01,394
I'm wondering
if Danyese's killer
494
00:21:01,428 --> 00:21:04,197
was unaware
that it was so close,
495
00:21:04,230 --> 00:21:07,434
or were they just so bold
that they didn't even care?
496
00:21:07,467 --> 00:21:09,235
Yeah, so most people
would pull in
497
00:21:09,269 --> 00:21:10,970
right off Center Road,
498
00:21:11,071 --> 00:21:13,707
and that blue mailbox
is where they would drop off.
499
00:21:13,740 --> 00:21:16,443
Danyese would have pulled in
just like we walked just now.
500
00:21:16,476 --> 00:21:18,611
What's interesting about
this spot, too, is
501
00:21:18,645 --> 00:21:20,947
if you're sitting
right here in the dark,
502
00:21:20,980 --> 00:21:24,617
you have a line of sight
to our employee parking lot.
503
00:21:24,651 --> 00:21:27,487
You've got the court,
you've got City Hall.
504
00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:28,888
Like, all these places
505
00:21:28,922 --> 00:21:30,957
were dark areas, too,
that you could sit.
506
00:21:30,990 --> 00:21:33,159
Or they could have followed her
from the hospital
507
00:21:33,193 --> 00:21:34,728
and waited for her
to drop her mail off
508
00:21:34,761 --> 00:21:36,262
and then came in behind her.
509
00:21:36,296 --> 00:21:38,898
All right, so Danyese
drops her mail off, and then?
510
00:21:38,932 --> 00:21:41,334
She would have drove out
to the exit down here.
511
00:21:41,368 --> 00:21:43,003
And the way her car
was positioned,
512
00:21:43,103 --> 00:21:44,938
I think someone pulled
up and stopped her,
513
00:21:44,971 --> 00:21:46,740
or had pulled up behind her.
514
00:21:46,773 --> 00:21:49,509
The door was open,
the window was partially down,
515
00:21:49,542 --> 00:21:51,177
and the blinker was on.
516
00:21:51,211 --> 00:21:52,746
So this car's positioned
the way her car was?
517
00:21:52,779 --> 00:21:54,481
-Yeah.
-From which direction
518
00:21:54,514 --> 00:21:56,016
do y'all think
the guy came up?
519
00:21:56,116 --> 00:21:58,118
I think somebody walks up.
The car is right back here.
520
00:21:58,151 --> 00:21:59,786
He just walks to the car
and gets in.
521
00:21:59,819 --> 00:22:01,354
Why wouldn't
he come from over here?
522
00:22:01,388 --> 00:22:03,623
No, that would have scared her.
She'd have taken off.
523
00:22:03,656 --> 00:22:05,625
-She can't take off.
-She can take off.
524
00:22:05,658 --> 00:22:08,828
If the car comes up and
pulls up right here,
525
00:22:08,862 --> 00:22:10,530
and the guy gets out
with a gun
526
00:22:10,563 --> 00:22:13,433
coming up to her,
she's not going to even back up.
527
00:22:13,466 --> 00:22:16,503
She ought to reverse,
but maybe she panicked.
528
00:22:16,536 --> 00:22:18,071
I just think
if he pulls up behind her,
529
00:22:18,071 --> 00:22:19,673
why didn't she just take off?
530
00:22:19,706 --> 00:22:21,508
Because it's
an authority figure.
531
00:22:21,541 --> 00:22:24,711
But only your cop theory
works from behind, right?
532
00:22:24,744 --> 00:22:26,980
I'm not saying
your cop theory doesn't work,
533
00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:29,282
but if it's
some other creepy guy,
534
00:22:29,315 --> 00:22:30,784
you wouldn't come up
from behind.
535
00:22:30,817 --> 00:22:33,286
Okay, so how fast
is this going to happen?
536
00:22:33,319 --> 00:22:35,288
I'm up to your car
in seconds
537
00:22:35,321 --> 00:22:36,389
and I can say,
"Get out of the car
538
00:22:36,423 --> 00:22:37,490
and come back here
with me now."
539
00:22:37,524 --> 00:22:40,160
Grab your purse from you
so maybe if you're carrying
540
00:22:40,193 --> 00:22:41,861
-a pepper spray or a weapon.
-Right.
541
00:22:41,895 --> 00:22:44,130
-That's less than 15 seconds.
-Yeah.
542
00:22:44,164 --> 00:22:45,098
-You're in and you're out.
-You're in and you're out.
543
00:22:45,098 --> 00:22:47,567
Which way is the doctor's
office from here?
544
00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,403
It's, um, north, about a third
of a mile up the road.
545
00:22:50,437 --> 00:22:52,839
The field where
Danyese's body was found
546
00:22:52,872 --> 00:22:54,674
was roughly a half a mile away
547
00:22:54,708 --> 00:22:56,543
and right off the main road.
548
00:22:56,576 --> 00:22:58,912
It only takes a minute
to make that drive,
549
00:22:58,945 --> 00:23:01,348
but I bet you to Danyese,
that felt like a lifetime.
550
00:23:01,381 --> 00:23:03,249
So this is
our doctor's office?
551
00:23:03,283 --> 00:23:05,318
-Correct.
-And back then,
552
00:23:05,352 --> 00:23:07,854
you could pull in
and not be seen.
553
00:23:07,887 --> 00:23:11,358
You would be hidden from anybody
passing by on Center Road.
554
00:23:11,391 --> 00:23:14,060
So are y'all thinking the sexual
assault happened in a car,
555
00:23:14,094 --> 00:23:16,262
or out here
in the yard somewhere
556
00:23:16,296 --> 00:23:19,065
With the grass on her,
it makes me think they were
557
00:23:19,065 --> 00:23:21,067
in the grassy area here.
