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
unredacted statements add fresh detail for the legitimate basis of the fbi s suspicions. this latest release fills in some of the remaining blanks, particularly having to do with a key video that is referred to in the indictment. the newly available information suggests that people at the justice department suspected something was very much up after watching surveillance footage of trump s former valet, witness number five, moving boxes in and out of a storage area at the time he was being interviewed by the fbi. here s how authorities knew they were being lied to. on may 24th the footage shows him leaving with what the affidavit describes at an anterroom leaving with three boxes. and four days after the interview, witness number five, quote, is observed exiting the anteroom doorway with approximately 50 bankers boxes. if it all strikes you as suspects, moving boxes, missing boxes, basic problems with the math of what goes in and what comes out, you and the department of just
oh! m mom! give me your hands. give me (bleep). okay. all right. (bleep) give me your hands. give me your hands. watch out. give me your hands. spray. neil: you hear a lot of shouting and screaming and tyre nichols several times calling out for his mom. at least half a dozen times by my count, could have been more than that, she lived 100 yards away, 200 yards away, literally within shouting distance. let s get more from dharls watson. hey, good morning, neil. you know, tyre nichols seemed surprised at the level of aggression that the memphis police officers used to warn him on the videos you see the officers relently beat nichols for minutes during a january 7th traffic stop that turned violent almost immediately. body cam video shows an officer aggressively yanked nichols out of his vehicle as the 29-year-old tells officers he just wants to go home. a few moments later you see nichols escape from police who then tase him as he takes off down the road. at that
organization made up of self-described thieves who engaged in extortion, kidnapping and in this case murder for higher. we have been listening to officials talking about charges against the government of iran in relation to a plot here to assassinate on u.s. soil a journalist who was not named. we are going to continue to monitor the latest developments out of this. but we have a lot of news we want to get to. we are joining you from new york and this morning it s all about the video with the release of new police footage critical to three big stories we re watching. first, in memphis, that city, the entire country bracing for the video from the traffic stop that led to the death of 29-year-old tyree nichols. this evening video will be released showing the encounter. we re learning more about how chilling it could be. the police chief saying it will show, quote, acts that defy humanity. nbc news is learning tyree nichols can be heard in the footage calling out for his mothe