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Were basically looking for her. >> emergency workers found sabina kulakowski 100 yards from the house on an overgrown footpath. >> she was naked. she had been brutally murdered. stabbed, beaten, burned, bitten. >> sabina was 49 years old. >> it became pretty obvious right away that whoever had done it was somebody that, well, quite honestly, had to have been almost a maniac. >> the evidence showed that she was in the house when the fire started. >> at some point, sabina was alive in or about the...

>> his body was somewhat burned but very little compared to if the fire would have taken over. he was found with one of his arms, his right arm, in fact, back behind him, about belt high. it appeared he had been at some point tied up with his hands behind him. >> there were no signs of forced entry, but electronic equipment was missing. >> there was a entertainment center that had speakers hanging off the front of it which appear to have been connected to something, and that item was missing. >>...

>> there was money there in the form of insurance money. and that in and of itself is a powerful motive. >> he received about $250,000 in insurance benefits. >> the second motive that some of the investigators believed existed was that paul camiolo was tired of caring for his infirm parents. >> fire investigators searched through the rubble and found something very suspicious. >> in the center of the room there was a pattern that looked like perhaps it might have been associated with a liquid po...

Even though brambletts jeans had been submerged in water, simpson discovered the stains were diesel fuel, the same accelerant used to start the hodges fire. the blacked-out entry on brambletts time card presented another challenge. forensic documents examiner gordon menses used a video spectral comparator with various light sources in order to attempt to see underneath the black ink. slowly, the information came into view. >> i was able to come up with an original entry that was 5:08 m, which wo...

Nothing. this is what it leaves basically in concrete when an accelerant such as gasoline is poured on something. you know what i mean? >> jean also said she called the fire department from a phone in the house. investigators found the outside door was locked. if jean locked it on her way out, police saw this as evidence that she was in no hurry to save her husband. >> her husband is on fire, burning in this building. she runs outside, but she locks the door behind her. see, to me, thats very im...

Container was found outside the workshop. >> how did it get back outside? >> i dont know. >> overbee noticed that jims arms and legs were outstretched when he was found. >> underneath jims body were several aerosol cans. >> there was one under his head and right leg and another one up under his back. that appeared odd. that appeared to me something that could be used to accelerate the damage of the body in a fire. >> patterns on concrete floor around the body were also suspicious. these are call...

The type of patterns which result from the use of an accelera accelerant. >> that to him suggested that james long had been lying on the floor and gasoline or an accelerant had been poured over him intentionally, and he had been set afire. >> and jims autopsy revealed even more evidence that he was unconscious before the fire started. anncr: right now, at the volkswagen memorial day event you can get a $500 bonus on top of all current offers on select volkswagen models including the sporty jetta...

>> any time you seen jim, you seen jean. seen one, you seen both of them. they went everywhere together. >> and jean had no financial motive. jims life insurance amounted to less than $40,000. local prosecutors were convinced this was an open and shut case. >> the theory of show saw the opportunity to get rid of him and poured it and lit it and then made it seem or tried to tell everyone that it was an accident. >> the defense asked john lantini, a nationally known fire investigator, investigato...

Time to bring back our girls. youll hear much more from robin roberts with her interview with hillary clinton. including her political plans and the benghazi investigation. thats all coming up later on "good morning america." the mystery is deepening after a suspicious house fire that police now say appears to be arson and murder. the 6,000 square foot mansion in tampa went up in flames yesterday morning. its owned by tennis pro james blake who has been leasing it to a family for nearly two ye...

Home alive. >> detroit firefighter michael joiner is one of the first responders at the scene. >> we got a call to a dwelling fire. it was on helen street. which is on the east side of detroit. it appeared someone fire bombed the structure. >> from the outside it looks like the fire is raging out of control. its actually contained to the front of the house, but the two clearly terrified residents, a man and a woman, are so panicked they may not realize it. >> when they threw the fire bomb, it ap...