558
00:23:21,067 --> 00:23:22,602
So the car pulls up, then.
559
00:23:22,635 --> 00:23:24,537
He or they are going to have
to get her out at gunpoint.
560
00:23:24,571 --> 00:23:27,173
-And she's got her clothes off?
-Correct.
561
00:23:27,207 --> 00:23:29,409
The clothes could still be
in the car for all we know.
562
00:23:29,442 --> 00:23:31,077
I think whatever
took place was generally
563
00:23:31,111 --> 00:23:32,712
in this area with her.
564
00:23:32,746 --> 00:23:35,081
So you think the sexual assault
starts here, up here?
565
00:23:35,081 --> 00:23:36,383
-I believe so.
-I think so.
566
00:23:36,416 --> 00:23:38,351
And then she gets
her trench coat back
567
00:23:38,385 --> 00:23:39,953
and it's tied back on her,
568
00:23:39,986 --> 00:23:41,688
along with her panties.
569
00:23:41,721 --> 00:23:43,923
And then she's going
to be headed that way?
570
00:23:43,957 --> 00:23:45,258
-Yep.
-Mm-hmm.
571
00:23:45,291 --> 00:23:46,626
But I don't think
she was awake
572
00:23:46,659 --> 00:23:48,128
when she made it back here.
573
00:23:48,161 --> 00:23:49,596
What, you think she's out now
and she's being carried?
574
00:23:49,629 --> 00:23:52,232
I think she was rendered
unconscious back there
575
00:23:52,265 --> 00:23:53,933
and I think
she was brought out here
576
00:23:53,967 --> 00:23:56,269
and you see tall grass,
trees, and brush,
577
00:23:56,302 --> 00:23:59,439
and I'm tired, that might be
where I place her.
578
00:23:59,472 --> 00:24:02,409
At the time, in 2000,
this wasn't here
579
00:24:02,442 --> 00:24:04,444
and none of that apartment
building was here,
580
00:24:04,477 --> 00:24:06,813
and it was all overgrown
in that brush.
581
00:24:06,846 --> 00:24:09,883
She's found
in this general area,
582
00:24:09,916 --> 00:24:12,952
her body on her left side
pointing in that direction.
583
00:24:13,053 --> 00:24:14,387
She's plopped down
on the ground.
584
00:24:14,421 --> 00:24:15,822
And then what happens?
585
00:24:15,855 --> 00:24:18,058
To me and the angles
in the head wound,
586
00:24:18,091 --> 00:24:20,794
-you'd have to come around and--
-To the front of her.
587
00:24:20,827 --> 00:24:22,896
-To the front of her?
-And that gives you the angle
588
00:24:22,929 --> 00:24:25,098
from front to back and
you fire that shot right there.
589
00:24:27,467 --> 00:24:30,103
The gun was placed
to her head because
590
00:24:30,136 --> 00:24:33,340
of the burn marks and
the damage to her scalp,
591
00:24:33,373 --> 00:24:34,441
and that's where she stays.
592
00:24:34,474 --> 00:24:35,608
-Mm-hmm.
-I agree with you there.
593
00:24:35,642 --> 00:24:37,077
You know, the bullet's
in the ground
594
00:24:37,077 --> 00:24:38,278
underneath of her head.
595
00:24:38,311 --> 00:24:39,679
That casing is coming out
to the back...
596
00:24:39,713 --> 00:24:42,082
-Plops out.
-and it's in the brushy pile.
597
00:24:42,115 --> 00:24:44,084
I mean, you're done.
The deed is done.
598
00:24:44,084 --> 00:24:46,086
And the car is still
sitting over there,
599
00:24:46,086 --> 00:24:48,254
so he just takes the clothes
and just goes and...
600
00:24:48,288 --> 00:24:49,923
Dumps them out of his car.
601
00:24:49,956 --> 00:24:52,592
And the way they're piled up,
there was a collection.
602
00:24:52,625 --> 00:24:54,928
And where was the ring
compared to the clothes?
603
00:24:54,961 --> 00:24:56,796
-Underneath all the clothes?
-In the collection, yeah.
604
00:24:56,830 --> 00:24:58,631
That dang ring, man's ring.
605
00:24:58,665 --> 00:25:00,166
That's the mystery.
606
00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,503
Most of Danyese's clothes
were left in a pile
607
00:25:03,536 --> 00:25:06,439
next to a mysterious gold ring.
608
00:25:06,473 --> 00:25:10,043
The ring was tested
and contained DNA
609
00:25:10,076 --> 00:25:12,445
belonging to
an unknown contributor.
610
00:25:12,479 --> 00:25:15,849
But the DNA
didn't match Dan or Ralph
611
00:25:15,882 --> 00:25:18,451
or the man Danyese
was having the affair with.
612
00:25:18,485 --> 00:25:22,389
Unfortunately, the sample swab
was used up during testing.
613
00:25:22,422 --> 00:25:25,058
The ring has
since been contaminated
614
00:25:25,058 --> 00:25:27,727
and no further testing
can be done on the ring.
615
00:25:27,761 --> 00:25:29,829
That's why our hopes
are on getting
616
00:25:29,863 --> 00:25:33,199
a new DNA profile
off of Danyese's clothes.
617
00:25:33,233 --> 00:25:35,902
How do you get the ring
in the same spot
618
00:25:35,935 --> 00:25:37,871
as the clothes
if it's a coincidence?
