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
With the murder of two Police Officers. Two Iowa Police Officers shot and killed while sitting in their patrol cars overnight around des moines. Blocks away from each other. Police are calling these attacks ambushes. And they say 46yearold Scott Michael greene is responsible. It doesnt look like there was any interaction between these officers. And whoever the. They sat in their cars. Thats the best we got we can explain the scene right now. Both of them were in their cars. Reporter police discovered the first officer in irvindale, iowa just after 1 00 this morning. When someone reported shots being fired. They found the second officer 20 minutes later. About two miles away in des moines. Also seated in his vehicle. Before the manhunt was over, greene was caught. Des Moines Police had warned the public not to approach him. Saying he was armed and dangerous. There is clearly danger if you are a police officer. These guys were gunned down there is definitely some danger out there. There
We checked in with several communities, some like, boston and lawrence, are seeing a more than 10 turnout. Others like cambridge, are seeing a 21 turnout. Five days before the election. Different experience overall than voting at the school and sitting in lines all day. The reporter for voters like dave santos, its about options. I work from home, so it makes it really convenient for me. My wife came home from boston to pick up our son and just was able to pick up our son and go vote and then run the reporter voter rachel walks with a cane and shorter lines make it possible for her to cast her ballot. I do appreciate it, because its very difficult to stand in long lines. For the state, early voting means streamlining whats already a complicated and sometimes overwhelming process. I think i can be confident saying, there will certainly be more than three million ballots cast altogether for this election, so if you take a million out, that still leaves more than two Million People to the
It was premeditated, i planned on killing him. This is hard. Its hard for all of us. Weve been through it already. The reporter sampsons case is back in federal court 13 years later, after his death sentence was thrown out on a technicality. The families of his three victims now have to sit through the testimony all over again. I reached around and stabbed him in the heart, in the lungs, in the chest, in the throat. He went down on the ground, i why . I do not know. The reporter sampson barely moved while sitting in court next to his attorneys, listening to his confession go on and on. I still am having problems with killing that man. I have no remorse at this time for that. But i still am having problems with it. The reporter and this penalty trial is expected to they should sentence him to death again or sentence him to life in prison for the rest of his life. We are live in boston, robert goulston, fox 25 news. Mark with just five days to go until the election, the president ial rac