He's Turning On You

Speaker 10:00

And we're live on match day as Doug reaches for a Buffalo wing. He's got it. Oh, and he's going for a can of Pepsi too. [can opening] What a finish. There's no doubt about it. It just tastes better. Match days deserve Pepsi.

Maggie Rulli· Host0:14

It's January 1997, about seven months since Angie Dodge was brutally murdered at knife point. For months, police have had no solid leads, no suspects in Angie's murder. They talked to dozens of local Idaho Falls residents, collecting DNA samples, chasing tips, but it hadn't brought them any closer to solving this case until they got word about an arrest in Nevada for sexual assault. Idaho Falls investigators were told by Nevada police that the alleged perpetrator held a knife to the victim's throat. To detectives, this detail about the knife seemed similar to Angie's murder. They made the trip to speak with the man in custody.

Speaker 31:03

Okay? How did you know Angie?

Speaker 41:06

She was a very good friend of mine.

Speaker 31:08

You guys used to hang around together?

Maggie Rulli· Host1:10

Because he also happened to be a friend of Angie Dodge. His name is Ben Hobbs. Just seven months earlier, Ben had been at Angie's funeral, a 24-year-old with short blonde hair and a mustache. Ben had carried a flower arrangement