dd --dcaptions by vitacd-- dd www.vitac.com breaking news tonight. a young mom, just like millions of moms across america, goes out for an evening walk, on a rural roadway, not far from her home. talking away on her cell phone, a friend on the other end. the friend on the other end hears screams. and also the young mom screaming, please, don't take me. her voice has never been heard again. she has vanished without a trace. that cell phone later found discarded, thrown into someone's lawn just two miles away. tonight, where is kristi cornwell? >> along a country road, a single mom kidnapped taking a

nightly stroll. new today, her cell phone has been found, more than three miles from where she was taken. >> a property owner mowing his grass right near the road spotted the cell phone. he picked it up, turned it on, and recognized immediately that it belonged to kristi. >> that cell phone could have a number of things. it could have forensic evidence with it. and it would have fingerprint evidence, and also, someone could have a voice they could identify. >> they're going to look for strangers. on a statistical basis, it's much more likely that she was kidnapped by a client, a neighbor, a friend, somebody who knew her. >> the words that she used, the fact that she was on a cell phone and somebody did it anyway. the location, as i understand it, is not a location where somebody would be driving around looking for a random victim. >> you'd have to go out and interview almost everybody she knew, particularly the

probationees or parolees. you cannot omit anybody. >> and tonight, live to anaheim. a quite community reeling after a suitcase discovered in a communal duct is revealing a body. the petite small-framed young woman remains unidentified. who is she? how did she come to be murdered and then thrown away like trash? tonight cops work around the clock to make an i.d. >> i reached over into the dumpster with my finger and pulled up the flap with my finger and i discovered the body. >> a shocking discovery. a 20-something woman's body found in a suitcase. police looking for who did it. >> officers received a call about 7:00 this morning from a subject that had been looking for recyclables in the dumpster. while looking for recyclables, he came across a suitcase and

while looking at the suitcase, he came across a woman. >> man trolling the dumpster for cans finds the woman. the police find a nude, small-framed woman inside a suitcase. the suitcase just about three feet long, according to one witness. >> it was probably about a three-foot suitcase. when my manager opened up the suitcase, you could see a shoulder and an arm. there where no clothes on it. >> authorities scouring the area for missing persons, but no matches are made. an autopsy just conducted, trying to determine the cause of death. >> how they got it in a suitcase that small, i don't know. you know, it's horrible. also tonight, lady justice does a backflip. a 27-year-old savannah policeman, father of two little children just 7 weeks old and almost 2, shot dead when he rescues a homeless man from a vicious attack by street thugs. the killer gets the death penalty. but tonight the courts bend over

backwards for the killer. and former president jimmy carter and the pope over in rome inject themselves siding with the killer, the cop killer. no offense, but why? the alert tone goes out again over the radio, and this time they said that it was an officer down. as i turned to come into the parking lot, my headlights came across a police officer face down on the parking lot. >> that officer, mark mcphail. while working an off-duty security job, he stepped in to stop a fight, and he was shot twice. when owens flipped the officer over, he said that time slowed as he started cpr, and at that moment, nothing else mattered.

>> mark had just had a baby. these are all things you think of a little bit later. he was out there in uniform, working an extra job for money for his family and the new baby. >> he says the violent way he died while trying to stop violence was unforgivable. >> he chose to engage because of what the officer represents, and he shoots him. and when he's down on the ground and he's trying to push back up to live, he stands over the top of him with what people in the crowd said was a smirk and happiness on his face executed this police officer. >> a jury only took a few hours to find him guilty and a few more hours to send him to death road. the primary reason he was convicted? the witness testimony. the slain police officer's wife agrees. >> they were adamant about what they saw, when they saw it. >> owens says he has no doubt

that he committed the crime and that his punishment should stand. good evening. i'm nancy grace. i want to thank you for being with us. a young mom, like millions of mothers across america, goes out for an evening walk along a rural roadway not far from her home. taking with her, her cell. talking away, the friend on the other end, hears screams, and hears the young mom scream, please, don't take me. her voice has never been heard again. she's vanished without a trace. tonight where is kristi cornwell? breaking new developments in the search for a missing single mom. kidnapped along a walk almost a week ago. at first the only trace of kristi cornwell were her belongings, left on a country road in blairsville, georgia. today, her cell phone was found. >> it was found friday night. dive teams went into the water on nottely lake road. today, teams went to the road where she was abducted.

