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we developed a profile on mr. Dripps and we started to develop kind of a pattern
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on him of what his day was like what his routine was and we were looking for a way to get that biological sample the
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plan was to go out and surreptitiously collect his DNA just to verify that we had the right person so send another
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detective team this time to Caldwell it was a lot of hours of sitting in your car and just waiting just always on this
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edge of your seat waiting for that thing to happen that was gonna you know give us what we needed what we wanted but he
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threw a cigarette butt out of the window of his truck by the time the detectors ran out into the road more cars had
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driven by and blown the cigarette butt a little bit and there were a whole bunch
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of cigarette butts on the ground and we couldn't tell which one belong to who we
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thought we had it and like anything its success isn't isn't as great unless you taste a little bit of defeat I think
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they had to go back to surveillance mode they watched and followed for about another 24 hours before they got another
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crack added another cigarette butt went out a window they were prepared for it this time prepared to get it and make
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sure it was the right ones they were able to collect that cigarette but then we sent out back to the state lab and
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they confirmed that the biological sample that we've taken surreptitiously from Brian drips was a match for the
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biological evidence it was left at the crime scene