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>>> IT
>>> IT IS
>>> IT IS ONE OF MINNESOTA'S MOST WIDELY KNOWN UNSOLVED
MYSTERIES.
MYSTERIES. THE MURDER OF ANNE DUNLAP.
HER BODY FOUND IN HER OWN CAR
IN A KMART PARKING LOT.
NOW TWO DECADES LATER,
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER LOU
RAGUSE UNCOVERS NEW DETAILS
ABOUT A CASE THAT'S BEEN
SHROUDED IN SECRECY FOR YEARS.
>> LAST TIME SHE WAS SEEN --
>> A YOUNG WOMAN GOES MISSING.
DAYS LATER, HER BODY
DISCOVERED IN THE TRUNK OF THE
SCAR.
SCAR.
SCAR. >>
SCAR. >> IT'S VERY HARD FOR ME.
>> Reporter: HER HUSBAND, A
SUSPECT.
SUSPECT.
SUSPECT. BUT NEVER CHARGED.
>> I'M SORRY.
>> Reporter: NEWLY DISCLOSED
RECORDS ABOUT ONE OF
MINNESOTA'S MOST NOTORIOUS
UNSOLVED MURDERS, THE FBI'S
ANALYSIS, POLICE CRIME
REPORTS, EVEN DNA TESTING ON A
POSSIBLE MURDER WEAPON --
>> THIS IS HUGE.
>> Reporter: OR NAME WAS ANNE
DUNLAP, 31, MARRIED, MANAGER
AT PILLSBURY.
AT PILLSBURY. SUDDENLY ON DECEMBER 31, 1995,
SHE VANISHED.
SHE VANISHED. >> I CAN'T IMAGINE HOW IT
COULD HAVE HAPPENED.
>> Reporter: THE MISSING
POSTERS CAME DOWN, REWARD
POSTERS WENT UP AFTER HER BODY
WAS DISCOVERED IN THE TRUNK OF
HER TOYOTA.
HER TOYOTA. ABANDONED IN A KMART PARKING
LOT.
LOT.
LOT. KEYS
LOT. KEYS STILL IN THE IGNITION.
HERE AT MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
HEADQUARTERS THE CASE FILES
ARE STILL CONFIDENTIAL.
BUT ACROSS THE STREET AT
FEDERAL COURT, DOCUMENTS HAVE
BEEN RELEASED WITH STUNNING
NEW DETAILS, PART OF A DECADES-
OLD LAWSUIT IN WHICH A LIFE
INSURANCE COMPANY ARGUED IT
SHOULD NOT HAVE TO PAY ANNE
DUNLAP'S HUSBAND.
DUNLAP'S HUSBAND. >> WE WANT TO FIND HER.
>> Reporter: BRAD ORGANIZED
THE SEARCH FOR HIS WIFE AND
DENIED INVOLVEMENT IN HER
DISAPPEARANCE.
DISAPPEARANCE. BUT IN THIS DOCUMENT,
INSURANCE ALLEGED HE INTENDED
TO MURDER ANNE AND THAT DUNLAP
KILLED ANNE TO A OBTAIN THE
INSURANCE PROCEEDS.
INSURANCE PROCEEDS. SINCE POLICE CONSIDERED HIM
THEIR PRIME SUSPECT, THE
INSURANCE COMPANY SUBMITTD A
SWORN STATEMENT FROM THE LEAD
INVESTIGATOR DAVID BOSS, THE
MAN IN THE BLACK HAT.
IN THIS AFFIDAVIT HE OUTLINED
THE EVIDENCE CALLING BRAD THE
ONLY PLAUSIBLE SUSPECT
CLAIMING HIS MOTIVE WAS TO
CASH IN ON $1 MILLION IN LIFE
INSURANCE.
INSURANCE. >> WE ARE BUILDING A BRAND-NEW
HOME IN MEDINA.
WE ARE PLANNING A FAMILY.
>> Reporter: THE COUPLE HAD
BEEN MARRIED EIGHT YEARS
LIVING A DREAM COME TRUE.
BUT THE NEWLY UNSEALED RECORDS
REVEALED THE FBI WAS ALSO
BROUGHT INTO THE CASE,
PROFILERS CALLING BRAD A
VIABLE SUSPECT SAYING THE
CRIME MUST HAVE BEEN COMMITTED
BY SOMEONE WHO KNEW THE VICTIM
VERY WELL.
VERY WELL. AND STAGED THE SCENE.
EVEN SO, HER PARENTS STOOD BY
BRAD.
BRAD.
BRAD. >>
BRAD. >> REALLY IS NOTHING THAT
LEADS TO HIM.
AND WE KNOW HIM TOO WELL.
HE COULDN'T GRIEVE LIKE HE
COULD IF HE DID IT.
>> Reporter: BRAD TOLD POLICE
ANNE LEFT TO GO SHOPPING AT
THE MALL OF AMERICA AT 2:30 IN
THE AFTERNOON.
THE AFTERNOON. BEFORE THAT SHE ATE BRUNCH
WITH FRIENDS WHEN THEY TOOK
THIS PICTURE.
THIS PICTURE. THAT MEAL IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE
IN THIS LETTER TO INSURANCE
COMPANY LAWYERS, THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER WROTE, THE FOOD I
FOUND IN HER STOMACH WAS
CONSISTENT WITH WHAT SHE HAD
EATEN AT BRUNCH.
LIKELY MEANING SHE DIED THE
SAME DAY WITHIN A FEW HOURS.
ROUGHLY THE SAME TIME BRAD
CLAIMED SHE LEFT TO GO SHOPPING
.
.
. >>
. >> NO
. >> NO COMMENT.
