Amanda Knox

To reiterate, the Hawaii Innocence Project started working with Steve Kramer on February 7th, and Steve Kramer provided results 19 days later. In a case that has ruined so much and taken decades of life and freedom away from so many, it took only weeks for everything to change. I'm Amanda Knox, and this is 3. Chapter 7, Hiding in Plain Sight.

To reiterate, the Hawaii Innocence Project started working with Steve Kramer on February 7th, and Steve Kramer provided results 19 days later. In a case that has ruined so much and taken decades of life and freedom away from so many, it took only weeks for everything to change. I'm Amanda Knox, and this is 3. Chapter 7, Hiding in Plain Sight.

In two weeks, Steve Kramer knew more about their suspect than ever before.

In two weeks, Steve Kramer knew more about their suspect than ever before.

It wasn't Ian Schweitzer. Or Sean Schweitzer. Or Frank Pauline Jr. Not even the prison priest, Frank Nazario, Anthony Torres, or Roy Santos, who if you think all the way back to episode two, were at the top of the suspect pool for a minute there, albeit for different reasons. The name didn't end with Gonsalves either.

It wasn't Ian Schweitzer. Or Sean Schweitzer. Or Frank Pauline Jr. Not even the prison priest, Frank Nazario, Anthony Torres, or Roy Santos, who if you think all the way back to episode two, were at the top of the suspect pool for a minute there, albeit for different reasons. The name didn't end with Gonsalves either.

This name was actually nowhere to be found on any list held by law enforcement, the prosecutor's office, or the Hawaii Innocence Project. This guy wasn't on anybody's radar for the past 32 years. Remember, they don't have a DNA match yet, but via ancestry information and research through public records and social media, they've got a very likely suspect, a 57-year-old man named Albert Laurel Jr.

This name was actually nowhere to be found on any list held by law enforcement, the prosecutor's office, or the Hawaii Innocence Project. This guy wasn't on anybody's radar for the past 32 years. Remember, they don't have a DNA match yet, but via ancestry information and research through public records and social media, they've got a very likely suspect, a 57-year-old man named Albert Laurel Jr.

He'd spent the last three decades building a life with a wife and kids while Ian Schweitzer sat in a prison cell and while Sean Schweitzer took to life in the shadows.

He'd spent the last three decades building a life with a wife and kids while Ian Schweitzer sat in a prison cell and while Sean Schweitzer took to life in the shadows.

Back in the 1990s, Albert Laurel Jr. was living only two miles from the crime scene. He was known to fish along the isolated trail Dana's body was found on. He also drove a pickup truck, which people long suspected was the vehicle that struck Dana, not a VW Bug. He would have been 25 at the time of Dana's murder.

Back in the 1990s, Albert Laurel Jr. was living only two miles from the crime scene. He was known to fish along the isolated trail Dana's body was found on. He also drove a pickup truck, which people long suspected was the vehicle that struck Dana, not a VW Bug. He would have been 25 at the time of Dana's murder.

No one from law enforcement to anyone's knowledge or in any of the case files ever talked to Albert, a member of his family, or even knocked on his door during a traditional neighborhood canvas.

No one from law enforcement to anyone's knowledge or in any of the case files ever talked to Albert, a member of his family, or even knocked on his door during a traditional neighborhood canvas.

After Steve Kramer and Steve Bush get their lead, they contact the FBI, who are working alongside the Hawaii Police Department, with the results. From there, the FBI's genealogy team would take the next steps.

After Steve Kramer and Steve Bush get their lead, they contact the FBI, who are working alongside the Hawaii Police Department, with the results. From there, the FBI's genealogy team would take the next steps.

Between February and July of 2024, the Hawaii Police Department tries to cross their T's and dot their I's, and they want to conduct additional testing. So with the advice of Steve Kramer, they decide to go track down Albert Laurel Jr. and tail him for a bit, until they are able to do a trash grab and snag one of his forks. That will enable them to develop a full DNA profile for Laurel Jr.

Between February and July of 2024, the Hawaii Police Department tries to cross their T's and dot their I's, and they want to conduct additional testing. So with the advice of Steve Kramer, they decide to go track down Albert Laurel Jr. and tail him for a bit, until they are able to do a trash grab and snag one of his forks. That will enable them to develop a full DNA profile for Laurel Jr.

and see if it matches the DNA profile of unknown male number one. In the meantime, Ken Lawson and everyone else at the Hawaii Innocence Project has to keep their mouths shut and not tell anyone about this new lead. Even their clients, Ian and Sean.

and see if it matches the DNA profile of unknown male number one. In the meantime, Ken Lawson and everyone else at the Hawaii Innocence Project has to keep their mouths shut and not tell anyone about this new lead. Even their clients, Ian and Sean.