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That went south. theyre not going to find much. its very difficult to determine even where it started in a situation like this because the building became fully involved. and its been the conventional wisdom that you look for the deepest char. well, this whole thing is very deeply charred and the deepest char just means where it got the hottest and thats probably because of the ventilation that happened late in the fire. so, this looks like a very, very difficult scene to investigate. theyre goi...

Smell like smoke, i have ash on my shoes. of course i dont. if i had, i would been arrested for homicide already because they would have had some evidence. they shaved my arms for some reason and cotton swabs of my ears and nose, i guess looking for smoke. they took fingernail scrapings of my fingers, looking through my apartment for accelerants, which i dont have any. >> while the investigation did lead to their current charges, seven months after their arrest, neither of the ochoas have been f...

Of course i dont. if i had, i would been arrested for homicide already because they would have had some evidence. they shaved my arms for some reason and cotton swabs of my ears and nose, i guess looking for smoke. they took fingernail scrapings of my fingers, looking through my apartment for accelerants, which i dont have any. >> while the investigation did lead to their current charges, seven months after their arrest, neither of the ochoas have been formally charged with murder or arson. >> i...

>> now, that put an entirely different complexion on things. this wasnt just a fire. >> so what did that tell you? >> this keys up. this is a crime scene. we basically extinguished a fire that left everything as is. >> then forensics investigator larry took over. >> the one thing that jumped out there that was out of place was a 5 gallon bucket sitting right in the middle of the living room floor with an empty bottle of rubbing alcohol. it didnt look like it belonged there. >> upstairs scattered...

More accelerants. as we do that the chopper pans out. i dont understand why police who are clearly heavily armed and clearly have their shields would allow this to continue. do you have a sense for why that -- the news conference by police delayed 15 minutes. youre not missing it. we will take that live the min tut happens. this is a remarkable scene. they clearly have the numbers here but they are not arresting. >> they clearly have the numbers. behind the police line you saw a whole lot more o...

Added cars. they used liquor as accelerants. lit on fire. >> lee land our crew is also on scene. have been attacked on scene. rick is on the line. are you okay? >> yes. were all fine shep. were at fulton street north avenue. there are cars on fire. and a line of police in riot gear. there are people on the street very upset at our being there. we got harassed by people. people started following us and yelling at us and throwing bottles at us from in front of their homes. large bottles crashing a...

Screaming at police officers? >> this guy claims he was beaten by police and has been a victim of police a lot of folks here claim the same thing. they say theyve been victims of police violence or know people who have been victims of police violence. residents weve talked to say they dont think this type of violence and call it protesting if you want or rioting is going to solve anything. and they think their voices are not going to be heard. folks tell us they want answers to freddie gray and ...

To 1200 degrees fahrenheit, its got enough energy to ignite everything below it. every exposed surface catches on fire. >> the aftermath of a fire like this will often leave behind irregular burn patterns on the floor of a structure, much like the ones investigators found in the willis fire. >> you will find patterns in the room that look like you would imagine a floor and lower walls would look if they had been exposed to the fire from a liquid accelerant such as gasoline which had been poured....

An accident saying "there is not a single item of physical evidence in this case which supports a finding of arson." >> the willis case is based solely on old wives tales that have been long disproved and that should be known by everybody in the industry. an amateur could have taken this case who had in his mind a one-page list of old wives tales, could have taken a checklist on the willis fire and said, no, thats caused by flashover, no, thats caused by flashover. accelerants cant do that, and ...

>> the officer, he says that i smell like smoke, i have ash on my shoes. of course i dont. if i had, i would been arrested for homicide already because they would have had some evidence. they shaved my arms for some reason and cotton swabs of my ears and nose, i guess looking for smoke. they took fingernail scrapings of my fingers, looking through my apartment for accelerants, which i dont have any. >> while the investigation did lead to their current charges, seven months after their arrest, ne...