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Cut ties with him following quote intimidation tactics by james and by the manhattan district attorney. james responded, in a letter, writing this. it is not unusual for parties to a legal proceeding to disagree about the facts. but its truly rare for a party to publicly disagree with statements submitted by his own attorneys in a signed pleading. let alone one day after the pleading was filed. later today, lawyers for trump will appear before a judge, as part of the ongoing fight to avoid a sub...

Dont catch these people. >> reporter: at the crime scene, detective arnold was searching for answers, combing the house for more clues. >> a closet that contains a safe. >> reporter: contents, apparently missing. >> the first thing is a robbery. >> next to that is a cell phone. >> we check cell phone records. >> reporter: she received two phone calls in the hours before the shooting, both from a family friend. james had known erin for years. he called her. police brought him in to see if he had ...

Another death. but, since erica was involved in that, they wasnt going to let up on it. >> reporter: judith didnt know it, yet, but at police headquarters, detective arnold was close to getting clues. james, the family friend, who made the last phone call to erin and kenneth williams who recollects admitted to a witness that he was part of a robbery that turned deadly. now, it was time to bring both men in and interrogate them. >> i was apprehensive, but not nervous. no butterflies, just because...

Prescriptions using bogus names. >> reporter: on the security tape, rick looked closely and saw the man leaning through the window of the enclosed pharmacy section, checking out names from pill bottles. over and over, detective arnold stared at the grainy wall greens tape. the man in the baseball cap looked familiar. as in james, erins family friend who phoned her minutes before the murder. earlier, he told the detective how much he wanted to help the investigation. >> find whoever did this. >> ...

They had come back to pharmacy and tried to obtain prescriptions using bogus names. >> on the tape, rick looked closely and saw the man in the baseball cap leaning through the window of enclosed pharmacy section. seemingly checking out names from pill bottles. over and over he staired at the grainy wall greens tape. the man in the baseball cap looked familiar. >> as in james. erins family friend who phoned herd minutes before the murder. earlier he told the detective how much he wanted to help t...

Monitor where he could see james in the interview room. >> now hes got time to think, whats he telling these detectives. whats he talking about. >> detective arnold needed both suspects to admit they were in the house when the shootings went down. >> that would back up murder charges against both of them no matter who pulled the trigger. james was interviewed first. said he knew nothing about the crime. as the interrogation grew on, he started blaming the man in the other room. but detective arn...

>> the pill bottlebottles. >> it was a long frustrating 15 month investigation, but rick was finally close to the answers ehe had promised ericas grandmother. >> what kept you going during some of those times when you felt like you were at a dead end. >> five days after interviewing turner, detective arnold was ready to bring in james and williams for tough questioning. actually, rick had enough to arrest him earlier, but he wasnt ready yet. he wanted more. both men from the walgreens video. so ...

In the daycare to pick his child up and had braids in his hair and erica started running and crying to the teacher and said dont let him hurt me. judith told detective arnold about ericas new fear. men with braids. there on the walgreens video, detective arnold saw it. the man coming in with james had braids, but the image was still too fuzzy to figure out. rick circulate add freeze frame of the man and hoped someone could identify him. then he waited. eight months later. rick got promising news...

Dead, but since erica was involved in that, he wasnt going to let up on it. >> judith didnt know it yet, but down at police headquarters, detective arnold was close to getting answers from the men he had been pursuing since theyre starring roles in the walgreens video. james, the family friend who made the last phone call to erin, and kenneth williams who admitted to a witness that he was part of a robbery that turned deadly. now, it was time to bring both men in and interrogate them. >> i was a...

>> no idea at all. >> detective arnold saw an opening and pounced. first youll hear williams finally admit to coming inside. then listen closely as rick asks a rapid fire follow up about his location in the house giving him no chance to think or change his story. >> after i heard a gunshot i ran in there to see. what room were you in. i was in the back room. >> that was music to my ears. hearing him say im in the back room. >> rick had him right where he wanted. inside the house. and none too so...