jolt for jurors. they literally walked in the killer s footsteps at erie manufacturing. the word erie was very fitting that day. lucy, was it chilling for you to walk into this place? yes, especially the office where the three gentlemen were. it was much smaller in person than i felt it was in the pictures. and just being in there, i wanted to get out. reporter: there they saw the ceiling tile that had been moved, where serrano had been accused of hiding a gun used in the murders. but as for a supposedly telltale dusty footprint on a chair beneath that tile, some jurors dismissed it as evidence. it shouldn t make no difference whatsoever to me. reporter: but what preoccupied jurors most was the tight time line of the theory of the crime. just ten hours for serrano to fly, drive, murder, fly again and be back in atlanta and be photographed by a hotel security camera. a complicated scheme, wasn t it? it was crazy. i mean, it was only ten hours.
the ceiling carved out. once they climb the ladder and move the ceiling tile, it leads to an attic that leads to another tiny room. in it a marijuana grow. but not the size they re expecting. this is a relatively small indoor grow. 11 plants. maybe about ten inches to a foot tall. they re not seedling plants. they re getting started. he says even this small grow can yield a surprising amount of money. these little plants are deceiving. once they grow to maturity, they will yield in less than three months 11 pounds of marijuana. worth over $50,000. there are those who would say you re putting all this effort into this, why don t you concentrate on the bigger drugs, cocaine, heroin, meth amphetamine, prescription pills is this a good use of time and resources for the dea? this is an excellent use. we re targeting everything. all the drugs you just
customers. fast food restaurant in battle creek took a direct hit. we had a lady freaking out. she s screaming and all we hear is our manager scream get in the women s bathroom. our back entrance door busted out. glass, ceiling tile, light hanging down. roof caves in in the dining room. the splintered lumber and chunks of concrete have not been cleared, but some in joplin, missouri are already rebuilding from this month s tornado. at a memorial service on sunday, president obama called attention to home depot worker dean wells. he led people to safety until a wall of the store collapsed on top of him. that s how he was. he helped anybody an everybody and he died doing it. he was always helping other people. i mean i miss him but i m glad that if he had to lose his life, he lost it the way that he lived
it s memorial day, may 30th, 2011. president obama is at arlington national sepl tore. live pictures paying tribute to those men and women who gave their lives to defend our country. shortly the president will speak at arlington s amphitheater. his address live, as well as remarks from mike mullen and defense secretary robert gates. arlington national cemetery, 624 acres of hallowed ground, the final resting place for fallen troops from all of america s wars, including the most recent. the war dead from iraq and afghanistan are laid to rest in an area that s known as section 60. our correspondent chris lawrence is there on this memorial day. chris, describe for us if you can the significance of this place that some call the saddest acre in america. reporter: well, suzanne, this is where most of the iraq and afghanistan war dead have been buried. so for a lot of these families the wounds are still very fresh. they have lost their loved ones in the last year, the last
right now we re just waiting on the k-9 to see if he can detect anything. the dog s trained to detect the smell of marijuana. he s the best tool we have to detect that. dea agent jeannette moran says she became suspicious during the search as the owner rushes them room to room. i ve never seen anybody go through a house that quickly opening doors. every door must have been closed. i think we went from one end of the house to the other in three seconds flat. once inside the bathroom moran s trained ears perk up. we could hear blowers. except if you look at the bathroom, there s no blower attached. you can see all the drywall that s been torn down to help put the grow up. the giveaway? a ladder in a clothes closet with a tile in the ceiling carved out. once they climbed the ladder and moved the ceiling tile, it leads to an attic that leads to another tiny room. in it, a marijuana grow. but not the size they re expecting. this is a relatively small