When I was 14, I asked my mother if I could babysit someone. I think it was an infant. She said no. I asked why. She said God forbid, for instance, this child starts choking, what are you going to do? She told me when you're 15, I will get you a job at the Dairy Queen about 2 miles from where we lived. She said the worst mistake you could make there is giving them the wrong milkshake.
Or your mom could've signed you up for a cpr/first aid class to expand your skill set, then you would know what to do when someone is choking on a milkshake you made...
Most things are beyond a 14 year old,thats why we have parents,although most parents seem to me to be useless and i have no idea how there are billions of us!!!
The irony is, he probably did get lost after concealing the body. Couldn't find his truck and just walked himself right to the police. The sheer number of stupid lies he told looks REALLY bad.
Here are my thoughts. He took the girl at gunpoint to his truck. He had those documents in the passenger seat. She saw her opportunity to throw them in the driveway when he wasn’t looking in hopes that someone would find them and follow them. She did everything she could do. Bless her heart.
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The DNA not matching is a red herring. Not because that method isn't useful but because it is only useful if the victim actually inflicts an injury against the attacker and if the DNA is correctly collected. This horrific crime happened in 1989. The first time DNA was used to help solve a crime was 1986, so forensics knowledge of DNA was in its absolute infancy. That is why there was no DNA reports for the truck. It is also important to note that in 1989 children of her age still were active outdoors and in person with friends so it is much more likely that she's had stuff under her nails. If you go play outside vs play a video game, yes your nails are dirtier even if you wash your hands. DNA evidence is a powerful tool but it has to be used in context. Recently some cases where a judgment was decided entirely off DNA evidence were overturned. So if we didn't find his DNA under her nails that probably just means she didn't scratch him. The injuries reported didn't say "nail raking marks" which are pretty easy to identify. It just mentioned rather generic injuries he could have gotten dragging her into the woods. It is actually not common for DNA under the nails to solve a case because victims don't always fight back or get a chance to at least. The evidence they do have: - witness of a vehicle like his at the abduction site, his own items at the abduction site (likely fell out while he was loading her into the truck) - witnesses of him leaving the woods near where her body is found just after her murder - the rope in his truck matching the rope used on her He was at the scene of the crime AND the scene of her body AND had the means to do it. If this were a modern case we'd have his cell phone location and DNA forensics of his truck.
Their was another man that they looked at because he was going to trial for an offense (can't remember and the victim was going testify for the prosecution. He could frame denis.denis truck was near the body. He could of taken papers and planted them.
Absolutely. He lied about the fishing and the Keys, he dropped his paperwork, her body was found by her truck and he admitted it to police. There isn't even a question whether he's guilty.
I was once going to a music store with my dad & a couple of his friends. One of them had some kind of prostate problem and demanded my dad pull over right where we were, he got out peed right in some stranger's driveway. I remember thinking how ironic it would be to get arrested while out with my dad & his friends.
So a 12 year old is babysitting with a door open>?? Why was Dennis in that particular driveway? Why did he pee there? How would he know a 12 year old was alone>?
I would absolutely love to see an analysis of the Chinese Squid boat massacre. Was it a case of extremely rare, almost unheard of mass delusion amongst 33 people? If not, what? 33 men went out on a boat, squid fishing and 11 came back. What happened is not a mystery, the survivors told the tale. But it’s extremely hard to comprehend human beings behaving like that when their lives were not on the line. It occurred in 2011 or 2012.
Sometimes police are sure that a person is guilty but can alter or add false evidence to help convict the man they are sure is guilty. It used to be a saying by police in Australia about 50 years ago "If god forgets, we remember". Just last year a man was found not guilty after a retrial because it was found police had made statements that were false. Jason Roberts had spent 20 years in jail. Also, Ronald Ryan, the last man to be hung in Australia is said to have been "verballed", meaning he was said to have confessed when he didn't confess. That is a case where it seems obvious that a guard on the prison tower had fired the shot that killed a guard and not Ryan.
Keep in mind that the baby mother found the notebook in her driveway before she even reported Sarah as missing. So it’s not like the police had a chance to frame this guy. They didn’t even know there had been a crime.
@@GoodnightJLH If someone stole his truck and also committed the murder, they could have easily thrown the paperwork out on the driveway. That would certainly make more sense than him doing it himself.
@@flingonber That’s possible. But the original post was about police planting evidence and that’s not the case since the evidence was discovered by the homeowner before the disappearance was reported. The thing is that he admitted that he had left his truck there. He didn’t say it was missing. He had the keys with him and the truck wasn’t hot wired. So, unless he left a 2nd set of keys in the car, it’s unlikely that his truck was stolen. I would love to know whose DNA was under her fingernails. DNA was relatively new technology back then and they weren’t doing DNA geneology.
@@GoodnightJLH That's not really a logical conclusion, though - when the police are "sure" that someone is guilty, they can and have manufactured confessions, which is what is known (in the case of Jason Roberts) and believed (in the case of Ronald Ryan) to have happened in the two cases that the OP mentioned.
What about that time blood from the victim was found on a suspects clothes, only for DNA testing to be reviewed by the defence team and they noticed mild shadow of a different persons DNA. It turned out the victim had a blood transfusion and the shadow matched the blood donor. The blood found on the suspects clothing had been taken from the victim while they were in hospital and after they recieved the blood transfusion.
I agree he was probably guilty but I'm having a hard time grappling with the fact that the DNA didn't match. What are the odds that the murderer was careless enough to leave incriminating documents on the victim's driveway, but was careful enough to avoid leaving any biological evidence, while at the same time the victim managed to get DNA under her fingernails which didn't belong to the person who killed her? Did they test him for chimerism?
@PFBM86 “You took the words right out of my mouth” as they say. I too am really perplexed about the absence of his DNA! Also I would like to hear more from Dr. Grande as to how this factor played into his analysis of guilt (in this case or a similar case like it.) Thanks for your comment PFBM!
" but was careful enough to avoid leaving any biological evidence". Maybe he merely "lucked out" by not leaving any, as in not being careful, but also not being careless either. another case that comes to mind in regards to some "mysterious blood/ DNA" was the one where the mother was convicted of killing her sons, but yet a sock that had blood on it was found a few houses down. blood from one of the sons, and some mystery blood with it. ill try to find the case for you
Me. When I get up I ask the question like a prayer and Dr. Grande gets a sharp pain in his head and hears my voice, and makes the video to shut it up. He thinks it’s audio hallucinations but, it’s just me.
My ex was involved in the arrest of Dennis DeChaine. He was a deputy at the time. I always had questions, but he is absolutely convinced of his guilt. And now, so do I!
She was to young to be babysitting alone at 13! The mother left the door unlocked, because she was afraid she'd lock herself out, if that's ur fear, she shouldn't be your baby sitter!
Back in those days kids had more freedom and responsibility, and it's probably the multitude of scenarios just like this coupled with poor City design that contributed to kids being confined indoors well beyond adulthood
I babysat infants when I was 12. But only in my own neighborhood where I had lots of adults to call. And I always locked the doors. Back then, they taught us babysitter safety in HomeEc at age 11 and gave us certificates for passing it.
I believe that he’s guilty but I can see why people have their doubts. I admit, my mind went to other cases that I’ve heard of involving wrongful conviction during parts of your video. Thanks for giving us a video everyday Dr. Grande. Enjoy the rest of your weekend 😎
I believe he's *probably* guilty, but that's not good enough...I don't think it's fair to say he's guilty beyond a reasonable doubt because of the blood under the girl's fingernails. If he was involved, somebody else was too, which is a pretty huge hole in the case. DNA evidence doesn't lie.
