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In this Feb. 13, 2017 photo, U.S. Marine veteran Antonio Romo, who was deported, looks out from his apartment balcony in Tijuana, Mexico, where he can see the U.S. border wall separating San Diego, U.S. from Tijuana, Mexico. Romo, who became a U.S. resident before enlisting, was sent to federal prison in Texas for conspiracy to distribute and sell cocaine. He said prison made him human again because it was there that he first got psychological help. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
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FILE - In this 2012 photo provided by a former member of the church, Jeffrey Cooper holds his infant daughter at her 2012 baby dedication at the Word of Faith Fellowship compound in Spindale, N.C. At second right is Frank Webster, an assistant North Carolina prosecutor who is married to church leader Jane Whaley's daughter, Robin, left. At right is Frank Webster's son, Brock. At second left is Jeffrey Coopers' wife, Natalie. A district attorney has asked the state to investigate two assistant prosecutors after an Associated Press story that quoted former congregants of a North Carolina church as saying the men derailed criminal probes into allegations of abuse by sect leaders. The AP story, released Monday, March 6, 2017, cited nine former Word of Faith members who said Frank Webster and Chris Back provided legal advice, helped at strategy sessions and participated in a mock trial for four congregants charged with harassing a former member. (AP Photo, File)
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FILE - In this 2012 provided by a former member of the church, Word of Faith Fellowship leader Jane Whaley, center left, holds Jeffrey Cooper's infant daughter, accompanied by her husband, Sam, center right, and others during a ceremony in the church's compound in Spindale, N.C. The AP story, released Monday, March 6, 2017, cited nine former Word of Faith members who said Frank Webster and Chris Back provided legal advice, helped at strategy sessions and participated in a mock trial for four congregants charged with harassing a former member. The ex-congregants also said that Back and Webster, who is sect leader Jane Whaley's son-in-law, helped derail a social services investigation into child abuse in 2015 and attended meetings where Whaley warned congregants to lie to investigators about abuse incidents. (AP Photo, File)
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This Oct. 21, 2016 photo shows a forensic sculpture of an unidentified 1985 female murder victim during a forensic conference in Tampa, Fla. Dr. Erin Kimmerle knows it will take months to try to match the DNA of two women who believe it could be their missing sister. Working cold cases isn’t like what people see on TV, and there’s a nationwide DNA-testing backlog. But Kimmerle is patient, so she wears a hopeful smile when she learns that the women are talking to detectives. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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In this Oct. 21, 2016 photo, Sharon Scott, left, and Sheila Williams console each other near a sculpture of an unidentified 1985 female murder victim during a forensic conference in Tampa, Fla. They believe the victim could be Sheila's missing sister, Brenda Joyce Williams. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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In this Oct. 21, 2016 photo, Sheila Williams holds up a faded, photocopied picture of a woman near a sculpture of an unidentified 1985 female murder victim during a forensic conference Oct. 21, 2016, in Tampa, Fla. Sheila believes the victim could be her missing sister, Brenda Joyce Williams. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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In this Oct. 21, 2016 photo, Dr. Erin Kimmerle, standing next to forensic sculptures of unidentified murder victims, speaks to a group of detectives, researchers, and prosecutors during a forensics conference in Tampa, Fla. Kimmerle is hoping her scientific research can help find identities of cold case victims. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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This Sept. 15, 2016 photo shows a body tag on the remains of an unidentified 1985 female murder victim after her body was exhumed from a unmarked grave in Tampa, Fla. Dr. Erin Kimmerle is working on the cold case in hopes of helping law enforcement officials to identify the victim. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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In this Sept. 15, 2016 photo, medical workers prepare to take the remains of an unidentified 1985 female murder victim to the medical examiner's office after her body was exhumed from a unmarked grave in Tampa, Fla. Dr. Erin Kimmerle is working on the cold case in hopes of helping law enforcement officials to identify the victim. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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In this Sept. 15, 2016 photo, Dr. Erin Kimmerle, left, examines the remains of a 1985 female murder victim after the body was exhumed from a unmarked grave in Tampa, Fla. Kimmerle can spend the time on this and 49 other cases thanks to a $385,000 grant from the National Institute of Justice to review unsolved and unidentified-person deaths. Most are in Florida, but some are from Pennsylvania and Wisconsin; because Kimmerle’s considered one of the country’s best forensic anthropologists, her lab often takes cases from states with fewer resources. