They Had No Idea Police Already Had Their DNA (5 Cold Cases)

Five men. Five interview rooms. In every case, investigators already had DNA before anyone sat down. These are real recordings from five cold cases, cut from five full episodes of this channel. Each case was reopened by DNA. CASE 1 · ORANGE COUNTY, FLORIDA · 1996 → 2021 Terry Paquette, 31, managed a Lil' Champ food store in northwest Orange County. In 2021 detectives questioned Kenneth Stough Jr. after DNA from a discarded bag of beer cans matched blood found in the store. On August 25, 2023, a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder and he was sentenced to life. CASE 2 · DUNN COUNTY, WISCONSIN · 1974 → 2024 Mary Schlais, 25, was killed on a Wisconsin road in February 1974. The killer left a winter stocking cap. In 2023 genetic genealogy led investigators to Jon Keith Miller, 84. On March 27, 2025, he pleaded no contest to first-degree intentional homicide and was sentenced to life. CASE 3 · PORT HURON, MICHIGAN · 1980 → 2023 Karen Umphrey, 21, was found dead in November 1980. More than four decades later, DNA from her clothing led detectives to Douglas Laming. On October 10, 2024, a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder; he was sentenced to life without parole. He has never admitted guilt. CASE 4 · ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI · 1990 → 2022 Robyn Mihan, Donna Reitmeyer, Brenda Pruitt and Sandy Little were killed in 1990. In 2022 DNA from Robyn's case matched Gary Muehlberg, who was already serving life in prison. In March 2023 he pleaded guilty to all four murders. CASE 5 · NORTH MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA · 1983 → 2015 Laurie Mesedahl, 17, was found in a rail yard in April 1983. In 2013 the state crime lab matched DNA from her case to Darrell Rea. In 2015 cold case detectives interviewed him. On May 1, 2019, a judge found him guilty of second-degree murder. CHAPTERS 0:00 Five interviews 0:58 Case 1 · Orange County, Florida 10:33 Case 2 · Dunn County, Wisconsin 19:43 Case 3 · Port Huron, Michigan 29:35 Case 4 · St. Louis, Missouri 39:58 Case 5 · North Minneapolis 49:54 The people behind the files SOURCES Interview recordings, news clips and photographs are excerpted from the full episodes (each lists its original sources and credits in its own description). Orange County Sheriff's Office, Dunn County Sheriff's Office, St. Clair County Sheriff's Office, Missouri prison body-camera recordings released by KSDK, and the Minneapolis police interview recording, as later published online; news reporting by WESH/WFTV, WQOW, KARE 11, WDIV, KSDK, FOX 9 and others. Brief excerpts are used for commentary and identification. Narration is an AI-generated voice. Scene-setting images marked [ RECONSTRUCTION ] are AI-generated and contain no people. In the thumbnail, the photographs of the five men were extended with AI; faces are unchanged. WHAT THIS FILM DOES NOT DO: it does not describe how the victims were harmed, it does not show crime scene photos, and it does not name private family members. Profanity and third-party names on the tapes are muted. Educational documentary. Not affiliated with any sheriff's office or news organization. #truecrime #coldcase #interrogation