>> Reporter: WHEN POLICE
SEARCHED THE HOUSE WHERE THEY
HAD BEEN LIVING WITH HER
PARENTS, THEY THOUGHT THEY HAD
FOUND THE CRIME SCENE.
>> THE BLOOD FOUND WAS
CONSISTENT WITH THAT OF ANNE
DUNLAP.
DUNLAP.
DUNLAP. >> Reporter: POLICE ANNOUNCED
THEY HAD FOUND TRACES OF BLOOD
IN THE GARAGE.
BUT SUPPORTERS INSISTED IT
COULD HAVE COME FROM OTHER
FAMILY MEMBERS.
FAMILY MEMBERS. >> THE MOTHER HAS CUT HER HAND
IN THE LAST WEEK, THE FATHER
HAS CUT HIS HAND.
>> Reporter: THESE LAB REPORTS
NEVER SEEN PUBLICLY BEFORE
CONCLUDED DNA FROM THREE
BLOODSTAINS ON THE GARAGE
FLOOR MATCH ANNE BUT NOT THE
OTHERS.
OTHERS.
OTHERS. AND THERE'S MORE WE DIDN'T
KNOW.
KNOW.
KNOW. THIS AUTOPSY REPORT DETAILS
HOW ANNE'S THROAT WAS CUT AND
SHE BLED TO DEATH IN THE
TRUNK.
TRUNK.
TRUNK. BUT POLICE DIDN'T FIND ANY
BLOOD IN THE INTERIOR OF THE
CAR LEADING POLICE TO BELIEVE
THE KILLER, CLOTHES LIKELY
DRENCHED IN BLOOD MUST HAVE
CLEANED UP SOMEWHERE BEFORE
DRIVING THE TOYOTA TO KMART.
MEDICAL EXAMINER FOUND NO
EVIDENCE OF SEXUAL ASSAULT,
ELIMINATING THAT AS A MOTIVE
AND NO EVIDENCE OF DEFENSIVE
WOUNDS.
WOUNDS.
WOUNDS. SHE WAS NOT ABLE TO FIGHT
BACK.
BACK.
BACK. IT
BACK. IT SAYS THERE WAS EVIDENCE OF
A BLUNT FORCE BLOW TO HER
HEAD.
HEAD.
HEAD. MEDICAL EXAMINERS SAYING SHE
WAS HIT WITH SOMETHING BROAD
AND FLAT.
AND FLAT.
AND FLAT. AND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE
NEVER REPORTED.
NEVER REPORTED. A BLOODSTAINED FIREPLACE LOG
FOUND IN THE GARAGE.
A LAB REPORT SAYS THAT BLOOD
MATCHED ANNE'S DNA.
WAS ANNE KNOCKED OUT THEN
STABBED?
STABBED?
STABBED? >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I'VE
HEARD ABOUT A FIREPLACE LOG.
>> Reporter: CAROLINE WAS A
TWIN CITIES REPORTER WHO
COVERED THE CASE IN 1996 AND
STILL KEEPS TABS TODAY.
>> THOSE SEEM LIKE CRITICAL
PIECES OF THE PUZZLE THAT THEY
THINK ANNE WAS KNOCKED OUT SO
WHOEVER KILLED HER COULD GET
CONTROL OF HER.
>> Reporter: AS FASCINATING AS
THE REVELATIONS ARE, THE FACT
IS BRAD DUNLAP HAS NEVER BEEN
CHARGED IN THIS CASE.
THE NEWLY RELEASED DOCUMENTS
REVEAL HOLES IN THE POLICE
THEORY.
THEORY.
THEORY. FOR EXAMPLE POLICE DIDN'T FIND
BLOOD SPATTER IN THE TRUNK OF
THE TOYOTA MEANING ANNE WAS
LIKELY STABBED SOMEWHERE ELSE
THEN PLACED IN THE TRUNK.
IF THAT HAPPENED IN THE GARAGE
AS POLICE BELIEVED, FORENSIC
EXPERTS HIRED BY DUNLAP SAY NO
EVIDENCE EXISTS OF THAT KIND
OF EXTENSIVE BLEEDING.
AND OF COURSE ONE OTHER
PROBLEM, THE MURDER WEAPON WAS
NEVER FOUND.
NEVER FOUND. >> DID THEY FIND A WEAPON?
>> THEY FOUND A MURDER WEAPON.
BRAD DUNLAP WOULDN'T BE AT
DINNER.
DINNER.
DINNER. >> Reporter: THIS LAB REPORT
NOTES THE TIP OF A POCKET
KNIFE WAS FOUND DURING ANNE
DUNLAP'S AUTOPSY.
DUNLAP'S AUTOPSY. SO IF THE WEAPON IN HER
MYSTERIOUS MURDER IS EVER
FOUND, AUTHORITIES HAVE
SOMETHING TO COMPARE IT TO.
I REACHED OUT TO BRAD DUNLAP,
HIS LAWYER RESPONDED NO
COMMENT.
COMMENT.
COMMENT. BRAD AND THE INSURANCE COMPANY
SETTLED YEARS AGO.
BUT THE TERMS WERE NOT
DISCLOSED.
DISCLOSED. MINNEAPOLIS POLICE SAY THEY
DIDN'T KNOW THE DOCUMENTS WERE
UNSEALED UNTIL I TOLD THEM.
IN A STATEMENT THE DEPARTMENT
SAID ALTHOUGH THEY RESPECT THE
AUTHORITY OF THE FEDERAL
COURTS, THEY WOULD PREFER NO
DOCUMENTS BE RELEASED SINCE
THIS IS STILL AN OPEN CASE.
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