Seems to me he was merely an opportunist rapist and murderer, probably fueled by drugs of some kind. The opportunity presented itself either due to mere coincidence, or he had heard about "some young girl who was going to be babysitting nearby" thru the grapevine somehow, and decided to stalk his prey, hoping for a chance to make his move. Maybe he only planned to rape her, but then changed his mind (due to her fighting back at hime ?!), hence why his mind was so conflicted with the verbal outbursts of guilt. Some of the spiritual/religious sort could even argue that he was indeed, possessed by a demon. But even if that was the case, a person can control going so far as to kill someone else. Thus still guilty, regardless.
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Love this channel. Dr. Grande is a great story teller. I notice in the title it says "Urinating on the wrong driveway", but I don't see any mention of urinating on a driveway in the story, or did I miss something?
maybe Dennis is a chimera (a person that has more than 1 set of DNA due to 2 eggs, each with their own DNA, fuse together in the mother's womb and become 1 fetus/baby). granted chimerism in humans is rare, i think only about 100 cases have been documented but it is possible. there was a case where a mom needed a kidney transplant and her 3 sons were tested to see if they were viable donors but the "test results" came back that they weren't her biological kids because of the dna difference but this woman had given birth to these kids. turns out the mom was a chimera. im no scientist so i don't fully understand it but there are tests they can do to determine this so maybe Dennis should be tested for chimerism???
The odds of dropping your documents in front of the home of a murdered girl you say you didnt know only for your truck to be parked 400 feet from her dead body are so low you would have a better chance of winning the Powerball 2 times in a row. We live in a bad world. We are hesitant to call people bad. We call them misunderstood or something else. Every murderer in prison has defenders. As a society we defend them. We wonder who would kill a child but we allow it. This man gets 3 meals a day and better health coverage than the average person working a full time job. We really dont care about the victims. We say we do but nobody watching this video can name one murder victim with there own netflix special. The people defending this man are bad people. The people defending murderers on death row are bad people. They arent misunderstood or more knowledgeable they are just bad people.
I get what you’re saying to a certain extent, but I think you’re going overboard. Are you saying people in jail shouldn’t be fed or have health needs taken care of?
I think he is saying most of us work our rear ends off, and still struggle with putting food on our table, and most of us can’t afford medications we need and physician care because we have crappy health coverage. Maybe if your taxes was supporting someone in prison, or death row…that murdered a loved one..you might feel different. They gave up their right to square meals and health care when they took a life. Period. They are horrible, evil people..and don’t deserve s***.
@@Sleepparalysisdemon2 I feel like this is more of a statement against the health care system than a statement against prison care. I can understand this sentiment at a surface level, but it's born of pure emotion. Firstly, death row inmates tend to take up a lot more money than lifers. The government doesn't rush towards killing people, and it shouldn't - there are countless cases where death row inmates have been exonerated , sometimes only hours before they were set to be executed, and the State came within a hairs breadth of killing an innocent person. If the government is going to go to the extreme of taking a life, that means it has to take the utmost procoutions and spare no expense - this is not something they'll be able to undo. That means a lengthy jury process. That means hiring more lawyers for the defendant, to make sure they're properly defendeded. That means a lengthy appeals process. That means solitary confinement, which is more expensive. All of this is essential, because, again, the government should never rush towards the ultimate option. And no, I don't like that my tax dollars go to fund reprehensible people, but that's the way justice works. If the state is going to house inmates, it has to meet basic human needs - they might be terrible, terrible people, but they are still PEOPLE, and have to be treated as such. I'm not saying they should live at the Ritz, but they shouldn't be subjected to torture, either, and that's what starving them and not making sure basic health needs are met would amount to.
The DNA under a kids fingernails could be old, kids aren’t known for deep cleaning, even girls - girls focus on their face and hair at that age. That could have been old DNA picked up anywhere, horsing around with friends and family, right? I think Dennis did the crime, too bizarre the coincidences.😢😢😢
As a parent I have to agree. Especially since this is back when kids would actually go out and play. As for Dennis, he might have been watching the Mother of the baby, not necessarily the victim. He could have acted on the unlocked door and taken her as a "I've come this far already" move. As another viewer pointed out the girl might have thrown his stuff out of the truck when he put her in. He emerged from the woods near where the body was found, the rope used on her matched more rope he had in the truck and so on. There have been some cases that hinge entirely on DNA that have been overthrown in recent years. DNA from my kids, friends and family are all in my house. If you used luminol you'd probably detect blood since it can detect it even after being diluted 10,000 times so even if I clean we still get hurt and there is probably traces of blood. Esp since I had feeling loss in my feet and would frequently not know I was injured until I left a blood trail. This doesn't mean DNA isn't a powerful tool but it has to be used in context. Put in context it doesn't mean much since he didn't have much for what could be defensive wounds as he likely could have also injured himself dragging her into the woods. Therefor her not having his DNA under his nails isn't too shocking. It is when a suspect has wounds consistent with someone trying to defend themselves AND the victim has DNA under their nails that it works.
Recreational drug use did not cause this incident. The dude was scoping out the place the day before. Even of he was using drugs, he would have been attracted to children before then
Another difficult one for me. I’m pretty sure he did it in reality but the confession and dna seem like reasonable doubt. I’m starting to think maybe my personal bar for ‘reasonable doubt’ is too low.
I personally believe it was serial killer Richard Evonitz that committed the crime. Dechaine just got framed for it likely by Evonitz. Dechaine's alibi was that he was in the woods doing drugs. Evonitz could have easily stolen his truck, committed the murder while Dennis was on his bender. Evonitz was in the area just miles from the spot due to the military base he was stationed at and the modus operandi of kidnapping girls in broad daylight from their driveway fits perfectly. The DNA under her fingernails should be compared to Evontiz to see if it's a match, I believe some was sent for comparison but haven't been able to find if anything had been done.
The DNA didn't match, and the police didn't write a protocol of the questioning? That should be enough reasonable doubt. The documents might prove he was around but not that he killed her. I hope they get the real killer in case it isn't him.
@@wilhelmhagberg4897 can't they do family tree DNA thing? I feel like it's pretty important to know whose blood it is. Could be someone who was with him.
I am not convinced that he is guilty knowing Maine “Justice” but I am also not convinced he is not guilty. I believe that none of Sarah’s DNA was found in his truck. I am not convinced he was stalking the house. There are a few other suspects. It is strange. I read a book on the murder, after I was convinced he was not guilty. But I don’t remember the book, so now I am back to the unknown. I think this case depends on whatever information one hears last.
This is a tough one. That DNA under the victim’s fingernails raises doubts. But finding that stuff in the driveway, finding his truck near the victim and a supposed confession are very convincing. I suppose he could have been framed by police. But that seems very unlikely to the point of being beyond reasonable doubt. Plus, it was the baby’s mother who found the notebook. Not police.
The documents on the driveway actually makes me MORE suspicious of a ”setup”. Just seems overly convenient. I also find it strange that a man who just commited a murder engages strangers + police to help go looking for his truck!
I'm highly suspicious of the evidence being used here. A pick-up truck "matching the description of Dennis's truck" (what does that even mean? ANY red truck might qualify) "was reported" (by whom? Someone associated with the same corrections officers who "reported" Dennis's "confession"?). Dennis must have cased the girl's home and "somehow" discovered that she was babysitting alone the next day? In the days before social media, how does a stranger "somehow" find this out? The girl apparently just hopped into a "stranger's" car and leaves a 10-month-old baby alone? It sounds to me as though this crime was committed by someone the girl knew and trusted. Dennis screwed himself by trying to lie about his "drug use" (what? Sparking up a doobie along the river bank?) and THAT'S what convicted him. I don't think "framed by police" is anywhere NEAR "beyond reasonable doubt."
