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His attorneys there with him obviously thinking, judge how they will appeal this case whether or not they have any avenue for appeal. there was one bit of evidence in terms of the dna testing that was found on a shell casing at the scene. in testing hernandezs dna was found on the shell casing, that may have been, you know, the piece of evidence that they hung this on. also the video that showed hernandez walking out of his house, with something black in his hand. >> right. martha: the jurors ma...

Evidence left lined in that vault for the police to examine closely. but all of that equipment, all of that effort, it suggests it was a lot of work, a lot of destruction, a lot of moiz over potentially a long period of time. theyre investigating a period of thursday night to tuesday morning. it appears all of that destruction was carried out without anybody noticing. >> its hardly tellthy when you hear numerous power tools. this thing must have been going on for hours and hours and days with al...

>> that seems difficult. >> its very difficult. its very difficult. what the defense just said is he was there, he witnessed it, but he wasnt in on it. so the question is going to become, does all the circumstantial evidence that we were all analyzing and saying, of course it puts him at the scene, of course he was involved in it, now theyre going to take a focus and look at it and say, well, does all this circumstantial evidence, the bubble gum, the shell casing, the shoe print, the joint with ...

Truck, right? >> stuff was being handed out, and it was being placed. >> has anyone ever taught you to collect evidence that way, sir? >> no. >> reporter: the gum and casing were found clumped together inside of a piece of paper, but that is not how they were tested. >> were you ever told when you were conducting the testing that the casing had been attached to a piece of chewed blue bubble gum? >> not at the time i did my test i ing. >> reporter: she did find a partial dna match for hernandez o...

The motion barring any mention of the upcoming trial of a boston double murder, but the main contention of hernandez lawyers. >> the investigation will show that it was sloppy and unprofessional. >> reporter: and during nearly every cross-examination, the lawyers tried to raise reasonable doubt by questioning the competence of investigators. >> as an experienced police officer, you understood that there would be dna on that towel, right? >> yes, sir. >> reporter: a towel on the scene was picked ...

The seat forward, i saw what i thought was a bullet. >> thats the type of gum purchased by hernandez hours earlier. and its not a bullet she finds but a shell casing. a ballistics expert testified that casing matches five others found at the murder scene. >> they were fired from the same unknown weapon capable of chambering .45 auto caliber ammunition. >> did you have an opinion as to the type of weapon that it was? >> its consistent with having been fired from a glock. >> a glock. thats the typ...

Purchased by hernandez hours earlier. and its not a bullet she finds but a shell casing. a ballistics expert testified that casing matches five others found at the murder scene. >> they were fired from the same unknown weapon capable of chambering .45 auto caliber ammunition. >> did you have an opinion as to the type of weapon that it was? >> its consistent with having been fired for a glock. >> a glock. thats the type of gun a glock employee said hernandez is carrying when he returns home minut...

A shell casing found in his rental car with dna evidence from hernandez. >> no eyewitness nor murder we weapon weapon. >> at the end of the day it go either way. >> reporter: the jury may be deciding hernandezs fate in a few days regardless of the overcome his legal troubles are far from over. hernandez has been charged with murder in another case a drive-by shooting that left two men dead. he also has pleaded not guilty in that matter. extremely talented football player who once seemed destined...

Redden edwards gets a little too close to the action. >> there was a group of soldiers who were just returning from a trip. and then suddenly these gunshots rang out. so i went up on to the top of the actual command post. i wanted to get a full, what we call sequence of him firing. the first shot i got was on his right hand side where the shell casings were coming out. so i basically got too close to the weapon and was hit by the shell casing. that will learn me not to get in the way of that. >>...

Then he saw his friend, 20-year-old jeffrey cain, slumped in his seat and covered in blood. >> the bullet entered the back of his head, exited out the front of his head. death was instantaneous. >> cains parents were called to the scene. >> i couldnt understand why jeff had to be the one who was shot. maybe im just like there is other people, why not shoot the bad people? >> jeff was a computer programmer with no known enemies. the driver, rob chamberlain, said he had no idea why they were targe...