matt denlinger: jerry. test the dna. onfession denlinger was hoping for, but he didn't think it was a denial either. so 39 years to the day after michelle martinko's murder, jerry burns was cuffed and placed under arrest. you have the right to remain silent. anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. dennis murphy: the charge was first degree murder. for jerry burns' daughter jennifer and his brother donald, the news was a gut punch, impossible to comprehend. it almost seemed like a dream, that it wasn't really happening, wasn't really true. dennis murphy: could you believe it? no. my brother had said dad's been arrested for murder and just like, who? i was so in disbelief. [music playing] dennis murphy: the arrest just didn't square with the image of the devoted father, the good kid brother that they'd always known. they felt certain there was something wrong with that dna evidence. there's lots of other stories out there, where there's a mistake of dna found at crime scenes, and there's an expl