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But no one knows the exact number. people killed while the russian army occupied this town. this is what it looks like when the hope is crushed. sl slald mir has been searching for his brother. we met a family just returning to their house which was occupied by russian soldiers. they show us the body of a dead man in civilian clothes they found in the backiard. his hands and feet tied with severe bruises and a shell casing still laying nearby. >> we know these images are shocking and horrifying,...

Brutality? >> for instance, the body that we found, we did find a body with his hands tied behind his back, and there were some pretty severe bruises on that body as well. hands tied, feet tied with bruises. then we found a shell casing next to the head, so it certainly seemed to us as though that person had been tortured and then executed with a bag over his head. how big the system is? you were saying there was at least 20 on the social media for bodes behind their back. its interesting, im su...

Bodies. another district that we were in today, not a district, a town where we also saw massive destruction there. and a family there actually invited us into their house and said they had russian soldiers staying there. and they showed us that the whole place had been ransacked. there were alcohol bottles standing around. their clothes thrown on the floor. but then they took us into their backyard and showed us there was a dead body laying in the backyard. a dead man with his hands tied behind...

Also saw massive destruction there. and a family there actually invited us into their house and said they had russian soldiers staying there. and they showed us the whole place had been ransacked. there were alcohol bottles standing around there. entire clothes thrown on the floor. they also took us into their backyard and there was a dead body laying in the backyard. a dead man with his hands tied behind his back. his feet tied together and severe bruises on his legs. we also found that dead bo...

Which had been shot at with dead bodies in front of those. in some cases badly burned. dead bodies. another district we in, a town where we also saw smassive destruction there and a family there actually invited us into their house saying russian soldiers were staying there and showed us the whole place was ransacked, alcohol bottles standing around. clothes on the floor. took us to the backyard and showed us a dead body in the backyard, hands tied behind his back, feats tied together, severe br...

Around phoenix were racing the clock and a fast-moving killer. now, thanks to a tip from rick anglin, they were getting closer. >> im convinced that were dealing with dwight jones at this point. >> rick recognized that all the crime scenes related back to dwight and connies divorce and custody battles from nearly a decade earlier. plus, forensic analysis had already told police all four victims had probably been killed with the same weapon. and there was a critical piece of evidence that might l...

Casings. each casing tells a story to tie a crime to a gun. police fire a crime gun. the gun ejects a casing. with this computer the casing generates an image. an image thats like a fingerprint unique to every gun. >> i will search out the he jekor. he fires multiple rounds terrorizing the victims before getting away. all police have is the casings. >> you have the recovered shell casing and video evidence. unfortunately that video evidence only captured the shooting itself and captured the vehi...

All possibly committed by the same person. there was one promising clue. dna on a shell casing recovered at the scene of steve pitts murder. investigators ran it through their system, but there was no match. by 10:00 a.m. saturday morning, police opened an emergency center. and tips were pouring in. >> there was a lot of fear, there was a lot of unrest in the community, and people were desperate for a suspect. >> no one yet knew about this man. 200 miles away, watching the news of the murders un...

Now, thanks to a tip from rick anglin, they were getting closer. >> im convinced that were dealing with dwight jones at this point. >> rick recognized that all the crime scenes related back to dwight and connies divorce and custody battles from nearly a decade earlier. plus, forensic analysis had already told police all four victims had probably been killed with the same weapon. and there was a critical piece of evidence that might link the weapon to dwight. that bit of dna on a shell casing rec...

Tell us about the blue towel. what did you hope to gain from it? >> we didnt know. it had blood on it and you dont know where it will lead you. does it match something somebodys got or have somebody elses dna on it? >> reporter: other than that, there was little to this crime scene. >> did you find a weapon? did you find a bullet, a casing, anything that might help you? >> no. we had detectives actually assigned to get on their hands and knees with scissors and cut the grass away, looking for a ...