everyone else at a red light. i thought from a far distance it was a remo control plane. as it continues going north it got bigger and bigger and bigger. reporter: the most bizarre traffic stop in trooper clint thompson s 20 plus year. i m looking at gaps in the road and hoping it doesn t come down and hit a car. reporter: authorities say the pilot reported fuel system malfunction. no one was hurt. trooper thompson helped push the plane off the roadway, a shocking morning mayday that somehow barely disturbed the flow of traffic. steve patterson, nbc news. we ll take a break. when we come back, holding the beef in fast food. is it better for you? audrey s. eating right? on it! staying active? on it. audrey thinks she s doing all she can to manage her type 2 diabetes and heart disease but is her treatment doing enough to lower her heart risk? [sfx: crash of football players colliding off-camera.] maybe not. jardiance is the number 1 prescribed pill in its class. jardiance can r
the gun back so it couldn t be used in any other crimes. he indicated that we would never find the gun, it was thrown down a sewer, and later on he recanted that story saying someone else had the gun and we would never find it. john skinner pled guilty to second-degree murder. he was sentenced to life in prison. i m glad for the forensic scientists that were able to close this case. i think that audrey rests better, knowing that her kids don t have to wonder what happened and her friends don t have to wonder what happened. while investigating homicides, the first line of defense is forensic sciences. the person coming in and fuming the floors, obtaining fingerprints. without them, would half of the crimes be solved? probably not. as technology progresses, i hope forensic science does. in this case, forensic science was at the very heart of
sneaker left a partial print on the broken shard. his other shoe left a partial print on the linoleum floor. audrey heard the commotion, grabbed her telephone, ran into the bathroom, locked the door and called police. 911. someone broke into my house. when skinner heard this, he kicked open the bathroom door and killed her. [ screaming ] [ shot ] police arrive within five minutes, but skinner had already fled with audrey s purse. inside was all of $100 in cash. his drive to get money was more important than a human life. his downfall was the fact that he was wearing those spaldings. there s no reason for his footwear impressions to be there, because he did not know the victim, the victim did not know him. police questioned skinner one last time. he asked about the evidence against him.
audrey s murder, police got a break. police apprehended a man breaking into a home just down the street from audrey s. get down on the ground! irony of ironies. they end up with a home nearby audrey s that was broken into, and the guy s wearing sneakers. not only is he wearing sneakers, but he s wearing spalding sneakers. there were glass fragments embedded right in the shoes of the first suspect s shoes. it s like, whoa, is this the guy? and glimmers of hope that maybe there had been a solution to the audrey slaying. but it didn t turn out to be that simple. imagine - she won t have to remember passwords.
tennis shoes was about the only given that we had. a month after audrey s death, a pedestrian found her purse in a field about a mile from her home. her identification was inside, but all the money was gone. this proved robbery was a motive, but why murder? it was an unanswered question for all of us. it was like, who would do this, why would they do it, and how? how did they choose her? research shows criminals often commit their crimes close to where they live. so, police focused their search in the surrounding areas but got no leads. you always fear that this might be one of those cold cases that might end up on the shelf, and this was a very, very serious case. so, we had this concern that we hoped this one doesn t go cold. then, six weeks after