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Found it was more than just blood. it was tissue. this was identified as human. and the sample had both small granular cells and larger purkinje cells. this meant only one thing. this was muscle. but they wanted a second opinion. >> so they sent this tissue to a fellow named mike collin who is a neuropathologist in ohio. he looked at it and said, yeah, its mammal and its cerebellum. its the brain stem. >> the cerebellum sits at the base of the brain and is primarily responsible for memory and mo...

Testing since it was about the size of a pinhead. so scientists amplified it, using pcr, a process that duplicates a small sample to make it large enough to test. the pcr dna tests revealed that the brain tissue in larry moores camper was brad brisbins. >> i knew it was going to be a match. this confirmation that the blood matched was huge. i never felt anything like that before. >> with this discovery, the medical examiner ruled brad brisbins death a homicide. larry moore was arrested and charg...

>> we can help you to determine whether this tissue is from the missing person by comparing the dna from the tissue to the family members and the children and the mother of the person who is missing. >> children get half of their dna from the mother and half from the father. by taking a dna sample from brads wife, his four children and his mother, scientists could isolate brads dna profile through a process of elimination. for this, scientists used an rflp test. at the time the most sophisticate...

>> brad was on the floor when moore shot from a standing position numerous times. one shot hit brads shoulder, leaving a piece of muscle. another struck brad in the head. no one heard the shots because it was a busy truck stop with lots of traffic. authorities had no way to tell where moore took the body. >> he knows hes got equipment in west yellowstone. he owns an excavating company, so he owns backhoes, that kind of thing, so he could get rid of a body pretty easy. >> prosecutors believe moor...

Good morning good morning. im t.j. holmes. >> im reena ninan. here are some of the top headlines were following. president obama wrapping up his china visit with an announcement that the u.s. will move much fastener cutting pollution. the chinese president says his country will decrease its dependence on fossil fuels. a report from beijing coming up. ferguson, missouri, is bracing for the grand jury decision on whether officer darren wilson will be charged in the death of michael brown. the ...

She would have been rendered unconscious upon contact. an unconscious person, unconscious individual cannot just walk into the water. >> and dr. dragovic noticed the blood stain on the boat launch was nearly a foot in diameter. >> for blood to go to that size to the diameter that were talking on the cement platform, the body would have had to have been there for a period of time. >> to find out how long florence would have laid there bleeding, dr. dragovic examined slides of her brain tissue. he...

Because even casual contact could result in a dangerous or life-threatening event. >> florences parents are raising her children and keep a small garden in her memory, although the grief is permanent. >> i miss her every single minute of every single day. and i hope he thinks about what hes done for the rest of his miserable life. >> mark unger almost got away with murder. only scientific analysis of brain tissue and his shoes ensured he didnt. >> how he could think he was going to get away with...

>> the forensic firm concluded that florences death was an accident, but the medical examiner completely disagreed. >> bodies do not bounce. thats number one. she would have been rendered unconscious upon contact. an unconscious person, unconscious individual cannot just walk into the water. >> and dr. dragovic noticed the blood stain on the boat launch was nearly a foot in diameter. >> for blood to go to that size to the diameter that were talking on the cement platform, the body would have had...

Found it was more than just blood. it was tissue. this was identified as human. and the sample had both small granular cells and larger purkinje cells. this meant only one thing. this was muscle. but they wanted a second opinion. >> so they sent this tissue to a fellow named mike collin who is a neuropathologist in ohio. he looked at it and said, yeah, its mammal and its cerebellum. its the brain stem. >> the cerebellum sits at the base of the brain and is primarily responsible for memory and mo...

>> next, scientists tested the tiny fragment of brain tissue. it was too small for rflp testing since it was about the size of a pinhead. so scientists amplified it, using pcr, a process that duplicates a small sample to make it large enough to test. the pcr dna tests revealed that the brain tissue in larry moores camper was brad brisbins. >> i knew it was going to be a match. this confirmation that the blood matched was huge. i never felt anything like that before. >> with this discovery, the m...