stacy honowitz, florida assistant state attorney general. thank you all for joining us. ted, first, to the police chief's comments. what brought about this change? >> basically, he said that there isn't change. from the beginning, they have treated this basically like, as he put it, an investigation into the worst-case scenario. so they're treating it like a homicide investigation. if it turns out that's not what they needed to do, then they did the work and they won't use it. but if the coroner comes back and says this is a homicide, then they're prepared to have the information. so basically his message is, is it still a death investigation? yes. are we prepared for it to be a homicide investigation? absolutely. and we're waiting for the coroner. >> trent, i heard the chief use the word corroboration. we're looking for corroboration. doesn't that sound like it ratchets up this investigation? >> it does. and jim, as you know as an attorney, you know, the word corroboration typically has a real meaning in court. it means, look, we're looking for something to further subs

stacy honowitz is in plantation. bradford cohen is in ft. lauderdale. t you were asking the sheriff. i think a lot of people are looking at this case and thinking to themselves, fit was just the motive of simple robbery, why were seven men involved in training ninja style and planning so hard and long for something like this? so right now all we do know is the mote sieve robbery. of course, the state attorney's office is not going to reveal a lot of factors. i think as this case comes about, and i truly believe that the woman who was charged with accessory is going to talk, in other words, she'll be the flip witness, i think we'll learn more and more about what the motive will be in this case. if there is an additional motive to robbery. >> larry: bradford, would they have one attorney? would they all be tried together? would the 16-year-old be stride separately? what's your read? >> i think they'll all be tried together, they're not going to have one attorney, obviously. it will turn out to be a conflict. i think what's going to happen is what stacy sai