people experienced when the person is deceased. reporter: police arrested lopez in north carolina where they say he fled after the murder. they say he refuses to answer questions about the missing boy. according to new court records, police found another woman driving the suv, they also found his credit cards and a box cutter in the hotel where they arrested lopez. police also found 18 copies of lopez and mcduane s marriage certificate. he had a violent past and she was scared he would hurt her. and why a common person, i mean common could do something like that, i ll never know. reporter: now, while police are still leaving open that possibility and hoping that little william is still alive, they admit that with each day that they don t find him, the chances are that he will still alive are dimming. reporting live in montgomery county, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. thank you. lopez has not been charged in connection with william s disappearance. a key decisio