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There are over 100,000 cold cases in America.

Only 1% are ever solved.

This is one of those rare stories.

Thank you. is one of those rare stories. I'll tell you what, Mike, once you have to sit in that little chair over there. I just remember being led to this small room with a hard plastic chair and up against the wall, just being told to have a seat.

I mean, my badge, it says, you know, says police on it and it says detective, but that's not really what I do.

What I do is I help people solve problems.

In Escondito, California, on January 22nd, 1998,

14-year-old Michael Crow sits in an interrogation room, speaking to a detective.

My daughter, he's 12-year-old.

He's his daughter.

The day before, Michael's sister, Stephanie, was discovered stabbed to death in their suburban home.

The paramedics are en route, but she's dead.

Police are under pressure as San Diego waits for them to catch the killer.

Investigators say 12-year-old Stephanie Crow was stabbed to death in her own home as her

parents, siblings, and grandmother slept.

But with no witnesses, no weapon, and no signs of forced entry, solving this crime will not

come easy.

With no sign of a break-in, police believe it to be an inside job and focus on Michael as the probable killer.

We feel there's evidence that warrants us talking to you in greater detail.

And that's the long and short of it.

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