in three of 11 killings on new york s long island, how authorities used dna from a pizza crust to identify the suspect. also, could soon be three people charged with classified documents case? maggie haberman joins us live. the heat, what is behind it, where it s worse, and the places that could soon set all- time record. good evening, thanks for joining us. 12 1/2 years ago the bodies of four people were found over several days buried near a remote beach on new york s long island. all four women murdered, wrapped in burlap. they were eventually identified as melissa bartholomew, megan waterman, maureen brainard- barnes and amber lynn castillo they were not the only ones. in the year that followed, investigators would uncover seven more sets of human remains across two long island counties. there were few clues, the case went cold. no arrests were made until now. tonight, the remarkable story of how authorities came first to suspect and then build a six count murder case
could set all-time records. 12 and a half years ago, the bodies of four people were found over several days buried on long island. all four women were murdered, wrapped in burlap. they were eventually identified as melissa bar tholmy, megan, marie and amber lynne costello, and they were not the only ones. investigators would uncover seven more sets of human remains across two long island counties, bringing the total to 11. but there were few clues. the case went cold. no arrests were made until now. tonight the remarkable story of how authorities came first to suspect and build a six-count murder case against a 59-year-old married architect with two children of his own in a home in a quiet long island neighborhood. miguel? reporter: anderson, i want to show you what s been happening outside this home. this case, this unsolved murders, have gripped long island and so many people for so long. police have been out here all day going through his home, bringing out tons of e
next guest, who spotted burham hiding behind the shed on his property. joining me tonight is anthony phillips. thanks for joining us. can you just walk us through your encounter with the fugitive, michael burham, the last time he was on the run? we go around to the back, i open up the building door, look in the building door well, the shed door, garage door, all that. open that up, didn t see nobody. and shut the door. ain t nobody out here, baby. let s go on back in the house. and second jack russell terrier dog, she started growling. i was like, what s going on with her. and then went to the other side and growled and let off a bark. and i got to looking. i looked down. it was a pair of shoes on the right of the house. and i asked kyrsten, i said, whose shoes are those? she goes, i know they re not
their outdoor activities this weekend. i also pressed him on whether he would shut down certain areas of the woods and forest around here he says he does not want to do that. a degree i can t shut down huge swaths of territory in western pennsylvania. of course, he does is advising people to keep an eye out for michael burham because he is now desperate, according to police. appreciated. as brian just mentioned, this is not the first time that burham has been on the run. there was a carjacking, kidnapping, he forced the couple to drive them to south carolina. that is where he finally caught back in may. thanks to the actions of our next guest who spotted burham behind a shed on his property. joining me tonight is anthony phillips. mr. phillips, thanks for joining us, could you walk us through your encounter with the fugitive the last time he was on the run? so we go around to the back. i open up the building door, look at the building. the shed door, garage door, if you want to c
faces after listening to whether it was 20 or 30 shots fired you can t imagine what these people in watertown. shepard smith in boston monitoring from downtown the police department in boston has just issued an alert for all bostonians to shelter in place now though it sounds as if the news may be good out of watertown. we just got this. a woman called police in water town and said that the cops had earlier swept this boat about which the local anchors are speaking but now she sees the shed door is open. she sees bloody clothes and blood on the boat. and as a result, she calls up and says please come check this out. they did and it was after that, we re led to believe, that she s shots began, rapid fire, 20 to 30 shots according to the locals. our local station is now reporting that the second suspect in the boston marathon bombing is now down on franklin street in watertown. let s get right back to local coverage. we have reporters and