his very first interview with police james whipple confessed. >> i did it because of dam crack cocaine. you'll get your money, you'll get your drugs one way or another. >> he said i killed her, and i deserve the death penalty for doing what i did to this young lady. >>> james whipple told police his addiction to crack cocaine had taken over his life and that the need for money to support his habit drove him to murder. >> victims it family and friends can't get on with their lives until justice is served. >> his family indicated that he had had some real problems with drugs and that he had an anger problem. that he had lost his wife, his marriage, his kids and everything, because of the drugs. and they said it was something that he could not control at all. >> whipple knew heather stigliano, and knew she worked as a waitress and would have cash in her apartment. >> he knew that she worked at a restaurant, had good tip money, usually on most nights. >> prosecutors believe whipple went to heather's apartment for one reason and one reason only. money. he asked heather if his friend chris w