The first thing that you see this case is just the sheer savagery of this killing.

This was a crime committed out of anger, out of aggression, out of just hatred to desecrate

someone that way.

It's almost as if it wasn't enough to kill or he needed to humiliate her.

I'm Scott Weinberger, investigative journalist and former deputy sheriff.

I'm Anna Siegen-Nikolasi, former New York City homicide prosecutor and host of investigation

discoveries through conviction.

And this is anatomy of murder.

A lot has changed in law enforcement in the last 35 years.

There are advancements in DNA science, digital forensics, that give investigators the

ability to pinpoint suspects using their cell phones, their credit cards, and emails.

And you know, we talk about it all the time.

This is also the creation of a national database like Otis that could make finding a wanted

criminal just a few computer clicks away.

But there are other things that have not changed, like the difficulty of informing a victim's

family of the loss of their loved one, the frustration of a stalled case threatening

to go cold, and the determination it takes to breathe new life into an unsolved murder

and hopefully finally bring that killer to justice.

This case was probably one of the most unique in my career.

It's not every day as a prosecutor that we get to handle cold cases, especially one that

was 35 years old.

It was Taylor Anthony, an assistant district attorney, in the 21st judicial district of

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