down. accident. we just didn t believe. you could tell he was beaten. reporter: now the family is asking the school board to row lease any surveillance video from that day to see if any clues could be found there. we believe that these videotapes would clearly answer many of the questions surfaced over these many months. reporter: in june, the johnson s exhumed kendrick s body and hired a doctor to conduct an autopsy and he checked that bruised right side jaw. we saw there was intet blunt force trauma to that area. reporter: he took blows to the neck? he took at least one county to the neck. reporter: the investigators stand behind their investigation. we found an area on the wall that appeared to be blood and twested it and it was blood and we did dna testing and it was not the blood of johnson. reporter: did you find out who it was? as of now, we have not. but it doesn t appear to be related to our crime in any way.
good morning. i m diana perez. i m john muller. here are some of the top stories we re following this morning on world news now. former president george w. bush expected released from a dallas hospital today after heart surgery. doctors placed a stent to open a clogged artery. jurors in the james whitey bulger trial begin their second day of deliberations. they re being asked to decide if the alleged mob boss was responsible for 19 murders. among other crimes. investigation is opening in switzerland into the deadly crash of a hot air balloon, that struck power lines before plunging 165 feet to the ground. a man from california was killed, his wife, two daughters and the balloon s pilot suffering serious injuries. tonight s powerball jackpot will be worth at least $425 million. the fourth largest top prize in the lottery s history. your odds of hitting all five numbers and the powerball number are one in 175 million. that s it?
ntsb says the captain of the southwest jet took control from the first officer 400 feet from the ground. experts say that s highly unusual unless there is profound safety issues on that plane. 16 people were hurt when the plane landed as its nose gear collapsed. in switzerland an investigation under way into the deadly crash of a hot air balloon, yesterday morning, a family from california enjoying a special adventure. abc s lama hasan reports from switzerland. reporter: horrifying images of what was meant to be an american family summer holiday. remnants of their now deflated hot air balloon. the overturned basket that carried the family, a pair of shoes strewn on the ground. the family of four had been traveling for two hours in clear weather soaking in this breathtaking scenery when suddenly their hot air balloon hit an electricity power line. plunging 165 feet they came crashing to the ground. the adamson family well known in malibu were on vacation here in switzerland.
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