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Sister did it, it hurts. >> the internet detectives came in and just attacked people just for knowing jessica, mind you. >> theresa flemings son is jessicas ex-boyfriend, and that fact alone, she says, was enough to make him a target of false speculation on the internet. >> they were telling flat out, blatant lies. >> social media took a role in this case that i have not seen in any case that ive ever dealt with before. a lot of these internet commenters, they immediately wanted it to be mississ...

Her mississippi up to, police arrived at an off-campus apartment near the university of louisiana monroe. >> it was a pretty horrific crime scene that my detectives entered into. >> they discovered the dead body of a recent graduate student, stabbed at least 30 times. >> multiple puncture wounds indicated to me that someone had tortured her prior to killing her. this a cold blooded individual. >> one of the first thoughts went through my mind was this was not his first time. almost like hes used...

Big lead may not have been a lead at all. >> the severity of her airway burns would make it that anything she said would not be clear and would not be dependable. >> nowing how bad she was burned, i dont put a lot of faith in her words.knowing how burned, i dont put a lot of faith in her words. >> investigators would put their faith in courtland. >> i called the sheriffs department and told them everything i need. >> weve interviewed about 450 people in this case. we yet to have a single person ...

Case. >> the biggest and the most personal case lead detective barry thompson had ever faced. jessicas father was not only a friend but a colleague as well. >> ben actually supervises our maintenance shop. thats part of the reason that we keep it covered up. >> id just be glad when they do something with it, get rid of it and do something with it so i never have to see it again. >> very seldom that i dont look at this case and history to start on something. >> even if that something seems unconn...

>> generally in this county if somebody commits a crime, within 24 hours, theyre going to tell somebody thats going to tell somebody and were going to find out. that did not happen in this case. >> did you ever look into finding eric or derek? >> oh, yes. that was our first lead in the case. >> if your name was eric and you lived anywhere close to courtland, you had some explaining to do. >> he said there was an accident i think down the road and your name was mentioned. and i was like, well, no...

Sheriff darby came to deliver the news in person. >> its the best news ive been waiting for 14 months to get, you know. >> oh, thank god, thank god. thank god. >> thank yall for coming this morning. i would like to announce the indictment of quenton verdell tellis in the death of jessica chambers. quenton tellis is 27 years old. he is from courtland. we do feel like at this point that he acted alone in this case. >> you said they were friends. what kind of relationship did they have? >> the best...

>> but could it have changed quenton tellis into a killer? >> what makes investigators so sure he should be linked to this murder? >> at the scene they were able to recover her phone, which plays a major part in pinning down the suspect in this investigation. but down the road a little ways, they also found her car keys. >> there was some dna recovered from the keys. >> will the dna on the keys be useful in the case moving ahead? >> i think it will be very helpful. >> and perhaps equally as help...

Name was mandy, she was brutally stabbed to death. they found he had used her credit cards to make withdrawals at atms. >> tellis denied any involvement in the victims death but pled but pled guilty to the unauthorized use of her debt card. he would remain the it lead suspect in her murder. >> if he was involved in both of these killings, what does it say about what hes capable of? >> that i think is the disturbing part for so men haddy people who have worked on this case is what if were just lo...

To your lawyers. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. court will be in recess. >> george zimmerman looks a little bit bewildered. i have to say, i have not seen in many cases a judge addressing a defendant three times in one day about specific questions as to the process of the case. and the progress of his case. and the bewildered face might be because hes not exactly sure if thats the answer hes supposed to give. listen, i need a little help here. mark nejame is criminal defense attorney who ...

Case on for the pure notoriety of it. i want to ask you some questions about that. t did you? is that the main reason why you took on this case? >> absolutely not. >> for whatever purpose, certainly some of the benefit of having a high profile case, does that or has that impacted in any way on any of the answers to your questions presented to you by me in direct examination or in cross-examination? >> no. because the same type of negative media coverage comes from this case as positive media cov...