the coroner brought in a cadaver dog.he cadaver dog was able to go through the residence and to be able to find bodies in the crawlspace and shallow graves outside the home. and also just laying about. >> the coroner says it could take days, even weeks to i.d. the bodies. at least five of them were apparently strangled. and the sixth body is too decomposed to make a determination. >> bodies may have been there for weeks, months, possibly years. >> what we're seeing is these men that are on the sexual registry are continuing to abuse. i mean, this is a violent rapist. and he clearly is a sociopathic serial killer. >>> also tonight, live, the florida panhandle, a newborn baby girl vanishes without a trace from her own home, halloween. tonight, who took baby shannon? >> investigators in the panhandle of florida need your help. they're looking for a 7-month-old girl who disappeared and may be in danger. >> breaking news. a florida missing child alert has been activated for 7-month-old baby girl shannon lee diedrick. police sa

professor starrs start of the testimony to the coroner's journey. three historians testified, one for suicide, one for murder and another examined the state of lewis' finances. a geologist discuss the geology of the grave site. and expert on the psychology of suicide, a former homicide detective who had investigated over 2,000 deaths said that in using a psychological profile he would investigate lewis' death as a homicide. to documents that the examiners to cleared a crucial piece of evidence that the suicide theory, a so-called russell statement was a forgery. to medical doctors testified about analyzing the path of gunshot wounds. a firearms expert gave a demonstration, firing off his 69 caliber black powder pistol, the type of weapon that lewis was carrying. one expert testified he believed lewis was suffering from a bad kefalas and had shot himself in a fit of mental derangement. a current biographer thinks that lewis shot himself because he was in the middle of malarial fever. and finally dr. william vest has called the father of forensic anth

at a news conference later today, the county coroner may release the preliminary causes of death for four of the bodies discovered, the ones just yesterday. >>> breaking news. investigators continue to turn anthony sowell house inside out looking for more victims. don't miss nancy grace tonight at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern on hln. >>> a missing pregnant woman found dead. her body discovered in florida on monday. watkins was last seen thursday. she had a 4-year-old son and worked at mcdonald's and was going to junior college. pensacola police spoke with the father of her unborn child several times. >>> investigators think that three dickinson state softball players drove into a pond in the dark. no foul play is suspected in the deaths of the three students. the bodies of the three women and a dog were found in the submerged suv yesterday found resting on its wheels in ten feet of water doors and windows shut. signals from phone calls led investigators to the pond with which is hidden by tall grass on private property. >>> overhauling health insurance may take longer than anybody expected

. >> today, this morning our homicide unit along with the cuyahoga county coroner's office, went back to the scene, which has been secured ever since day one. during the course of their investigation throughout the day we have discovered approximately four more bodies in the back yard and a skull in a bucket in the basement. the skull was discovered wrapped in a paper bag in a bucket in the basement. >> dead bodies on every level of the home, including stuffed in the crawl space. my prediction -- there will be more. >> ten bodies found at the home of convicted rapist anthony sowell. the dig continues, as he put it,

in the coroner's office went in, they were able to secure all six bodies. they had a cadaver dog go in to be able to locate every single body at locations from crawl spaces to living spaces, outside to shallow graves and to bring those in, to be able to determine the age and the sex and the gender of these particular women at this time and right now, since they don't have any identification for them, they are reaching out to some of the families throughout the neighborhoods to try to figure out some other missing women, up to eight that we know of so far, that could possibly be possible potential victims in this. but they are working to match up the dna at this time. >> we have got some of those missing women, we will present them to you in a little bit, to see if you at home perhaps have any information on them. michelle, before we move on, you have some exclusive information, i understand you talked to the mother of a woman who was married to this suspected serial killer. >> that's correct, jane. i located this woman and what she says, she doesn't wish to

police officers and a team from the coroner's office watched to see what was unearthed. and by early afternoon it was clear they had found something. experts wearing masks and special suits scurried around the house where just days ago police discovered six dismembered and decomposing bodies. >> we already have half a dozen dead women in his home that we know of? and i'm predicting there's going to be more? >> and now five days after that gruesome discovery another two body bags were loaded into two coroner vehicles and taken away. and police believe there could be more. >> we have discovered approximately four more bodies in the back yard. >> the face of a suspected mass murderer. >> the suspect, anthony sowell, approximately 4:00 this afternoon he was charged with five counts of aggravated murder. he was also charged with rape, kidnapping, and felonious assault. >> as we go to air, the dig continues in the cleveland suburbs. we now know of ten dead women found in anthony sowell's three-story home. including the back yard. we predict there will be more. joining me outsi