>> what we're attempting to do is conduct a systematic search of the area surrounding the abduction site as far out as possible. >> they have brought in bloodhounds to help the with searching. they have about 100 people on the scene. >> authorities are stopping cars on jones creek road asking drivers if they saw anything tuesday night, as they wait for that one tip that turns into a viable lead. >> we're not going to stop. we're still not going to stop, no matter how long it takes, there will never be an end to this search. >> straight out to eric gems with wrga news radio. eric, what happened? >> that's what everyone would like to know tonight, and that's what they're doing. a woman disappears after going out for a walk one evening. she's on the phone with her boyfriend, the boyfriend hears screams, hears her say, no, don't take me, and that's the last anyone has heard from her. that's the big question tonight, where is she?

as we said that the search is expanding and more people getting involved to search a wider area. and they're as optimistic as possible at this point six days after this occurred. >> everybody, this is an everyday mom. take a look at kristi cornwell. she's out walking not far from her own home in the evening, not late at night, barely 9:00 p.m., talking on her cell phone like so many of us ladies do when we are out exercising, and on the other end, the boyfriend hears her screaming, "please don't take me." kristi cornwell has not been seen alive again. her cell phone has been found. obviously, thrown out of the window of a vehicle about two miles away in somebody's lawn. straight out to natisha lance, our producer, standing by outside the command center. la tish sha lance, what can you

tell me about the vehicles that the cops are interested in? >> one is a white suv, the other is a tan or gold-colored subcompact car, which could be either a nissan or toyota. >> when you say subcontract what do you mean by that? four-door or two-door? let me break it down for you. four-door or two-door? >> they're not saying. subcompact car, nissan or toyota, tan or gold-colored. >> norm, let's pup up the photos one more time. and natisha, where are they getting the apb on the two vehicles, the white suburban-type suv and you see the tan or gold-colored toyota or nissan, and where are they getting the descriptions? >> these are coming in from leads. i was stopped today by law enforcement. they're taking people's licenses. they're wanting to know where these vehicles came from. they don't think the vehicles are from this area. and the population in blairsville is only about 720 people. it's a small community, a

tight-knit community. so if there's a car that doesn't belong or a person that doesn't belong, they'd be able to recognize it. >> joining me now is a very special guest. everyone, we are taking your calls live. help us. we are involved in the search for this young woman. no idea. no real lead right now. where is kristi cornwell? out to richard cornwell. her brother. he is joining us from blairsville, georgia. richard, thank you for joining us tonight. what are cops telling you tonight? >> they briefed us on their continued search today, using helicopters, atvs, ground searches, horseback, and they've got canine teams, and they've got divers that are searching

lake not ley, prior marly aroun bridges, and so they are continuing their -- continuing to throw all of their assets at the search. >> richard kronwell is joining us. this is her brother joining us from blairsville, georgia. you mentioned canine dogs. richard. did the dogs pick up her scent along the road where she was walking? >> i'm not aware of the details of that. i know they have used canine units in the vicinity of the abduction site. they used canine units close to the cell phone location. so, they're using canine units throughout the search. the cell phone was found a few miles way. >> richard, how far away had she gotten? i know she was walking along a rural road, not a lot of traffic on the road. how far had she gotten from the home? >> well, it was the loop that she made on a routine basis. i was a couple of miles. so, it was some point in that

two-mile round trip that the abduction occurred. >> so not even two miles away. this young mom -- everybody, there is not some hollywood celebrity out at 2:00 a.m., 4:00 a.m. hitting all the night spots. this is a young mom out taking an evening stroll for exercise, talking on her cell phone. she's gone. help us find kristi cornwell. the tip line 706-439-6038. kristi's younger brother richard said she's a loving mother, sister, and aunt. she's a former probation officer, counselor. he wants the public to know what kind of a strong-willed person she is. >> i want to get her face out on the television as much as possible so we can ultimately get someone that has spotted her lately.

