In 1990, the killer of a 22-year-old girl left an almost indistinguishable mark in a

blood stain at the crime scene.

But a new computer forensic technology found distinguishing characteristics in the smear,

evidence that would lead directly to the perpetrator.

Richman Virginia is a city steeped in history.

As the former capital of the Confederacy, Richman keeps close ties to its past and a watchful

eye on the future.

With six colleges and universities, thousands of young people move here each fall to go to

school.

22-year-old Dawn Bruce had attended Virginia Commonwealth University.

Dawn was a musician.

She joined the VCU Wind Symphony after she was accepted through auditions.

That's what kept her.

They are for as long as she was there.

But Dawn was anxious to find out what was at in the real world and how she could do

and what she could do.

In her college, Dawn worked as a phone operator by day and awaited her by night.

Despite the long hours, she enjoyed the freedom of living on her own.

Dawn was a fun-loving kind of person.

Thought she could do anything and everything and didn't care what other people said about

her trying to do things that weren't the norm.

On December 19, 1990, Dawn's mother went to her daughter's apartment since she hadn't

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