betty jean elias was raped and murdered in her apartment in 1979. because of her daughter's persistence a suspect now is awaiting trial. here is katie marzullo. >> it was heart to -- hard to lose her. hard. >> joanne paletta was 22 and living in san diego when she got word her mother, betty jean elias, had been murdered. the crime scene, her mother's apartment, in oakland, looks much different now than back then in october of 1979. >> my mother was tortureed. show had a slow death. she fought like...like holy, she had in finger nails left she was raped and stabbed and strangled. no leads. no suspected. the case was cold the but joanne paletta never gave up and kept pressures on investigators. >> in my heart i knew he was there. something said he is out there, get him. >> few years ago oakland police got d.n.a. from the crime screen test asked they got a match. >> dennis eagle was serving time for a sex crime in another state and charged with murder and is held at jail in dublin. joanne paletta said he summer would be proud. >> i know she is smile do

the victim was betty jean elias. this photo shows her at age 45. the picture was taken in august 1979 about two months before she was raped and murdered in oakland. her daughter never gave up hope that the attacker would be arrested and decades later, a dna sample from the crime scene has been linked to a man who is already in federal custody. >> you can't give up. he is still out there somewhere. and you need to find him and bring him in. 36.5 years cold case. solved. almost. >> dennis eagle is the suspect. he is in jail for rape in montana. he has his next court date later this month. >>> students at one san jose school will be cooped up in class all day to prevent the spread of stomach flu. horace mann elementary school has closed off drinking fountains and put hand sanitizer in every classroom to put the brakes on the virus. nearly 90 students and employees have caught it. the school postponed its annual musical so that play-goers didn't catch it after the curtain fell. >> the principal really felt that it was better right now that he would don

joanne paletta's mother, betty jean elias was raped and stabbed and strangled in her apartment in 1979. play mother was tortured. she had a slow death. she fought like hell. she had no fingernails left. >> the case was cold. a few years ago, police had d.n.a. from the crime scene toast asked found a match. dennis ray eagle was serving time for a sex crime in another state and was charged with murder and is held in dublin. the next court aperrance is in may and she will be this. >> oakland launching a new program to cut back on graffiti in chinatown. city leaders discussed ways to cut back on the agree navy. a method that is working? simple. the painting over it as soon as possible to discourage taggers. this norms the residents to come together and take care of a special block or building. >> president obama is taking a big stand for dragging -- for transgender students to allow them to use the bathroom that matched their gender identity. this includes access to locker rooms, as well. deaths that do nut physical the order could face lawsuits or lose federal funding. >> a catholic high