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The feds say their investigation into the incident is now almost complete. a chicago jury will begin a third day of deliberations today in the trial of that man charged with killing jennifer hudson's mother, brother and nephew. hudson's former brother-in-law william balfour is accused of the massacre. prosecutors say it was an act of vengeance against hudson's sister, his estranged wife, for refusing to reconcile with him. >> they've been deliberating for a little while now. >> surprising you that it's taking this long? seems to be a slam-dunk case. the defense took 30 minutes for their side...

egyptian desert. a world war ii fighter plane almost perfectly preserved. i'm wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >> we're getting new details from a news conference that has just begun. a dramatic case in mississippi and let's go live to jackson, mississippi. >> the department of wild life, fisheries and parks and special agents response team conducting searches of the area, thoroughly combing heavily wooded areas. it was the diligent effort of these men working in conjunction with the fbi. today we have special agent in charge dan mul...

30 minutes. prosecutors spent two weeks putting their side of the case. so that's not a white flag, what is? >> i didn't understand that. typically when you have someone on trial, really for their life and for their liberty -- >> triple murder. >> a triple murder. you want to see some sort of aggressive defense mounted. i thought going into the trial the prosecution didn't have a slam dunk case. very little forensic evidence. jurors like that csi effect. missing fingerprints and blood evidence. but 30-minute defense, i say -- >> two weeks versus 30 minutes. i don't know -- i'm going to go out ...

Reckless conduct. grossly negligent conduct but not intentional conduct that killed her. >> bill: i got it, okay. now, based on this case and based on simpson and blake and casey anthony, would i be wrong to draw the conclusion that it's easier to get away with murder in the united states right now than it ever has been? >> well, it depends on hot defendant is. if you are and you mentioned blake, you mentioned o.j. simpson, even casey anthony, what do those cases have in common? the fact is that there was excellent defense representation. they really did a job on the prosecution's case in blak...

Reckless conduct. grossly negligent conduct but not intentional conduct that killed her. >> bill: i got it, okay. now, based on this case and based on simpson and blake and casey anthony, would i be wrong to draw the conclusion that it's easier to get away with murder in the united states right now than it ever has been? >> well, it depends on hot defendant is. if you are and you mentioned blake, you mentioned o.j. simpson, even casey anthony, what do those cases have in common? the fact is that there was excellent defense representation. they really did a job on the prosecution's case in blak...