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One suspect in the quadruple murder inside a d.c. mansion is in custody. but authorities dont believe the case is closed. daron dylon wint is in jail this morning. hes charged with killing a business executive, his wife son and a housekeeper as well. police say that someone else was probably there when the murders took place ten days ago. they also say that other suspects havent been ruled out. msnbcs adam reese is live in washington this morning. a lot of mystery here. whats the latest youre he...

Them, but this investigation is far from over. were learning more about the hours leading up to the murders. who was in the house with wint and the assistant who changed their story numerous times. now the family was left in the house for 19 hours until that money was delivered. and then they were murdered. the house set on fire with an accelerant. we are learning that assistant changed their story numerous times. how much money was in the bag, where it was left where it was left in the garage w...

Discard it and dont think about it i know for sure that the agents and the police officers on the ground are going to take their time theyre going to look for everything look for every single bit of evidence. theyre going to collect it process it and hopefully they may recover more dna from this suspect or other suspects in this case. >> matthew, is it your sense that the fire was deliberately that they torched, whoever did it that person torched that home to try to destroy evidence? is that the...

Ultimately died that her phone didnt charge and so shes not going to be able to contact him. but shes staying overnight. he shows up this morning as well to check on things. but its not until 1:30 p.m. that it becomes apparent that something is wrong. the house is set on fire. firefighters respond. if were talking about a blaze that is taking really the upper levels of the house here how long considering there was accelerant could this have been burning between basically when the perpetrator lef...

In and look at these things. most people think because there was a fire involved that the whole crime scene is destroyed. but you would be very surprised the locations of the bodies how the fire spread the accelerants used. also video cameras. if this was a prominent neighborhood there will be a lot of video cameras. if people saw anything they think is suspicious i believe it was on friday notify authorities and let them know. it only takes one piece of a puzzle to blow this thing completely ou...

D.c. any time -- >> when you say d.c. you mean the white house? >> right. its close to that. so theyre going to be called in to look at whatever possibilities this may have if any, towards anything federal. the potential for organized crime based on the fact what this guy might have been involved with as far as his company. but really i think the thing is it was apparent they used accelerants to keep the fire going in the house and to have it spread quickly. the atf is really the experts in that...

Everything right or that atf did everything right. but we did not set the fires, we did not murder anybody. >> infrared photography taken by helicopters above the building shows the fire igniting in three different places inside the compound. >> all of the indications are that the fire was set from within, presumably by some of david koreshs followers. >> nine branch davidians exited that compound that last day. >> theres a person jumping, hanging from that window. >> seven of the nine had accel...

>> mike morell is dead-on with his conclusion. we know now after bin laden was killed from the document that were seized he wasp more in control of the organization and it was directing its expansion. but hes right. after the arab spring it became an accelerant for the radical islamists. nobody was in the streets protesting for jihad. they were looking for social reform and economic opportunity. bill: miss is what more well write. we thought and told policy makers this outburst of popular revolt...

Witnesses. >> reporter: you have forensic chemists, fire engineers, what methods are you using to figure out what happened here and other locations? >> we essential have two elements to every team. one of the elements goes inside and with shovels and sifting and accelerant and k- dogs, theyll determine where the origin took place. well take the evidence collect, it bring to t to-- bring it to our lab, and determine how the fire started. the other element is on the streets. talking to witnesses, ...

There was evidence of gasoline on the wood floor. >> and the single biggest piece of evidence for them to conclude this was an arson fire was the finding of gasoline in the hardwood floor, because how else would you explain gasoline in a living room? >> when the test results come back, it changes from i dont know to, wow, we have an accelerant here, this must be an arson, and that changes peoples opinions. >> to prosecutors, the presence of gasoline meant murder. based on this evidence, prosecut...