the coroner identifies one of the victims. i will talk to that victim's daughter about getting justice for her mom. we also have the accused serial killer in court. new sickening details coming out about the decades' old rape sent him to prison. a crime so vicious he was denied parole for years. and this. young kids, not even teenagers, online every day. 12-year-olds, 10-year-olds on facebook, myspace, twitter. do parents even know what they are exposing their kids to? sexual predators, anonymous bullies, sickos out there. is your innocent child ready for that? call in. love hearing from you. 1-877-tell-hln. you can e-mail us. it is your chance to be heard. >> controversy. opinion. your point of view. this is "prime news." >> hour number two p "prime news." breaking news. a coroner identifies the bodies, all of them women, pulled out of a convicted rapist's home. cops in cleveland, ohio, say anthony sowell lived among rotting bodies. stench of death there for years. we are already up to 11 remains. now cops are getting ready t

the coroner brought in a cadaver dog. go through the residence and to be able to find bodies in the crawl space and shallow graves outside the home and also just laying about. >> the coroner says it could take days, even weeks to i.d. the bodies. at least five of them were apparently strangled. and the sixth body is too decomposed to make a determination. >> bodies may have been there for weeks, months, possibly years. >> what we're seeing is these men that are on the sexual registry are continuing to abuse. i mean, this is a violent rapist. and he clearly is a sociopathic serial killer. >>> also tonight, live, the florida panhandle, a newborn baby girl vanishes without a trace from her own home, halloween. tonight, who took baby shannon? >> investigators in the >> investigators in the panhandle of florida need your help. they're looking for a 7-month-old girl who disappeared and may be in danger. >> breaking news. a florida missing child alert has been activated for 7-month-old baby girl shannon lea dedrick. police say s

it was real hard for the coroner to figure that one out. that's how they knew that the suspect here, possibly anthony sowell, used either a cord or a rope to strangle his victims. they said when they found these decomposed bodies, the ones that they knew had been strangled in that way, still had that rope or that cord around their neck. >> to ken robinson, joining us from wtam, 1100 news radio, also joining us in front of sowell's home. ken robinson, what more can you tell me? are people still gathering out in front of the home? this is day three? wondering every time they bring a gurney out with a body on it, is that my mother, is that my sister, is that my daughter under that sheet? >> that's absolutely correct. people have been here since day one. waiting on the coroner, waiting in front of the house, looking, wafg, wondering what's going to happen next. this series of crimes has rocked this neighborhood. there's a gamut of emotions flowing through the neighborhood right now from anguish. people wondering why police didn't find out somet

it wasn't hard for the coroner to figure that one out. it's how they knew the suspect here, anthony sowell, used a cord or rope to strangle the victims. when they found the bodies, the ones they knew had been strangled in that way still had the rope or cord around their neck. >> to ken robinson joining us from wtam 1100 a.m. news radio. joining us in front of sowell's home. ken, what more can you tell me? are people still gathering in front of the home? this is day three, wondering every time they bring a gurney out, is that my mother, my sister or daulgter under the sheet? >> th >> reporter: that's absolutely correct. people have been here since day one, waiting on the coroner, outside the house. this series of crimes rocked the neighborhood. there's a gamette of emotions from anguish, people wondering why the police didn't figure out something was going on here earlier. people wondering, are they safe? some lost confidence in the police. one gentleman is thinking of starting his own patrol in the neighborhood because he lost confidence

the sword of states were first used at the coronation of james the second. plenty of color. >> i think the thing that curse to me now of all times is the role of the military in every aspect of this. they take those great like black rod. they are a part of parliament at a time when politicians and the country are agonizing about the sacrifices these people are making in afghanistan, iraq and elsewhere. it is striking to see the central role they still play certainly in the national life of parliament. >> this is where all the talk of modernizing comes to a grinding halt. they enjoy this. >> it is not about the pomp that people want modernized. it is about the actuality of how the m.p.'s respond to the people, whether they are genuinely accountable to people. those are the things that the people want reforming. that great symbolism of the black rod become -- banging on the door and summoning the m.p.'s. i would like to see the independence of m.p.'s made more important. in particular on a day like this when we are enacting supposedly the pomp of the independe

samples and the coroners are having to reassure them the samples won't be turned over to police. suspect anthony sowell is being held without bond. his charges include five counts of murder. >>> new this morning president obama's health care plan has lost some ground with americans. in a new cnn/opinion research poll, 45% of those asked favor the plan. 53% opposed it. that's a nine-point increase since october. but a total of 59% felt that congress should continue working to make changes to the health care bills. tomorrow the house takes a floor vote on the bill. you know, phoenix, arizona, police are sorting through about 1,000 pieces of stolen luggage. they found in a couple's home. the chances of identifying the owners of the piles of clothes, medical gear, cameras, laptops and other items, well, they think it's pretty slim. >> none of the luggage has any i.d. tags so what he was doing, as soon as he was taking it from the belt he was taking all identifying marks from it. >> well, police say keith king and stacy lynne legg-king have been taking luggage for at least a year, wal

