in the spring of 1980, police were still reluctant to listen to camille bell. children were dying on the streets of atlanta in the daytime. among them, jeffrey mathis only 10. like yousef bell, he walked down the street on an errand to this gas station to buy cigarettes for his mother. she never saw him again. what we had here was a predator. what he was looking for was somebody cut off from the herd. if you don t realize you re in trouble until you re in trouble, then you have no way of getting out. it would be another year before jeffrey mathis body was found in a woods miles from his home. his mother would join camille bell in forming a committee to confront the city s leaders. the reaction of the police
loss of her 9-year-old son who finally forced police to listen, but not until almost a year after her boy died. camille bell and her children lived in these project apartments, poor to the eye, but rich in mind and spirit. yousef bell was an honor student in the gifted program at school. on a warm october sunday in 1979, he walked away on an earned to buy snuff for an elderly lady downstairs. he went bare footed in a pair of brown shorts. he got to the store. he bought the snuff. he started back home. less than half a block from this store, yousef bell stepped off this curb and vanished. and nobody saw anybody do anything or anything, but they didn t see him come back across the street. that s the last that we saw him.
0 a couple of quick headlines. after admitting she used a racial slur on youtube. the network says they are reviewing our business relationship with miss deen. plans are settled for the funeral of actor james gandolfini. he died of a heart attack wednesday in italy. his body is expected to arrive back in the united states tomorrow. he was 51 years old. i m don lemon, thanks for joining us. good night. for two years, the bodies of black children had been found in the woods, then the rivers of atlanta, georgia. in all, more than two dozen victims, most of them strangled. by may 1981, the police and fbi were hiding in the brush, beside and below the river bridges. this was to be the last night, almost the last hour. i heard the splash. bob campbell, a police recruit, jumped to his feet down beside the chatahoochie river. he looked up at the bridge. i saw the brake lights of a car come on, i saw red lights. the car started slowly moving away from me across the bridge. campbell
and what he was looking for was somebody who was cut off from the herd. and if you don t realize you re in trouble until you re in trouble, then you have no way of getting out. it would be another year before jefferey mathis body was found in the woods, miles from his home. his mother would join camille bell in forming a committee to confront the city s leaders. the reaction of the police was that we were overreacting and that there was no serial killer. even though by now six black children were dead. four others were missing. perhaps we were like distraught parents that really needed everyone s sympathy, but nobody needed to do anything. for years, it has been a dirty little secret among the press and the police.
way or the other, in the deaths of all of the children. camille bell. even if it takes 30 trials, i don t care. you know, prove it. the prosecutor s answer, it would serve no purpose. you can only serve one life sentence. just ahead a new alibi that backfires. he was out that night, no question in my mind. he was not at home. he was out and about. and after all these years, new dna evidence. it probably would exclude 98% or so of the people in the world. michael, tell us why you used priceline express deals