the women who sodini killed have been identified as 46-year-old heidi overmier, 49-year-old elizabeth gannon, and 38-year-old jody billingsley. >>> the father of missing florida girl hallie cummings has been arrested and charge with burglary and assault. he will appear in court today. putnam county officials say he was arrested after a fight with his wife's brother if they haven't said what the argument was about. cullings' wife misty was reportedly the last one to see 5-year-old haleigh cummings on february th. she said the little girl vanished after being tucked into bed in her father's mobile home. >>> police in idaho say the death of robert man well is being investigated as a homicide. they go on to say there's no evidence the 8-year-old was abducted by a stranger. >> the body of the boy found in the new york canal on monday has been positively identified this afternoon as that of 8-year-old robert manwell. preliminary results from the autopsy give us reason to believe that 8-year-old robert manwell's death was not an accident. >> now, a 7-year-old neighbor girl says she and robert playe

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funeral services for heidi overmier and elizabeth began no gannon and jody billingsley funeral will be wednesday. all were at an aerobics class in a pittsburgh area la fitness when gunned down by george sodini. he ended the rampage committing suicide. >>> new dna tests show a texas man convicted for life in prison for a sexual assault may not have committed the crime. earnest sonjays is free after serving 23 years behind bars. a judge ordered him released in part because tests showed blood stains on the alleged vibts's plants could not have come from him. >> i always told, you know, people that knew me in prison, you know, that i was innocent. when you're in prison, you know, when you tell the same story, the first thing they say, you know, everybody, everybody say that. i used to be mad. but like, you know, to have -- the past is the past. >> he is the sixth convicted man released after results from the

. >> his victims, elizabeth gannon, 49, 37-year-old, jody billingsly, and 46-year-old single mom, heidi obermeier. >> one of the nicest people you will meet. we will miss her dearly. >> reporter: three of the injured are listed in serious condition but all expected to survive. police say that he did have all the proper permits to own and carry the handguns he so tragically misused last night. brian. >>> such a scary story from the pittsburgh suburb tonight. mike taibbi with our report. thanks. >>> president obama returned today to elkhart, indiana, the economy has been brutal to elkhart. in fact the journalists of our website, msnbc.com have been documenting life in elkhart for months. unemployment is nearly 17% there. and the president's visit today was designed at least to bring some good news there about jobs. our chief white house correspondent, chuck todd, spent some time with the president on the factory floor. he is with us from that community tonight. chuck, good evening. >> reporter: good evening, brian. well as you described of all the hard-hit places, elkhart, indiana is the

. >> the gunman murdered three well, elizabeth gannon, jody billingsley and heidi overmier. nine other people were injured. tonight three of them are in critical condition. there are many other clues to his rm page, clues left in the gunman's own words. jeanne meserve has more tonight on the killer's chilling online journal. >> reporter: george sodini was silent before taking his own life. but in his online diary the 48-year-old spoke volumes about the carnage he was to inflict. why do this to young girls, the journal begins. just read below. i kept a running log that includes my thoughts and actions. indeed, he did. he called his killing spree his project and it began months ago. on november 5th, 2008, he wrote, planned to do this in the summer but figured to stick around to see the election outcome. and in an entry from december 22nd, an apparent reference to the plot and the women at his gym. time is moving along. plan to have this done already. many of the young girls here look so beautiful as to not be human. very edible. the journal also reveals his desperation and lon

they are elizabeth gannon, jody billingsly and heidi overmire, all from pennsylvania. 10 others were shot before the gunman killed himself. listen to what he wrote. i want to take you back eight months ago. he writes, many of the young girls here look so beautiful as to not be normal. december 24th, no girlfriend since 1984. he is talking about himself. this is a constant theme with this guy. who knows why? i am not ugly or too weird? no sex since july, 1990. december 29th, he writes this. 30 million women reject me. that was the number in his head that he keeps throwing out about how many women don't like him. he thinks there are 30 million available women in the united states. then, he writes this. i am going to take you to december 31st. this is 2008. he is writing about his mother. he says, quote, the central boss. don't, you know what, her off or she will be mad and vindictive for years. some kind of problem with women, maybe going back to his mother. i am going to bring in a psychologist. you know. she nails this stuff back down. this is dr. judy. dr. jude kuriansky. reading ag

