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When he was finished. which, to their relief, he finally did. that butt was sent for testing. and the results provided yet another setback. >> the dna profile from the cigarette butt did not match the dna profile from the crime scene. >> so gary dolan was eliminated as a suspect. and for the next two years, the trail of the killer turned cold. put your hand over your heart. is it beating? good! then my nutrition heart health mix is for you. its a wholesome blend of peanuts, pecans and other deli...

Women, sexual activity with dead people. >> im happy with my life. sharpening the blade of my unholy knife, this is where true hatred lies. screams of agony, my victim dies. >> police certainly knew they were working with someone who was very sick. >> gary dolan was unemployed and had no alibi for either murder. he also refused to take a polygraph test. and he wouldnt provide a dna sample. so police had to find another way to get it. >> we knew he smoked. we knew we could get dna from the cigare...

Involved in the fight. >> and we were not leaving easton, maryland, until we got his dna. >> this proved to be harder than investigators anticipated. denny smoked during his interrogation but always made sure to keep the cigarette butts. detectives offered him a bottle of water, but he wouldnt touch it. finally, they asked him to sign a document, saying he refused to provide his dna. >> we asked him to put the letter into envelope and seal the envelopes. he refused to seal the envelopes, and bas...

>> angie discovers her neighbor trying to post a sign on her side of the fence. >> you are a riot. are you seriously doing this? >> do you see me? >> it was actually kind of comical because she couldnt get the sign to stay up. >> oh, phooey. >> the sign post saga is the culmination of months of bickering between these neighbors in side-by-side bungalows. >> moved into the house in july of 07, and within a couple months we realized that there might be a little problem with her and how she perceiv...

The reporters. during one particular attack actually called the police department and started telling them that he was watching them actually investigate the crime. >> the audacity of the robberies mirrored the audacity of the rapes. police brought chad in for questioning. >> we then felt we had enough to get a search warrant for his dna, for his blood and that he understood that. there was nothing concrete to connect him to any of the sexual assaults and he basically denied everything. >> price...

But one of their scientific experts had a suggestion. >> i said we need to get a sample that was more intimate from him. we need to get a sample which he had touched or used, such as a cigarette butt or a toothbrush, or an item of clothing. >> but that wouldnt be easy. it seemed planten knew he was being followed. >> surveillance was conducted on drew planten for a week, at work and at home, and we could not obtain any dna from that weeks worth of surveillance. >> ultimately, investigators follo...

>> i would have to flirt with these people. i would get either a cigarette butt or ive gotten their beer bottle. ive gotten their drinking glass. >> using her own money and contributions solicited from her website, freeclarence.com, melinda hired a private lab to test these items for dna. unfortunately, none of the samples matched the dna found on her mother. in the meantime, clarence elkins languished in jail. >> she knew in her heart that her husband did not commit this crime. and she was abso...

Nobody cares about global warming. the fighting was the performers there on stage. they flew in with private jets and took suvs to the concerts. >> i wonder what the litter capacity was? >> i littered by mistake. i was trying to throw the cigarette butt down the great. >> you musted. >> i dont know where that went? she said it went to the ocean. >> so, some flounder -- >> were mocking a little bit. we want a clean environment. >> i dont pollute. >> the factor wants the climate to be clean. we we...

So, you know, my husband grabbed the camera and he followed me around to the side, where we found her, you know, banging away. >> angie discovers her neighbor trying to post a sign on her side of the fence. >> you are a riot. are you seriously doing this? >> do you see me? >> it was actually kind of comical because she couldnt get the sign to stay up. >> oh, phooey. >> the sign post saga is the culmination of months of bickering between these neighbors in side-by-side bungalows. >> moved into th...

Lake erie and all of the bitter cold air that came in. you look at places like iowa, they got hit pretty hard, really starting about dinner time. the snowplow drivers had to work throughout the night, but they said they didnt mind it because it gets most of the cars off the road. in the end the big, first big storm of the year didnt bring that much precipitation. the plow crews were able to keep up with it. what youve got left behind now is bitter, bitter cold air. >> mike tobin in chicago. than...