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"american idol" stars o >> most of us have dealt with this and just livered with it lived with it for the past 29 years. >> their nearly 30-year fight for justice, what friends and the execution. >> the man who brutally murdered them claims he was framed. oscar ray bolin's final message to the world before he is put to death. >> he was not just a brother. he was a friend. >> an evening walk nearly ends in disaster. how distracted walking nearly cost a man his life. >> good evening, and welcome,

>> and i'm kelley ring. thanks for joining us, everybody. well, for nearly 30 years three families have fought to see their loved ones' killer put to death. he was convicted of killing terri lynn matthews, natalie holley and stephanie collins, friends and family of collins gathered on the eve of the execution, and our fox 13 evan axelbank is there to explain what the family's message is this evening. evan? >> well, oscar ray bolin's name was not even mentioned tampa general hospital but they mentioned tonight but they certainly talked of stephanie collins, a teenager who lives on in everyone here. >> she would always smile and it would just cheer up a whole

>> stephanie collins smile lit up this room, too. what could she be like if she were still here? >> i'm sure she would have found an excellent career and met a really nice guy and eventually got married and had two or three kids. >> erika gomez was her best friend and says the closure her killer's death will bring can ony go so far. >> he has a life no matter how limited it was and my girlfriend's life was ended. she didn't have an opportunity to marry like he did. >> gomez will not traffic travel to stark on thursday. >> most of us have just lived with it and dealt with it for the past 29 years. it's not going to change anything except that my friend can now rest in peace.

>> to stephanie. >> to stephanie! >> and there will be about 20 family and friends headed to stark tomorrow for the execution. in carrollwood, evan axelbank, fox 13 news. >> evan, thanks. there were ten different injuries that found him guilty and eight of them sentenced him to death but he says all ten of them got it wrong. he had a few choice words for the families of the women who were murdered. >> for nearly 30 years, convicted killer oscar ray bolin has insisted he didn't do it. >> i didn't kill terri lynn matthews, natalie holley and stephanie collins. i'm 55 years old. i've been in prison 28 years. i'm tired. if they kill me tomorrow, they release me.

>> i mean, i don't know how you would expect someone to feel. if they told i tomorrow you are dying, how would you feel? we all die, but knowing your exact date and time, that's hard to deal with. >> bollen has been bolin has been on death row 23 years and on death watch since the governor signed his death warrant. he sleeps just 30 feet away from the death chamber where he will be executed on thursday. >> have you thought about what it will be like tomorrow, have you put yourself there yet? >> if you go to the hospital for an operation and they put you to sleep, you just don't wake up. it's the ceremonial aspect of it that is so traumatizing. >> it's been nearly 30 years since the terri lynn matthews, natalie holley and stephanie

it was bolin's ex-wife who pointed the finger at him claiming he admitted to her he murdered all three women, and she even helped him get rid of evidence, but bolin says her motive was money. >> for decades, the mothers of all three victims endured decades of trials, appeals and retrails. ten different injuries convicted him of murder and eight sent him to death row. from the very beginning bolin has always proclaimed his innocence, saying he was framed by investigatorred and a discredited fbi agent. >> the families who called you a monster and a psychopath. >> i've been called that many time, they have called me that, i'm about as much of a monster and a psychopath as they are. they are angry and hurt.

i'm the convenient truth. >> in stark, gore i can't gomez, fox 13 news. >> yeah, you just heard bolin claim he is the families' convenient truth and here is what a long time family friend had to say. >> absolutely not. he had a common-law wife that testified that she saw stephanie. there was evidence, like i said. the license plate number found in the purse that put a connection to them. they feel that he caused an accident to get close to her for this to happen. >> yeah, bolin is now scheduled to be executed tomorrow night gunman who killed three people

3 ((kelly-- they were shot at a house on magnolia drive east in lakeland a little after sunrise this morning.. 3 ((kelly-- investigators say david washington, his girlfriend, anita branch and angelica aftersunrise this after sunrise this morning. washington's sister was overcome with grief. >> it's like my son, like i'm losing a child because i practically raised him. >> investigators are not saying if they are looking for one suspect or more than one. sheriff grady judd called the scene of the killings a known drug house. >> a lakeland man is fighting for his life after being hit by a train and he may never have heard it coming because he had ear buds or earphones in. it happened near the tracks and u.s. 92 in lakeland.

