peter moore, whose family owned the farm, did not like roberto. he even admitted he had challenged roberto to a fight. investigators were zeroing in on peter. then a mysterious clue would land right on their doorstep. it was a letter. and whoever wrote it had serious inside information. here again is keith morrison. reporter: the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms has become something of a legend at solving puzzles, these little bits and pieces, fragments of this and that were about all that was left around roberto ayala s body the day of the explosion. a story in there somewhere thought the atf. agent brian parker was assigned to find out what it was. what does this tell you overall? there was an incredible amount of force in the explosion.
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it was a letter. and whoever wrote it had serious inside information. here again is keith morrison. reporter: the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearm has become something of a legend at solving puzzles. these little bits and pieces. fragments of this and that were about all that was left around roberto ayala s body the day of the explosion. story in there somewhere, thought the atf. agent brian parker was assigned to find out what it was. what does this tell you overall? well, what it tells us is that there was an incredible amount of force in the explosion. most of these pieces were once part of the electrical box. you have washers. different types of hardware in here. screws. nuts. wire. reporter: just trash but a few fragments be just a handful looked like they were pieces from a different puzzle.
one thing was clear, peter moore, whose family owned the farm, did not like roberto. he even admitted he had challenged roberto to a fight. investigators were zeroing in on peter. then, a mysterious clue would land right on their doorstep. it was a letter. and whoever wrote it had serious inside information. here again is keith morrison. reporter: the bureau of alcohol, tobacco, and firearms has become something of a legend at solving puzzles. these little bits and pieces, fragments of this and that were about all that was left around roberto ayala s body the day of the explosion. a story in there somewhere thought the atf. agent brian parker was assigned to find out what it was. what does this tell you overall? what it tells us is there was an incredible amount of force in the explosion. reporter: most of these
has become something of a legend at solving puzzles, these little bits and pieces, fragments of this and that were about all that was left around roberto ayala s body the day of the explosion. a story in there somewhere thought the atf. agent brian parker was assigned to find out what it was. what does this tell you overall? what it tells us is there was an incredible amount of force in the explosion. reporter: most of these pieces were once part of the electrical box. you have washers. different types of hardware in here, screws, nuts, wire. reporter: other pieces just trash. but a few fragments, just a handful, looked like they were pieces from a different puzzle. odd. cells from a 9 volt battery, galvanized steel ripped apart. reporter: parker sent off the misfit bits and pieces to the atf s west coast crime lab for analysis. to determine whether or not there was explosive residue present on some of the fragments
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