explosives and chemicals. >> charles ritenhouse employee badge still hangs in his car. for 16 years, the 72-year-old riddenhouse worked as a chem qal engineer in fairfield. a company specializing in making compulsion mechanics for aircraft. a spokesperson says of ritenhouse, quote as a chemist part of his job is mixing chemicals to be able to function in the systems. still, not specifying what was found in the home but materials also included military explosive c 4, dynamite, what appeared to be depleted uranium. >> atf locate aid container, which is labeled depleted uranium. they're not sure. i spoke to them, they're not sure what the yimt s. >> some chemicals and powders that, it seems to me, have confiscated can be used in making of fire works and other commercial applications and there is a fine line between making chemical autos it's very dense and such often used to encapsule yait radio active materials and also used in weapon buzz not for nuclear properties. according to this physicist, depleted uranium is a common containment material used by taliban in it's imp

police say ritenhouse was living in the home with the womens' dead bodies but who the role may be in murders remains a mystery. >> i can tell you we do not know motives he had in regards to the homicide. >> and autopsies were expected to be performed today on both of the bodies of the women found in the home. and there is a confusion that will not be made public for a couple weeks. police say another woman was found outside in the backyard and both bodies were badly decomposed. >> and there is a plis trying to figure out how charles ritenhouse got rid of chemicals and explosives insueding some radio active materials. investigators found boxes of the items stored in his home and in a storage unit. he told authorities the items came from his job. investigators say they checked and that is not true. and abc 7 news learned it included what may be depleted uranium. >> atf locate aid container labeled depleted uranium. they're not sure what this ilt yim is. >> it has a number of industrial uses. it's what is left after it's processed to separate bombed rur yain yim out. police will not spe

. >> now, mullens is still calling ritenhouse a quote, person of interest in the murders of his wife and her friend. they were found last tuesday, one inside of the house, the other in the backyard. the prime suspect with two others remains valdemoro, shot and killed after a high-speed chase in richmond. and as for the ritenhouse, the d.a.would not rule out pose kbriblt that he could be charged in some way related to the two murders but at this point the d.a.told me there is still, quote a lot of investigating to do in this case. and so they say if charges are to come, this will come later, again, at last word, charles ritenhouse still in jail behind me. he has yet to post bail, but according to his attorney, that could happen any time now. live in fairfield abc 7 news. >> thank you. now, meantime a search continues in a pittsburgh landfill for frederick salas, son of one of the murder victims reported missing the same time his father's body was found in a hercules home. they fear there may be another victim. the search will continue through the end of the week. >> bay area religious

shackled at the waist charles ritenhouse appeared on two felony counts related to chemicals and explosives found in his home and in a storage unit including a military explosive c 4 dynamite and a container that appeared to contain depleted uranium. the attorney enter yaird not guilty plea asking the judge why her client's bail remains so high at $2 million. >> given the charges he's been charged with? >> the charge cited allegations ritenhouse may be involved in two homicides bodies discovered in his home police call him a person of interest in the murders of his wife and her friend. his attorney claims the tenants had nothing to do with the murder and found out with b.the bodies when police arrived tuesday. >> i have reason to believe the bodies were put there tuesday, the day of the arrest. i don't know who killed them. i don't know if it was my client. and shot and killed by police in richmond tuesday night baldarmo was a once wun time house mate of right after thisenhouse and has been implicated in the deaths of his girlfriend cindy tran and rick salas. salas' son is still missing. po

ritenhouse has not been charged. craigslist shut down the adults services section. it says censored and there are no ads. ten days ago 17 attorneys general wrote an open letter to the company asking it to take down the section because they claim some people use to sell prostitution and child trafficking. we contacted the company to find out if the section was shut down voluntarily. we have not yet heard back. >>> the documentary on the alleged army coverup of pat tillman is playing in the bay area. a special group of people just got out of the theater. rhea taramina is live with that. >> reporter: diane, we are here at prune yard cinemas where a group of the moviegoers were leyland high school football players where tillman played football before joining the nfl as well as the u.s. army. the documentary style movie about pat tillman who grew up in san jose, went to high school here explored how his family was told different stories about his demise. he left a lucrative career in football to fight for his country. he was a member of the u.s. army special forces and d