he organizes coronations, state funerals, and of course a big role to play on the state opening. patiently waiting, hundreds of members of the house of lords. 92 her predatory appears left in the house of lords. -- hereditary peers left in the house of lords. when the lord chancellor was a powerful figure, it was a different role in those days. the chief rabbi is also here. and lord fenton-davis on the right. i think that as lord west, the security minister. a former liberal democrat leader. the former attorney general. and there we have another view of the church leaders. chatting in a very friendly way to the senior judges. dollars you get a sense that nothing changes. as you look around the house of lords, it is clear that things have. he said that the role of the lord chancellor change. the judges 1 a lot% on those benches and the house of lords to give their release. they have the wrong court building. one of the interesting things is whether there is any appetite for whichever government comes in to do it. david cameron has to come to grips with house of lords reform. he sa

coroners are reassuring them that the samples won't be turned over to police.uspect anthony sowell is being held without bond. his charges include five counts of murder. >>> phoenix police are having a really difficult time sorting through about 1,000 pieces of stolen luggage they say they found in a couple's home. cops say it's like they found 14 rooms filled from the floor to the ceiling with stolen luggage and clothing. the chances of identifying who the real owners are, the piles of clothes, the medical gear, cameras, laptops, who knows else, they say it's pretty slim. >> none of the luggage has any i.d. tags so what he was doing is as soon as he was taking it from the belts, he was taking all identifying marks from it. >> well, police say that keith king and stacy lynn leg-king have been taking luggage from the phoenix sky harbor airport for at least a year, routine baggage claims were stopped there several years ago, trying to cut costs. airport officials are going to discuss putting them back into effect. >>> so did you notice almost all of the bags were

those bags were basically just taken out of here by the local coroner's office. they were inside the house. they went under the porch. they removed the great from around the porch. searched in there. and then the bomb squad brought in some x-ray equipment and some special cameras. the x-ray equipment was used to look inside the walls of the house to see if anything might be in there and then the small cameras were inserted inside the walls and into the floorboards to look around and see if there might be some evidence hidden in the walls or under the floors. >> the victims whose families have identified them, they started the process of burying them i understand. >> reporter: 10 of the 11 victims have been positively identified. a couple funerals were held over the weekend. two more were held yesterday. a couple more will be held this coming weekend. so little by little the victims of these crimes, these serial killings here in cleveland are being laid to rest. the big job ahead is collecting all of the evidence and finding out if there may be more victims either

apparently some relatives are reluctant to give police dna and the coroner's office is reassuring them. their dna won't go into a data base, won't be shared with police. some family members are speaking up like those who knew a mother of three, last night her aunt was on "the nancy grace" show. >> when did you learn that your niece is allegedly one of sowell's many victims? >> today about i guess about 1:00, 1:30. it was very hard but we got to keep going and we got to constantly pray for other families, you know, stay strong for the children. she has three small children. >> so sad. joining me now to talk about this, the mother of one of the victims identified -- excuse me -- brother -- identified as one of the victims. dwayne, first off, our condolences. must be such a difficult time. i know memorials are going on right now. >> yes. >> when was the last -- she was last seen when, dwayne? >> we last seen her in june but we found out last night one of her friends seen her in july. that's the last we heard from her. >> as this was playing out, dwayne, was this something you had feared?

again, this just in to headline news another victim identified by the coroner's office. let's bring in our expert panel sorting through all. this welcome robin sachs, sex crimes prosecutor and stacey kaiser psychotherapist and mark puentes, as well, on this since day from the "cleveland plain dealer" clarify we have a second victim identified? >>s that tha is correct. officials identified the second victim today, talicia fortson, from east cleveland, ohio. her mother reported her missing in june and called police in east cleveland saturday after she read about the bodies being removed from mr. sowell's house. >> that's the second. we know pastors in the neighborhood have told people submit dna to identify the dead. mark, being there, any sense how quickly we could have more identifications? >> well, the coroner said last night he needs more dna victims from biological children and maternal relatives of potential missing victims. they said they had a couple of leads but still need more dna to determine the rest of the identities of the victims. >> okay. the search continu

the coroner's office is promising not the share the dna samples with police.ny sowell is being held without bond. >>> the florida mother accused of giving her child to a babysitter and then accused her of missing is appearing in court now. she's charged with decemb. her baby sister is being charged as well. investigators found the 7-month-old baby alive in a box beneath the sitter's bed. the sheriff got all choked up as he talked about the discovery after avenue five-day search. she is healthy and well. >> some families don't know what help is available to them. clark howard has some answers for you. >> are you unemployed? maybe you've never faced it before. maybe a member of your family is unemployed who has never experienced it before. there are certain things you have to look at and consider if you have never been through the cycle. i was talking with a woman the other day who has been unemployed for a while. she was asking questions about which bills she should pay, which ones she shouldn't. i said. what unemployment check are you getting? she looked at me

