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Wounding a person way beyond what would be required to kill a person. so we frequently see not just a few wounds, but many, and all indicative of rage that is going on between the two involved in the assault, the victim and the assailant. >> a machete missing from his office was believed to be one of the murder weapons. the other was believed to be a knife. >> a single sharp agent, a blood agent. we could predict that it was a larger knife. some of the wounds were at least an inch, inch and a ha...

Any vehicle with flashing lights, particularly if driving on a dark, deserted road at night. >> you put a signal on as if youre going to turn and you wait until you get to a well-lit area thats a public place where theres other people. i have done that since this case, and im married to a police officer. but i dont take my safety for granted, and i hope that no one else does either. >> in a case without much evidence, a partial shoe impression on a sweatshirt was all that was needed. >> in essen...

The murder weapons have never been found, nor the shoes that left the impressions inside the shaws home. shannon touchet and reggie basile both pled guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated robbery and were sentenced to life in prison. ronald benson chose to go to trial. the jury found him guilty. he got the same sentence -- life in prison. >> the forensic efforts on the part of our crime lab were invaluable to the final conclusion in this case. without them, there would have been no convict...

So we frequent see not just a few wounds, but many, and all indicative of rage that is going on between the two involved in the assault, the victim and the assailant. >> a machete missing from his office was believed to be one of the murder weapons. the other was believed to be a knife. >> a blunt agent. we can predict that it was a larger knife, some of the wounds were at least an inch, inch and a half in width on the body surface. >> the family tried to help investigators by identifying anyone...

This, officials caution motorists to be suspicious of any vehicle with flashing lights, particularly if driving on a dark, deserted road at night. >> you put a signal on as if youre going to turn and you wait until you get to a well-lit area thats a public place where there are other people. i have done that since this case, and im married to a police officer. but i dont take my safety for granted, and i hope that no one else does either. >> in a case without much evidence, a partial shoe impres...

His gym bag. the murder weapons have never been found, nor the shoes that left the impressions inside the shaws home. shannon touchet and reggie basile both pled guilty to first-degree murder and aggravated robbery and were sentenced to life in prison. ronald benson chose to go to trial. the jury found him guilty. he got the same sentence. life in prison. >> the forensic efforts on the part of our crime lab were invaluable to the final conclusion in this case. without them, there would have been...

Not just a few wounds, but many, and all indicative of rage that is going on between the two involved in the assault, the victim and the assailant. >> a machete missing from his office was believed to be one of the murder weapons. the other was believed to be a knife. >> a blunt agent. we can predict it was a larger knife, some of the wounds were at least an inch, inch and a half in width on the body surface. >> the family tried to help investigators by identifying anyone who night have had a re...

Murder weapons in this case was mr. griffins foot, as strange as that may sound. >> the real clincher was the shoeprint that left a piece of evidence that you cannot deny. its there in black and white. up next, he promises to avenge his sisters murder. >> i prayed to god that i would be led to be in the right place at the right time. >> for years, he tracks her killer without success. >> every day was another blow to the stomach. >> somewhere deep in the houston crime files are the the secrets...

Police officer. but i dont take my safety for granted, and i hope that no one else does either. >> in a case without much evidence, a partial shoe impression on a sweatshirt was all that was needed. >> in essence, that footwear impression was the signature of the murder weapon. >> youve got to have something, or something in this case, and one of the big somethings in this case was her sweatshirt with the evidence of her murder on her back. and, of course, one of the murder weapons in this case ...

And wit, a tremendous amount of wind gusts being recorded. winds exceeding hurricane force in a few areas, getting up to 75 miles per hour. in tillamook, winds about 71 miles per hour. and the brunt of the wet weather going to get in some time later on tonight, into the morning hours tomorrow, where we have another 1 to 3 inches of rainfall expected from seattle down towards portland. the mountains could get in says of 6 inches of rainfall, certainly flash flooding concern across this region, al...