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Sergeant joe snodgrass was sentenced to life in a military prison without parole. lucy was convicted by a philippine court and sentenced to only one year in prison. her two uncles served similar sentences. the third man involved in the murder has never been found. >> this was the first case where digital evidence and the term forensics were put in the same sentence. computer crime investigation was not a forensics discipline until we put these diskettes back together. >> our cyber guys broke gro...

Then he went directly to work to keep his usual schedule. but after work, he stopped by the deserted camp and dumped his wifes body. the synthetic rayon fibers from larrys trunk liner were transferred to the blanket covering judys body. and larrys shoes picked up the calcite particles from the newly paved limestone, where they were discovered 20 years later by alert forensic scientists. >> the prosecutors were able to put up a good faith effort and tell them this is everything we know using mode...

>> two months later, the unabomber sends a 35,000 word manuscript to "the new york times," "the washington post," and bob guccione at "penthouse" magazine among others. titled "industrial society and its future" the essay becomes known as the "unabomber manifesto." >> there were many people that thought the unabomber manifesto was a red herring. i had agents come to my office saying were wasting too much time on the you bomb -- unabomber manifesto, and we need to stick to forensics and known fac...

Bed sheet, again, this indicates perhaps -- it doesnt point in certain directions of perhaps somebody who was trying to murder this man. again, this is not a conclusion but thats where law enforcement officials, these are some early guesses that they have from looking at the scene. again, they are doing the forensics, they are going to make sure they do the autopsy. you can tell from what the fbi says that theres no indication that he was shot that there was any -- there was anything done to him...

Bit about our progress and then i will turn it over to the sheriff and at conclusion we will try and answer your questions. so overnight, our forensics team completed a search based on a discovery from the state fish and wildlife agency who yesterday found the body which was confirmed to be otis byrd. the state medical examiner today confirmed that and we have just recently briefed the family as to those findings. so we will expect next week sometime to find a preliminary report as to cause of d...

Lets listen. >> i would like to talk a little bit about our progress and then ill turn it over to the sheriff and at conclusion, well try and answer your questions. so overnight our forensics team completed a search based on a discovery from the state official wildlife agency which yesterday found the body that was confirmed to be otis byrd. the state medical examiner today confirmed that and we have just recently briefed the family as to those find,ingsingsfindings well expect next week to find...

Realize how much it hurt people and how much it bothered people these ticket, and going to jail for not being able to pay a traffic ticket. that is a problem. >> and why so hard for you, kevin, to believe that one thing can exist, and the other thing can exist, because it is not just in a vacuum, and it is not that black and white and there can be a issue in ferguson. >> and you are right there is an issue in ferguson and in new york city, what is the cost of the ticket and the cost to get your ...

They dont know if its a suicide or if it was something that -- whether he was killed by someone. so that is something now that has gotten the interest of the fbi. they have got their civil rights inspectors there, their investigators there, theyve got the justice department civil rights division involved and the attorneys office is investigating. obviously the context here is that theres not a lot known. they know its a suspicious death but they dont know more than that. they have to do all the ...

Today in the boston bombing trial, jurors are getting a look at just how dangerous and equipped the tsarnaev brothers were in the days after the marathon attack. this mornings testimony, all about the forensics from the chaotic days of the manhunt and pipe bombs, even a up ttupperwa bomb. alexandra field is live outside the courthouse in boston. alexandra, we are hearing there was a cart wheeled in with bags upon bags of evidence. what did they unpack? >> reporter: the jury actually got to see t...

With all the learning people got, i knew i had a chance. >> when you look at the evidence and you look at the forensics and what it shows us, alvin was telling the truth. unfortunately, just nobody wanted to accept it or believe it, so they just kept pushing him till he came up with something that they wanted to believe. and they wanted to believe it because they fed it to him. >> today, alvin works at the local supermarket, stacking shelves. the man who conducted alvins interrogation thinks the...