when i talked to the coroner's office from days to weeks to months. ten bodies have been pulled out. we know anthony sowell has been charged with five counts of aggravated murder and that could possibly rise as investigators continue to go through these bodies and be able to collect information from them and also to be able to figure out where these women from and if they are, in fact, missing women reported from the community. yesterday we spoke about the possibility of there being eight women missing. so we are at a body count of ten. he is only charged with five counts of aggravated murder as of today. this man you are seeing on your screen, he served time in the military and i did confirm this with the united states marine corps. he served from july of 1977 and he was released in january of 1985. this is someone who served our country, someone who is a convicted sex offender, someone who spent 15 years behind bars for a rape. >> we will take a quick break. more from our experts and we'll take your calls. ten bodies found in the home of a convicted

police officers and a team from the coroner's office watched to see what was unearthed.nd by early afternoon it was clear they had found something. experts wearing masks and special suits scurried around the house where just days ago police discovered six dismembered and decomposing bodies. >> we already have half a dozen dead women in his home that we know of? and i'm predicting there's going to be more? >> and now five days after that gruesome discovery another two body bags were loaded into two coroner vehicles and taken away. and police believe there could be more. >> we have discovered approximately four more bodies in the back yard. >> the face of a suspected mass murderer. >> the suspect, anthony sowell, approximately 4:00 this afternoon he was charged with five counts of aggravated murder. he was also charged with rape, kidnapping, and felonious assault. >> as we go to air, the dig continues in the cleveland suburbs. we now know of ten dead women found in anthony sowell's three-story home. including the back yard. we predict there will be more. joining me outside

it is only seen at the coronation at the state open of parliament for the queen does not wear the crown at any other time. the sword of state can be seen right behind. and the cap of maintenance, to other symbols of royal authority, and they also will be placed on display in the royal gallery. symbols of the queen's power and authority. this is an important hand over, because the man receiving the crown is a very important figure, the earl marshal. the lord great chamberlain, and the markets of chamberlain -- just to the big if -- just the right, you can see him in the crimson cloak. the lord chamberlain has put the crown on display. it will stay in the royal gallery until the queen of our rides a little later. she will ride and put on the imperial state crown itself, ready for the procession of state. in the chamber of the house of lords, the audience is growing

it is only seen at the coronation and the state opening of parliament. the queen does not wear this crown at any other time. and the sword of state you can see, and the cap of maintenance. they are two other symbols of royal authority, and they, too, will be placed on display in the royal gallery as symbols of the queen's power and authority. this is an important hand-over, because the man receiving the crown is a very important figure, the early marshall -- earl marshall, he will be taking part, too, just to the right. you can see him in the crimson cloak. the lord chamberlain has put the crown on display, and it will stay there in the gallery until the queen arrives a lot later, and she will then put on the robes of state and the imperial state crown itself, ready for the procession in state. now, in the chamber of the

the coroner says it appears they were strangled and their body may have been there for weeks, if not months or years. 50-year-old anthony sowell has lived at the home. after serving 15 years for rape. police spotted him walking in his neighborhood saturday and arrested him. >> sigh of relief. the street is now safe again. >> i'm glad he's off the street. >> we're just thankful that they got him. >> well, police found the bodies after they tried to serve a warrant on sowell as part of a different rape investigation. a woman says that sowell attacked her at his home november 22nd. police stopped by earlier that day for a routine check on the registered sex offender. >>> new this morning hamid karzai will remain the president of afghanistan. election officials just made the announcement after cancelling saturday's presidential runoff. car karzai's victory was pretty much assured because his only challenger quit yesterday. abdullah abdullah said he was worried it would be rigged. >>> the u.n. wants $9 billion to fight the number one killer of children, pneumonia. it hopes to save 5 milli

the coroner is collecting dental records for several missing women, including nancy cobbs, who lived in the neighborhood. he's also asking their relatives to provide dna samples, but one missing person's advocate said the deaths could have been prevented. >> nancy cobbs walked to the store, walked to the store on 116th and hasn't been seen since. six families are going to get horrible news. but if we had a missing persons department or we had an active ongoing investigation into all these cases as much as possible, maybe none of this would have happened. >> police are trying to get a warrant to collect dna from the man who lived at the home. they're also tracing all the places he's lived since he got out of prison in 2005. he hasn't been charged with any crimes related to the bodies found at his house, and if you want to get the latest on the case on prime time, watch nancy grace every weekday at 8:00 and 10:00 eastern right here on hln. >>> they will pay more than a million dollars to settle a sex discrimination lawsuit. the federal class action suit claimed lawry's only hired women

it wasn't hard for the coroner to figure that one out. that's how they knew that the suspect here, possibly anthony sowell, used either a cord or rope to strangle his victims. when they found these decomposed bodies, the ones they knew had been strangled in that way still had that rope or cord around their neck. >> to ken robinson joining us from wtam 1100 a.m. news radio, also joining us from front of sowell's home. ken robinson, what more can you tell me? are people still gathering in front of the home? this is day three, wondering every time they bring a gurney out with a body on it, is that my mother, is that my sister, is that my daughter under that sheet? >> that's absolutely correct. people have been here since day one, waiting on the coroner, waiting in front of the house, looking, watching, wondering what's going to happen next. this series of crimes rocked the neighborhood. there's a gamut of emotions flowing through the neighborhood from anguish, people wondering why the police didn't find out something was going on here earlie