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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In this Sept. 15, 2016 photo, Dr. Erin Kimmerle, left, partially standing in the grave, examines the remains of an unidentified 1985 female murder victim after her body was exhumed from a unmarked grave in Tampa, Fla. Kimmerle is working on the cold case in hopes of helping law enforcement officials to identify the victim. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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In this Sept. 15, 2016 photo, Dr. Erin Kimmerle begins to open the grave liner covering the remains of an unidentified 1985 female murder victim before the body was exhumed from a unmarked grave in Tampa, Fla. Kimmerle is a former United Nations International Criminal Tribunal investigator and an anthropology professor. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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In this Sept. 15, 2016 photo, Dr. Erin Kimmerle, center, works with investigators as they examine the remains of an unidentified 1985 female murder victim after the body was exhumed from a unmarked grave in Tampa, Fla. Kimmerle knows locating the killer is a long shot. But she feels maybe if she is detailed enough and throws enough science at the case, she can identify the body and find relatives. (AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)
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In this March 6, 2017, photo, Arkansas state Rep. Jimmy Gazaway, of Paragould, speaks in the House chamber at the state Capitol in Little Rock for his bill that would prohibit the general release of videotape depicting the death of a law enforcement officer in the line of duty. A recording of a Trumann officer being shot dead in 2011 continues to pop up in social media feeds of the officer's family nearly six years later. The state Senate could vote on the measure as early as Thursday afternoon, March 9, 2017. Gazaway helped prosecute the officer's killer. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)
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FILE - This April 13, 2011, file photo, shows an image of Officer Jonathan Schmidt, right, hanging at the Trumann, Ark., police station. Schmidt was shot dead during a 2011 traffic stop and video of his final moments continues to make the rounds on the internet six years later. The Arkansas Legislature is considering a bill that would prohibit the general release of videotape depicting the death of a law enforcement officer in the line of duty. The state Senate could vote on the measure as early as Thursday afternoon, March 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Jeannie Nuss, File)
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In this Jan. 31, 2017, photo, Trumann Police Chief Chad Henson is interviewed outside the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark., about a bill that would prohibit the general release of videotape depicting the death of a law enforcement officer in the line of duty. A recording of a Trumann officer being shot dead in 2011 continues to pop up in social media feeds of the officer's family nearly six years later. The state Senate could vote on the measure as early as Thursday afternoon, March 9, 2017. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)
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FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2017 file photo, a security camera warning sign is seen at the Muslim Association of Hawaii in Honolulu. The state of Hawaii has become the first state to sue to stop President Donald Trump's revised travel ban. Attorneys for the state filed the lawsuit Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in federal court in Honolulu. The state had previously sued over Trump's initial travel ban, but that lawsuit was put on hold while other cases played out across the country. (AP Photo/Jennifer Sinco Kelleher, File)
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FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2017, file photo, Hawaii Attorney General Doug Chin speaks at a news conference in Honolulu announcing the state of Hawaii has filed a lawsuit challenging President Donald Trump's travel ban. The state of Hawaii has become the first state to sue to stop Trump's revised travel ban. Attorneys for the state filed the lawsuit Wednesday, March 8, 2017, in federal court in Honolulu. The state had previously sued over Trump's initial travel ban, but that lawsuit was put on hold while other cases played out across the country. (AP Photo/Audrey McAvoy, File)
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FILE - In this Sept. 14, 2014, file photo, a man places flowers in front of the Pennsylvania State Police barracks in Blooming Grove Township, Pa. Jury selection begins Thursday, March 9, 2017, in the capital murder trial of an anti-government sharpshooter charged with killing a Pennsylvania State Police trooper and critically wounding another in a 2014 ambush at their barracks. Thirty-three-year-old Eric Frein could face the death penalty if he’s convicted in the attack that killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson II and injured Trooper Alex Douglass. (Butch Comegys/The Times & Tribune via AP, File)
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In this Friday, March 6, 2015 file photo, a sign marks the location of the barracks for the Pennsylvania State Police in Blooming Grove Township, Pa. Jury selection begins Thursday, March 9, 2017, in the capital murder trial of an anti-government sharpshooter charged with killing a Pennsylvania State Police trooper and critically wounding another in a 2014 ambush at their barracks. Thirty-three-year-old Eric Frein could face the death penalty if he’s convicted in the attack that killed Cpl. Bryon Dickson II and injured Trooper Alex Douglass. (AP Photo/Michael Rubinkam)
