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in august of 2010 they wanted to see if el-atari tear i to get gt him to. the two were in the same cell block in the arlington countynty jail.il. listen to now as el-atari on the left gets a confession from torres are the right. > how did you make it look like a suicide? >> i told you. > no, you didn't tell me.e. >> i put the bag over her head.e > the two talked for hours with getting el-atari to make him admit to the investigation crime. >> can i ask you a question? you don't feelou bad at all. >> no. that's the scary part, dude. and that's not el-atari was also able to get torres to admit to the 2005 killing of two little girls in his hometown in xyron, illinois. the crime of which a suspect had already confessed. that's not all, dna pointed to torres, the marine. with those confessions, bernie grim was able to get el-atari's sentence greatly reduced. they had him stealing well over $7 million. so his guidelines, which suggested sentence that the judge ordered was between 19 and 2 # years. as a result of his cooperation,n the judge gave -- we walked into

osama el-atari would have been in federal prison had he notsont agreed to cooperate with the feds and work to get ato get confarreation a former marine mr now on death row. el-atari was a smooth talkerotta with a big personality andsonala could talk to just aboutt a anyone and so when the feds needed an informant they an inf turned to el-atari who had scammed banks out of tens of millions of dollars. dollars >> he was that sort of guy. he was just a really likabley l guy and i'll be honest i don'tin like representing informants,g o people that rat on people and testify against people.if i justy generally i don't like it but i liked him a lot. him al >> reporter: in august ofn augut 2010 the feds wanted to see if el-atari could get jorgeld g j torres a marine to confess onono tape to the murder of amanda jean stout.an sto listen now as el-atari on theatn left gets a confession from f torres on the right.e right >> how did you make it look d like aid suicide?ci >> i told you. y >> no, you didn't tell me.tell m >> put her in the closet witht t a bag over her head.rea >> reporter: the two

. >> reporter: a week ago wednesday, osama el-atari was alive. thursday, his family reported him missing. saturday, his body was found in his pickup along this road. police believe she was dead the whole time. two men, eric garra and taqwa muhammad are charged with murdering el-atari. say they it's a botched robbery and that the killers atari's rolex and other items before they took him to a remote road and shot him. >> last i heard, he was going to a meeting. >> reporter: he was a convicted in a ponzi scheme, and jail in jail, he turned informant. he helped to solve several horrific crimes. >>> a marine was attacked by a group of young man in northwest. you can see a teen in a white tank top follow chris marquez outside and hit him from behind in the back of the head. while still on the ground, someone digs through his pockets and kicked marquez told police he thinks this is a racially charged incident and he is in the hospital suffering from memory issues. he is known as being one of the marines to carry an injured soldier out of fallujah's inf

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two people are facing charges in the murder el atari was found shot and killed in a truck in upper marlboro on saturday. he had been reported missing days earlier. two men, eric garris, and taqwa muhammad were arrested yesterday. they are being held without bond. one of the items stolen was a rolex watch. police say witnesses helping them with the investigation. >> he had intimate knowledge of the scene itself, of the crime scene. >> police say that el atari used to own a restaurant in northern virginia. he was convicted in 2010 for scamming banks out of more than $50 million. he got out of prison after just four years for testifying in two high-profile cases. >>> we've reported about cell phone thefts in our area but one woman said she became the victim of a back-to-back crime. >> pat collins at the penn quarter area right now downtown d.c. with more on this story. her iphone, then it was her money. a woman victimized twice here in penn quarter. she says it was almost like she paid the thief to rob her. >> i like to think of myself as like a worldly, independent person who travels alone an

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el atari that owned a string of restaurants and lived a lavish lifestyle before being chargeed with fraud. he vanished. stephen tschida filed the missing person's report. what did you find out about this? stephen: the loudoun county investigators are scouring this area looking for this who disappeared once before nine years ago. but i just spoke with one of his keef employees who says this time around he had no reason to run. a young businessman living the lush life in northern virginia. shady business dealings came to light, he vanished. >> i don't think he ran away again. beyond that i don't know what happened. >> he was captured and got 12 years for bilking banks out of tens of millions of dollars. in prison he discovered a talent for getting people to open up and he testified against torres who killed a sailor in arlington in 2009. he provided testimony against a man who supported islamic terrorist. he got out early and appeared to get his life back on track. until wednesday afternoon. >> he is consistent on his phone. when he is not there for work or there answerinth calls from his f

the body of el atari found in a pickup truck in upper marlboro saturday afternoon. investigators say he had been shot. he got out of jail after testifying against other inmates. maureen: as you know it is tax season. here is motivation to get you filing fast. not the promise of a big refund but the threat of someone stealing your money. tonight at 11:00, "7 on your side" shows you how easy it is for scammers to take your personal information and buy documents they need online. it happens over and over. when the fake refunds are filed, we all end up paying for them. we'll explain tonight at 11:00. >> the weather outside echoed the sadness inside a maryland church. visitation is underway for the harford county deputy pat dailey. dailey and fellow deputy mark logsdon were killed last week in abingdon. the former marine, the funeral is deputy logsdon's funeral is scheduled for saturday. the gunman was wanted in connection with the near fatal shooting of his ex-wife in 1996. he was shot in an exchange of gunfire. maureen: next at 6:00 -- >> following the death of justice

