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more with mike and natisha coming up. we have phone calls and facebook comments as we try to come to the grips with the brutal, tragic death of 7-year-old somer thompson. ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ you make me happy when skies are gray ♪ ♪ you'll never know dear how much i love you ♪ ♪ please don't take my sunshine away ♪ >> heartbreaking. that is one of somer's favorite songs. "you are my sunshine." mom, deina thompson, singing with a crowd at a vigil last night. you know she will well up with tears for the rest of her life when she thinks of her little girl tragically taken so soon, found at a garbage site. it's just awful. tracy from pennsylvania writing this. "it's horrible to think that a child in america cannot walk home from school without being afraid of being abducted. it is outrageous." and tabby writing this, "when will these crimes against kids stop? how can anyone hurt an innocent, defenseless child?" again, we bring it back to that. a 7-year-old girl walking home from school with her twin brother and older sist
more with mike and natisha coming up. we have phone calls and facebook comments as we try to come to the grips with the brutal, tragic death of 7-year-old somer thompson. ♪ you are my sunshine ♪ you make me happy when skies are gray ♪ ♪ you'll never know dear how much i love you ♪ ♪ please don't take my sunshine away ♪ >> heartbreaking. that is one of somer's favorite songs. "you are my sunshine." mom, deina thompson, singing with a crowd at a vigil last night. you...
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>> i think it could be what natisha said. john morgan is a great attorney and i think he went after both of those parents in the civil case. and mike, a grand jury, when i present murder cases to grand juries, it's sacred ground. everything in there is confidential. i can't even tell you when the grand jury meets, nor can i walk ot of that room and repeat anything that happened in that room. so for those prosecutors to go to the judge, and ask to unseal grand jury testimony, they must feel that it's very important, and that they need it, and that he gave probably some critical inconsistent statements. >> got you. before we go, natisha, we have some more documents coming out later today? tomorrow? is that right? is that going to be big news? what do we think? >> not sure exactly what they're going to consist of. yeah, the documents just keep coming, mike. >> well put. they certainly do. all right. ladies, as always, we appreciate it. pam, natisha. >>> coming up, lisa nowak, the astronaut accused of attacking her rival. now the
>> i think it could be what natisha said. john morgan is a great attorney and i think he went after both of those parents in the civil case. and mike, a grand jury, when i present murder cases to grand juries, it's sacred ground. everything in there is confidential. i can't even tell you when the grand jury meets, nor can i walk ot of that room and repeat anything that happened in that room. so for those prosecutors to go to the judge, and ask to unseal grand jury testimony, they must...
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let's go to natisha. natisha, what do authorities tell us about ron cummings? no one has been completely ruled out, right? we'll start there. >> ronald cummings and crystal sheffield have been cleared of suspicion in this indication. as far as her other point, as far as misty looking at ronald cummings, i think this new interview today was a new misty that we have seen. she was a lot more forthcoming with the questions. and as ronald cummings has said in the past, he's no longer there to be that shield for misty croslin. so maybe police will be getting the answers that they have been wanting for quite some time. >> yeah, we can only hope. steve, what do you make of just a basic point, misty going out there without a lawyer or anything? i'm not for everybody being lawyered up, but if anybody needs one, it's her. >> she certainly does. that's rather foolish. but she might be, as esay in law enforcement, a loose canon. don't be surprised if down the road somebody close to her is ready to talk to the police. we might see that happen. >> natisha, let's talk about mi
let's go to natisha. natisha, what do authorities tell us about ron cummings? no one has been completely ruled out, right? we'll start there. >> ronald cummings and crystal sheffield have been cleared of suspicion in this indication. as far as her other point, as far as misty looking at ronald cummings, i think this new interview today was a new misty that we have seen. she was a lot more forthcoming with the questions. and as ronald cummings has said in the past, he's no longer there to...
