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Theres breaking news in the case of a missing utah college student. police have now arrested a suspect they accuse of kidnapping and murdering the woman and then burning her body in his backyard. scott mcclain is there. tell us more. >> reporter: hey, wolf. police say that it was digital footprints that led them here to the suspects house, but it was what they found on the property that turned this into a murder case. >> it is with heavy heart that i address you today. >> reporter: tonight polic...

>> the body will be approximately 40 yards or 120 feet covered by leaves and brush. the head will be missing. >> wheres the head? >> the only reason by the way the head was removed was forensically. >> yeah, right. >> a clearly shaken agent kegel told atlanta about the tragic outcome. >> at approximately 7:30 this evening the body of meredith emerson was discovered in a wooded area. the specific information given as to the location of the body was given to me by gary hilton. >> the kidnapping ch...

To the motorcycle. theyre going to combine what we know talking to people and forensically. >> tell me if im wrong on this analysis. but comes up from behind. >> yeah. >> gets the jump on big papi. shoots him in the back. >> yeah. >> not in the head. >> yes. >> if youre an assassin, youre not going to shoot me in the back. thank god they didnt, thank god. >> absolutely. its almost point-blank range. this looked like somebody that was hired to do this. or sometimes in countries like this, forced ...

With surveillance cameras like manhattan, probably not. >> theyre going to find out the guy s who they work for. >> were going to talk to people with intimate knowledge. david ortiz has said through a spokesperson he did not know these two people and then the cell phones, the license plate to the motorcycle. theyre going to combine what we know talking to people and forensically. >> tell me if im wrong on this analysis. but comes up from behind. >> yeah. >> gets the jump on big papi. shoots him ...

>> hilton was loaded into a vehicle and he led lawmen down a trail in dawson forest. >> the body will be approximately 40 yards or 120 feet covered by leaves and brush. the head will be missing. >> wheres the head? >> the only reason by the way the head was removed was forensically. >> yeah, right. >> a clearly shaken agent kegel told atlanta about the tragic outcome. >> at approximately 7:30 this evening the body of meredith emerson was discovered in a wooded area. the specific information give...

Would lead investigators to merediths body in exchange for taking the death penalty off the table. nobody in law enforcement likes to make deals without holding their nose. >> we had to do it. you know, we needed to find meredith, and given the circumstances i would do the same thing now. >> im guessing, agent, the situation in your interview room is, gary, you told us what you did to her. now where did you put her? >> yes. and he told us. >> hilton was loaded into a vehicle and he led lawmen do...

You know, i think its a red line if robert mueller starts looking into my business, into my businesses. but what were really seeing -- and michael cohens plea agreements make this very, very clear -- is the extent to which donald trump himself has commingled and intermingled business and politics in such a way that its impossible for prosecutors to examine one without forensically examining the other. >> i also want to ask you about rudy giuliani suggesting that trump discussed the trump tower/m...

Agreements make this very, very clear -- is the extent to which donald trump himself has commingled and intermingled business and politics in such a way that its impossible for prosecutors to examine one without forensically examining the other. >> i also want to ask you about rudy giuliani suggesting that trump discussed the trump tower moscow through november of 2016, garrett. was that intentional, or was that a giuliani slip-up? >> its really hard to know what giuliani means to say or might b...

To make deals without holding their nose. >> we had to do it. you know, we needed to find meredith, and given the circumstances i would do the same thing now. >> im guessing, agent, the situation in your interview room is, gary, you told us what did to her. now where did you put her? >> yes. and he told us. >> hilton was loaded into a vehicle and he led lawmen down a trail in dawson forest. >> the body will be approximately 40 yards or 120 feet covered by leaves and brush. the head will be missi...

>> able to do forensically in examining these packages that was key to this. but look, theres a lot of clues, as james can tell you, having done many of these investigations over the years. its not just one thing, right? it helps that they were able to find the nexus in florida there, in that facility in opa-locka, where rosa flores has been reporting from. they were able to identify that that was a facility that processed many of these packages. that at least allowed them to narrow their focus ...