we're told ritenhouse is a engineer for a company in suisun. right now there's evidence linked to the two bodies found in the house. there's also no explanation as to why all of those explosives were found in a house. while two bodies can be linked to valdemoro, right now three cannot. and authorities fear with his death last night answers of what happened to those three individuals may not be answered. >> that they found uranium. are they attributing the uranium to this man's job as well, the engineer? >> reporter: right now, the information we've been provided is by investigative sources. so the hunt for clues is figuring out where the uranium came from where the c-4 came from. this is truly a mystery as to why all of those explosives would be in the house and more specific, why all of these explosives would be in the house with two decaying bodies and this individual never reported it. >> one more question. are they gonna bring the feds in that they -- now that they found uranium? >> reporter: that's a very good question. we know that the ca

there is possibility of being blown up and now, it's not clear the connection between ritenhouse and his wife. he stayed in this house and had keys to the house and drove the couples cars. police asked whether ritenhouse knew the two bodies including his wife's who had been in this house and with they say he say he did not not like like a quote norjs person would when finding out this information. as for explosives, police believe he brought them home from work as a chemical engineer for a company in fairfield. police would not say what they thought he planned to do with those explosives. abc 7 news. >> thank you. and some facts about the c 4 explosives, it's full name is compensation 4. research development explosives. it's more stable than powder explosives and because it's plastic can be molded to direct impact the explosion. and it will not go off if it's drop or burned. it's stable stuff. it's taking a detonateor or a blasting company in order to set it off. >> authorities issued a warning for main who may have aid aid gang member accused of shooting a fremont police officer. he

and but we do know from police that charles ritenhouse, the occupant of the home, the husband of one of the women killed brought those homes chemicals, we're told from his work as a chemical engineer. a complicated and bizarre scene here. >> that is how neighbors described the scene. two women were found dead in a scene one detective likened to the movie "silence of the lambs". >> it appears the bodies had been here several days. so one body was inside of the residence, the second body in the backyard. >> reporter: police believe the women are the two missing friends. the two women known to frequent casinos and allen's husband reported his wife missing sunday. >> we came out to make contact with the husband to speak to him further about his missing wife is when officers investigate -- identified, discovered the bodies there at the house besides the bodies police found explosives at the home. a detective told abc 7 the materials include military explosive c 4, and dynamite. along with asorted bomb-making chemicals. additional explosives were found on lemon street in vallejo. >> i yims

. >>> solano county prosecutors agreed to a request by ritenhouse's attorney to cut his bail in this case. police bound bomb-making materials at his home along with the body of his wife and her friend. ritenhouse is not charged with the deaths. >>> it's now up to the california supreme court to hand down its decision on governor schwarzenegger's order furloughs. >> the governor has already admitted that he lacks the authority to do this. >> how? >> they made their cases for and against the furloughs. at issue here is whether the governor has the authority to force workers to take days off. they claim the state constitution does not give the governor the power to furlough state workers. the governor says it does during a fiscal emergency. >> i would submit that the governor has boat the implied and inherent authority to furlough in the lease disruptive fashion possible both for employees and for the state. this rises out of had his constitutional rule to oversee the state's finances and to manage the state's work. >> the plaintiffs also argue that the governor's order violates califor

charles ritenhouse entered a plea of not guilty. his bail remains high at $2 million because of allegations the 72-year-old may have been involved in murders of two women found in his house that have been identified. >> i think he's a victim in this case. >> and police say he remains a person of interest. investigators blame did he not act normal when confronted with with information. and his attorney said someone else put them there. >> there is reason to believe they were put there that day. >> now ritenhouse was back in court here next week autopsies have been completed on the bodies found in the house. and police are not releasing the cause of death. teams will be back at it tomorrow morning. in fair feemd abc 7 news. >> politics for just a moment. republican senate candidate carl yoo fiorina took a stance on prop 23 today endorsing ballot initiative designed to delay california's global warming laws just two days after fiorina refused to take a position during her debate with barbara boxer saying she wasn't ready to do so. >> d

