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Serial Killings
Aired May 28, 2003 - 09:33 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.
LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Thirty-four-year-old Derrick Todd Lee was arrested in Atlanta yesterday after a phone tip. Police say that he is linked by DNA to five killings.
Well, joining us now to talk about this case, from Louisiana, Lynne Marino and Edward Piglia, the mother and brother of Pamela Kinnimore, (ph), one of the victims in this series of killings.
Thanks for coming back and talking to us again today, folks. We talked yesterday. And yesterday, the news was that this man's name and face had finally been identified, but now the word is that he has been captured.
Lynne, I have to ask you how you fell when you heard the news?
LYNNE MARINO, VICTIM'S MOTHER: Relieved, and grateful, grateful that he's off the streets, and he -- hopefully won't kill think more women. And relieved that I don't have to be so careful and look over my shoulder, and family members and other women.
HARRIS: You told us yesterday that there was a nagging thought in the back of your head that perhaps this man was still out there, might still be either preying on your family other other people in the area.
MARINO: Well, I didn't know. You know, I've been the most vehicle until trying to hunt him down. So you just don't know what somebody like that will do.
HARRIS: Ed, how do you feel this morning now that this man has been captured?
EDWARD PIGLIA, VICTIM'S BROTHER: Well, first of all, I'd like to give thanks and credit to the Zachary Police Department, St. Martin's parish sheriff's office, and the inspector with the state attorney general's office in Louisiana, Mr. Nixon, for their steadfast, relentless pursuit of the tips and leads that brought us to this guy to identify him, and I'd like to give thanks to the Atlanta Police Department for apprehending him so quickly. If not for their efforts, we may still be looking for a white guy in a white pickup truck who lives with his mother. So I'd like to give credit and thanks to those agencies.
COLLINS: Are you surprised, though, at how quickly this turned around? This man's picture and name was out in the media only for a matter of hours really before the public made a tip that led to his arrest. Are you surprised at all, Ed, about how quickly this happened?
PIGLIA: Not really. I mean, look up in D.C., I mean, once I think the word is out and the public gets involved, it doesn't take long, and I'd like to thank the public also for their response.
Well, Lynn, you pleaded for the public to pay attention to the picture yesterday when you were with us, you're talking about this, and it appears that that's exactly what happened here. Did you hear also in the news reports about the capture of this man, that he was behind a tire store in Atlanta, actually talking with another woman? Did you hear that report?
MARINO: Absolutely. We heard that he was barbecuing and fraternizing with the women, and offering the women to come back to his apartment.
HEMMER: What do you think about that, when you heard that?
MARINO: I think that this guy is an egotistical womanizer, and he feels like all women will succumb to his charm. I want to thank the media, too. We have been on every channel, every news broadcast. They have been showing the story, and I'm grateful for that. With your cooperation and the public's, that's why we got this guy so fast.
HARRIS: Have you been able to talk with the other families of those who have been killed? I'm wondering what they're saying right now this morning?
MARINO: They're grateful, too. We talked to the families. They're very, very grateful. Like, I say, you know, we had to put a face on who committed these awful, awful, brutal crimes.
HARRIS: When you talked with them, did they express any surprise in how quickly this man was caught after the picture was published?
MARINO: No, I think people realized that there was so much coverage. Every story, every time I changed the channel, people were talking about this guy. I think people realized that this vicious guy should never have been on streets to begin with. And so I think the public realizes soon as we got him off the street, the better off that we would be.
HARRIS: We're glad to know that you all will sleep a lot easier now, but the next step is going to be the trial.
MARINO: Right.
HARRIS: Have you prepared yourself for that part yet?
PIGLIA: We're prepared for it. We're going the distance. We'll be there every moment.
HARRIS: We'll be watching to see how things turn out.
PIGLIA: Thank you so much. HARRIS: We thank you all for you time this morning. Lynne Marino and Ed Piglia, thank you very much, and good luck to you. Take care.
