and ernest gilbert is now dead.harper what went wrong after ernest gilbert's identity was revealed on television. >> the night that was on television, the very first thing i did the next morning was call the fbi about that. they had already agreed to help and had sent an agent down here that was supposed to be looking at it. i called him and asked him about that guy. it looked to me like something was breaking here. and he told me to forget it. he said that guy will not testify. you might as well just forget that he ever said anything. now, in retrospect, maybe i should have pressed it a little more, but i'm relying on these agencies that are supposed to be helping me to investigate the case. so when they tell me that, you know, that's pretty much all i can do. i can't try to go corner the guy by myself. >> the case was officially closed again in june of 2003. >> i guess what i'm feeling is that they got -- they's using excuses to not to do anything. i mean -- they just -- >>> coming up, frustration fades with an as