Tina Llewellyn
Appearances
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
This was not an easy case to crack. Every free moment, I would try to work this case while still maintaining my caseload. Staying up till midnight. Every night. It just was not going to happen without the DNA.
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Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
I would call her no less than five times a day.
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Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
Tell her what I found. Just back and forth. I blew her phone up.
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Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
We had to narrow down the different family members to find the direct lineage of our suspect.
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
I never used the word closure. I never used the word justice. There's no justice. He got to live 26 years. He got to get married. He got to have kids. She did not. There's no justice.
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Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
We all wanted those answers. And because he was spineless and didn't talk to us or give us any information. We'll never know the details behind it.
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Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
So when we identified him, I actually have mutual friends with him that were in shock. They could not believe it was him because they knew he was such a nice guy. He had fooled so many people for so long.
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
December the 11th, 1994. She was murdered a month later. I have given my life to God and I will follow his path for me. That gives me a feeling of great relief and peace. The human spirit is stronger than anything that can happen to it.
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
Cajun ancestry coming from the Louisiana area? Yes, particularly Kaplan, Louisiana.
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Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
To see if I could see a Cajun name that jumped out to me. I did find a few French names and they were quickly eliminated and nowhere in our tree.
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Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
LaPointe. As I'm researching the matches and building my trees, and you're researching other people's trees, I kept noticing Cheryl LaPointe had built that tree. And then I'm working some more, I do some more research. Well, Cheryl LaPointe built this tree. And I'm like, Is she related to our suspect? I had no idea who she was.
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
It was always a big case within the department because it was the biggest case unsolved. Nobody felt safe anywhere. Nobody knew if it was a neighbor. Nobody knew if it was a police officer because of the handcuffs being used. My name is Tina Llewellyn.
48 Hours
Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
Every day counted. Every day mattered. I needed to get it solved.
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Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
She was a team player from jump. Never had met me. We talked so often that we became friends. Best buds.
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Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
I'm a detective at Beaumont Police Department.
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Tracking the Killer of Mary Catherine Edwards
I had no idea who Catherine Edwards was. But after I read decades of her journals, 1986, 1989, 91, 94, I feel like I know her. Things are looking up in my life. I'm going to teach second grade next year. I know I'm meant to do this. There were so many of her students that came forward to share the impact she had on their lives 25 years later.