how he is doing and when is the latest on snm. >> him? >> he is in critical but stable condition. he had earbuds in and perhaps was not paying as much attention as he should have been when he was hit. >> you don't know where your life is going. >> jason says he and sheldon spent several years homeless living on the streets together, and they bonded over the struggle. >> we bonded, he was more than a friend. >> both have turned their lives around and now live just doors apart. >> one minute i'm talking to him and he is happy and the next i'm hearing that my best friend just got hit by a train. >> he was walking back from the store when deputies say he was hit near u.s. 92 in lakeland. he was known to walk with his earbuds in and witnesses said he

>> not only was he wearing earbuds but he also ignored the warning gates which were down at the time. >> the train was only going 8 miles per hour but the came caboose has extensions on either side that may have hit the pedestrian. when you're walking or jog, and earring head watering head wearing ear buds, you have to pay attention. >> he has a number of injuries including multiple fractures. >> you heard that warning about headphones. the sherrif's office is always warning folks about these gates here, saying they are for your protection and going around them is incredibly dangerous.

charges pending in this case. we are live in lakeland, josh cascio, fox 13 news. >> all right, josh, thank you, well, tonight a sarasota couple is behind cars accused or abusing their special needs daughter. the farther father is a radiologist, and the lawyer a lawyer. >> kelley it all started with a report from a neighbor. the 12-year-old apparently showed up on his doorstep with her hands and ankles zip-tied. he at first thought she escaped from kidnappers but then she said her parents, darrin dr. eugenio erquiaga and victoria erquiaga restrained her, locked up in a row moat remote area of their home, so long sometimes that she would

the parents agreed saying it was the best way to control her. >> they were at their wit's ends as to how to deal with her and control her needs and they would do that to keep her from the other seven children living in the home. >> all of them including the 12-year-old are in dcf custody, and jail records show that both parents are still in jail at this hour. both charged with aggravated child abuse. >> thank you. well, coming up a megajackpot fuels some big, big dreams. >> mommo needs a mansion and a yacht, and a sub marine to attach to the yacht. >> the frenzy is building after the break, plus. >> lady gaga, jennifer lo pedz, lopez, and drake -- >> this bay area mogul has

how he has changed the music industry, tonight at 10:30. >> like a bridge over troubled waters >> oh, yeah, and in honor of "american "american idol's" final season,we are playing some trivia tonight. clay aiken fans refer to them by what name? the answer and more when we come right back. the new caramel macchiato from dunkin' donuts. let hand-crafted layers of espresso, milk, and a caramel-flavored swirl uplift your mood. indulge in a hot or iced macchiato today.

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we'll have it for you during the show, and i get claymates. >> and here is another way to strike it rich, and yeah, i know i said half a million, but it's half a billion, folks. we are just minutes away from the drawing. 500 million, the sixth largest lottery prize in history. >> and chris cato spend the evening talking with folk who is are holding on to their tickets and their dreams. >> i would take half a million at this point, but, yeah, half a billion, and i'm not even going to bring everyone down by remind reminding you of the minuscule odds, but people have been

howard and kennedy all day with dreams of winning the riches. in fact, a lot of people just came in very disappointed because sales cut off at 10:00 p.m. we'll have a drawing about 45 minutes from now but a lot of people came in buying tickets like this for the first time. >> of all of the methods of picking lottery numbers, jessica may have the most original. she says she was filling up her car when inspiration hit her like a linebacker? >> it was a caliber clip with football players and their numbers on their jerseys and so i'm doing that. >> what made you play today? >> um, well, the amount of money that it got up to. >> the lure of $500 million brought out a lot of powerball

machine pick his numbers. those numbers sound horrible. there are too many 50's in there. >> no. >> you feel good about it. >> .>> ? he may not be confident in his numbers but he is about what he would buy with the money. >> momma needs a mansion, and a yacht, and a submarine. >> really, a submarine. >> no, i don't needs that. >> if you hit powerball tonight, will you come back and work at subway again tomorrow. >> i will buy subway, yeah. >> and he is still working tonight but he is dreaming of not coming back to work tomorrow. and after you take the cash pay-out you get about 306

is subway franchise starts at $30,000 and if you had 100 million, you could buy 10,000 subway franchises. that is what he is going to do with a lot of bread. live in tampa, chris cato, fox 13 news. >> you guys are already spending your money. >> half of mine is already spent. >> he is disgusting. he was googling can i be anonymous if i win. >> but i would keep on working because i know you guys couldn't live without me. >> you are trying to read my article, aren't you. >> kind of, and so if it rolls over, then it goes up over a billion, and that would be cool, we would be doing lotly storying until august.

