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He took a cigarette break every 45 minutes. but was careful to keep the evidence. >> when he smoked his cigarettes, he would put out the butts and then put the butts in his pocket so they do not be collected. >> two days passed and investigators finally got a break. just after a brief rainstorm, denney came outside to smoke. >> but this time, he did something different. >> he walked around and then all of a sudden began spitting on the sidewalk, not once, not twice, but six times. >> because of the rain, the saliva was sitting on top of the rain water making it easy to collect. and the barrier...

His dna. >> this proved to be harder than investigators anticipated. denny smoked during his interrogation but always made sure to keep the cigarette butts. detectives offered him a bottle of water, but he wouldn't touch it. finally, they asked him to sign a document saying he refused to provide his dna. >> we asked him to put the letter into envelope and seal the envelopes. he refused to seal the envelopes and basically told us, look, you tried three timeses to get my saliva on something. first the cigarette butt, then the water bottles and now the envelopes. seal it yourselves. is there anyt...

>> lock it up. like that does anything. seems cooler to young kids. >> electronic cigarettes. >> they have a need to control other people except that they succeed in getting the laws pass to control my life. so i don't feel sorry for them. i want them out of the country. i don't care if they want to leave the country or if they have to be forced to leave. i want them gone. >> i want to see how far i can take this. >> where are they taken? >> i don't care. >> perhaps to the bottom of the ocean in a box? fie that's tragically to accidentally happen, so be it. >> i just wanted to -- >> the cultur...

Gunned down earlier this year. but it's proving difficult. many kids are escorted safely across gang lines just to get to school. and police are visible and on foot. but gangs are using heavy fi firepower. >> military-type weapons belong on a battlefield. >> reporter: you don't feel defeated after what happened in this park? >> no, no. the only thing -- the only way that i'm defeated is if i quit. and i'm not going to quit. >> reporter: for parents who have lost children to guns, quitting simply cannot be an option. kevin tibbles, nbc news, chicago. over in denmark, a new program to promote ...

forcing colorado residents from their homes. fire crews are warning of extreme fire conditions and the potential for the hyde park fire to rapidly grow. the number of acres burned has just jumped to 75,000. in utah, fast-moving flames and falling ash surrounded homes. cnn affiliate ktvx reports families barely made it out alive. and flood waters are swamping a town in minnesota. people are finally getting a look at the scope of the damage. roads and bridges are washed out and the flood is estimated to have caused $100 million in damage. the atmosphere in cairo is tense as thousan...