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pnc bank. for the achiever in you. >>> hey there everyone, i'm alex witt.is what is happening. >>> deadly violence continues to take a terrifying toll in syria after at least 57 civil yaps have been killed in armored assaults across the country. among them, 38 in the eastern city of deir el-dour. >>> demonstrations in london erupted into a riot thursday. protesters threw moltov cocktails and looted buildings. 26 police officers were injured in the arrest. >>> more on that later. now, back to more "unfinished business" here on msnbc. >>> reporter: the company made garment conveying systems and sold them for millions every year. in the halls of the business office of erie manufacturing, four people, three men and a woman, had been shot dead. florida state detective agent tommy ray thought he could prove that nelson serrano, an ousted business partner, had done it, even though he claimed to be in atlanta that day and a hotel security camera backed that story up. he's got a good alibi, doesn't he? he's 500 miles away. >> he had planned it out well. >> reporter:

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