all investigators had against the cowan brothers and dan jones was possession of stolen property. >>got to a certain point where there was no fresh information coming in and there was still a lack of physical evidence tying the cowans to the crime scene. >> we would talk and he would say the same thing, we think it's the same people, but we don't have the proof. >> i never lost hope. i just knew in my heart that the police would do their job and find the people that did this to mother and cliff. >> investigators confiscated every .25-caliber pistol they could find, hoping that one of them would match the murder weapon. >> i maintained those bullets in my secured work area. i never returned them to the sheriff's property room, knowing that i would one day get that firearm. >> but eventually, there were other crimes to solve, other evidence to process, and the murder of cliff and alma merck moved quietly into the unsolved file. ten years later, jim christopherson was promoted to homicide detective, but he never forgot the murder of cliff and alma merck. >> the case had always bothered

who is the woman who face in late -- famously said ankle romney ever worked a day in her life and dan jones was a self-appointed communist. before sitting on said i was just hoping that piers morgan would bring up ted kennedy because it would be my moment and thankfully that moment came. in this video that they played back to the convention they showed that rummy debating ted kennedy when he was challenging and proceed in the 90s said in this debate featured in the video that he was pro-choice. obviously he has since changed his position. that didn't stop piers morgan from asking me, katie did it make you uncomfortable hearing that romney espousing the joys of being pro-choice? i just responded and said you know, do you know what made me uncomfortable peers, that convention that claims to be fighting the war on women that they would play a link the seven minute video, a tribute to a man who left a woman to drown in his car. [applause] so after that the panel exploded. it was like we can't bring up chappaquiddick, no way. we can talk about how mitt romney bullied a kid when he was 13 but we

people coming from all over the country to see joe montana, brent jones, dan marino on the other side. there he is. fans come from all over the country as i said. the last football game ever here. the last football game ever here. and players and fans are excited. >> 9ers! >> whoo! >> walking into the locker room 49ers locker room and you see joe montana there, you see all the legends in the room, anthony munoz, they want to play the game. >> a lot of good times tailgating. >> too many good times. >> probably. >> too many. [ laughter ] >> a lot of good food, company and a lot of good games. >> reporter: are you going to be going to levi's stadium? >> i won't be able to afford that one. >> reporter: yeah. i'm not sure i will, either. but i want you to take a look. candlestick park really is, that's the fog that's moving in. it is freezing out here! and i have great memories inside that stadium but i also remember that fog and if we come back here i can tell you that the fans are paying good money to see flag football. it's going to be quite a game. the money going to the san francisco

quarterback dan and tiger jones, go ahead touchdowns. soul beat the orlando preditors, 42-35, soul with a bye this week. >> now, before the soul game, the wounded warriors and the football team former eagles and media members, part of military appreciation night. the wounded warriors coasted to a 67-35 victory. everyone though was a winner last night. and we thank them all so much. >> what do you call them? >> the philadelphia soul. >> after that song. >> what is it. >> soul train. >> oh, i thought of that right away, ukee. >> still ahead this morning, how many americans have cut the cord? >> first though, here is a look at what's coming up tonight on cbs-3. >>> time for a check of business news. >> jill wagner joins us live this morning from the new york stock exchange, good morning, jill, hearing about gourmet cupcake shop shutting its doors? what can you tell us about that? >> yes, good morning, ukee, crumbs bake shop is closing up shop. the company went public back in 2011 at the height of the gourmet cupcake boom. but it suffered fr

dan connecting with tiger jones for the score. the soul within 42-35.e'll be right back w >> what happened to humpty dumpty no secret when it actually happened in oregon it came as a shock. sculpture has been sitting a top a wall at the enchanted forest theme park since nope 71. this weekend two visitors hoping to snap a picture accidentally knocked him to the ground and you guessed it, the fall caused humpty dumpty to shatter. the artist and perhaps all the kings horses and all the kings men are willing to try and make a new one and those visitors have offered to foot the bill. good luck to humpty. we'll be right back. >> thank you for watching "eyewitness news" at 11:00 o'clock. we're back in the morning at 4:30 with ukee washington and nicole brewer. >> the late show with david letterman is next with guest halle berry. ♪ >> now a paid presentation for meaningful beauty advanced by cindy crawford. >> with special appearances by debra messing. >> valerie bertinelli. >> christa miller. >> and stars from tv's royal pains and the mentalist. >> and, brand