the coroner says it appears at least five of the women were strangled. the sixth body is too decomposed to make a determination. there bodies had been there at least weeks or months, in some cases year, they just don't know yet. the 50-year-old has lived at this home since 2005 after serving 15 years for rape. investigators also plan to look into his residential history to see if, perhaps, there are any additional victims. police spotted him walking in this neighborhood saturday and arrested hi. . >>> a sigh of relief. i said, the street is now safe again. >> i'm glad he's off the street. >> we're just thank natural they got him. >> police found the bodies during an investigation into a separate rape allegation. a woman says he attacked her in that house on september 22nd. police had stopped by earlier that day for a routine check on him, because as we said, he's a registered sex offender. >>> the man accused of fatally shooting four men in mount airy, north carolina yesterday is now in police custody. marcus chavez gonzalez is facing four counts of murd

able to determine cause of death and the fact that she was very well concealed may actually help coronersure this out. >> straight out to ladd egan, news director and anchor with krcg. thank you for being with us. what can you tell me, the whole case was in court. it's my understanding there was actually a bid for this girl to walk free? after being accused of luring her little sister's 9-year-old playmate and murdering her? >> yes. today they were scheduled to have a detention hearing in the juvenile court system, and when they got there, however, the 15-year-old's attorney waived the right to the hearing. so she will remain at the detention center for the -- the youth detention center until the hearing in three weeks from now that will determine if she'll be tried as an adult. >> out to joanne, alabama, hi, dear. >> caller: hey. >> what's your question? >> caller: i want to know how a 15-year-old can do this to a child? i watch you talking about your twins and i have grandchildren, myself, you know, that goes and plays with their playmates. how can she get away with this? >> i can tell

. >> well, we're working right now with the coroner's office to identify the victim. >> stacho is sowell didn't havee right to go into his house but would stop by to make sure he was up there. >> if the offender answers the door, says, yes, the sex offender does live here, he does reside here, he does sleep here, that's all that we are allowed to do by law. >> we didn't know anything. i've been here all my life. >> police first searched sowell's house thursday. the bodies have not been identified yet. >>> republicans may be feeling a bit better about their party's future right now. they're expected to sweep yesterday's tied gubernatorial races. they suspect bob mcdonacdonnell be the first since 2002. obama was the first democrat to win there in more than four decades. in new jersey incumbent jon corzine lost to chris christi. here's ari fleischer on what this might mean for the obama administration and democrats. >> the first year of any presidential election or midterm right after a presidential party in power, almost always suffers big losses. that's what you can anticipate if history

the coroner is collecting dental records for several missing women including nancy cogs who lived in the neighborhood and asking relatives to provide dna samples. one missing person's advocate says the deaths could have been prevented. >> nancy cogs walked to the store. walked to the store on 116th and hasn't been seen since. six families are going to get horrible news. better we had a missing persons department and an active, ongoing investigation in all these cases as much as possible and maybe none of this would have happened. >> police are trying to get a warrant to collect dna from the man who lived at the home. convicted rapist anthony sowell, and tracing all the places he lived since he got out of prison in 2005. he hasn't been charged with any crimes related to the bodies found at his house. >>> battling multiple sclerosis a woman finished the new york city marathon more than a day after it started. she just hung in there. here's rafer weigel with that story. hey, rafer. >>> good morning, natasha. look, there's probably nothing more grueling than running a marathon. you canno

the coroner says it appears they were strangled and their bodies may have been there for weeks, if not months or years. 50-year-old anthony sowell has lived at the home since 2005, after serving 15 years for rape. police spotted him walking in the neighborhood saturday and arrested him. >> a sigh of relief. i said this street is now safe again. >> i'm glad he's off the street. >> we're just thankful that they got him. >> police found the bodies after they tried to serve a warrant on sowell on a different rape investigation. a woman says that he assaulted her on october 22nd. >>> people were waiting for their paychecks today, police in pakistan say the explosion killed 35 people. it happened about 18 miles from the capital where secretary of state hillary clinton visited last week. >>> it is going to be an emotional morning for families of the 9/11 attack victims. in two hours, a navy ship built with steel from the world trade center will stop near ground zero. a ceremony for the u.s.s. new york will include a 21-gun salute. the ship will dock later today to prepare for saturday's offic

