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>> no, sir, not at this point. >> is there any relationship between the suspect and these people? >> at this time we don't think there is but hadn't tied that loose end up yet. >> gary tuchman joins me now. the alleged murderer was in court today. what happened? >> reporter: burns was escorted by police with a bulletproof vest and shackles. he got inside the small courtroom and the judge informed him of the murder charges against him and burns then said, no, i don't have a job. no, i don't have a lawyer. and the judge said, no, you will not have bond. so he's back right now in this jail behind...

>> reporter: burns was escorted by police with a bulletproof vest and shackles. he got inside the small courtroom and the judge informed him of the murder charges against him and burns said no, i don't have a job. no, i don't have a lawyer. and the judge said no, you will not have bond. so he's back right now in this jail behind me and still, anderson, the motive in this case complete and utter mystery. >> and likely another murder count will come? >> reporter: right, yeah, we -- we're hearing from authorities is they believe the stepfather was murdered in the neighboring county of heinz count...

>> well, it may be enough. >> and the other young ladies' too. >> the significance is that they may seek the death penalty and they need that aggravated -- >> right. >> -- murder charge in order to get the death penalty, so we'll know if they're going to do that probably within the next month or so, and that's the significance of the aggravated murder count. >> okay. now, let's move on to the george zimmerman murder trial in florida. we're talking about, you know, proceedings getting under way monday with jury selection, but today they are in court right now in sanford, florida, and we're look...

It says that when the indictment process is complete, the county prosecutor's capital review committee will consider whether this case is appropriate to attach a death penalty specification. so that will be under review. there are strong indications they are going to go after the death penalty for ariel castro. of course, that indictment for one act of aggravated murder might precipitate that particular penalty, wolf. >> brian todd, stand by. jeffrey toobin is joining us on the phone. jeffrey, you had a chance to go through this. these 329 counts that only relates to the period according to th...

Before she did that, her report to us is, there is now a verdict. and the courtroom is silenced to the outside world. we have to wait and see what's happening, whether the jurors made progress on those two counts -- and we don't know which of the 250 counts or the nine against his co-defendant -- may have been. the judge sent them back and said, give it another shot. it's possible that they returned a verdict on 250-plus counts but remain hung on those two. that's what we're waiting to find out. it will likely be a lengthy process if this is the verdict, as our producer told us from inside the...