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Girls? >> you bet thats going to be a key piece of evidence that the prosecution is going to want to have in. clearly, and i love the walks like a duck analogy, it would be an enormous coincidence. remember, these young girls were also 10 and 12. so its hard enough to warm up cold cases so to speak, with forensics but its easier when you have somebody not that just puts himself at the scene but has continued to do the exact same types of crimes. not all crimes, although theres some evidence of t...

Agent in charge. walk us through this situation. whats going on? >> there are so many pieces to this investigation. we have the scene investigation, the investigation of the vehicle, the type of firearm that was used where that firearm came from. theres the collateral fbi investigation into forensics. what we can find on social media, whats in his or her computer whats at the residence where they were before this happened. who they were dealing with who they were talking to. all of that and more...

Easier 40 years ago because the culture was different. they held prosecutors to a lower standard. but if im the defense attorney in this case when i know these jurors are all watching the entire csi series right? the csi or series crime scene investigation theyre in every state of the 50 states that we have, jurors are accustomed to hearing about forensic evidence, about dna and theres none of that here, jon. youre trying to get 12 people to agree this guy committed a murder with no forensics, n...

Searching? i mean, is it a search by air? is it on the ground? >> we start with our cellular fre forensics and radar analysis team. from there, we narrowed that down using eyewitness accounts that had seen the airplane fly over. we narrowed it down, obviously, even further when autumn walked out of the woods. but we actually already has been flying over that area. she reported that she saw us fly over her during the day. so the cellular forensics puts us right on top. and her walking out has giv...

Are you injured at all? >> yeah i have a lot of burns on my hands and im covered in bruises and scratches and stuff. >> amazing how calm she is in the 911 call after what she went through. how is she now? >> i hear that shes doing well. i believe that they are supposed to be coming home maybe later today. ive been in contact pretty regularly with a friend of the family. >> so if you would, bring us up to speed on the search for the aircraft. are rescuers hoping to find her grandparents alive? i ...

Person who is responsible for this? this child was put in a garbage bag, disposed on this remote island. >> obviously, horrible horrible case. when first heard about this case i immediately thought that this child could have been a victim of human trafficking or a victim of a sexual predator. i would -- they are probably doing this at this point in time. start checking with all registered sex offenders in boston and make sure their time has been accounted for. >> thats horrible to imagine. how m...

These people certainly arent guilty. i have seen some of the forensics and it looks like they may not get the conviction depending upon what happened. you would think in the spirit of fairness lets allow the case to be moved but they are not doing it. >> they think they like their chances in baltimore. >> good to see you. high profile democrats are joining those demanding change after an illegal immigrant with a long record allegedly murdered a young woman in front of her father for no reason ...

Evasive, that did he his best to disassemble and he was doing everything he could to answer the questions. those things, trained investigators are, that hes lying. the fact that he is lying doesnt necessarily give us evidence concerning the elements of the offense. and when she didnt have the recollection, i was left with suspicions and a theory, no facts and no forensics. so at that point i decided that i would make a decision in public that we wouldnt prosecute him. that would therefore elimin...

He is a former cia operative. bob, they are using the word glitch. every headline has glitch with quotes around it. is it a glitch or something more? >> i think they are calling it a bit early. they will need forensics people to get into the operating system and tell us. i dont trust it yet. it could have been a glitch. it could have been a coincidence, these three sites going down. who knows? whats important is how vulnerable we are to a massive computer failure. the chinese and russians for in...

Lets talk about forensics. obviously what happens is it makes a case very easy if you have forensic evidence. if you have dna evidence, if you have anything else to subject something was amiss there. but what youre seeing more and more in rape cases, you have experts that testify in court to this, oftentimes either rape victims or sexual abuse or assault victims dont come forward for a variety of reasons, whether its embarrassment, they just are not ready to come forward, whether you suppress or...