Jennifer Mayerle
Appearances
48 Hours
The Footprint
He doesn't give much in the interview, but what he doesn't say almost says more.
48 Hours
The Footprint
He doesn't ask any questions about what happened, about why he's there, about why they're looking at him.
48 Hours
The Footprint
Jeannie Childs had defensive wounds on her hands when they found her. She had been stabbed at least 65 times, including after she had died. Investigators took DNA evidence at the time. They could not find who it belonged to. And they hit a dead end at some point and moved on. And it wasn't until 2015 that a cold case unit reopened the case.
48 Hours
The Footprint
A DNA profile was uploaded into MyHeritage.com and they found what could be a match. Jerry Westrom is a husband, a father of three, a businessman. He attended church. He was a hockey dad. Police expect Westrom to be charged with murder by noon tomorrow.
48 Hours
The Footprint
Jerry's wife and three kids were there for most of the trial. Jennifer Merrily covered the trial. Jerry and his wife would walk into the Hennepin County Government Center holding hands.