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The thieves into the museum, they asked him if he was alone. >> i wonder if that are you here alone, because there werent provisions for a single guard to be there. i have wondered if are you here alone meant did they get anybody to come in. but i dont know. >> reporter: but that night watchman, the one who called in sick, was never charged, either. in fact, no museum employee has ever been charged with anything in connection with the crime. though investigators say no one has been completely cl...

>> apparently there was a half hour between -- 20 minutes between when they tied us up and when they actually headed into the galleries to start doing it. ive seen a lot of people questioning well, what were they doing. im thinking they were probably waiting to see if i did press the panic button. they were probably waiting to see if the cops were going to show up. >> reporter: according to the fbi, nearly nine of every ten museum heists have an inside component. rick abeth, the guard who let th...

Show up. >> reporter: according to the fbi, nearly nine of every ten museum heists have an inside component. rick abeth, the guard who let the thieves in, was interrogated for days. he also took lie detector tests. he was never charged with anything, and when we talked to him, he maintained he had nothing to do with the heist. and what about the regular night watchman who called in sick that night? rick remembers after he buzzed the thieves into the museum, they asked him if he was alone. >> i w...

They were probably waiting to see if the cops were going to show up. >> reporter: according to the fbi, nearly nine of every ten museum heists have an inside component. rick abeth, the guard who let the thieves in, was interrogated for days. he also took lie detector tests. he was never charged with anything, and when we talked to him, he maintained he had nothing to do with the heist. and what about the regular night watchman who called in sick that night? rick remembers after he buzzed the thi...

>> reporter: according to the fbi, nearly nine of every ten museum heists have an inside component. rick abeth, the guard who let the thieves in, was interrogated for days. he also took lie detector tests. he was never charged with anything, and when we talked to him, he maintained he had nothing to do with the heist. and what about the regular night watchman who called in sick that night? rick remembers after he buzzed the thieves into the museum, they asked him if he was alone. >> i wonder if ...