619
00:25:37,904 --> 00:25:39,205
Very unlikely.
620
00:25:39,239 --> 00:25:41,241
Now, whether or not
it was on the bad guy
621
00:25:41,274 --> 00:25:43,877
and when he dumped it,
it came off,
622
00:25:43,910 --> 00:25:47,080
or whether there was
something more personal to it.
623
00:25:47,080 --> 00:25:49,082
We're all speculating
upon what happened here.
624
00:25:49,082 --> 00:25:52,819
I just get a strange feeling,
I hate to say this,
625
00:25:52,852 --> 00:25:54,721
that she was basically
just a target of opportunity
626
00:25:54,754 --> 00:25:56,089
when she was taken.
627
00:25:56,089 --> 00:25:57,857
So she's obeying
what this guy says,
628
00:25:57,891 --> 00:25:59,926
hoping that she gets away or
629
00:26:00,026 --> 00:26:01,895
he's going to let her go,
but it's not going to happen.
630
00:26:01,928 --> 00:26:03,930
You know,
you get a true whodunnit
631
00:26:04,030 --> 00:26:05,665
with a true predator
that's walking around.
632
00:26:05,699 --> 00:26:07,233
But who doesn't drop off
letters at a mailbox?
633
00:26:07,267 --> 00:26:08,935
How is that high risk?
Now she's dead.
634
00:26:09,035 --> 00:26:11,404
You got somebody out
that just hunts people.
635
00:26:11,438 --> 00:26:13,506
Who does it in front
of a police department?
636
00:26:13,540 --> 00:26:15,875
Remember this, Kelly--a lion
hunts in his own backyard.
637
00:26:15,909 --> 00:26:17,444
Yeah.
638
00:26:25,785 --> 00:26:27,454
***
639
00:26:27,487 --> 00:26:28,955
You want to
call Intermountain Lab
640
00:26:29,055 --> 00:26:30,090
and see what Danny has to say?
641
00:26:30,123 --> 00:26:32,058
Love to hear
what he has to say.
642
00:26:32,092 --> 00:26:35,061
The investigators on
Danyese Laclair's case
643
00:26:35,061 --> 00:26:37,263
originally tested her rape kit,
644
00:26:37,297 --> 00:26:40,700
that mysterious gold ring
and her clothing,
645
00:26:40,734 --> 00:26:43,737
but didn't have any luck
identifying her killer.
646
00:26:43,770 --> 00:26:46,139
- Hello, this is Danny.
-Hi, Danny.
647
00:26:46,172 --> 00:26:48,208
This is Kevin Kissel with
the Burton Police Department.
648
00:26:48,241 --> 00:26:50,276
I'm dying to hear
what kind of results
649
00:26:50,310 --> 00:26:52,479
you have from the stuff
we sent out to you.
650
00:26:52,512 --> 00:26:55,582
But DNA technology has
advanced in the last 20 years,
651
00:26:55,615 --> 00:26:57,717
so we've resent some
of our evidence
652
00:26:57,751 --> 00:26:59,386
off to Intermountain Forensics,
653
00:26:59,419 --> 00:27:01,087
hoping they can
retest everything
654
00:27:01,121 --> 00:27:03,056
with the latest
DNA technology.
655
00:27:03,089 --> 00:27:05,191
They should have
our preliminary results.
656
00:27:31,685 --> 00:27:34,521
In so many of our cases,
there's not even enough
657
00:27:34,554 --> 00:27:38,091
to get a DNA profile,
so this is great.
658
00:27:38,124 --> 00:27:41,461
If the DNA on her panties
comes back to her husband,
659
00:27:41,494 --> 00:27:43,530
that might not be as compelling,
660
00:27:43,563 --> 00:27:45,365
it might be
more easily explained.
661
00:27:45,398 --> 00:27:47,701
But if it comes back
to anybody else,
662
00:27:47,734 --> 00:27:49,602
that could very well
be our killer.
663
00:27:49,636 --> 00:27:51,938
How fast can we call you back
for the next update?
664
00:27:55,408 --> 00:27:58,511
-Here we are.
-Maybe we get lucky.
665
00:27:58,545 --> 00:28:00,647
-That would be awesome.
-Man!
666
00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:02,782
This would be a miracle.
667
00:28:04,584 --> 00:28:10,023
***
668
00:28:10,023 --> 00:28:11,658
You're ready for me
to dial him up?
669
00:28:11,691 --> 00:28:14,127
Let's go.
Let's see what we got.
670
00:28:14,160 --> 00:28:16,563
It's time we talked to
our suspect, Ralph Vanucci.
671
00:28:16,596 --> 00:28:19,366
He was Danyese's coworker
and made a pass at Danyese
672
00:28:19,399 --> 00:28:21,134
days before the murder,
which she rejected.
673
00:28:21,167 --> 00:28:22,535
Hello?
674
00:28:22,569 --> 00:28:25,305
Hi, this is
Detective Sergeant Dave Powell,
675
00:28:25,338 --> 00:28:28,041
and we're looking into
the Danyese Laclair homicide,
676
00:28:28,041 --> 00:28:30,310
and we're just kind of
going back just to see
677
00:28:30,343 --> 00:28:31,911
if there was anything
that sticks out in your mind
678
00:28:31,945 --> 00:28:34,114
that we should
probably look over again.
679
00:28:35,448 --> 00:28:37,183
Do you remember Danyese
at all?
680
00:28:52,632 --> 00:28:54,067
Did she ever flirt with you?
681
00:28:58,138 --> 00:28:59,639
Did you ever try to kiss her?