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Aired May 28, 2003 - 09:33 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
LEON HARRIS, CNN ANCHOR: Thirty-four-year-old Derrick Todd Lee was arrested in Atlanta yesterday after a phone tip. Police say that he is linked by DNA to five killings.
Well, joining us now to talk about this case, from Louisiana, Lynne Marino and Edward Piglia, the mother and brother of Pamela Kinnimore, (ph), one of the victims in this series of killings.
Thanks for coming back and talking to us again today, folks. We talked yesterday. And yesterday, the news was that this man's name and face had finally been identified, but now the word is that he has been captured.
Lynne, I have to ask you how you fell when you heard the news?
LYNNE MARINO, VICTIM'S MOTHER: Relieved, and grateful, grateful that he's off the streets, and he -- hopefully won't kill think more women. And relieved that I don't have to be so careful and look over my shoulder, and family members and other women.
HARRIS: You told us yesterday that there was a nagging thought in the back of your head that perhaps this man was still out there, might still be either preying on your family other other people in the area.
MARINO: Well, I didn't know. You know, I've been the most vehicle until trying to hunt him down. So you just don't know what somebody like that will do.
HARRIS: Ed, how do you feel this morning now that this man has been captured?
EDWARD PIGLIA, VICTIM'S BROTHER: Well, first of all, I'd like to give thanks and credit to the Zachary Police Department, St. Martin's parish sheriff's office, and the inspector with the state attorney general's office in Louisiana, Mr. Nixon, for their steadfast, relentless pursuit of the tips and leads that brought us to this guy to identify him, and I'd like to give thanks to the Atlanta Police Department for apprehending him so quickly. If not for their efforts, we may still be looking for a white guy in a white pickup truck who lives with his mother. So I'd like to give credit and thanks to those agencies.
COLLINS: Are you surprised, though, at how quickly this turned around? This man's picture and name was out in the media only for a matter of hours really before the public made a tip that led to his arrest. Are you surprised at all, Ed, about how quickly this happened?
PIGLIA: Not really. I mean, look up in D.C., I mean, once I think the word is out and the public gets involved, it doesn't take long, and I'd like to thank the public also for their response.
Well, Lynn, you pleaded for the public to pay attention to the picture yesterday when you were with us, you're talking about this, and it appears that that's exactly what happened here. Did you hear also in the news reports about the capture of this man, that he was behind a tire store in Atlanta, actually talking with another woman? Did you hear that report?
MARINO: Absolutely. We heard that he was barbecuing and fraternizing with the women, and offering the women to come back to his apartment.
HEMMER: What do you think about that, when you heard that?
MARINO: I think that this guy is an egotistical womanizer, and he feels like all women will succumb to his charm. I want to thank the media, too. We have been on every channel, every news broadcast. They have been showing the story, and I'm grateful for that. With your cooperation and the public's, that's why we got this guy so fast.
HARRIS: Have you been able to talk with the other families of those who have been killed? I'm wondering what they're saying right now this morning?
MARINO: They're grateful, too. We talked to the families. They're very, very grateful. Like, I say, you know, we had to put a face on who committed these awful, awful, brutal crimes.
HARRIS: When you talked with them, did they express any surprise in how quickly this man was caught after the picture was published?
MARINO: No, I think people realized that there was so much coverage. Every story, every time I changed the channel, people were talking about this guy. I think people realized that this vicious guy should never have been on streets to begin with. And so I think the public realizes soon as we got him off the street, the better off that we would be.
HARRIS: We're glad to know that you all will sleep a lot easier now, but the next step is going to be the trial.
MARINO: Right.
HARRIS: Have you prepared yourself for that part yet?
PIGLIA: We're prepared for it. We're going the distance. We'll be there every moment.
HARRIS: We'll be watching to see how things turn out.
PIGLIA: Thank you so much. HARRIS: We thank you all for you time this morning. Lynne Marino and Ed Piglia, thank you very much, and good luck to you. Take care.
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