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Jason maclennan pleaded not guilty and claimed he killed his father in self-defense. the jury didnt buy it. jason was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison. matt moeller pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 30 years. >> sometimes i still cant believe that im here in prison. i still cant believe the decision i made to put myself here. >> the boys plan to murder ken maclennan went off without a hitch, but the cover-up couldnt withstand scientific s...

Theyre located on servers that are either continuously backed up or backed up at least nightly. we believe these e-mails could be found unless, in fact, the irs and lois lerner have made sure they captain be found. -- cant be found. we expect forensics can find them. weve been told the i.g. has them. hes indicated what he has is the latest computer, not the disk drive that supposedly failed. >> did the commissioner make any mention of this in his original statements that these were lost in febru...

>> this, in my mind, is the second most horrific case that ive ever been involved in, in terms of the trauma to the victim, the torture that the victim endured, the level of violence used to commit the murder. >> i deserve the punishment i get. i feel horrible for what ive done. i wish i could bring her back and trade places with her. i cant. >> the forensic analysis not only identified the perpetrator, but documented the extent of his brutality. >> forensic science is amazing what they can, or ...

Fearing that michael could identify him. to mask the evidence, he set fire to the clothes in michaels closet and returned to his girlfriends apartment through the crawl space. when he didnt hear the fire alarm sound, he suspected the fire went out, so he returned to michaels apartment to start the fire again. he stole michaels computer, electronic equipment, and his car keys. before leaving, he set the two additional fires. when luna returned to his girlfriends apartment, he shed fibers from mic...

>> and the pathologist says it is consistent with suicide and forensics are consistent with suicide. >> i knew the minute i heard coroners voice, when he said that dolly had shot herself. i said, she did not. >> dollys parents said the death occurred just after she tried to break up with bart corbin. they also claimed bart corbin stalked and harassed her. >> he broke into the apartment at one point and actually stole dollys cat tabitha. she had tires slashed, windows broken, all kinds of things....

The jury to give him the death penalty. they willingly obliged. >> there are certain people in our society that have absolutely forfeited their right to live among us by their own actions and by their own decisions. joe luna is one of those people. >> ironically, joe luna tried to cover up his crime by burning the evidence, but he didnt destroy it. instead, he made those tiny glass insulation fibers more distinctive. >> it was actually the last way that i thought they would catch him. that was f...

Wasnt really investigated as a homicide. >> eventually, brown confessed to 48 murders, including one he committed while serving in the u.s. military in south korea. investigators around the country are still trying to corroborate browns claims. if true, brown may be one of the most prolific serial killers in american history. and he might still be free if it werent for the local fingerprint databases in louisiana and california and the investigators who knew where to look. >> you just dont know ...

Out there. >> but none has been found. and randy lee allen made no more confessions. in september of 2003, he was convicted of kidnapping and sexual assault and received two consecutive terms of 75 years. dana stinson is a pseudonym for the remarkable young girl who showed courage, determination, and whose near photographic memory helped solve the case. and the forensic evidence helped, too. >> her clothing and all that, her body, thats amazing. i cant believe how they can pick up something that...

Unbelievably, martinez discovered that the paint chips did come from huffmans truck. they fit perfectly. >> a physical fit is the only for sure thing in forensic science. its probabilities are astronomical. there were no statistics that can calculate or duplicate the odds of tearing any two pieces identical. it is the only thing thats in forensics that is the for sure thing and, in fact, better than dna. >> heres this paint chip that plugs in perfectly. thats hitting the home run in the bottom o...

Murder. he implicated his friend, 19-year-old vincent holmes, as the man who killed kevin rice. >> vincent holmes was a street kid, late teens. he was friends with william buck, hung out at the auburn manor apartment complex. really had a flat affect, borderline functioning intellectually. just a street kid with really no purpose in life. >> not surprisingly, when holmes was questioned, he pointed the finger at william buck. this created a problem. could forensics prove who pulled the trigger? s...