back to jean casarez, legal correspondent in session. an, rupa was going through the facts of the evening susan powell disappeared. since then the husband has moved to washington. what else can you tell me about that night and the events since then? he is the only known person of interest to my knowledge. >> that's right. he's never been named a suspect but person of interest. i think that night is what makes everyone remember this case, because he said he took the two kids, 2 and 4 years old, snowy night, that he took them out camping and they spent the night in the van that night, returned home -- >> how do they make s'mores in the van? don't you need a campfire for that? >> i guess do you. if you have a match and a rod and a marshmallow, i guess you can try to doing some, but one of the -- >> jean. jean. jean. >> yes. >> you obviously don't know a lot about s'mores. >> i do from girl scouts. >> those are marshmallows. you can't -- >> matches. you need matches. yes. i understand what you're saying. you need a fire. you're right. you nee

i'm jean casarez of the legal network in session. on the trutv network. in for nancy grace. thank you so much for joining us tonight. major developments tonight in the homicide of 5-year-old florida girl haleigh cummings. >> cnn affiliate wjxt reporting their sources claim cops have pulled two cinder blocks from the st. john's river. >> if you recall, she said that the back door was propped open with a cinder block. >> there was a brick, like a cinder block that was holding the screen door open. >> the investigators were looking for that same cinder block at that time. >> wrapped a yellow rope around her and carried her to the dock and tied a brick around the bottom of the -- the end of the rope. >> the cinder blocks, along with other evidence, have been sent to be tested. law enforcement refuses to comment. >> it's amazing how bits of the truth are woven into that story. >> that's what this is all about here today. >> you've got to stand up. >> haleigh cummings is most likely deceased. >> only one that knows is the people that was there. >> i'm going to call it a homicide.

. >> jean casarez, legal correspondent in session. jean casarez, if this is true, what it means is misty croslin, who was baby-sitting, let somebody come in that house and stood by, probably high as a kite on dope, and take the girl, the baby girl out of the house. if this scenario is in fact true, jean casarez. >> yes, and let me give you a little legal terminology that you know well. it's called accessory after the fact. i looked up the florida law, nancy. it is a first degree felony punishable by life in the state of florida. if you have information that you know a crime has been committed and you help that individual by not divulging it. >> to regina in wisconsin. hi, regina. >> caller: hi, nancy. i just have a comment. i think if this family's all involved in it they all need to fry for it because that's a beautiful little girl, should not have died. >> she never had a chance, regina. and if this scenario is true, and that's a big if, but if this scenario is true, she has not come forward with the truth because she was part of it

where is he, jean casarez? >> well, he's with crystal sheffield, his birth mother. she has temporary custody right now. she got it after all of them were arrested and put into jail. >> art harris, what's happening with the drug charges? what's become of them? >> the drug charges -- you mean against the mother -- >> misty croslin, yes. >> they are going forward. there's going to be a hearing at the end of the month where she is going to plead not guilty and then she will have to face how she's going to proceed. if she is convicted, nancy, you're talking about 114 years behind bars. she now doesn't have anything to bargain with, especially since she's flunked this polygraph. no information that's reliable to offer up right now. >> back to the polygraph, what more can you tell me about her flunking it? >> well, i can tell you that she was given every advantage, nancy. law enforcement tried to make her comfortable. they brought her up, they gave her a cigarette, and she was in a very good mood before she took it. it was given by a woman named patty knight, a veteran pol

. >> to jean casarez, legal correspondent in session. jean, after taking a listen to all of these newly obtained jailhouse recordings, what is she talking about a plea deal? who has offered her, if anybody, a jail for three years? or is that just something she dreamed up behind bars? >> or is this something her attorney has talked to her about? well, what's interesting, nancy, she's charged with eight felony counts, charged as an adult, with prescription drug trafficking. she's saying that she will enter a plea deal as a youthful offender. that's a juvenile. and that means she would go to a juvenile institution until she is 21, and then she said she'd get out on probation. so that's what she's believing. but with these counts does she really even know what the reality is? >> unleash the lawyers. eleanor odom, prosecutor, atlanta. renee rockwell, veteran defense attorney out of atlanta. peter odom, defense attorney also out of atlanta. to you, peter odom, there is no -- first of all, it sounds to me like her idea that she's getting from a

jean casarez reports results link the home with the crime scene. >> here is what i think is somethinge. i heard bits and pieces but the fbi in a memo is asking for a black plastic bag with red handles to be tested for latent fingerprints but i think there could be more of a significance than just fingerprints whether they would or would not be found because it says investigative efforts have revealed that this item, the black, plastic bag held a canvas laundry bag similar to that found with kayly's remains and found on a shelf in the garage. let's remind everybody when the remans were found in december, those remains were found in a canvas laundry bag and by reading this, what i see they say they found on the shelf in the garage was a canvas laundry bag. confirmed the name of whitney design in the garage with a black plastic bag around it and that eerily is exactly how the remains were found. now, on the other hand, the garage had more of an access to people from the outside than the home would. >> jean casarez says another test compared hairs from casey anthony's car trunk and from t

