expanding. when you see that, what is your first impression of the challenges officers are facing? what first comes to mind, we get closer to nightfall, it s going to become more difficult to identify and locate these suspects. also, the search will continue throughout tonight if necessary, and as it continues, the search area will grow larger and larger, we also have homes in that area. it s much different from the last case like this, when we investigated, homes as populated, we would hope that one of these people does not get into someone s home, commandeer it, take someone hostage. they are dangerous people, and we need to get them into custody quickly. how challenging is it to search these swamp and wooded areas, is it easier because it seems to be confined by the road and other homes? no, it s extremely difficult, brianna, it s not confined, from the time this incident happened, about 8:00 a.m. chicago time.
just a few steps off the highway, an abandoned trailer, where it turns out richard matt found shelter. inside, insects and spider webbs, old sleeping bags and a closet, silverware sitting in an old mason jar, and a tee pot still on the stove. john shodat lives right across the street. to my knowledge, he had been staying there a few days. and on the day after his birthday, on friday, he decided, apparently, to shoot at a passing camper. probably to slow them down and maybe, you know, commandeer it and take them somewhere. but they kept going. law enforcement are closer than ever. they carefully close in on richard matt, who is found lying here, behind a tree, armed with a shotgun, and in hiding. a cough gives him away. matt is just a five-minute walk from the abandoned trailer when
year ago, loved ones of those on board have been waiting desperately for answers. there have been a number of theories as to what happened to the plane. and our sara sidner has more. reporter: good night malaysian 370. the last word anyone would hear from the ill-fated flight causing unimaginable grief. and unleashing theories from the technical to the sinister. among them the pilot crashed the plane on purpose. investigators looked into whether suicide could have been a reason ultimately the international independent investigation committee said it found no indications that would cast suspicion on him or the crew. terrorism. did some one commandeer or hijack the plane to crash it. experts are divided on thisser to. but hijackers, usually have clear demand. that never materialized. and no terrorist group claimed responsibility which led
since flight 370 disappeared a year ago. a search that really yielded few answers. certainly a multitude of theories. sara sidner reports. reporter: good night, malaysian 370, the last word anyone would ever hear from the ill-fated flight. causing unimaginable grief. and unleashing theories from the technical to the sinister. among them, the pilot crashed the plane on purpose. investigators looked into whether suicide could have been a reason. ultimately the international independent investigation committee said it found no indications that would cast suspicion on him or the crew. terrorism. did some one commandeer or hijack the plane to crash it. experts are divided on the issue. hijackers usually have clear demand. that never materialized. and no terrorist group claimed responsibility which led investigators to believe those options are not viable. the plane landed some where.
i don t have any feeling at all that that could happen. sounds like his audio wasn t work. did the viewers hear it? i heard it. he scoffed at it. i heard you both laughing. it s one of the worst theories. he said. all right. let s move on the al qaeda one. did al qaeda hijack the missing plane? this is one a lot of people believe. how difficult would it be for terrorists given what we now know is that there were no communications from the ground that indicated anything was wrong. there was no communication between these pilots to themselves or anyone else that indicated they had intent to do anything. al qaeda has said we wished we had thought of it and we didn t. but it just doesn t jibe. there s ways that a pilot can signal that the airline is being hijacked without a hijacker knowing it. the codes, right. and none of those happened. what about the theory a lot of people have which is they wanted to take this jet, commandeer it for a future attack.