38-year-old kristi cornwell of blairsville, last seen walking here on jones road tuesday night a little after 9:00. gbi investigators say she was on her cell phone talking to her boyfriend in atlanta. >> she says a car was pulling up to her and as she was he was on the phone with her he heard signs of a struggle. he reportedly heard her screaming and heard don't take me and that's when the phone call cut off. >> nearly 100 people from more than a dozen different law

enforcement agencies combed through every area and brush in the area where kristi cornwell's cell phone had been found. >> we were looking for anything that could have been left or disposed of, anything that could have been thrown out a window, any additional item of evidence that might be beneficial to the investigation at this point. >> we keep hoping, keep love alive, and continue to do so until we find her. >> straight back to eric gems with wrga news radio, was this a normal routine? did she take this walk every evening? >> i don't know if it was routine, if this was something she did every evening, but it was not out of the order their, because the friends and family knew this is something she roughly had done. and as you mentioned, it had just gotten cool out and this is the time she would have been in that place. >> i don't even know if it's dark at this time of the night.

we're talking about a very nice area in georgia, blairsville, georgia. it's calm, beautiful. right there on the carolina border. joining me right now along with natisha lance right there at the command center where everyone is searching for kristi cornwell is a very dear friend of hers, cheri kimsy is with us. thank you for being with us. what can you tell us about this routine? did she take this walk often? >> she walked late in afternoons or in the evening, because it was cooler. i think that she had taken a fall earlier and had an injury, and she was more or less trying to walk off the soreness and the pain and stuff, and this happened a few weeks earlier. and, so, she was just exercising, trying to get rid of the pain i think. >> sherry kimsey, joining us at the command center.

ms. kimsey, we keep hearing that personal items were found, and that is how police are marking the spot from where she was taken. what personal items did she take with her to go on a walk? >> i'm not sure about that. i've not been in contact with the authorities. i've pretty much stayed in contact with her family and close friends. i do know that i think she dropped a shoe during the struggle, and, of course, the cell phone thing was thrown out later, but that's about all i know about that. >> so she had what? a foot or a leg injury? >> i'm not sure. she had taken a fall at her apartment. >> right. >> and she had briefly told me about it and said that, you know, she was in some pain. i don't know. i think it was her back. >> so back to richard cornwell, her brother. wasn't she in school studying? >> yeah. she was between semesters. she's been attending dalton state college in dalton,

georgia, studying medical lab technology. she was between semesters, so she was staying at my parents' home rather than her apartment in dalton. >> richard, describe the area for me. it's rural, beautiful country. it almost seems as if it would not be an outsider. this is a rural road. who would know about it? >> well, it is a two-lane asphalt county road. it's about 12 miles from the city of blairsville, so it is a rural area, about halfway between blue ridge, georgia, and blairsville, georgia. >> everybody, this is where the blue mountains are starting on the appalachian trail. out to line. susan in tennessee. >> caller: i have always wanted to tell you that you are the best thing that has happened to

tv besides color. >> you know what, susan, i am going to get a recording of tonight's show, and when the twins are fussing at mommy, i'm going to play it for them, what you just said, all right? >> caller: i appreciate that. >> what's your question? >> caller: i was wondering, has the boyfriend been ruled out as a suspect?@@ i saw her mother this morning, she is the one that called 911. that doesn't add up to me. >> susan. interesting scenario. natisha lance, explain that. how did that unfold? >> the boyfriend called the mother first. he told her what happened. he was horrified about it. the mother called 911, and he also called 911 right after that. >> we'll be joined when we come back by marc klaas and joshua perper. we're taking your calls, and we'll unleash the lawyers.

a mother of a 15-year-old son disappears out on a walk in a rural area.

she disappears out on a walk in a rural area. just disappears. the last known contact was with her boyfriend in atlanta, he on the cell phone with her at the time when she appears to be in distress, sounds like a struggle going on. the last thing he reports hearing is her saying don't take me and then he loses the connection, and there's been no sign of her since then. someone might have known her routine. that she took this walk every night. she was a probation officer, maybe somebody seeking revenge. >> i think the whole someone from the past, someone seeking revenge is extremely farfetched. eleanor dixon, and peter odom. and joining us from seattle, ann bremner. eleanor, typically the criminal will come back and get the person that sent them to jail, not the probation officer? they kept them out of jail? that doesn't even make any sense. >> no. we don't even see cases like that.

you're right, nancy. it's not usually the judge or the prosecutor or the defense attorney, but it is the person who made the charges. >> especially the probation officer, for pete's sake. she wouldn't have anything with him going to jail. in factor she would have something to the women staying out of jail, so that theory doesn't make any sense. peter odom in your practice of law, how many times have you seen somebody come back to get the probation officer? >> very rarely. you would see retaliation on law enforcement in very rare instances. let me just take issue with you and the other prosecutor, nancy. probation officers get up close and personal with the criminals all the time. they go to their houses, take urine samples from them. they have to search their places for evidence of guns and probation officers can put them in jail. >> she has not been an officer since 2002. >> there's no evidence that there's a former probationer involved in this at all. that is pure speculation.

