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Serial Killer Case, Back to Justice

Aired May 29, 2003 - 06:06   ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.


CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Back here in the United States, Derrick Todd Lee could appear before a Louisiana judge as early as today.
CNN's Ed Lavandera was waiting in Baton Rouge, when the serial murder suspect was extradited from Atlanta.

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ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Investigators in Baton Rouge say that Derrick Todd Lee came on the serial killer radar Sunday, after DNA tests came back linking him, they say, to the murders of five women in the Baton Rouge area dating back to September of 2001. Investigators here say that Derrick Todd Lee waived his right to extradition. He was flown back to Baton Rouge Wednesday afternoon and was questioned by investigators for more than five hours before being brought here to this East Baton Rouge parish prison.

Derrick Todd Lee now faces 12 criminal charges, the most serious of which include five counts of first-degree murder and five counts of aggravated rape.

But on Wednesday, investigators took time to congratulate each other for a 10-month investigation, which they say was exhausting at some points. And they also had harsh words for the people that criticized them in how they handled this investigation.

MAYOR BOBBY SIMPSON, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA: Everything that can be done and should be done in an investigation of this type has been done.

LAVANDERA: Prosecutors now say they'll be working towards presenting their cases to a grand jury here in Baton Rouge, and they say that could take up to two to three weeks.

Ed Lavandera, CNN, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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Aired May 29, 2003 - 06:06   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Back here in the United States, Derrick Todd Lee could appear before a Louisiana judge as early as today.
CNN's Ed Lavandera was waiting in Baton Rouge, when the serial murder suspect was extradited from Atlanta.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

ED LAVANDERA, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Investigators in Baton Rouge say that Derrick Todd Lee came on the serial killer radar Sunday, after DNA tests came back linking him, they say, to the murders of five women in the Baton Rouge area dating back to September of 2001. Investigators here say that Derrick Todd Lee waived his right to extradition. He was flown back to Baton Rouge Wednesday afternoon and was questioned by investigators for more than five hours before being brought here to this East Baton Rouge parish prison.

Derrick Todd Lee now faces 12 criminal charges, the most serious of which include five counts of first-degree murder and five counts of aggravated rape.

But on Wednesday, investigators took time to congratulate each other for a 10-month investigation, which they say was exhausting at some points. And they also had harsh words for the people that criticized them in how they handled this investigation.

MAYOR BOBBY SIMPSON, BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA: Everything that can be done and should be done in an investigation of this type has been done.

LAVANDERA: Prosecutors now say they'll be working towards presenting their cases to a grand jury here in Baton Rouge, and they say that could take up to two to three weeks.

Ed Lavandera, CNN, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

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