heading our way. jackie bradley with good stuff there, and also, tough to believe after what we went there at the end of 2015, four days in a row, below average in blue. four days in a row. we are back in the 70's and there could be significantly cold air next week depending on how the jet stream plays out. a persistent east and northeast wind, and records were set in melbourne today, and in brevard county because of the persistent bands coming in off of the gulf. the surge of moisture moves away and we get into the middle of the dry area and then already see moisture increasing in texas as you get the subtropical jet

an el anyone to el nio year, and they are tough to predict. it depends on the timing and the intensity of that low pressure moving across the gulf. there will be low clouds and patchy fog tonight. we stay cool. pe are we are in the 50's and 60's now. mid 60's to our south. the winds have been a factor all day. 17 in st. pete and a cool breeze coming in from the north and the northeast. outside, 58, dewpoint 54, winds north, northeast and gusty. and take a look at what is happening in the west. this is incredible. san diego has a tornado warning in effect for a time today, and then you look upstream and it's literally a parade of a series of pacific storms. here is another one.

couple of days. look at the rain moving all the way to vegas and snow up by flagstaff. making a huge dent in the drought and it's all because of el nio. you have the subtropical jet coming in off of the pacific and then one thing we'll watch closely. once in a while, these lows can become strong, they can tap gulf moisture and they can produce severe weather. there will be rain i think late saturday, into sunday. that will go by and some rain arriving at some point next week. the forecast changes day by day in an el nio pattern. mild and patching patchy fog and 57. tomorrow, variably cloudy skies and more pleasant than today as temperatures get back into the 70's. there could be rain developing late in the day or at night.

and your seven-day is pretty active with temperatures every day in the mid 70's and it could turn colder during the second half of next week. back to you. >> all right, thank you, paul. well, coming up the circus is in town and it's stirring up a lot of controversy. >> this group wants you to steer clear of the traveling show when we come right back. >> imagine all the people, living for today >> but first we have more "american idol" trivia. season three's jennifer hudson. amazing. she won an as car oscar for what film? chicago? frozen, or dream girl? we'll have the answer right

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>> we have breaking news just coming into our news room across our twitter feed. we have learned that the tampa bay buccaneers have dismissed their head coach lovie smith. just about five minutes ago, they put out that head coach lovie smith has been relieved of his duties. he says after careful conversation we have informed coach lovie smith that we have decided to make a change. that is just a part of it. our own chip carter is working the story but in case you missed it, the tampa bay buccaneers

tonight, lovie smith. >> i hope one day -- >> there you go, that is "american "american idol's" jenniferhudson in 2004. she went on to win an oscar for the film -- what was the film? dream girl? >> yes, it was. >> yes, it was. >> she may be my favorite. >> she is pretty fantastic. >> well, new at 10:00 tampa general hospital, tonight,the circus is in town, but animal defenders is calling on the community to stay away from the ringling brothers and barnm

to the show brings cruelty and suffering to animals. tonight we spoke with them saying they hope their signs get people to think. >> go home and google, and educate and get the other side of the story. >> the company has announced they will stop using elephants in their shows in 2018. and coming up a scary claim has the world on edge. >> so did north korea really test a hydrogen bottom today? the exports are going to weigh in when we come back. why you look so sad >> and now season 4 winner carry

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>> i'll stand by you, i won't let nobody hurt you >> carrie underwood in 2005. she later starred in the live tv musical the sound of music. and the last season of "american idol", we are just going through and remembering all of the highlights. >> well, grease is a little bit of a trick question, because we have grease coming up in a couple of weeks and so that might have been on everyone's mind, but carrie underwood, you just can't get enough of her, and talk about a star rising,

>> and she is still on top of it and probably will be for awhile. >> they made a lot of stars on "american idol", and we'll continue this fun thing. >> new backlash after north korea claims it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb. kim jong il says the bold move will make the world look up to his country. >> but what are the experts saying about this tonight. >> north korean state tv showed their leading signing off on what he called an h-bomb of success. >> the crowd responded. >> as long as the united states maintains its policy of aggression against north korea, i think developing a hydrogen bomb is inevitable.

