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Judge Instructs Jury in Casey Anthony Trial; Mexico Arrests Drug Cartel Founder; CNN's Speed Eating Champ Tells All; Risks of Anti-Smoking Drug Chantix; Housing Crisis In The Military; Running The Peachtree
Aired July 04, 2011 - 12:00 ET
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JUDGE BELVIN PERRY, ORANGE COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT: Your verdict must be based on the evidence and on the law contained in these instructions.
Deciding a verdict is exclusively your job. I cannot participate in that decision in any way. Please disregard anything I may have said or done that makes you think I prefer one verdict over another.
You may find the defendant guilty as charged in the indictment or guilty of such lesser included crimes as the evidence may justify, or not guilty. If you return a verdict of guilty, it should be for the highest offense, which has been proven beyond a reasonable doubt. If you find no offense has been proved beyond a reasonable doubt, then of course your verdict must be not guilty.
Only one verdict may be returned as to each crime charged. This verdict must be unanimous. That is, all of you must agree to the same verdict. The verdict must be in writing and for your convenience, and necessary forms of verdicts have been prepared for you.
They are as follows: "Verdict as to count one, first-degree murder, we the jury find the defendant guilty of first-degree murder as charged in the indictment. We the jury find the defendant guilty of the lesser included offense of second-degree murder."
"We the jury find the defendant guilty of the lesser included offense of manslaughter. We the jury find the defendant guilty of the lesser included offense of third-degree felony murder. We the jury find the defendant not guilty. So say we all, dated in Orlando, Orange County, Florida, on this (blank date) of July."
"We have arrived at a decision, your foreperson will execute the verdict form by checking the space adjacent to the statement that reflects your verdict date and sign the verdict form."
"Verdict as to count two, aggravated child abuse: We the jury find the defendant guilty of aggravated child abuse as charged in the indictment. We the jury find the defendant guilty of the lesser included offense of child abuse. We the jury find the defendant not guilty. So say we all, dated in Orlando, Orange County, Florida. "
"Verdict as to count three, aggravated manslaughter of a child: We the jury find the defendant guilty of aggravated manslaughter of a child as charged in the indictment. We the jury find the defendant guilty of the lesser included offense of manslaughter. We the jury find the defendant not guilty. So say we all."
Following that, there is some special findings as to count three.
"Special findings: We the jury find that Casey Marie Anthony was a caregiver for Caylee Marie Anthony at the time of the offense. We the jury find that Casey Marie Anthony was a caregiver for Caylee Marie Anthony at the time of the offense. So say we all, dated Orlando, Orange County, Florida."
"Special finding number two, as to count three: We the jury find that Caylee Marie Anthony was under the age of 18 years of age at the time of the offense. We the jury find that Caylee Marie Anthony was not under 18 years of age at the time of the offense. So say we all, dated in Orlando, Orange County, Florida."
"Verdict as to counts four, five, and six: We the jury find the defendant guilty of providing false information to a law enforcement officer as charged in the indictment. We the jury find the defendant not guilty as four, five, six and seven."
"A separate crime is charged in each count of the indictment, and while they have been tried together, each crime and the evidence applicable to it must be considered separately and a separate verdict returned as to each. A finding of guilty or not guilty as to one crime must not affect your verdict as to the other crime charged."
In just a few moments, you will be taken to the jury room by the court deputy. The first thing you should do is elect a foreperson.
The foreperson presides over your deliberations like a chairman of the meeting. It is the foreperson's job to sign and date the verdict form when all of you have agreed on a verdict in this case.
The foreperson will bring the verdict form back to the courtroom when you return. A verdict finding the defendant either guilty or not guilty must be unanimous, and the verdict must be the verdict of each juror, as well as the jury as a whole.
During deliberations, jurors must communicate about the case only with one another, and only when all jurors are present in the jury room. You are not to communicate with any person outside the jury about this case.
Until you have reached a verdict, you must not talk about this case in person or through the telephone, writing, or electronic communications such as a blog, Twitter, e-mail, text message, or any other means. Do not contact anyone to assist in your deliberations.
These communication rules apply until I discharge you at the end of the case. If you become aware of any violation of these instructions or any other instructions I have given in this case, you must tell me by giving a note to the court deputy. In closing, let me remind you that it is important that you follow the law spelled out in these instructions in deciding your verdict. There are no other laws that apply to this case. Even if you do not like the laws, you must use them.
Correction. Even if you do not like the laws that must be applied, you must use them.
For two centuries we have agreed to a Constitution and to live by the law. No juror has the right to violate rules we all share.