@@wilhelmhagberg4897 he didn’t really engage a stranger to help him look for his truck, the couple happened to see him spontaneously as he was exiting the woods. So I think in my opinion, he was trying to make a reason for him being in the woods.
I have researched this case up and down. I have always wondered this case, even more so as i worked towards earning two masters degrees, during which time I have really had to look at various cases at various points in time. This case has been on my mind for many years. Given what we know today this cause still leaves me with questions. Regardless I think this man would have found himself behind bars for possibly the same amount of time, but I have hesitation about his involvement in this crime. I encourage people to read the book "Human Sacrifice."
I honestly don’t know how he’s even still alive. In prison he has what is called “dirty paperwork”. He would have to be locked down away from the general population. If they didn’t lock him down and he was in general population Todd would have been moving to the timeline of when he died in prison.
Now I see how someone makes themselves look guilty with their lying. I thought, if he's innocent - maybe someone found his truck and used it, and the papers fell out of the truck when they took Sarah Cherry? And Dennis was fishing and got lost? But Dennis said that "maybe someone put it in the driveway to set me up (that's stupid) and lying about having the lost truck's keys was unnecessary (and stupid) and both are obviously lies which makes him look guilty, even though I was ready to give him the assumption of innocence until otherwise found.
Such a genius that he was able to leave absolutely zero physical evidence, including DNA that wan't his, but was stupid enough to drop documents? Sus at best.
I don't think anyone's claiming he left no DNA (or other people's DNA) intentionally. It was just chance, and 1989 testing wasn't anything like what we have today.
@@eadweard. - The thing is, if his DNA matched, they'd be saying "there's no legitimate, innocent explanation for it". But since after 2 DNA tests, one more recent, that excluded him, they're saying, yes, well, there could be legitimate, innocent explanations for the unknown DNA.
@duvessa2003 there were only 39 murders in Maine in 1989. The death of a totally innocent 12 year old is still shocking to the core. These kinds of deaths are incredibly rare here.
@@duvessa2003 because the community here mostly believes in his innocence. The crime was shocking and many people feel that not only had justice not been served but an injustice has been made. I’m on the fence… the fact that got me doubtful was that out of the hundreds of things in that truck, the only two items with his name on them were the only two things that “fell from the truck” supporters of Deschaine believe those particular ones were taken from his truck to make him the fall guy. The odds of it being those two particular documents falling out naturally are astronomical
The 8,000 lb. Elephant in the room, is the DNA evidence (stuff from under ther victim's fingernails.) Whose DNA is that ? Why wouldn't Dennis' DNA be there if the victim were fighting back ? It appears that there was more than one person involved with this crime, possibly (because of the DNA evidence.) It could be that Dennis' DNA didn't show up, because somone else fought the victim, while Denis either looked on, or avoided the victims hand contact with him (someone else holding her hands.) The DNA evidence is disturbing. Also, evidence can be planted. That is another area to be looked at.
The baby’s mother found the notebook in her driveway before she reported the babysitter missing. It would be a huge coincidence that someone planted that stuff then the defendant’s truck was found near the body.
Not implying anything but i find that that the mothers response for not locking the door abnormal. If she never locks the door because its a safe area she'd have said that. If she normally locks the doors and was so worried that the babysitter watching her 10 month old would randomly go outside AND lock herself out, she would have left a key. Its hard to believe she went through that thought process before she left her house
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I find it hard to believe documents got at the scene of an abduction, and then your truck is parked by the body. I think maybe he was forcing her into the truck, and some documents just blew out that he didn't notice
Children don't always fight when being abducted. The fear can make a child freeze and be complaint with their abductors wants. This was what stood out to me in that case where two boys led a third younger child by the hand away from his mother to torture and murder the toddler. This is probably why there were no signs of a struggle, once the murderer got her to a secondary location, her fate was sealed. Authorities say to fight for your life because the chances of survival after being taken to a secondary location are slim.
I don't understand your question. How does a 12 year old fight against a 250lbs adult male? By being taken from the house, her chances of survival dropped to slim to none. Secluded areas give the killer a sense of security that no one is going to stumble across them hurting their victims.
For the sake of conversation, if he had assaulted and killed her in the home the chances of this being discovered by a neighbor or that mom returned to walk in on the scene vs. Being taken into a secluded area where it buys him time and confidence no one is going to walk in on him.
@eadweard. that's not my point. A stranger came into the house and she was terrified. No signs of struggle. She was too scared to fight back. As a child, I was taught to obey adults no matter what. The Delphi murders were the same. The girls were too scared to run or fight
Whew! Saw the headline of this video and immediately thought, “What a shame that someone who has heretofore been so sensible has fallen for the sloppy thinking that animates the Dechaine defender fanatics”. But, no, I find instead that you have once again shown balance and logic with your admirable conclusion that Dechaine is guilty.
This one could be either way with the trash police work but I hope the guilty one has been caught I wouldnt be surprised if there was more then 1 person though. I am a big supporter of Police when they do the right thing but this was sloppy.
Hello, Dr Grande. I am curious what you would say about the fictional character Arthur Morgan from a video game called Red Dead Redemption 2. I think he is a sociopath. Also, not in terms of how a player will play the game. Strictly in terms of how he was written, the story. Taking into account what the player has to do during story missions, too, because that would be an element of Arthur Morgan's character.
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He is guilty, the dna under the figernails means nothing when he admitted he did it, his truck was found near the body and the rope he used was in his truck..... guilty!!
I think he's guilty, but the documents just fell out of his truck? Possible yes, likely? Whose blood is under her fingernails? I have a feeling he wasn't alone in his hunt.
I wonder if she did struggle, and the documents falling out of the truck happened during the struggle. When police say "no signs of a struggle", I'm not sure what evidence would have been left, if he got her to come out to his truck, and then quickly overpowered her and through her in the truck. She looks like a little girl, he would have easily overpowered her.
Had the door been locked, as it most certainly should’ve been, Sarah would have stood a fighting chance. She looks like she would’ve had the sense not to let a stranger in while she’s sitting.
Bottom line, going back to the young girl of twelve babysitting a 10 month old. . She's too young and that's proven out by the fact that she wasn't able to adequately defend herself. Also, twelve is just too young to be alone in a house with an infant to be responsible for. My opinion.😐
I live in Maine. I was 14 I babysat alot through out the late 80s early 90s. He spent a long time claiming he didn't do it. That he was railroaded. He still somehow gets the same drugs in prison & has OD'd there. He had a drug problem, his claim is people didn't like the fact he was French Canadian w a college degree.
@@eadweard. Being a year older then her? At the exact same time? Doing the exact same thing as she did? It was very real to me & the adults around me. Don't do this, maybe Sarah did that don't do that.
In my opinion, if just his documents were found in the driveway, I might believe in a story, but also he was seen by a couple that he was exiting the same woods that she was found, and the same day that she was killed so those two things together I would find it very hard to believe that he’s not guilty unless there’s some other pointS
I think you’re right that he is probably guilty but I’m not convinced that it’s beyond a reasonable doubt. Someone else’s blood and none of his blood being under her fingernails is really strange. He could have been involved in the kidnapping but not the murder for example, but not very clear on what he had done due to being on drugs. It’s not that I think that that is probably the case, but I think it’s possible.
Please. DNA testing in 1993 with probably not enough sample to test? You seem to think it's perfect unless it gets the result you don't favor, then it's not perfect and can be explained away somehow.
@@griffrc DNA testing was sufficient in 1993. If there was an insufficient sample, the test would not have been performed. What a ridiculous comment/assumption you made as well.
Absence of his DNA under her fingernails is not proof that he didn't do it. He could easily have been wearing long sleeves and gloves. Also, she was bound with rope, greatly limiting her ability to scratch flesh.