682
00:29:06,780 --> 00:29:08,148
What happened?
683
00:29:25,799 --> 00:29:27,467
Were you guys okay
after that?
684
00:29:27,500 --> 00:29:31,604
I mean, everything
seemed to go on as normal?
685
00:29:31,638 --> 00:29:33,039
Do you know
how she was killed, sir?
686
00:29:50,924 --> 00:29:52,425
Let me just ask you this,
Mr. Vanucci.
687
00:29:52,459 --> 00:29:54,060
Did you kill Danyese?
688
00:29:54,094 --> 00:29:57,097
***
689
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,102
Ralph seems fairly
forthcoming
690
00:30:02,135 --> 00:30:03,603
and owns up to the failed pass
691
00:30:03,636 --> 00:30:05,505
he made at Danyese
days before her murder.
692
00:30:05,538 --> 00:30:08,141
Not to mention that he's
always had an alibi in this case
693
00:30:08,174 --> 00:30:10,677
and that he got a key detail
in this murder wrong.
694
00:30:10,710 --> 00:30:11,911
I don't have anything else.
Mr. Vanucci.
695
00:30:11,945 --> 00:30:13,646
-I appreciate your time.
-Be safe.
696
00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:14,981
-You, too.
-Take care.
697
00:30:15,015 --> 00:30:16,816
Ralph actually thought
that Danyese was shot
698
00:30:16,850 --> 00:30:18,351
in her truck,
but she was actually
699
00:30:18,385 --> 00:30:19,753
driving her husband's car
that evening.
700
00:30:28,561 --> 00:30:30,630
You would think that if
he did actually murder Danyese,
701
00:30:30,663 --> 00:30:32,298
he would remember
what she was driving.
702
00:30:32,332 --> 00:30:34,534
My Spidey sense doesn't tingle
with him at all.
703
00:30:34,567 --> 00:30:36,803
-No.
-I think he's pretty honest.
704
00:30:36,836 --> 00:30:39,005
I just don't see, the way this
happened, that he's involved.
705
00:30:46,880 --> 00:30:48,615
***
706
00:30:48,648 --> 00:30:50,450
Dan Laclair.
Let's do this.
707
00:30:50,483 --> 00:30:52,318
Dan Laclair.
708
00:30:52,352 --> 00:30:55,288
It's been 22 years since
Danyese Laclair
709
00:30:55,321 --> 00:30:58,658
was seemingly pulled out
of her car at gunpoint,
710
00:30:58,692 --> 00:31:01,227
assaulted and
shot to death in a field.
711
00:31:01,261 --> 00:31:02,495
-And since the beginning,
- [line ringing]
712
00:31:02,529 --> 00:31:05,565
the prime suspect
has been her husband, Dan.
713
00:31:05,598 --> 00:31:08,368
Dan was allegedly
home with their children
714
00:31:08,401 --> 00:31:11,071
that night,
but she was cheating on him,
715
00:31:11,104 --> 00:31:13,640
and he acted strangely
after her death,
716
00:31:13,673 --> 00:31:15,842
including kicking
her headstone.
717
00:31:15,875 --> 00:31:18,178
-Hello?
-Hi, Dan.
718
00:31:18,211 --> 00:31:20,313
This is Kevin Kissel with
the Burton Police Department.
719
00:31:20,347 --> 00:31:21,748
-Yeah.
-I'm going over
720
00:31:21,781 --> 00:31:23,316
your wife's case.
721
00:31:23,350 --> 00:31:25,485
You think you'd be able
to stop by my office here?
722
00:31:29,356 --> 00:31:30,657
-Perfect. Thank you, sir.
-Yeah.
723
00:31:30,690 --> 00:31:31,925
All right. Bye bye.
724
00:31:31,958 --> 00:31:34,127
-All right.
-Great.
725
00:31:35,128 --> 00:31:37,997
Dan agreed to come in.
I'm pretty surprised
726
00:31:38,098 --> 00:31:40,333
because he's had fingers
pointed at him for 22 years,
727
00:31:40,367 --> 00:31:41,601
and he's coming anyway.
728
00:31:41,634 --> 00:31:43,336
I'm just hoping that
we can clear up
729
00:31:43,370 --> 00:31:46,006
once and for all
whether he's involved.
730
00:31:46,106 --> 00:31:47,207
Well, come on back in here.
731
00:31:47,240 --> 00:31:48,875
We can have
a private spot to chat.
732
00:31:48,908 --> 00:31:50,377
I do appreciate you coming in.
733
00:31:50,410 --> 00:31:52,412
So the kids
don't want me here now,
734
00:31:52,445 --> 00:31:54,581
but I'd like
to help close this up,
735
00:31:54,614 --> 00:31:56,349
and I'm not worried
about any...
736
00:31:56,383 --> 00:31:58,418
You know, like you said,
there's been fingers pointed
737
00:31:58,451 --> 00:32:00,720
for a lot of ways,
so people's opinions of me,
738
00:32:00,754 --> 00:32:02,922
I really don't give a--
much about.
739
00:32:02,956 --> 00:32:04,724
His kids didn't want him
to come,
740
00:32:04,758 --> 00:32:06,292
but he came anyway.
741
00:32:06,326 --> 00:32:08,962
He's like, "I'm here.
Give me your questions."
742
00:32:09,062 --> 00:32:12,298
I would love to hear
your version from you, Dan,
743
00:32:12,332 --> 00:32:14,401
from your relationship
with your wife
744
00:32:14,434 --> 00:32:16,970
till the events of that night.
