mr. magnotta have some connection to her. she's a woman who shocked everyone the sometime. one of the victims was her sister. she is now free. at one time he claimed and then another time denied having any connection with her. but also crucially, police are looking at cold cases. they have no indication there is any connection. but given all the different angles that we've covered now in this case. they're not ruling out that he's connected to other crimes. and i want to underscore that he has traveled extensively and that includes the united states. >> wow. seems like this is to definitely not over yet. paula, thank you so much. >>> i'm kate baldwin. if it's interesting and happening right now, you're about to see it. it's called "rapid fire." so here we go. a south carolina prison guard has been rescued after being held hostage for several hours at a maximum security prison. the guard was helping a nurse distribute medicine. the nurse got away but the guard was grabbed by prisoners and held until early this morning. he's been taken to hospital for treatment. and a massive

mr. magnotta was not criminally responsible. now, this is a controversial topic. especially when you involve forensic psychiatrists and state of mind of someone being accused of this kind of a horrific crime. we are all waiting for other shoe to drop to see if his defense lawyer does make that request as expected. >> why isn't he appearing in person? why video link? >> reporter: this is interesting. people have been debating this back and forth. but police have told me look, this is for security reasons. we also don't want to turn this into some kind of a spectacle. you can imagine security to get him from detention facility to the courthouse. you have to keep in mind mr. magnotta is in solitary confinement and has no contact with any other prisoners and is on suicide watch. police feel as long as they can continue to hold him this way they will. >> final question, magnotta didn't fight extradition. right? he was cooperating with the police. >> reporter: yeah. and that's -- sped up the extradition probably by months. i'm assuming. considering he was caught in berl