{"id":53938,"date":"2025-11-15T03:13:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:13:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/53938\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T03:13:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T03:13:10","slug":"abcs-juju-chang-uncovers-exclusive-new-details-about-california-womans-murder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/53938\/","title":{"rendered":"ABC&#8217;s Juju Chang uncovers exclusive new details about California woman&#8217;s murder"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">FRESNO, Calif. &#8212; An all-new 20\/20 reveals never-before-seen evidence in a chilling cold case that disturbed Central California for decades.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;There was literally a murderer on the loose in the Fresno area&#8230;&#8221; Juju Chang says.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">ABC&#8217;s Juju Chang reports on the 1996 murder of Debbie Dorian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">RELATED: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc30.com\/post\/abcs-juju-chang-sits-down-action-news-ahead-fridays-2020-debbie-dorian\/18153001\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC&#8217;s JuJu Chang sits down with Action News ahead of Friday&#8217;s 20\/20 on Debbie Dorian<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The 22-year-old was a recent Fresno State graduate when her father found her dead in her northeast Fresno apartment. It would take 23 years for authorities to find her killer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Investigators, including Vince Zavala, never gave up.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Even after he retired from Fresno law enforcement, he stayed on unpaid to continue to follow leads. In fact, he was there the day that they arrested Nickey Stane,&#8221; Chang said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In Friday&#8217;s episode 20\/20, you will see the moment Zavala&#8217;s hard work paid off, as he connected the dots and identified Nickey Stane.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">RELATED: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7.com\/post\/dna-match-solves-murder-california-woman-almost-3-decades\/18155080\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">DNA match solves murder of California woman after almost 3 decades<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Exclusive body-cam video will show you the moment police arrested him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;Well, you&#8217;ll see Vince Zavala roll up onto this fast-food restaurant in a mall that Nickey Stane is working at, confront him, and then you see additional surveillance video of the interrogation&#8230;&#8221; Chang said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">As investigators closed in on Stane after decades, he tried one last time to throw them off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">You will hear what he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;It was a fascinating cat and mouse game that was going on from the very moment that Vince made contact with him all the way through the interrogations in the interrogation room&#8230;&#8221; Chang said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">RELATED: <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc30.com\/post\/debbie-dorians-convicted-killer-nickey-stane-sentenced\/16731674\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Debbie Dorian&#8217;s killer Nickey Stane sentenced<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">You will also meet one of Stane&#8217;s survivors. She and others were sexually assaulted by him in Visalia years after Debbie&#8217;s death.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">She&#8217;s only ever been identified as Jane Doe #1, but now she&#8217;s revealing her identity.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;&#8216;Survivor&#8217; is exactly the right word, given how incredibly feisty she was. She had a gun pointed at her, and she told the perpetrator, &#8216;You&#8217;re not going to get away with this.'&#8221; Chang said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">With <a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc30.com\/post\/debbie-dorians-convicted-killer-nickey-stane-sentenced\/16731674\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stane now in prison<\/a>, JuJu says Friday&#8217;s episode of 20\/20 gives Debbie and the survivors a final word.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">&#8220;The idea that all these people were affected by the crime and that we get a chance to remember how she lived is really a tribute to all of the storytelling that we do here at 20\/20,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Chang says she was able to get in touch with Nickey Stane, but he declined to comment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">Stane is now serving his life sentence at the California Medical Facility in northern California due to his age.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2025 KFSN-TV. 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