>> ann. >> i was going to say you're the best thing since black-and-white perry mason on tv. they either go after the judge or their own lawyer. the prosecution rarely. the probation officer, almost never. ddddddddddddd

kristi cornwell, walking along a remote area tuesday, a walk she's taken many times for exercise near her parents' home. a 38-year-old, talking to her boyfriend on the phone. he hears the concern in her voice as she sees a car approach. the last thing he hears, she's screaming and says, "don't take me." the line goes dead, and she has not been seen since. >> from the evidence collected thus far from all agencies involved, it does indicate an abduction, and the gbi is using that word.

>> she was abducted, placed in a vehicle, and removed from the area. that speaks for itself. she is in danger. >> we would just plead that they would have mercy on her and return her safely back to her family. and we just want to say that we need her, and she has -- she has a 15-year-old son that needs her very much in his life. >> how many times, ladies, have you walked or jogged along, talking on your cell phone? this young mom walking along a rural road near her own home. this is not a heavily traveled area. suddenly abducted. boyfriend on the other end of the cell phone hears her scream, "please, no, don't take me." she has not been seen again. kristi cornwell, 5'5", 150 pounds. dark shoulder-length hair.

she was wearing a dark t-shirt, tan shorts. she has custody of her 15-year-old son who needs her desperately. take a look at her. kristi cornwell. out the lines. melody in ohio. melody? >> caller: my question being, with her being into the -- with her colleagues, have they questioned the colleagues or anything of that nature? >> you mean the other students where she was in school? she hasn't been a probation officer since 2002. >> caller: right. but what about the students in the school. >> good question. what do we know, eric gems from wrga radio? >> she was in between semesters. has had some contact with some of the other students, and there are not any great details being released at this time, and there's no word as to whether that's helpful at this point. >> to marc klaas, wondering how routinely she took this walk and wondering if anyone was familiar. it was a loop, a loop, according to her brother, who's with us

tonight. someone could very easily see her walking this loop. >> that's absolutely true. nancy, i would look at this as a bit of a cautionary tale. this is a woman who was a probation officer and taught self-defense as well. if someone could come and snatch this woman with her experience and her training, what hope does a young child have against a determined predator? i think that people have to keep these things in consideration, and i think that it might be wise for women out by themselves to have some form of self-defense and for kids not to be out by themselves. because this could happen to anybody. >> a lot of times, women have a false sense of security when they're out and have their cell. >> absolutely. because she did know self-defense, maybe there was a false sense of security. the martial arts professionals will tell you, it can still happen.

you cannot outrun a bullet or a knife. women should be walking with other women even if it's in a familiar place because women are victimized more than men are. >> to maryann from massachusetts. >> caller: hi, nancy. thanks for taking my call. i'm wondering kristi's frame of mind prior to the disappearance. her statement, "please don't take me," seems strange. i'm wondering if this is something she could have planned. >> to her brother, richard cornwell, had she been known to stay away overnight or disappear? >> oh, absolutely not. she had plans to come visit my home in tennessee actually this weekend. so she was -- she was happy. and there's just no reason why she would cause this to happen. >> and to sherry kimsey, a very close friend of kristi's outside

the command center, what can you tell me about her as a person, and what was her state of mind at the time she was taken? >> well, as far as her state of mind, the last time i talked to her, she was just extremely happy. she was happy with school. she was doing well. she was looking forward to life, and the thing that -- there's two things about kristi that really struck me when we first became friends. number one, she is a true woman of faith. she's an independent person. it was a little surprising that she was overtaken. i believe that that was probably a sudden thing that happened. she's a very -- just a very -- like myself, very independent. sometimes that can get us into trouble. but she's a kind, sweet person.