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natisha, you heard the john walsh angle. what do we know about past crimes in that area where there could be some sicko coming out of retirement and killing somer thompson. >> if what he is saying is true, this could be a very likely possibility. there is a long list of children missing and those cases have been unsolved quite some time. dating back 35 years ago, not just 20 years ago. in this area, within the five-mile radius where somer thompson lived there have been 90 sex offenders who have been cleared at least at this point who police investigated, they searched their homes, spoken to their family members. this is new news that the sheriff is saying they do believe it is a predator, at least according to john walsh. before they were saying they were open to all scenarios. >> so is there anyone cesc they are zoning in on here? >> nobody specific they have mentioned so far. there is no person of interest. there is no suspect. they have questioned numerous people they have said and nobody is -- has been cleared 100% but t
natisha, you heard the john walsh angle. what do we know about past crimes in that area where there could be some sicko coming out of retirement and killing somer thompson. >> if what he is saying is true, this could be a very likely possibility. there is a long list of children missing and those cases have been unsolved quite some time. dating back 35 years ago, not just 20 years ago. in this area, within the five-mile radius where somer thompson lived there have been 90 sex offenders...
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natisha, brent. we appreciate it. >>> coming up a jury says the maker of baseball bats failed to warn about the dangers of their aluminum bats. basically holding them responsible for the death of an 18-year-old. call in, 1-877-tell-hln. @@@@ >>> welcome back to "prime news" on hln. coming up, freak dancing, to the point where two schools in california are making parents and students sign contracts so no more bumping and grinding, no more simulated sex on the dance floor. good. hey, you've got to do something to clean things up. what do you think? is this the right action, going too far? call in on this 1-877-tell-hln. that's coming up in a little bit. meantime want to hear from you on this topic, talking about louisville slugger being held responsible in the death of an 18-year-old. brandon patch. happened in 2003. because basically they did not give proper warning that the bats could be dangerous. let's read the statement from the makers of louisville slugger. here we go, it's somewhat lengthy b
natisha, brent. we appreciate it. >>> coming up a jury says the maker of baseball bats failed to warn about the dangers of their aluminum bats. basically holding them responsible for the death of an 18-year-old. call in, 1-877-tell-hln. @@@@ >>> welcome back to "prime news" on hln. coming up, freak dancing, to the point where two schools in california are making parents and students sign contracts so no more bumping and grinding, no more simulated sex on the...
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we have natisha lance and mike brooks as well. natisha, first to you as we talk about who could have done this. any new leads in this investigation. >> no new leads but they are letting us know they have not given up on this investigation. there are 50 investigators working full time on this case. as you pointed out there are about 1,400 leads. they have upped that number to 1,700 leads and tips continuing to come in. the people in this neighborhood have not ginn up. a group in the neighborhood have started a group of their own called mothers against predators. they want to bring justice for little somer thompson. >> mike, what is the number one sight? evidence from the land fill or this vacant home? >> right now i think it could be a combination of both places. where the body was found at that landfill in georgia, i guarantee you they've got a lot of evidence from there that they are not talking about anything at all. i don't blame them. they are holding their cards very close to the vest in this place. we go to the house on gano
we have natisha lance and mike brooks as well. natisha, first to you as we talk about who could have done this. any new leads in this investigation. >> no new leads but they are letting us know they have not given up on this investigation. there are 50 investigators working full time on this case. as you pointed out there are about 1,400 leads. they have upped that number to 1,700 leads and tips continuing to come in. the people in this neighborhood have not ginn up. a group in the...
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let's go to natisha lance, nancy grace producer. talk to us about the duct tape that fingerprints were found on but it happened to be a lab technician, right? investigator. talk to us about that. >> well, actually, jean, it was a hair that was found on there that belonged to this lab technician. so this duct tape has been contaminated. now, there is also a test -- remember there was that residue from a heart-shaped sticker that was on that duct tape. they apparently did a test fingerprinting on that duct tape and now that residue from that heart-shaped sticker is gone. >>> can someone let me -- come on! >> casey, hold on, sweetheart. settle down. >> nobody's letting me speak. >> i still believe my daughter. >> i believe in my daughter. >> i already answered this question. >> and you believe she was fabricating -- >> i already answered the question. i'm not answering it again. >> do you have any interest in helping us? >> i've had interest in helping law enforcement from the beginning. unfortunately, my hands were literally tied and
let's go to natisha lance, nancy grace producer. talk to us about the duct tape that fingerprints were found on but it happened to be a lab technician, right? investigator. talk to us about that. >> well, actually, jean, it was a hair that was found on there that belonged to this lab technician. so this duct tape has been contaminated. now, there is also a test -- remember there was that residue from a heart-shaped sticker that was on that duct tape. they apparently did a test...