Ladies and Gentlemen of the jury, as you proceed to retire and begin your deliberations, five of your number will separate from you at this time. That will be done back in the jury room, and they will be taken to a separate area where I will give them some additional instructions.
Members of the jury, you may retire now to begin your deliberations.
SUZANNE MALVEAUX, CNN ANCHOR: You have just watched Judge Belvin Perry giving the final instructions to those jurors, the 12 jurors who will go in and decide the fate of Casey Anthony.
And the charges were laid out before them, all of those jury instructions.
I want to bring in our legal expert, Holly Hughes.
What is the importance of what the judge just did?
HOLLY HUGHES, CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Well, the importance, Suzanne, is number one, you have got to tell them what the elements of the crimes are that have been charged in the indictment. The "indictment" is the fancy word for the charging document. It's the piece of paper that the state hands down and says, hey, we think you committed these crimes and we think we can prove it beyond a reasonable doubt. But each one of those crime has specific elements.
What the judge has to do is sort of educate the jury in Cliffs Notes form, because, of course, they didn't go three years to law school.
MALVEAUX: Right.
HUGHES: So he's got to take the time and say, this is what the state has to prove to you in order to be aggravated child abuse. This is what the state has to prove in order for it to be a first-degree murder.
And there's all different options. There's lesser-included crimes like, yes, the baby is dead, we all agree on that, but we are not sure if Casey premeditated it or if it's an accident that has gone wrong. So he has to tell them every single element of each crime so they can look at the evidence and say, does the state's evidence fit into these particular crimes? MALVEAUX: And what is a typical day now look like for these jurors? What are they going to be -- they're going to be in a room by themselves, just the little group there?
HUGHES: Yes. It's going to be the 12 main jurors. You just heard the judge talk about the alternates are going to be separated out. He said five of your number are going to being pulled aside, put in a different room.
Those folks are going to be on hold in case somebody gets sick, in case these deliberations go very, very long. We've heard that one of the jurors has tickets to fly out of the country in a couple of days. So, if there's not a verdict by then, the judge and the attorneys might get together and agree -- and they would have to agree -- to replace that juror with an alternate, in which case deliberations would start all over again.
MALVEAUX: What happens if somebody makes a mistake, they mess up, they call their friend, or they Google somebody? Does it start all over again? Is it automatically dismissed?
HUGHES: Well, what would happen, that juror would be dismissed, because obviously they violated the rules. It would have to be brought to the attention of the court through a deputy. Another jury member would be like, hey, you know, the old boy Googled something last night and brought it into the jury room and told us.
Those -- and it happens. I mean, I have had it happen in my cases. I've seen it happen in my own courthouse.
MALVEAUX: Sure.
HUGHES: So what would happen at that point in time is the judge and all the lawyers and the defendant, they would pull that juror out, they would ask him what he did. Judge Perry doesn't fork (ph) any nonsense, so he would probably have a contempt hearing and hold this person in contempt. We saw what he did to the kid flipping the bird the other day, right?
MALVEAUX: Right.
HUGHES: And then they would have to individually voir dire every single person on the jury. Again, they would pull them in and say, did you hear this information? What did you hear? And will it affect your verdict, or can you just set it aside, base the verdict on the evidence you have heard? If everybody says we can do that, they'll pull in an alternate and then they start deliberations all over again with the new person.
MALVEAUX: OK. So it could continue.
I want to bring in our David Mattingly, who's been at the courthouse following this case.
David, what did you see? The last image that these jurors were presented of Casey Anthony, it looked like it was that photo of her partying.
What did you make of what we saw today and those last images that the jurors will be left with?
DAVID MATTINGLY, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Well, you probably only have to look at the jury to know why an image like that would be important. The jury is seven women, five men. Half of the people on this jury have children of their own. They're all older than Casey Anthony. The youngest one I think is 32 years old.
When they look at that picture and listen to the prosecution, they could be looking at her as this wannabe party girl who was willing to sacrifice the life of her daughter so she could have that kind of a life. And that's what the prosecution was trying to drive home when they, at the very end -- and they left them with a very, very powerful image of her when she was partying in a nightclub while her daughter was missing, also with the tattoo that was on her back that she got while her daughter was missing that said "The beautiful life."
They tried to say that this is the life that she wanted and that was the sacrifice she was willing to make.
MALVEAUX: And David, you have been watching this case very closely. What do you make of her demeanor, of her expressions? He looked kind of tired today. What did you see in Casey as this wrapped up?
MATTINGLY: Yes. Today, she looked absolutely exhausted.
