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Local bars and restaurants to collect their dna from anything they might have left behind. >> i would have to flirt with these people. i would get either a cigarette butt or i've gotten their beer bottle. i've gotten their drinking glass. >> using her own money and contributions solicited from her website freeclarence.com, melinda hired a private lab to test these items for dna. unfortunately, none of the samples matched the dna found on her mother. in the meantime, clarence elkins languished in jail. >> she knew in her heart that her husband did not commit this crime. and she was absolutely c...

Across from her, and people were home at the time. >> the one thing that the investigators knew immediately when they entered the scene was that whomever it was that did this was a smoker. >> they knew this from the ashes on the mattress and the burn mark on the table where he put the cigarette out. he didn't leave the cigarette butt behind. >> that means one of two things, either he had a cigarette in his mouth when he went in, or after he had realized what he had done, he said to himself, oh, my god, what am i going to do now? and it was then that he left the cigarette and thought about what...

Gets caught so he doesn't do it again for somebody else. that's -- i mean, this is done. you know? so i just hope they catch him so there's no more future of this going on. >> incredible. joining us from california, you mentioned the cell phone video in the hands of investigators. has it led to developments we know about? >> reporter: we understand that authorities have spoken to a man who was seen in a part of the video only authorities have and see a golf cart leaving the scene of the fire. they have spoken to that person. we don't know what happened as a result of that conversation and part...

Even if it's accidental, a cigarette butt or that golf club, the consequences certainly could be very different. >> all right. appreciate the reporting. thanks. coming up, germs on planes. if you fly, you want to hear this report and a study on how long they linger and how easily they spread. and also we'll tell you where the germs or the most germs linger for the longest on your seat. later, crime and punishment, a former cop show star is a real-life murder suspect. mine was earned in korea in 1953. afghanistan, in 2009. orbiting the moon in 1971. [ male announcer ] once it's earned, usaa...

You know? so i just hope they catch him so there's no more future of this going on. >> incredible. joining us from california, you mentioned the cell phone video in the hands of investigators. has it led to developments we know about? >> reporter: we understand that authorities have spoken to a man who was seen in a part of the video only authorities have and see a golf cart leaving the scene of the fire. they have spoken to that person. we don't know what happened as a result of that conversation and part of the reason that investigators have been so cautious about making sure that the media ...