Hollywood Secrets
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Real people, real crimes, real life drama. When most people think about Los Angeles, when they think of palm trees and beaches, they're thinking about Santa Monica. Juliana Redding is 21 years old. She's an aspiring model and has come out to study in Santa Monica. Juliana was one of those people, like when you meet her, you just know she's going to go far in life. And she was the sweetest girl ever. And her laugh was infectious. She just loved life. And she was like a magnet to a lot of men. Hello, what's your name, please? Juliana Redding, hi. Men just go, you know, Goo Goo Gaga over her. She had her modeling and acting career, but Deans took a really unexpected turn. She does not seem like the kind of person who's going to be found murdered in her apartment. Juliana Redding was found brutally murdered. This was a slow, brutal murder. There was a huge fight. She was beaten, she was strangled to death. Inside the apartment, the gas had been turned on. There was a lit candle, basically creating a bomb. Whoever was responsible for this wanted to blow the entire crime scene up. I can tell you in 18 years of prosecuting cases I've never had this much DNA. The DNA was on the door lock. DNA on a plate in the sink. DNA on that stove knob, which you'd expect because someone turned it on. DNA on the front and the back of Juliana's t-shirt. And possibly most importantly, DNA on her throat. Well, that sounds like if you can identify who that DNA belongs to, that's your killer, isn't it? You would certainly think so. The DNA in this case very clearly pointed in one direction. With that much DNA, most people would think the case was a slam dunk, but it wasn't. When I heard that verdict, it was just shock. Just shock. I'm Maureen Maher, tonight on 48 Hours. Hollywood Secrets. [Music] This was a targeted offense. Without question, a targeted offense, and she was the target. She was Juliana Redding, a beautiful 21 year old student and model in Los Angeles. This is the type of neighborhood that Juliana lived in. The last place in the world that she would ever think,
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An aspiring actress is brutally strangled.