Yesterday, during some of the closing arguments, she cried quite a few times. But today, she came out, she looked like she was absolutely listless. She had bags under her eyes, no expression on her face hardly at all today.
Really, she looked absolutely exhausted, probably emotionally and physically. I really doubt that she would be sleeping much with something like this looming in her future.
MALVEAUX: And we have seen incredible scenes, David, outside the courthouse, where people have been running, knocking each other down, punching each other to try to simply get a ticket for one of those 50 seats to sit in the courtroom there.
What is the sense of what's taking place outside and the level of interest in this case?
MATTINGLY: Well, the interest hasn't diminished at all. But there were some rules put in place to make sure that there weren't any more conflicts like that.
Before, it was first come first serve. People were lining up overnight to get those seats. And now they hand out passes for people lining up during the day for the next day's proceedings.
So they have actually already done that for the next day. No chance of anymore conflicts of people trying to crowd in the courtroom.
But this is an intensely watched trial, both on television and online. Social media has been clamoring about this story since it began. And this is something that people have been staying in touch with through whatever medium that they have been using, and it's something that they will be watching very closely now that the jury will be finally be giving this long-running tragedy something that it's been missing for three years, and that's an ending.
MALVEAUX: And David, very quickly here, I know the next time -- this is a jury that's sequestered. The next time that we will see or get any information would be if the jurors had questions, present notes to the judge, that type of thing. Or, otherwise, we're just not going to see them for a while, yes, as they deliberate?
MATTINGLY: That's right. And they will be spending their days behind closed doors, day after day, taking breaks for lunch, taking breaks at the end of the evening. It just depends on how long this goes.
We don't know what is really going to be important to them. We can't get inside the heads of 12 different jurors. And remember, all it takes is one person on that jury to have reasonable doubt for a lot of these charges to really derail this train.
MALVEAUX: All right.
Our own David Mattingly there at the courthouse. And Holly Hughes making sense of all of this for us.
We really appreciate it.
And we will be watching. We'll wait and see just what they end up deciding and what's important to those jurors.
Here's a rundown of some of the stories that are looking ahead.
First, Joey who? We have our own resident speed eater who is joining us to show us how it's done.
Then, one word to describe the weather this July 4th. It is hot. We're going to tell you more about the heat wave that is rolling in.
Plus, final countdown for NASA's last shuttle launch, why one small town finds it really hard to say good-bye.
And a popular drug to quit smoking could have dangers of its own.
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MALVEAUX: You've been watching breaking news. We're following the Casey Anthony trial.
The judge has given instructions to the jurors. He's hand those instructions to them. It is now up to that sequestered jury to decide the fate of Casey Anthony and whether or not she in fact will be convicted of first-degree murder, or whether or not she will be found innocent.
They are going back in a room. They will decide who the jury foreperson will be. They will take a look at all of the charges.
This has been more than six weeks that they have been hearing both sides of the case, and now Casey Anthony, the mother who is charged of killing her 2-year-old daughter, her fate will be in the hands of those 12 individuals.
And we will all wait. As we have developments in this, we will certainly bring them to you.
Well, a major arrest in Mexico's drug war. Authorities say that they have captured one of the leaders of a powerful cartel, and he may be connected with the killing of a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency.
I want to bring in our senior Latin American affairs editor, Rafael Romo, who is tracking the story.
What is the significance of this guy?
RAFAEL ROMO, CNN SR. LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS EDITOR: This is a big, big case, Suzanne, because he was one of the most wanted men in both Mexico and the United States. Authorities say Jesus Enrique Rejon Aguilar was also one of the leaders and founders of the Mexican drug cartel known as Los Zetas. The chief of the anti-drug division in the Mexican Federal Police says Rejon was also behind the murder of U.S. immigration agent Jaime Zapata.
Let's listen.
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RAMON E. PIQUENO, MEXICAN FEDERAL POLICE (through translator): On behalf of Los Zetas, he was in charge of the north-central part of the country where San Luis Potosi is located. When Jaime Zapata was murdered on February 14th, "El Mamito" was in San Luis Potosi coordinating actions perpetrated by Los Zetas.
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ROMO: And Zapata was killed and another American agent injured when they were ambushed on a highway in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi as they traveled from Monterey to Mexico City.
The U.S. had offered a $5 million reward for information leading to Rejon's capture. Mexican authorities say Rejon is the third most powerful leader of Los Zetas, the drug cartel created by deserters of the Mexican army's elite forces in 1999. Rejon is also being investigated for the deaths of dozens of Central and South American immigrants whose bodies were found in the northern Mexican state of Tamaulipas in a ranch located just 100 miles south of the U.S. border -- Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: And is this the first arrest in connection of the death of Zapata?
