target. of course, we all know it s someone in the inner circle. if we had known those kind of circumstances earlier in the investigation, i m sure he would have come into our radar sooner, but again, we can always look back and wish we had done things differently. a few months before he confessed, eric copple patched things up with lily prudhomme, and the two married. in a bitter irony, the couple asked arlene allen, adriane s mother, to be part of the wedding with ceremony. lily claims she never suspected eric was the killer. in december of 2006, eric copple pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder. he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. had he not pled guilty, copple would have been eligible for the
of course, we all know it s someone in the inner circle. if we had known those kind of circumstances earlier in the investigation, i m sure he would have come into our radar sooner, but again, we can always look back and wish we had done things differently. a few months before he confessed, eric copple patched things up with lily prudone, and the two married. in a bitter irony, the couple asked arlene allen, adriane s mother, to be part of the wedding with ceremony. lily claims she never suspected eric was the killer. in december of 2006, eric copple pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder. he was sentenced to life in prison without parole. had he not pled guilty, copple would have been eligible for the death penalty. and i think that was a very real possibility, accepting a
suspect s dna. copple was arrested and charged with two counts of first-degree murder. investigators learned that copple blamed adriane insogna for the breakup of his engagement to lily prudone. it appeared that some people and possibly adriane, were telling lily that she could do better and that she shouldn t any longer be involved in this relationship with eric copple, that he wasn t good for her or right for her. on the night of the murders, copple went to a halloween party and ran into his ex-fiance, lily prudone. according to witnesses, the two argued. copple wanted to set a new date for their wedding, but lily wasn t interested. can you just leave me alone for the rest of the night? please. after the party, copple returned home.
and bled profusely as he rushed out of the house. at that point, based on what he s told us, at least, that he took his clothing and burned them in a fire pit that he had in his backyard, went back to sleep, and then the next day went to lily s house to console her. after lily called him to tell him that adriane had been attacked. no one knows why copple spared lauren meanza. some think he didn t know about the downstairs bedroom. i don t know whether or not copple knew that there was a room there. and i don t know whether or not he knew that there was a person in there. i just had a reckoning with myself and really understood that adriane was the target and somebody really wanted my child dead. and then i thought, how stupid was i? of course, adriane was the target.
has green eyes. he now knew two things, that he made too many mistakes and the dna technology had advanced far beyond anything he could ever have imagined. the same time, police asked the surviving roommate, lauren meanza, if she knew anyone who smoked this brand of cigarettes. she had let us know, well, the only smoker i can think of at this point is eric copple. 25-year-old eric copple was a land surveyor and a friend of one of the victims. but before police could question him, copple walked into police headquarters and confessed. i m just getting done with dinner, and i get a phone call at home. someone s here at the police department and they want to confess. copple said he knew adriane insogna. it was that cold feeling that