In the suburbs of D.C., a woman fails to show up for work and is found brutally murdered.

I wonder which emergency.

We just walked in the door, and there's blood in the foyer.

For the next two decades, the case remained unsolved until new technology allowed investigators to do what had once been impossible.

A new series from ABC Audio in 2020.

Blood and Water.

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It was after one in the morning, we heard this popping sound. We didn't know what was going on at first.

And I looked out the back door and we could see the flames coming out of the house over here.

And so I called 911, just to think that it could go up that fast.

It's horrifying.

I just figured the whole house was going to go.

We had a call roughly 135, give or take a few minutes for possible structure fire. Structure fire.

When we hear structure fire for a call, it's kind of just dangerous for everybody.

It kind of clicks you over into, like like it's game time. Everybody just kind of

jumps out of bed, starts putting their gear on and we jump on the truck to take off. They respond

urgent because you just never know if there's people inside the home, if there's anybody

trapped, how rapidly the fire's going to spread. Of course you're glued to the window because you want to see what you're pulling up to.

Coming down the street, you can see it because there's fire out of every door and window.

It was coming out of the garage, the picture window in the front, the front door.

Kind of looked like a movie because inside it's, you can see everything. In real life, it's never like that, and something else could be going on.

It might not be just a typical accidental fire.

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