she would help anybody in a minute. she and i had many conversations about the good lord and her faith, and that's what we're all doing here is praying. >> right. with me is sherry kimsey. along with her, natisha lance, and kristi's brother, richard cornwell. you're seeing photos of a young mom who has disappeared into thin air out near her home. taking a walk in the evening, talking on a cell phone. how many millions of women do that every evening after work. the tip line, 706-439-6038. please, help find kristi. we're switching gears. live to anaheim. take a listen. about 7:00 this morning my neighbors came over and knocked on my door and said the guy that takes the trash in the morning collecting cans and bottles and stuff thought he saw a body in

the trash in the back. >> a man looking in a dumpster for aluminum cans got more than he bargained for, finding a blood-stained suitcase. inside, a woman's body. police say that the woman appears to be in her 20s with no obvious signs of trauma. >> we have no identification. appears to be a female, early 20s. >> investigators believe she probably died within 24 hours of her disposal. a witness claims he noticed a puncture wound in the woman's back which could be from a bullet or stab wound, he claims. just how did a woman in her 20s end up dead, folded in a suitcase like yesterday's laundry? >> it was probably like a three-foot suitcase, like a small bag that you carry, very thin one, a canvas bag, a green canvas bag. you wouldn't think there would be a body in there. >> not a child. not a child. originally it was reported as a child.

i think originally because of the size of the suitcase, that's what they thought. but as of now it's a female adult. >> straight out to john baird, joining us from knx 1070. to open up a suitcase that you find in a dumpster and find a body, what led the person to open the suitcase to start with? >> he was there. he lives in the working-class neighborhood. he was there looking for cans and bottles. it was 7:00 in the morning. he wanted to collect some. sees the suitcase, sees what he thinks is a body, goes to an adjacent property owner, looks again, sees the skin. sees the trauma. calls 911. they have since done the autopsy, and we have found out in last couple of hours that police do believe she is murdered and she had only been there a few hour, and that she was killed someplace else. >> to clark goldband, our producer on the story, what else can you tell us? >> people thought it was a small child. a two-foot by three-foot

suitcase. inside of the suitcase in fact was an adult female in her 20s approximately 5'5". she had dark hair. there was no identification on the victim. >> and to sergeant shaun morgan from the police department. thank you for being with us. how long do you believe the woman had been dead? >> our initial report, a few hours prior to finding the body, shortly after 7:00 a.m. on saturday. >> i bet whoever put her in the suitcase had no idea it would have been opened so quickly. police found an unidentified woman in a suitcase in anaheim. police trying to feverishly make an i.d. of her. we will be right back. we are taking your calls live, but tonight's safety tips. with millions of people trying to squeeze in a summer vacation, tips how on to stay healthy on the road. check your vaccines when on the road.

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to find something like that, 7:00 in the morning, getting ready to go to work, have something like that happen. why our neighborhood? why here? because it's probably 200 to 300 feet back there where they dropped the body in the dumpster. why they picked that particular dumpster, i don't know, or this particular neighborhood. but i don't think it -- you know, it's anyone from around here. you would think somebody came here and dropped the body. >> straight out to dr. joshua

perper, chief medical examiner of broward county, author of "when to call the doctor." dr. perper, what does it say about the condition of the woman if they cannot make identification? >> i think they can make a fast identification because the body was not decomposed. they can broadcast an electronic image of her face. even if she has some discoloration or injury on the face, those can be electronically erased and you can get an identification in a very short time. i have gotten identifications within a half hour of people calling. >> to diane, a certified forensic artist, one of only 26 in the world. thanks so much for being with us. what would be the challenge of trying to reconstruct what she looked like in life? >> as long as i have a clear photo of the deceased, i would study the photograph, open the

eye, do all the measurements, redraw her face, and then it would be put out to the public. people are identified at a distance through proportion. as long as you open the eyes, swelling or decomposition, a forensic artist could see through that and bring the person back the life. >> sergeant shawn morgan is with us from the police department. how are you going to go about trying to identify the victim? that would be step number one. before you can really start pursuing the perpetrator? i'll be right back with dr. sergeant shawn morgan. i lost his satellite. let me throw that out to bill majewski, former nypd detective. how do you do that? >> if the fingerprints are available, facial characteristics, if the face is visible. in terms of not being too badly damaged. you have dental records. i mean the police are confronted with two simultaneous problem here, one, identifying the body as quickly as they can. also they go to a database, a missing persons database.

