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Based on dna testing and blood spatter analysis, investigators believe richard van dusen was pulled from his jeep and shot outside the vehicle. his wife karla was sitting in the passenger seat and was shot through the windshield. but on the steering wheel, investigators found blood which did not come from karla or richard. >> the samples that were tested from the steering wheel were consistent with being human blood. those samples were tested to develop a dna profile. >> perhaps the killer nicke...

Interview of him was sufficient and that further dna testing would prove that. i can remember saying, well, his dna isnt there, theres no case. >> in fact, despite the long interrogation, dna would eventually link the murder of the depalmas not to alex but to a troubled ex-marine named robert jardin, a stereo, vacuum cleaner and set of keys stolen from the couple would also be found in jardins possession. >> he did say when asked that bostick was not involved in the murder. >> this is reinforced...

After the co-pilot apparently crashed that plane deliberately in the french alps. they discussed it this morning, saying they hope to identify all victims by end of the week. >> our primary aim now is to be identifying victims through dna testing, those procedures are in place to do that as quickly as possible. until this process ends no one is going close to the site. >> as they continue working to identify victims where does the investigation go from here? >> well the investigation is extremel...

>> scientists performed dna testing on each and every bloodstain on dr. hamiltons shirt and shoes. it was all susans blood. luminol tests revealed even more of susans blood on the inside of dr. hamiltons car. >> there was blood found on the steering wheel. there was blood found on the drivers side left edge of the seat, and also some hair and tissue found on the floor of the vehicle, on the drivers side. >> investigators discovered what may have been the murder weapon. the hamiltons maid said th...

Hands. luring recovery teams to the crash site. >> we are in a closed area. very, very closeed from the mountains. its very short place. its quite difficult for us. >> reporter: as the teams made their gruesome discoveries, he comes back, lifting, literally, swinging them homeward. >> i dont want to focus on the possible victims i see on the floor. so, im proud because i know i will bring back bodies to the family and i think its very important. its my duty. >> reporter: from the mountains, the ...

Investigations was able to put them back together and they fit perfectly. >> when investigators questioned matthew, he insisted he had nothing to do with his wifes murder. but they noticed something. >> as he is talking, he is kind of going like this with his thumb. and we said what -- what is that you got there? he said oh, its a band-aid. you know, he is pulling this band-aid off. he said i have a lot of sharp knives at work. im a painter. and im always flipping them in and out, and i just cut...

Of pipe with a water sprinkler attachment at the end. while there were no fingerprints or hair on the pipe, there was a tiny speck of blood, which was sent for dna testing. >> how it got left there has always been amazing to us because it obviously had to have dried first when it was dropped in the pond. otherwise, it would have washed off as soon as it was thrown in the pond. >> to determine if this was the murder weapon, investigators devised a test to see the marks this pipe would make on a h...

Mental conditioning and a lot of concentration. i dont want to focus on the possible victims i see on the floor, so i proud because i know i bring back bodies to the family and i think its very important. thats my duty. >> and, of course getting the bodies back is so important for the families and then from the mountainside they go to a medical center where forensic tests are done dna testing by a metric testing fingerprints there are 24 technicians on that and here in the area 13 spanish and ge...

Back lifting literally swinging them homeward. >> i dont want to focus on the possible victims i see on the floor, so im proud because i know i will bring back bodies to the family and i think its very important. its my duty. >> reporter: from the mountains, the bodies are brought here to a mobile forensics lab for biometric and dna testing. all of this happening in a remote and small alpine village. and here they have opened their hearts touched by the tragedy that is unfolding around them. peo...

50 souls on board. how is it they will take the remains, and with the help of family members, identify these passengers? >> reporter: well its absolutely with dignity. thats what were hearing heres. its not also without trauma for these recovery experts and the police mountaineering experts. none of them have been prepared for. its a very traumatic site as described to us. the police tell us theyve been able to recover a few bodies intact but not many. its a difficult task of gathering remaining...