. >> this is what i've been saying since monday when we were called to the coroner's office and since this story broke we automatically knew this was going to be her. all of these women have not yet been identified. >> right. >> unfortunately, my mother was the first victim to be identified, and that gives us closure on knowing where she is but we're not happy about the way the police are trying to spin it. >> suspect anthony sowell showed no emotion in court. he is charged with five murders. his attorney wants him to get a psychiatric evaluation. she says sowell is an ex-marine with a heart condition. also, police are no longer calling sowell a convicted rapist. court records show he was charged with a 1989 rape but pled guilty to attempted rape in a plea deal. >>> house democrats could get a big boost on health care reform from the aarp. the associated press reports the powerful seniors lobby will endorse the house version of the bill today. the ten-year trillion-dollar plan would insure another 36 million people and bar insurance companies from dropping coverage for sick people. th

. >> this is what i've been saying since monday when, you know, we were called to the coroner's office, since this story broke. we automatically knew that this was going to be her. all of these women have not yet been identified. >> right. >> fortunately my mother was the first victim to be identified, and that gives us closure on knowing where she is, but we're not happy about the way the police have conducted it. >> the suspect showed no emotion in court yesterday. he is charged with five murders. his attorney wants him to get a psychiatric evaluation. she says he's an ex-marine with a heart condition. also, police are no longer calling him a convicted rapist. court records show he was charged with a 1989 rape but pleaded guilty to attempted rape in a plea deal. >>> well, the celebration is on in new york as the yankees once again -- again -- world champions! here's rafer with the latest. >> hey, natasha. how do people feel about it in the studio here? >> all right. >> happy new yorkers here, natasha. it is the franchise's 27th world series title. but the win was anything but pedestr

the transcript of the 1996 coroner's inquest contains the testimony of 13 expert witnesses. and it takes up the first half of our book. it is the reason for the subtitle, and historic crime scene investigation. csi, is merriweather lewis. [laughter] >> the forensic scientists are very well known in their field, and that's the real. those are very big names in their discipline. that have testified that thousands of court trials and corners inquest. all the witnesses followed untrained volunteer their time and were only paid for travel expenses. professional stars started the testimony to the corners jury. three historians testified. one for suicide, one for murder and another examined the state of lewis' finances. a geologist discussed the geology of the gravesite your an expert on the psychology of suicide, a former homicide detective who investigated over 2000 deaths, said that in using a psychological profile, he would investigate loosest death as a homicide. to document examiners declared that a crucial piece of evidence for the suicide theory, so-called statement was a f

the coroner's office. so it's emotional but the guys are -- the men and women are professional and they're going to continue doing their job. >> reporter: so clearly there is a lot of work left to be done. investigators trying to find out how in the world something like this could have happened. again, this is a sex offender who did 15 years in jail. he moved to this house back in 2005. how is it that no one noticed anything was odd, especially because of the smell that was coming from this house? but it turns out that there is a sausage and cheese factory literally a couple of doors down, and a lot of people said they thought that's where the smell was coming from. investigators are now going to trace this man's steps as best they can, in all the time he spent here, where he went, with whom he visited and find out exactly who those victims are. >> that was my next question. this has got to be a horrific wait for people and wondering if any of these bodies are indeed the people that they love. do we have a

able to determine cause of death and the fact that she was very well concealed may actually help coronersure this out. >> straight out to ladd egan, news director and anchor with krcg. ladd, thank you for being with us. what can you tell me, the whole case was in court. it's my understanding there was actually a bid for this girl to walk free? after being accused of luring her little sister's 9-year-old playmate and murdering her? >> yes. today they were scheduled to have a detention hearing in the juvenile court system, and when they got there, however, the 15-year-old's attorney waived the right to the hearing. so she will remain at the detention center for the -- the youth detention center until the hearing in three weeks from now that will determine if she'll be tried as daunlt or not. >> with we are taking your calls live. out to joanne, alabama, hi, dear. >> caller: hey. >> what's your question? >> caller: i want to know how a 15-year-old can do this to a child? and i watch you talking about your twins and i have grandchildren, myself, you know, that goes and plays with their playma

the coroner testified to this. he then put four more shots straight in. never missed. a man of ates' body mass, going up four stairs, is going to have some heavy breathing. he's going to be going -- and that gun's going to move. to hold it perfectly straight and not miss seven shots is impossible. >> can i say something. you're a good attorney. if i ever get in trouble, i'm calling you. >> but the doctors say -- >> i'm calling you, my friend. >> we have medical testimony, unrefuted, unrefuted internist. and this isn't subjective. ates spent three nights in the hospital tested overnight for sleep disorder, sleep apnea. >> you say he was too sleep -- judge karen? >> this is michelle. >> oh, michelle, okay. somebody. >> thank you. we also know that people who are small and weak can lift up cars when they get an adrenaline rush. our bodies take over in moments of stress, fight or flight, and will do what we need to do to get done. and literally this could -- i find it very interesting. >> like sumo wrestlers -- >> the doctor said exactly no. the doctor addressed exactly th

are they reluctant to give dna and the coroner's office is reassuring them, if they're frightened, they can goo to their pastor and won't go into a database. won't be shared and some are speaking up, like those who knew telacia fortson, last night, her aunt was on the nancy grace show. >> when did you learn your niece is allegedly one of his many, many victims? >> i guess today, about 1, 1:30. it was very hard and we have to keep going and constantly pray for other families and stay strong for the children, she has three small children. >> so sad. joining me now to talk about this, dwayne fortson, the mother of -- brother, excuse me, identified as one of the victims. firstoff, our condolence, must be such a difficult time, i know a memorial is going on right now. >> caller: yes. >> when was she last seen? >> caller: she was last seen in june and one of our friends saw her in july and the last we heard from her. >> as this was playing out, was this something you feared or were you totally caught off guard when your sister was mentioned and connected with this guy? >> caller: totally caug

