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Given that so much of his life revolves around the South Platte and Cheesman Canyon, I wanted to hear from Dorsey himself just what's at stake with the recent natural disasters that have severely impacted the river.

Marshall and whistle blower was slapped with an irs audit after appearing in this documentary critical of the tsa. he says that audit was payback. a "360" exclusive tonight. and the black forest fire has sparked a criminal investigation, looking, authorities are, for evidence of arson. colorado has been down this path before. tonight, we revisit a stunning piece of detective work. how they culprit behind the heyman fire. allegations of forced captivity and abuse in ohio, this time in ashland, ...

Head and the stem. theres the second one, the head and the stem. and theres the third one, the head and the stem. >> reporter: they theorized an arsonist struck the matches, purposefully lighting the dry grass in the campfire. but who? remember terry barton? she thought he might remember key details. >> bring her up there as a witness and have her reenact her actions on the day of the fire. her story is she smelled smoke. >> she drove up on the fire and saw it and parked her vehicle. >> and foun...

Tantalizing pieces of a puzzle and had an unlikely hero. >> im so new and at the same point in time this was the biggest fire in colorados history. >> reporter: special agent kim jones. >> i didnt think it was a crime. when i was going there the first day, i was told it was an escaped campfire. >> reporter: she was a rookie investigator but a former police detective, so moments after she arrived jones was certain this was no ordinary fire but a crime scene. forest service worker terry barton was...

The fear kept getting bigger when the fire kept getting bigger. >> she then admits that in fact she was responsible for the hayman fire by taking a love letter from her about to be ex-husband in a state of emotional trama, carrying it out to the campfire ring and burning it. >> the matches were in my hand with the letter. i put the letter down and i lit it one match -- let the match down, and i watched it, and i sat here until it burned up. >> this moment is key because shes saying how she lit t...

>> reporter: so good, he trains many of the nations wildfire investigators. >> watch how it comes out low and goes out high. >> reporter: hours after she called for help he flew to colorado at the same time the driver of that van spotted leaving the scene was found but had an alibi and was cleared. investigators had no other leads so they returned to the scene and began a pain staking forensic investigation. he mapped the path of the flame with colored flags. >> we were going to use the physical...

Could a person have smelled smoke from a 20 x 20 fire and they said no, there is no way you could have. >> reporter: at that moment the mystery would shift once again. >> the more we talked to her, the clearer it became to us that she moved from a witness to a person of interest. >> reporter: it changed from who done it to a more perplexing question, would a forest worker, a mother of two set off what became the worst fire in colorado history? >> up next, part two of thelmas story. the investiga...

I tried to cover it up because of fear. >> we had an admission. she was admitting to being responsible for this fire, and that was the goal. >> reporter: but jones said the evidence never pointed to any letter. >> i never found any remnants of paper. >> reporter: to an untrained eye it would seem plausible that the paper along with the unburned matches would burn in the campfire and thats the end of that. >> well, i mean i still had the matches, and they didnt blow away. >> you know, i was prett...

Their initial conclusion, a no-brainer, careless campers started the fire. in fact, a witness did report seeing a van leaving the area. >> im thinking why am i going to a campfire, you know? >> reporter: jones remembers thinking it was a waste of time trekking six hours through the smoky haze to find and question a negligent camper? what is it like being back to the scene of the crime? >> its -- its a little strange to be back because it doesnt look anything like it did then. >> reporter: when j...

And said bulger was directly involved in some and said in bulgers gang, death was a way of life. shelley murphy joins us with more. shelley, help us understand this very significant day in court. this was the first time, right, a trial witness in this case a confessed killer john testified whitey bulger himself committed murder, right? >> thats right. he says that whitey was the triggerman in a bar owner back in 70s. they drove to the scene, they got out, walked down the hill. he heard a burst o...