Closing the Cold Case of Robin Lawrence
A gifted artist is murdered in her home. Her toddler is left at the crime scene to fend for herself. "48 Hours" correspondent Anne-Marie Green reports.
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The 1994 murder of Springfield, Virginia, artist Robin Warr Lawrence, 37, would go cold for decades — until DNA left on a washcloth in the victim's home led investigators to a surprising suspect and a chilling confession.
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