police say charles ritenhouse was living in the house with the dead bodies. he's in jail not for murder buzz all of the high-powered explosives on the property. investigators are hoping the answers to the mystery may lay in the landfill but after four days, hope is all they have to go on. >> basically what they're doing is they're following any possibility as most of the major players in this case are deceased or missing. >> at the give ace sense of how tedious this is, that excavateor collects debris one bucket at a time. each gets moved to a cleaner section. the searchers go through that by hand going through that bucket takes at least 30-40 minutes per bucket. again this is a process could keep searchers here another two days. reporting from pittsburgh abc 7 news. >> thank you. and a livermore man is in jail after police say he stabbed his 14-year-old son 11 times. severs day the 48-year-old gary gomez was fishing with his wife and son and his son's two friends this weekend. yesterday, around 2:00 in the morning gomez got into a fight with his son. police

we know they're in connection with charles ritenhouse's job. >> investigators sources tell cbs 5 crews thought they were only removing highly explosive c4 from the storage unit. but now sources tell cbs 5 something much more sinister was found with the c4. uranium. that's the radioactive chemical used in armor piercing ammunition or bombs. >> what his motive was to have that material, we don't know. >> reporter: they're also at a loss as to why rittenhouse stayed in a house with a body decayed in there and in the back yard. initially made them appear to be chopped up. investigators called it a scene from silence of the lambs and are operating under the assumption it's the remains of administrate and allen. that's when valdemoro. that's his corvette in the garage. >> she was screaming outside that door. she would scream and the husband would say go inside, shut up. and he'd look at me saying don't mind her. >> reporter: now police don't know if rittenhouse is the killer or valdemoro. the corvette showed up today abandoned. weeks away from the house where police say valdemoro bludgeoned

ritenhouse and his wife and her friend, living together on and off for years. >>> the national transportation safety board released its national findings on the plane crash in the san francisco bay that killed three people. the plane crashed into a lagoon in redwood city shortly after takeoff thursday. the body of a woman was recovered shortly after the crash. the twin engine beech craft was lifted from the lagoon yesterday with the bodies of two men inside. investigators say the early investigation failed to pinpoint any obvious cause for the crash. >> a preliminary examination shows that all of the flight surfaces are accounted for in the correct position. >> the plane had dual controls. it is unclear who was actually piloting the plane. the ntsb expects to release the preliminary report in five to 10 days. a final report will take six to nine months. >>> preventing tragedy on the roads. that is what chp is trying to do this holiday weekend. at near woods national monument, officers are inspecting tour buss to make sure they are safe and that their drivers are properly licensed. officers sa

. >>> the attorney for 20-year- old charles ritenhouse will have ask -- will ask a judge to reduce his bail. police say they found bomb- making material at his home along with the bodies of his wife and wife's friend. valdemoro was an acquaintance of it those woman and have tied him to their death. >>> well, funding for a b.a.r.t. project could get the green light tonight. jade hernandez is in oakland getting reaction from riders. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. critics say it's too much money but the vote is in three hours. we're live at the b.a.r.t. alameda street location. this is where passengers get off before they can get on to air b.a.r.t. and go to the airport. passengers pay an extra $3, exact change for a bus ride and then wait for the bus to fill. >> b.a.r.t. wants to allocate offset moneys lost in february for a project to oakland international. but it would be between $68 and $100 in taxpayer money per rider. the tram would carry riders 3.2 miles, the total price tag is set around $484 million. some riders are ready for -- ready for the change despite the cost. >>

as mentioned, police arrest e charles ritenhouse. he is married to one of the deceased women. he is a chemical engineer. we still don't know exactly why it is that he kept the explosives and chemicals in his home. atf agents uncovered c-4, dynamite and huge chemicals for making bombs. they are continuing to remove the explosives from inside the home. exactly what motivated the killing spree may never be known. the man police believe was behind it all is dead. and many people who knew him say he rarely revealed details about his life. nbc bay area's tracy grant is live in hercules to tell us more about this shady character. >> reporter: well, that is what they say. and we're going to have some more information about him. but right now i want you to take a look at this. we are live at an office park here in hercules. you can see the white cadillac he is ka la escalade is that being towed. away. police believe the this is the same car that ms. allen owns. valdormaro was spotted in a similar car recently and may have dumped that car here. we spoke to some people today that said he