Juror Aaron Ellis

And then they found out something that changed the course of the investigation. Shara was known professionally as the gene hunter and already skilled at working these cases. She'd identified one of the women buried along Interstate Highway 45 in the Texas Killing Fields case. And she agreed to lend her expertise. I told him that I was willing to help.

And then they found out something that changed the course of the investigation. Shara was known professionally as the gene hunter and already skilled at working these cases. She'd identified one of the women buried along Interstate Highway 45 in the Texas Killing Fields case. And she agreed to lend her expertise. I told him that I was willing to help.

And then they found out something that changed the course of the investigation. Shara was known professionally as the gene hunter and already skilled at working these cases. She'd identified one of the women buried along Interstate Highway 45 in the Texas Killing Fields case. And she agreed to lend her expertise. I told him that I was willing to help.

Even if it meant taking a hard look at her own relatives.

Even if it meant taking a hard look at her own relatives.

Even if it meant taking a hard look at her own relatives.

It was a complicated, multilayered process using publicly available DNA, birth and death records, finding parents, siblings and cousins.

It was a complicated, multilayered process using publicly available DNA, birth and death records, finding parents, siblings and cousins.

It was a complicated, multilayered process using publicly available DNA, birth and death records, finding parents, siblings and cousins.

The tree grew up and down and sideways. There were almost 7,500 names.

The tree grew up and down and sideways. There were almost 7,500 names.

The tree grew up and down and sideways. There were almost 7,500 names.

All the while, Tina hardly slept, working through most nights knowing there was a killer still out there.

All the while, Tina hardly slept, working through most nights knowing there was a killer still out there.

All the while, Tina hardly slept, working through most nights knowing there was a killer still out there.

Hunkered down at their computers day after day, constantly back and forth on the phone, Tina Llewellyn and genealogist Cheryl LaPointe are quickly becoming great partners.

Hunkered down at their computers day after day, constantly back and forth on the phone, Tina Llewellyn and genealogist Cheryl LaPointe are quickly becoming great partners.

Hunkered down at their computers day after day, constantly back and forth on the phone, Tina Llewellyn and genealogist Cheryl LaPointe are quickly becoming great partners.

Best buds. I don't know what else to say. And when they needed DNA, they turned to Tina's husband, Aaron, and Texas Ranger Brandon Bess.

Best buds. I don't know what else to say. And when they needed DNA, they turned to Tina's husband, Aaron, and Texas Ranger Brandon Bess.