By mid-1990, five years out, the Dean case was stagnant. A report by Douglas County Sheriff's

Captain Bill Walker stated, quote, the homicide case of Roger Dean from 1985 had not been

actively worked for a couple of years due to leads having run out and nowhere to go with the case.

Well, that was about to change big time. On July 21st, 1990,

the Douglas County Sheriff's Office received a phone call from DJ Dean, who was living in a

different home in Lone Tree, which she shared with her daughter Tammy. DJ was very upset.

In the mail to her home, she had received a letter with no return address. It read,

Mrs. DJ Dean, this is a very, very important letter. Read it carefully, follow each

instructions to the letter, and do not call the police. Your life and Tammy's depends on how you

conduct yourself. DJ, on a cold, snowy morning in November, 1985, I had your husband Roger murdered.

At this point, you are probably frightened.

And by the way, I'm leaving in all the misspellings and grammatical errors in this letter, just to give you the context.

At this point, you are probably frightened and hoping this is some kind of joke.

Well, you should be frightened because this is no joke.

To prove to you who I am, I will recount some of the events that took place that morning. One, you were in the tub when

Roger and I came to get you. Two, I tied your hands and covered your eyes and laid you on your bed.

Three, I took Roger into Tammy's room, then I politely talked to you about your bank account.

Four, Roger tried to escape while you and I were talking. I caught him.

Five. As you stood at the top of the stairs, Roger refused to pay me the money he owes me. He

tried to struggle. I shot him four to five times to make sure he died. Six. I left my black bag which contained tape, rope, and a knife, some of your jewelry.

Also in the struggle, I took off my ski mask, so Roger would know who killed him and why.

Seven, I did not kill you. Even knowing you could be a witness if we were ever caught, but that

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