. >> reporter: in 1990, rick romly reopened the case. >> a lot of years had gone by. we lost evidence. reigns who took it a fresh look. >> i had to treat it like it happened yesterday. >> reporter: they started from scratch. >> we reinterviewed everyone. >> reporter: all roads lead to john carpenter. no doubt? >> no doubt. reporter: the crime scene photos of a v-shaped blood stain helped detectives ideif murder weapon, a camera tripod. >> he layed the tripod over the bloody sheet and the top of the legs to the top of the tripod were the identical length to the wounds. >> reporter: the tripod seen in this photograph was missing from crane's apartment. fled the murder scene and placed the bloody tripod in the rental car depositing the blood on the door. a photograph reveals a tiny red speck that pathologists determined was tissue from bob crane's battered skull. the sample was lost or never collected. you believe in your heart hearts john carpenter killed bob crane? >> absolutely. >> when you put it all together, the blood, the tissue, it had to be him. >> authorities i

our cameras caught up with rick romly right after he finished going to bat for his cousin. from 1989-2004 and during that time he took on several high profile cases and now his cousin is convicted of making and dealing spice. >> were you thinking about the >> i know look it. i'm county attorney and i know the outcomes aren't always the best. i work with dea and fbi as well. >> his cousin walked out of court a free man. >>> well it's been a week since election day. still roughly 90,000 early and provisional ballots remain un the state democratic party has declared victory in the county recorder's race. adrienne fontez has unceded helen bercell. supporters for prop 205 they're also refusing to give up the fight to legalize recreational marijuana. >>> maricopa county proving to elections for arizona secretary of state says maricopa county will deliver the most amount of votes to trump of any u.s. county. more than 711,000 people voted for trump taking nearly 49% of the vote in maricopa county. >>> this story might be a little too late for a san diego ceo as he has been tweetin

. >>> our cameras catching up with rick romly after he finished going about for his cousin of accused of making and dealing spice. >> i i'm county attorney. you know the outcomes are not always the best. i was very tough on drugs. i worked with d.e.a. and fbi. >> as we told you earlier his cousin walked out of court a free man sentenced to five years felony probation . >>> god speed daren. an emotional good-bye in cholo for officer daren reed as he was laid to rest. so much respect for a man who dedicated his life to serving others. >> daren could have a suspect yelling, screaming, swearing, and within a couple of minutes you would swear they were best buddies. >> police killed a gunman during a shootout. as for officer reed he was supposed he leaves behind a wife and two kids. >>> just 49,000 ballots still left to count in maricopa county. the state democratic party declaring victory. they say adrienne fontez has exceeded helen percel. count about 1700 mail-in ballots with questionable signatures. they say they have a duty to check ballots that arrive in in the mail but not those dro

this morning a new side of a formeren county attorney our cameras catching up with rick romly. and dealing spice. >> reporter: were you thinking about how this looks. >> i know look it i'm county attorney and i know that the outcomes are not always the best because i was. i was very tough on drugs. i worked with dea, the fbi others as well. >> now his cousin walked out of court a free man. >>> well his plan to build a wall maybe controversial but backing down. abc15's katie connor is live in the news room. katie their cooperation would be key to building a wall. >> it is. and dan i want to show you why. without their cooperation there would be a big gap in the wall. about 75 miles of it runs along our border and that's the longest shared border of any native american tribe u.s. just yesterday tribal chairman spoke out yesterday and said absolutely no way to a border wall because their ancestrial land is more important than politics. >> so we can truly protect the homeland of this place they call the united states of america. >> and the tribe leader invites donald trump to come