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edge. the latest on the investigation into prince's sudden death. what those who saw him in his final days are saying now. purple rain, purple rain and are there hidden hits in his archives? trump 2.0. don't count on it. he's now promising he won't change his brash ways. crucial primaries just days away. could this finally clinch it for trump and clinton? and the firefighter who took her own life, but now a tragic twist. did cyber bullying contribute to her death? and it's a simple gadget but it's cutting crime. how you can scare off an intruder at your door even if you're not home. >> good evening and thank you for joining us on this saturday. i'm cecilia vega. we begin with breaking news from ohio. the killer or killers who
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away. eight people shot execution style at four different locations in a rural part of the state. most of them while they slept. for the first time tonight, we are seeing the faces of some of those victims. now, an urgent warning from police, the killer is armed, dangerous and still at large. abc's alex perez leads us off tonight with the latest on the investigation and the mysterious motive. >> reporter: tonight, a desperate search for a motive in the slayings of eight family members, leaving a community on edge. friends and other loved ones kept in the town church for their own safety while questioned by police. the family pastor says they are all in disbelief. >> if we tried to put ourselves in their place, they are broken. they're angry. they're grieving. and it's just hard to explain. >> reporter: the harrowing calls to police just released tonight. >> it looks like they're dead.
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>> i think they're both dead. >> reporter: and also tonight, our first look at some of the victims, all members of the rhoden family, discovered friday near the small rural town of peebles, ohio. the youngest, 16 years old. the massacre spread across four separate crime scenes. the victims all shot in cold blood, execution style. >> never have i ever imagined such devastation to a family, to a county. >> reporter: three small children, including two infants, spared. investigators now scrambling to find the killer or killers, but so far, no luck. >> there is a threat there. i believe that threat to be armed and dangerous. >> reporter: and, cecilia, there is now a $25,000 reward for any information leading to an arrest. tonight the family pleading for prepares and for anyone with information to call police. cecilia? >> alex perez on that growing manhunt tonight, thank you. we move on to new clues in the mysterious death from the pop icon from the people who saw
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this new video surfacing of his last performance, just prince right there alone on that stage in atlanta. tonight the sorrow and the celebration, fans outside prince's home, and inside, a private memorial for friends and family. abc's eva pilgrim outside minneapolis for us tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the intense probe into prince's mysterious death. investigators now planning to speak to those closest to the superstar to understand the weeks, days and hours leading up to his death. >> i can tell you that we are going to leave no stone unturned. >> reporter: the sheriff saying the full investigation, including results of the toxicology tests, will take weeks. but confirmed there were no signs of trauma, and suicide is not suspected. purple rain, purple rain the first signs of any problems came about two weeks ago when he cancelled a pair of shows in atlanta. but then a week later he returned to perform.
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public performance, and his words about his recent illness. >> once again, i would like to apologize for the cancellation. i was a little under the weather. >> reporter: shawna michaels was in that crowd. >> i felt an energy that he was really like going through a moment and feeling something. >> reporter: on his way home to minneapolis, though, prince's plane made an emergency landing in moline, illinois. prince checked into a local hospital for three hours. >> the reps for prince told us it was because of the flu. that never made sense to us, because with the flu you tough it out for 48 minutes so you can get home. >> reporter: his death coming as a shock to those in this community. heather hofmeister saw him riding his bike on monday. >> he looked healthy. the wind was blowing through his hair. he was just like freely biking. >> reporter: family and close friends held a private memorial service for prince this afternoon inside his paisley park home.
