the physical characteristics of the die and the hairs themselves were consistent with hairs collected from ginger hayes. the harris recovered from the tire rim exhibited all the same microscopic traits as the hair coming from the victim. during questioning, investigators noticed some dark brown stains on edwards shoes and clothing. those stains were blood and the dna profile of that blood was compared to the tire at the crime scene. the results left no doubt. certainly, the presence of the victim s blood on the subject s clothing is suggestive of certainly an interaction between these two individuals. semen recovered from the rain kit provided the final proof. dna testing showed it was from andre edwards.
the physical characteristics of the dye and the hairs themselves were consistent with hairs collected from ginger hayes. the hairs recovered from the tire rim exhibited the same microscopic characteristics as the known head hair samples coming from the victim. during police questioning, investigators noticed some dark brown stains on edwards shoes and clothing. those stains were blood, and the dna profile of that blood was compared to the blood found on the tire at the crime scene. the results left no doubt. certainly, the presence of the victim s blood on the subject s clothing is suggestive of certainly an interaction between these two individuals. semen recovered from the rape kit provided the final proof. dna testing showed it was from andre edwards.
report. edwards was accused of usingly a million dollars in campaign money to hide his mistress and their love child. the jury finding edwards not guilty on one count. could not agree on five others. the judge declaring a mistrial late today. edwards had been facing up to 30 years in prison if found guilty. and even though he is now a free man, he still faces a long way from the former u.s. senator who wanted to win the white house. steve centanni with more on edwards downfall. more tonight from washington. john edwards journey to the courthouse steps today was one filled with ups and downs. it s been a long odyssey. he was born poor in 1953 in the town of robbins north carolina. his father a mill worker struggled to make ends meet and john struggled to make a mark for himself. eventually getting a law degree from the university of north carolina chapel hill in 1977. that s where met his wife elizabeth. they married that same year and went on to have four children.
his daughter, cate has been by his side every day. he caught a baseball game yesterday, i think, trying to take his mind off of what must be on the mind of the jury. but this has ten a clear toll on edwards. will this jury work through the holiday? what is the schedule? well, this jury has been taking off early on fridays. so tomorrow is the beginning of the holiday weekend, of course. i don t think they re going to want to stay late and the judge won t ask them to. i assume we ll see they will back next week. all right. thank you. greatly appreciate your live report from north carolina. coming up, a possible confession in the murder of one of the first missing children to be pictured on the side of a milk carton. details on the suspect police now have in custody. what he is saying about the disappearance of atan patz 33 years ago. but first there is a lot going on today. the u.s. state department said it is waging a successful cyber war on al qaeda and hacking into
internet was put to good use fact checking false material. i understand that you can make a case in the lewenski situation that it was matt drudge that brought that out. and then you can make a case that the straight media covered up for jfk and didn t report the truth about vietnam. john edwards is another one. john edwards we were on edwards. it s a complicated matter. as more and more people now get in and control their blogs with no supervision at all, none. who is your boss? who do you answer to? well, i have my bosses. i have the chairman of the center for american freedom michael. the president aaron harrison. ultimately as the editor i make the decisions about what goes on the web site. bill: can you pretty much do what you want. i love every second of it, bill. at the end of the day i have a set of jils stick principles. the fact is it s factual. that s why why are journalists we want facts. bill: what percentage of internet guys like you do you