@@griffrc Don’t be stupid. Did you not even listen to the video? They tested it twice and it seems very clear that the blood was not a match to his. You don’t have to have a complete D.N.A. profile for that - you only have to find contradictory aspects. It might even be as simple as the basic blood type being different. But the 1990s was not the nineteenth century - it was the era of ‘Jurassic Park’. That would not have been written even as a fiction were D.N.A. extraction not sufficiently developed and in the public consciousness.
@@briant7265 Sorry that your reading skills are so poor. I didn’t say that it was proof - I said that it was reason for doubt. Furthermore, I said that he might still have been involved but that someone else might have been too - the other blood had to have come from somewhere and if she had scratched e.g. a friend in a play (or real) fight or by pure accident presumably they would have come forward.
Real bizarre case. How was the DNA under her nails not consistent with Dennis’s dna 🧬? Strange stuff here. It seems there is not enough for me to go on and conclude my own beliefs. Albeit I do agree with Dr Grande he’s guilty. But the pieces to the puzzle aren’t there, it seems?
I’m not so sure the DNA could be correct since for one thing the crime happened in the 80s and the DNA testing wasn’t available back then and then testing so much later
I do understand why people will choose to believe in DNA evidence over cops in a lot of cases like this. The cops had access to his truck and could easily have claimed to find them in the driveway. No documented and signed confession? This sounds like a case of "cops said - DNA said" to me, and more than a few police departments struggled with a well deserved reputation of a culture that encouraged their cops to be less than good and honest. If he was the one who murdered her: Did he place someone else's DNA under her fingernails hoping that DNA testing would become a thing in the future? He doesn't strike me as a highly intelligent person with a talent for predicting the future.
The police did not claim to have found the documents in the driveway. The home owner found them and turned them over to the police. Re-watch the video.
All those confessions but none recorded. This sounds like a small town Mayberry-level Dudley Dumbass investigation, yet all these folks just accept it as fact. It'd be comical if real people's lives weren't on the line.
I've been interested in The Innocence Project and I asked them how i can help with their mission. They referred me to this one, and suggested that I read about it and write letters. I didn't quite feel confident that he was or was not innocent. Thank you for explaining this case. I'm still not sure whether to believe he's guilty or innocent. There are still some questions that need to be investigated.
It is odd that Sarah would have someone else’s blood under her fingernails… that would destroy my faith that Dennis was the killer. What about the semen? There is no mention of that having been tested.
She did not have anyone else's blood under her fingernails. It was simply an inconclusive test result. You have to have enough sample and it has to be in good quality to get results.
@@redbullwithoutapause7835 Sticks? I'd investigate her girlfriends first. You know, the ones that would know where she was. Sounds like some shit teen girls would do.
Know only what I heard in this video about the case, but Dr. Grande said "blood". Not saying he cannot get it wrong. Guess I will have research it.@@griffrc
A red pickup truck would have been easily spotted if it had been parked, or frequently seen circling the neighbourhood between 9am and noon. What if, his car was perhaps 'hijacked' while he was "doing drugs in the woods?"
Meant to write he was a man so he didn’t need to do drugs in the woodS. In my opinion, he was making up stories because he was feeling guilty because he was exiting the woods and a couple spontaneously saw while they were hiking.
When I was 14, I asked my mother if I could babysit someone. I think it was an infant. She said no. I asked why. She said God forbid, for instance, this child starts choking, what are you going to do? She told me when you're 15, I will get you a job at the Dairy Queen about 2 miles from where we lived. She said the worst mistake you could make there is giving them the wrong milkshake.
Heimlich mom, Heimlich the infant 😂
Or your mom could've signed you up for a cpr/first aid class to expand your skill set, then you would know what to do when someone is choking on a milkshake you made...
@@heatherhoffman9869 sometimes it beyond a 14 year old
Most things are beyond a 14 year old,thats why we have parents,although most parents seem to me to be useless and i have no idea how there are billions of us!!!
Never thought I’d see a Dr Grande video titled “Drain the Maine vein” yet here we are…..
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The irony is, he probably did get lost after concealing the body. Couldn't find his truck and just walked himself right to the police. The sheer number of stupid lies he told looks REALLY bad.
Exactly what I thought too. 👍
Were the documents found "at the head of the driveway" as he stated to the police? If so, how would he know that if he wasn't there?
Good point!
Here are my thoughts. He took the girl at gunpoint to his truck. He had those documents in the passenger seat. She saw her opportunity to throw them in the driveway when he wasn’t looking in hopes that someone would find them and follow them. She did everything she could do. Bless her heart.
Fanciful.
There was no dna evidence of her in the truck
@@mikebarker7626 not on the papers either
@@mikebarker7626and someone else’s DNA was under her nails
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You feel joy listening to analyses of horrific murder cases?
@@TF80s- I feel “JOY” by listening to podcasts or music or UA-cam videos, as it helps occupy my mind with something other than the crippling anxiety and depression that keeps my mind racing.
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The DNA under the child's nails not matching him certainty gives one pause. Poor little girl.
The DNA not matching is a red herring. Not because that method isn't useful but because it is only useful if the victim actually inflicts an injury against the attacker and if the DNA is correctly collected.
This horrific crime happened in 1989. The first time DNA was used to help solve a crime was 1986, so forensics knowledge of DNA was in its absolute infancy. That is why there was no DNA reports for the truck.
It is also important to note that in 1989 children of her age still were active outdoors and in person with friends so it is much more likely that she's had stuff under her nails. If you go play outside vs play a video game, yes your nails are dirtier even if you wash your hands.
DNA evidence is a powerful tool but it has to be used in context. Recently some cases where a judgment was decided entirely off DNA evidence were overturned.
So if we didn't find his DNA under her nails that probably just means she didn't scratch him. The injuries reported didn't say "nail raking marks" which are pretty easy to identify. It just mentioned rather generic injuries he could have gotten dragging her into the woods. It is actually not common for DNA under the nails to solve a case because victims don't always fight back or get a chance to at least.
The evidence they do have:
- witness of a vehicle like his at the abduction site, his own items at the abduction site (likely fell out while he was loading her into the truck)
- witnesses of him leaving the woods near where her body is found just after her murder
- the rope in his truck matching the rope used on her
He was at the scene of the crime AND the scene of her body AND had the means to do it. If this were a modern case we'd have his cell phone location and DNA forensics of his truck.
@@wobbuffetbuffet THANK YOU!!! I very much appreciate all of this information and clarification.
@@wobbuffetbuffet I remember playing tag once and accidently scratching a friend when I tried to tag him.
Their was another man that they looked at because he was going to trial for an offense (can't remember and the victim was going testify for the prosecution. He could frame denis.denis truck was near the body. He could of taken papers and planted them.
I remember because I live in the state.wasnt he in a blackout from drugs he took and doesn't remember anything that afternoon.
I have to say the title made me smile!! “Drain the main vain “. Thank you so much for all the awesome content!!
Who parks in a stranger's driveway to pee on the side of their house...No one.
Yarp, he's 100 percent guilty.
Absolutely. He lied about the fishing and the Keys, he dropped his paperwork, her body was found by her truck and he admitted it to police. There isn't even a question whether he's guilty.
I was once going to a music store with my dad & a couple of his friends. One of them had some kind of prostate problem and demanded my dad pull over right where we were, he got out peed right in some stranger's driveway. I remember thinking how ironic it would be to get arrested while out with my dad & his friends.
Distrust for the police in any case is warranted
So a 12 year old is babysitting with a door open>?? Why was Dennis in that particular driveway? Why did he pee there? How would he know a 12 year old was alone>?
