sharon moskowitz, an honors graduate from connecticut, a japanese studies expert. she had only lived in our city for a few weeks before this happened. on the day this happened, she felt ill. she called in sick. she went to a health food store, got some tea and herbs and came back to biltmore street to rest up. as she walked through the door of that house, they say she was jumped. she was bound. she was murdered. she was robbed. >> 12 years, seven months, 15 days. >> reporter: that's commander rodney parks. he's in charge of all the detectives now. but as a homicide lieutenant, he was at that buiiltmore scene th day and hasn't forgotten what happened. >> this is personal. it is as personal as any unsolved case that we have. >> reporter: after the murder the killer took sharon moskowitz's credit card and went on a buying spree. they caught him on security camera in maryland. he was wearing this hooded sweatshirt with the name "pit" on the front of it. now, after all these years, enhanced security tape from this giant food store on "o" street shows the pit suspect man

. >>> dc police need your help involving a 12-year-old murder case. 25-year-old sharon moskowitz was killed in ' 97. police have video of someone using her credit card less than 24 hours after her death. police want to know if you recognize the person. they are asking for a -- they are offering a 25 thundershower dollars reward. >>> metro now says it has finally finished repairing the tracks near the fort totten station. metro replaced all the dated equipment and trains can once again run at full speed. >>> early morning earthquakes raised new fears of a possible pacific tsunami. >>> and calm weather is helping firefighters out west to gain ground on a within wildfire. it is seven after the hour. we'll be right back. >>> here's a look at some things in the news right now. three strong earthquakes this the south pacific caused tsunami warningser the second straight week. the earthquakes were centered northeast of australia and north of new zealand. residents fled for higher ground and we have file video of the island and showing a small tsunami wave reported there. since then there ha