. > the body of a virginia man who went missing last week has now been found, osama el-atari was reported missing last thursday. his body was found inside his truck in upper marlboro. he was an x con turned police inform informant who got a marine to confess to three murders. the investigation is oning whying. > the head swimming coach of st. mary's college in maryland is facing child pornography 45 year old andre bash bin showed the pornography to a maybor. police searched his home and ceased digital storage devices that allegedly contained digital photography. the college said it is cooperating with the investigation. > friends and family gathered today in maryland to remember a hartford county sheriff's deputy killed last week. actually two sheriff's deputies that were killed. a viewing was held in abington for senior deputy patrick daily today. daily and deputy mark long son were killed in a shoot outby david evans who was later killed by police. even though the deputies didn't belong to his department gym due wees took to facebook to express his disgust over the killings. sheriff due

the man was pronounced dead at the scene and el-atari was sentenced to 12 years in prison for a scheme that defrauded banks across the country and ordered to pay $53 million in restitution >>> investigators say they investigating previous new york governor elliott spritzer after a woman was assaulted inside a swanky hotel. he resigned after becoming involved in a prostitution scandal >>> pope francis with a mee ssag for hundreds of thousands at an outdoor mass this sunday. what's the descroat a long -- secret to a long >>> hundreds of thousands of people gathered near mexico city today to worship with pope francis. today's open air mass was the largest event during the pontiff's five-day tr resist the temptations of wealth and corruption. his speech was aimed at the area's drug lords and gang violence. >>> all this weeks, the wusa 9 team will take you inside local religious institutions to examine how faith effects our day-to-day lives here in the washington, dc, area. here is bruce johnson with a preview of faith in our town. >> come on. somebody praise god right now. ♪ >> if you're a

turned star prosecution witness shot to tonight while investigators try to track down the killer, el atari'sfriends are speaking out. stephen tschida has the story. stephen: when investigators closed down on the bank fraud in 2009 he ran. last week he disappeared again. this time the friends and the business associates said he had no reason to run. he got a dozen years from bilking bank banks from ten of millions of dollars but got out early. he helped convict a man of aiding islamic terrorist. he appeared to have the life together. he had a business meeting and then he vanished. he was found dead in a pickup in upper marlboro. someone shot him. his girlfriend sent us a statement that reads., "i don't know who did this. obviously this was not a random shooting or some accident. someone wanted to hurt him." this is heartbreaking shocking." we got e-mail from a friend who wishes to remain anonymous he says my suspicions to go to someone he testified against. he testified against muslim terror group, rapist and murders. they don't have motives or the suspects at this time. his friends believe t

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police found osama al atari's body in upper marlboro.eesburg but his family reported him missing three days ago. six years ago he admitted to using phony life insurance policies to swindle millions of dollars in bank loans. police are looking for the person who killed him and trying to figure out why. >>> the snowstorm that hit us has also blanketed parts of north carolina. snow fell last night into today in northwestern parts of the state. >> and in mt. airy the snowfall made for icy roads that led to school closure, several minor accidents have been reported, but no serious injuries. lauryn ricketts is in the storm center looking at what's coming down the pike in terms of rain. >> yeah, you're right. we had the snow, check that off the list. we got a little freezing rain and some pockets of sleet. that's the second phase of this storm, and then the third phase, lots of rain coming down. plain old rain because temperatures are actually going to go up overnight. big umbrella. a lot of you make your way back to work. you're going to need

atari's family says they haven't seen him in days. he was last seen in capitol heights in prince george's county. he was a restaurant owner who was convicted if 2010 of getting big loans with phony insurance documents. he was released after he served four years of a 12-year sentence when he testified in two high-profeel caile cases. >>> and there's a man in custody for a deadly shooting in seat pleasant. pat collins brought you this breaking news yesterday afternoon. police say 19-year-old sammy warren admits his involvement in this, but he says iwa accident. warren says he was with marcus fogg at the home of a friend yesterday afternoon on james palmer way when his gun went off. fogg died at the hospital. warren is now charged with involuntary manslaughter. >>> now at 5, a local man fell asleep during an uber ride. what he found when he woke up had him questioning if he was taken for a ride. >>> you may see him on the hit show "top chef." we're going to tell you about his new d.c. restaurant. it lets you customize your menu. >>> also

saturday had previously p served timvie for bank fraud and money laundering.launring his name is owes el-atarihe pleaded guilty to bank t fraud in 2010 for illegally ieg borrowing more than $71 million from eight banksm ek in four states includingr stat g maryland and virginia. virni police are offering a rewardaew for information that leads to his killer. >> 5:42 is our time. t another check of the roads out s there this morning.there th we're going head to maryland,arl get an update from the state highway administration. >> let's check in with garyhe mcgrady who is keeckping on eye on the winter storm.r sto >> that's right. rig some light snow in the area,htn most of us south and east oft of us, it tapers for awhile.r ail it will come back in, the sunn,e will come u 9, 10 o'clock more snow will be moving through. you can see what it prettywhat i much looks like out there. full forecast is coming up.isomg we got everything to talk about.about. snow, snow/sleet, freezingt, frg rain, ice, rain, that was that stuff, it's all coming up. stay with us. ♪ oh-oh, oh-oh, oh-oh-oh-ooh, oh ♪ hearts a