Sneak peek: The Twisted Case of Angie Dodge | Forensic Files

my name is Carol dodge and I am the mother of Angie dodge who was brutally murdered in June of
1996 [Music] and for 23 years I've traveled every road there is turn every stone there is
to find justice for my daughter as the officers arrived at the crime scene and found Angie Dodge laying on the ground
it was obvious that there was a very brutal murder that had happened a lot of blood during the investigation we came
across a significant amount of DNA that we believe is from the killer would you say that this crime scene provided
really good evidence excellent evidence for nearly two decades police could not find a match to the killer's DNA so in
2014 they went way outside the box and searched a public DNA database owned by ancestry.com it led us to this michael
essary jr. who just happened to be a filmmaker films of homicide kind of a murder-mystery filmmaker then he cuts
off her head my name is Michael uh Sri I'm a filmmaker and was a suspect in the Angi dodge case murderabilia it was then
I knew it was a girl and she was young got me the reputation of being a person who is really into murder and things
like that and I showed her body over in the shower I just kept stabbing her it was pretty
creepy we had Louisiana state police call him he had agreed to come down to the state
offices there in New Orleans the majority of the time that I was in the interrogation room I just didn't know
what they were talking about they finally had to look at me and go no we think that you Michael uh Sheree you
know we think that you're involved in this murder case my whole purpose is to find who killed Angie Dodge the ability
to kill is obviously somewhere in all of us because it happens every day [Music]

A brutal murder and police have DNA evidence -- could a discarded cigarette lead investigators to a possible killer and close a case two decades later? CBS News' Anne-Marie Green reports for "48 Hours," Saturday, June 27 at 10/9c on CBS.

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Brief Summary

Carol Dodge seeks justice for her daughter Angie, whose murder led to filmmaker Michael Essary Jr. becoming a suspect through DNA evidence.

Key points

A Mother's Quest for Justice. Carol Dodge has spent 23 years seeking justice for her daughter, Angie, who was murdered.
DNA Leads to a Suspect. In 2014, police searched a public DNA database, leading them to filmmaker Michael Essary.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

My whole purpose is to find who killed Angie Dodge.

Michael's determination to uncover the truth.

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