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let's go to natisha lance, nancy grace producer.k to us about the duct tape that fingerprints were found on but it happened to be a lab technician, right? investigator. talk to us about that. >> well, actually, jean, it was a hair that was found on there that belonged to this lab technician. so this duct tape has been contaminated. now, there is also a test -- remember there was that residue from a heart-shaped sticker that was on that duct tape. they apparently did a test for fingerprinting on the duct tape and now that residue from that heart-shaped sticker is gone. >>> can someone let me -- come on! >> casey, hold on, sweetheart. settle down. >> nobody's letting me speak. >> i still believe my daughter. >> i believe in my daughter. >> i already answered this question. >> and you believe she was fabricating -- >> i already answered the question. i'm not answering it again. >> do you have any interest in helping us? >> i've had interest in helping law enforcement from the beginning. unfortunately, my hands were literally tied and i
let's go to natisha lance, nancy grace producer.k to us about the duct tape that fingerprints were found on but it happened to be a lab technician, right? investigator. talk to us about that. >> well, actually, jean, it was a hair that was found on there that belonged to this lab technician. so this duct tape has been contaminated. now, there is also a test -- remember there was that residue from a heart-shaped sticker that was on that duct tape. they apparently did a test for...
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let's bring in our experts on the ground near mom's home natisha lanz always mike brooks.eads or is everything still centering around that home? >> everything right now, mike is still centering around that home. i was out there last night until about midnight in full white jumpsuits haz-mat stutes doing all types of investigations, a bulldozer was out there late last night and they say there was heavy debris they needed help moving and a construction dumper right by this house. they say that dumpster has not been emptied since the time somer went missing or before up until now but they went thoroughly through the dumpster also going thoroughly through the house doing light testing, sensitive light testing if you looked inside you could see bright blue and green lights going off and they say that is standard procedure for an investigation such as this. they are not saying any such physical evidence led them back to this house but multiple witnesses place somer in front of this house as the last point of her being seen. >> do we know natisha, how many people saw her? because
let's bring in our experts on the ground near mom's home natisha lanz always mike brooks.eads or is everything still centering around that home? >> everything right now, mike is still centering around that home. i was out there last night until about midnight in full white jumpsuits haz-mat stutes doing all types of investigations, a bulldozer was out there late last night and they say there was heavy debris they needed help moving and a construction dumper right by this house. they say...
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i want to go out to natisha lance. you have been down there.w the latest investigation, what is going on now in orange park? >> the latest in the investigation is that there may be a break in the case according to a district attorney who is 200 miles away from where somer thompson went missing. there's a 36-year-old man who was recently arrested on about eight charges of trying to abduct two fourth grade boys. among those charges is attempted child molestation. he was recently arrested. the distriricket attorney belie could be connected to the somer thompson case. >> that's amazing. i want to go out to greg edwards, joining us by phone from albany, georgia. mr.edwards, thank you for being with us. >> caller: glad to be here. >> give us some background on this predator, kenneth kell um. >> caller: some of the information we have is he was released in 2008. he's a convicted sex offender. one of the thing that is struck us in our investigation, relative to what's going on with him here, is he was loitering near an elementary school. he has a van t
i want to go out to natisha lance. you have been down there.w the latest investigation, what is going on now in orange park? >> the latest in the investigation is that there may be a break in the case according to a district attorney who is 200 miles away from where somer thompson went missing. there's a 36-year-old man who was recently arrested on about eight charges of trying to abduct two fourth grade boys. among those charges is attempted child molestation. he was recently arrested....
