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Up with bartenders when they serve like really drunk people and they go out and have a -- you know, kill somebody with a car. those cases are very hard -- hard to make. and, you know, as i was listening, i mean, this story is horrible. but what the parents did is terrible. but, you know, the criminal law is about acts. and like, when did they commit a crime? did they commit a crime by failing to take the gun out of the backpack? did they commit a crime by saying don't do it? to their son. i don't know. >> well, isn't it a crime -- i mean, it's a crime to buy a gun and -- and not for yourself, ...

These were patrol cars staking out their home late today. instead, they dropped off the way dar. a manhuntd began and though their attorney later said they were on their way back to turn themselves in, we have yet to see them tonight. in a moment, the county prosecutor who charge $them. first, cnn-a alexandra field joins us from oxford with new detail on the parents. alexandra? >> anderson, we are learning investigators had been keeping tabs on those parents. tracking their cell phone pings. at some point, the cell phones were switched off and it seems the trail then went cold. at least tempor...

Parents. but the facts of this case are so egregious. this doesn't just impact me as a prosecutor and a lawyer, it impacts me as a mother. >> alexandria, do you have anymore late details about this manhunt now? >> reporter: sure. the fbi, the u.s. marshals, the sheriff's department have all been trying to track down this couple. the sheriff's officer said they had been in touch with attorneys representing the couple to coordinate the arrest but they say the attorneys then lost contact with the couple. now, bizarrely, anderson, later in the day, the attorneys put out a statement saying that the...

The problem today? >> the prosecutor's office doesn't arrest people. we were in constant, um, communication with the sheriff's office. our -- our prosecutors, um, that were look -- leading the -- the case. and they were surveilling them and we were told they were surveilling them. we were getting updates about the cell phone pinging and they -- they conveyed to us that they were confident where -- where the two people were. um, one of the detectives working on the case who is -- who's very skilled swore to the warrant immediately after we had the press conference. this was all laid out very ea...

Tracked with -- through the use of a legal process. their cell phones could be pinged. if you have those cell phone numbers, you can go to the -- to the service providers and find out what towers those phones are currently accessing. it gives you a general area where that phone might be. so, there's many, many different, um, investigative avenues that i'm sure all of those folks are -- are running down right now. >> jeff, you heard the prosecutor defending herself against criticism about announcing the parents without having them in custody. is that -- is that -- >> i mean, let's ask andy. i m...