>> i'm pamela brown. >> welcome here, anchor hero, pamela brown. >> thank you. >> the capture of two escaped killers in florida. these dramatic arrests caught on this cell phone video. the convicted murderers walked right out of the same prison after recordly forging release documents. now as florida residents breathe an unsable sigh of relief, law enforcement officials are coming in for some tough, tough questioning. how on earth could this happen? cnn's nick valencia reports. >> oh, my god. they have been looking for them. those are u.s. marshals. >> reporter: the two convicted killers this cell phone video shows the moment their manhunt ended. joseph jenkins and charles walker said little after first court appearance after being raefed. officials tell cnn the two were waiting for a ride from atlanta when they were busted. unarmed. they were detained without incident. on a press conference on wednesday, the two convicts serving life sentences were accidentally relieved after showing forged paper work and apparently this had happened twice before. only the inmates were caught before

pamela brown has more. >> reporter: it starts with these two students being relentlessly taunted on boardool last wednesday. things quickly escalate. watch as one of the agitators suddenly punches a 17-year-old in the face. the result, a bloody nose and three chipped teeth. the victim's friend claims he was also punched. watch as the injured 17-year-old pleads with the driver to let him off the five person van. >> let me off the bus. >> reporter: but the 34-year-old driver didn't intervene, call for help or pull over in the minute long video posted to facebook. >> i can't understand how he could sit there and see this happening and not putting a stop to it. >> reporter: and police apparently weren't notified about the incident until tipped off about the video going viral over the weekend. >> i have a problem with a grown adult not reporting it. he has a responsibility to inform his superiors and the police of a criminal act. >> reporter: pennsylvania state law requires bus drivers to pull over and call 911 for help or report the incident to authorities in an expeditious time frame. on tue

sources told our pamela brown this morning that she tried to go to a faculty rest room, someone was int, it was locked. she went to a student rest room on the second floor and chism followed her into the rest room and hit her and used a boxcutter to -- in her death, in her demise and took her body and put it into a recycling bin and removed that from the building and took her body and dumped it into the woods. a source, just a short time ago, also tells me, wolf, that the body, when they did find the body, it was not in the recycling bin, it was not buried or covered with leaves or anything, and that the recycling bin was dumped about 100 feet away over an embankment and that the suspect did go to the movies, he did go to wendy's, and then after na police caught up with him in a neighboring town. >> what are authorities saying about a motive. >>> >> reporter: wolf, no motive as of yet. still trying to figure it out. still talking to him. authorities aren't saying much, they're being very careful, as i told you in our conversation yesterday, they didn't want to say much because not much

and these great details or interesting details were given to our pamela brown this morning.nd according to that source the faculty restroom was locked. so miss ritzer went into the second floor student bathroom. according to those sources, philip chism followed her into that restroom and then punched her and then took out a box cutter and slashed her. and then they believe he took her body and put it into a recycle bin and then rolled it out of the building and into the woods. and then from there, ashleigh, it is believed that he went and he changed and then went to a movie theater and then started wandering around town and that's when police found him in a neighboring town. >> why on earth -- obviously that's the question everyone is asking. why? he was so new. he was a new student, relatively. she was a beloved teacher. are they figuring out any kind of connection that may point to a motive here? >> they're not sure at this point. right now -- this is the beginning staigs stages of the investigation really. they are, sadly, performing an autopsy on that young lady right no

cnn's pamela brown is in danvers with the latest. what do we know so far. >> reporter: good morning to you, chris. i've been speaking with colleen ritzer's childhood best friend and have spoken to her long-time teacher and it's clear they are just devastated by her loss and say it just does not make sense. right now we have more questions than answers, mainly why a 24-year-old math teacher would be killed. allegedly at the hands of one of her own students. >> i'm colleen ritzer. >> reporter: known for her infectious smile and bubbly personality, this exclusive archive video shows colleen ritzer as a tv production student in high school. >> the entire room would light up. >> reporter: her best friend since kindergarten was living her childhood dream of being a math teacher. >> she was talking about how this year was such a good year. she was teaching freshmen. they seemed enthusiastic and she was happy. >> reporter: her life cut short, her body left outside the school where she loved to teach. >> i don't know what the world is like wit