ROMO: Not the first arrest. There have been two more arrests of persons who might have been involved in the actual shooting and ambush. He was in charge of the zone, Mexican officials say, in which this happened. So he might have been the mastermind of this murder.
MALVEAUX: All right. Rafael, thank you so much. Excellent reporting.
Well, on a lighter note, the heavyweight is chomping down as we speak at this year's July 4th hot dog eating contest. We're going to talk to CNN's own resident speed eater about the guts and the glory behind competitive eating and the inevitable after-effects. Yikes.
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MALVEAUX: Just in time for Nathan's famous hot dog eating contest in New York today, we've got CNN's own speed eating champ, Rick Saleeby, who's with us live to show us how it's done.
Hi, Rick. Great to see you.
RICK SALEEBY, CNN SR. WRITER, "AMERICAN MORNING": How are you doing? You too, Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: Nice to see you.
Besides being a senior writer for CNN's "AMERICAN MORNING," you also know how to put away hot dogs like nobody's business.
So give us -- what is the strategy? These guys are in this contest. What's going on through their heads right now as they take on each other?
SALEEBY: Well, the physical stuff for them is all done. And I'm not pretending to be able to eat like those guys. But as Yogi Berra said in baseball, it's 90 percent half mental.
The physical stuff is done for them. Some of them are fasting the past few days, some of them are having protein shakes and water. And some of them are chugging water, maybe even dangerously, to stretch their stomachs out.
But right now they're just psyching themselves up and hoping not to psych themselves out. And they're going to try to eat some hot dogs. It's a lot of hot dogs.
MALVEAUX: How do you prep for that? So, you want to make sure your stomach is empty. You have been sketching it out for a while. I mean, what do you have to do to get ready for something like this?
SALEEBY: Well, we had Joey Chestnut on last year, on "AMERICAN MORNING," and he was in the middle of fasting, and he does one practice competition and he drinks a lot of water. Like I said, I'm no professional like them. I'm not in the Major League Eating. But my preparation is, I like to have a little bowl of cereal in the morning, and I like to run four to six miles a couple of hours before I try any of the competitions or challenges I'm in. And then I'm really hungry, the metabolism is revving, so that helps me personally.
MALVEAUX: And Rick, why did you get into this in the first place? I mean, a lot of people look at these guys and go, they're kind of crazy to do something like this.
SALEEBY: Well, they are a little crazy. And I don't know if I'd ever -- I mean, I can't down 50 hot dogs in 10 minutes. In fact, before Kobayashi, or I guess BK, as it would be, I guess, doing 20 hot dogs in 12 minutes was a real feat. And I think I could have been able to do that.
MALVEAUX: Yes.
SALEEBY: I can't approach what they're doing now, what Joey Chestnut is going to do today.
MALVEAUX: Rick, I understand though you can share some tricks of the trade, that you've got some dogs with you.
Can you show us how it's done?
SALEEBY: We got some dogs. Now, these aren't sanctioned Nathan's dogs. These came from the street on New York City on July 4th.
So, any professional eater says you are not doing it right unless you separate the bun and the dog, and they will usually eat two at a time. So, they will go like this, and they also do something called the wiggle to get it down faster, so this is probably going to gross you out --
MALVEAUX: That's all right.
SALEEBY: -- but enjoy your barbecues, everyone, today.
MALVEAUX: OK. Let's see it.
Wow. Look at that. Jeez!
Rick, that's amazing.
So how did you do that. So you just -- two at a time. OK. And then -- are you washing it down with anything? Well, maybe you can't talk. You're chewing.
He's still chewing. OK.
SALEEBY: Time out.
MALVEAUX: Time out. We've got to give him a time out. He's swallowing. There is more to it.
This is how it's done. We're going to learn this.
SALEEBY: OK. And then the bun.
MALVEAUX: The bun. OK.
SALEEBY: Yes, the bun. And they always say you have to dip it in water. I am not always a fan of that method, because sometimes if it's stale, like it is now, it turns into concrete in your mouth. But we'll just show you how the pros do it. I like to squeeze a lot of the air out of it.
MALVEAUX: OK. Good. Nice and flat.
SALEEBY: And I'll dip it in a little water.
MALVEAUX: All right.
SALEEBY: And then you just shove.
MALVEAUX: One big shove there. Wow.
OK. Rick, he's not a pro, but he is pretty good there. He goes to a lot of these competitions and does this.
