william peterson's body was laid out. his diet -- his wife died four months later, and her body was brought to this house, and she also was laid out in this house. so only six years after abraham lincoln died in this house, both petersons were dead. both relate out of this very house. interesting footnote, and auction company was brought in to sell the contents. once again, strangers gathered outside, came into the house and the two most expensive things at the auction where the sofa in the front room where mary lincoln had spent much of the night. that went from $15. and the bed on which abraham lincoln died sold for $80, which was eight or 10 times what it should have cost if it was simply a bed. so

william peterson was furious that muddy boot tracks had soiled his carpets. and when he came into this room and he saw blood he bellows, bloody sheets, bloody towels, he got so angry he opened one of these windows and through all of that material out of the window into the yard behind. two brothers who lived in the house, one was a cameraman, a photographer, the other one a painter. and they decided to bring up a bulky camera and photograph the deathbed. it still had many bloody sheets on it, a cover that was on the bed. so, they pushed the bed back into the corner to get a better photograph of the room. and so did -- they set up the camera and pointed the lens towards that end towards this hallway. as they open the front door so the morning light streamed down this hallway. and they took one or two exposures of abraham lincoln's death that, which were lost for a 100 years. i consider that for the graph to be the most vivid and shocking historical photo in american history. no one knows why they did it. they never try to commercialize it. they didn't try to m

district attorney mark peterson says an earlier dna says linked the man known as william wild bill huff to deanna butterfield. her strangled boydy was found in tilden park in oakland in 1987. but because she was a prostitute, it only proved they had sexual relations. the new dna test linked him to another rape and strangulation that happened six years later in san pablo. the d.a. said that was the big break in the case. >> but now with two females six years apart, both being sexually assaulted and asphyxiated, we believe that's tough proof to prove he committed the crime. >> investigators are asking anyone who has information about huff or other similar cold cases to call their local police department. >>> at this hour, oakland police are looking for two men who stole a woman's purse and dragged her with her car in front of her home t was all caught on -- home. it was all caught on camera. brian flores is live at police headquarters with an update. >> reporter: i can say this remains an active investigation. the robbers responsible for this remain at large. but there is a good lead beca

district attorney mark peterson says an earlier dna test linked the man known as william wild bill huff to diana butterfield. because she was a prostitute it only proved he had sexual relations. the new dna test linked huff to another rape and strangulation that happened six years later in san pablo. the da says that was the big break in the case. >> but now with two females six years apart, we believe that is sufficient proof beyond reasonable doubt to prove he economied the crime. >> investigators are asking anyone who has information about huff to call their local police department. >>> today state regularlators are set to vote on a record fine in the san bruno pipeline disaster that killed eight people and injured 58 others. the commission could approve a $1.6 billion fine against pg&e. the meeting starts at 9:30 this morning. the utility violated state and federal safety laws regarding the safe operation of its transmission lines. pg&e still faces federal charges in that disaster. >>> solano county congressman is -- now right now railroads do not have to alert anyone including emer

district attorney mark peterson says an earlier dna said linked the man known as william wild bill huffeanna butterfield. her stranger body was found in tilden park in oakland in 1987. but because she was a prostitute, it ownly proved that they had sexual relations. the new test linked him to another rape and strike ugation that happened -- strangulation that happened. the district attorney said that was a big break in the case. >> now with two females six years apart both being sexually assaulted and asphyxiated, we believe that's sufficient proof to prove he committed the crime. >> now, investigators are asking anyone who has information about huff or other similar cold cases contact the local police department. >>> 7:37. happening today, governor brown will meet with water, environmental and agricultural leaders in sacramento to discuss the drought. the meeting is expected to focus on different ways californians with conserve more water. last week, the governor announced mandatory 25% water reductions. he said the state must become more resilient, more efficient and more innovative i

mark peterson says an earlier dna test linked the man known as william wild bill huff to diana butterfieldse she was a prostitute, it only proved that they had sexual relations. the new dna test linked huff to another rape and strangulation that happened six years lateener san pablo and the da says that was the break in the case. >> but now with two females six years apart, we believe that is sufficient proof beyond reasonable doubt. >> investigators are asking anyone who knows anything about huff or any other unsolved rape and murder cases to call their local police department. >>> a very intense man hunt in san jose ended with the arrest of two men who may be responsible for a string of car thefts. they swarmed the neighborhood yesterday afternoon and at one point put a school on lockdown before they captured the suspects. police say this has been a very bad year for car thefts. about 45 cars are stolen every day between january and march of this year. the task force recovered 186 stolen cars and they made 89 arrests. >> it's just not stealing a car to drive it around. we see a lot of th