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>> that would destroy the dna profile of the blood the fingerprint was left in. >> investigators decided the risk was worth it. the print was sprayed with amino black, a chemical dye that reacts with the proteins in blood. >> we decided it was as good as the print was going to get. >> the result was a partial print of a fingertip. investigators entered the print into the nationwide database of known criminal offenders and the result was bad news. >> i was not able to come up with a match. >> tha...

Like that person, thats going to be enough. >> reporter: others end up in the hands of counterfeiters. >> theres a huge market for stolen passports. its absolutely huge. on a daily basis, an average fraudster buys five or six. >> reporter: but forensic expert says its more likely to raise red flags at airport security than a stolen one because many have implemented security features to prevent alteration. for example, the first page contains an image of a an eagle and watch the light change unde...

>> within 24 hours of finding joshawns body, investigators went to his trailer to question him, but he was gone. >> we talked to the park manager and some of the neighbors, and they said they hadnt seen him in a day or two. >> a background check revealed a day laborer had no history of violence. >> a 60 year old man having teenagers visit the house and hang around, i think does lead to suspicion as to what is going on. >> while police search for hansen, they measure the tire impressions found ne...

Transponders is not as easy as flipping a switch. >> you cant get in there and cut wires like hollywood. you have to know how to turn it off and have access to it and thats in the skobg -- cockpit. >> intelligence officials are keeping an open mind, and thats with the pilot. years ago pilots invited women into the cockpit. listen here. >> they were taking photos with us in the cockpit while they were flying. the whole time the plane was actually flying. >> we know there were two iranian men who ...

Advances that could help you move on from hep c. now is the time to rethink hep c and talk to your doctor. visit hepchope.com to find out about treatment options. and register for a personalized guide to help you prepare for a conversation with your doctor. our breaking news tonight, attention being focused on a pair of stolen passports. the malaysian airlines flight that is now missing, the fbi running thumb prints through their database. american authorities have pictures for potentially any...

Know takes us further down the road. >> jim bernazzani, authorities have dismissed -- there is one claim of responsibility, the chinese martyrs brigade. how unusual is it for an act of terror to go unclaimed at this point? >> it is unusual. we are looking at all aspects in this event. we have intelligence that needs to be pursued relative to this mr. ali, the purchase of the tickets and the stolen passports and the like. and that will drive operations and the cycle begins. whats of note is the t...

Were not being used by any terrorists, but more likely and probably being used by some kind of dry run drug smuggling operation? >> yeah. and another alternative is dry run for another terrorist event and weve seen dry runs take place in the past. for instance, there was a ramzi yousef, the mastermind of the first trade center attack, he blew up a bomb on a plane flying in the pacific and he killed a japanese tourist, and he was really using that as basically an experiment to then go blow up ano...

>> two men were traveling on stolen passports. we reported on that. we have no idea if they were involved in the disappearance of the flight. interpol has a database of 40 million stolen or lost passports. passengers boarded planes more than a billion times without their them being checked against the database. thats stunning >> its a huge problem. maybe this is a catalyst to try to get the problem fixed. and this is relatively easy to fix but you have to have the international communitytom coop...

Passport angle and how common passport theft may be, this is surprising. >> its a scary thought to think you could be flying on an international flight with the passenger using a stolen passport, but authorities say its very possible. >> so many governments do not check outbound passengers. and by the way, thats over 1 billion tickets a year that are issued without a check being performed to see if the documents were stolen or lost. used to get those international tickets. >> the database contai...

The air. was this similar to the situation of the plane that crash-landed in san francisco. but, you know, the pilots look well-trained. the airplane looked like it was in good condition. the weather was good. this is why it was so mind boggling this plane has just completely vanished. >> are you getting the kind of cooperation from the malaysian authorities you would anticipate in a situation like this? i raise the question, because some have criticized malaysia for giving out all sorts of conf...