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Cold Case Files

A Knock At The Door

Cold Case Files

A&E / PodcastOne

True Crime, Society & Culture, History, Talk Radio

3.88.1K Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

The killing of a woman in a Virginia hotel room goes unsolved for a quarter of a century before investigators are finally able to zero in on the killer. Check out our great sponsors! Credit Karma: Go to CreditKarma.com/loanoffers to find the loan for you! Shopify: Go to shopify.com/coldcase for a FREE 14 day trial and get full access to Shopify’s entire suite of features! Quote your car insurance at Progressive.com to join the over 27 million drivers who trust Progressive!

Transcript

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0:00.0

DNA, when used correctly, can be an extremely useful tool when it comes to matching a suspect

0:11.2

to a crime.

0:13.5

In many of the cases we've covered, the reason that it went cold was because the DNA technology

0:18.3

we used now wasn't available to the original investigators.

0:22.9

This is one of those cases.

0:26.9

The original detectives used the investigative tools of the time, but they simply weren't

0:31.5

able to connect the killer to the crime.

0:35.5

Cold case units, like the one in Fairfax County, Virginia, applied today's science to previously

0:41.2

unsolved cases.

0:45.9

From A&E, this is Cold Case Files.

0:48.8

I'm Brooke, and here's the impeccable Bill Curtis, with a classic case and knock at the

0:53.6

door.

0:54.6

This is the Cold Case homicide office.

1:02.9

It's part of the homicide squad in Fairfax County police, and this is where we store

1:08.8

a number of the cases that were...

1:10.4

Steve Molesky and Bob Murphy are Cold Case detectives for Fairfax County, Virginia.

1:15.8

These photographs only represent a small number, and we were...

1:18.3

Direct to the wall of their squad room, the faces of some of their victims.

1:25.0

It's sort of a matter of respect to these people that they're here, and it's our responsibility

1:27.9

to find answers to their deaths.

1:29.9

Any homicide detective will take you.

1:32.2

They have their cases that are really at the top of their list of what they would like

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