I agree he was at her house and his truck was close to where her body was found . it's a puzzle and all the peaces fit .
RIP Sarah.
Dr. Grande, I hope you are having a relaxing Sunday. Your sarcasm on some of your videos always makes me laugh.
Haha, I haven’t heard anyone say “drain the main vein” since my best friend did about 40 years ago. Never forgot that one.
“All right y’all, be back in 10. Gotta drain the main vein.” Cody (Jeff Healey) in ‘Road House’.
@@willer3399 well I’ve never seen that! 🤣
Omg, Dr Grande! The thumb title gave me embarrassing heat flashes 😂
I would absolutely love to see an analysis of the Chinese Squid boat massacre. Was it a case of extremely rare, almost unheard of mass delusion amongst 33 people? If not, what? 33 men went out on a boat, squid fishing and 11 came back. What happened is not a mystery, the survivors told the tale. But it’s extremely hard to comprehend human beings behaving like that when their lives were not on the line. It occurred in 2011 or 2012.
When Dr Grande uploads a video I'm always eager to watch.
Sometimes police are sure that a person is guilty but can alter or add false evidence to help convict the man they are sure is guilty. It used to be a saying by police in Australia about 50 years ago "If god forgets, we remember".
Just last year a man was found not guilty after a retrial because it was found police had made statements that were false. Jason Roberts had spent 20 years in jail.
Also, Ronald Ryan, the last man to be hung in Australia is said to have been "verballed", meaning he was said to have confessed when he didn't confess. That is a case where it seems obvious that a guard on the prison tower had fired the shot that killed a guard and not Ryan.
Keep in mind that the baby mother found the notebook in her driveway before she even reported Sarah as missing. So it’s not like the police had a chance to frame this guy. They didn’t even know there had been a crime.
@@GoodnightJLH If someone stole his truck and also committed the murder, they could have easily thrown the paperwork out on the driveway. That would certainly make more sense than him doing it himself.
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That’s possible. But the original post was about police planting evidence and that’s not the case since the evidence was discovered by the homeowner before the disappearance was reported.
The thing is that he admitted that he had left his truck there. He didn’t say it was missing. He had the keys with him and the truck wasn’t hot wired. So, unless he left a 2nd set of keys in the car, it’s unlikely that his truck was stolen.
I would love to know whose DNA was under her fingernails. DNA was relatively new technology back then and they weren’t doing DNA geneology.
@@GoodnightJLH That's not really a logical conclusion, though - when the police are "sure" that someone is guilty, they can and have manufactured confessions, which is what is known (in the case of Jason Roberts) and believed (in the case of Ronald Ryan) to have happened in the two cases that the OP mentioned.
What about that time blood from the victim was found on a suspects clothes, only for DNA testing to be reviewed by the defence team and they noticed mild shadow of a different persons DNA. It turned out the victim had a blood transfusion and the shadow matched the blood donor. The blood found on the suspects clothing had been taken from the victim while they were in hospital and after they recieved the blood transfusion.
I agree he was probably guilty but I'm having a hard time grappling with the fact that the DNA didn't match. What are the odds that the murderer was careless enough to leave incriminating documents on the victim's driveway, but was careful enough to avoid leaving any biological evidence, while at the same time the victim managed to get DNA under her fingernails which didn't belong to the person who killed her? Did they test him for chimerism?
Interesting thought.
That condition is way more common than people think.
@PFBM86 “You took the words right out of my mouth” as they say. I too am really perplexed about the absence of his DNA! Also I would like to hear more from Dr. Grande as to how this factor played into his analysis of guilt (in this case or a similar case like it.) Thanks for your comment PFBM!
Looking up "chimerism"...
" but was careful enough to avoid leaving any biological evidence". Maybe he merely "lucked out" by not leaving any, as in not being careful, but also not being careless either.
another case that comes to mind in regards to some "mysterious blood/ DNA" was the one where the mother was convicted of killing her sons, but yet a sock that had blood on it was found a few houses down. blood from one of the sons, and some mystery blood with it.
ill try to find the case for you
Darlie Routier of Rowlett Texas
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darlie_Routier
Jennifer (the baby’s mother) must feel terrible about leaving the doors unlocked.
You think locked doors are safe?
@@kennyg1358 - No, not always, but they do help.
Unless she was involved
@@ambitionroad - not likely. She probably thought their neighborhood was perfectly safe.
@@ambitionroad agreed. she and her husband should take a dna test. just to rule themselves out🤔
Does anyone ever wonder who ASKED “Today’s Question”?
Me. When I get up I ask the question like a prayer and Dr. Grande gets a sharp pain in his head and hears my voice, and makes the video to shut it up. He thinks it’s audio hallucinations but, it’s just me.
Thanks!
This was one of your better videos, Dr. Grande.
My ex was involved in the arrest of Dennis DeChaine. He was a deputy at the time. I always had questions, but he is absolutely convinced of his guilt. And now, so do I!
A point is. 1/10 in the u.s is sitting for murders they did not comitt. It' a horrid statistic. A great shame.
Well, shame on your ex and his colleagues for being too lazy, incompetent and corrupt to record his statements properly.
@@icturner23Maine Justice is wacked.
This is the first case presented by Dr. Grande where I'm in serious doubt. DNA doesn't lie.
what was the evidence that changed your mind?
She was to young to be babysitting alone at 13! The mother left the door unlocked, because she was afraid she'd lock herself out, if that's ur fear, she shouldn't be your baby sitter!
My thoughts exactly, but there was a predator lurking in the background.
She actually was 12. Yes, it's pure stupidity
Back in those days kids had more freedom and responsibility, and it's probably the multitude of scenarios just like this coupled with poor City design that contributed to kids being confined indoors well beyond adulthood
I babysat infants when I was 12. But only in my own neighborhood where I had lots of adults to call. And I always locked the doors. Back then, they taught us babysitter safety in HomeEc at age 11 and gave us certificates for passing it.
@timothysatyr6674 .." kids had more freedom " so did paedophiles .
The way police handled this case reminds me of the guy that shot a fellow chiropractor.
Who uses a 12 year old to babysit a 10 month old baby?
Basically everybody in human history except for the last 2 decades.
I did growing up.
I believe that he’s guilty but I can see why people have their doubts. I admit, my mind went to other cases that I’ve heard of involving wrongful conviction during parts of your video. Thanks for giving us a video everyday Dr. Grande. Enjoy the rest of your weekend 😎
I believe he's *probably* guilty, but that's not good enough...I don't think it's fair to say he's guilty beyond a reasonable doubt because of the blood under the girl's fingernails. If he was involved, somebody else was too, which is a pretty huge hole in the case. DNA evidence doesn't lie.
Seems to me he was merely an opportunist rapist and murderer, probably fueled by drugs of some kind. The opportunity presented itself either due to mere coincidence, or he had heard about "some young girl who was going to be babysitting nearby" thru the grapevine somehow, and decided to stalk his prey, hoping for a chance to make his move.
Maybe he only planned to rape her, but then changed his mind (due to her fighting back at hime ?!), hence why his mind was so conflicted with the verbal outbursts of guilt.
Some of the spiritual/religious sort could even argue that he was indeed, possessed by a demon. But even if that was the case, a person can control going so far as to kill someone else. Thus still guilty, regardless.
@@Gizziiusa if he was on drugs, he could make him easier to want to kill her
Tough case. Not sure why this well adjusted man with no record goes into the woods to "do drugs."
That’s how he stays adjusted.
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Love this channel. Dr. Grande is a great story teller. I notice in the title it says "Urinating on the wrong driveway", but I don't see any mention of urinating on a driveway in the story, or did I miss something?
Always interesting
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If he had an accomplice, he isnt giving that person up. This is beyond circumstantial.
