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Investigators Lay Physical Evidence From Columbine High School Killing Spree
Aired February 26, 2004 - 10:08 ET
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HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: To Colorado now. Investigators have laid out piece by grisly piece, the physical evidence from a Columbine High School killing spree. Only survivors of the 1999 attack and the relatives of those killed were allowed to attend.
We'll get the details from reporter Cheryl Preheim of CNN affiliate KUSA.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
CHERYL PREHEIM, KUSA CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They faced so much together. The Columbine victims' families hoped now they finally get the answers they've waited for. Inside the Jefferson County Fairgrounds building, enough evidence to fill a semi truck, every piece of physical evidence from the Columbine shooting.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There were, you know, shell casings, spent bullets, pipe bombs.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Look around that room and you see -- you see the sadness. and you look at the damage that was done by these two killers. It's unbelievable.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's just amazing. All that stuff that they brought in to that school, the ammo, the bombs, the gasolines. It's amazing how those two kids could get all that without -- in the school without being noticed.
PREHEIM: They say seeing all the evidence did not answer the question they've had since the school shooting nearly five years ago. Could it have been prevented? The families feel law enforcement missed clues to the killer's plans.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And we have to live with that. And we can either go backwards or we can go forwards.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This offers a stepping-stone in the right direction. It does not provide access to the documentation that we've been asking for all these years.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We're getting closer to the truth.
PREHEIM: They're still left with some of the same questions they came with, but say they're grateful to be one step closer to some answers. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I mean they really are trying to let us see everything, so that we can find some closure and try and find some happiness in our lives.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COLLINS: Again reporter Cheryl Preheim of K or -- excuse me, KUSA, CNN affiliate here.
Also, we want to let you know next hour we will go back to Colorado live and have more on this final report of the Columbine shooting.
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School Killing Spree>
Aired February 26, 2004 - 10:08 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: To Colorado now. Investigators have laid out piece by grisly piece, the physical evidence from a Columbine High School killing spree. Only survivors of the 1999 attack and the relatives of those killed were allowed to attend.
We'll get the details from reporter Cheryl Preheim of CNN affiliate KUSA.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)
CHERYL PREHEIM, KUSA CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): They faced so much together. The Columbine victims' families hoped now they finally get the answers they've waited for. Inside the Jefferson County Fairgrounds building, enough evidence to fill a semi truck, every piece of physical evidence from the Columbine shooting.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: There were, you know, shell casings, spent bullets, pipe bombs.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Look around that room and you see -- you see the sadness. and you look at the damage that was done by these two killers. It's unbelievable.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: It's just amazing. All that stuff that they brought in to that school, the ammo, the bombs, the gasolines. It's amazing how those two kids could get all that without -- in the school without being noticed.
PREHEIM: They say seeing all the evidence did not answer the question they've had since the school shooting nearly five years ago. Could it have been prevented? The families feel law enforcement missed clues to the killer's plans.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: And we have to live with that. And we can either go backwards or we can go forwards.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: This offers a stepping-stone in the right direction. It does not provide access to the documentation that we've been asking for all these years.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We're getting closer to the truth.
PREHEIM: They're still left with some of the same questions they came with, but say they're grateful to be one step closer to some answers. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I mean they really are trying to let us see everything, so that we can find some closure and try and find some happiness in our lives.
(END VIDEOTAPE)
COLLINS: Again reporter Cheryl Preheim of K or -- excuse me, KUSA, CNN affiliate here.
Also, we want to let you know next hour we will go back to Colorado live and have more on this final report of the Columbine shooting.
TO ORDER A VIDEO OF THIS TRANSCRIPT, PLEASE CALL 800-CNN-NEWS OR USE OUR SECURE ONLINE ORDER FORM LOCATED AT www.fdch.com
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