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In a matter of like a year, he went from an endless pool of suspects to three. Now, as it turns out, both Steven and
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David were deceased at this point. They both died after Jod's murder, so that doesn't rule them out, but it does make
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getting their DNA slightly more challenging, >> or at least it might have. You see,
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Steven passed away in an accident in 2017, which meant that his DNA was actually still on file at the medical
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examiner's office. So they get it, they run it, and it's not Steven. As for the dad, Robert, he was totally estranged
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from his sons and living in a different area at the time of the murder. Plus, just looking at his age and capability,
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like they didn't think they were necessarily compatible with the specific manner of the crime,
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>> which really like if they're going to look at anyone, their next person they want to look at is David.
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Now, they find out he passed away in 2011, and his DNA is nowhere to be found, but he does have an ex-wife and
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an 18-year-old son that are both still living right there in Carlsbad. So, Co gets this idea to have the lab do a sort
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of paternity test where they could use the ex-wife's DNA, the son's DNA to basically reconstruct David's. But
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obviously like he's going to need permission for that. >> And at this point, no one in the Mabrito
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family even knows that police are like going down this road. Can you imagine like the police showing up at your door
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and being like, "Hey, we think your ex-husband did this absolutely horrific thing 10 years ago if you knew about