shopping. we checked the trunk and interior of the car for any evidence of shooting scene. any evidence of trace blood or anything. couldn t find anything in the car. then investigators found a potential clue. at wesley person s autopsy, they found some material inside the plastic tarp next to his body. the medical examiner finds that in the small of the victim s back was a great deal of construction debris that came out of the fire unscathed. it consisted of small bits of painted drywall and some chunks of plaster. they were about the size of a thumbnail. now, this plaster was not like normal plaster. what made it abonormal were these thread-like strands embedded in every piece.
anything. couldn t find anything in the car. then investigators found a potential clue. at wesley person s autopsy, they found some material inside the plastic tarp next to his body. the medical examiner finds that in the small of the victim s back was a great deal of construction debris that came out of the fire unscathed. it consisted of small bits of painted drywall and some chunks of plaster. they were about the size of a thumbnail. now this plaster was not like normal plaster. what made it abnormal were these thread-like strands embedded in every piece. i was saying, hmm, i wonder what that is. is this something that s important or, you know, what is this? it was something i d never seen before, so it was my own curious nature that led me to pull it
climbed down the embankment which was a steep embankment and walked his way toward the fire. when he got there at first he thought it was a mannequin. but as he got closer, he realized it was a human being. after the fire was extinction wished, the victim was unable to be identified other than to say he was a black male. there was no wallet, there was nothing on his person to immediately identify who this body was. the scent of accelerant was unmistakable. we had found a can that was severely burned next to the body that we believe was used to include an accelerant to help aid the fire. around the body, further up the hill, we found a lighter that appeared to have been freshly dropped at the scene. underneath the body was a partially melted sheet of plastic tarp.
up and show us that he didn t have a device on him. so he is lying in this boat, he has been there for several hours, he is wounded, clearly, right, he is bleeding? right. he is obviously weak. you come over there and what do you say to him? you have a bull horn and start saying come up with your hands up? we have a negotiator, actually on the second floor of the house looking down at the boat. could you see him? no, we couldn t see, there was a plastic tarp over them, but we had the state police helicopter that could tell us when there was movement in the boat by the heat sensor so we could tell he was alive and moving. we began negotiations that way. over a long period of time, we were finally able to get him to surrender without anybody anybody hurt. he didn t use any more gunfire [ inaudible ] he exchanged gunfire with officers
15-minute period. we were able to get him to stand up and show us he didn t have a device on him. he s lying in this boat. he s wounded clearly. he s bleeding. he s obviously weak. you come over there and what do you say to him? you have a bull horn and start saying come out with your hands up? we have a negotiator on the second floor of the house looking down at the boat. there was a plastic tarp over him. we had the state police helicopter that could tell us when there was movement in the boat by the heat sensor. we could tell he was alive and moving and we began negotiations that way. over a long period of time, we were able to finally get him to surrender without anybody hurt. you didn t use anymore gunfire in the course? there was early gunfire when we first got in the area. he exchanged gunfire. what kind of weapon did he