they should be looking into that, checking with local police departments to find out if somebody was recently reported missing. in addition to that, they have to solve the crime. clearly, this woman was murdered. by first identifying the individual, they can then speak to possibly finding out what the motive was for her murder and then continue on with that aspect of the investigation, but there are -- >> out to the lines. to trinita in illinois. hi, how are you. >> caller: good evening. how are you. >> i'm fine. what's your question? >> caller: have the police been compiling any woman coming up missing in an area? >> good question. what about it, john baird? >> basically the police told us today they cannot match any missing persons report to a female in her 20s. they're still looking. it's going to be up to the coroner's office now to determine who she is, and they just don't know. >> clark goldband, what are the

police doing? they cannot try finding the perp until they identify the victim. what can they do? >> they're trying to check for surveillance. there may not be any. they're hoping for a shot in the dark. to our understanding they have not been successful. >> to eleanor, what does it say to you? you prosecute things like this all the time, that the victim was folded up and put in a suitcase. >> i'm not a psychologist, but certainly it shows she was treated worse than trash in a sense, thrown away very quickly. it's so good the body was found so close in time after death. you can also narrow the area where she has come from, too, and so this is a good thing for the state. >> everyone, a very disturbing story next. a young police officer gunned down trying to save a homeless person from a vicious beating by street thugs. he's shot dead, leaving behind two little children. the killer gets the death penalty. but before it's implemented, suddenly the courts are bending over backward to help the killer!

and joining in the frey, former president jimmy carter and the pope sitting over in the vatican have decided to come to the aid of the killer. no disrespect, but why? take a listen. ♪ >> since 1989, one of these police memorial roses represents officer mark mcphail. friends like keith stover knew him as mack. >> he was a great family man. loved everyone close to him. was a truly a good man. >> new information coming into us in the case of georgia death row inmate troy davis. the supreme court is ordering a new hearing for davis who spent 18 years on death row for killing a police officer 20 years ago. >> it's still tough. i drive by the cemetery all the time. and it's tough for me to go in, but i think when this is

resolved, i think i'll probably have the opportunity to go by there, you know, and just sit down with him. >> straight out to annalisa mcphail. this is the mother of the murdered officer, mark mcphail, who came to the aid of a homeless person, gunned down. mrs. mcphail, thank you for being with us. are you stunned that now this is going back down for another evidentiary hearing? >> caller: nancy, is this you? is this you? >> yes, dear. go ahead. >> caller: thank you for talking to me. i'm absolutely stunned, and besides that, i'm kind of angry, because we have been going through this for all of these years, and i was hoping that we finally would come to an end. >> everyone tonight, two little children were left behind, and now the supreme court is bending

over backwards to help a convicted cop killer. when there were at least five eyewitnesss to the shooting, plus two confessions, not made to police, but to other ordinary lay people. why? why, has this not been put to rest? we are taking your calls live. right now i want to give a special thank you to robin meade for having me on about my twins and my novel. tonight, happy birthday to bonnie and tonight, congratulations to marlissa, who graduated from chatman university with an llm in the law, prosecutorial science, and only one of six in the whole program. what a superstar! congratulations.

this young police officer gunned down trying to save the life of a homeless person near a bus station, who was being attacked by vicious street thugs. now, 20 years later, the supreme court, along with the pope and former president jimmy carter, have decided to side with the killer. no offense, but why? to stacy newman, our producer on the story. stacy, give me a nutshell. just quickly, stacy, weren't there, to my recollection, either five or seven eyewitnesses? >> there was as many as up to nine witnesses in the case. several took the stand and said davis had confessed to them.

or they saw him shooting the cop. now where we're at in this state, witnesses are now saying they don't even know who shot him. >> but that's only what i think two or three of all those eyewitnesses have recanted? >> correct. >> some of them are saying they don't know what happened. nobody's said no, he didn't do it, did they? >> exactly. they're either saying, you know, someone else shot him or they don't know who did it, but they're not saying he didn't confess. >> this is so wrong. this case has been through about how many levels, eleanor dixon, very quickly, on the death penalty case, how many times has this thing been reviewed? >> times before trial, times after trial, state and federal. so it's as many as ten or more. >> 20 years later, this cop still cannot rest in peace. it's just wrong. everyone, i want to stop and remember marine lance corporal raul bravo.

21, el coe, nevada, killed iraq. on the second tour, awarded the purple heart, medal of valor. fellow marines called him "braveheart." loves hunting, rollerblading, donating to charity. spoke many languages including hebrew and arabic. dreamed of being a vegas cop. getting married, starting a family and getting a dog. he leaves behind his parents, and three sisters. raul bravo, american hero. thanks to our guests but especially to you for being with us. thanks to kim gordy in lafayette, georgia, for this beautiful necklace i'm wearing tonight, lucy and john david. she really knew how to get to me. everyone, i'll see you tomorrow night, 8:00 sharp eastern. and until then, good night, friend. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com

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