dan connecting with tiger jones for the score. the soul within 42-35.e'll be right back with more news. ♪ >> what happened to humpty dumpty no secret when it actually happened in oregon it came as a shock. sculpture has been sitting a top a wall at the enchanted forest theme park since nope 71. this weekend two visitors hoping to snap a picture accidentally knocked him to the ground and you guessed it, the fall caused humpty dumpty to shatter. the artist and perhaps all the kings horses and all the kings men are willing to try and make a new one and those visitors have offered to foot the bill. good luck to humpty. we'll be right back. ♪ what's it like paying for internet that's rated 6th out of 7 in customer satisfaction? umm, i don't like it. we showed people a survey that stacked fios up against comcast. i'm with comcast right now. in the muckety muck. in the muckety muck down here. are you happy with next to last? no, that's not fun. that's not so bad, you're not dead last. it would be great to be up here. just squint at the chart and see if that ma

reliever dan otero and there is james adam jones game, delivering a big two-run single. jones had five rbi's and he alone had enough to beat oakland 8-4. hammel lasted just two innings with oakland. and later in sportswrap we'll hear from some of the key members of the a's 1989 world war championship team as they finally get a proper celebration 25 years after they wop the so-called earthquake series. >>> the angels needed 16 innings to beat seattle yesterday. today they scored two in the top of the 12th. they happening on to win 3-2 and snap

dan ashley. we start with breaking news. in san francisco tonight's, several people have been hurt after a vehicle crashed 3 block from union square. happened less than an hour ago at jones and post street. witness say several vehicles are involved. authorities have shut down the intersection to treat the victims. these pictures coming to us from viewers by twitter. they say to avoid the area, obviously. more information as it becomes available but as you can see a terrible scene near union square tonight. you can also follow our twitter feed at abc 7 news bay area. we'll stay on top of that. >>> now to the other top story. 87-year-old woman viciously attacked. thrown to the ground then robbed outside a local bank. tonight police believe they know exactly who is responsible. it happened outside the mechanic bank in richmond on west richmond avenue. the robber the woman that you see here was caught police say on a surveillance camera. cornell is live at the atm tonight. we have learned more about the victim. >>reporter: victim is prominent citizen here in the point richmond neighborhood. she was attacked and critically injured at this atm july 4th weekend. police say with

dan ashley. we start with breaking news. in san francisco tonight's,, several people have been hurt after a vehicle crashed 3 block from union square. happened less than an hour ago at jones and post street. witness say several vehicles are involved. authorities have shut down the intersection to treat the victims. these pictures coming to us from viewers by twitter. they say to avoid the area, obviously. more information as it becomes available but as you can see a terrible scene near union square tonight. you can also follow our twitter feed at abc 7 news bay area. we'll stay on top of that. >>> now to the other top story. 87-year-old woman viciously attacked. thrown to the ground then robbed outside a local bank. tonight police believe they know exactly who is responsible. it happened outside the mechanic bank in richmond on west richmond avenue. the robber the woman that you see here was caught police say on a surveillance camera. cornell is live at the atm tonight. we have learned more about the victim. >>reporter: victim is prominent citizen here in the point richmond neighborhood. she was attacked and critically injured at this atm july 4th weekend. police say with

dan ashley. we start with breaking news. in san francisco tonight's, several people have been hurt after a vehicle crashed 3 block from union square. happened less than an hour ago at jones and post street. witness say several vehicles are involved. authorities have shut down the intersection to treat the victims. these pictures coming to us from viewers by twitter. they say to avoid the area, obviously. more information as it becomes available but as you can see a terrible scene near union square tonight. you can also follow our twitter feed at abc 7 news bay area. we'll stay on top of that. >>> now to the other top story. 87-year-old woman viciously attacked. thrown to the ground then robbed outside a local bank. tonight police believe they know exactly who is responsible. it happened outside the mechanic bank in richmond on west richmond avenue. the robber the woman that you see here was caught police say on a surveillance camera. cornell is live at the atm tonight. we have learned more about the victim. >>reporter: victim is prominent citizen here in the point richmond neighborhood. she was attacked and critically injured at this atm july 4th weekend. police say with

dan is on assignment. that home is a complete loss. located in lafayette on mont cello road just north of highway 24. tiffany wilson jones from us interthe scene. tiffany. >> the fire is right around the corner from us. at this hour firefighters still clean up the scene. but if you take a look at the video from earlier you can see the full isn't of the damage. now this wasn't just a house. this was the home the carpenter family lived in for generations. neighbors say they moved in during the 1960's and now the little girl they remember growing up lives there with her husband and 2 children. around dinner time the family neighbors started hearing popping sound like gun shop. it was probably different parts of the car going up in flames. from the preliminary investigation l officials believe the fire started in the garage and then jumped and started racing up the back yard. 3 other neighborhood houses threatened but crew prevent the fire from spreading to those homes. as for the firefighters themselve themselves, the triple digit heat made this fire especially difficult. crew guzzle bottle of water as they try to stay cool