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let's begin coverage with keir simmons near the crash site. seeing incredible pictures from the recovery site. what's the very latest? >> reporter: that's right, because they are, very very cagily and painstakingly picking through that debris trying to find everything they can. you mentioned, the family have now come here to be where their loved ones -- their loved ones lost resting place. they have been giving dna evidence in order to be able to make and identification with their loved ones' bodies. at same time you mentioned we are getting news about the copilot and what we are hea...

he told me he would never forget me. and for somebody to say that don't even know me, i was really happy. and then everybody else -- and you guys are making me feel really good. [ laughter ] >> reporter: do you consider yourself a hero? >> yeah, my daughter told me i was. [ laughter ] >> reporter: a lot of people saying she's a hero right now. the fire department and the mayor are expected to honor her later this month. what a character and what a moment this morning that saved a life. >> so many people their first instinct would be to get away from the fire and crash as fast as they...

before the killing. investigators believe holo pez murdered william's mother jane, then set his sights on the boy. they saw a smiling, playful william on video with him at a storage shed, just a few hundred feet from where his body was found. never imagining what was about to happen. >> shock. horror. anger. that something like that would happen. >> reporter: lopez had a violent past. and just days before the murder, a friend claimed he fought with william's mom so much, she feared for her life. many, though, simply can't understand how someone could do something so evil. >> that's j...

there is so much evil in the world. >> the murder of his mom was enough. but to take the little boy with her, it's incredible. >> reporter: flowers and pictures line the memorial where police found his body in clarks burg, along with messages and personal footballs from classmates. >> william was the most beautiful, wonderful, cheerful child in the entire world. entire world. and there is no reason this should have ever happened to him. >> reporter: william's stepfather, curtis lopez, is believed to have murdered him. police believe he stabbed his mom to death and then plotted to kil...

ohio, where dozens of dangerous animals escaped. a couple are still on the loose. >> leaves us with what we believe is only two animals that are missing from this farm. and one would be the nothing monkey. -- would be a monkey and another. >> tigers, bears and lions were freed, before he killed himself. officers moved in and gunned down at least 30 animals. >> we could not have animals running loose in this county. we were not going to have that. >> reporter: some animal rights groups are criticizing the sheriff for not using tranquilizers. but he has supporters. >> the sheriff has t...