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May 10th, 2013
12:42 PM ET

Forensic and DNA tests performed in case against alleged kidnapping suspect Ariel Castro

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine on the latest forensic evidence in the case against Ariel Castro. According to DeWine Castro could face the death penalty if a charge of aggravated murder is added.

May 9th, 2013
11:46 AM ET

CNN legal analyst Paul Callan and Fmr. Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Prosecutor Wendy Murphy weigh in on Castro's case.

CNN Legal Analyst Paul Callan and Fmr. Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Prosecutor Wendy Murphy weigh in on the investigation into Ariel Castro, and the meaning behind the high bail set for him. Bail was set for $8 million or $2 million per case.

May 9th, 2013
11:38 AM ET

WOIO's Paul Orlousky's on new developments in the investigation

Reporter Paul Orlousky from affiliate WOIO talks with Zoraida Sambolin on 'Starting Point' about new developments into the investigation in the case against Ariel Castro. He also updates us on new details that emerged from a police report about the alleged abuses these three young women endured at the hands of Ariel Castro.

April 24th, 2013
08:30 AM ET

Fmr. CIA director: Government agencies 'didn't work together' regarding Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Tamerlan Tsarnaev was brought to the attention of U.S. authorities in 2011 when the Russian government asked the FBI to check him out because of his alleged shift toward Islamic extremism.

The bureau interviewed Tamerlan and his family as part of a review, but found no ties to terrorism. Now, members of Congress want to know how the alleged Boston bomber slipped under the radar of authorities.

On Starting Point this morning, Ambassador R. James Woolsey, a former CIA director, tells John Berman that "this is a case of these government agencies not working together and not even communicating with each other."

"We don’t look very good here in terms of one part of the U.S. government talking to each other," Amb. Woolsey says. "If they stayed with it they might have seen that he bought these pyrotechnics [...] and this black powder that he apparently used in the bombs. They might have seen what he does on the web and they would've known about his trip to Russia. But the Department of Homeland Security apparently didn't talk to the FBI and the CIA."

April 1st, 2013
10:49 AM ET

Attorney: Elected DAs feel vulnerable after McLelland death

Attorney Pete Schulte, who handled cases in Kaufman County, on the death of DA Mike McLelland and his wife.


Filed under: Crime • Investigation
April 1st, 2013
10:36 AM ET

Rep. Poe: A 'group' likely killed Texas DA McLelland and his wife

Rep. Ted Poe (R-TX), a former state judge and prosecutor, weighs in on the death of DA Mike McLelland and his wife.


Filed under: Crime • Investigation
April 1st, 2013
10:18 AM ET

Kaufman, TX Mayor: I wonder if Gov. will find anyone brave enough to take DA job

William Fortner, Mayor of Kaufman, Texas, on the town's reaction after the death of D.A. Mike McLelland and his wife.


Filed under: Crime • Investigation
April 1st, 2013
09:52 AM ET

VIDEO: Kaufman County Judge Wood says security heightened after district attorney McLelland death

Kaufman County Judge Bruce Wood on the latest in the investigation into the death of D.A. Mike McLelland and his wife.


Filed under: Crime • Investigation
March 22nd, 2013
07:27 AM ET

Friend: Colo. prison chief Clements death likely due to job

Police in Colorado are taking a "strong look" at whether a suspect shot dead by police in Texas is the same man wanted in the killing of Colorado's prison chief.

The man was gunned down after a wild chase in a car that was similar to one seen leaving the Colorado home where Tom Clements was shot dead as he answered his door.

This morning on "Starting Point," Bent County Commissioner Bill Long weighs in on the shooting death of friend Tom Clements, Colo. prison chief.


Filed under: Investigation • Shooting death
March 21st, 2013
10:13 AM ET

El Paso Co. Undersheriff: Investigation 'wide open' in search for suspect in Colo. prison chief's death

FROM CNN WIRES:

(CNN) - The investigation into the slaying of Colorado's prison chief has produced few clues.

Tom Clements was gunned down Tuesday night when he answered the door at his home in Monument, about 50 miles south of Denver.

"We are looking at all potential tips, leads, threats that Mr. Clements may have had from anybody in that prison system," El Paso County Undersheriff Paula Presley says on CNN's "Starting Point" on Thursday. "The investigation is wide open at this point."

Asked whether the 58-year-old's killing might have been a professional hit, Presley replied, "We don't have any specific information that would lead us to that."

READ MORE: Few clues in Colorado prison chief's slaying


Filed under: Crime • Investigation