cnn's pamela brown live in danvers, massachusetts, in morning. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning to you, carol. this is certainly a grief-stricken community. we spoke to the victim's best friend since childhood as well as one of her long-time teachers, and they both say they're de stated by her loss. they say it just doesn't make any sense. it's still such a mystery why ritzer, a beloved 24-year-old malt teacher, could be killed allegedly at the hands of one of her own students. known for her infectious smile and bubbly personality, this shows colleen ritzer as a tv production student in high school. >> you should smi and the entire room will light up. >> reporter: jen berger says her best friend since kindergarten was living her dream as a teacher. >> she was teaching junior high and she seemed so enthusiastic. >> reporter: her life cut short. her body left outside the school where she loved to teach. >> i don't know what the world's like without her. it's a scary, scary thought. >> reporter: the loss felt by an entire community. stu

pamela brown is here with more on that. >> this is surprising here, john. determined ariel castro's death was suicide but a new report raises the possibility his death may have been an accident due to risky sexual behavior, a suggestion the coroner's office who performed castro's autopsy denies. new questions have emerged in the hanging death of ariel castro, the coroner says the cause of death is suicide but a brand new report from the ohio department of corrections considers a possibility of a drastically different cause, auto erotic asphyxiation. when he was found his pants and underwear were pulled down to his ankles. >> auto erotic asphyxiation is a behavior where individuals engage in self-simulation trying to intensify the experience they're getting by putting something around their neck to cut off the blood supply to their brain, causing more of a euphoria. >> but the coroner released a strongly worded statement saying i don't think anyone else should have an opinion on what the cause of death was, as a death investigator it is my job to determine c

looking more at this for us this morning is cnn's pamela brown. this is an interesting twist of events. >> reporter: it certainly is. many of us were surprised to learn that cleveland kidnaper ariel castro was found hanged in his prison cell. now we're learning from a recent report from the ohio department of corrections, the possibility that his death may have been an accident due to risky sexual behavior. the coroner's office is maintaining this morning he committed suicide. new questions have emerge in the hanging death of ariel castro, the coroner says the cause of death is suicide. but a brand new report from the ohio department of corrections considers the possibility of a drastically different cause. auto-erotic asphyxiation. the report says when castro was found his pants and underwear were pulled down to his ankles. >> it's a behavior when they engage in self-stimulation or intensify the experience by putting something around their neck to cut off the glad supply to their brain causing more of a euphoria. >> reporter: this morning, the co

. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >>> pamela brown joins us with the 360 bulletin. >> good evening.efighter that ran over and killed a 16-year-old plane crash survivor will not be charged in the case. the d.a. announced the decision today. the coroner ruled she was still alive when she was flung from the airliner. >>> the new york police department denies it is actively searching for the mysterious street and graffiti artist known as banksy. he's been revealing new works of art and are announced on his website. >>> the pakistan 16-year-old has been living in the u.s. since. >>> that's all the time we got for 360. tonight, join us again an hour from now for ac 360 later. from now for ac 360 later. pierce ms morga"piers morgan li. -- captions by vitac -- www.vitac.com >>> this is "piers morgan live." welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world. the two florida girls drive this 12-year-old to suicide but should their parents be held responsible? >> i remember telling her, becca, don't listen to them. you're beautiful. they are jealous of you. and she would say well

pamela brown is following the story for us from new york. la. >> good morning to you, carol. here we go again with yet another disturbing bullying story. in this case, had the students involved in the incident not filmed it and put it on facebook, the full extent of what actually happened may never have come to light. in fact, police say they were alerted three days after the attack, but not be the bus driver. but by parents who saw the video on facebook. as of yesterday, two students have been charged as juveniles. and the driver could face charges as well. >> reporter: it starts with these two students being relentlessly taunted onboard a van ride home from a pennsylvania school last wednesday. things quickly escalate. watch as one of the agitators suddenly punches a 17-year-old student in the face. the result, a bloody nose and three chipped teeth. the victim's friend claims he was also punched. watch as the injured 17-year-old pleads with the driver to let him off the five-person van. >> let me off the bus. >> reporter: but the 34-year-ol

according to sources who spoke to our pamela brown this morning, she went into the faculty rest room and that rest room was locked and when she couldn't get into that rest room she went into the students' rest room on the second floor and was followed in by phillip chism and, sadly, it's brutal, but he used a boxcutter, punched her, used a boxcutter, and put her body into a recycling bin and then removed it and threw it in the woods. and also that was caught on videotape, a number of video cameras here at the school. again, the question is, why? no one knows exactly why. as a matter of fact, as we're speaking now, suzanne, an autopsy's being done. >> don, do we have any sense at all whether or not there was any kind of relationship between this student, he was a student of the teacher here, was this someth if anybody had walked into that bathroom or do they think that she was targeted in some way? >> reporter: again, not exactly sure. the only thing people knowha is he was ind a student in her math class. that was confirmation from the prosecutor's office. also confirmation from stud

. ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ >>> pamela brown joins us with the 360 bulletin. >> good evening.efighter that ran over and killed a 16-year-old plane crash survivor will not be charged in the case. the d.a. announced the decision today. the coroner ruled she was still alive when she was flung from the airliner. >>> the new york police department denies it is actively searching for the mysterious street and graffiti artist known as banksy. he's been revealing new works of art and are announced on his website. >>> the pakistan 16-year-old has been

pamela brown joins me now with a 360 bulletin. >>> anderson, an eyewitness says a man set himself on fire in washington's national mall today. the witness says he saw a gas canister near the man and several people used their shirts to put out the fire. the man was airlifted to a hospital. >>> the woman accused of pushing her newlywed husband off the cliff pleaded not guilty in a montana courtroom today. jordan lynn graham is charged with first and second degree murder and making false statements. graham and cody johnson were married just over a week when he died on a hiking trail in glacier national park. >>> and new york yankee alex rodriguez is suing major league baseball and commissioner bud selig for damages claiming they tried to destroy his reputation and career. the lawsuit accuses the league of engaging in vigilante justice to prove a-rod was using performance enhancing drugs. he's fighting to overturn his suspension. anderson? >> pamela, thanks very much. we'll be right back. Ñn

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cnn's pamela brown following the story for us. ning, pamela. >> reporter: good morning to you. a frightening experience, these riders getting way more of a thrill than they bargained for. what should have been a quick thrill ride turned into a long night of terror. 12 passengers stuck 140 feet in the air. after a technical glitch. those riders sitting in a 90 degree position for nearly 2 1/2 hours at the top of orlando's tallest roller coaster, the hollywood rip ride rocket before safely making it back to the ground. every roller coaster rider's worst nightmare caught on camera wednesday night. this cell phone video shows 12 people suspended 140 feet in the air in the dark of night, trapped on the hollywood rip ride rocket at hollywood orlando university studios. >> this has got to be one of the scare rest things for something to go through. >> reporter: passengers were stuck on a vertical incline for nearly 2 1/2 hours. a position this father and his daughter were relieved to have missed. they rode the coasters minutes before the

cnn's pamela brown following this live in boston. , what do we know. >> reporter: we just learned from the mayor's office that normal bus service has resumed this morning. we've learned that robo calls apparently went out half an hour ago to tens of thousands of families telling them that buss are back on the road this morning. but still these families had to scramble to find a contingency plan. they were told yesterday afternoon there could be a second day of strikes from these bus drivers. while this is an encouraging sign that buss are back on the road, boston public schools just tweeted out that some bus drivers are signaling that they may not want to work this afternoon. instead of driving their morning route, 600 bus drivers for the boston public school district shouted their grievances. on strike they say because their company treats them badly. >> the keys are in their hands. if they honor this contract, we will be driving tomorrow. >> reporter: they're unannounced walkout, leaving 33,000 students without their normal ride to

pamela brown reports. >> reporter: convicted kidnapper ariel castro killed himself, the ohio medicalxaminer who conducted his autopsy says, disputing assertions that the convicted kidnapper and rapist may have died accidentally. coroner jan gorniak had harsh words for ohio corrections officials for raising the possibility in a report thursday that castro's death may have been the accidental result of auto-erotic asphyxiation. that involves depriving the brain of oxygen by controlled strangulation to intensify a sexual experience. >> "i did the autopsy myself. i saw the ligature. i saw the pictures of the cell," she said. "it was a suicide." >> reporter: the state report released thursday, meanwhile, also found that prison guards falsified logs and did not check on castro as often as they should have. they appeared to have also falsified "the post log book for their rounds," according to the report, from the ohio department of rehabilitation and correction. castro victim's family react to death the guards were placed on leave as authorities looked into castro's death. investigators ha

pamela brown is in danvers with much more on this. you've been following this from the very beginning, pamela. what's the latest? >> well, kate, the mystery surrounding the death of colleen ritzer has left students, parents, faculty left desperately seeking for answers. in fact, last night we spoke to one of colleen ritzer's former math students. she actually sat only two desks away from philip chism in that math class on tuesday and actually heard miss ritzer ask philip to stay after class. she was the last person to see the two together on tuesday. cambria says last period at colleen ritzer's math class seemed normal. she didn't think anything of it when ritzer asked 14-year-old chism to stay behind when the ball rang at 1:55 p.m. >> he was a little bit more quiet than usual. he had his ear buds on. he wasn't drawing. he wasn't doing math. he wasn't paying attention. she said if he could stay after to do what he had missed that day. >> reporter: nearly an hour and a half later, clottier remembers seeing the two together into ritzer's