forward for the rogue nations's military program. other this boom bomb would be similar to those dropped on hiroshima and nagasaki. it will make more time to confirm or deny in an h-bomb blast happened but the intent is clear. the south korean government calling it a firm provocation and china reacting and the west gearing up for more action

>> the blast seemed to confirm that kim jung un is going the say way of his father and grandfather, with few able to stand in the dangerous way. >> it's going be another rough day tomorrow on world financial markets. trading was halted on china's trading platform and that is the second time this week, and monday that led to a dramatic drop in u.s. financial markets. >> i year before i did my first deal with gaga i couldn't given get an internship with a record company. >> but now he is cashing in big. his role is putting new products and brands into music videos, sometimes even the here lyrics of songs. >> and he is ready to crank it up even more.

music have something in common. they have all made money with adam klugger. >> jennifer lopez, drake, emennen. >> he has made deals to place new products and brands in their videos or lyrics. in this video, hillary duff fresh off divorce promotes tindr and then joined the site. >> we decided to see if she would go on real dates and we captured that on video, and that broke the internet. >> he had found a niche in the changing music industry. as downloads and sharing replaced record sales, artists needed a new way to earn more money.

get a boost but klugger knows it's not for everyone. >> i have not worked with adelle and probably won't. >> they tell him it's artistic integrity. >> this is a very disrupted business and you have to evolve or die. >> he is now 29. five years after owning his first bentley, he sold half of his agency to a group of venture capitalists. >> if i can make the next tindr or the next 4loco popular, i would like to be a part of the bigger pie when all is said and done. >> having his own artist on a megarecord is on his to-do list. >> i have a record label, also and i would love to have a hit record but it's really, really hard.

>> one bad year and you are out. so constant pressure. >> finding the next angle in a business where everyone is competing for the next hit. >> now, klugger recently sold half os of his agency and they are planning to put in a lot of money to make new stars. and then which former "american 2015. >> kelley character son clarkson surprisingly didn't even make the top three. and here is more idol trivia. >> and i can't help, falling in love with you. >> all right, remember season

what show does she currently star it in scorpion, or csi new orleans? or blacklist?

see how >> that is katherine mcfee on "american idol" in 2006. in addition to singing, she is an established actor and is currently starring in the show scorpion. ding, ding, ding. more trivia coming up in a pew few minutes, and also more on the firing of lovie smith. >> we are all reeling from that, aren't we, kelley. and after years of testing and drama in florida, some leaders say enough is enough. the new grading system that could make it easier for your kids to pass a test. >> oh good let the

lord, he head-butted him. >> a basketball coach caught head-butting the referee. more on that in just a few minutes on the fox 13 11:00 news. >> well, "american idol" kicking off its final season and i don't know about you but you thought it was a fantastic start. dozens of singers facing off and i know we say this all the time but there were a lot of good singers tonight. i mean, like for a first episode. featured a lot of raw talent and it was pretty good. >> the judges talked about how the quality is up this year, it's the last season, and we have the judges' take on this season's contenders. >> in the first episode of

"american idol's" final season,judge jennifer lopez was feeling optimistic about the singers lining up to audition for the show. >> who knows if that idol walks through the door today, that is always a possible and it's what is so excite exciting about doing this job. >> the auditions brought out a wide range of singers including several 15-year-olds. some unlikely talent and even someone playing a cello. and there was even a cop. >> you are familiar, are you ruben southern? >> i am. >> former finalists and winners helped with the early auditions and offered plenty of encouragement. >> we get tired of sitting in the chairs and so we are just stretching things out. >> in the end it was all about finding raw talent.

taller and come in and present themselves and swrus sing just sing and they have this huge that personality and voice. >> it's about staying true to yourself and evolving and not trying to be one else but trying to be something difference. >> in hollywood, michelle polino for fox news. >> moth "american idol" winners go on to become huge stars. the top five i would say for sure, because how does their success stack up? >> they listed the top earnerring earnersfrom 2015 and this may surprise you. take a listen. >> when you shine, you know how i feel. >> he should have been a winner for sure, but he is winning now. adam lambert was not the winner. he was the season eight runner-up and he has done a

pulling in $10 million in 2015, mainly because he toured as a front act for the legendary rock band queen. >> and i want to be -- >> no surprise her here, carrie underwood, according to forbes she made 8 million last year, pft country .the country music star was named top performer in 2013 and 2014, and she is overall top earning when you combine all of the years since she has won. she is set to eastern a earn a lot more when her tour kicks off at the end of the month. she is going to be a huge

and love is always in the -- >> and you have to love chris daughtrey. i may not be quite as well known but he earned $6 million this year, he and his band played more shows than any of his idol peers. and another one that probably should have won it outright. >> you love him and i do, too. and philip phillips, and scott mccreary. and so all very successful. >> and kelley i think is probably number two or number three overall, because she has longevity. >> idol will crown one last champion this may. >> i know t's going , it's going to be hard to see it go.

