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And clark grover tracked down neighbors and classmates. all said this was not the boy he knew. >> i was really surprised when i read he tried to stab someone, like, what? >> does it fit with the guy you knew? >> no. >> reporter: the campaign has refused repeatedly quests from cnn to help find witnesses or the victims carson mentioned only by first name. telling cnn it was a quote, witch-hunt. cnn has been unable to locate witnesses or victims. >> i associate him with a lot of things but never stooping to the level of a common street thug so i was a little surprised by it. >> reporter: timothy ...

Closest friends? >> well sure. and, you know, that is what his, the person who said he was his best friend timothy mcdaniel who you just heard a moment ago said. that he approached carson after he wrote his book in 1990 and said ben you hid this from us all of these years. how did we not know about this? and carson said he was embarrassed to talk about it. but i have a lot of questions about that explanation. given the fact that we're talking about hitting other kids with bricks and bats and baseball -- you know baseball bats and rocks. the neighborhood that scott went to in detroit was, you k...

Picture of violence is not recognizable to some who grew up with carson. >> i was shocked. i was surprised. because he was just -- you know, he was quiet and calm. >> reporter: cnn reporters maeve reston and scott glover tracked down ten school mates and never challenged it directly but only one said they heard vagueness about the incident but they said this wasn't the boy they knew. >> i was surprised when i read he tried to stab someone. i was like, what? >> does it fit with the person you knew, that activity? >> no. >> reporter: the campaign has refused to help find victims carson mechanics...