Baby”s DNA? Change of a diaper?
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maybe Dennis is a chimera (a person that has more than 1 set of DNA due to 2 eggs, each with their own DNA, fuse together in the mother's womb and become 1 fetus/baby). granted chimerism in humans is rare, i think only about 100 cases have been documented but it is possible. there was a case where a mom needed a kidney transplant and her 3 sons were tested to see if they were viable donors but the "test results" came back that they weren't her biological kids because of the dna difference but this woman had given birth to these kids. turns out the mom was a chimera. im no scientist so i don't fully understand it but there are tests they can do to determine this so maybe Dennis should be tested for chimerism???
Please do the case of Laura Owens vs Clayton. Hes not the first man she’s done this too and she hasn’t been stopped
The odds of dropping your documents in front of the home of a murdered girl you say you didnt know only for your truck to be parked 400 feet from her dead body are so low you would have a better chance of winning the Powerball 2 times in a row. We live in a bad world. We are hesitant to call people bad. We call them misunderstood or something else. Every murderer in prison has defenders. As a society we defend them. We wonder who would kill a child but we allow it. This man gets 3 meals a day and better health coverage than the average person working a full time job. We really dont care about the victims. We say we do but nobody watching this video can name one murder victim with there own netflix special. The people defending this man are bad people. The people defending murderers on death row are bad people. They arent misunderstood or more knowledgeable they are just bad people.
I get what you’re saying to a certain extent, but I think you’re going overboard. Are you saying people in jail shouldn’t be fed or have health needs taken care of?
I think there is more to this story than just people defending a child killer.
I think he is saying most of us work our rear ends off, and still struggle with putting food on our table, and most of us can’t afford medications we need and physician care because we have crappy health coverage. Maybe if your taxes was supporting someone in prison, or death row…that murdered a loved one..you might feel different. They gave up their right to square meals and health care when they took a life. Period. They are horrible, evil people..and don’t deserve s***.
@@Sleepparalysisdemon2 I feel like this is more of a statement against the health care system than a statement against prison care.
I can understand this sentiment at a surface level, but it's born of pure emotion. Firstly, death row inmates tend to take up a lot more money than lifers. The government doesn't rush towards killing people, and it shouldn't - there are countless cases where death row inmates have been exonerated , sometimes only hours before they were set to be executed, and the State came within a hairs breadth of killing an innocent person. If the government is going to go to the extreme of taking a life, that means it has to take the utmost procoutions and spare no expense - this is not something they'll be able to undo.
That means a lengthy jury process.
That means hiring more lawyers for the defendant, to make sure they're properly defendeded.
That means a lengthy appeals process.
That means solitary confinement, which is more expensive.
All of this is essential, because, again, the government should never rush towards the ultimate option.
And no, I don't like that my tax dollars go to fund reprehensible people, but that's the way justice works. If the state is going to house inmates, it has to meet basic human needs - they might be terrible, terrible people, but they are still PEOPLE, and have to be treated as such. I'm not saying they should live at the Ritz, but they shouldn't be subjected to torture, either, and that's what starving them and not making sure basic health needs are met would amount to.
Opinions and thoughts.
I agree.
Haven't even started to watch but the title is Legendary!
Nice truck hard to find them nowadays
Another classic Dr Grande thumbnail title 👌
The DNA under a kids fingernails could be old, kids aren’t known for deep cleaning, even girls - girls focus on their face and hair at that age. That could have been old DNA picked up anywhere, horsing around with friends and family, right? I think Dennis did the crime, too bizarre the coincidences.😢😢😢
COINCIDENCE Theorist,!
As a parent I have to agree. Especially since this is back when kids would actually go out and play.
As for Dennis, he might have been watching the Mother of the baby, not necessarily the victim. He could have acted on the unlocked door and taken her as a "I've come this far already" move. As another viewer pointed out the girl might have thrown his stuff out of the truck when he put her in. He emerged from the woods near where the body was found, the rope used on her matched more rope he had in the truck and so on.
There have been some cases that hinge entirely on DNA that have been overthrown in recent years. DNA from my kids, friends and family are all in my house. If you used luminol you'd probably detect blood since it can detect it even after being diluted 10,000 times so even if I clean we still get hurt and there is probably traces of blood. Esp since I had feeling loss in my feet and would frequently not know I was injured until I left a blood trail. This doesn't mean DNA isn't a powerful tool but it has to be used in context. Put in context it doesn't mean much since he didn't have much for what could be defensive wounds as he likely could have also injured himself dragging her into the woods. Therefor her not having his DNA under his nails isn't too shocking.
It is when a suspect has wounds consistent with someone trying to defend themselves AND the victim has DNA under their nails that it works.
But if he was scratched, his DNA would be there too.
Another example of why recreational drug use is bad, and no doubt there are groupies out there who think sweet Dennis could never do such a thing.
Recreational drug use did not cause this incident. The dude was scoping out the place the day before. Even of he was using drugs, he would have been attracted to children before then
he was a perv, but the drug use lowered his inhibitions enough so he didn't care what he did.@@NealBurkard-ut1oo
Another difficult one for me. I’m pretty sure he did it in reality but the confession and dna seem like reasonable doubt. I’m starting to think maybe my personal bar for ‘reasonable doubt’ is too low.
I personally believe it was serial killer Richard Evonitz that committed the crime.
Dechaine just got framed for it likely by Evonitz. Dechaine's alibi was that he was in the woods doing drugs. Evonitz could have easily stolen his truck, committed the murder while Dennis was on his bender.
Evonitz was in the area just miles from the spot due to the military base he was stationed at and the modus operandi of kidnapping girls in broad daylight from their driveway fits perfectly.
The DNA under her fingernails should be compared to Evontiz to see if it's a match, I believe some was sent for comparison but haven't been able to find if anything had been done.
Can you analyze the case of Brandon Teena in a video? It’s a very interesting one at that.
The DNA didn't match, and the police didn't write a protocol of the questioning? That should be enough reasonable doubt. The documents might prove he was around but not that he killed her. I hope they get the real killer in case it isn't him.
When the mother was out without the baby, did she tell anyone about the babysitting?
Curious title 😯 Watching now
Can't they figure out who the blood on the unknown person belongs to?
Only if that person was a repeat criminal with his DNA submitted to a data base.
they should have asked for a dna test for the 7 people who knew she was home alone
@@wilhelmhagberg4897 can't they do family tree DNA thing? I feel like it's pretty important to know whose blood it is. Could be someone who was with him.
Thanks for covering a case I requested. Yay, don’t forget Ayla Reynolds and maybe throw in Ashley Oullette if you’re up to it. ♥️
I am not convinced that he is guilty knowing Maine “Justice” but I am also not convinced he is not guilty. I believe that none of Sarah’s DNA was found in his truck. I am not convinced he was stalking the house. There are a few other suspects. It is strange. I read a book on the murder, after I was convinced he was not guilty. But I don’t remember the book, so now I am back to the unknown. I think this case depends on whatever information one hears last.
This is a tough one. That DNA under the victim’s fingernails raises doubts. But finding that stuff in the driveway, finding his truck near the victim and a supposed confession are very convincing. I suppose he could have been framed by police. But that seems very unlikely to the point of being beyond reasonable doubt.
Plus, it was the baby’s mother who found the notebook. Not police.
The documents on the driveway actually makes me MORE suspicious of a ”setup”. Just seems overly convenient. I also find it strange that a man who just commited a murder engages strangers + police to help go looking for his truck!
