Episode 154 Roger Dean Part 1 of 2

DNA: ID is back after summer hiatus with a doozy of a case! On Thursday, November 21st, 1985, Roger Dean was seen by neighbors drinking his morning coffee in his garage. The next thing they knew, Roger way lying in the cul de sac, shot to death. His hysterical wife told a terrifying tale of a masked gunman, restraints, demands, a fight, gunshots. After the dust settled, Roger’s wife and daughter ended up in police crosshairs. They would be re-traumatized five years later when the killer resurfaced, trying to extort money from the grieving widow. Even though witnesses had seen the gunman, and the FBI chased the extortionist all over Denver, he eluded authorities, and the case went cold. But, the gunman had made a crucial mistake, leaving behind evidence that decades later would be used by a savvy law enforcement genealogist to identify him at long last.

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