How tree DNA helped police close in on young mom's killer

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How tree DNA helped police close in on young mom's killer

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How DNA from a tree helped police close in on a young mother's killer

When 28-year-old Mengqi Ji disappeared, her husband Joe Elledge was suspected of her murder. Then a hiker made a gruesome discovery, and DNA from a juniper tree sealed Elledge's fate."48 Hours" correspondent Peter Van Sant reports on the case that he says was a career first for him in "The Tree that Helped Solve a Murder."

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