mason was married, had children and grandchildren. he owned a number of gas stations, and had not been arrested for any other crimes in the years since the murders. now we ve got a real suspect. but we were still a little bit apprehensive. okay. it s a fingerprint. it s an old fingerprint. what else do we have? one of the robbery victims, bob dewar, was brought in for a photographic lineup. but couldn t identify mason as the man who stole the car. so police needed to look further. they needed something more. and what more was me. the man who bought the murder weapon in 1956 and rented a room at a ymca in shreveport, louisiana, had printed his name on the register. paul edholme, a forensic document examiner, was asked to compare gerald mason s handwriting to the signature of george wilson on the ymca
orders as backup arrived at the unit. with a complex case ahead of him, gathers could face a long stretch in jail. he and a co-defendant face 13 charges including six for armed robbery. prosecutors say they held up three businesses during a four-day crime spree. gathers pled not guilty but has three prior robbery convictions. armed robbery just been something that always came natural as a first instinct. my first armed robbery was a mexican market. i went in there and demanded money, and i seen the power that i had when i looked into their eyes. gathers said he never physically harmed his robbery victims but acknowledges having scarred them in other ways. i understand that i did scar them probably for life because it will be a memory never forgotten. you can hear it in their voice. what? you can hear you can hear them pleading, you can hear them pleaing, and you can hear them
and grandchildren. he owned a number of gas stations, and had not been arrested for any other crimes in the years since the murders. now we ve got a real suspect. but we were still a little bit apprehensive. okay. it s a fingerprint. it s an old fingerprint. what else do we have? one of the robbery victims, bob dewar, was brought in for a photographic lineup. but couldn t identify mason as the man who stole the car. so police needed to look further. they needed something more. and what more was me. the man who bought the murder weapon in 1956 and rented a room at a ymca in shreveport, louisiana, had printed his name on the register. paul edholme, a forensic document examiner, was asked to compare gerald mason s handwriting to the signature of george wilson on the ymca register. almost immediately, edholme
he and a co-defendant each face 13 charges including six for armed robbery. prosecutors say they held up three businesses during a four-day crime spree. gathers pled not guilty but has three prior robbery convictions. armed robbery just been something that always came natural as a first instinct. my first armed robbery was a mexican market. i went in there and demanded money, and i seen the power that i had when i looked into their eyes. gathers said he never physically harmed his robbery victims but acknowledges having scarred them in other ways. i understand that i did scar them probably for life because it will be a memory never forgotten. you can hear it in their voice. what? you can hear you can hear them pleading, you can hear them pleaing, and you can hear them wanting to cry out, but they don t want to seem sort of weak in too vulnerable in the situation they re going through. what about their eyes? their eyes?
13 charges, including 6 for armed robbery. prosecutors say they held up three businesses during a four-day crime spree. gathers has pled not guilty, but has three prior robbery convictions. all robbery has been somebody that always came natural as a first instinct. my first was a mexican market. i went in there and demanded money, and i seen the power that i had when i looked into their eyes. gathers says he never physically harmed his robbery victims but acknowledges having scarred them in other ways. i understand that i did scar them probably for life, because it will be a memory never forgotten. you can hear it in their voice. what? you can hear them pleading, and you can hear them wanting to cry out, but they don t want to seem sort of weak and too vulnerable in the situation that they re going through. what happened about their eyes? what did you see?