leaned down, he took my hands... >> stahl: oh, gosh. >> thompson: ...and he looked at me, he said, "i forgive you." >> cotton: i told her, i said, "jennifer you. i don't want you to look over your shoulder. i just want us to be happy and move on in life." >> thompson: the minute he forgave me, it's like my heart physically started to heal. and i thought, this is what grace and mercy is all about. this is what they teach you in church that none of us ever get. and here was this man that i had hated with... i mean, i used to pray every day of my life during those 11 years that he would die, that he would be raped in prison and someone would kill him in prison. that was my prayer to god. and here was this man who, with grace and mercy, just forgave me. >> stahl: that is overwhelming. it's overwhelming. >> thompson: how wrong i was, and how good he is. >> stahl: how is it that jennifer could have studied her rapist so carefully and still made this mistake? and how could she have failed to recognize bobby poole, the actual rapist, when he sat right in front of her in the courtroom three years later? that part of the story, when we come back. r

he's charged with murder rape and assault. 26-year-old jennifer thompson was killed in her house last weekend. he confessed to stabbing thompson who was for example inability. he will be tried as an adult. >>> u.s. capitol police officer and 2 people were shot last night. p g county police say it happened in an apartment near the nasa space flight center. a girl was grazed by a bullet and injuries are not life threatening. >> another person now sentenced to live for his role in killing murder witness karl lack el. 23-year-old frank goodman received 2 life sentence and 55 years. two years ago patrick buyers used a contraband cell phone behind bars to coordinate lack el's murder with goodman. >> convicted killer arrested in connection with steve mcnair's murder. the feds say adrienne gillian provided the gun that killed the former ravens quarterback. gillian is a felon and broke the law by owning a firearm in the first place. mcnair 20-year-old girlfriend shot him july 4th. you may recall she also turned the gun on herself. >>> baltimore church is overrun by cats. now the congregation i

robert ervin charged with murder, rape and assault. 26-year-old jennifer thompson killed in her home last weekend. he confessed to stabbing her, that was pregnant at the time. ervin will be tried as an adult. >> police rule yesterday's death in northeast baltimore a homicide. a man's body found inside of a car in the 3400 block of lake mont bellow drive. the body was found thursday, but police think the body could have been there for days. >> a convicted killer is arrested in connection with steve mcnair's murder. the feds say adrian gill ham provided the gun that killed the quarterback. gillian is a felon and broke the law by owning a firearm. his 20-year-old girlfriend, sahel kazemi, shot him on july 4th. she also killed herself. >> this is another example of what can happen with a gun when a felon is selling it on street with little to no interest other than selling it for $100. it is dangerous. >> a-t-f officials tracked the first purchase to a pawnshop. then it went to gill ham. >> first on fox, now, reports that the swine flu played a key role in the release of lamont davis. 17

police say 54-year-old robert irvin raped and stabbed jennifer thompson saturday night. thompson's body was discovered the next day after running water seeped into the apartment next door. officials say irvin confessed to the murder and is charged as an adult. >>> each day, someone in this country is killed on railroad trax. this happened, despite efforts to keep people from walking along railroads. tonight, eyewitness news investigates. adam may looks at why it happens and how to stop it. >> reporter: 17-year-olds conner peterson and kyle winkmiller, struck and killed on the tracks. >> the boys walked on what they thought was the safe track. >> reporter: in april, 14-year- old prince tiry, hit by a train in prince george's county, taking a shortcut to school. >> i miss him so much. >> reporter: last year, 450 people died on railroad tracks in the u.s., including here in maryland. >> how big of a problem is it here still? >> in maryland, it's our biggest problem. >> reporter: dick ratcliff is part of an organization that wants to spread the word that walking down all tra

robert ervin charged with murder, rape and assault. 26-year-old jennifer thompson was killed in her house last weekend. ervin confessed to fatally stabbing thompson that was pregnant. he will be tried as an adult. >> police rule yesterday's death in northeast baltimore as a homicide. man's body was discovered inside of a car in the 3400 block of lake mont bellow drive. body found thursday, but police think it could have been there for days. >> some clubs and stores on baltimore block are cited for underage drinking. liquor stores lost their license for selling to minors. and fined three strip clubs. >> u.s. capital police officer and two people were shot last night. pg county police say it happened in an apartment near the nasa space flight center. we are told a girl was grazed by a bullet in that area. officers injuries are not believed to be life threatening. but a third man is in serious condition tonight. >> another person is sentenced to life for his role in killing murder witness carl lackl. 23-year-old frank goodman received two life sentences plus another 55 years. two years ago p

robert mitchell irwin confessed to killing jennifer thompson last sunday.o an argument with thompson and ultimately stabbed her in the throat. neighbors scoffed her body later that kay when running water seeped through a wall. irwin is charged with assault, rape and murder. he is not charged with the murder of thompson's unborn baby because it was not considered viable at five months. baltimore city police are investigating the death of a man who was discovered in a parked car around 10:00 yesterday morning. authorities say it appears he had been there several days. they are waiting for autopsy results to determine whether he died from natural causes or was killed. how let's look at the forecast. >> there is sun out right now but we will see the clouds thickening up. we will have a chance of showers and storms at 50%. this area of low pressure that you see well to the west will ride up along this front and move through the mid-atlantic. that is the impetus for what could develop the showers. other than, that high pressure will build in and the temperature w