elizabeth gannon was a 49-year-old radiologist, jodi billingsly was a therapist and heidi overmyer, all three killed at the hands of 48-year-old george sew deknee who entered the gym tuesday nights and started shooting. nine others were injured. after he shot the women she turned the gun on himself. brian mooar has the latest. >> reporter: this pennsylvania community is struggling to comprehend a deadly attack directed at innocent victims, women targeted simply because they were in an aerobics class that caught the eye of an embittered gunman. >> a mine later the lights go out. seconds later you just hear shooting and he's shooting all over the room. >> we don't know as we stand here what made him stop shooting. thank god he did. >> reporter: before taking his own life, gunman george sodini gave police a window into his twisted mind. in extensive notes and blog postings, he spelled out his failed love life. >> he complains about he's never spent a weekend with a girl. he's never vacationed with a girl. he never lived with a woman. >> reporter: investigators say they now know he had been

on saturday mourners gathered at church services in scott township to remember 49-year-old elizabeth gannon an 46-year-old heidi overmier. a funeral for 37-year-old jody billingsley will take place on wednesday. all three were killed when gunman george sodini opened fire during a latin dance class. sodini shot and killed himself. >>> authorities are assessing all the damage from a reported tornado touchdown near minneapolis. the storm produced heavy rain and hail. lightning strikes in the storm are blamed for two fires. no injuries have been reported but several cars and buildings were damaged. power's been restored for thousands of customers. >>> there are tropical storm warnings out for hawaii. the national weather service reports hurricane felicia will likely weaken to just a tropical storm as it approaches the big island of hawaii. authorities still closing down beaches there and suggest residents prepare for heavy rains and the possibility of flash flooding. >>> still ahead, a fire truck crashing into a home. you'll hear why investigators think this mess could have been avoided. >>> pl

she along with elizabeth gannon who was 49 died here at the scene. also, jody billingsly who was 38 and from the nearby town of mt. lebanon. she died on the way to the hospital. those are the people who were killed. there was also nine others as you mentioned who were sent to hospital. we have learned at least one of those people has recovered enough that they were able to be released and sent home. the conditions of the other people are improving at this time, which gives this community hope, david, that these people aring going to continue to improve and no one else is going to be subject to this madman's wrath. >> nbc's allison card voeld just outside of pittsburgh. thanks for the story. we appreciate it. >> we're following break news out of college park, maryland, these are live pictures. authorities evacuated the main library at the university of maryland in college park investigating a suspicious package found at the library. the police spokesperson for the university's police department, this is coming from worc, wrc, i apologize, this is wher

. >> elizabeth betsey gannon worked a at hospital. >> betsey -- her smile was c can -- contagious. >> jody billingsley liked tending to her yard. >> she was nice and sweet and friendly. >> what are the loose ends here? police say they don't know for sure whether anyone even read george sodini's blog. the fbi is now looking into i. if someone had been reading it, authorities say they should have said something to somebody and then perhaps something could have been done to ease his debilitating, dangerous and now deadly pain. i'm john berman for "nightline" in bridgeville, pennsylvania. >> john berman reporting on a crime that's become all too familiar. our thanks. >>> changing gear, when we come back, an emotional homecoming for two american journalists and the delicate diplomacy that led to their safety. five co-workers are working from the road using a mifi, a mobile hotspot that provides up to five shared wifi connections. two are doloading the final final revised final presentation. - one just got an e-mail. - what?! - huh? - it's being revised again. the coilot is on mapquest. - (

killed were heidi overmeir, 46; elizabeth gannon, 49; and jody billingsley 37.isa and stacy survived. >> i saw him shooting and the room. that's the image -- >> that will stay with us forever. >> reporter: it's an image sodini had been conjuring for more than a year, described in an extraordinary murderous online blog. why do this to young girls, he asks? just read below. girls and women don't even give me a second look anywhere. there is something blatantly wrong with me. no girl friend since 1984, no sex since july 1990. >> he clearly resented the women who had rejected him or resented women in general because they weren't willing or able to have a relationship with him. >> reporter: patricia cohen was a neighbor. >> i never knew he was that bad off. i would have invited him over more. >> reporter: in november 2008 he says planned to do this in is summer but figured to stick around to see the election outcome. then in january he says i chickened out. i brought the loaded guns, everything, hell. but his third trip to the gym of the diand after run throughs on m

. >> jody billingsley and elizabeth gannon were both killed. the third victim is heidi overmier. he don't have a pick color to show you. police say he made a phone call around the time of the shooting, and police are looking for anybody who might have known about his blog. >>> and enjoying their first full day home after being held for months in north korea. emotional family reunions yesterday. a reporter doesn't know why north korea agreed to pardon the women. >> we don't know if it was actually orchestrated or not. we had a sense that the government had agreed to send president clinton for which we were grateful, but in terms of whether a release was pre-determined, we don't know. >> laura ling and euna lee were sentenced to 12 years of hard labor for entering the country illegally. the clinton trip has been controversy controversial, though. the u.s. does not have relations with north korea. opposing views about the implication. >> how are they going to see this? see that it's okay to brutalize their people? keep hundreds of thousands of people in political prison camps? light

