Kendall Rae

Turns out he had a blue truck.

And not only that, it was a blue truck with mismatched tires, just like the car that was at the scene.

And while they were searching the truck, they ended up finding a lot of blood.

There were drops of blood on the floor of the car, on a tarp that was in the trunk of the car, and also on a tire and the wheel well.

But it didn't stop there.

Blood was also found on a pair of Kunuk sneakers and one of his rifles.

And on top of all of that, he had scratches on his back.

So based on all of this, you would think that Kunuk was Sonia's killer.

And investigators were starting to think that as well.

But he insisted right from the jump that he had nothing to do with it.

and that he hadn't seen her in weeks.

As for all that blood, he had an explanation for it.

He said that he was out of town on a hunting trip on the night that Sonia disappeared.

And he said that while he was out, he had either hit a rabbit or a porcupine with his car, and he ended up hitting it in its head to put it out of its misery, which is how blood ended up on his shoes and his rifle.

He also stated that those scratches on his back were from his ex-girlfriend.

Now,

Investigators, at first, they were not buying this at all.

They were pretty confident that forensic testing was going to show that the blood was actually Sonja's, not a random animal.

But shockingly, Kunik was telling the truth.

All of that blood was confirmed to be animal blood.