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gave these purple boxes filled with memorabilia to fans gathered outside. >> a growing sea of purple tonight. eva, thank you. and there is another mystery about prince. did he leave behind a treasure trove of unpublished music? will the world ever get to hear it? abc's dan harris on that part of the story. >> reporter: tonight, the world is waiting to learn the fate of estates on earth. prince leaves behind no wife or children and his last will and testament so far a mystery. >> thank you for loving him, y'all. and he loved each and every one of you. >> reporter: the woman with the purple hair is prince's sister, tyka, who could be next in line to inherit the singer's fortune. his estate estimated at $300 million and its value soaring by the day. little red corvette "little red corvette" now
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and his greatest hits album now number one on billboard. but the biggest unknown is what is reported to be a secret vault of songs that prince left behind. >> he could put out more work in a month than most people could do in a year or more. >> reporter: susan rogers, a former recording engineer for prince in the '80s, describes it as a giant room filled with treasures sealed behind a door locked with a large spinning wheel. prince himself rarely discussed the so called vault, but did tell abc's "the view" that he believed one way or the other the material would eventually become public. >> one day, someone will release them. i don't know that i'll get to release them. >> what did his music mean to you? power. >> he was just such a good artist. and a motivator. and really inspiring. >> reporter: setting aside the question of who might profit from this as yet unheard trove of prince music, one group that would unquestionably benefit, dan harris, abc news, chanhassen, minnesota. we do want to turn now to
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a final weekend push before primaries in five key states. donald trump sounding very much like his old self today. that's just days after a top aid said the candidate could start to sound more presidential. and ted cruz turning the tables, saying trump is the one who's lying. abc's mary bruce in connecticut now, one of the next battle grounds. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump 2.0 sounds a lot like donald trump. >> lyin ted cruz, right? don't forget with the bible, right, he walks in bible held high. then he puts the bible down and then he lies. he's a liar. >> reporter: this less than 48 hours after his new campaign chief was recorded telling republican officials trump will tone things down, and that his over the top rhetoric is just an act. >> he gets it and the part that he's been playing is evolving into the part that you've been expecting but he wasn't ready for.
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the image is going to change. >> reporter: but trump clearly isn't on board. >> i sort of don't like toning it down, you know? >> reporter: the front-runner says his bombastic style works. >> if i acted presidential i guarantee you that this morning i wouldn't be here. i have to rant and rave, i have to keep you people going. otherwise you're going to fall asleep on me, right? >> reporter: in connecticut, voters have mixed feelings. >> he just seems very authentic. i think this whole political thing brought this out of him, it's just always there. >> i do like what he stansds for but i don't like the way that he's saying it. >> you're looking for a cleaned up trump? >> yes, one with little bit of finesse, class. >> reporter: but rival ted cruz says it's all one big show. >> donald trump is the master illusionist. he is the harry houdini engaged in an act of misdirection. trump is a phony. >> reporter: with those next big contests ahead on tuesday including right here in connecticut, donald trump is preparing for what looks to be another night of big wins. cecilia? >> mary, thank you.
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democrats, too. hillary clinton campaigning in connecticut, walking a very careful line battling bernie sanders while trying not to alienate his supporters. so could this be the contest that finally locks up the nomination for her? abc's david wright with the clinton campaign tonight. >> reporter: tonight, hillary clinton is fighting hard for a clean sweep of the eastern seaboard. >> tuesday's a big day. five states are voting. and i need your help. >> reporter: hoping tuesday's primaries will finally close the door on her rival, bernie sanders. >> well, that's not going to happen. i am in this race until the end. >> reporter: today sanders held a rally in baltimore. >> and on tuesday the people of maryland can say it is time for a political revolution. >> reporter: the question is, will they? in maryland, polls show clinton ahead by double digits. she's already looking past sanders.
