and as sarah dallof reports, that was the beginning of the end. >> reporter: one of the country's mostnted, no longer on the run. >> the search for steve stephens has ended. >> reporter: the three-day manhunt for steve stephens, ended in erie, pennsylvania, after a worker at a mcdonald's drive-through, recognized him and called police. >> he couldn't have got more than a hundred yards on buffalo road before the police were behind him. >> reporter: following a short chase, stephens shot and killed himself. >> we would have liked to exactly why this happened. >> reporter: on easter sunday, stephens recorded himself killing 74-year-old robert godwin and then posted the video to facebook. godwin, a father and grandfather, was seemingly picked at random. the horrific crime raised questions about the responsibility of social media outlet when it comes to policing criminal content. >> this is something that should not have been shared around the world. period. >> reporter: facebook released a statement saying, we disabled the suspect's account within 23 minutes of receiving the first report,

sarah dallof has the story. >> reporter: an intensifying manhunt for this man, steve stephens. he posted this video to facebook. authorities believe 74-year-old robert godwin was selected at random. shortly before the murder, stephens laid out his motivation for the attack, blaming a woman he was dating. >> she drove me crazy and, started making me gamble. >> reporter: and he claimed he killed others. authorities say they found no evidence of that so far. >> we're imploring steve to turn himself, to contact a relative or friend. >> reporter: a plea echoed by his former fraternity brothers. >> please seek help and surrender because the situation may not end in any other way. >> reporter: officials are also enlisting the public in locating stephe individual's world very, very small. >> reporter: the family of robert godwin is grieving his loss. >> this man right here was a good man. >> reporter: his son has not watched the video of his death which facebook has since removed, instead, choosing to remember the 74-year-old father and grandfather in happier times. sarah dallof, nbc n

sarah dallof has more on how this intense manhunt finally de country's most wanted, no longer on the run. >> the search for steve stephens has ended. >> reporter: the three-day manhunt for steve stephens ended in erie, pennsylvania, after a worker at a mcdonald's drive-through recognized him and called police. >> he couldn't have got more than a hundred yards on buffalo road before the police were behind him. >> reporter: following a short chase, authorities say stephens shot and killed himself. >> we would have liked to have brought stephen peacefully and talked to him to find out why this happened. >> reporter: on easter sunday, stephens recorded himself killing 74-year-old robert godwin, then posted the video to facebook. godwin, a father and grandfather, was seemingly picked at random. the horrific crime raised questions about the responsibility of social media outlets when it comes to policing criminal content. >> this is something that should not have been shared around the world. period. >> reporter: facebook released a statement, saying, we disabled the suspect's account with