David Muir

And before long, an arrest in the Kathy Swartz case is announced. But if investigators think they've got their guy, a rude awakening is ahead. Kathy Swartz's daughter Courtney, the baby left standing in her crib after her mother was brutally murdered, is a mother herself now.

And she and her four children have stayed in Three Rivers, Michigan, finding comfort in a mother that she lost when she was just a baby.

And she and her four children have stayed in Three Rivers, Michigan, finding comfort in a mother that she lost when she was just a baby.

Back in 1988, police believed they found the perpetrator who brutally murdered Courtney's mother, the man whose nickname was scrawled across her refrigerator, her ex-boyfriend, Troy Schultes.

Back in 1988, police believed they found the perpetrator who brutally murdered Courtney's mother, the man whose nickname was scrawled across her refrigerator, her ex-boyfriend, Troy Schultes.

Without any kind of solid alibi and now under a cloud of suspicion, Troy is arrested, he's charged, and he pleads not guilty.

Without any kind of solid alibi and now under a cloud of suspicion, Troy is arrested, he's charged, and he pleads not guilty.

So with the investigation now back at square one, the Three Rivers Police Department, they refocused on matching the fingerprint and the footprint found at the crime scene to the killer.

So with the investigation now back at square one, the Three Rivers Police Department, they refocused on matching the fingerprint and the footprint found at the crime scene to the killer.

And as DNA technology improves, law enforcement, they continue to work the case.

And as DNA technology improves, law enforcement, they continue to work the case.

And of course, it doesn't. As the years continue to pass, the mystery and the collateral damage for this whole community only grew.

And of course, it doesn't. As the years continue to pass, the mystery and the collateral damage for this whole community only grew.

So every December 2nd represents another year without justice for Courtney and her grandparents.

So every December 2nd represents another year without justice for Courtney and her grandparents.

It's been 25 years, but remembering hasn't gotten any easier for David Swartz.

It's been 25 years, but remembering hasn't gotten any easier for David Swartz.

Eventually, the Three Rivers Police Department decided to partner with the Michigan State Police. They're convinced that with advances in DNA testing technology, that the Kathy Swartz case can finally be solved.

Eventually, the Three Rivers Police Department decided to partner with the Michigan State Police. They're convinced that with advances in DNA testing technology, that the Kathy Swartz case can finally be solved.

And then three years ago, Othram, a forensics lab in Texas, now enters the picture. a promising something everyone close to the Kathy Swartz case has waited decades for, answers.