amanda and raffaele had appealed their convictions and a new judge and jury were in the driver s seat. the appeal hearing was under way. by now, they had both been imprisoned for four years. raffaele sollecito shaved his head. knox rarely smiled. knox s family said the couple who had met just eight days before the murder hadn t communicated since their arrest. march 26th, 2011, amanda mouths to raffaele are you okay. it is a tender moment in what would be a strange hearing. amanda knox s attorney cross-examine an old witness. he is the homeless man who lived in this park and originally told the court he saw amanda and raffaele near the crime scene the night of the murder. before any testimony, cameras are ushered out of the court, and police bring in a star prosecution witness that the
the appeal hearing was under way. by now, they had both been imprisoned for four years. raffaele sollecito shaved his head. knox rarely smiled. knox s family said the couple who had met just eight days before the murder hadn t communicated since their arrest. march 26th, 2011, amanda mouths to raffaele are you okay. it is a tender moment in what would be a strange hearing. amanda knox s attorney cross-examine an old witness. he is the homeless man who lived in this park and originally told the court he saw amanda and raffaele near the crime scene the night of the murder. before any testimony, cameras are ushered out of the court, and police bring in a star prosecution witness that the jury would find laughable. the homeless heroin addict could no longer remember the exact night he saw the couple. he was confused. it could have been halloween.
pedro, onil, and ariel castro, early to mid-50s, and none of them strangers to police with charges ranging from drugs and alcohol to domestic violence. now new charges could be coming, kidnapping. police are only beginning to sift through the houseful of evidence. shepard: what are we hearing from the families here? reporter: yes. the families are saying the girls there were many tiers joy. it was nothing short of a miracle. they never gave up hope the girls were still alive and would come home. we have some sound from the last girl that saw amanda before she disappeared. i was the last person she spoke to. i felt horrible. i couldn t stop it, she would have been home. always been like that. always been a worrier, and she
to see the emotion on these on these seasoned law enforcement officers when they went in there and saw amanda and gina and michele. reporter: yes, inside the home they also found gina dejesus who also went missing from this neighborhood nine years ago. walking home from a middle school, a few blocks from where amanda disappeared. that little girl on findgeorgina.com is 23 years old. they also found michele knight, who went missing in 2000. we are in the process of evaluating their medical need. they appear to been fair condition at the moment. we love you, amanda! woo! reporter: now the attention turns to the kind of person or persons who could have held prisoners like this for so long. police will only say they have three hispanic men in custody. ages 50 to 54. but our sources tell us they are brothers. the middle brother s name ariel castro. according to his neighbor he lived a life far above
knox rarely smiled. fox s family said the couple who had meet just eight days before the murder hadn t communicated since their arrest. march 26, 2011. amanda mouths, are you okay? it is a tender moment in what would be a strange hearing. attorneys cross examine an old witness. he is the homeless man who lived in this park, and originally told the court he saw amanda and raffaele near the crime scene the night of the murder. before any testimony, cameras are ushered out of the court and the police bring in the star prosecution witness that the jury would find laughable. the homeless drug addict could no longer remember the exact night he saw the couple. he was confused. it could have been halloween, or the night before the murder. and then this star witness dropped a bombshell that he was under investigation for drug dealing at the exact moment that he became a star witness. in our interview the night before, the prosecutor told us he had no idea that the tramp, as he called him, was t