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we always thought they were now there's proof positive which means the gun used in one shooting was the same gun used in the second shooting. that is key for the investigation. the other thing now, we understand mississippi authorities are reaching out to both the fbi and atf asking to use profilers. that would mean they don't have a lot but looking into the mind-set of the person carrying this out. remember, the theory is, and it's only a theory at this point, it's someone acting as a police officer pulling these people over in the middle of the night. >> tell me about the search fo...

Six miners have been buried but so much more emotion to come. >> reporter: funeral after funeral, members of this community have lost so much but they still have each other. those who have lost are helping others who have lost. today another one of those funerals and there will be many more. today it's a funeral for william roosevelt lynch. he just turned 59 a couple weeks ago, a churchgoing man, a family man, and at the end of the day, he was a miner. his friends were miners. his family miners. and the mining community coming together today to help the lynch family in their darkest hour. the ...

The mining disaster with rescue crews back on their way. at the same time, the mining community is really getting together to support the family members of the miners who perished in monday afternoon's blast. last night, there was a prayer vigil about an hour away from here. so many, many people attended. one of the people who they were really rallying around is pam napper. she was extraordinarily touched by this disaster. three members of her family, her son, her brother, and her nephew, were all killed in that mine. what's so incredible about it is that the day before, easter sunday, when he...

It comes to this mining community. one side is the side you've heard from. you've heard from the family members who have loved ones in this mine here, this upper big branch mild. holed up in a mining office building three miles away from where we are. they're furious, frustrated, fuming. and i talked to someone in a meeting with a family members the night before last saying chairs were thrown, ceo don blankenship of massey was there and the only word they haven't heard is sorry. that's one side of the story. the other side is many miners here in raleigh who see massey energy as a way they can ...

Hoping that their loved one is among the four who are unaccounted for who may still be alive as the governor of west virginia put it yesterday, there still is a shred of hope and the families are clinging to that shred. meantime, a huge outpouring of support here in the mining community of west virginia. they've seen this happen before. it's always painful. always very difficult for the families. they're all bringing support to each other. the red cross is helping. the local churches are helping. the families are holding up as best they can. it's a very strong community. you have to be strong ...