police were able to link that to darren wendt. he was eventually arrested as their only suspect, but now there are new questions about how forensic experts collected that dna, and now it was processed. this document says when a forensic expert recovered the pizza crust it was in a bag with other piece of up beaten pizza. >> all the pizza is put into one paper bag so you could cross-contamination so if the pizza is touching each other in the box, the dna from one piece could be getting on another piece. >> reporter: for the first time we're also learninghe that in t moments after the fire started at the mansion on woodland drive, firefighters took water bottles from the refrigerator in the master bedroomn the mansion. that's where the bodies of savas and amy savopoulos and their housekeeper were found. court documents say the bottles were never collected or processed as evidence. >> how do you know that thatt we and his other compatriots didn't go in there and touch those wrer bottles o touch the refrigerator door. >> reporter: the

. >> reporter: after countless delays and years of questions the tri for the soul defendant darren wendt is set to begin next week. we've been digging through the courords and finding new details raising questions about the way evidence was collected at the crime scene and what may have been missed. you'll recall wendt is charged n theme greusome murder of his boss, wife amyld and tn along with their housekeeper all killed in the mansion in5. 2 now take a look at what we found. in the basement of the mansion, investigatound a screwdriver holding a window open. is that how the suspect was able to get inside? forensic biologist emily head asking thaf recalls the screwdriver be collected. however, she does not believe it was warecovered. r bottles and gloves were found all over the crime scene, accordinge records filed by prosecutors about dna evidence was the never collected. why? because the investigator was told that they had been used and left behind f by thest responders and firefighters. a similar sceners upsts bottles were found in the room where the three adults were tied up and tor

. >> for more than three years darren wendt has been the only suspect accused of torturing and killing the savopoulos family inside the d.c. mansion and today in courtef theense presented evidence to the judge to suggest that someone else carried out the murder, not only did the judge agreehat the evidence is permissible, and she also ruled wepd'so attorneys not have to explain the evidence to the procution befor the trial. >> if the defense had any, any chance to win whatsoever, it was this ruling. >> legal expert and d.c. based criminal defense attorney bernard grimm says this is a turning point in the case. >> and the government not oy needs to prove that wendt is guilty beyond a reasonable doubh but tha other guy didn't do it beyond a reasonable doubt. >> reporter: the judge says the evidence attorneys ang is the same evidence that the prosecution collected. >> it's evidence that the government turned over in it the course of discovery, so they think it's liable to some extent. they just didn't believe it was enough to charge that person because they had wet. >> dna places darren w

the judge ruled that darren wendt's defenseeam doesn't need to present it to e prosecution first when the trial started september 5th. dna evidence does place wendt side the home and the jury will have to decide if he's a killer or not. police say they caught the shooter who walked in a h woodbride and killed a man on wednesday night. jorgergandoval is c with murder. prince william county police say the 22-year-oldied on arizona avenue and police will release th man's name once they cannt t the family. don'ttives said sandoval knew the victim or what led u to the shooting or why he shot the man. >>> as firefighters work around the clock to battle the wildfires t across californiay are getting help from satellite analysts here in our regionp including hith that massive car fire in reading, california that has scorched an area that's three times the size of d.c. today we got a behind-the-scene look at the national oceanic and atmospheric administration in college park. experts in that office used the sasllite pho to measure the smoke density, monitor how the fires are spreading and it's

. >> reporter: after countless delays and years of questions the tri for the soul defendant darren wendtt week. we've been digging through the courords and finding new details raising questions about the way evidence was collected at the crime scene and what may have been missed. you'll recall wendt is charged n theme greusome murder of his boss, wife amyld and tn along with their housekeeper all killed in the mansion in5. 2 now take a look at what we found. in the basement of the mansion, investigatound a screwdriver holding a ww

. >> reporter: darren wendt has ten only person of keling th savopoulos family inside their d.c.ay in court evidence was presented to the court to suggest else carried out the murder. not only did the judge agree sayi the evidence was permissible but she also ruled the defense does not have to explain their evidence. >> if these defenad any chance to wint iwas this ruling. >> reporter: legal expert and criminal defense attorney bernard grimm sai this is a turning point in the case. >> the government needs to prove that wendt is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that the other guy didn't do it beyond a reasonable doubt. >> the judge says that the evidence attorneys are using is the same evidence that the prosecution collected. >> it's evidence that the government turned over in the cour of discovery so they think it's reliable to some extent. they just didn't believe it was enough to charge that person baud they h-- because they had . prosecutors say ithe placed man in the house. when the trial startext month, the jury will decide whether he's the killer or morant. >> china is