. >> reporter: in june, 22-year-old gabby petite to and her fiance brian laundrie set out on a crosstopped about two months after they left. >> reporter: bloggers through the tetons discovered they had a clip of laundrie's van. laundrie returned home while petito was missing. >> law enforcement have confirmed that the remains found are those of brian laundrie. >> reporter: the story ignited calls for other missing persons to garner the same attention. number four, a killing spree in georgia that rattled the asian-american community. 21-year-old robert aaron long allegedly opened fire on three asian spas leaving eight dead, six were asian women. >> at the moment, you can just see the palpatable anxiety of this community. >> reporter: he was charged in two counties, in one, long has already pleaded guilty to four counts of murder and was sentenced to over four life sentences. but in another prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. our next two stories high-profile trials that put race and justice, self-defense and vigilanteism in the spotlight. number three -- >> breaking news in the

then, he vanished. >> the fbi is confirming the remains found are those of brian laundrie. >> reporterd calls for other missing persons, especially indigenous and african-american victims to garner the same attention. number four, a killing spree in georgia that rattled the asian american community. 21-year-old robert aaron long allegedly opened fire on three asian spas, leaving eight dead, six were asian women. >> at the moment, you can see the palpable anxiety of this community. >> reporter: investigators said long had been a customer at two of the locations before the shootings. he was charged in two counties. in one, he has pleaded guilty to four counts of murder and was s sentenced to four life sentences. but in another, prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. our next two stories high-profile trials that put race and justice, self-defense and vigilanteism in the spotlight. >> breaking news, the jury finding kyle rittenhouse not guilty on all charges. >> rittenhouse was 17 years old when he shot a man and wounded a third, that he brought to racial justice protests in august of

. >> reporter: in june 22-year-old gabby pet tow and her fiance brian laundrie set out on a cross-countryroad trip, the couple documenting their summer adventures on social media. >> her texts to her family and social media posts stopped abruptly in late august. about two weeks after this incident in moab, utah on october 12th when police pulled the couple over after a 911 call about a possible domestic dispute. >> reporter: authorities later found her retains in the tetons camping area. laundry had returned home while pet tow was mission and then he vanished. >> the fbi confirming that the human remains found in the florida nature reserve are those indeed of 23-year-old brian laundrie. >> reporter: the story ignited calls for other missing persons, especially indigenous and african american victims to garner the same attention. >>> number four. a killing spree in georgia that rattled the asian-american community. 21-year-old robert aaron long allegedly opened fire on three asian spas leaving eight dead. six were asian women. >> at the moment you can just see the palpable, you know, anxie

the disappearance of 22-year- old gabby petito, and the manhunt for her fiance, brian laundrie, gripped the nation. autopsies revealed she was strangled. he died by suicide. bill cosby returned home from prison after the pennsylvania supreme court throughout his 2018 sexual assault conviction, and a federal jury convicted r&b superstar r kelly of sex trafficking and racketeering after facing allegations for decades. new york governor andrew cuomo resigned in august following a sexual harassment investigation. tennis star tammy osaka and gymnast simone biles raised awareness of mental health issues in the sports world. in 2021 was out of this world for millionaires jeff bezos and richard branson as they raced into space. along for the ride, star trek icon william shatner. >> it's extraordinary. >> reporter: who boldly went where no 90-year-old has ever gone before. michael george, cbs news. >>> southern california is now getting hit with drenching rain. check out flooding at this campground in malibu. a creek overflowed. several people got stuck. everyone trying to get to higher ground.

we talked about this in the brian laundrie issue, to stay on the run, to avoid law enforcement takesnd kind of pre-planning, so two people who have just been thrust into this at the point of, you know, as a result of a tragedy are unlikely to be successful for very long. >> andy, i mistakenly earlier suggested that this was in northern michigan. it is not, but i i know from being in detroit that windsor in canada is just a short drive away. the canadian border still is not far from oakland county. what's the coordination with canadian officials? >> so, you know, the proximity of that international border doesn't make things any easier, but in this case, it's with canada, and we enjoy great relationships with canadian law enforcement services. these are the sorts of things that the fbi and their canadian counter parts all the time, the canadians have pretty good visibility on the major traffic crossing points certainly in that area at the border, so if if they attempt to cross into canada that is one place they could be picked up. there's extradition treaties in place that would enabl

i feel like we almost touched on this with the brian laundry, gabby potato case when they look at theents. i don't know if what we are watching this and that you are used to seeing in the courtroom with parents being brought in or if this is a shift of some kind? that is the core of my question. >> emily: interestingly, another michigan case, we delve into it further. the judge has been informed of all these subs would prosecutions, he said that involuntary manslaughter is the killing of another without malice, unintentionally, but in doing some unlawful act amounted to a felony. it is considered, if we parse the end, that could be the parents that are committing an act. not a felony but leading to the death of another unintentionally, or as the judge mentioned by negligence or omission to perform a legal duty. to our point here, it remains to be seen if the and prosecutor announces the charges, but it is perhaps that the parents negligently omitted to fulfill their legal duty of securing that weapon away from a child they knew to be potentially dangerous. they knew had violent though

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>> reporter: 22-year-old petito went missing during a cross-country trip with her boyfriend, brian laundrienal park in wyoming. now her parents are turning tragedy into purpose. >> i don't want to see this happen to another person. i know that we can't save everybody but i think that this just awareness alone is giving people the strength. >> reporter: petito's parents, joe and nichole and stepparents jim and tara established the gabby petito foundation and donated $50,000 to three similarly devoted organizations including the national domestic violence hotline. the hotline says in a little over two months they've been able to help over 300 people who contacted them after visiting the petito foundation website. >> we're trying to make those changes and help areas that there's a void that needs to be filled. >> we can even be a small piece of a support network for someone else in a similar situation and help them get through it, that's -- it goes a long way. >> i think a lot of folks would understand if in the aftermath of everything you've been through you all decided to shun the world and

but i would be in my pajamas with my bag of laundry saying hi to kitchen workers. brianndry during a busy time? carley: at least they know i have clean clothes. brian: eventually. started off dirty. steve: ashley, thank you very much. ashley: no problem. steve: coming up 7:20 here in the east. the fate of an aexcused seeks trafficker ghislaine maxwell. the trial captivating the country. nancy is next. carley: later, an organization is giving back to those who lost the most. how you can help families grieving the loss of a u.s. service member. ♪ ever notice how stiff clothes can feel rough on your skin? for softer clothes that are gentle on your skin, try downy free & gentle downy will soften your clothes without dyes or perfumes. the towel washed with downy is softer, and gentler on your skin. try downy free & gentle. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hey, tam-tam! i was thinking maybe... your mom's car? ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ merry christmas, dad. where's mom? she said she would be home in time for the show. don't worry, sweetie. she promised she'd be here for it. ooh! nice shot! thanks! glad we have xfinity,