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up next
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a hairdresser is attacked in her own
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salon
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it's a male fist against a female face
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is it personal he had its person only
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one of them got out alive it was the
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most frustrating case i have ever dealt
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with there is forensic evidence but it
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doesn't match any of the suspects the
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fingerprint was never identified i
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really don't think that they're going to
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catch you the case goes cold until an
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auto mechanic comes forward with a
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secret
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there was something inside it said it
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still ain't right
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he's going to commit one of the most
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brutal murders in the history of
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spartanburg county for what reason why
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on a warm july night in 1995
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a south carolina woman was waiting for
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her ride home and witnessed a bizarre
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incident
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she saw a man jump through the window of
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a hair salon and run away
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the witness immediately called police
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the deputy arrived thinking okay i'm
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going to investigate a burglary at this
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beauty salon
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goes in
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and it's completely dark he has a
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flashlight
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training the beam of the flashlight
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around walking
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looking seeing nothing but in the back
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room
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he found a woman on the floor
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murdered
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it had to be a very chilling discovery
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the killer had used a
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strap tied it around her neck and then
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hung her from a hot water heater
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robbery was not demoted her purse was
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left behind there was money still in the
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cash register
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her car was left behind
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it appeared that the motive probably was
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sexual related
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the victim was identified as 27 year old
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dana satterfield the owner of the hair
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salon
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she was the mother of two young children
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she had worked in the hair business for
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seven years i want to say she'd been in
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that shop three to four when i say shop
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it was a converted mobile home that was
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made into a beauty salon
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the murder happened sometime around 8 30
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when the shop was still open although
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the log book indicated no one was
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scheduled for an appointment
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i think that she would usually try to
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get out of there before it get dark
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but it wasn't uncommon for her to work
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that late
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the witness diane harris described the
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man as white about five feet nine inches
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tall and wearing jeans and a gray
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t-shirt
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she was very good on
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height
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obviously race is important to rule out
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a large segment of the population based
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on the witness's facial description a
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police artist created a composite sketch
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which was distributed to the media
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another witness reported seeing a
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suspicious vehicle in the area he sees a
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blue and white ford bronco part at a
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business he notices this because he
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worked at this that this business
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himself
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the business was closed and he knew that
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vehicle probably shouldn't be there
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inside the salon
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police dusted for fingerprints and they
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concentrated on the water heater where
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the killer strapped dana's body
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it's a very smooth hard finish and
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powder it was bring them up real clear
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and
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you can lift them very easily off of a
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surface like that
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they found one print that was very clear
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there was a detective who said whoever
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this print belongs to is definitely the
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killer
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i'm thinking god definitely it's a
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strong word
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how do you know that and then this is
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the way the knot was todd you had to put
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your hand there to do it
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in a surprising development
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the print on the water heater matched
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dana's estranged husband
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mike satterfield
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the couple who had two young children
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were recently separated
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all indications from the crime scene
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would be that the assailant knew dana it
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was
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angry and personal and
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vicious and vindictive
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did dana's husband
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have an alibi
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based on the evidence
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investigators believe that the killer
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entered dana satterfield's hair salon
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shortly before closing
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locked the door turned out the lights
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dragged her into the utility room where
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he strangled her to death
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to have a mother of two
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killed in this way
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staged the way that her body was staged
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left in that degraded state
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the guys that i know that worked on the
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case
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come hell or high water they're going to
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solve it
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at the autopsy
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the medical examiner concluded the cause
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of death was
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strangulation
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and a rape test kit found evidence of
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sexual assault once they were able to
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generate a profile that's when everyone
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started looking for a possible
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suspect
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her
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body was the
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primary and best crime scene
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that we had
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followed by the bathroom itself
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investigators found a fingerprint on the
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water heater next to dana's body it
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belonged to dana's estranged husband
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mike
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we had actually had a few problems and
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she had actually been living a half a
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mile from here
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the kids were staying here and she was
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staying there
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when questioned by police mike claimed
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he was with his children at the time of
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the murder
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because we were with him that night of
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course when he got the phone call we
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talked to her and then he took us up
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there
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so i mean i knew there's no way
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that my dad did it or had anything to do
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with it
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and there was a perfectly logical
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explanation for mike's prince to be
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there
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he did all the repair work
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i just put that water heater in there i
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done all the maintenance up there i took
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care of
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everything there's
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zero
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nada not one
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scintilla of evidence that mike
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saterville had anything to do with this
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crime
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done
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and it was clear
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that mike satterfield did not fit the
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description of the man the eyewitness
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saw jumping through the salon window
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he's an enormous man with all due
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respect to him he couldn't get out that
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window there'd be a hole in the side of
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the mobile home if mike tried to get out
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the one and he'd tell you the same thing
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in a search for suspects
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investigators found other fingerprints
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at the crime scene
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one
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in dana's blood
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all were submitted to the statewide
