but i mean, is there any indication that burdette's death got that attention?se, i mean, what he says is certainly true. but doesn't seem like he got that attention. >> it certainly seems that he didn't get any attention. for three-and-a-half years. perhaps now he's getting the attention that he and any citizen in this situation would. we can only hope that is indeed the case. it seems like the police are now doing the due diligence that should have been done to try to, you know, solve this mystery right now. but for three-and-a-half years, this burdette family just wallowed in a sheriff's department that was doing nothing, not even contacting them. >> it's incredible. drew, we'll stay on it. thanks very much, drew. >>> there's a lot more happening tonight. isha is here with the 360 bulletin. isha? >> anderson, president obama and prime minister benjamin netanyahu facing reporters today. the two leaders met for hours after president obama's arrival in tel aviv. they say they share a common assessment of iran's nuclear program, and they announced new talks on ex

ruby burdette never misses it. she put it here three and a half years ago to mark the spot her son died and a mystery began. they know he was hit by a car? >> yes, that's what they say. >> did they ever find who drove that car? >> no. >> do you feel that they did an adequate investigation to find who did that? >> i don't really -- i can't say because they say they still investigating. i don't know. no one relates to me anything. >> they are still investigating? >> yeah. >> reporter: garrick burdette was 41, he walked wherever he went, in rural panola county that can be dangerous, especially if you are black. in november of 2009, burdette's body was found on this site, the autopsy revealed multiple injuries consistent with being hit by a vehicle. for three years, there's been nothing more than this simple one-page incident report about what happened. no one in the panola sheriff's department offered to do anything else did they come down these streets, handing out fliers, knocking on doors, asking if they had seen a

ruby burdett never miss it. she put it here 3 1/2 years ago to mark the spot her son died and a mystery began. >> they know he was hit by a car. >> yes. that's what they say. >> did they ever find who drove that car? >> no. >> do you feel that they did an adequate investigation to find who did that? >> i don't really -- i can't say because they said they're still investigating. i don't know. no one relates to me anything. >> they're still investigating? >> yes. >> reporter: garrett was 41. he walked wherever he went. in rural plinola county, that can be dangerous especially if you are black. in november of 2009, the burdettes' body was found on this site. the autopsy reports multiple injuries consistent with being hit by a vehicle. for three years, there's being nothing more than this simple one-page incident report about what happened. no one in the pinola county sheriffs department ever bothered to do anything else. did they ever come up and down these streets knocking on doors, asking people if they've seen a

but hours later, ruby burdette did. >> he came in. he said he was an investigator. he introduce himself. we sit at the dining room table and he started talking. he -- he told me he apologize for no one coming out before now. and he -- he told me that the first investigator they had didn't do anything. he said he was the one that hoped, you know, to see this thing come toon end. he said he would, you know, if anything -- if anyone could be found, he was gonna find them. >> reporter: she doesn't know why now, why it took so long and why, for three and a half years, no one in the sheriff's department seemed to care that a black man was run over and killed. but all that time, this grieving mother has held onto a newspaper article hoping one day, its story would be true. >> i just want it to be over. i just want to know. it's just like eating away with me, just eating away with me. but being a mother, i want -- i want the truth to come out. >> drew, it's incredible how trusting this mom is and for three years, she's been waiting based on a newspaper article. and then thi

joining us is ruby burdette ellis and fred butts, who lost his brother last summer.st of all, i'm so sorry for the loss of your son. 's incredible to me that the sheriff's office had never been to your house in the past three years. what made you think over these last three years that they were investigating your son's death? >> it had been reported in the newspaper and on accident report that it was still under investigation. >> why do you think it took them so long to start investigating? >> i'm really not sure, because i was thinking they were investigating all the time. i was just wondering why they hadn't came out. >> what do you think it was that made them start asking questions three years since the death of your son? >> well, cnn, they came out and they tried to get in touch with them and talk to them to see why they hadn't investigated, and after that, they came, they came to me after they had talked to cnn. >> fred, your brother was deliberately run over, killed while walking on the side of a road by a white driver. the driver was charged with murder but th

but hours later, ruby burdette did. >> he came in, he said he was the investigator. he started talking. he told me he apologized. for no one coming out before now. and he told me that the first investigators they had didn't do anything. he said he was the one that -- he hoped, you know, to see this thing come to an end. he said he would -- you know, if anyone could be found, he was going to find them. >> she doesn't know why now, why it took so long, and why for 3 1/2 years no one in the sheriff's department seemed to care that a black man was run over and killed. but all that time this grieving mother has held on to a newspaper article hoping one day its story would be true. >> i just want it to be over. i want to know. it's like eating away with me. eating away with me. but being a mother, i want the truth to come out. >> drew griffin, cnn, panola county, mississippi. >> and our thanks to drew griffin for that. >>> well, ten years ago, the u.s. was on the verge of war. now what is left of the country american troops were sent in to liberate. you're going to hear wh

center of the road intended to provide a safe place for police arrested petaluma resident brian burdettee influence of alcohol and prescription drugs. a d-u-i and license checkpoint in santa rosa leads to multiple arrests over the weekend. santa rosa police arrested five for driving under the influence. without a license and four others for driving with a suspended license. complete bay area numbers are expected to be released soon. an elderly man was found shot dead at a vallejo home over the weekend. it happened in a home on hichborn street late last night. the victim was found on the property dead with apparent gunshot wounds. vallejo an elderly man was found shot dead at a home on hichborn street this evening, according to vallejo police. police were called to the home at 408 hichborn st. at after shots were heard, according to sgt. kevin coelho. the victim was found on the property deceased with apparent gunshot wounds, coelho said. his identity is beind withheld, pending notification of next of kin. thick columns of smoke could be seen hanging over antioch, brentwood and oakley due

. >> garrett burdette was 41.ty, that can be dangerous, especially if you are black. in november of 2009, his body was found on this site. the autopsy revealed multiple injuries consistent with being hit by a vehicle. for three years there's been nothing more than this simple one-page incidents report about what happened. no one in the panoela county sheriff's department ever bothered to do anything else. >> did they ever come up and down these streets handing out fliers? knocking on doors? asking people if they'd seen anything? >> no, not over this way. >> do you know of any activity that way? >> no, no one said anything. >> so how do you know they're investigating? >> well, they had put it on the paper, when they found him dead. and then he had put on there, and then they wrote it in the newspaper. they said it was still being investigated. >> drew's joining us now live. drew, you came across the story while you were actually investigating the hit-and-run of another black man in this very same county. so here's