. >>> cleveland's coroner -- i think we're going to go to this story. much more on the orlando shooting is what i was efforting to say. we'll be right back. a lot of new details coming up. >>> breaking news out of a high-rise office building in downtown orlando. a shooting today apparently one shooter local affiliates report two people are dead and six others hurt. it took place around 11:30 eastern and the shooter is still on the loose identified as jason rodriguez. according to the orlando fire department an unknown number of people are still in that office building and could be hurt. they have to clear the building to really get full access to it so the ems technicians can go door by door and make sure everybody is okay. all of the patients who have been taken out were rushed to orlando medical center. we're working to get more details. mike brooks, what have you been able to glean from this? >> i was watching coverage. you can see ems personnel that are behind a wall staged out in front. you're not going to go in. they're not going to go in and put

people put the body if the casket and they're ready to leave a hospital, a justice of the peace and coroner say you can't take the body back, the assassination of a president is not a federal crime, it's a local crime, which means the autopsy has to be done in texas. the kennedy people just loved the beloved president just be assassinated, mrs. kennedy makes clear she's not leaving without the body of the president, so they esendingly kidnap the body of the president of the you state, they force their way past the local justice of the peace, they load the car on to hand ambulance, to a hearst, they bring it out to air force one, they quickly carry this heavy casket up the steps, put it in the back of the plane, strap it in. as soon as they do this, o'donnell says get this plane in the air. o'donnell is afraid that the dallas police are coming behind him, the dallas police are in the cars, they're going to surround the plane, board the plane, drag the body off, and perform an autopsy in dallas. so he wants to get this plane in the air, so mc hugh, who is the air force aid to the president, i

the coroner is saying it appeared they were all strangled and their bodies there for weeks, maybe months, possibly years. 50-year-old anthony sowell lived here after serving 15 years for rape. police arrested him saturday. >> a sigh of relief. i said, the street is now safe again. >> i'm dwlad he's off the street. >> and we're just thankful that they got him. >> police found the bodies after they tried to serve a warrant on sowell as part of a different rape investigation. in fact, one woman says he attacked her at her home on doo september 22nd. police stopped by earlier that day for a routine check on the registered sex offender. >>> afghanistan's president just won another term in office, but without a second round of voting scheduled for this weekend, this coming saturday. election officials declared hamid karzai officially the winner and canceled the runoff. karzai would have been the only candidate left because his challenger pulled out yesterday. he says the vote could not be fair because the election commissioners were appointed by karzai. >>> and a u.s. man won the new york city

. >> well, we're working right now with the cuyahoga county coroner's office to identify the victims. we've asked people in the community to come forward with any information on missing persons. >> sowell is expected to be in court in about 90 minutes from now. as a registered sex offender, he was required to check in regularly with police, but officers didn't have the right to go into his house, but they would stop by to make sure he was there. >> deputy goes up, knocks on the door. if the offender answers the door or whoever answers the door, says, yes, the sex offender does live here, he does reside here, he does sleep here. that's all that we are allowed to do by law. >> right there in the house, right there, and i've been here all my life. >> police first searched sowell's home last thursday based on an assault and kidnapping charge against him. none of the bodies have been identified. >>> republicans may be feeling a bit better about that i l. their party's future. they were expected to sweep yesterday's type gubernatorial races. cnn protect pro jegts bob mcdonnell one. in new j

the coroner collecting dental records now for several missing women, including nancy cobbs who lived in that very neighborhood. he is also asking relatives to provide dna samples. one missing persons advocate say the deaths could have been prevented. >> nancy cobbs walked to the store. walked to the store on 116th and hasn't been seen since. six families are going to get horrible news. but if we had an a. missing persons department or active, ongoing investigation on these cases as much as possible, maybe none of this would have happened. >> as far as the investigation, police are rying to get a warrant to collect dna from this man who lived at the home. he's a convicted rapist, in prison for 15 years. they are also tracing all the places he's lived since he got out of prison in 2005. sowell has not been charge with any crimes though yet. >>> new numbers this morning show a slight majority of americans approve of how president obama is handling his job. a cnn/opinion research poll found 54% of people surveyed gave him two thumbs up. they're not as happy about his he's handling the cu

