▁not ▁been ▁st ab bed . ▁ ▁K imm ell ' s ▁case ▁was ▁profile d ▁on ▁the ▁television ▁program ▁Un sol ved ▁Myst eries ▁within ▁weeks , ▁and ▁A & E ' s ▁Cold ▁Case ▁Files ▁in ▁the ▁years ▁since , ▁with ▁each ▁case ▁concentr ating ▁on ▁loc ating ▁witness es ▁who ▁might ▁have ▁seen ▁her ▁black ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁H onda ▁CR - X ▁autom obile ▁with ▁a ▁Mont ana ▁plate ▁bearing ▁a ▁personal ized ▁" LI L ▁M I SS " ▁license ▁plate . ▁Investig ators ▁knew ▁recover ing ▁the ▁car ▁was ▁extremely ▁important ▁as ▁it ▁would ▁be ▁a ▁direct ▁link ▁to ▁the ▁k iller . ▁ ▁Break through ▁In ▁the ▁summer ▁of ▁ 2 0 0 2 , ▁investig ators ▁research ing ▁cold ▁cases ▁came ▁across ▁K imm ell ' s ▁ra pe ▁k it , ▁and ▁a ▁DNA ▁profile ▁was ▁developed ▁from ▁the ▁sem inal ▁evidence . ▁The ▁CO DIS ▁database ▁matched ▁the ▁DNA ▁to ▁D ale ▁Wayne ▁E aton , ▁ 5 7 , ▁of ▁Mon eta , ▁Wy oming , ▁who ▁was ▁then ▁serving ▁time ▁in ▁Eng le wood ▁federal ▁prison ▁at ▁Little ton , ▁Colorado ▁on ▁an ▁un related ▁weapons ▁charge . ▁E aton ' s ▁DNA ▁profile ▁was ▁placed ▁in ▁the ▁CO DIS ▁database ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 7 ▁after ▁he ▁was ▁arrested ▁on ▁a ▁separate ▁charge : ▁he ▁had ▁stopped ▁to ▁offer ▁assistance ▁to ▁the ▁Bre eden ▁family , ▁whose ▁car ▁had ▁broken ▁down , ▁but ▁then ▁he ▁kid n