This is not a life without parole case. He is legally entitled to the possibility of parole.

So that's really where our impact is with the parole board.

Inside a prosecutor's office, a family meets about the possible parole of a killer.

The family members comments even though they're directed at the judge, do they have any effect or what can

effect be on the judge in his decision?

I think it's not likely that we'll see him parole. Certainly not while he has any sort of meaningful length of his life left.

For this family, the parole hearing is an ordeal they must endure. To make sure the man who took one of their own stays behind bars.

And I just want to say, too, I'm really glad that we could all come together for her.

And this is what we can do for her. There's not much we can do now for her.

And I think this is really important. So I'm glad.

San Diego stayed on it. He took care of it.

That was for you. We're on film.

One detective more than any other is responsible for ensuring that justice was done.

It's a story that began more than 18 years ago.

In a neighborhood of San Diego, that's not featured in travel magazines.

A woman named Janet Moore lived alone in a studio apartment.

Janet was an art student and addicted to cocaine. A habit that isn't cheap.

She didn't go to work every day. But her landlord said she had a lot of visitors.

The lock on her door wasn't tampered with. And there were no other signs of forced entry.

That made it likely that her last visitor was the one responsible for her murder.

From A&E, this is Cold Case Files. I'm Brooke.

And here's the acclaimed Bill Curtis with a classic case, cross-country connection.

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