killing 36 haerld heidi obermier, a mom. 37-year-old jody billingsley and 49-year-old elizabeth gannon who worked at a local hospital. her friends are in disbelief. >> she can't be gone. it couldn't have happened that way. >> you couldn't ask for a better friend. >> reporter: in a note, sodini complains he never spent a weekend with a girl, never lived with a woman, and only had sex a few times. a prayer vigil is planned for tonight in honor of the three women killed and the nine who were injured. maggie? >> susan koeppen. thank you, susan. joining us now is patricia cohen, who lived across the street from the killer for the past 12 years. patricia, good morning to you. >> good morning, maggie. >> i know that you and your fiance bob lived directly across the street. now to find out this man, george sodini, was essentially the killer next door, what is that like for you? >> really devastating. just knowing that he was doing the things that he did and the journal he was keeping, to say he was going out for young girls and knowing what he said on july 23rd about my daughter, it's just so

heidi overmeyer, elizabeth gannon, and jodie billingsley, a 48-year-old woman, all of them living aroundsuburb of pittsburgh. nine other women were shot. this bhan was a member of the gym. he had gone in there twice before with a loaded gun, plotted to shoot women in that very exercise room and as he put it chickened out. last night about 8:15, about 15 minutes into the dance class, he walked in there, stood in the back of the room, reached into his bag, turned the lights off and began shooting. and of course mass chaos ensued. trace: i want to go over some of the stuff you have been reporting all day, rick. he said women just don't like me. he goes on to say he hadn't had a date since 2008, that he hadn't had sex in 19 years. he says there are 30 million desirable women in the united states, and i cannot find one of them. clearly, this guy was off balance. >> well, he said he hadn't had a girlfriend since 1984 and he couldn't figure out why. he thought that he was normal. and good looking. and i guess a catch. but when you read what he wrote on that blog, it paints a very different pict

. >> reporter: his victims, radiologist elizabeth betsy gannon, 49. 37-year-old physical therapist, jody billingsley, and 46-year-old single mom, heidi overmier. of the nine women injured by gunfire, three are still listed in serious condition. all are expected to survive. ann? >> all right, mike taibbi this morning. mike, thanks so much for your reporting. our best wishes to all of those who are still recovering from this. >>> there is some encouraging news this morning and it's about the economy. job layoffs are easing. new claims for unemployment benefits dropped more than expected last week to 550,000, and that is a drop of 38,000. the senate is expected to approve a $2 billion extension of the cash for clunkers program today. consumers would then have until labor day to trade in their gas guslers and get new car rebates of up to $4500. >>> and look at this. a dolphin near naples, florida, went on a people watching excursion on tuesday. the six foot long bottlenose jumped out of the water and landed on the deck of a woman's boat. passengers kept the dolphins wet until wildlife offici

. >> reporter: elizabeth betsy gannon, 49, worked at a hospital. >> betsy's smile was contagious. >> reporter: jody billingsley, 38, liked biking and tending to her yard. >> she was a beautiful girl. very sweet. very nice. very friendly. >> reporter: as for survivors, mary, the instructor, 10 weeks pregnant. she was shot twice. once in the shoulder and once in the back. her husband said she played dead, knowing she couldn't make it past sodini. instead, she focused on holding her breath. once she got to the hospital, her husband didn't know if she would make it. but thankfully she and the baby survived. >> it's scary to see her like that. but it was good to see she was awake and breathing right. >> reporter: and their unborn child, too. at least one happy ending to this tragic tale. people have been dropping off flowers here at the gym since yesterday. and there is a much larger candlelight vigil planned for tonight. diane? >> all right, john. our thanks to you. >>> as we said, a psychiatrist is looking at the tape right now, to see if there are lessons to be learned. >>> we turn, th

. >> reporter: his victims, radiologist elizabeth betsy gannon, 49. 37-year-old physical therapist, jody billingsley, and 46-year-old single mom, heidi overmier. nine other women were injured by gunfire. three of them still listed in serious condition. all are expected to survive. lester? >> mike taibbi this morning. thank you. connie monick's sister heidi overmier is one of the women killed in that shooting. she is with us now exclusively. connie, good morning. thank you so much for coming on with us. we appreciate it. >> good morning. >> heidi's co-workers had noted that the minute they heard the shooting at la fitness they worried that she might be there. did you have the same concern? >> yes, i did. as soon as my brother had called and said that there was an incident there, i knew heidi had been just recently really gotten into this dance class that she had been at when the accident had occurred. >> and you know, we hear so many of these shootings in places that we wouldn't expect. when you heard about this, how do you process it? how do you process your own peace of mind? >> well, w