745
00:32:17,070 --> 00:32:18,605
You know,
she had just graduated and
746
00:32:18,638 --> 00:32:20,473
was increasing her wage
quite a bit.
747
00:32:20,507 --> 00:32:22,776
-Okay.
-And working at the hospital
748
00:32:22,809 --> 00:32:24,277
around a different class
of people.
749
00:32:24,310 --> 00:32:26,946
-Right.
-She was acting kind of weird
750
00:32:26,980 --> 00:32:29,883
in the way
women will sometimes,
751
00:32:29,916 --> 00:32:32,218
kind of move on and move up
the ladder in a little bit.
752
00:32:32,252 --> 00:32:33,987
I guess that's
what she was doing.
753
00:32:34,087 --> 00:32:36,089
She was somebody else to me.
754
00:32:36,089 --> 00:32:39,092
She wasn't living two lives.
To me she was something else.
755
00:32:39,125 --> 00:32:40,794
-And that's heartbreaking.
-Yeah, I mean--
756
00:32:40,827 --> 00:32:42,629
this is not--
I'm not the only one.
757
00:32:42,662 --> 00:32:44,297
That happens to a lot of guys.
758
00:32:44,330 --> 00:32:45,999
It won't be the first,
won't be the last.
759
00:32:46,099 --> 00:32:48,268
But, you know, finding out
after she's dead like that,
760
00:32:48,301 --> 00:32:50,470
-that is a little different.
-It's a hidden truck, right?
761
00:32:50,503 --> 00:32:52,138
He's still pissed
about the affair, I think.
762
00:32:52,172 --> 00:32:53,406
Oh, yeah.
763
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:55,608
Oh, yeah, he's--
he's very mad.
764
00:32:55,642 --> 00:32:57,410
That day was--it was Easter,
765
00:32:57,444 --> 00:32:59,579
so she went to work
for an afternoon shift.
766
00:32:59,612 --> 00:33:01,648
Yeah. Think she was avoiding me,
doing that stuff...
767
00:33:01,681 --> 00:33:03,149
-You think so?
-we talked about earlier.
768
00:33:03,183 --> 00:33:04,818
Yeah. Think she was
working second shift
769
00:33:04,851 --> 00:33:06,252
just to stay the hell
away from me.
770
00:33:06,286 --> 00:33:07,487
Okay. So you're starting
to, like, kind of
771
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:09,489
-put some pieces together.
-25 years later.
772
00:33:09,522 --> 00:33:10,924
You ever start
to put some [bleep] together?
773
00:33:12,459 --> 00:33:13,927
But at the time, no.
774
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:16,629
So, you know her car
was at the post office,
775
00:33:16,663 --> 00:33:18,631
it was running,
and the door was open.
776
00:33:18,665 --> 00:33:21,468
Knowing her as well as you do,
what would you think happened?
777
00:33:21,501 --> 00:33:23,169
Is there anything about it
778
00:33:23,203 --> 00:33:25,338
got you thinking about
her again that changed your--
779
00:33:25,372 --> 00:33:27,640
Just being yanked out
of a car for no reason.
780
00:33:27,674 --> 00:33:29,809
Just disappeared, you know,
like you said.
781
00:33:29,843 --> 00:33:32,178
That's the part
I don't understand.
782
00:33:32,212 --> 00:33:35,348
Why would that car be running?
Why wouldn't she call?
783
00:33:35,382 --> 00:33:37,217
Why wouldn't she drive away
if somebody--
784
00:33:37,250 --> 00:33:39,319
And so that makes me think
it's somebody she knew.
785
00:33:39,352 --> 00:33:42,455
But I don't think
I completely realized
786
00:33:42,489 --> 00:33:44,891
how very, very serious it was,
787
00:33:44,924 --> 00:33:46,860
standing out there in shock,
and not really sure
788
00:33:46,893 --> 00:33:48,695
-what the hell was going on.
-Sure.
789
00:33:48,728 --> 00:33:51,898
I was still failing
to accept reality.
790
00:33:51,931 --> 00:33:54,234
And then the people
that were looking at me
791
00:33:54,267 --> 00:33:56,236
like I was a guilty
piece of [bleep], in hindsight,
792
00:33:56,269 --> 00:33:57,971
were the ones who knew
Danyese was running around.
793
00:33:59,205 --> 00:34:00,440
Goddamn.
794
00:34:01,741 --> 00:34:04,644
And when did I accept
what went on?
795
00:34:04,678 --> 00:34:06,613
Probably about the time
I kicked her headstone.
796
00:34:07,614 --> 00:34:11,217
Can you tell me the story
around that and why that was?
797
00:34:11,251 --> 00:34:15,689
I then go on to
her cemetery plot quite often.
798
00:34:15,722 --> 00:34:18,324
I just had me a bad moment
at that time
799
00:34:18,358 --> 00:34:19,659
and having to accept
everything
800
00:34:19,693 --> 00:34:21,227
and that she wasn't
what I thought she was
801
00:34:21,261 --> 00:34:22,929
and I kicked her headstone
and broke a picture.
802
00:34:22,962 --> 00:34:24,864
Well, it got some attention,
that's for sure.
803
00:34:24,898 --> 00:34:27,334
Kind of weird that
that made the front page.
804
00:34:27,367 --> 00:34:31,438
Dan still seems genuinely upset
and hurt by Danyese's affair.
805
00:34:31,471 --> 00:34:34,774
However, he is not ashamed
or afraid to talk about it.
806
00:34:34,808 --> 00:34:36,443
I can't tell you
how many cheated-on husbands
807
00:34:36,476 --> 00:34:38,345
I've talked to
that try to play it off
808
00:34:38,378 --> 00:34:41,181
like they actually don't care,
trying to downplay their motive.
