but at the satime he was a car carpenter and and befriended the boy and given him a dollar. we don t know the circumstances how this came about, in fact this informatiled authorize int basement picking up a human scent, bringing in a team of investigators certaining the ba searching the basement all day long. basically tearing the basement apart, i imagine? reporter: they are. in fact, they also don t have this man in custody, but they know who he is and where he sand are in contact with him. they re using jackhammers. set up in the grids a cement floor, taken out part of the back wall and plan on being here five straight days. any evidence they collect including the dirt on the floor, all that forensic evidence is being sent to the fbi lab in quantico, virginia. explain how close this is to where etan lived and where he was going to the bus stop for the first time to take the bus by himself. where is this basement in proximity to all that? reporter: a very important
boy and given him a dollar. we don t know the circumstances how this came about, in fact this led authorize into a basement picking up a human scent, bringing in a team of investigators certaining the searching the basement all day long. basically tearing the basement apart, i imagine? reporter: they are. in fact, they also don t have this man in custody, but they know who he is and where he sand are in contact with him. they re using jackhammers. set up in the grids a cement floor, taken out part of the back wall and plan on being here five straight days. any evidence they collect including the dirt on the floor, all that forensic evidence is being sent to the fbi lab in quantico, virginia. explain how close this is to where etan lived and where he was going to the bus stop for the first time to take the bus by himself. where is this basement in proximity to all that? reporter: a very important point, because he and his parents lived just a half a block down the stre
milk carton he vanished in 1979. in 2001 declared legally dead, remains never found. tonight, though, just blocks away from his home in manhattan s soho district, police and fbi agents believe they re on to something. susan candiotti is there for us. what do you know? reporter: law enforcement sources tell me that they came here based on new and old information that led them to a man. a man who is now in his mid-70s. but at the satime he was a car carpenter and and befriended the boy and given him a dollar. we don t know the circumstances how this came about, in fact this informatiled authorize int basement picking up a human scent, bringing in a team of investigators certaining the ba searching the basement all day long. basically tearing the basement apart, i imagine? reporter: they are. in fact, they also don t have this man in custody, but they know who he is and where he sand are in contact with him. they re using jackhammers. set up in the grids a cement floor, ta
away from his home in manhattan s soho district, police and fbi agents believe they re on to something. susan candiotti is there for us. what do you know? reporter: law enforcement sources tell me that they came here based on new and old information that led them to a man. a man who is now in his mid-70s. but at the time he was a carpenter and and befriended the boy and given him a dollar. we don t know the circumstances how this came about, in fact this led authorize into a basement picking up a human scent, bringing in a team of investigators certaining the searching the basement all day long. basically tearing the basement apart, i imagine? reporter: they are. in fact, they also don t have this man in custody, but they know who he is and where he sand are in contact with him. they re using jackhammers. set up in the grids a cement floor, taken out part of the back wall and plan on being here five straight days. any evidence they collect including the dirt on the floo