of course, if you have any information on the murder of lauren giddings, please call the macon police department. or call crimestoppers: judge jeanine: coming up, steven mcdaniels is a person of interest. he s also charged with burglary. does that make him a murderer?
macon police department. amy lee womack is a reporter. thanks for being with us this evening. chief, what is the lateness this case? what is the latest in this case? we completed one search warrant yesterday. the day before, we came up with different items that we shipped to the fbi academy we shipped into the crime lab. judge jeanine: are there any suspects? what can you tell us about the suspects? we have several people of interest. when we started we had a get number, we have slowly narrowed them down through checking their alibis, process of elimination. we are getting closer. judge jeanine: why did this guy mcdaniel become a focus of the police? we check to start with boyfriends, girlfriends, neighbors. he was a neighbor. he inserted himself into the search for her the night before, going to apartment the
incident the thursday before this. but she didn t say she felt unsafe to live in that apartment. judge jeanine: the incident the day before? it was the thursday before. saturday night she had written the e-mail talking about thursday night. that she had thought someone had tried to break into her apartment. judge jeanine: police have identified a person of interest this stephen mcdaniels. you have met him. do you think he s capable of doing this? it is hard for me to believe that anyone that i looked into their eyes that it could be them. i m very trusting. i have a lot of faith in humanity. for me it is hard to believe that. right now, i m going i d go with any evidence the police give membership am i trust them. i trust the fbi. i m very thankful they are involved in this case. judge jeanine: thank you kaitlin and sarah. now to the investigation itself. mike burns is chief of the macon police department. amy lee womack is a reporter. thanks for being with us this
evidence collected and sent to the labs for dna. judge jeanine: they are putting it together. dr. wecht, do you have a theory on how a woman as strong and healthy as this was subdued very quickly? she had to have been knocked on the head. a 6 foot woman, agile, athlete she could not have been subdued so easily without producing some kind of a disturbance that would have come to the attention of the people around her. i think she was attacked in some kind of clandestine, surreptitious fashion, most likely knocked unconscious and everything took place after that. that s why i get back to someone with a sexual proclivity with a deep feeling of disrespect and even hatred for this young woman. judge jeanine: great panel many thank you for being with us. if you have any information on the murder of lauren giddings, please call the macon police
evidence collected and sent to the labs for dna. judge jeanine: they are putting it together. dr. wecht, do you have a theory on how a woman as strong and healthy as this was subdued very quickly? she had to have been knocked on the head. a 6 foot woman, agile, athlete she could not have been subdued so easily without producing some kind of a disturbance that would have come to the attention of the people around her. i think she was attacked in some kind of clandestine, surreptitious fashion, most likely knocked unconscious and everything took place after that. that s why i get back to someone with a sexual proclivity with a deep feeling of disrespect and even hatred for this young woman. judge jeanine: great panel many thank you for being with us. if you have any information on the murder of lauren giddings, please call the macon police