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fingerprint database
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has all the fingerprints of all the
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prisoners that's been arrested in south
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carolina and we take a picture of the
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fingerprint bring it up on the computer
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screen
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investigators were certain the bloody
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fingerprint would provide a lead
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unfortunately there were no matches
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the fingerprint was never identified
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and and there was prob there's no
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telling how many they ran through how
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many people they checked on that
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investigators with strong backgrounds
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and working these type of crimes were
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brought in for this type case
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the search for the white and blue ford
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bronco turned up plenty of possibilities
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and it's incredibly distinctive saw
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blade rims blue and white ford bronco
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it's not unique but it's rare i would
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think that that was a pretty distinctive
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car but apparently there are more of
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those than i would have imagined
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police checked them all out but all were
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dead ends every single time me and my
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brother saw a bronco pass by
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we had to call it in we had to tell my
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dad daddy we saw bronco you need a call
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as leads dwindled
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the case gradually turned cold
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and the year went by
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with no new developments
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then police got a break
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a prison inmate told authorities that
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his cellmate
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29 year old russell trevor quinn
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often spoke of dana satterfield it was
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something about how attractive dana was
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believe it or not lots of folks in
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prison
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try to swap information for
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a reduction in charges or less prison
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time
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um
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interestingly enough and his cellmate
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didn't keep that confidence he reported
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it to law enforcement
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quinn was incarcerated for a crime that
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bore a marked similarity to dana's
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murder he also was in prison for raping
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a woman and tying her and tying her to a
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tree
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quinn was free at the time of dana's
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murder and fit the eyewitness
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description of the killer
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the police got his mug shot put it in a
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photo lineup showed it to diane harris
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as you will remember was our lone
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eyewitness
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diane actually picked russell trevor
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quinn out of a photo lineup as being the
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person that she came in contact with
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one of dana's friends says i've seen
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this man in the shop before the police
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are able to put him in a car not
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dissimilar to the one seen near the
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scene
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but this turned out to be another dead
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end when his dna didn't match the
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biological evidence from the crime scene
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russell trevor quinn was a hopeful
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moment for the detectives i mean he he's
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what you're looking for in terms of
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of a suspect
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he just didn't do it
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and the case went cold for the next 10
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years
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until
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dana satterfield's daughter
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helped solve the case
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no statute of limitations on murder
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cases and they're never officially
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closed but with each passing year
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unsolved cases get more difficult to
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solve
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that was true of the dana satterfield
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murder it was the most frustrating case
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i have ever dealt with
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for 10 years detectives rick gregory and
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thomas smith continued to work the case
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following potential leads i think most
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english homicide investigators have a
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case that really sticks with them
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probably more than any other case there
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was two banker boxes full of leads so
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there was an excess of 400 leads
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and the satterfield family never gave up
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either no people come up to me actually
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if they called him yet or they heard
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anything and i'm like you know i just
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don't i know that they're still working
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on the case but i just i really don't
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think that they're going to catch him
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because i really didn't think they would
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ashley satterfield was eight years old
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when her mother was killed
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now she was 18 in college and trying to
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move on with her life
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one day ashley took her car in for
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repairs
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and those repairs changed the course of
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the investigation well this girl came in
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with a little red honda and she got her
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oil changed and i was like man she was
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just in here a couple weeks ago and they
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said yeah that's actually satterfield
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and you know dana setterfeld they got
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murdered in roebuck well that's her
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daughter i was like her daughter and
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yeah i said i didn't know she had kids
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this man who wanted to remain anonymous
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is an automobile mechanic
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he knew something about dana
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satterfield's murder or at least
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thought he did
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just by seeing ashley and her being her
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mother i had to give them some closure
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ten years earlier when the auto mechanic
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was in high school his friend jonathan
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vick gave him a ride home
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vic was driving a white ford bronco with
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blue trim
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like the one parked near the crime scene
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i'm gonna go get a haircut tonight
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a haircut he said he's gonna go get his
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hair cut and i was like where are you
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gonna get your haircut this time i'm
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gonna go he said dana's saying
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i never knew her last night
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it's so hot man
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i guess
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and vic said
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he was interested in more than a haircut
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he would talk about how pretty she was
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and what he would like to do as far as
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sexual wise and things like that
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i'm gonna ask her out
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you're gonna ask her on a date yeah so
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you serious
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yes
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when i laughed at him he
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got upset with me he said you
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well you don't think i have a chance i
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just laughed it's like man whatever
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later
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when he saw news reports about dana
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satterfield's murder he wondered if
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jonathan vick was involved
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if you ask him say he really didn't
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believe that he did it
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couldn't believe it wouldn't believe it
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here's a 17 year old with no record
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that you counted as one of your best
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friends
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and he's going to commit one of the most
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brutal murders in the history of
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spartanburg county
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for what reason why
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just after dana's murder
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this man claims he called police
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anonymously and told them about his
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conversation with jonathan vick
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he also told them vic was driving a
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white ford bronco
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at the time
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police questioned jonathan vick and his
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mother aggressively
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investigators questioned her on six
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different occasions about the vehicle
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you know where was it that night who was
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using it and the family was getting
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tired of people asking them
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was this your bronco here is this your
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your vehicle and they even went to the
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links of making a homemade sign that
