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Working very hard on this case. they just interviewed ex-wife of felix vail's the other day who told them she saw a secret compartment that he had in his volkswagen where he kept surgical saws s. so some of the things like that have led to belief could there have been other victims? not only the possible ones we're talking about, but other women. and he literally lived all over the country from california to florida, was in new york city, i know, so literally all over the country. patti ann: yeah. you know, some people are calling him a suspected serial killer at this point. interesting, you s...

Them back alive. and prosecutors getting ready to try a man for the murder of his wife more than 50 years ago and, get this, the key witness is dead. our legal panel takes up that case. plus, a terrifying scene as a tour bus collides with a big rig. what police are saying caused the deadly accident. >> at one point i felt it kind of going into the dirt and to the embankment at an angle, and i was kind of preparing for it to flip. when i found out about the casualties, i felt very, very lucky that i i survived. in ok. honey bunches of oats. ching! mmmm! mmmm! mmmm! wow! it's the oats. honey...

Technology in our lives, patti ann. patti ann: yeah. all good questions you raised there. lauren simonetti, fox business, thanks. >> or or good to see you. jon: the u.s. is now using eyes in the sky in the hunt for the hundreds of kidnapped schoolgirls in nigeria. the latest on that and a live report. patti ann: plus, prosecutors gearing up for the trial of a man accused of killing his wife more than 50 years ago. and their star witness is dead. our legal panel takes a look at this unusual case. and we want with to hear from you, what stories are you watching today? you get to choose the news ...

Yeah, this is where he kept the tools to cut people up, that's damning evidence. justice scalia, who is not usually a friend of criminal defendants, came down with a big decision, it's called crawford is the case where you have to be able to defend and have to be able to confront his witness. the witnesses against you. it's a fundamental part of our constitution. so when you're dealing with a dead man, it's going to be interesting to see how they get around that requirement. patti ann: well, doug, there might be a way around it. typically this would be considered hearsay and you can't use it, ...

The witness is permanently unavailable, they still have to have some reliability like a court hearing. here it was a preliminary hearing, and the defense lawyer had a crack at the -- >> did he? that was something i didn't think. >> yeah. >> the way they'll get around it is if defense attorney had the opportunity to cross-examine, were you drunk, were you sober, where were you standing, this is all in the judge's discretion. not black and white. the judge can still say i'm not comfortable. the jury isn't here to see the cross-examination. so the judge has a lot of -- >> right. the other really ...