Gaining their trust before savagely murdering them. Sampsons attorneys all from outside of boston blame sampsons murder spree on a head injury. They say, he fell down the stairs when he was four years old, and that turned in to an early traumatic brain injury after several more bumps on his head over the years. I dont know any of us who have not fallen down the stairs or fallen off our bikes. We didnt have helmets when we were growing up. It happened to all of us and we didnt all turn out this way. The reporter and were expected to hear from witnesses in this case. Straight ahead at 6 00 p. M. , were going to have a little bit more about what the government says sampson did while he was serving time that makes him even dangerous while in custody. We are live if boston, robert goulston, fox 25 news. Mark developing tonight, police are estimate working to come up with a motive for deadly attacks on two iowa Police Officers. Both of these men were shot and killed without warning while the
And launched his attack when he saw vanessa jogging all by herself out on the rural road. What youre dealing with is someone who is probably very much engaged in predatory behavior, which means that theyre out looking for victims and when it happens, theyre ready to go, so it makes it look real impulsive, its for the offender though its not as impulsive, because hes ready at all times. Theyre certainly considering that this is someone who happened to co radar screen, and she happened to come across his radar screen making it, you know, a stranger assault, and that makes it a lot more difficult for investigators. The reporter now, this was an eyeopening trip for me. Mary ellen otoole, sharing fascinating insights about vanessas case, about the killer, and these insights come from three decades of studying cases like vanessa. Vanessa im curious, did she marcottes killer could be now. The reporter yes, she did. One of the chilling things she said to me, she believes vanessas killer is fam
Sunshine mixing on in and look at the numbers this afternoon. Mid to even upper 60s out there with the decent deal of sunshine amid some clouds that will occasionally mix on in. Not that cold overnight tonight. The forecast features more mild air. However not for all of us. I would suspect across Southern New Hampshire northern mass the wind more from the north and tough to kick back to south. You may indeed be stuck in you get south of boston again were taking a round into upper 60. Tomorrow we track showers in here. Most of them in the afternoon into evening. More on that in the weekend forecast, ahead. Coming up. New this morning crews have been working through the morning to repair a water main wreak. It happened at middlesex turnpike extension. Significant traffic delays. Police tell commuter to look for an alternate route. Lets send it over to Danielle Gersh to see how its affecting the roadways. If you take the t yo we have moderate delays on the green line. Heres a look at zaki
Sunshine mixing on in and look at the numbers this afternoon. Mid to even upper 60s out there with the decent deal of sunshine amid some clouds that will occasionally mix on in. Not that cold overnight tonight. The forecast features more mild air. However not for all of us. I would suspect across Southern New Hampshire northern mass the wind more from the north and tough to kick back to south. You may indeed be stuck in you get south of boston again were taking a round into upper 60. Tomorrow we track showers in here. Most of them in the afternoon into evening. More on that in the weekend forecast, ahead. Coming up. New this morning crews have been working through the morning to repair a water main wreak. It happened at middlesex turnpike extension. Significant traffic delays. Police tell commuter to look for an alternate route. Lets send it over to Danielle Gersh to see how its affecting the roadways. If you take the t yo we have moderate delays on the green line. Heres a look at zaki
We have had conversations with worcester police, so were looking at everything. Reporter the chief says theyve been following up on several leads that came in overnight, while theyre also working to track down any Surveillance Video that could help them identify the masked intruders. We pulled a number of videotapes from the downtown area. We reviewed all of those. Now, the victim has come and gone from police headquarters, and she asked us not to identify her by name or show way. And weve agreed to that. As for the investigation, the police chief here telling us their investigation tonight is ongoing and active. Were live in sterling tonight, steve cooper, 7news. Following some breaking news out of leafser where we found in this car engulfed in flames after police say the driver swerved to avoid hitting a deer. This is baldwin street, and the car slammed into a tree and then it burst into flames. Police say the driver was hurt reporter a suspect in custody, accused of murdering Police