Sgt. William Springer
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Let me put it this way. My previous supervisor who taught me everything, John Kiyonka, would say, do not get tunnel fishing. So if somebody come along and said, well, it wasn't David Miller, it was John Smith. then I'm going to look at John Smith. I'm not going to throw that away and think, well, it's David and I'm done. No, I never do that.
Let me put it this way. My previous supervisor who taught me everything, John Kiyonka, would say, do not get tunnel fishing. So if somebody come along and said, well, it wasn't David Miller, it was John Smith. then I'm going to look at John Smith. I'm not going to throw that away and think, well, it's David and I'm done. No, I never do that.
David's a prime suspect, a person of interest that we cannot exclude. My job as a detective is to exclude. So if I get information on David Miller, my job is to try to exclude him. And once I get him excluded, then I'm great. But if I can't get him excluded, then he continues to be a potential suspect. So is it possible that there's two David Millers out there running around?
David's a prime suspect, a person of interest that we cannot exclude. My job as a detective is to exclude. So if I get information on David Miller, my job is to try to exclude him. And once I get him excluded, then I'm great. But if I can't get him excluded, then he continues to be a potential suspect. So is it possible that there's two David Millers out there running around?
David's a prime suspect, a person of interest that we cannot exclude. My job as a detective is to exclude. So if I get information on David Miller, my job is to try to exclude him. And once I get him excluded, then I'm great. But if I can't get him excluded, then he continues to be a potential suspect. So is it possible that there's two David Millers out there running around?
I would say there's always that possibility. But it's awful funny, when David Miller went to prison, we had no more females that were attacked in their apartments and viciously stabbed. If there are, then they haven't come forward and we're not aware of it.
I would say there's always that possibility. But it's awful funny, when David Miller went to prison, we had no more females that were attacked in their apartments and viciously stabbed. If there are, then they haven't come forward and we're not aware of it.
I would say there's always that possibility. But it's awful funny, when David Miller went to prison, we had no more females that were attacked in their apartments and viciously stabbed. If there are, then they haven't come forward and we're not aware of it.
I would just like to be able to put him back in jail for another attack on somebody. Whether we'll ever be able to connect him to Donna Martin, I don't know. I never promise to solve cases. I never tell a family, I'll solve your case. I will tell you I will work diligently and do everything possible on the case. It may not come out to what you expect, but at least we'll keep working it.
I would just like to be able to put him back in jail for another attack on somebody. Whether we'll ever be able to connect him to Donna Martin, I don't know. I never promise to solve cases. I never tell a family, I'll solve your case. I will tell you I will work diligently and do everything possible on the case. It may not come out to what you expect, but at least we'll keep working it.
I would just like to be able to put him back in jail for another attack on somebody. Whether we'll ever be able to connect him to Donna Martin, I don't know. I never promise to solve cases. I never tell a family, I'll solve your case. I will tell you I will work diligently and do everything possible on the case. It may not come out to what you expect, but at least we'll keep working it.
In 2004, we formed our cold case unit. So every time we got a grant, we would go through all our open cases, which were probably 300 back then, and we would look at all the different evidence and see what we could do. So it's been a progression over the years. And I know Don thought that we're probably not working on Donna's case. But through the years, we had worked on it here and there.
In 2004, we formed our cold case unit. So every time we got a grant, we would go through all our open cases, which were probably 300 back then, and we would look at all the different evidence and see what we could do. So it's been a progression over the years. And I know Don thought that we're probably not working on Donna's case. But through the years, we had worked on it here and there.
In 2004, we formed our cold case unit. So every time we got a grant, we would go through all our open cases, which were probably 300 back then, and we would look at all the different evidence and see what we could do. So it's been a progression over the years. And I know Don thought that we're probably not working on Donna's case. But through the years, we had worked on it here and there.
We just never could come up with anything good. Because when they did the rape exam and they did everything, they never found semen, never found anything. So we were kind of in a dead end thing. Her clothes, the problem with her clothes, if he was dancing with her at the porterhouse, then you can assume that he may have shed some hair on her. Maybe he rubbed up against her.
We just never could come up with anything good. Because when they did the rape exam and they did everything, they never found semen, never found anything. So we were kind of in a dead end thing. Her clothes, the problem with her clothes, if he was dancing with her at the porterhouse, then you can assume that he may have shed some hair on her. Maybe he rubbed up against her.
We just never could come up with anything good. Because when they did the rape exam and they did everything, they never found semen, never found anything. So we were kind of in a dead end thing. Her clothes, the problem with her clothes, if he was dancing with her at the porterhouse, then you can assume that he may have shed some hair on her. Maybe he rubbed up against her.
Maybe they're slow dancing. So if we got his DNA on anything like that, we're still dead in the water because the court, the defense attorney is going to say, well, he was dancing with her, so you would expect his DNA to be on her. So it's, you know, it's one of those cases that you have to find something in the apartment exclusive that you could put his DNA there.
Maybe they're slow dancing. So if we got his DNA on anything like that, we're still dead in the water because the court, the defense attorney is going to say, well, he was dancing with her, so you would expect his DNA to be on her. So it's, you know, it's one of those cases that you have to find something in the apartment exclusive that you could put his DNA there.
Maybe they're slow dancing. So if we got his DNA on anything like that, we're still dead in the water because the court, the defense attorney is going to say, well, he was dancing with her, so you would expect his DNA to be on her. So it's, you know, it's one of those cases that you have to find something in the apartment exclusive that you could put his DNA there.