would end this way has been something that people have been talking about from the beginning. now of course we re waiting for that verification here from authorities in cleveland. john. and sarah, during this manhunt, any other evidence? 74-year-old robert godwin was the victim. the suspect is mr. stephens who s now believed to be dead, but he did also brag about other killings. did the cleveland police, have they obviously the focus has been on the manhunt, but do they have any reason to believe that is true or is that the rantings of someone that was perhaps on the verge of committing suicide? they ve been careful about that. there s been no evidence at this point of any other victims other than 74-year-old robert godwin. police addressed that this morning saying that fortunately no other bodies have been found, although he did sorry, we re in a crowded news conference room, but he did talk about that. that was a high priority of them early in the investigation, to
go back and figure out what he s been doing over the past three days since he killed mr. godwin, but also is there any truth to the fact that he sds he s committed maybe up to a dozen previous homicides? i think that s going to be what they re concentrating their efforts on now. art, stand by. i want to go to sarah gannon who has been on the scene in cleveland. she s standing by for the news conference. this word comes from the pennsylvania state police. have we heard anything directly from the cleveland authorities yet or they re saving what they have to say until they come in the room? not officially, john. we re waiting for a press conference. i was able to talk to one of the detectives who s been involved in this manhunt and he said they ve seen the report, they re working to verify it. he said, quote, i want to see the body myself. but we are, you know, reading this tweet from the pennsylvania state police. they are saying steve stephens was spotted this morning by the
figure out whether or not that was true. at this point, no other victims have been identified and we do know that abandoned buildings were checked. that was something that the police were doing here in cleveland. even this morning they were checking every single abandoned building in this city, not just looking for stephens but any additional victims there might have been. at this point as far as we know thankfully none other have been found other than, of course, unfortunately 74-year-old great grandfather robert godwin, sr. sarah, stand by for me. i want to read the tweet from the pennsylvania state police. steve stephens was spotted this morning in erie county. after a brief pursuit stephens shot and killed himself. art, take us to the crime scene. obviously in cleveland they want verification this is him. in terms of police on the scene
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pennsylvania state police members in erie county after a brief pursuit stephens shot and killed himself. now, remember, erie, which is only 92 miles east of cleveland, just a straight shot on i-90, has been mentioned since the early hours of this investigation. police there saying that they had detected a ping from the suspect s cell phone early after the shooting here in cleveland. and then they later walked that back, but that has been a continuous thread, something that erie county has popped up before early in this investigation. you remember that steve stephens mself had talked on facebook about being suicidal and telling his mother in the days before the shooting that he had, you know, been suicidal. she even told cnn that he had come to her and said this is the last day that you will see me alive. so the possibility that this