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Those who knew her best say she had a love for life. both women are set to be buried on monday. john russel houser was a bit of a drifter. he had a history of mental issues back in 2008. his wife got a protective order against him. that same year she also took all the guns out of their house. authorities say that the gun in this case was purchased legally in alabama at a pawnshop last year. that's interesting because that's the same state that denied him the ability to carry a concealed weapons permit because he had past domestic violence issues and also had a past arson charge. houser was evi...

Especially, the big question was did he get gun legally, illegally. we found out he did purchase the 40 caliber handgun legally, bought it at a pawn shop back in 2014. what is interesting about that, though, we heard from a sheriff -- he was denied a concealed permit in 2006 because of a previous criminal domestic violence complaint because of a previous arson charge as well. so how was he able to get that gun? again, he didpurchase the gun legally. history of mental illness you talked about. in the divorce filings we learned from his wife that at some point he was supposed to be taking medica...

Theater on yesterday, last evening. you heard from the governor as well as police officials. let me go back to craig melvin who is in lafayette. craig, what jumps out at you from the press conference that we have just heard? >> well one question was answered. we talked about it at the taughtop of the broadcast, whether the gun was purchased legally. we heard at the beginning of the news conference, it was in fact purchased legally back in 2014 in alabama. now, what's interesting about that, as we heard from a sheriff earlier, sheriff here in alabama, who said back in 2006 the shooter was denie...

Looking at an arson charge, arson charges could be punishable by up to 30 year in jail so to the extent that an attempted murder charge may not stick an arson charge where you established someone intentionally and maliciously set fire to a structure that someone el could be in, boy, that's still a heck of a punishment. >> talk about the other side of the banner on the bottom, the looters. there were dozens upon dozens on television live with their big mugs showing as they walked out with anything that any store that could be broken into had to offer. 200 businesses lost their livelihood. >> an...

And strangling the mother. come requires also being charged with her murder murder. there are five other capital counts here. if he is found guilty on any one of them he will be eligible for the death penalty. the penalty phase will be october 24. both komisarjevsky and hayes pointed the finger at each other for strike the match that lit this fire. but jurors can decide to find them guilty as a principle or accessory. that's where the question came in and that an important count. count number 16, something we are watching for. if you remember in the steven hayes trial, a separate jury acquitte...