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He agreed to take a polygraph and give a DNA sample. Police later concluded he was just out for a jog that morning.
He agreed to take a polygraph and give a DNA sample. Police later concluded he was just out for a jog that morning.
It was another unfortunate dead end in a case that seemed to be slowing down. Even the DNA found on the murder weapon offered no help.
It was another unfortunate dead end in a case that seemed to be slowing down. Even the DNA found on the murder weapon offered no help.
And all those other items sampled at the crime scene never led to a forensic profile of the killer. Investigators were growing frustrated.
And all those other items sampled at the crime scene never led to a forensic profile of the killer. Investigators were growing frustrated.
Are you starting to think, my sister's case may never get solved?
Are you starting to think, my sister's case may never get solved?
As years kept passing, the police were fighting against time. Investigators retired. Witnesses left town. The maintenance man from the apartment complex, Marty Annell, died by suicide in 2009. And Michael Vann, the guy Anita was texting right before her death, passed away that same year. Just the sheer passage of time was taking away people who possibly knew something about this. That's correct.
As years kept passing, the police were fighting against time. Investigators retired. Witnesses left town. The maintenance man from the apartment complex, Marty Annell, died by suicide in 2009. And Michael Vann, the guy Anita was texting right before her death, passed away that same year. Just the sheer passage of time was taking away people who possibly knew something about this. That's correct.
Police came to believe that Marty and Michael were not involved in the murder, and the same went for Anita's friend Tyler. Police learned he'd been playing those video games with a friend, and he struck investigators as genuine.
Police came to believe that Marty and Michael were not involved in the murder, and the same went for Anita's friend Tyler. Police learned he'd been playing those video games with a friend, and he struck investigators as genuine.
What did you think of him? A well-meaning person. So there were a lot of people who were pointing at you.
What did you think of him? A well-meaning person. So there were a lot of people who were pointing at you.
As possible suspects fell away, it did little to ease the suffering of those who loved Anita. Not for her friends, her family, and especially not for her little brother Daniel. One day, in the spring of 2013, six years after Anita's death, her sister Anna got a call that would, once again, shatter her life.
As possible suspects fell away, it did little to ease the suffering of those who loved Anita. Not for her friends, her family, and especially not for her little brother Daniel. One day, in the spring of 2013, six years after Anita's death, her sister Anna got a call that would, once again, shatter her life.
Zach was Anna's then-boyfriend, now-husband.
Zach was Anna's then-boyfriend, now-husband.