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Forensic Files

Family Ties

Forensic Files

HLN

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.63.7K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2020

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

After he got into the home, the assailant used an axe to kill the husband and critically injure his wife. Nothing was taken, so this wasn't a robbery. A DNA profile from skin cells collected hundreds of miles away would reveal the killer's identity and his motive for murder.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Up next, a home invasion and murder.

0:03.0

The injuries that she sustained are unimaginable.

0:06.0

It was what they call the signature killing.

0:08.0

Was a family member involved?

0:10.0

Allegations of mafia involvement.

0:13.0

The relative is Frankie the fireman, poor girl.

0:16.0

The press says the police can't solve it.

0:18.0

Every day on the news talking about they've botched this investigation, they can't do anything

0:22.6

right, but the police are one step ahead of the press and the killer.

0:32.6

Working for the Supreme Court of New York State is a prestigious job.

0:43.3

For 52-year-old Peter Porco, a clerk for an appeals judge, it was the perfect way to end his legal career.

0:52.3

Until one day, everything changed. It started off as any other day until one day everything changed.

0:56.7

It started off as any other day until Peter Porco didn't show up for work.

1:00.2

People began to get worried because that wasn't like him.

1:03.4

A court officer went to the Porco's home and immediately saw signs of trouble.

1:08.7

He walked up to the front of the house and in the door he saw a key, a key by itself, in the door lock.

1:15.6

The door was a jar.

1:16.6

He looks down and he sees on the cement steps, some drops of blood.

1:20.6

Inside was a bloodbath.

1:24.6

He looked over to his right and he saw a body laying there whom he recognizes Peter

1:30.3

Parco.

1:31.3

Peter Parco had been bludgeoned to death.

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