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>> reporter: it was kept in a glass enclosure. >> the snake went into the ventilation system, crawled inside and moved on towards the living room where the two boys were sleeping. >> reporter: snake experts tell cnn that this type of python typically only kills when it's hungry. an earlier statement by police say the snake may have fallen from a vent in the ceiling which also could have scared it into attack mode. >> if it was a dark house, they'd been handling animals all day, and it maybe mistaken the kids as a food item. >> reporter: as investigators look for answers, the barth family is gr...

Family friend. >> the python was kept in an enclosure similar to an aquarium. snake experts tell cnn that this type of python typically only kills when it's hungry. an earlier statement said the snake may have fell through the ceiling, which also could have scared it into attacking. >> it was a dark house, they'd been mishandling animals all day, it may have mistaken the kids as food. >> now again the preliminary autopsy results showed that these boys died from asphyxiation. the royal canadian police have launched an investigation.

These pictures of the little boys working inside the snake's tank previously and there are no questions arising, some snake experts say they don't think the snake could have done this. we'll talk all about that coming up. first breaking news, parts of the midwest and southeast are being slammed with flash flooding. missouri has been hit hard, a state of emergency is in effect there and the national guard has been called in to help, at least one person, a child, was killed in the flooding and the worst fact may be the last one, more rain in the forecast today. cnn meteorologist indra peterson...