How are you doing, Rick? How you feeling?
SALEEBY: Yes. I just have an appetite. I'm fine. I just have an appetite.
I'm not like these guys. They don't even taste the food. They say you're (INAUDIBLE) if you taste it. I like to taste the food a little bit.
MALVEAUX: But these guys, I mean, they shove it down so quickly.
I know this is kind of maybe TMI here, but what happens after it's all over? I mean, you know, you've got all this, and all this stuff going on. Do you hold it down?
SALEEBY: Well, I guess it all depends on the competition.
MALVEAUX: Yes. Can you hold that down?
SALEEBY: If you're Kobayashi and you ate -- you can hold it down. If you don't, in the pros they call it a reversal, but we know that what that really --
MALVEAUX: OK. Rick --
SALEEBY: Pardon me.
MALVEAUX: -- so what do you make of the competition? What do you think they're going to do today? Do you think they're going to hit 68, that record?
SALEEBY: Well, it's a little cooler than it was last year. Joey choked last year -- well, choked, he ate 54. But I think it will be better this year, because last year it was pushing 100 degrees, if not more than 100 degrees during the competition.
It's a little cooler today. I think he'll go over 60.
The other thing is, you know, competition breeds greatness. There's no Kobayashi. So he doesn't have to eat 60. He can win with 50. So if he's feeling good, he can go all the way, but he doesn't have the guy who changed competitive eating pushing him. So it all depends.
MALVEAUX: Yes. You need that little push there.
And Rick, you're not really a big guy, and these guys aren't really big guys. How is that possible, that you have all these, like, eating competitions that you go to and you're not really big?
SALEEBY: Well, you know, you have to -- I don't eat like this all the time, but I have an appetite, and I like to stay in shape by running and whatever, especially before the competition. Like I said, I try to rev things.
MALVEAUX: Yes.
SALEEBY: So at least I cancel things out in the long run. The guys that are great are all in shape now. The big guys have a disadvantage, supposedly. You will have to page Dr. Gupta for that. I guess maybe more things are compressed by more things in there. I don't know.
MALVEAUX: It's kind of incredible. It is kind of incredible what they do and what you do. And I guess you have to work it off as well. Rick, thank you for joining us. Do you have any competitions coming up, any events you will go to?
SALEEBY: No, I just ate a hot dog stuffed in a bratwurst, stuff in a kielbasa, in Akron, Ohio.
MALVEAUX: What is the most you've ever eaten?
SALEEBY: I'm looking for my next great challenge. So if anyone has any ideas, you know.
MALVEAUX: We're going to get a challenge for you. What is the most you have ever eaten, too, Rick, by the way?
SALEEBY: The most hot dogs I've ever eaten?
MALVEAUX: Yes, sure.
SALEEBY: Nation style would probably be around 20. I have eaten 57 White Castle burgers.
MALVEAUX: In one sitting?
SALEEBY: Yes. I ate a five-pound burger-I almost finished a five-pound burger with 20 slices of cheese and 20 slices of bacon in Boston. I think we might have a picture of it. And it was called the Eagle's Deli Challenge. I almost got to the end. I got to the last patty and then-yes, there it is. You have to picture with that-that is five pounds of fries in the background, that I didn't try. That was the after.
MALVEAUX: Oh, God!
SALEEBY: So I failed, but it was a victory in many people's eyes.
MALVEAUX: That's a little gross. But OK, Rick, thank you for sharing. Best of luck to you, Rick. Good to see you.
Casey Anthony case is now in the hands of the jury. Next, a defense attorney weighs in on today's developments.
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MALVEAUX: Casey Anthony's fate now in the hands of the jury. It happened about 20 minutes ago. Judge Belvin Perry spent more than half hour or so spelling out instructions to the jurors before sending them out to start deliberations.
Well, our Criminal Defense Attorney Richard Herman joins us from Las Vegas.
Richard, tell us what were your thoughts when you listened to the final rebuttal arguments from the prosecutors?
RICHARD HERMAN, CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY: Suzanne, whatever headway Baez made yesterday-and look, he fought with everything that he had. He fought with passion. He called out Ashton, who was laughing, which was completely improper. But I have to tell you, Suzanne, after today, there's not much to really think about. I mean, both prosecutors, this was their finest hour today. I thought Ashton did a brilliant job on his, and I thought Jane Burdick followed up brilliantly.
