it was sandra's new boyfriend ryan shinjo who called the police.he found her that way. >> and she was slumped to the right, to the passenger's seat, face down into the seat. >> roy asher was one of the original investigators. we spoke to him in 2009. this was three years after sandra was murdered. >> i saw in the back of her neck some ligature marks. we didn't find the cord itself, but we have an idea what could have been used. >> what? >> thin -- thin cord like a fishing line. >> sandra's shirt and bra were askew, her lip was split as if she had punched in the face. ryan, the boyfriend -- he's the one on the right of the screen -- told investigators he discovered sandra's body around 9:00 p. m., but the cops could see she had been dead for a while by then. >> probably eight to ten hours. >> which would have put the time of death about what? >> in the morning. >> could you get any more exact? >> no. >> given that the estranged husband, darren, used to live with sandra, and ryan was now dating her, their fingerprints could certainly be explained. no