beyond the dress and the coronation, the logistics of the flowers, what type and color of flowers, theens, the first lady spoke earlier about the meaning behind them. what did she say? >> she had a group of high- school students where she gave them a lesson on state dinners and explained the china patterns. the color that she chose as purple and the significance of that is that it represents the indian peacock, the indian state bird. it is a nod to indian culture. in terms of china, she had china from the bush era and the clinton era. one of the things that you see with prime minister singh is that it is a continuation of what we saw with the bush administration. and using that china, is a nod to the relationship that bush was able to establish with prime minister singh. i talked to a white house usher about this -- he gave a figure that is $150,000. to me, it seemed kind of low. the cost of that is already built an and the cost of the manpower is built in. that is the figure that he gave. george bush had smaller events -- $80,000 in the state dining room. this one, 3 one20 guests -- w

the coroner's office has identified two of the victims. relatives of the presumed victims have asked how the gruesome scene went so long unnoticed. sowell was ordered held without bond on five counts of aggravated murder. >>> the ama, american medical association endorsed the house democrats health care reform bill saying it's not a perfect representation of our views but it's close enough. the aarp also endorsed it. president obama said the backing of the two influential groups is a good indicator. this bill is a step in the right direction. i'm extraordinarily grateful to learn that the aarp and the american medical association are both supporting the health insurance reform bill that will soon come up to a vote in the house of representatives. when it comes to the aarp, this is no small endorsement. for more than 50 years, they have been a leader in the fight to reduce the costs of health care and expand coverage for our senior citizens. they are a nonpartisan organization and their board made their decision to endorse only after a care

apparently some relatives are reluctant to give police dna and the coroner's office is reassuring them, if they're frig frightened, they can go to their pastors. it won't go into a database or shared with police. but some family members are speaking up, like those who knew telacia fortson, a mother of three. her aunt was on the nancy grace show. >> when did you learn that your niece is one of sowell's many, many victims? >> today, about -- i guess about 1:00, 1:30. it was very hard, but we got to keep going and we got to constantly pray for other families and, you know, stay strong for the children. she has three small children. >> so sad. joining me now to talk about this, dwayne fortson, the mother of telacia fortson -- excuse me, brother. identified as one of the victims. dwayne, first off, our condolences. must be such a difficult time. i know a memorial is going on right now. >> yes. >> when was the last -- she was last seen when, dwayne? >> well, we last seen her in june, but we found out last night one of her friends seen her in july. that's the last we heard from her. >> as thi

beyond the dress and the coronation, the logistics of the flowers, what type and color of flowers, theinens, the first lady spoke earlier about the meaning behind them. what did she say? >> she had a group of high- school students where she gave them a lesson on state dinners and explained the china patterns. the color that she chose as purple and the significance of that is that it represents the indian peacock, the indian state bird. it is a nod to indian culture. in terms of china, she had china from the bush era and the clinton era. one of the things that you see with prime minister singh is that it is a continuation of what we saw with the bush administration. and using that china, is a nod to the relationship that bush was able to establish with prime minister singh. i talked to a white house usher about this -- he gave a figure that is $ the cost of that is already built in and the cost of the manpower is already built in. that is the figure he gave. george bush had smaller events, but this one looks more like $350,000, like a lavish wedding. >> did the white house indicate whet

beyond the dress and the coronation, the logistics of the flowers, what type and color of flowers, theinens, the first lady spoke earlier about the meaning behind them. what did she say? >> she had a group of high- school students where she gave them a lesson on state dinners and explained the china patterns. the color that she chose as purple and the significance of that is that it represents the indian peacock, the indian state bird. it is a nod to indian culture. in terms of china, she had china from the bush era and the clinton era. one of the things that you see with prime minister singh is that it is a continuation of what we saw with the bush administration. and using that china, is a nod to the relationship that bush was able to establish with prime minister singh. i talked to a white house usher about this -- he gave a figure that is $150,000. to me, it seemed kind of low. the cost of that is already built an and the cost of the manpower is built in. that is the figure that he gave. george bush had smaller events -- $80,000 in the state dining room. this one, 3 one20 guests --

we do know that the coroner ruled his death a homicide. the cause, acute propofol intoxication. a deadly dose of a powerful surgical knockout drug, plus a cocktail of other sedatives were found in his system. but ultimately, who is to blame for bringing on jackson's untimely death? law enforcement claims michael's personal physician, dr. conrad murray, admitted he gave jackson that toxic cocktail but what about jackson's handlers, his family and friends and the array of other doctors who cared for him? did they enable a decades-long addiction to painkillers and sedatives? we will try to get to the bottom of the king of pop's downward spiral in our first big issue of the hour, celebrity addict enablers. meantime, m.j. is not the only fallen star on tonight's addiction special. anna nicole smith died of quote, acute combined drug intoxication. her companion/lawyer and two doctors charged with conspiring to furnish anna a known addict with prescriptions. and then, there is david hasselhoff from the red carpet to the floor of his las vegas home. in 2007, he was videotaped in an appa