The Betrayal of Linda Slaten
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-That crime scene was just brutal and evil and just ugly. -Linda Slainey remembered as a loving mother was found dead in this home in 1981. It was a case that went cold for nearly four decades. -When two brothers who weren't sure whether their mother's murder would ever be solved. -I freaked out and started crying. I saw the whole crime scene right then and there was a 12-year-old kid. I had to die that night trying to save my mom, but I didn't hear nothing. It's so hard to live with that. -One case just bothered me the way I saw that lady. He entered that window and he went out of that window. -And that's where I got this print from. -Somebody's just walking the street. -He's out free. -We truly felt that the person that left us DNA behind was the person that actually killed her. -The boyfriend of Linda. -Certainly I on the list. -Her ex-husband was another one. -All you need is a DNA mat. -The hit, that's all I needed, the hit in the database. And the further we went, the longer we went, the more discouraging you got. The hope started fading. -You can't lose your mom or worse than we lost our mom. To not bear, I wouldn't wish on nobody. -I love you, bro. -Now, we can't undo the tragedy. We can never make up for what happened. The best outcome is that they get justice. -I mean, Don never know who did this, should I? -Loved ones, and especially children of a murder victim. They need those answers. -No matter how many detectives we had to go through over here, we was going to let them know. We're still here. We wanted to kill our mom. -38 years after this brutal murder that has felt like a no would be solved. -38 years of more than two dozen detectives coming up empty. -Every turn I was striking out. -How long did it take you? -Chromosome 3, chromosome 4. -To solve this crime. -Two days. -One day. [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] [♪♪♪] -On the morning of September 4, 1981,
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After a young mother is murdered, her son unknowingly hangs the killer's photo on his wall. "48 Hours" contributor Jim Axelrod reports.