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How you doing? And so in September 2010, Detective Stepp pays a visit to Paul White at a maximum security prison in Fulton, Missouri, where he's serving time for forgery.
And will that touch DNA evidence be enough to get that confession.
And will that touch DNA evidence be enough to get that confession.
I'm getting taped and stuff, and I don't know what to... More than two years after Bob Eidman was robbed and murdered in his own insurance office, test results on trace DNA taken from his back pocket are in. And there's a match.
I'm getting taped and stuff, and I don't know what to... More than two years after Bob Eidman was robbed and murdered in his own insurance office, test results on trace DNA taken from his back pocket are in. And there's a match.
What did you learn that person's name was? Paul White. As investigators dig deeper into Paul White's background, they uncover a possible connection to Bob. It's been hiding in plain sight.
What did you learn that person's name was? Paul White. As investigators dig deeper into Paul White's background, they uncover a possible connection to Bob. It's been hiding in plain sight.
Among those files is an application for auto insurance. Two names are listed, Sherry White and her husband, Paul White. Paul White's wife's file was on Bob's desk? Yes, sir.
Among those files is an application for auto insurance. Two names are listed, Sherry White and her husband, Paul White. Paul White's wife's file was on Bob's desk? Yes, sir.
Investigators quickly clear Sherry White as a suspect in Bob Eidman's murder. With the trail of evidence now leading directly to Paul White, Detective Stepp decides it's time to meet face to face. This is where the magic happens. It doesn't look all that magical, does it? No, it doesn't. What happens to people when they come into a room like this?
Investigators quickly clear Sherry White as a suspect in Bob Eidman's murder. With the trail of evidence now leading directly to Paul White, Detective Stepp decides it's time to meet face to face. This is where the magic happens. It doesn't look all that magical, does it? No, it doesn't. What happens to people when they come into a room like this?
Since Paul White is already serving a prison sentence for an unrelated forgery charge, he's literally a captive audience. Let's go back and talk about some of your strategy as you were going to talk to Paul White.
Since Paul White is already serving a prison sentence for an unrelated forgery charge, he's literally a captive audience. Let's go back and talk about some of your strategy as you were going to talk to Paul White.
Are you thinking the long game at this point, or do you think he's going to start telling you stuff that he knows at that first interview?
Are you thinking the long game at this point, or do you think he's going to start telling you stuff that he knows at that first interview?
Again and again during that first interrogation, you tell him, I've got your DNA. I mean, you must have told him, what, 10 or 15 times in the course of that conversation, right?
Again and again during that first interrogation, you tell him, I've got your DNA. I mean, you must have told him, what, 10 or 15 times in the course of that conversation, right?
The registration on the vehicle was out of date? That's correct. Who was the driver of the car?