When Ashton said to the jury, if you find it was an accidental overdose of the chloroform, if you find she just gave her too much, and she died, that's felony murder. And that is murder. So you can still find murder. I believe a lot of jurors may have been on the fence that, thinking this was-if she probably chloroformed her and it was accidental, but if she died as a result of that, that's felony murder and that brings us to capital murder.
MALVEAUX: It's murder either way?
HERMAN: Jane Burdick can get-yes, yes.
MALVEAUX: What do you think of how the defense attorney, Baez, performed? You have been pretty tough on him before. Do you think that he fought hard enough to save Casey Anthony's life?
HERMAN: He fought hard enough. He is not going to save her. He pinned himself in a hole with his opening. It was so amateur. He was stuck with that. And he figure, look at this, Suzanne, he's getting ready to deliver the summation of his life.
And the judge says, oh, by the way, you're not going to bring up molestation. That was the centerpiece of his theory explaining away her crazy behavior and her lies. So then he had to just scratch that out and make that family dysfunction for the reason she acted this way.
I mean, he tried, he tried, but the whole theory that this was an accidental drowning, and George would try and cover it up and make it looks like a murder scene. And not bring it forth to the prosecution rather than allow his daughter to face the death penalty, it's so preposterous, no jury will be able to believe that. It's just incredible.
MALVEAUX: If they don't believe the story that they put forward, what do you think the verdict will be?
HERMAN: I think the best the defense could hope for right now is that maybe one or two jurors are holding out. Baez opened with them yesterday and said where, when, how? Cause of death. They don't know. Nobody knows.
That's pretty important on a first-degree murder case. Somebody has to know that. It evolved from-it was chlorophyll (sic), hopefully chlorophyll (sic), before the duct tape, which killed her. Now today it was absolutely chlorophyll , and then the duct tape killed her. There is no testimony that the duct tape killed her.
I don't know. Maybe a hung jury on first-degree murder; maybe felony murder gets the conviction, or second degree murder. I think there is going to be a conviction here, and it's not going to be pretty.
MALVEAUX: Do you think she will face the death penalty?
HERMAN: If the felony murder comes through, they are going to go to the second phase of this, and you will see George and Cindy up there crying, begging for their daughter's life.
MALVEAUX: All right. Richard Herman, thank you very much.
Police make a deal with a convicted drug dealer to help them find the body of a girl killed almost 20 years ago. We have a preview of our special investigation, "To Catch A Serial Killer."
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MALVEAUX: A man confesses he abducted and killed a woman but won't tell the police where to find the body, so investigators made an unusual risky deal with another prisoner. CNN's Brook Baldwin has this preview of her special investigation, "To Catch A Serial Killer."
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BROOKE BALDWIN, CNN CORRESPONDENT (voice-over): Here in the Midwest, several young girls went missing. Some were found murdered. Others were never found at all. Laurie Dukeyes (ph), 20, in Appleton, Wisconsin. Raina Ricen (ph), 16, from LaPort (ph), Indiana, and Wendy Felton (ph), 16, from Marion, Indiana, Michelle Dewey (ph), 20, in Indianapolis, Indiana. All of these cases went unsolved. Officials believed only one man knew what happened.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We knew he was responsible for several deaths.
BALDWIN: And to get answers it would take a risky, unusual plan. Send a convicted drug dealer undercover into a dangerous prison to befriend an alleged serial killer.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I am not a serial killer hunter, so how am I going to do this.
BALDWIN: At stake? Answers.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Wondering where she is. Wondering what happened.
BALDWIN: Peace for grieving families.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: You want to find her and you want to bring her home and you can't.
BALDWIN: And one man's freedom.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: You just don't turn around and give out candy, and say you're free to go. I went through hell and back.
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MALVEAUX: Watch the rest of Brooke's special "To Catch A Serial Killer", tonight at 10:00 p.m. Eastern.
Well, a drug that helps you stop smoking may increase your chances of having a heart attack. Our CNN's Elizabeth Cohen has new details on the drug, Chantix.
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MALVEAUX: A drug that helps smokers kick the habit is now in question after studies found it increases the risk of heart attacks.
Our Senior CNN Medical Correspondent Elizabeth Cohen; she is here with details on a drug called Chantix.
Elizabeth, tell us about this study. Should folks really be worried about this?
ELIZABETH COHEN, CNN SENIOR MEDICAL CORRESPONDENT: You know, I think if I was thinking it, I would want to know about this, or if I was thinking about it. So there's 7 million people who have taken this drug. And what these researchers found is that folks taking Chantix had a 72 percent increased risk of having a heart attack compared to people who don't. Now, to put this in context, most of the people, the vast majority of the people who took Chantix, did not have heart attacks but still they seemed to be more likely to have them than people who were not taking the drug.
