the age of 63. apparently dying from cancer. something that she had kept under wraps. it was not well-known at all that she was suffering from an illness. she had reportedly been in the studio very recently working on an album that she was hoping to finish. we did release a statement from her manager this morning saying, early this morning we lost donna summer, a woman of many gifts, the greatest gift being her faith. while we grieve her passing, we re at peace celebrating her extraordinary life and her continued legacy. words truly cannot express how much we appreciate your prayers and love for our family at this sensitive time. donna rose to fame in the 70s disco era. she was born in boston, la donna adrienne gains was her birth name. her career fired up when she was an international when she was cast in the international tour of hair. she met and married actor helmuth sommer. she kept his last name, did a little tweak, and that s when she officially game donna summer, a
edge across the south as police are hunting for a killer in a pair of highway murders. the victims were killed in cold blood by someone who the investigators believe may be disguised as a policeman, pulling them over for what they think may be a legitimate reason. investigators have very little to go on here. both shootings in rural stretches of northern mississippi, no witnesses to either shooting. so they re doing their best to keep people calm and offer some advice. i know that a lot of rumors are going around and a lot of things are going around and i want to say that we don t know anything right now for concrete. if they are being pulled over by an officer and they re concerned about, because of what has gone on, with these two homicides, you do have a right, don t have carte blanche right not to stop at all but you have a right under our law to put your flashers on, drive a safe speed and proceed to a lighted, populated area. martha: that s very important information right
investigation is looking at a number of scenarios right now but says that the suspect may be luring his victims by posing as a fake cop preying on unsuspecting drivers late in the night. martin savidge has been following all the developments closely for us. let s go ahead an take a look. we put together a map of exactly where the two highway murders occurred. we re talking about just three days apart, right? 55 miles away from each other. that s correct. what do we know about the two victims? well, we re talking about a 74-year-old man who was driving from nebraska, and he was the first victim, 1:30 in the morning. that s thomas schlender, and then friday, 2, 15 a.m., lori anne carswell, a local woman, found shot dead out of her vehicle. schlender is found shot dead inside his vehicle. five shell casings were retrieved from his murder scene. this is also what we know. it appear that is the vehicles were not broken down, yet they were found at the side of the road on the