Kittybunny
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I only became aware of this case from the 20/20 special. And despite the show's best efforts to give the defense a platform and keep us in suspense about the trial, it came across as total BS in my opinion and I have no doubts the right man is exactly where he belongs.
The advent of genetic genealogy has brought to light a lot of resolution in these kinds of cases, and the really frightening thing is that we want to believe that a murderer who commits this kind of crime inevitably was or will be a serial killer who has to repeat these events, when in reality, it seems that these killers can go on to lead perfectly ordinary lives and completely fool everyone around them. It's possible that he had some remorse about what he did which may be why he never did it again (that we know of), but if he was truly repentant, he would have admitted his guilt and spared the family a trial.
DNA doesn't lie, but murderers do.
The advent of genetic genealogy has brought to light a lot of resolution in these kinds of cases, and the really frightening thing is that we want to believe that a murderer who commits this kind of crime inevitably was or will be a serial killer who has to repeat these events, when in reality, it seems that these killers can go on to lead perfectly ordinary lives and completely fool everyone around them. It's possible that he had some remorse about what he did which may be why he never did it again (that we know of), but if he was truly repentant, he would have admitted his guilt and spared the family a trial.
DNA doesn't lie, but murderers do.