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i want to go out to natisha lance. producer of the nancy grace show joining us from atlanta.. you know the latest on the investigation, what is going on now in orange park? >> the latest in the investigation is that there may be a break in the case according to a district attorney who is 200 miles away from where somer thompson went missing. there's a man, 36 years old, he was recently arrested on about eight charges of trying to abduct two fourth grade boys. among those charges is attempted child molestation. he was recently arrested. the district attorney believes due to the geographic closeness to where somer was abducted from, he could be connected to the somer thompson case. >> that's amazing. i want to go out to greg edwards, joining us by phone from albany, georgia. mr.edwards, thank you for being with us. >> caller: glad to be here. >> give us some background on this predator, kenneth kellum. >> caller: some of the information we have is he was released in 2008. he's a convicted sex offender. one of the thing that is struck us in our investigation, relative to what's
i want to go out to natisha lance. producer of the nancy grace show joining us from atlanta.. you know the latest on the investigation, what is going on now in orange park? >> the latest in the investigation is that there may be a break in the case according to a district attorney who is 200 miles away from where somer thompson went missing. there's a man, 36 years old, he was recently arrested on about eight charges of trying to abduct two fourth grade boys. among those charges is...
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. >> to natisha lance, nancy grace producer standing there live at the scene. are very focused on an abandoned home that witnesses say was one of the last places that little, somer thompson was seen. what is that investigation including? >> that's right, jean. multiple witnesses placed somer here the last time she was seen. workers worked late into the night. they had on full jumpsuits. they were looking through a construction dumpster that was on the sight. that dumpster, what investigators are telling us, has not been emptied since the time somer went missing and still has not been emptied. they thoroughly searched the dumpster and the home. it has a bit of a history. there was a fire at the home at some point and time. at that home there was ultraviolet light testing going on. if you looked through the window you could see bright blue lights, bright green lights taking place in there. they worked late into the night. they finished up at 1:00 a.m. and were working at the location tonight. >> is that designated a crime scene? is there tape around that home rig
. >> to natisha lance, nancy grace producer standing there live at the scene. are very focused on an abandoned home that witnesses say was one of the last places that little, somer thompson was seen. what is that investigation including? >> that's right, jean. multiple witnesses placed somer here the last time she was seen. workers worked late into the night. they had on full jumpsuits. they were looking through a construction dumpster that was on the sight. that dumpster, what...
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. >> to natisha lance, nancy grace producer standing there live at the scene. are very focused on an abandoned home that witnesses say was one of the last places that little, somer thompson was seen. what is that investigation including? >> that's right, jean. multiple witnesses placed somer here the last time she was seen. workers worked late into the night. they had on full jumpsuits. they were looking through a construction dumpster that was on the sight. that dumpster, what investigators are telling us, has not been emptied since the time somer went missing and still has not been emptied. they thoroughly searched the dumpster and tom it has a bit there was a fire at the home at some point and time. of a history. at that home there was ultraviolet light testing going on. if you looked through the window you could see bright blue lights, bright green lights taking place in there. they worked late into the night. they finished up at 1:00 a.m. and were working at the location tonight. >> is that designated a crime scene? is there tape around that home right now
. >> to natisha lance, nancy grace producer standing there live at the scene. are very focused on an abandoned home that witnesses say was one of the last places that little, somer thompson was seen. what is that investigation including? >> that's right, jean. multiple witnesses placed somer here the last time she was seen. workers worked late into the night. they had on full jumpsuits. they were looking through a construction dumpster that was on the sight. that dumpster, what...
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real quick i want to go back to natisha. in that area? and are they all in the clear at this point? or just for now? >> mike they have all been interviewed. i'm not going to say that they're all in the clear because nobody has been cleared in this case. but they have all been interviewed. there were five who were outstanding. they did get those interviews face-to-face as well as searching their homes, as well as speaking to their family members. they were able to locate those five people, so all of them have been spoken to and located. they were saying that it's 90-plus sex offenders in a five-mile radius in this area. >> okay. any -- what are the funeral arrangements, public memorial? is there going to be a public memorial? >> funeral arrangements were made today. it is being donated to the family. and as far as a public memorial don't think it's going to be a public memorial. however there is going to be a procession with the family. the wake is going to be on monday 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. and the funeral tuesday morning at 11:
real quick i want to go back to natisha. in that area? and are they all in the clear at this point? or just for now? >> mike they have all been interviewed. i'm not going to say that they're all in the clear because nobody has been cleared in this case. but they have all been interviewed. there were five who were outstanding. they did get those interviews face-to-face as well as searching their homes, as well as speaking to their family members. they were able to locate those five people,...