i want to bring in jean casarez from trutv, "in session." jean, i don't know about you, i know you follow crime -- i know you follow trials, i was deeply struck by how much detail this district attorney went into down to saying that the accuser was intoxicated. i'm just going let you pick it up from there. is there anything unusual about how much detail he went into? >> reporter: well, that's interesting. i think your input is very interesting. to me, of course, ideal with this day in day out. i'm in courtroom, i listen to the evidence. to me i hear evidence. i was hearing evidence for and against the prosecution. i was looking at it in very analytical terms. if there was sexual contact was it consensual, was it not. what the district attorney is trying to tell us through this and what you were probably not comfortable with listening to was that it was consensual contact. and i think he probably wants to get the message out because of so many things that have happened, remember the duke lacrosse case, the kobe bryant case, all of those cases

first to jean casarez from tru's "in session." jean, what's the latest?ow, the latest is, law enforcement is now saying any bones at the river's edge were not human, they were animal. but in the same breath, nancy, they're not refuting the local claims that cinderblocks were taken out of that river and rope taken from tommy's home. >> and the other thing is this, marlaina schiavo, even if they do not have any of haleigh's bones, what if they've got pajamas? what if they've got her shoe? what if they've got her barrette she wore to bed at night? lucy always tries to wear a barrette to bed at night. what if they've got that? what about that? are police denying that, too, marlaina schiavo? >> police will not tell us what they have. but we know what they do have is enough to call this a homicide investigation, nancy. it's enough to talk to ronald and crystal and tell them that they have to start making some sort of arrangements to get a death certificate or to maybe start planning a funeral and start thinking about that. so even though they're not being speci

"in session's" jean casarez report results link a garbage bag found at the anthony home with a laundryscene. >> reporter: here is what i think is something that i hadn't heard before. i had heard bits and pieces, but the fbi in a memo is asking for a black plastic bag with red handles to be tested for latent fingerprints. i think there could be more of a significance than just fingerprints, whether they would or would not be found, because it says that investigative efforts have revealed that this item, the black plastic bag, held a canvas laundry bag similar to that found with caylee's remains. i found on the property form this was found on a shelf in the garage. now, let's remind everybody that when with the remains were found in december those remains were found in a canvas laundry bag, the name of whitney design, that's the manufacturer, and then black plastic bags were with over that. by reading this, what i see they say they found on the shelf in the garage was a canvas laundry bag, i've confirmed the name of whitney design in the garage, with a black plastic bag around that. tha

jean casarez is in new york with more. >> are there any repercussions for pittsburgh steelers' quarterback ben roethlisberger anyway? >> well, there are. there really are. he woke up this morning knowing that he will not be charges with a crime in the state gaffe ga. in fact, he has not been charged with any crime at all, even though two women are alleging that they were sexually assaulted by him. one in nevada and now one in georgia. but the alleged victim in georgia could go to a civil court to seek remedy. now last night, ben roethlisberger stepped to the microphone for the very first time ever. he wanted to impart a message. take a listen. >> i am truly sorry for the disappointment and negative attention i have brought to my family, my teammates, coaches, the rooneys and the nfl. i understand that the opportunities i have been blessed with are privilege and much is expected of me as a quarterback of the pittsburgh steelers. i absolutely want to be the leader this team deserves, valued in the community and a role model to kids. i have much work to do to earn this trust, and i am committ

well, jean casarez from our sister network, trutv, in session here has the latest on the case. nd jean, i understand you had to do what we see reporters do in movies sometimes. you had to physically chase down somebody to get this information, is that right? >> i know what you're talking about and you know what, you're right. the u.s. government is saying that if you ever had a question, the mafia is alive and well, but in this particular indictment, it includes a woman. her name is suzanne porcelli and the indictment alleges she was actually involved in sex trafficking of a minor, conspiracy for sex trafficking of a minor, and sex trafficking of young women in general. what the government is alleging is that she actually got the young women to participate, had them work at strip joints, and then she would have them prostitute themselves. they also allege that she would man the phones and coerce and make the appointments and put the ads on craigslist. they said she did all of this in conjunction with the gambino crime family. i was in court yesterday when all of this was happeni

christi paul talking with jean casarez. big story of the day, the nfl is dropping the hammer on pittsburgh steelers quarterback ben roethlisberger. he will sit out six games. commissioner roger goodell has ordered the star player benched for the start of the 2010 season. goodell and the president of the steelers told roethlisberger about the suspension today. a college student having accused him of sexual assaulting her in a georgia bar last month. no criminal charges came from it, but the commissioner says that doesn't matter. >> it's about playing this game. the way you conduct yourself in a way that brings a negative reaction from our fans, from everybody involved in the league and reflects poorly on yourself and your team and the nfl, that's what the personal conduct policy is. you don't have to be convicted of a crime. you're going to be held accountable to that standard and we expect them to meet that. >> joining us now "in session" host ryan smyth. can this be appealed? >> no, no. right now it looks like it will be -