MALVEAUX: Is this on the warning label?
COHEN: You know what, it sort of is and it sort of isn't. So what's on the label right now, and this is relatively new, is that Chantix may be associated with a small increased risk of certain cardiovascular adverse events in patients who already have cardiovascular disease.
MALVEAUX: Oh, OK.
COHEN: The people who wrote this study would say, well, it's kind of a significantly increased risk and it happened to people who didn't already have cardiovascular disease.
MALVEAUX: So are there other concerns about the drug?
COHEN: There are. There's actually a whole list. If you look at the label for Chantix, it says that -- it warns about these possible safety concerns -- depressed mood, suicidal actions, hostility, agitation. So, that's in addition to the cardiovascular concerns.
MALVEAUX: And what does the maker of this drug say, Pfizer?
COHEN: Pfizer says that the researchers misinterpreted the data. And they say that there is a teeny tiny increased risk of a heart attack with their drug, less than 1 percent. And they say they're working with the FDA to sort of do more studies.
MALVEAUX: So, what advice to those who are trying to quit smoking? What do they do?
COHEN: You know, I think one of the important things is, is, of course, you need to talk to your doctor about, you know, this new material that's out here. And look at sort of all of the different options out there for quitting smoking. If you go to cnn.com/empowered patient, we have information about all the different approaches that are out there.
MALVEAUX: All right, thanks, Elizabeth.
COHEN: Thanks.
MALVEAUX: Happy Fourth.
COHEN: Happy fourth.
MALVEAUX: Well, they survived the battlefield only to face a different kind of struggle back home, the potential loss of their home.
(COMMERCIAL BREAK) MALVEAUX: Upside down on their mortgage, facing foreclosure, possibly even bankruptcy, it is not just your neighbor's, but also the men and women returning from the frontlines.
CNN's Sandra Endo has more.
SANDRA ENDO, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Suzanne, for the men and women serving this country, answering the call of duty is part of the job. Relocating from city to city while trying to maintain a normal family life. Homeownership is often part of their American dream. But for many service members here in North Las Vegas, it's become a nightmare.
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COL. JOHN MONTGOMERY, U.S. AIR FORCE: I've had that since I was a first lieutenant. That one means everything.
ENDO (voice-over): Packing up and moving out. This is Colonel John Montgomery's 15th time relocating for the military.
MONTGOMERY: We're going to walk around and just make sure we got it all.
ENDO: But this time is different. As he makes his move to Virginia, the financial burden of his North Las Vegas home will be coming with him. The house he purchased four years ago with much of his life savings it lost so much in value it's a struggle to figure out how best to cut his losses.
ENDO (on camera): How much were we talking about when you bought it?
MONTGOMERY: The house was $420,000. It got appraised for $180,000. So that's 42 percent of what the original price was.
ENDO (voice-over): The housing crunch is hitting military service members especially hard. Relocation is a way of life, with no luxury to ride out the economy. And any bad mark in their finances could also jeopardize their careers.
Major John Royal and his family are being sent to Korea in November. His North Las Vegas house is now worth nearly 50 percent less than when he bought it in 2007. It's currently on the market as a short sale, but if there are no takers, he says he'll have no choice but to walk away.
MAJ. JOHN ROYAL, U.S. AIR FORCE: I currently have a top secret security clearance, and if you have a foreclosure on your record, it could impact it significantly.
ENDO: The Department of Defense has a housing assistance program providing some financial aid for service members facing relocation and who can't unload their homes. But the program only applies to homes purchased before July 2006. A program who doesn't help people like Colonel Montgomery or Major Royal.
ROYAL: Is there something that they could do more? Sure. Absolutely.
ENDO: Congressman Joe Heck wants the military to forgive bad credit scores for service members hit by the housing market and is calling for more funding from the assistant programs instead of spending in other areas.
REP. JOE HECK (R), NEVADA: We need to take care of the men and women with boots on the ground before we continue to invest in very expensive weapons systems.
ENDO (on camera): Already, at least 32 airmen our of Nellis Air Force Base had to foreclose on their homes. And for so many others, the situation even makes them consider giving up their military careers because of the financial strain.
ENDO (voice-over): A decision Colonel Montgomery struggled with after 25 years in the Air Force.
MONTGOMERY: This is the watering schedule I told you I'd put together.
ENDO: His only option is to rent out his Vegas home and cover $1,000 a month difference. A price he's willing to pay to continue to serve the country.
MONTGOMERY: Making the decision to stay with the Air Force took precedence over the money issue.
