Mindy Montford

And I knew that Dan was going to be taking a look at this case from a different viewpoint.

And he did know about the case.

He also grew up here in Central Texas, and he remembered it as a young boy.

And I do want to say, over the years,

The Austin Police Department has had several dedicated detectives to this case, and they were amazing.

And, you know, I can't say enough great things about the resources that they devoted.

But as you know, with departments, people get promoted.

People change.

Folks are in and out.

Right.

So when Dan Jackson comes on, the heirs are very, very skeptical because, as they put it, this is, you know, number 242 on the case.

You know, when you look at all the different people who've worked from the police department on the case.

And Dan basically told them, I'm going to work hard and I'm going to be the last detective on this case.

Dan and I both knew when he came on board

I told him, you know, look, we've got this.

And he knew.

But it was, you know, this Y profile, which is a male, unknown male profile that was from the crime scene, a vaginal swab from Amy Ayers.

And that was the one, by the way, that that was the reason when it didn't match to the original four suspects that the DA's office had to dismiss the case.

You cannot take a case like that to trial.

Yeah.