>> absolutely stunning. at 10:21 p.m., a typical bucs move, i can't believe they did it like this. lovie smith has been fired as

we are giving it to you >> in a stunning movie at 10:21 p.m. tonight, the grazers fire head coach lovie smith. gone after two years with the franchise, i don't think anyone including lovie smith saw this coming. we talked to him and he was already talking about next year, what needed to be done in terms of filling holes on this team. and smith's first year was obviously horribly disappointing, 2-15, but this season behind a rookie qb and line, he won six games. they were in the play-offs but

they finished on a flat four-game losing streak and maybe had a is one of the reasons he was let go, although jameis winston publicly questioned the effort down the stretch of some of his teammates. there are going to be a lot of coaches who want this team because they are on their way up. there are just pieces that need to be filled through the draft and free agency. the buccaneers released a statement that reads in part: after careful conversation we consideration, we informed lovie that we want to make a change. i want to thank him for his hard work during his time here, this decision was a difficult one on a variety of levels. i am disappointed we were not more successful during these past two seasons because we are committed to doing what is necessary to give our fans a

jason licht will oversee the search for a new coach, and that is critical because he was not happy bringing lovie smith in. and right now the lightning are not in the play-offs. their season has been inconsistent. and jon cooper tells us it will make more than one season to turn the lightning around. >> we have to get out of this win one lose one, win two, lose one -- it seems that every team around us goes on some sort of run and we were not been able to go on that run yet. i think our longest win streak has been three games. we've done it twice this year, and we got to go on this run. the problem is we are just not scoring. and when you're putting all of that pressure on your goal tender it makes it tough and we

>> all right, so stomach s bishop are going to play, and the goalies are going to be hammered with shots, three on three hockey, fun to watch but exhausting for the players. >> so chip let's get back to the bucs. >> yeah, let's do it. >> lovie was fired and beyond the fact that it was announced on twitter and facebook, it is a big deal because they still have three more years to pay him at a huge salary and just last year they stopped paying their previous coaches and so this took a lot for the grazers. their team had troubles but they had two wins and then six wins this year, and you could make the case that they are going in the right direction. >> but i don't think lovey lovie smith

them in the right direction and frankly his defense has been shrewdly shrewd absolutely horrible. the secondary was dismal and he had to shuffle in coaches. and if there is someone that i think could take over this franchise it is dirk cutter. if you look at doug martin and charles simms, both of those running backs were the best combination in the league and he discuss it all with two rookies in the offensive line. plus as i reported to you earlier this week, dirg dirk cutter was in the rumor mill for the philadelphia eagles job, and you have to look at also what he has done with philadelphia and matt ryan. his name has been swirls around head coaching position and it would not surprise me at all to

>> he was at boise state and he has been there done that at the college level. >> and we are seeing tweets from players that are not happy about this, lavonte david saying that lovie was a great coach and great person, and i guess we'll see reaction coming in all night and tomorrow. >> that is a good point because everybody loves him, do they not? >> that is true, it's not as if he lost the team, because lost his ability to coach in the nfl. he was a year out of the game and joked that he spent the year in his basement watching game tapes and trying to make the connection, and you win with defense, but other than mccoy,

the way that was a jason licht >> the fox 13 umbrella winner, let's go back and take a look at that. this is pr

always good stuff, appreciate that, bernie. meantime very heavy rain along our east coast with bands coming in off of the atlantic. our weather will improve for about a day, a day and a half, but then we'll have weather coming in from texas, impacting us late friday, into saturday. here is that rain and we'll fly out to texas in a scopped and second and show you the rain here flf is there is another band out in california. between now and early next week, our weather should stay pretty active. the forecast goes like this. patchy clouds, mild and we'll stay in the mid 50's, variably cloudy and pleasant and a band of rain is likely late friday into friday night with

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