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Her name was taken off that data base 15 months after she went missing. police here in cleveland kept her case open and checked every year. then in january of last year, erin, police were able to verify that michelle knight was still missing. they were able to contact a family member. her name was put back on that data base and then in november of last year her name was taken back off the data base because police were unable to reach a family member to confirm. now, of course, the big question h...

Or television or anything like that. "outfront" tonight, cnns pam brown is in cleveland with more details on the case. pam, wanted to ask you, i know you have new information about how authorities handled michelle knights missing case. shes been sort of the crucial person, the woman that was there the longest, who may have been treated the absolute worst and what do you know about where she is and whats happening to her now? >> well, erin, we did speak to her stepbrother earlier today. were told...

Now the former bus driver who is accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting michelle knight, amanda berry and gina dejesus for a decade is in jail tonight. he doesnt have access to mail or television or anything like that. "outfront" tonight, cnns pam brown is in cleveland with more details on the case. pam, wanted to ask you, i know you have new information about how authorities handled michelle knights missing case. shes been sort of the crucial person, the woman that was there the longest,...

Were learning more about what happened when she was missing. we obtained her missing persons report. we talked to the fbi and talked to cleveland police. heres what we know. her name was taken off the ncic data base, that is the national crime information center data base obtained by the fbi, it distributes missing persons information to law enforcement agencies nationwide. her name was taken off that data base 15 months after she went missing. police here in cleveland kept her case open and che...

To go for a death penalty. >> remember, also, this guy is singing like a canary. once he was picked up, sat down with the police, we dont know what hes saying. but what we do know is that there have been confessions. we dont know, alison, to what extent. thats the issue right now. >> avery, ill keep you talking with this question. the cleveland said he took one of the victims michelle knight off the database 15 months after her family reported her missing in 2002. how significant is this? could ...

So were trying to learn, did they reach someone who said she was still missing, and was her name put back on that database? were still looking into that. >> lets bring you up to date on this mornings other top news. victor blackwell is in atlanta. russia apparently did not tell the u.s. everything it knew about the older boston many bom suspect. moscow did warn washington two years ago that tamerlan tsarnaev could be an extremist. a law enforcement source tells cnn that russians held important...

Coming clean unless hes trying to talk his way out of it. right now he is sitting in jail. hes in a solo cell by himself. its a very small cell with just a small bed, really a piece of metal with a slight mat on it, a toilet, and a place to look out a window, and thats a glass block window. so you cant really see out of that. and a tiny little window about this big that looks out into the cell. if he looks out into the cell, hes going to see a guard watching him because hes under security suicid...

>> right. the attorney general for ohio looked at ohio crimes and found no match. then that dna has been sent to the fbi to do a national database search. and that will check the surrounding states all over the country really. consider ohio maybe an hour or so to the east, and youll be in the pennsylvania border, and maybe two to three hours, and youll be in west virginia, indiana. so if this guy traveled, he wouldnt have had to go very far to do something else if he wanted to, and thats one of ...

>> so, again, the family still trying to find out where their daughter is. as the spokesperson said last night, the police know where she is, but the police arent telling us. were hearing from a source that she is in a safe place and is comfortable. >> im assuming we will learn over time why that is that she hasnt been reunited with her family. pam, cleveland police took michelle knight off the fbi missing persons list. this is something that happened not too long after she disappeared. why did ...

>> hes had dna tests done very quickly. what we know is hes been ruled out of any connection to any links to ohio cases of a similar nature. they know that. hes now maybe moving to a more federal database check, is that right? >> right. the attorney general for ohio looked at ohio crimes and found no match. then that dna has been sent to the fbi to do a national database search. and that will check the surrounding states all over the country really. consider ohio maybe an hour or so to the east,...