809
00:34:41,214 --> 00:34:42,415
Dan is not doing that.
810
00:34:42,449 --> 00:34:43,750
I'm listening to you,
and I understand.
811
00:34:43,783 --> 00:34:45,552
I can see, looking at your eyes,
you're hurt.
812
00:34:45,585 --> 00:34:46,720
But, you know, I want you
to know something.
813
00:34:46,753 --> 00:34:48,355
This wasn't some
big love affair she had.
814
00:34:48,388 --> 00:34:51,458
This was unbelievably tragic
thing that happened
815
00:34:51,491 --> 00:34:53,693
to you and your whole family.
816
00:34:53,727 --> 00:34:57,263
I appreciate the kind thoughts
and everything, but...
817
00:34:57,297 --> 00:34:58,865
that's--that's--
that's where we need to be.
818
00:34:58,898 --> 00:35:00,767
You guys just take care
of handling this case
819
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:03,203
and get her solved
and a trial for her
820
00:35:03,236 --> 00:35:05,739
and that--that, you know,
we'll all be good with that.
821
00:35:07,407 --> 00:35:09,042
After speaking to him,
822
00:35:09,042 --> 00:35:10,610
there's no way
he's a suspect in this case.
823
00:35:10,643 --> 00:35:12,212
The timeline doesn't fit.
824
00:35:12,245 --> 00:35:14,581
He's cooperated with
law enforcement, and granted,
825
00:35:14,614 --> 00:35:16,616
he's a little bit of
a quirky personality,
826
00:35:16,649 --> 00:35:18,051
but when you understand
what he was going through
827
00:35:18,051 --> 00:35:20,153
and just the frustration
of losing your wife
828
00:35:20,186 --> 00:35:23,056
and then finding out
she was having this affair
829
00:35:23,056 --> 00:35:25,792
and he's had to live with
all of that.
830
00:35:25,825 --> 00:35:28,061
Dan,
I got a lot of empathy for.
831
00:35:28,094 --> 00:35:31,297
It's been a rough
bunch of years for that man...
832
00:35:31,331 --> 00:35:33,133
-Yep.
-and that man's family.
833
00:35:33,166 --> 00:35:35,935
I think you could see it
pretty obvious in his face.
834
00:35:35,969 --> 00:35:38,171
I'm confident
after talking with him,
835
00:35:38,204 --> 00:35:40,640
you know, I don't believe
he's responsible.
836
00:35:41,775 --> 00:35:43,610
At this point, it feels
837
00:35:43,643 --> 00:35:45,979
more and more
like Danyese was murdered
838
00:35:46,079 --> 00:35:50,617
by an unknown suspect,
which is horrible news unless
839
00:35:50,650 --> 00:35:54,521
our DNA results can come back
with some great new information.
840
00:35:54,554 --> 00:35:59,092
***
841
00:35:59,125 --> 00:36:01,294
[line ringing]
842
00:36:01,327 --> 00:36:02,662
Hey, Danny.
It's Kevin Kissel.
843
00:36:02,696 --> 00:36:05,565
Do you have any new news
for us this morning?
844
00:36:37,063 --> 00:36:39,065
So the way to work
with it, then, Danny,
845
00:36:39,065 --> 00:36:42,402
is they would
have to find samples
846
00:36:42,435 --> 00:36:44,971
to compare it to directly,
one to one.
847
00:36:46,706 --> 00:36:49,075
This is good news
because we now,
848
00:36:49,075 --> 00:36:53,079
for the very first time,
have a Y-STR profile--
849
00:36:53,113 --> 00:36:56,249
that means it belongs to
a male--that we can work with.
850
00:36:56,282 --> 00:36:59,352
It's not viable
for comparison to CODIS,
851
00:36:59,386 --> 00:37:01,554
or with genealogy databases.
852
00:37:01,588 --> 00:37:04,524
But if anybody comes forward
with information
853
00:37:04,557 --> 00:37:07,360
in the future
about a viable suspect,
854
00:37:07,394 --> 00:37:10,030
investigators can test
with near certainty
855
00:37:10,063 --> 00:37:13,033
if that suspect
is on Danyese's panties.
856
00:37:13,033 --> 00:37:15,068
You got your killer, but
you can't figure out who it is.
857
00:37:15,101 --> 00:37:16,670
Yeah.
858
00:37:16,703 --> 00:37:18,738
I can put out a bulletin
to our local agencies--
859
00:37:18,772 --> 00:37:20,540
"Do you have
any unsolved, open
860
00:37:20,573 --> 00:37:22,575
"sex assault cases
where you have
861
00:37:22,609 --> 00:37:25,211
a Y-STR result that they got?"
862
00:37:33,787 --> 00:37:39,359
***
863
00:37:39,392 --> 00:37:40,393
Good morning, boys.
864
00:37:40,427 --> 00:37:41,861
-Good morning.
-Good morning.
865
00:37:41,895 --> 00:37:45,131
We've definitely made
some progress in Danyese's case.
866
00:37:45,165 --> 00:37:46,766
And even though
it might not be
867
00:37:46,800 --> 00:37:49,135
as much progress
as we would've liked,
868
00:37:49,169 --> 00:37:52,372
we can put some decade-old
suspicions to rest.
869
00:37:52,405 --> 00:37:55,075
So Ralph Vanucci
870
00:37:55,108 --> 00:37:56,976
was initially involved
in this because of
871
00:37:57,077 --> 00:38:00,780
the rumors at the hospital
that Ralph tried to kiss her.
