this is marc anthony bookal. and there is footage of police at the crime scene, cordoning it off after this gruesome discovery. this is what i know. back in '98, mommy left her 14-month-old at home with this man, the live-in, cory byrd. the baby ended up in the emergency room with a fractured skull, several contusions, broken ribs, perforated liver. his explanation was he left to go buy pot. he came back and the child was choking and he gave him the heimlich. all right. many doctors told me that's absolutely impossible. what does mommy do after he nearly killed the 14-month-old? she leaves this 4-year-old, alone with the same live-in, slung up at the house all day long. and now the baby's dead. we caught up and found out today that mommy is still having regular phone dates with this guy from behind bars. he's behind bars on a probation violation. and she will not comment on her opinion as to his involvement in this. she says she doesn't want to be criticized. she's standing by her man. help me, bethany. >> as har

they believe that this is the body of marc bookal. they done have forensic confirmation yet, which is what they're waiting for tomorrow. >> continue. >> so his body was found this morning after cadaver dogs were brought to this area -- actually, they were searching various areas, in the area around the home whe marc bookal disappeared from last december. this is one of the areas they've ne over two or three times before in december, nancy. and they decided to restart their search today because the weather wagood. and their searches were hampered last december due to the snow an bad weather. >> now, rupa, i'm getting mixed signals. i'm hearing there was no tip, but our sources are telling us a tip led poce to bring the cadaver dogs back out to this very spot just two blocks from the little boy's home. >> nancy, my sources are telling me that there was no tip, that this was based on a search that they decided to begin today and they got lucky and found the body today. >> okay. michael mazarella, host of "street court," also standing by