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Forensic Files

The Music Case

Forensic Files

HLN

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 10 October 2019

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

A 12-year-old's death shakes a suburban Minnesota town. Police have no leads until a string of burglaries months after the murder leads them to the victim's possessions, and to the killer.

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0:00.0

A 12-year-old girl is murdered in her own home.

0:07.0

And the case stalls when investigators find little forensic evidence at the crime scene.

0:13.8

But scientists also know that criminals unknowingly take evidence with them as they leave a crime

0:20.8

scene.

0:22.2

And in this case, the killer left with the genetic fingerprint of his victim.

0:38.8

In between two of Minnesota's 10,000 lakes is the small town of Wasika, a quiet community

0:46.6

with virtually no violent crime.

0:50.4

Not far from the shores of Loon Lake was the home of Connie Larson and her three daughters.

0:57.4

They're all like five and four years apart, but they are very close.

1:02.6

They were never apart and they just adored each other.

1:07.0

Callie was definitely the baby of the family.

1:10.9

And she was daddy's little girl.

1:14.6

A 12-year-old Callie Joe was in the seventh grade and loved gymnastics.

1:20.6

She was good.

1:21.6

I think because she just loved it and she put a lot of energy into it.

1:27.6

After school on April 20, 1999, Callie Joe got off her school bus and walked down this

1:34.0

path towards home just as she always did.

1:39.1

Callie Joe was the first one home that day.

1:41.9

Her mother and sister were expected later.

1:44.9

The rule in the family was everyone needed to be home and no visitors at five o'clock

1:52.4

because that's when I arrived home and then we had our family time.

1:57.3

Sixteen-year-old Jamie was the next family member to arrive home.

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