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Happened, that she died. >> when i touched her hand, it was cold. i knew. i knew in my heart and my gutt there was something wrong with the car, that it wasnt her fault. >> reporter: it was here that georgia state patrol said brooke meltons 2005 chevy cobalt hydroplaned on a rainey evening. the car spun out and was struck by another vehicle and then dropped 15 feet into this creek. the accident report says melton was driving too fast for roadway conditions causing her to lose control of the vehi...

Made. >> reporter: digeorgeo did not return cnns calls. hes been put on paid leave. gm declined an interview with cnn, but denies concealing facts or engaging in any improper behavior in the melton case. automaker admits 13 people died as a result of the defect but wont release those names. gms list only includes frontal crashes where air bags didnt infla inflate. general motors says 13 deaths and 47 crashes. >> theyre playing with numbers. they dont count brooks death and shes dead because of t...

>> she was driving 58 and the speed limit was 55. do you believe that that could have caused the accident? >> no, i believe she lost power. >> reporter: brooks parents blame general motors. its now known the ignition switch on her cobalt was defective. this analysis of the cars data recorder provided by their attorney shows the switch was in the accessory position at the time of the crash, shutting the engine off and disabling the air bags, power steering and antilock brakes. >> we bleaelieve th...

Down slightly tuesday. news this morning on gm. "the new york times" reports gm officials expect ceo mary barra to be cleared of any wrongdoing tied to the botched ignition switch recall that resulted in at least 13 deaths. results from gms internal investigation are expected as early as this week. its expected to name executives, employees and departments that screwed up, but officials, again, telling "the new york times" they expect barra to be cleared. one thing is certain, barra has kept s...

Serious, because weve had soldiers who have lost their lives and now weve had this unprecedented prisoner exchange. which is causing obviously international incident. >> i just want to be cleeshar, barbara starr had a source at the pentagon who said it would be unlikely he would see time behind bars because five years as a prisoner is certainly enough. thanks for the j.a.g. insight too, appreciate that. a grieving family fighting to vindicate their daughters death, they say, because she died d...

>> reporter: any amount of money? >> right. >> its not about the money. >> reporter: general motors h e hired former u.s. attorney antoine lucas to do an investigation. the justice department is also investigating. ken melton will keep fighting. >> knowing the truth for her, its certainly worth it. >> cnns poppy harlow is here with me now. brook was not counted in that original 13 gm is admitted to. is she perhaps the tip of a very big iceberg of other people who come forward? >> she may be. gen...

Truth but not all of the truth. >> reporter: in a new lawsuit, the meltons allege that gm hid key documents from them and say a gm engineer lied in a sworn deposition. >> the designer release engineer for the ignition switch in the 05 cobalt? >> yes, i was. >> reporter: the meltons attorney gave cnn part of the deposition, who denied aproing any changes to the ignition switch. >> there was never a work order that i saw outlining this spring. >> any such change was made, it was made without your ...

Futures slightly lower right now after stocks in the u.s. kicked off june with a round of record highs. both the s&p and the dow closed at their highest levels ever yesterday. another report out this morning raising questions about gm. reuters examined data on front-end crashes similar to those caused by gms faulty ignition switch. reuters found at least 74 people died in gm cars in accidents with key similarities to those linked to the 13 deaths gm has acknowledged. gm says it uncovered those...

Are in effect luring thousands of customers into their dealerships for repairs. sales teams jump on that chance to encourage those customers to buy new cars. some customers get loaner cars and buy those loaner cars and you have to remember that recalls happen so frequently this year in general that customers have sort of grown immune to it. people sort of seem to be numb to it. it doesnt affect how they make their purchases. people tend to purchase based on brand loyalty. also you have to rememb...

And any day now, any day we could get that internal report from gm into what went wrong with the company, why didnt they talk about it for more than a decade? i think it could be a real game changer, no question. about the report that you brought up at the beginning, gm is pushing hardback against that saying that at least 74 people could have died because of this ignition switch defect. the total number of deaths associated with the ignition switch recall condition still stands at 13. heres wha...