It's OK. We'll be back.
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ENDO: The challenge will always be whether or not there will be enough funding for these programs to help military families in need.
Suzanne.
MALVEAUX: Thank you.
This weekend on "Sanjay Gupta MD," the doc team teams up with Pentagon correspondent Barbara Starr for a special series on military medication. See how innovations from 10 years at war changing your health care here at home. It's called "Battlefield Breakthroughs." It airs this Saturday and Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m. Eastern right here on CNN.
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CW3 MARK LAUER, U.S. ARMY: Hi, I'm CW3 Mark Lauer and I'm from Rossford, Ohio. I'm here at Camp Bondsteel, Kosovo. I'd like to send a shout-out to my wife, family and friends back home. Let them know that I miss you, I love you and I'll be home shortly. Happy fourth of July.
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MALVEAUX: For many of you, July Fourth means parades, picnics, fireworks. Well, here in Atlanta, 60,000 people started the day with just a little jog. Yep, the Peachtree Road Race. It is the world's largest 10k, 6.2 miles, and Mike Prazmark, who's part of our CNN family, ran it with a camera. Here's his view. Take a look.
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UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (INAUDIBLE) a wave. We're going to see who (INAUDIBLE) up when you cross this start line. I want to see your hands in the air.
Put your hands in the air. Come on!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Check out the back. Here's your stars. Here's your stripes. Can't disrespect the American flag, so between us we can make a whole unison.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Absolutely a family right (ph). It's just all fun. So, got a great celebration on the Fourth of July, and it's a family tradition.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Look up and smile!
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Good job, guys!
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No training whatsoever. We just winged it.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We just wing it!
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Here we go. The three patriot girls. Raise your hands, girls. You know who you are.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Hey, God bless America. How about that?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Amen.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: We are like a flag.
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Oh, yes.
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MALVEAUX: All right. Mike, he is still in his running outfit and he joins us.
Congratulations.
MICHAEL PRAZMARK, SUZANNE'S FLOOR DIRECTOR: Thank you.
MALVEAUX: Mike, this is awesome. Show us -- and you get a t- shirt, right.
PRAZMARK: I got a t-shirt. Yes.
MALVEAUX: Only finishers get the t-shirt.
PRAZMARK: Yes. Finishers --
MALVEAUX: Let me see it. OK.
So, what was t hat like? You know, I mean, like 60,000 people. It's the world's largest 10k. Were you bumping into people? I mean, what makes this different than some of the other races you've been in?
PRAZMARK: I've never ran with so many people before. And it's a, you know, a lot of adrenaline going on. Sixty thousand people. The most I've ever done is about 2,000. And it was just a lot of fun. A lot of young, old, you know, people dressed up. It was great.
MALVEAUX: Tell us about the costumes. What were some of the standouts. We saw those guys. That one guy who was like literally painted as an American flag. What other folks did you see.
PRAZMARK: Yes, he was good. One group of people wore -- they dressed themselves up as like bald eagles and they were serving beer instead of water, believe it or not, at the -- along the road. It was pretty funny. It was just strange to see that.
MALVEAUX: Uh-huh. And how was your time? How'd you do?
PRAZMARK: I did all right. I usually run for fun. But about 55 or so. You know, I was in the "d" group. I guess they -- they decide what group you are in depending on what you -- how you did in previous races. But --
MALVEAUX: Under an hour?
PRAZMARK: Under an hour is all I'm going for.
MALVEAUX: OK. Well, that's good. And what makes this so different than some of the other races?
PRAZMARK: A lot of uphill. There's a hard part called Cardiac Hill, which is four miles into it. And when I got to that, I really had to, you know, change my strategy up. I thought I was prepared for it, but apparently not.
MALVEAUX: Kill Hill I think it's called too.
PRAZMARK: Kill -- yes. Yes.
MALVEAUX: That's like the nickname for it.
PRAZMARK: Yes.
MALVEAUX: Well, that's pretty awesome. You're usually behind the camera. You're directing me, making us all look good. So what's it like being in front of the camera? Did somebody set the TiVo for you so you can watch your performance?
PRAZMARK: Yes, I got the sister at home, Lauren, she helped me out with a little TiVo action, so I'll be able to watch it.
MALVEAUX: All right. Good. Should I wrap this now?
PRAZMARK: Wrap it up. Camera four.
MALVEAUX: All right. Thank you, Mike. Appreciate it.
CNN NEWSROOM continues right now with Deb Feyerick. She's in for Randi Kaye.
Hey, Deb.