I'm highly suspicious of the evidence being used here. A pick-up truck "matching the description of Dennis's truck" (what does that even mean? ANY red truck might qualify) "was reported" (by whom? Someone associated with the same corrections officers who "reported" Dennis's "confession"?). Dennis must have cased the girl's home and "somehow" discovered that she was babysitting alone the next day? In the days before social media, how does a stranger "somehow" find this out? The girl apparently just hopped into a "stranger's" car and leaves a 10-month-old baby alone?
It sounds to me as though this crime was committed by someone the girl knew and trusted. Dennis screwed himself by trying to lie about his "drug use" (what? Sparking up a doobie along the river bank?) and THAT'S what convicted him.
I don't think "framed by police" is anywhere NEAR "beyond reasonable doubt."
You both make good points. Conclusion - this is a tough case
@@wilhelmhagberg4897that would mean that the mom would have to be in on the set up too.
@@wilhelmhagberg4897 he didn’t really engage a stranger to help him look for his truck, the couple happened to see him spontaneously as he was exiting the woods. So I think in my opinion, he was trying to make a reason for him being in the woods.
I cant help but notice the slight changes
"The rain in Maine falls mainly on Dechaine?" Boo, Hiss!! 😆🤣😆🤣
I have researched this case up and down. I have always wondered this case, even more so as i worked towards earning two masters degrees, during which time I have really had to look at various cases at various points in time. This case has been on my mind for many years. Given what we know today this cause still leaves me with questions. Regardless I think this man would have found himself behind bars for possibly the same amount of time, but I have hesitation about his involvement in this crime. I encourage people to read the book "Human Sacrifice."
I honestly don’t know how he’s even still alive. In prison he has what is called “dirty paperwork”. He would have to be locked down away from the general population. If they didn’t lock him down and he was in general population Todd would have been moving to the timeline of when he died in prison.
Now I see how someone makes themselves look guilty with their lying.
I thought, if he's innocent - maybe someone found his truck and used it, and the papers fell out of the truck when they took Sarah Cherry? And Dennis was fishing and got lost?
But Dennis said that "maybe someone put it in the driveway to set me up (that's stupid) and lying about having the lost truck's keys was unnecessary (and stupid) and both are obviously lies which makes him look guilty, even though I was ready to give him the assumption of innocence until otherwise found.
Did Dennis say that or detectives said he said that? Is it recorded?
@@cindys9858 thank you, that's a great question.
Such a genius that he was able to leave absolutely zero physical evidence, including DNA that wan't his, but was stupid enough to drop documents? Sus at best.
I don't think anyone's claiming he left no DNA (or other people's DNA) intentionally. It was just chance, and 1989 testing wasn't anything like what we have today.
@@eadweard. - The thing is, if his DNA matched, they'd be saying "there's no legitimate, innocent explanation for it". But since after 2 DNA tests, one more recent, that excluded him, they're saying, yes, well, there could be legitimate, innocent explanations for the unknown DNA.
This crime is still a raw subject here in Maine.
How so?
@duvessa2003 there were only 39 murders in Maine in 1989. The death of a totally innocent 12 year old is still shocking to the core. These kinds of deaths are incredibly rare here.
@@duvessa2003 because the community here mostly believes in his innocence. The crime was shocking and many people feel that not only had justice not been served but an injustice has been made. I’m on the fence… the fact that got me doubtful was that out of the hundreds of things in that truck, the only two items with his name on them were the only two things that “fell from the truck” supporters of Deschaine believe those particular ones were taken from his truck to make him the fall guy. The odds of it being those two particular documents falling out naturally are astronomical
Considering the source of the alleged confessions, I'm skeptical he confessed.
The 8,000 lb. Elephant in the room, is the DNA evidence (stuff from under ther victim's fingernails.) Whose DNA is that ? Why wouldn't Dennis' DNA be there if the victim were fighting back ? It appears that there was more than one person involved with this crime, possibly (because of the DNA evidence.) It could be that Dennis' DNA didn't show up, because somone else fought the victim, while Denis either looked on, or avoided the victims hand contact with him (someone else holding her hands.) The DNA evidence is disturbing. Also, evidence can be planted. That is another area to be looked at.
The baby’s mother found the notebook in her driveway before she reported the babysitter missing. It would be a huge coincidence that someone planted that stuff then the defendant’s truck was found near the body.
@@GoodnightJLH Good points.
@@GoodnightJLH Yes, unless a perpetrator framed him because the man was a regular (predictable) visitor of that area.
Despite the lack of DNA, I 100% think he did it...perhaps not alone.
Not implying anything but i find that that the mothers response for not locking the door abnormal. If she never locks the door because its a safe area she'd have said that. If she normally locks the doors and was so worried that the babysitter watching her 10 month old would randomly go outside AND lock herself out, she would have left a key. Its hard to believe she went through that thought process before she left her house
Your jokes kill me. You always find a way to sneak em in. Your sarcastic one-liners are the best part of these videos. Great work Jedi. More lizard people content!!!
I find it hard to believe documents got at the scene of an abduction, and then your truck is parked by the body. I think maybe he was forcing her into the truck, and some documents just blew out that he didn't notice
What a sick person. Absolutely horrible crime. So sad for Sarah and her family
Okay
Wtf
Interesting case.
The My Fair Lady reference killed me.😂
Idk if Dennis is innocent but I do believe he didn’t perpetrate the crime alone…
Children don't always fight when being abducted. The fear can make a child freeze and be complaint with their abductors wants. This was what stood out to me in that case where two boys led a third younger child by the hand away from his mother to torture and murder the toddler.
This is probably why there were no signs of a struggle, once the murderer got her to a secondary location, her fate was sealed.
Authorities say to fight for your life because the chances of survival after being taken to a secondary location are slim.
Bulger was only 2, so would obviously behave differently to a teenage girl. Plus, why would her "fate being sealed" mean she wouldn't fight?
I don't understand your question. How does a 12 year old fight against a 250lbs adult male?
By being taken from the house, her chances of survival dropped to slim to none. Secluded areas give the killer a sense of security that no one is going to stumble across them hurting their victims.
For the sake of conversation, if he had assaulted and killed her in the home the chances of this being discovered by a neighbor or that mom returned to walk in on the scene vs. Being taken into a secluded area where it buys him time and confidence no one is going to walk in on him.
@@R4di0Tr4sh That's very likely true but there's no reason to think she'd know that.
@eadweard. that's not my point. A stranger came into the house and she was terrified. No signs of struggle. She was too scared to fight back. As a child, I was taught to obey adults no matter what. The Delphi murders were the same. The girls were too scared to run or fight
For him to be in front of a house that someone was kidnapped in front and killed is highly unlikely.
Yes…assuming the papers weren’t planted. But he seems guilty to me with the evidence they do have.
Hello Dr Grande. 😊
Whew! Saw the headline of this video and immediately thought, “What a shame that someone who has heretofore been so sensible has fallen for the sloppy thinking that animates the Dechaine defender fanatics”. But, no, I find instead that you have once again shown balance and logic with your admirable conclusion that Dechaine is guilty.
This one could be either way with the trash police work but I hope the guilty one has been caught I wouldnt be surprised if there was more then 1 person though. I am a big supporter of Police when they do the right thing but this was sloppy.
Hello, Dr Grande. I am curious what you would say about the fictional character Arthur Morgan from a video game called Red Dead Redemption 2.
I think he is a sociopath. Also, not in terms of how a player will play the game. Strictly in terms of how he was written, the story.
Taking into account what the player has to do during story missions, too, because that would be an element of Arthur Morgan's character.
No one comes close to your content style.
Although, of course your effort into each episode has now been perfected.... You make it seem effortless, which couldn't be further from the truth when maintaining a Great UA-cam Channel.
Bravo and Cheerio!!!!
He is guilty, the dna under the figernails means nothing when he admitted he did it,
his truck was found near the body and the rope he used was in his truck..... guilty!!
