viewers coming back for more. it s monday, february 17th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning. i m marci gonzalez in for diana perez. i m ryan smith in for john muller. we begin with breaking news from europe. the confirmed hijacking of ethiopian jet this morning. flight 702 was flying from ethiopia to rome but landed hundreds of miles away from geneva instead. no one was injured and one man in custody. there are some reports that some passengers have asked for asylum but that has not been confirmed. the airline is now scrambling to get passengers where they need to go. we ll continue to follow this breaking story from geneva. investigators are looking into unsolved murders in alaska, california, north carolina and texas, after a disturbing claim by a pennsylvania teenager. miranda barbour says over the past six years she s been on killing spree with so many victims she s stopped counting.
would place her among the most notorious serial killers like ted bundy and jeffrey dahmer. now police in several states and the fbi are investigating her claims and must determine if she s seeking redemption or just attention. it s all about facts. can she actually articulate names, places, locations? but short of that, this is just a lot of bragging. reporter: barbour says she s confessing now because if she were to be released, she would kill again. barbour and her husband both can pleaded not guilty to laferrara s murder, but in her jailhouse interview, barbour says she wanted to plead guilty. mara schiavocampo, abc news, new york. florida prosecutors plan to retry a man who shot and killed a young man over loud music. jury convicted michael dunn on four charges, including three counts of attempted second-degree murder for his shooting of a car in which the boy and three others were riding, but they deadlocked on the most serious charge,
took part in the murders of more than 20 people. miranda barbour says the killings were part of a satanic ritual and took place from alaska to north carolina. now local police and fbi are trying to figure out whether the confession is a bid for attention or the real deal. it s all about facts. can she actually articulate names, places, locations. but short of that, this is just a lot of bragging. barbour and her husband are being held in jail for the murder of a man they met through craigslist. a kentucky minister who starred on the reality tv show snake salvation has died, bitten by a rattle snake. jamie coots refused medical treatment and died at his home about two hours after the bite. abc s steve osunsami has more. reporter: pastor jamie coots has been bitten nine times by the snakes he handles during his sermons. big ones. reporter: but it was the tenth bite that sent him to meet the lord.
viewers coming back for more. it s monday, february 17th. announcer: from abc news, this is world news now. good morning. i m marci gonzalez in for diana perez. i m ryan smith in for john muller. we begin with breaking news from europe. the confirmed hijacking of ethiopian jet this morning. flight 702 was flying from ethiopia to rome but landed hundreds of miles away from geneva instead. no one was injured and one man in custody. there are some reports that some passengers have asked for asylum but that has not been confirmed. the airline is now scrambling to get passengers where they need to go. we ll continue to follow this breaking story from geneva. investigators are looking into unsolved murders in alaska, california, north carolina and texas, after a disturbing claim by a pennsylvania teenager. miranda barbour says over the past six years she s been on killing spree with so many victims she s stopped counting. with more details here s abc news s mara sch
with more details here s abc news s mara schiavocampo. reporter: though she barely looks 19 years, miranda barbour is possibly a killer. the pennsylvania teen is being held without bail facing the death penalty for what police call a thrill kill. investigators say in november miranda barbour and 22-year-old elliott barbour, her husband of just three weeks, lured their victim by posting an ad for sex in exchange for money, but instead stabbed and strangled 42-year-old troy laferrara to death in their car. but now barbour says that murder is just the tip of the iceberg. in a jailhouse interview with a local paper, she confessed to murdering laferrara and claims to have killed nearly two dozen more across the country. saying, quote, when i hit 22, i stopped counting. she was very meek. she was very mild. she very soft spoken and very matter of fact. reporter: if verified, that