>> WE WILL MAKE THIS INDIVIDUAL'S WORLD VERY VERY
VERY SMALL. >> NBC'S RON ALLEN IS LIVE
OUTSIDE CLEVELAND CITY HALL AND TED WILLIAMS LAWYER AND FORMER
HOMICIDE DETECTIVE HERE IN WASHINGTON.
FIRST TO YOU, RON. TELL ME THE FACTS OF THIS
MURDER. >> THE FACTS OF THE MURDER ARE
IT HAPPENED EASTER SUNDAY AFTERNOON.
THE SUSPECT, STEVE STEPHENS APPARENTLY GOT OUT OF HIS CAR
AND TAUNTED THIS MAN, MR. GODWIN AND APPARENTLYY SHOT HIM
POINT-BLANK. THE VIDEO WAS THEN UPLOADED TO
FACEBOOK AND AFTER THAT A LIVE CONFESSION HAPPENED ON FACEBOOK.
FACEBOOK WENT THROUGH SOME DETAIL A LITTLE WHILE AGO HOW
LONG IT TOOK THEM TO TAKE THIS ACCOUNT DOWN BECAUSE THEY FACED
SOME CRITICISM ABOUT THAT. ESSENTIALLY, IT TOOK ABOUT AN
HOUR AND 45 MINUTES. THEY SAY IT TOOK 23 MINUTES FROM
THE TIME THEY WERE FIRST NOTIFIED.
THAT IN FACT THE MURDER HAD HAPPENED.
THEY SAY THEY ARE WORKING ON THEIR REPORTING PROCESSES AND
BASICALLY RELYING ON THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD
LOOKING AT MILLIONS OF UPLOADS AND PIECES OF POSTINGS EVERY
WEEK. IT'S A VERY DIFFICULT JOB.
TO THE ISSUE HERE, WHAT'S STRIKING IS THAT IN THE PRESS
CONFERENCE THE POLICE SEEMED TO INDICATE THEY REALLY DON'T HAVE
A CLUE WHERE THIS INDIVIDUAL IS. IT'S BEEN OVER 24 HOURS NOW.
THERE WAS SOME REPORTERING EARLIER TODAY, THE -- REPORTING
EARLIER TODAY THE PHILADELPHIA POLICE GOT 911 SIGHTINGS AND
THAT TURNED OUT TO BE A FALSE LEAD AND HE MIGHT HAVE BEEN IN
ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA WHERE HIS CELL PHONE PINGED AND THAT
WASN'T THE CASE. THERE HAVE BEEN A COUPLE THINGS
ALONG THE WAY BUT NOTHING SUBSTANTIVE.
THAT'S WHY THEY'RE MAKING A FORCEFUL PLEA TO NEIGHBORS AND
FRIENDS AND RELATIVES TO TURN THIS INDIVIDUAL IN.
HE CAN'T DISAPPEAR OFF THE FACE OF THE EARTH.
THERE IS NO INDICATION HE TRIED TO RENT A CAR TORE USED HIS
CREDIT CARD. THEY'RE LOOKING AT ELECTRONIC
TRANSACTIONS. IT'S AN EXTENSIVE MANHUNT AND
THEY DESCRIBE IT AS A NATIONWIDE MANHUNT EVEN THOUGH THEY'RE
FOCUSED ON THE STATES NEAR HERE AND HE COULD BE ANYWHERE IN THE
COUNTRY AND WHY HE'S POSTED ON THE 10 MOST WANTED LIST.
AND THE RESOUTHWARD IS $50,000. HE HAS NOT BEEN LINKED TO ANY
OTHER MURDERS. HE SAID ON FACEBOOK HE HAS
KILLED 15 OTHER PEOPLE BUT THAT'S NOT TRUE AND THE POLICE
SEARCHED AND COULD NOT FIND ANY VICTIMS RELATED TO ANY BODIES.
THE ONE MAN, MR. GODWIN, 44-YEAR-OLD GRANDFATHER.
WE HOPE TO HEAR FROM HIS FAMILY AND THEY'RE TRYING TO WORK OUT
RELATIONSHIPS AND GRIEVING TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS
HAPPENED. THERE SEEMED TO BE NO
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE VICTIM AND THE SHOOTER.
IT APPEARS TO BE A RANDOM THING. STEPHENS EXPLAINED IT HAD
SOMETHING TO DO WITH HIS GIRLFRIEND, JOY LANE.
ONE OF OUR PRODUCERS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OUTSIDE CLEVELAND
WAS ABLE TO DETERMINE BY TALKING TO SOME NEIGHBORS THEY SEEMED TO
BE A COUPLE LIVING TOGETHER THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS, DESCRIBED
AS QUIET AND YOU HEARD THE POLICE SAY SHE WAS IN A SAFE
PLACE NOW AND FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS AREE COOPERATING.
THAT'S WHERE WE ARE, A DEAD-END AT THIS POINT.
>> TED, AS A FORMER HOMICIDE DETECTIVE, YOU INVESTIGATED THIS
CASE. IF ANYONE IS LISTENING ON
SATELLITE RADIO KEEP YEARS FOR A WHITE FORD FUSION, E 363630,
TEMPORARY OHIO TAG. DON'T APPROACH THIS MAN.
HE'S ARMED AND DANGEROUS. >> ABSOLUTELY.
THIS IS SUCH A HORRIFIC SENSELESS COLD-BLOODED KILLING.
WHAT LAW ENFORCEMENT NOW IS TRYING TO PUT TOGETHER A PUZZLE.
WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE IS WHO HIS FRIENDS ARE, HIS
RIFTS. THEY'RE TRYING TO MAKE A
DETERMINATION WHETHER ANY OF THOSE PEOPLE ARE SHELTERING HIM
OR WHETHER HE'S BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM.
>> IF HE'S ON THE RUN HE NEEDS MONEY.
HE HAS TO EAT AND GET MONEY. ANYONE WHO GIVES HIM MONEY IS
PART OF THIS CRIME OR AIDS AND HELPS HIM KNOWING HE DID THIS IS
PART OF THIS CRIME. >> ABSOLUTELY.
IT'S LIKE A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK.
WE KNOW HE WAS IN A WHITE TOYOTA
CAMRY. >> I THOUGHT FORD FUSION.
>> SORRY. FORD FUSION.
AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THAT AUTOMOBILE RIGHT NOW.
>> HE COULD HAVE DITCHED IT. >> HE VERY WELL COULD HAVE.
THE BIG QUESTION I HEARD RON MENTION IT, THEY'RE TRYING TO
DETERMINE IF HE'S A SERIAL KILLER.
THAT'S VERY SIGNIFICANT IN THIS INVESTIGATION.
>> IN THE PRESS CONFERENCE THE POLICE SAID THEY HAD CONTACT
WITH HIM AFTER THE MURDER. WHAT WAS THE CONTACT AND HOW DID
THEY HAPPEN TO HAVE CONTACT WITH HIM?
>> APPARENTLY THEY CONTACTED HIM BY PHONE, AS THEY DESCRIBE IT,
EARLY IN THE INVESTIGATION. I ASSUME THAT WOULD MEAN
SOMETIME SUNDAY AFTERNOON EVENING BECAUSE THE MURDER
HAPPENED AT 2:00 IN THE AFTERNOON.
THEY DIDN'T GIVE A LOT OF DETAIL ABOUT IT AND SAID HIS LAST
LOCATION KNOWN TO THEM IS THE MURDER SCENE, NOWHERE ELSE.
THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE HE COULD HAVE GONE.
THE OTHER THING IS FASCINATING HE HAD A LOT OF TIES TO THIS
COMMUNITY AND HAD A RELATIVELY STABLE JOB.
THAT WORK SIDE CLOSED DOWN TODAY AND THEY WERE CONCERNED ABOUT
WHETHER THIS HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH EMPLOYEES AT THEIR
FACILITY. IT'S NOT LIKE HE'S SOME GUY WHO
DOESN'T HAVE A HISTORY HERE. HE'S KNOWN, HE HAS FAMILY AND
HAS FRIENDS APPARENTLY AND FRATERNITY BROTHERS WHO HAVE
COME OUT AND TALKED ABOUT HIM. HE'S A COLLEGE GRADUATE WE
UNDERSTAND. THAT'S WHAT'S AMAZING AND
BAFFLING ABOUT THIS THAT AN INDIVIDUAL WITH SO MANY TIES
COULD JUST DISAPPEAR. >> THIS MURDER, BROAD DAYLIGHT
IN CLEVELAND, 74-YEAR-OLD GRANDFATHER WALKING DOWN THE
STREET AND THIS EVIL MAN CAME UP AND KILLED HIM.
>> EASTER SUNDAY, A 74-YEAR-OLD GRANDFATHER WALKING DOWN THE
STREET, MINDING HIS OWN BUSINESS, TO BE SHOT BY THIS MAN
AND WHILE HE'S FILMING IT HE'S ACTUALLY TALKING TO HIS
GIRLFRIEND. ON THE FINAL END HE SAYS
SOMETHING I IN A PROFANITY, THA MF IS DEAD BECAUSE OF YOU,
MEANING THE GIRLFRIEND. THIS IS SOMETHING HE PUT OUT
THERE. >> A REMINDER TO VIEWERS OR
LISTENERS ON RADIO, THIS MAN IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS, A
NATIONWIDE MANHUNT. HE IS SUSPECTED IN A MURDER.
SUSPECTED I USE LOOSELY BECAUSE HE PUT IT ON FACEBOOK HE DID
THIS. RON AND TED, THANK YOU.
>>> AS RON MENTIONED A COUPLE MOMENTS AGO FACEBOOK PUT IT
ONLINE SHOWING THE ACCOUNT WAS ACTIVE TWO HOU HOURS AFTER THE
SHOOTING VIDEO WAS POSTED. FACEBOOK SAID WE ARY VIEWING OUR
REPORTING FLOWS TO BE SURE PEOPLE CAN REPORT VIDEOS AND
OTHER MATERIAL THAT VIOLATES OUR STANDARDS AS EASILY AND QUICKLY
AS POSSIBLE. WE KNOW WE NEED TO DO BETTER.
LET'S NOT FORGET THE VICTIM OF THIS HEINOUS CRIME, ROBERT
GODWIN SR., 74 YEARS OLD. RETIRED FOUNDRY WORKER.
FRIENDS AND FAMILY DESCRIBE HIM AS A GOOD, GENEROUS AND SELFLESS
MAN. HIS SON SPOKE TO REPORTERS
EARLIER TODAY ABOUT HIS FATHER. >> HE'S A GOOD GUY.
I MEAN, HE'D GIVE YOU THE SHIRT OFF HIS BACK.
I'M NOT JUST SAYING THAT FOR THESE CAMERAS.
>> MR. GODWIN WAS QUIET, ALWAYS RESPECTFUL.
HE ENJOYED SPENDING HIS RETIREMENT WITH HIS FAMILY AND
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