let's bring in pamela brown, joining us with the latest. this is what matters most, the moment the police have to develop what we know. >> absolutely. police are asking for the public's help, chris. so far no charges have been filed in connection with the assault on that driver, alexian lein. charges were dropped against one of the bikers who appeared in the helmet cam video pounding on the suv right before lein was assaulted. some of the motorcyclists appeared at a vigil for edwin mieses, the biker who was seriously injured. anger and heartache for the family of edwin j. mieses, the motorcyclist showed in that helmet cam video run over by alexian lein's range roverer as it was trying to escape a swarm of motorcyclists. >> it's a family, not a gang. >> reporter: the bikers were portrayed as the aggressor and this road fight gone viral saying charges should be considered against the suv driver. >> there could have been other things that could have happened or done instead of running somebody over. >> reporter: others disagree. >> i would do

pamela brown with the latest on that story. for that. >>> tweet us with the #newday. ready for the must-see moment today? >> please. >> he said please. then i must comply. here we go. it's a clip that's been around for some time now but you need to see it again. adorable pair of taiwanese toddlers face off in their tae kwon do match. check out the fancy footwork, the kick, the jab. at the end of the day, they're all smiles. >> the body jab. if only our members of congress could emerge as competitive as these warriors. >> look at the giggle. they're so cute. >> ball up their hands into fists and punch themselves in the face. >> let's see if we can get somewhere in the gentle way and maybe we'll send you in. >> it should have never gotten to that point. but i love those kids having fun. >> good for exercise also. >>> coming up on "new day," an arrest in the dry ice bomb case at lax. we'll have the latest from los angeles. who did it, what do we know about why. >>> plus, we are talking to a republican congressman who is not backin

cnn's pamela brown is outside the school this morning. od morning, pamela. >> reporter: good morning to you, carol. classes resumed here at danvers high school at 7:25 eastern time. we're told only the main entrance was open. there were extra police officers on hand today to help the students and faculty feel safe and also we've been told that ritzer's classroom, colleen ritzer's classroom will be open today. there will be classes held there, as you can imagine, this is a very tough day for the student body, speaking with students,er this coming here with heavy hearts today, it's the first time they are returning to school since colleen ritzer was murdered on tuesday, allegedly at the hands of one of her own students, 14-year-old philip chism. still many unanswered questions here today. we spoke to students who say they're remembering colleen ritzer in different ways, one student, colin butler, says he's paying tribute in his own way. listen to what he said. >> it's a little bit, you know, a little bit nerve-racking but danvers is a strong

pamela brown reports. >> new questions have emerged in the hanging and death of ariel castro.nt cost. that reported that when he was found, his pants and his underwear were pulled down. >> this is fake behavior where they try to intensify the experience by putting something around their neck to cut off the blood supply causing more of a for victoria. >> they issued a statement that they do not think anyone should have an opinion on the cause of death. as an investigator, it is my job to determine what the cause was. at this report is not changing. the cause of death is hanging. >> they stated that he was given more than one examination and that they had nothing this stated that he would hurt himself. he was not placed on suicide watch. >> they stated that this is partly why he kidnapped these women. >> and >> we will now go live to hear what they are stating about the bart negotiations. here is antionette bryant >> . we're not going to go on strike because we care about the community and our members. we will stay at the table and we will not go on strike. there is a deal that

pamela brown has the story. >> just a tremendous it is play of human compassion.students on a recent friday afternoon when he noticed a woman who looked like she was about to jump off a bridge. he boldly stepped into help and the dra make dramatic scene was all captured on camera. the woman standing outside a railing on a narrow ledge. watch as bystanders oblivious pass right by her. >> it didn't seem real because of what was going on around. traffic was going as normal. pedestrian going by as normal. >> reporter: thankfully she caught the eye of darnell barton. he pulled his bus full of passengers over and attempted to communicate with the woman. >> ma'am, are you okay? >> reporter: when she didn't respond, he walked over and put his arm around her and gently coaxing the woman off the bridge. >> she was distraught, really it is connected. i grabbed her arm and said do you want to come on this side of the guardrail? >> reporter: kneeling on the sidewalk with the woman, he gave her words of comfort until others arrived to help. >> i wanted to convey that whatever i

