Paula Levine

Look like the case is closed.

Nothing.

The room went silent.

Jeanette Pata had just accused the Miami-Dade police of ignoring her son's case.

Next, a reporter addressed the lead detective in the case, Miguel Dominguez.

Dominguez stood directly behind the family.

His head was shaved clean and he had a long horseshoe mustache.

Is it fair to say that after that press conference, after that plea, that Dominguez didn't get the phone call with the new evidence or the new witness or new information that he was waiting for?

Yeah, I think that's really fair.

And I think that's what led them to reach out to us at ESPN.

Like Ben said, this was an unusual pitch for College Game Day.

But he was intrigued.

So he set up a call with the detectives on the case to find out more.

Here's what Ben knew.

The case had gone unsolved for more than a decade.

And at the same time, Miami-Dade police were convinced that someone, somewhere, knew something.

So I was making a quick trip down to Miami and started to do initial interviews and then realized this could turn into something big.

So he began to build a team.

We have a feature producer that lives in Miami.

Let me see if he has a willingness to help out or be involved in this project.