Shoe-in for Murder

Forensic Files

HLN

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.4 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 May 2018

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

A 12 year-old is the only witness to her mother's death and is unable to provide many details. Little did they know 12 years later, forensic evidence would lead the investigation right back to where it started.

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0:00.0	Up next, a young girl witnesses her mother's murder.
0:05.0	And is this his bleeding?
0:07.0	I'm okay.
0:08.0	But for years, the crime goes unsolved.
0:11.0	This was somebody that crystal knew.
0:13.0	And probably knew well.
0:14.0	A suspect comes forward with an unbelievable tale.
0:18.0	And it was just the most bizarre story I've ever had in my life.
0:21.0	It's completely implausible.
0:22.0	But what if the evidence shows he's telling the truth?
0:26.0	The DNA come back and the DNA does a lie.
0:28.0	I know you know.
0:32.0	You know.
0:34.0	You know.
0:37.0	In the summer of 1992,
0:40.0	Crystal Perry bought a small house in Bridgden, Maine.
0:44.0	The single mother thought it would be the perfect place to raise her daughter Sarah.
0:50.0	My mother's number one priority was taking care of me.
0:52.0	And she did all she could to, you know, buy a house for us as soon as she could
0:57.0	and make sure that, you know, I had it really stable up bringing.
1:01.0	Crystal found work in a local shoe factory.
1:04.0	And by all accounts, was a good parent.
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