NEWS LIVE AT5:00...10 MINUTES OFNON STOP NEWSSTARTS NOW."GOOD EVENING... WEAPPRECIATE YOUYOU JOINING US... I'MDON NELSON.OUR BIG STORY... AMAJOR BREAK IN ANINFAMOUS COLDCASE MURDER.IN 19-96... SOMEONERAPED AND KILLED18-YEAR-OLD ANGIEDODGE IN HER IDAHOFALLS APARTMENT.NOW-- 23 YEARS...AND A ONEWRONGFULCONVICTION LATER...POLICE SAY D-N-AEVIDENCE HELPEDTHEM FIND THEIRGUY--IDENTIFIED TODAY AS53-YEAR-OLD BRIANLEIGH DRIPPS OFCALDWELL.WITH D-N-A TAKENFROM THE CRIMESCENE... POLICEZERO'D IN ONDRIPPS... USING ACUTTING-EDGEGENEAOLOGYPROCESS... ANDFAMILY TREECONNECTIONS.DETECTIVES SAYTHEY TRAVELED TOCALDWELL ANDEVENTUALLYOBTAINED THE MAN'SD-N-A SAMPLE FROMA DISCARDEDCIGARETTE."WE ENDED UPFOLLOWING HIMAROUND THE VALLEYA LITTLE BIT.EVENTUALLY HESTOPPED AND GOTOUT OF HIS CAR, ANDHE WAS CONTACTEDBY IDAHO FALLSPOLICE DETECTIVES.HE AGREED TO TALKTO THE DETECTIVES."IN INTERVIEWROOMS AT THECALDWELL POLICEDEPARTMENT...POLICE SAY THEYINTERROGATEDDRIPPS FOR MORETHAN FIVE HOURSUNTIL HEEVENTUALLYCONFESSED TOKILLING ANGIEDODGE."I CAN'T EVENEXPRESS HOW HARDTHIS JOURNEY HASBEEN... AND THEHUNDREDS OFPEOPLE THAT'S BEENAFFECTED BY ONEPERSON'S CHOICE."THE VICTIM'SBROTHER-- ADDINGTHAT THE DODGEFAMILY HAS AN"OVERWHELMINGSENSE OFGRATITUDE" TO THEIDAHO FALLS POLICEDEPARTMENT WHOWORKED ON THECASE FOR DECADES.DRIPPS ISCURRENTLY BEINGHELD AT CANYONCOUNTY JAIL UNTILHE CAN BEEXTRADITED BACK TOIDAHO FALLS TO FACETHE MURDERCHARGE.BUT DRIPPS ISN'TTHE FIRST SUSPECTTO HAVE BEENARRESTED IN THISCASE.AS 6 ON YOUR SIDEPREVIOUSLYREPORTED... IDAHOFALLS MANCHRISTOPHER TAPPSERVED TWODECADES IN PRISONFOR THE CRIMES--BUT WAS RELEASEDIN 20-17 WHEN THEPROSECUTIONACKNOWLEDGED...THAT D-N-A FROM THESCENE... PROVEDTAPP WAS NOTRESPONSIBLE.