872
00:38:00,814 --> 00:38:02,315
And then
when she rejected him,
873
00:38:02,349 --> 00:38:06,019
did it make him mad enough
to cause a murder to happen?
874
00:38:06,019 --> 00:38:08,154
But y'all asked him about
that specifically, right?
875
00:38:08,188 --> 00:38:10,023
He said, "I reached over
and kissed her on the cheek
876
00:38:10,023 --> 00:38:12,792
"and she turned me down,
and I apologized,
877
00:38:12,826 --> 00:38:14,661
-and I'm embarrassed by that."
-He owned it.
878
00:38:14,694 --> 00:38:16,062
I don't think
he lied about one thing.
879
00:38:16,096 --> 00:38:17,430
No. And he said
that afterwards
880
00:38:17,464 --> 00:38:18,832
they were able to get along
881
00:38:18,865 --> 00:38:20,033
and work together just fine.
882
00:38:20,066 --> 00:38:23,436
Even back then, he was
alibied out by his daughter.
883
00:38:23,470 --> 00:38:25,672
So does everybody agree
we can clear out Ralph Vanucci?
884
00:38:25,705 --> 00:38:27,407
Yes.
885
00:38:27,440 --> 00:38:30,243
So the real question,
for the last 22 years,
886
00:38:30,276 --> 00:38:31,945
Danyese's husband,
Dan Laclair.
887
00:38:32,045 --> 00:38:34,514
Dan's a logical answer, right?
888
00:38:34,547 --> 00:38:37,650
She's having a relationship
outside of their marriage.
889
00:38:37,684 --> 00:38:39,819
So you're going to look at him.
You have to.
890
00:38:39,853 --> 00:38:42,589
And so now, sitting here today,
22 years later...
891
00:38:42,622 --> 00:38:45,792
He showed up.
He wasn't scared to be here.
892
00:38:45,825 --> 00:38:49,295
It's because Dan wants the same
thing we all want--answers.
893
00:38:49,329 --> 00:38:50,296
Yeah, I don't think Dan
had anything to do
894
00:38:50,330 --> 00:38:51,364
with the death of his wife.
895
00:38:51,398 --> 00:38:53,633
You know, Dan's the second
victim of this homicide.
896
00:38:53,667 --> 00:38:56,136
He had to raise
those two kids by himself.
897
00:38:56,169 --> 00:38:58,271
There's no way
in my heart of hearts
898
00:38:58,304 --> 00:38:59,673
I believe
that he killed his wife.
899
00:38:59,706 --> 00:39:02,275
I feel good taking him
off the board, right?
900
00:39:02,308 --> 00:39:03,610
Yes, ma'am.
901
00:39:03,643 --> 00:39:06,212
Dan has always been
cooperative.
902
00:39:06,246 --> 00:39:08,848
He also had an alibi,
903
00:39:08,882 --> 00:39:11,818
and we all believe
that he was completely unaware
904
00:39:11,851 --> 00:39:14,521
of his wife's affair
until after she was dead,
905
00:39:14,554 --> 00:39:16,723
which means
he never had a motive.
906
00:39:16,756 --> 00:39:19,526
And while it feels
really good to clear
907
00:39:19,559 --> 00:39:21,695
Dan's name
once and for all,
908
00:39:21,728 --> 00:39:24,064
it's also very frustrating
to admit
909
00:39:24,097 --> 00:39:27,133
that we still have no idea
who killed Danyese.
910
00:39:27,167 --> 00:39:30,537
So when you're looking for
our unknown suspect,
911
00:39:30,570 --> 00:39:32,672
what are the clues
that are going to help you
912
00:39:32,706 --> 00:39:34,074
try and narrow this down?
913
00:39:34,107 --> 00:39:36,843
You got a car parked
almost to the exit,
914
00:39:36,876 --> 00:39:39,713
running, windows down,
blinkers on.
915
00:39:39,746 --> 00:39:42,749
You see that at traffic stops.
916
00:39:42,782 --> 00:39:44,751
Is it somebody
who approached her
917
00:39:44,784 --> 00:39:46,353
from a position of authority?
918
00:39:46,386 --> 00:39:48,521
A security guard?
A cop?
919
00:39:48,555 --> 00:39:50,857
But I still think a guy
coming up to you
920
00:39:50,890 --> 00:39:53,360
and startling you, just
putting a gun in your face,
921
00:39:53,393 --> 00:39:55,528
even in civilian clothes,
could also do it.
922
00:39:55,562 --> 00:39:56,896
I'm not completely
throwing out
923
00:39:56,930 --> 00:39:57,764
that it's just
a guy with a gun
924
00:39:57,797 --> 00:40:01,167
that's a crazy-ass,
sorry sicko, too.
925
00:40:01,201 --> 00:40:02,736
-Yes, ma'am.
-Yeah.
926
00:40:02,769 --> 00:40:04,904
So we didn't get there,
and, um,
927
00:40:04,938 --> 00:40:06,506
you know
how mad we are about it.
928
00:40:07,774 --> 00:40:11,077
But now,
the real big new thing.
929
00:40:11,111 --> 00:40:15,615
You have a complete
Y-STR profile
930
00:40:15,648 --> 00:40:19,085
that you can use forever
931
00:40:19,119 --> 00:40:23,056
to compare against the male
suspect world and family
932
00:40:23,089 --> 00:40:25,258
of anybody you want to.
933
00:40:25,291 --> 00:40:27,427
Now you got something new
to play with,
934
00:40:27,460 --> 00:40:30,597
to test against, because
it came from the best place
935
00:40:30,630 --> 00:40:32,432
it could have come--
her panties.
