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found, hastings, minnesota. >> we knew that's where ten parked his car before he went to the airport. >> when tim mcvay flew from minneapolis to las vegas, the same weekend carrie disappeared, it turns out he left carrie's car in hastings. why? that's where his girlfriend at the time lived. >> pretty big coincidence. >> yeah, that is what we call a clue. >> but detectives needed more. they had to tie mcvay to the very spot where carrie's body was found. they did have one long shot clue, just a few feet from carrie's body, investigators discovered this four-dollar price tag. a google search showed the tag was for a kids shovel sold at the discount chain big lots. detective thomas found a big lots store in la crosse, wisconsin, where that kind of shovel was bought on the same day mcvay drove to minnesota. la crosse is about two thirds of the way between the quad cities and hastings. but the store security cameras were broken, no video. so how could detectives tie mcvay to this purchase? they decided to work backwards.

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received, and it didn't come from carrie's body. it came from where she was found, hastings, minnesota. >> we knew that's where ten parked his car before he went to the airport. >> when tim mcvay flew from minneapolis to las vegas, the same weekend carrie disappeared, it turns out he left carrie's car in hastings. why? that's where his girlfriend at the time lived. >> pretty big coincidence. >> yeah, that is what we call a clue. >> but detectives needed more. they had to tie mcvay to the very spot where carrie's body was found. they did have one long shot clue, just a few feet from carrie's body, investigators discovered this four-dollar price tag. a google search showed the tag was for a kids shovel, sold at the discount chain, big lots. detective thomas found a big lots store in la crosse, wisconsin, where that kind of

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search warrant that tim had a beige carpet role in his house. >> but they also knew that carrie worked in a store that sold carpeting, so it might not mean anything. still, the carpeting in carries hair, and the carpet into mcvay's house were sent to the lab for analysis. >> how long did it take you to get your answer? >> it takes a while. it doesn't come back after the commercial break, like on tv. >> while detectives waited for results, they explored the most tantalizing clue they have received, and it didn't come from carrie's body. it came from where she was found, hastings, minnesota. >> we knew that's where ten parked his car before he went to the airport. >> when tim mcvay flew from minneapolis to las vegas, the same weekend carrie disappeared, it turns out he left carrie's karen hastings. why? that's where his girlfriend at the time lived. >> pretty big coincidence. >> yeah, that is what we call a clue. >> but detectives needed more.

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on the cabinet. somebody who's ignorant. >> what happens to this house now? >> we're going to make sure the window coverings are off. the windows are secured, the doors secured. if there's a point of entry, we'll seal it as best we can. we'll talk to the neighbors and let them know, we've been out. we've secured the house. if you see somebody in the house, call 911. somebody as not supposed to be in here. that puts people on point, oh, my god, you know, and they actually took care of it and they'll watch, hopefully. >> so this is one of thousands of homes in vegas like this, huh? >> another one secured. >> while the cops got a tip on this house, the next one they uncovered on their own, and this is a case where squatters are trying to game the system. >> here's the thing. the lease that you have is fictitious. are cream conditioners bringing your hair down?

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>> let's go. >> i have to admit, i was not expecting jazz to be ready to leave the place where he's been living for the last eight years. the help guys say they've been trying for so long with him and he's resisted every time, but he was ready today. and i hope he's successful. i hope that this man is able to find peace. while jazz finally makes his way out of the tunnels and to possible recovery, tina hasn't abandoned her dream. on my last day in vegas, i stop in to say good-bye. tina. >> hey! >> hey, how are you? >> i didn't see you. >> what are you doing? >> i was going through some of my mic that i write. >> can you sing us something? >> yeah, sure. it's called "just say no." ♪ they tell you that this is all you'll ever be yeah ♪ ♪ and they try to keep a girl

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of lost souls live down here, trying to escape the elements. >> this looks like the remnants of somebody's encampment right here. >> this is your typical tunnel homeless encampment. >> oh, wow. it's unbelievable people are living in here. while the tunnels provide a refuge, i learn that taking shelter here comes with real danger. >> these are storm drains. when it rains pretty hard out here, these things will fill all the way to the top in a matter of minutes. what happens to people living down here. >> if they don't get out in time, it can be fatal. >> why would people want to live in here? >> well, one of the big factors here in vegas, it's really hard to escape the sun unless you come down to somewhere like here where you get the cool air from the tunnels, and they take that risk just so they can stay kind of cool. >> we head deeper into the

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everywhere where there's this type of greenery, there is most likely going to be a homeless encampment. >> so wild because you cannot see this from the highway. >> it's crazy. you have people living in beautiful houses, and across the street you have people living in abject poverty. >> hey, bro! >> hey, how's it going? >> this is 35-year-old ray and 45-year-old scotty. >> so the last time i saw you, you were hanging at the park. >> yeah. >> are you interested in doing a housing assessment? >> i need a job. >> so help of southern nevada has a job readiness program. dude, they'll help you do your resume, they'll give you job search clothes. >> i filled out over 70 applications in four months and only four of them got looked at. they may be able to give you leads that could help. >> ray has lived in vegas for most of his life and tells us he used to be a bartender but is now unemployed.

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so the vegas that you're going to show us is not quite the vegas that we're used to seeing, right? >> no, this is not the one that's on the commercials and the tv ads. las vegas sells a dream, but a lot of times that dream doesn't come true. >> over 6,000 people are living on the edge. many within eye shot of billion-dollar clubs and casinos. >> all of us have made bad choices, and everybody has a story. you can judge a society by how they treat the least of their people. what are you going to do? what are you going to do to help somebody else? >> why is this so personal for you? >> i was homeless at one point in my life due to my drug addiction. i know what it's like when you're out there and nobody acknowledges you. nobody validates you. you become invisible. i see myself in each one of these people.

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Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20171203:04:02:00

realtor scott bodery believes in vegas. >> vegas is like the phoenix. vegas will always survive. it's always been a mecca for individuals to make a new beginning. scott grew up here and has seen the city's population explode. as a vegas native, you've see it through big ups and downs, huh? >> plenty. i remember driving through las vegas. even as a young boy, there was next to nothing out there. desert on either side of the road. now it's house after house after house. >> americans keep snapping up real estate at a record pace. >> "fortune" magazine is calling it the real estate gold rush. >> vegas went through what much of the country did in the early

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>> i ended up in prison addicted to heroin. when i was released, i decided i'd give my life to this and try to change these people's lives. >> where would you say most of vegas' homeless reside? >> a lot of homeless individuals who live in the street, in alleyways, and then because las vegas is located in the desert, there are a lot of vacant lots, and there's a lot of encampments in those areas. see, right there is a desert encampment. oh, look at that. >> how do they even get couches out here? >> ingenuity. just pull straight up. let's go. >> so how many people live in desert-like conditions like this? >> oh, god, there could be hundreds, maybe thousands, if you were to count everybody throughout las vegas.

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