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This investigator for "boston globe" investigated for decades. he first interviewed rick abath for the night of the crime for the "globe." he told the alarm was designed to keep visitors from getting too close to the rembrandt. >> that sea scape, even if you look at prints of it now, images of it now, you will see an etching of rembrandt itself. odd experts, odd specialists, common folk knew that. they would come up and put their finger close to, point out the image of rembrandt. if they got too close, the alarm would sound. >> reporter: he says the thieves then smashed the alarm. >> that was ...

Entrance. a computer that was now unmanned. >> it is in this hallway where we see the first motion detectors go off. that's how we know that it was 24 minutes. it is about 1:48, they're walking down this hallway together and enter the dutch room. from the dutch room they took six pieces. that's where -- >> including the rembrandts. >> the three rembrandts, the vermir -- the flenk and the chine chinese vessel. >> these all had to be taken down from the walls in it the dutch room. the real work had begun for thieves. but as they get ready to remove rembrandt's only sea scape, a high-pitched alar...

Sea scape, they are alerted. they do this to keep visitors from getting too close to the rembrandt. >> that seascape, even if you look at it now you will see a vision of him himself. the art specialists, common folk knew that, and they would come up and put their finger close to, to point out the image of rembrandt. and if they got too close the alarm would sound. >> like the motion detector, this alarm was not connected to the outside world but did the thieves know that, as well. because they didn't pack up and leave at that point. they continued on with their crime. and they took their time....

That the sea state there is a little better. so all those things are good. and we should be reasonably optimistic. but we have been down several dark alleys before. >> chad, let's talk about that sea scape. do we know much about the currents in this region? i know it's a deep area, but there was some question were they looking for an entry point or debris? any sense of how long debris would be floating around in this area? >> this is the most opportune place that this search could happen, if in fact they do find something. there is a black hole of very little motion in this area. we were talki...

It appears that the sea state there is a little bit better. so all those things are good. and we should be reasonably optimistic. but we have been down several dark alleys before. >> chad, let's talk about that sea scape. do we know much about the currents in this region? i know it's a very deep area just like the previous search area was. but there was some question last night were they looking for an entry point or debris. obviously they're looking for debris. but any sense of how long debris would be floating around in this area for? >> well, this is the most opportune place that this searc...