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said this is not the vehicle and putting
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it on the bronco
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as it traveled down the road that's how
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that's how many people were calling
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about it
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police even tried to get a court order
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for jonathan vick's dna but the court
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refused on the grounds that driving a
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vehicle like the one seen near the crime
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scene was insufficient probable cause
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where's the probable cause on jonathan
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vick
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at this time
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it doesn't exist
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so police dropped their investigation of
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jonathan vick
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there was a time where i figured well
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maybe you know they have cleared him but
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there was something inside that said it
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still ain't right something it's just
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not right
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so now
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ten years later
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this man jonathan vick's friend called
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police again
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insisting that they investigate vic for
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dana satterfield's murder
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and just like before i didn't want to
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get my name
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but without his name
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police couldn't get a court order to
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obtain
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jonathan vick's dna sample
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so police were right back where they
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started and they had to wonder what was
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this man really hiding
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after waiting ten long years
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prosecutors now had a witness who
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claimed he knew what happened on the
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night of dana satterfield's murder
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the witness said
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seventeen-year-old jonathan vick offered
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him a ride home from school
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vic said he was going to dana salon for
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a haircut
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vic also admitted he fantasized about
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dana a woman 10 years his senior and
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said he planned to ask her out on a date
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vic entered dana's salon
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around 8 30 p.m
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it was almost closing time
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prosecutors believe vic made a sexual
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advance and dana refused perhaps she
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thought he was kidding
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that's when vic
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locked the door
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turned out the lights
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and attacked
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[Music]
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in addition to sexual assault he
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strangled her to death
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[Music]
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for reasons no one can understand
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he decided to leave through the window
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which caught the attention of the
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witness
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diane harris
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she got a good look at him
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the composite sketch from this brief
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encounter was remarkably accurate pretty
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close to exactly what jonathan vick
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looks like the hair there was some issue
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as to whether the hair was light or dark
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we had to go find some witnesses that
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said vic used to tip his hair back then
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as to why vick's prints weren't found in
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the salon investigators say it happens
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more often than people think just
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because someone touches something
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doesn't mean that that that you have
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left to print it it has a lot to do with
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the amount of oil on your skin at the
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time and the surface that you're
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touching
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eventually the anonymous informant
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explained why he had waited all these
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years to come forward
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he said
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vic threatened to kill him if he ever
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told police what he knew about the
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murder
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he didn't tell me what he did he said if
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you tell anybody i'll kill you he knew
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that
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i knew that he was going over there
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he also realized ten years later
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that he had a responsibility to the
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satterfield family
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so he gave police his name
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michael pace
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that does not keep me from being
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extraordinarily frustrated with him
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but to his credit he accepted
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responsibility he was a very very good
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witness
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and police got their court order for
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vick's dna sample michael pace is the
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probable cause that allowed us to get
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jonathan vick's dna
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clearly
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unequivocally
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michael pace is how we got his dna
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jonathan vick was still living in south
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carolina after serving two years in the
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marines all that matters
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he'd had well over 15 different jobs he
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was getting fired or asked to leave
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because of um
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his inability to get along with his
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co-workers or his
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supervisors vic also had some brushes
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with the law
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he had two arrests one was a domestic
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violence which was dismissed and there
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was a malicious injury which is
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basically a vandalism that was dismissed
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now a husband and father of an infant
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daughter vic denied any involvement in
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dana satterfield's murder at the time of
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the arrest he basically told us he never
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knew
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jonathan vick's dna
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matched the biological evidence from the
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rape test kit gathered at dana's autopsy
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a 900 million to one match
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i was relieved because that particular
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case had been sitting on my desk for 10
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years
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i was relieved that there was a match
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every time you see a poster or see an
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article or
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watch tv or on the news or anything
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about the case it just it bothered me
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and now it's over with i feel a lot
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better
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investigators believe
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dana satterfield was vic's first victim
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but possibly
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not his last
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there was another acquaintance of
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jonathan vicks heather renee sellers who
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mysteriously disappeared
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she's been missing for several years
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ms sellers was actually engaged to him
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only weeks prior to her disappearance
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seller's car was found at the bottom of
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a river her case is still open
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in november of 2005
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jonathan vick was convicted of dana
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satterfield's murder and sentenced to
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life in prison
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it was guilty guilty guilty all 12
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guilty i mean they all they all knew
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with you yeah
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i'll never forget
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the words that he chose because
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after all of this
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there was still such an arrogance almost
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or
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how can you accuse me
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this innocent man that i am
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how can they convict me of this dana's
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murderer is still free
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that i wasn't
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she
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she did not get done yesterday and then
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the judge said you're going to prison
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for the rest of your life
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i have no sympathy for him or his mother
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or his wife or anyone in his family i
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have no sympathy for none of them
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because they all thought that i still
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think that he's innocent and they know
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that he's guilty his mother knew that he
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was guilty she knew
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and she held back on that
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he's a pathological maniacal
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liar
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and
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i don't like him
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but he received a fair draw
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you
