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>> you know, i was just -- i just couldnt -- i couldnt cry. i couldnt do anything but just stare at him because i couldnt believe what he was saying. thats how our nightmare started. >> who would want to kill sid, you know? >> in this case, the police started their investigation with sam wells. >> it was just almost too much. for all of us. hey pal? you ready?

Their investigation with sam wells. >> they proceeded to ask me all kinds of questions. questions like, you know, why would you kill your brother, why would you do something like that, and they decided it was time to give me what they call a paraffin test to find out whether or not you fired a weapon. and all they could find was campfire smoke, so that was my saving grace. >> by midafternoon we determined that sam wells was no longer a viable suspect. >> we had just gone through losing sids dad ...

>> who would want to kill sid, you know? >> it is the simple question that all victims ask. before we can really grieve, before we can close that chapter of our lives, we need to see that person held accountable. >> my initial involvement in this case was being assigned to the crime scene. mr. wells was found laying face-down on the floor, died from what appeared to be a shotgun wound to the back of his head. because it was such a close contact wound, the blast and the gases from the shell being...

There as well tridel, some possibly chanting along, although you cant really tell from the video, could they be facing any discipline? >> reporter: it is possible they could be facing discipline. its not obvious how far the school will go in all of this. certainly somebody who took that sid video wanted it out there as well. so i think the university wants to know who was on that bus. everybody and they will deal with them one at a time. jake? >> i wanted to ask you about nooez two individuals w...

Jeff told us that his friend sid had been selling small amounts of cocaine in the previous months, and that sid had suspected that thayne smika was stealing cocaine from sid. its our belief that thayne smika that night didnt have the cocaine or the money to give back to sidney wells. >> im the father of a college student, and i think it would be very naive to not think that your college-aged son might be trying recreational drugs. he might sell recreational drugs here or there. its not a reason ...

Whether or not you fired a weapon. and all they could find was campfire smoke, so that was my saving grace. >> by midafternoon we determined that sam wells was no longer a viable suspect. >> we had just gone through losing sids dad in 1981, and two years later, this tragedy happened. and it was just almost too much for all of us. of course, i just wanted to know why. >> who would want to kill sid, you know? >> it is the simple question that all victims ask.

Child. youre supposed to nurture those children and theyre your immortality. its unbearable. >> you know, i was just -- i just couldnt -- i couldnt cry. i couldnt do anything but just stare at him because i couldnt believe what he was saying. thats how our nightmare started. >> who would want to kill sid, you know? >> in this case, the police started their investigation with sam wells. >> it was just almost too much. for all of us.

Was our primary suspect. friends and acquaintances of mr. smika reported him as behaving erratically. they thought that he was using drugs and just kind of going downhill fast. we also interviewed another witness. jeff cohen was a friend of sids. we learned from jeff that everybody had been up the night before into the early morning hours of august 1st. he told us that what was supposed to happen that evening or early morning was thayne was supposed to return some money to sid, and in addition t...

Off while police with bomb-sniffing dogs searched the plane and luggage. this holiday, one third-grade teacher from boston figured out a way to send her students from a low-income, high-risk school home from the break with a guaranteed gift in their hands. but what happened next even surprised her. nicole entered a contest sponsored by capital one bank called "my hashtag wish for others" and wrote a short essay that sid, my hashtag wish for others is that my voracious, adorable, hard-working, ...

Now, more questions than answers on the sid no attack. >> and why was the armed extremist with a violent criminal record able to walk the streets? >> and? >> oh, my god. it is coming in. >> it is getting higher. >> a woman trapped in her car in what could have turned out to be a watery grave. >> people need to get out. >> the heroic rescue that saved her life. it is all "happening now". >> first, begin with the release of allen gross after five years in a cuban prison and a huge historic change ...