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Sorry. >> you know, when i think about sandy, something happens inside me. it's just like this huge weight. i'm not sure if it's a sense of failure. it's such a tragedy, because he's still out there. anybody that gets in his way is not safe. on august 1st, 2014, the dead body of an adult male was found in a riverbed in petrolia, california. an autopsy revealed that the dead man was shane franklin miller. he had died of a single gunshot wound to the head. medical examiner's office ruled that his wound was consistent with suicide.

Contaminated, too? >> well, yeah. i mean, there's sewage plant water in here. not only that but it's farm fields and cattle fields and horse pastures. >> reporter: at one time, that location was the attraction of this century-old farmhouse. >> where did all this water come from? >> there's a river that runs about maybe an eighth of a mile up there. a dam broke and came through here and broke the river bed. it created its own river. >> like a tsunami almost. >> it was just like a tsunami. >> reporter: a wave of water so strong it pulled a garage right out of the ground, foundation and all. putt...

That's all the time we had to get out of here. we had no warning. >> reporter: it raced right through the kitchen's wood cabinet, built up a bathtub. even sink seeped into the clothes dryer. the whole lower level is a gut job. carpets ripped out, chairs, dressers now on the front yard. jennifer fears nothing is salvageable. >> so you are worried this water is contaminated, too? >> yeah, there is sewage front water and not only that, it's farm field and cattle field and horse pastures. >> at one time that location was the attraction of this century old farm house where did all this water come f...

Finding evidence of a past environment, very much like earth, that could have supported microbial life. the discovers don't seem to be waning. joining us more to talk more about this, dr. jim green, planetary science director from nasa. we're thrilled to have you in the studio. talk about the big year. first, the big news that there was an environment on mars very similar to that of the earth which could have supported life. tell us about that. >> in the one year that curiosity has been on the surface of mars, it actually landed in ancient river bed. where water moved quite quickly, rounded pe...

150 feet or so from the precipes of that waterfall just too fast. even though it looks placid on the top once you go in the current will grab you and take you right down and that's essentially what the rescuers believe happened. they put out helicopters, search dogs and dozens of rescuers on day one. now they believe it's just a recovery mission. they're going to have videohave individuals along the riverbed looking for the remains of this young man. >> there are so many dangerous places there. clearly marked usually by what you should and shouldn't do. miguel marquez at yosemite for us, thank...