lost car ray bowlen met with his life for several hours and then with a spiritual advisor and his final meal. pretty routine stuff as far as the final day of a condemned map. now although the death of oscar ray bowlen is impending, justice in this case has been a very long time coming. it's been 26 years since hillsborough deputies arrested and 30 years since the abduction and murders. bowlen went through ten trials, married a member of his own defense team, and never stopped claiming his innocence despite overwhelming evidence including the eyewitness testimony of his own brother. at 6:00 p.m. tonight bowlennen is scheduled to die for killing terry lynn matthews back in 1986. her mother kathleen reeves has waited ha long time for justice. >> i'm still alive. i guess as long as it goes on i will be good. >> reporter: i fully expect to see katherine reeves sited in the front row of the witness room tonight when the curtain goes up which is scheduled to begin precisely at 6:00 p.m.. >> and what are the chances? that could possibly halt the execution? >> reporter: yes, there are. i spoke w

the state will put oscar ray bowlen to death by lethal injection. he was convicted of murdering three women including 13-year- old stephanie collins in 1986. a student at chamberlain high school. her family gathered to remember her life. he's set to die 6:00 this evening at the florida state prison in stark. live team coverage from the state prison starting 4:00 this >>> in pinellas county detectives are looking for two men behind several robberies that started last month. the last one was tuesday on gte financial. this one just an attempted armed robbery. the pair walked in arms but something spooked then and they decided to leave and walked out. it's believed to be the same men that robbed a st. pete convenience store along with a bank and gas station in largo. if you know who they are, you're urged to call 1-800-873- tips, crime stoppers. >>> detectives are searching for the gunman that shot and killed three people in a lakeland home. a fourth victim is recovering in the home. maricella burgoes has more. >> reporter: cheryl alexander wants someth

pin ten hours, serial killer poscar ray bowlen will be pexecuted. pconvicted of killing three women pmore 20 years ago gloria gomez pgot the final interview with phim. p>> a little numb. pi mean, i don't know how you pwould expect someone to feel. pif they told you tomorrow you're pdying how would you feel? pit's not something, we all die pbut knowing your exact date and ptime, that's, that's hard to pdeal with. pit's my release. pmy punishment's over. pand gloria is joining us right pnow to talk about this exclusive pinterview, this sit down she had pwith oscar ray bowlen yesterday. pi was struck by something you psaid to laura in 7:00 hour, how pyou could just feel the pheaviness of it all, the weight proom with you yesterday. pi mean, death was definitely plooming in that room with us. pi never, russell experienced panything like it before as a pjournalist. pbecause, you could just feel it, peven small talk that was phappening as we were preparing pfor the interview. pmiking him up it was very pserious, very somber. pimmediately setting the tone

she and two other bay you're woman were murdered by oscar ray bowlen in 2008. he is set to be executed by lethal injection tomorrow. we'll bring live records starting on 10 news at 5:00. >> the white house says north korea's claim of a successful hydrogen bomb test are not consistent with early analysis of underground activity. the country's announcement of a successful hydrogen bomb test would mark a major advance for a still limited nuclear arsenal. >>> a class action seeking lawsuit has been fight against macy's for misleading customers. according to the suit, the store would raise prices in order to discount them, so they would appear to be a bigger savings. >>> move over, avatar. there is a new force in town. it's only been out, count 'em down, 20 days, but star wars, the force awake bees, has unseated the james cameron pick as the highest american gross movie of all time. but the worldwide record still belongs to avatar. and that is your 60-second scan. >> intense celebration took watching 49 young men you've the chilly waters seeking the blessed wooden c

but oscar ray bowlen is insisting he's innocent. he says the evidence used to convict him in all three cases was tampered with. unless he gets a last minute break from appeals court or u.s. supreme court he will die by lethal injection at 6:00 tonight. reporter carson chambers was selected as a witness and is traveling to the that state prison in stark today to cover the execution. we're expecting the department of corrections and family members to speak out. we'll livestream what they have to stay on our abc action news app and web site. >>> largo police need your help to try to track down a pair of armed robbers, surveillance cameras that you see there captured this video of one man holding a clerk at gunpoint. this while the other suspect goes behind the counter to empty the cash register. gas station -- crit -- citgo gas station october 28th f. you know anything call crime stoppers. >>> the mother of phoebe jonchuck is planning to sue dcf over her daughter's death. we heard from that mother, michelle kerr. it's been a near since

oscar ray bolen died hft night. bowlen had a last meal. why this is so interesting, i'm not quite sure. last meal was rib eye steak, baked potato, he was convicked of kididpping, stabbing and blejonning three women from the tampa bay area in 20306. >>> a massive bill to protect florida's springwaterways and groundwater seems to be heading towards the go ahead light. west palm beach congressman mark pafford is one of the backers of the bill. >> first alert weather, meteorologist erica gelgado, south florida's most accurate forecast. 3:45 on this friday morning. we are dealing with plenty of shower activity headingowards the east as the mornings goes on and into the afternoon hours. just right in so we can get you we saw a few showers over. so if you are he down towards marathon, keep in mind joe seas highway may be on the wet side. plenty of moisture over the gulf of mexico moving from west to east. so definitely want to have those abilities as you head out the morning this morning. 63 in kendall. the winter basically light and variable acr