Grande knows My Fair Lady lyrics too? Is there no limit to his pop culture references? My god, man!
I’m left still wondering how do you explain the dna? You offer no explanation for how that can be.
It belongs to somebody else that the girl came in contact with that wasn't the killer. Not exactly mysterious.
I think he's guilty, but the documents just fell out of his truck? Possible yes, likely? Whose blood is under her fingernails? I have a feeling he wasn't alone in his hunt.
I wonder if she did struggle, and the documents falling out of the truck happened during the struggle. When police say "no signs of a struggle", I'm not sure what evidence would have been left, if he got her to come out to his truck, and then quickly overpowered her and through her in the truck. She looks like a little girl, he would have easily overpowered her.
I feel like there may have been another culprit as well. Something seems off. Either way he's 100% involved.
Had the door been locked, as it most certainly should’ve been, Sarah would have stood a fighting chance. She looks like she would’ve had the sense not to let a stranger in while she’s sitting.
Bottom line, going back to the young girl of twelve babysitting a 10 month old. . She's too young and that's proven out by the fact that she wasn't able to adequately defend herself. Also, twelve is just too young to be alone in a house with an infant to be responsible for. My opinion.😐
@@MegaLivingItI agree.
There's also Spahn and Saine and 2 days of rain..
I live in Maine. I was 14
I babysat alot through out the late 80s early 90s.
He spent a long time claiming he didn't do it. That he was railroaded.
He still somehow gets the same drugs in prison & has OD'd there.
He had a drug problem, his claim is people didn't like the fact he was French Canadian w a college degree.
Is it really relevant which decades you did babysitting?
@@eadweard.
Being a year older then her?
At the exact same time?
Doing the exact same thing as she did?
It was very real to me & the adults around me.
Don't do this, maybe Sarah did that don't do that.
@@stephaniehowe0973 This isn't about you.
Spontaneous Uterances: the crème de la crème of self snitching 😂
It honestly makes me sick if an innocent person is found guilty and sent to prison. I hope and pray this is not the case here. 😢🙏🙏
I don’t think it’s too likely in his case
In my opinion, if just his documents were found in the driveway, I might believe in a story, but also he was seen by a couple that he was exiting the same woods that she was found, and the same day that she was killed so those two things together I would find it very hard to believe that he’s not guilty unless there’s some other pointS
I think you’re right that he is probably guilty but I’m not convinced that it’s beyond a reasonable doubt. Someone else’s blood and none of his blood being under her fingernails is really strange.
He could have been involved in the kidnapping but not the murder for example, but not very clear on what he had done due to being on drugs. It’s not that I think that that is probably the case, but I think it’s possible.
Please. DNA testing in 1993 with probably not enough sample to test? You seem to think it's perfect unless it gets the result you don't favor, then it's not perfect and can be explained away somehow.
@@griffrc DNA testing was sufficient in 1993. If there was an insufficient sample, the test would not have been performed. What a ridiculous comment/assumption you made as well.
Absence of his DNA under her fingernails is not proof that he didn't do it. He could easily have been wearing long sleeves and gloves. Also, she was bound with rope, greatly limiting her ability to scratch flesh.
@@griffrc Don’t be stupid. Did you not even listen to the video? They tested it twice and it seems very clear that the blood was not a match to his. You don’t have to have a complete D.N.A. profile for that - you only have to find contradictory aspects. It might even be as simple as the basic blood type being different. But the 1990s was not the nineteenth century - it was the era of ‘Jurassic Park’. That would not have been written even as a fiction were D.N.A. extraction not sufficiently developed and in the public consciousness.
@@briant7265 Sorry that your reading skills are so poor. I didn’t say that it was proof - I said that it was reason for doubt. Furthermore, I said that he might still have been involved but that someone else might have been too - the other blood had to have come from somewhere and if she had scratched e.g. a friend in a play (or real) fight or by pure accident presumably they would have come forward.
I wasn’t ready for the my fair lady reference
You should do a video on Raymond Zack
Thanks again for good, thoughtful content.
Ohhh i dont know about this. Bc yes police obviously couldve dropped recirpt. Run dna and see if theres a hit. It cant hurt.for the truth
One of your best thumbnail puns to date, Dr. G! 🦞
Real bizarre case. How was the DNA under her nails not consistent with Dennis’s dna 🧬? Strange stuff here. It seems there is not enough for me to go on and conclude my own beliefs. Albeit I do agree with Dr Grande he’s guilty. But the pieces to the puzzle aren’t there, it seems?
I’m not so sure the DNA could be correct since for one thing the crime happened in the 80s and the DNA testing wasn’t available back then and then testing so much later
Easy answer, there were two offenders.
I do understand why people will choose to believe in DNA evidence over cops in a lot of cases like this. The cops had access to his truck and could easily have claimed to find them in the driveway. No documented and signed confession? This sounds like a case of "cops said - DNA said" to me, and more than a few police departments struggled with a well deserved reputation of a culture that encouraged their cops to be less than good and honest. If he was the one who murdered her: Did he place someone else's DNA under her fingernails hoping that DNA testing would become a thing in the future? He doesn't strike me as a highly intelligent person with a talent for predicting the future.
Good points 👍🏻
The police did not claim to have found the documents in the driveway. The home owner found them and turned them over to the police. Re-watch the video.
All those confessions but none recorded. This sounds like a small town Mayberry-level Dudley Dumbass investigation, yet all these folks just accept it as fact. It'd be comical if real people's lives weren't on the line.
I've been interested in The Innocence Project and I asked them how i can help with their mission. They referred me to this one, and suggested that I read about it and write letters.
I didn't quite feel confident that he was or was not innocent.
Thank you for explaining this case.
I'm still not sure whether to believe he's guilty or innocent. There are still some questions that need to be investigated.
If you call this an explanation you are sorely mistaken. It's just a review from some guy who did a quick internet search and ran with his opinion.
I think this case is clear cut as can be. Guilty as charged.
If this is the explanation you sought out, you’re either lying or you need to stay far away from the innocence project.
Interesting case and theory Dr. Grande. I wonder what really happened and whose blood was under her fingernails.
I think there is reasonable doubt.
It is odd that Sarah would have someone else’s blood under her fingernails… that would destroy my faith that Dennis was the killer. What about the semen? There is no mention of that having been tested.
She did not have anyone else's blood under her fingernails. It was simply an inconclusive test result. You have to have enough sample and it has to be in good quality to get results.
was not any to be tested, she was $@%ed with sticks.
this whole case is shady as hell.
@@redbullwithoutapause7835 Sticks? I'd investigate her girlfriends first. You know, the ones that would know where she was. Sounds like some shit teen girls would do.
That was back in the 80s, I sort of doubt they kept all that evidence in a reliable way until the decade they could test it
Know only what I heard in this video about the case, but Dr. Grande said "blood". Not saying he cannot get it wrong. Guess I will have research it.@@griffrc
Why would she have left the child? Why would her items be in the house still?
I wish truth serum could be used
Maybe she didn’t leave voluntarily, maybe he put a gun to her head
The correspondence in the driveway seems like a ham-handed attempt to frame the guy. Lieutenant Columbo would not have bought that.
A red pickup truck would have been easily spotted if it had been parked, or frequently seen circling the neighbourhood between 9am and noon. What if, his car was perhaps 'hijacked' while he was "doing drugs in the woods?"
Why would he be doing drugs in the woods? Anyway, he was not a 15-year-old boy, but me, and that could if you wanted to use drugs in his own house.
Meant to write he was a man so he didn’t need to do drugs in the woodS. In my opinion, he was making up stories because he was feeling guilty because he was exiting the woods and a couple spontaneously saw while they were hiking.