. >> it was the cold-blooded killing of his own mother that first landed stephen hughley in prison in 1986 when he was just 18 years old. >> we have had problems for years, and it just finally reached a head. a girl that i had a date with called there. and when i answered the phone, my mother, she come out of her bedroom and screamed, "is that another one of your little whores calling you?" and it was just like i snapped. i told the girl i had a date with, i'll be out there to get you in a little bit, i'm fixing to kill this bitch and i hung up the phone and i went and got a rifle and shot her. then i carried her and dumped her in the river and went on my date. >> hughley was given a life sentence for killing his mother. but five years later while incarcerated at a different facility, he killed again. >> it was june the 30th of 1991 when i stabbed another inmate 67 times. >> after receiving a life sentence for killing the inmate, hughley committed a second prison murder. he stabbed a counselor 36 times with a homemade shank. >> i mean, it had gotten to the point where he had made so m

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hughley's trial is scheduled to begin in february. >>> in about an hour, occupy d.c. protests will take on a different focus instead of economic issues the group is calling out d.c. police after a car accident on friday night. a driver hit three protesters near the intersection of 7th and k streets. the group says the driver hit the gas and intentionally hit the protesters. police say that the protesters possibly ran into the street when the driver had a green light. investigators charged the three protesters with jaywalking and obstructing traffic. occupy protesters are calling for an investigation into the crash. >>> there has been another attempted abduction in spotsylvania county that makes four in the past month. the latest incident happened saturday afternoon in the 6700 block of satterfield court near fredericksburg. and 8-year-old girl told police that men in a van yelled at her and asked her to come closer. she says she ran away. the girl told police four men were in a black ford econo line van with a logo in red that said malroy. she said they were wearing g

dale hughley, licensed general direct your who served in the u.s. navy.acqueline taylor who is executive director of the new england institute and internationally but as. and dr. bruce parks, a forensic pathologist. all will be involved in the independent review. with regards to the secretary repealing it, you know, the secretaries at the top of the chain of command when it comes to the air force. i want him to have that responsibility. i trust my donnelly. i think he tried to do with this matter, to go after the issues involved here, to correct them into whatever was necessary and i trust he will try to do the same. when i tell him to take a look and make sure your appropriate disciplinary action was taken here, i trust will do that. >> you were told. >> will look into that situation. >> i know that something we should look at. >> they were the special counsel report. i talked to the special counsel and she said her office informed as the air force back in march, whether they inform the families are not. she pressed for that back in arch. air force infor

prosecutors say hughley smashed love's head during an argument. >>> a woman involved in the murder of today how long she will spend blind bars. andrea fujihi tells us what she had to say in court. >> reporter: she will spend a 30 year sentence for her part in the death of steven petkaren. >> this ends the time of a terrible ordeal. >> reporter: john wagner and merit robbed him. wagner then stabbed petkaren and merit robbed him. she only faced conspiracy and robbery charges. >> in as much as she was a willing participant, she got the sentence she deserved. >> it seems a little ridiculous, they were in it together, they should get the same sentence it seems like. >> i was told they would be in it together. i was told both were responsible. >> reporter: merit says she is just as guilty as wagner but she is not a cold-blooded person. the judge though didn't buy it. after merit's 15 years the judge said she'll be watching for any probation violation to impose the full 15 years suspended sentence. andrea fujihi, eyewitness news. >>> well velva merit will be eligible for parol after 7-1/2 ye

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dale hughley, licensed general direct your who served in the u.s. navy. jacqueline taylor who is executive director of the new england institute and internationally but as. and dr. bruce parks, a forensic pathologist. all will be involved in the independent review. with regards to the secretary repealing it, you know, the secretaries at the top of the chain of command when it comes to the air force. i want him to have that responsibility. i trust my donnelly. i think he tried to do with this matter, to go after the issues involved here, to correct them into whatever was necessary and i trust he will try to do the same. when i tell him to take a look and make sure your appropriate disciplinary action was taken here, i trust will do that. >> you were told. >> will look into that situation. >> i know that something we should look at. >> they were the special counsel report. i talked to the special counsel and she said her office informed as the air force back in march, whether they inform the families are not. she pressed for that back in arch. air force inf

dale hughley, licensed general direct your who served in the u.s. navy. jacqueline taylor who is executive director of the new england institute and internationally but as. and dr. bruce parks, a forensic pathologist. all will be involved in the independent review. with regards to the secretary repealing it, you know, the secretaries at the top of the chain of command when it comes to the air force. i want him to have that responsibility. i trust my donnelly. i think he tried to do with this matter, to go after the issues involved here, to correct them into whatever was necessary and i trust he will try to do the same. when i tell him to take a look and make sure your appropriate disciplinary action was taken here, i trust will do that. >> you were told. >> will look into that situation. >> i know that something we should look at. >> they were the special counsel report. i talked to the special counsel and she said her office informed as the air force back in march, whether they inform the families are not. she pressed for that back in arch. air force inf