936
00:40:32,465 --> 00:40:33,400
-Yes, ma'am.
-I wish we could've gotten
937
00:40:33,433 --> 00:40:35,301
all the way to the end, but
938
00:40:35,335 --> 00:40:37,137
we couldn't
leave it in better hands.
939
00:40:37,170 --> 00:40:40,306
Might take a while,
but we're going to find it.
940
00:40:40,340 --> 00:40:46,279
***
941
00:40:48,648 --> 00:40:50,283
Now you're fixin'
to go talk to Dianne.
942
00:40:50,316 --> 00:40:53,086
Danyese's mom,
about everything.
943
00:40:53,119 --> 00:40:55,255
What are you thinking about
what you're going to say to her?
944
00:40:55,288 --> 00:40:56,823
I'm going to explain to her.
945
00:40:56,856 --> 00:40:59,559
I know the family pointed
the finger at Dan quite a bit,
946
00:40:59,592 --> 00:41:01,161
and I don't believe
947
00:41:01,194 --> 00:41:03,096
he's responsible
for her daughter's death.
948
00:41:03,129 --> 00:41:04,764
Maybe that'll give
her some peace, right?
949
00:41:04,798 --> 00:41:06,332
I hope so.
950
00:41:06,366 --> 00:41:11,938
***
951
00:41:11,971 --> 00:41:13,440
Good morning, Ms. Dianne.
952
00:41:13,473 --> 00:41:15,909
***
953
00:41:15,942 --> 00:41:20,680
* Here's someone
that's close by *
954
00:41:20,714 --> 00:41:23,183
Well, it's been a long week.
955
00:41:23,216 --> 00:41:24,784
We've dove into this case.
956
00:41:24,818 --> 00:41:26,853
We've used every resource
that we can.
957
00:41:26,886 --> 00:41:30,690
Last night, I had
the opportunity to talk to Dan.
958
00:41:30,724 --> 00:41:33,093
After talking with him,
959
00:41:33,126 --> 00:41:36,429
I'm confident that Dan didn't
have anything to do
960
00:41:36,463 --> 00:41:38,698
with your daughter's death.
961
00:41:38,732 --> 00:41:42,168
That makes me
feel a little easier.
962
00:41:42,202 --> 00:41:45,839
It's been hard
with all the uncertainty.
963
00:41:45,872 --> 00:41:47,841
I know. I know.
964
00:41:47,874 --> 00:41:50,977
Maybe your family can
get back together again
965
00:41:51,011 --> 00:41:52,512
and everybody can
get along a little better.
966
00:41:52,545 --> 00:41:55,548
-I hope we put them at ease.
-Yes. Yes.
967
00:41:55,582 --> 00:41:59,686
I feel relief that people
are being eliminated.
968
00:41:59,719 --> 00:42:04,624
I feel like some of
the weight has been lifted
969
00:42:04,657 --> 00:42:08,061
and we can come
together on this
970
00:42:08,061 --> 00:42:13,066
and do the justice
that she needs.
971
00:42:13,099 --> 00:42:14,501
That's what we want.
972
00:42:14,534 --> 00:42:16,469
I don't know who did it yet,
973
00:42:16,503 --> 00:42:20,740
but we were able to get
a Y-STR DNA sample.
974
00:42:20,774 --> 00:42:24,811
Now, when I find a suspect,
I can match that up
975
00:42:24,844 --> 00:42:28,882
and I can confirm if that person
did or did not do it.
976
00:42:28,915 --> 00:42:31,351
I'm not going to stop
until we find this guy.
977
00:42:31,384 --> 00:42:33,153
That's what I want.
978
00:42:33,186 --> 00:42:35,088
I went closure.
979
00:42:35,088 --> 00:42:37,724
-She's your baby,
-Yes, she was.
980
00:42:37,757 --> 00:42:40,193
And you want justice.
981
00:42:40,226 --> 00:42:42,228
-You want to find who did it.
-Justice, right.
982
00:42:44,230 --> 00:42:47,367
Well, you couldn't have a better
man on your side than him.
983
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:48,835
-Okay.
-It was wonderful meeting you.
984
00:42:49,903 --> 00:42:53,239
We've never had a case
just like this before.
985
00:42:53,273 --> 00:42:56,109
The good news is this case
can still be solved.
986
00:42:56,142 --> 00:42:58,678
-Thank you so much.
-Yes, ma'am.
987
00:42:58,712 --> 00:43:03,183
If you have any information
about who is responsible
988
00:43:03,216 --> 00:43:06,920
for the murder of Danyese
Laclair on April 24,
989
00:43:06,953 --> 00:43:10,090
someone who lived in,
worked in,
990
00:43:10,123 --> 00:43:13,193
or frequented
the Burton, Michigan area,
991
00:43:13,226 --> 00:43:17,263
who may have been a person
of authority, a security guard,
992
00:43:17,297 --> 00:43:19,232
or worked
around law enforcement,
993
00:43:19,265 --> 00:43:22,202
wore or owned a gold ring
994
00:43:22,235 --> 00:43:24,571
like the one
found near her body,
995
00:43:24,604 --> 00:43:28,475
and had access
to a 9mm firearm,
996
00:43:28,508 --> 00:43:31,711
please contact
the Burton Police Department.
997
00:43:31,745 --> 00:43:34,781
They likely
have her killer's DNA.
998
00:43:34,814 --> 00:43:37,384
What they don't
have is his name.
999
00:43:37,417 --> 00:43:43,356
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