pamela brown is here with the latest.tand from the outside. >> that's absolutely right. this happened over the summer and the shooting sparked national outrage. now this incident once again making headlines because the officers face no charges in the shooting. but the man is vowing to keep up his fight to make sure justice is served. >> shots fired. >> reporter: mistaken for a car thief in his own driveway while searching for a cigarette inside his car, an unarmed 60-year-old roy middleton was shot at 15 times by two florida sheriff's deputies. >> someone's trying to steal my neighbor's car. >> reporter: that 911 call set off a chain of event which is led to two bullets hitting middleton's legs, injuries he'll have to live with for the rest of his life. >> roy has sustained a severe psychological injury, anxiety, depression. >> reporter: just last week, the same carriedle wi le wriddled w sat outside his home. this newly released dash cam video shows officers rushing to the scene at 2:30 a.m. on july 27th. the shooting sp

pamela brown is following the story. do we have it right so far. >> reporter: you have it right. us have heard of or even witnessed road rage incidents firsthand when people roll down the window, yell or even give the finger. the man behind the wheel in this incident, a 51-year-old doctor is shown pulling out a gun and allegedly firing it. he will face a judge this morning. a shocking display of road rage. look closely as this driver rolls down his window, pulling out what appears to be a pistol and aiming it squarely at the motorist filming him. david kohler says he noticed 51-year-old dobbins driving recklessly, passing cars in the emergency lane on i-75 in kentucky. >> i get behind him to get his license plate number. i had my phone out so i could record it. i'm sure he saw me back there trying to videotape him and was upset about that. >> reporter: kohler continues recording when sudden did i shall. >> the window comes down, he pulls out a gun and fires, almost immediately he fires. when i saw the gun come out, i hit the brake. he missed me. >> reporter: he immediately gets o

cnn's pamela brown is joining us with much more on that.s at the cemetery. >> the family spent $26,000 to have these spongebob squarepants monuments built. the family acknowledges it's an unusual memorial but what their loved one would have wanted. ♪ 28-year-old army sergeant kimberly walker survived two tours of duty in iraq only to be allegedly murdered by her boyfriend. her grieving family took solace knowing she would be buried with her favorite cartoon character, spongebob squarepants. >> mr. crabs, you're here! >> bought the pillow of spongebob and asked them to put it in their casket. >> reporter: her twin sister had a bigger idea, build a spongebob squarepants memorial at her gravesite. >> every year my sister had a spongebob birthday party. >> reporter: the walkers had two built, one in an alternate uniform in memory of kimberly, the other in a navy uniform, to honor a navy i.t. specialist. >> we can do spongebob. she gave us a statement. we signed a contract. >> reporter: the monuments each way 7,000 pounds and stand 6 feet high a

first, cnn's pamela brown is going to give us the take on what this story is. em. here we go again, chris and michaela, with another bus beating story. in this case had the students involved in the attack not filmed the incident and posted it on facebook it may have never come to light. police say they weren't notified about the incident until three days after the attack and it was by the parents who saw the video on facebook, not the bus driver. as of yesterday two students allegedly involved in the attack have been charged and the bus driver could be charged as well. >> reporter: it starts with these two students being relentlessly taunted onboard a van ride home from a pennsylvania school last wednesday. things quickly escalate. watch as one of the agitators suddenly punches a 17-year-old student in the face. the result, a bloody nose and three chipped teeth. the victim's friend claims he was also punched. watch as the injured 17-year-old pleads with the driver to let him off the five-person van. >> let me off the bus. >> reporter: but the 34-year-old driver

. >> that was cnn's pamela brown there asking that question. you saw that there.cond floor bathroom inside the school while the school was back open. that bathroom will be closed indefinitely. >> alexandra, thank you so much. >> and coming up at the top of the hour. the doctor's misstrisz takes the stand. he's accused of drugging and drowning his wife. is gypsy a motive for murder? >> more on that trial. plus, scared of pit bulls until she rescues one. meet the woman who carried him down a mountain after he was shot and left for dead. we'll tell you about that. i know you've heard of twerking. have you twerked? >> i have twerked. i can twerk. let's not discuss that. >> it's too early in the morning. >> the dance was around long before miley made it popular. >>> schools are having to sign a no twerking contract if you want to attend a home coming dance. >> i was okay with it. >> it's okay. you have to get a permission slip to watch a movie in class or something along those lines. it's one of those things. >> taking it with a grain of salt. thank you for watching "n