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>> reporter: tonight, unveiling a new web ad hitting donald trump for his "extreme makeover." >> i will be so presidential you will be so bored. >> one of my personal heroines, maya angelou, said, when someone shows you who they are, believe them. >> reporter: tonight at events like this one here in rhode island, we're hearing a slightly different tone from clinton, now saving her harshest attacks for the republicans, not for bernie sanders. his voters. cecilia? >> she sure does. hillary clinton may be getting support from a surprising person, charles koch, the conservative billionaire businessman. the exclusive interview with our jon karl part of a discussion on recent presidents. >> am i hearing you correctly, better president from george w. bush? >> well, in some ways. in other ways he wasn't an
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as far as the growth in government, increase in spending, it was 2.5 times under bush than it was under clinton. >> is it possible another clinton could be better than another republican this time around? >> it's possible. >> you couldn't see yourself supporting hillary clinton, could you? >> well, that -- her -- we would have to believe her actions would be quite different than her rhetoric, let me put it that way. >> and there will be much more of that interview tomorrow morning on "this week." now to president obama's very busy farewell tour in london celebrating shakespeare, getting in a little golf, and rolling up his sleeves for a town hall meeting with young people. tomorrow he turns to the serious topic of terrorism. abc's terry moran is traveling with the president tonight. >> reporter: four hundred years to the day since shakespeare died, and there was president obama, taking in a bit of "hamlet" at the famous globe theatre.
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>> reporter: another stop on what has become a wistful farewell visit by this late-term president to america's closest ally. and it's produced this instantly iconic moment, the president and little prince george, the future king, eye to eye, when the obamas came for cocktails and dinner with the young royals at kensington palace last night. today, the president was still buzzing about it. >> nothing was going to stop me from wishing happy birthday to her majesty and meeting george who was adorable. >> reporter: and at a town hall with young people, one person coming out in public, telling the president they don't fit into any gender category. >> i'm getting emotional. i'm so sorry. >> i'm incredibly proud of the steps it sounds like you've already taken. >> reporter: next up, the agenda shifts dramatically. the president will be joining a meeting of european leaders here in germany on the threat of
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country across this continent. cecilia? >> terry, thank you. we want to turn next to the troubling death of a virginia firefighter. she was missing for several days, then found dead of suicide in the prime of her life. tonight, new questions about the bullying she may have faced. abc's marci gonzalez on the new details. >> reporter: tonight, a troubling new twist in the case of a virginia firefighter who police say committed suicide. investigators now concerned she may have been the victim of cyber bullying. police found nicole mittendorff's body in the shenandoah national forest thursday. and inside her nearby car, what they say was a suicide note. the end to her family's emotional, week-long search after she disappeared. >> sweetheart, i love you. i am praying for you. i'm not sure where you are. but know we are all looking for you. >> reporter: authorities won't say what was in the suicide note, but are now investigating
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31-year-old on a local website. anonymous users hurling insults about mittendorf, calling her a "slut" and "ugly." and making similar comments about other women in the fairfax county fire department. investigators won't say whether mittendorff ever saw the website but the fire chief acknowledging the posts writes in a statement -- "i assure you that my department cannot and will not tolerate bullying of any kind. we will thoroughly investigate this matter and take any appropriate actions needed." we reached out to the administrator of that website but didn't hear back. mittendorff's family declined to comment. cecilia? >> marci, thank you. still ahead on "world news tonight" this saturday. imagine hearing your doorbell and seeing this outside your front door. new technology to scare off intruders, human or otherwise. and remember this face-to-face encounter between the judge and the prisoner? >> did you go to nautilus for middle school? >> oh, my goodness. oh, my goodness.
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mindy glazer. before her, arthur booth charged with burglary. suddenly she has a glimmer of recognition. see that smile? and then she asks -- >> did you go to nautilus for middle school? >> oh my goodness. >> reporter: yup, they were kids together here at miami beach's nautilus middle school. two kids in school photos who both showed promise. but then arthur's life went wrong. >> oh, my goodness. >> i'm sorry to see you here. i always wondered what happened to you, sir. >> reporter: here those kids were both grown up in court. school. >> reporter: drug addiction. it all seemed to hit him at once -- the path his life had the video was watched millions of times since then. now we'll see if this video also catches on because the other day booth was released from jail.
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judge glazer and at this, their second encounter, she had a message for him. >> you're going to do something good for somebody else. >> better believe it. >> reporter: call it a pledge to do better for old times' sake. john donvan, abc news, washington. >> what a great pledge indeed. "gma" and "this week" in the morning. we will see you right back here tomorrow night. i'm cecilia vega.
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