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Not similar, so he was eliminated as a suspect. despite the hair analysis, susan's family was convinced that john paul phillips was susan's killer. >> and they didn't take phillips into custody at the time. they didn't arrest him or charge him, which i didn't understand at the time, because i thought that they had enough reason to. >> later, phillips committed several assaults that landed him in jail. >> he went out to the devil's kitchen, spotted a young lady and her boyfriend at one of the campgrounds, approached them with a gun. he went over to carterville and kidnapped a girl, too. >> but ...

Officials say 15 structures have been lost including the home owned by the big sur fire brigade chief. be. >> i just haven't absorbed it all yet. i walked out the door to go what i thought was a fire somewhere else, and there was ashes and sparks going right by my front door. >> reporter: some 400 firefighters from around the state are on it as soon as it gets a little bit lighter, the air attack will begin. two air tankers and eight helicopters will try to battle the flames in this steep, rugged terrain. it has burned 550 acres, just 5% contained, and strong, shifting winds continue to be a b...

Running again just yet. nbc's jay gray filed this report from the smoky mountains in tennessee. >> reporter: a beautiful day in the great smoky mountains right now. as the bickering and the shutdown continues in washington, it's really affecting towns like the one you see over my shoulder, gatlinburg, tennessee. townes that reply on this park and are now struggling to survive. normally the most popular of the national park with more than 10 million visitors a year. the hiking trails and campgrounds in the great smoky mountains are blocked off and closed down right now because of the government...

I'm sure you've heard by now, apart from laying off people, it's going to shut down 401 american national parks. so lest you think that's just a bunch of vacations thwarted, i have a stat for you. last year, 287 million people visited those parks. 287 million. and they bring with them a lot of money for the surrounding communities. there's a lot all of a sudden going into play. they've got 48 hours to leave camp grounds, hotels. 20,000 employees furloughed. it's unbelievable the statistics. dana is a spokeswoman for the great smoky mountains national park live in gatlinburg, tennessee. what is...

Deal with california third largest wildfire in history. the third mud slide to come -- sorry, sorry, rather, they are going to be concerned about dealing with the first mud slide that comes in this fall rainy season. >> what they generally look for are at risk the roads, could get washed out. bridges, campgrounds. and any kind of property, but our number one objective for the burn program is to try to protect human lives and safety. >> well, equally important is protecting san francisco's main water supply hedch reservoir.