Man Remembers His Slain Family 25 Years Later: ; Killer Was Acquitted, but Put Back On Trial with Dna Evidence

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SPRING LAKE, N.C. - When he moved to Washington state in 1998, Gary Eastburn put the three shoe boxes filled with photographs on the shelf of a closet in a spare bedroom.

Each box was labeled with a daughter's name - Kara, Erin, Jana - scratched in ball point pen by their mother, Katie, who intended to put together a scrapbook for each girl.

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Man Remembers His Slain Family 25 Years Later: ; Killer Was Acquitted, but Put Back On Trial with Dna Evidence

One small family project among many ended by a slaughter - a symbol of the memories and the burdens Eastburn has carried since his wife and two of his daughters were cut down by a killer's knife 25 years ago.

Eastburn thought he'd never have to look at those photos again unless he wanted to. A man had been convicted in 1986 of killing Katie, Ka...

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