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I hope i never recover from this. i hope that i can maintain what i feel now. i dont want to lose it. >> wow. that was actor william shatner describing his experience of being part of the flight to the edge of space more than 50 years after his debut on "star trek." hes the oldest person to go into space. the flight lasted ten minutes and was the crews second mission. joining us now, neil, director of the hayden planetarium in new york. you guys are friends. a picture of you and william shatner....

Again, dna testing was not available back then. so they could not attach identities to the semen samples. >> so he began to talk to -- >> thats where we started the circle of friends, acquaintances, her job. and he won that knew her. >> reporter: including all her current and former boyfriends. racquetball partners, ski buddies, work partners. >> we had the time to develop some background on all the players, so that we would have some idea what questions to ask. >> anyone of whom could have been...

All the acquaintances and friends and get as much information out of those as you can. >> the melendis were eager to share, because the shannon they knew would never put her family in this kind of pain. their shannon was the one who always put everyone else at ease. >> she had a smile that just warmed a room. shed walk in and people would, oh, shannons here! >> from a young age she commanded her parents attention. >> she had her father under her thumb, and shed just look at him and go, "but dadd...

Father looked worried. he just handed me a copy of the local section of "the miami herald." it says, "miami family is flying up to atlanta to search for their daughter, shannon melendi." it was surreal. >> by the time anne read those words, the melendis were already in atlanta, feeling dazed and desperate. >> and we were like, whats going on? >> what was going on? a question that would consume law enforcement and the melendi family for over a decade. >> what had happened to shannon? police float...

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Christina had known in school. he was the one who left the party at the same time and had offered to walk with her. >> how old was he? >> i graduated i school with him that i was only acquaintances enrique with him. i never talked to him. >> it was pretty much christinas relationship with him as well? >> yes. >> steven chased down enriques number and other friends and called him. >> he told me it we didnt leave together, we went separate ways. i said you are telling me you did not see her get in...

And obama appointed judge christopher cooper admitting to be professional acquaintances with disgraced lawyer indicted by john durham, cooper is presiding over the case against michael sussman for allegedly lying to the fbi. his wife is representing lisa page. the federal judge said hes willing to entertain recusal motion if you decide believes theres a conflict of interest. >> a judge is considering whether to block it is an abortion law days before it is set to that effect. the lawmaker crime ...

Be headed by 31-year-old detective mike donnelly, who worked alongside detective aiello. the two detectives donnelly and aiello ended up putting their heads and cases together, concluding the same group of several people committed both murders. >> did you know the other people? >> i knew two of them. >> from the neighborhood? >> from the neighborhood. >> these are good friends of yours? >> acquaintances. >> just guys you saw around? >> yes. >> february 4th, 1995. >> one of those guys was 19-year...

Really knew him at all. >> we reached out to every entity and every one who is connected to this case -- we are talking family, friends, law enforcement, lawyers, we even tried to reach political acquaintances -- no one would sit down for an on-camera interview. it just goes to show you how people here have been so shocked by recent events. in fact, some people told us had we showed up ten days earlier, before the allegations of embezzlement, before the admission of a drug addiction, before the ...

And something else he didnt understand at the time, handprints. he agreed to both. >> did you have anything to do with sarahs disappearance? >> no. >> reporter: brandon says he had only met sarah a few weeks earlier. he did know her ex-boyfriend dj though, and had heard about the breakup. he and dj had gone to high school together. >> were you friends? >> we were acquaintances. i would see him around school and outside of school and stuff. he was all right. >> was he, kind of known around the sc...