sean urbanski was indicted in july on one count of murder. at the time they said there wasn't evidence for hate crime charges and further investigation led to today's indictment. >> the evidence led us to the conclusion that lieutenant collins was murdered because of his race. >> it happened last may 20 at the campus bus stop near route 1. richard collins was a bowie university rotc student already commissioned as a second lieutenant in the u.s. army. he lived in an apartment in college park and was heading home after a night out when it's alleged maryland student urbanski approached, made a comment and then without warning stabbed collins once in the chest. investigators and students quickly found that urbanski was a member of a racist humor facebook book and the hate crime investigation was

but first, the suspect, 22-year- old sean urbanski, the stabbing unprovoked. this happened four months ago, and finally, prosecutors say they know why. stephanie ramirez starts our coverage. >> reporter: prince george county's top attorney said collins was killed because he was black. today, the victim's family said in a statement, we are pleased to hear that the state's attorney is adding hate crime charges. we believe and we will continue to fight to make sure that justice is done for our son. some four months months after sean urbanski was indicted, there is a grand jury decision to add a hate crime indictment. why no? prosecutors say it took months for two departments to comb through the suspect's phone, computer and r they used the words lots of digital evidence to payment a full picture of urbanski, which shows member to a group. it was just after 3:00 a.m. may 20th when police say richard collins iii was waiting at a university maryland bus stop with friend. urbanski told him to move. police say the suspect then fatally stabbed him when he didn't. colli

sean urbanski was indicted in july on one count of murder. at the time they said there wasn't evidence for hate crime charges and further investigation led to today's indictment. >> the evidence led us to the conclusion that lieutenant collins was murdered because of his race. >> it happened last may 20 at the campus bus stop near route 1. richard collins was a bowie university rotc student already commissioned as a second lieutenant in the u.s. army. he lived in an apartment in college park and was heading home after a night out when it's alleged maryland student urbanski approached, made a comment and then without warning stabbed collins once in the chest. investigators and students quickly found that urbanski was a member of a racist humor facebook book and the hate crime investigation was telling us they believe hate was always the motive. >> i don't think there was a real reason as to why it happened. so for it to be anything other than that would be fishy to me. >> i was impacted by the way racism kind of played into it. and i immediate

was suspect sean urbanski indicted on hate crime charges. >> think that had a role to play in it. tim: collins was murdered in may on the campus of the university of maryland. rotcowie state student and student was attacked by urbanski. >> i feel like it could have been any of my friends late at night. tim: after the murder, detectives discovered that urbanski was a member of a racistfaces to -- facebook group. if convicted, he could spend life behind bars. nancy: harvey officially resigned from the board of directors of a company as his brother, bob, is being accused of sexual harassment as well. the weinstein company said he repeatedly made unwanted romantic advances towards a woman. some of hollywood's biggest movie stars continue to share their tales of sexual abuse. honest, guilt for not coming forward earlier and taking action. true discussed at the director. nancy: that was actress reese witherspoon. the board of the weinstein company fired harvey weinstein last week from his position as chairman. amazon studios chief roy price resigning amid sexual harassment accusations.

sean urbanski is now charged with a hate crime.olice say he stabbed richard collins the third back in may, in an unprovoked attack. collins was at u-m-d visiting friends. he was days away from graduation. after the murder, detectives discovered, urbanski was a member of a racist facebook group. if convicted, he faces up to life in prison. a man is under arrest this morning - accused of flashing young children...then following them to a school! olah morgan of southwest is facing several charges. this happened in southwest- close to jefferson middle school - amidon elementary - and appletree charter school. police are investigating whether morgan is connected to other indecent exposure incidents in the area. a pre-labor day start is likely for prince william county schools next year. set to vote today on whether to start classes on august 27th, or september 4th. the superintendent's staff and a committee assembled to discuss the calendar are leading toward august 27th. if the school board chooses that option, classes will end on june

university of maryland student named sean urbanski. he was stabbed once in the chest. apparently on video according to the police and the prosecutors. the motive remained a mystery. but the prosecutors say they went through and discovered what they are calling digital evidence on urbanski's phone. computer, tablet, that sort of thing that leads them to now say this was a hate based crime. they want an indictment from a grand jury today. >> we believe that the lieutenant collins was killed. he was murdered. that it's unjustified and premeditated and it was as a result of his race. brad: so the state's attorney did not reveal any of the specific evidence today. this case is scheduled to go to trial in january. and already the prosecutor has determined they will be seeking a sentence of life without parole for the murder. if there is a conviction well on the hate crime charge, hate crime causing death, that could add another 20 years to this sentence. that is if there is a finding of guilty. in upper marlboro, brad bell, abc7 news. michelle: thank you. report of an active

prosecutors say sean urbanski targeted lieutenant richard collins iii because he was black. they say new digital evidence supports their claim. collins was stabbed to death last may while visiting friends at the university of maryland. he went to bowie state. urbanski is facing life without parole plus 20 years. those 20 years for the hate crime charge. >> leon harris here at the live desk. a major backlash against ford tonight after a consumer advocacy group demands the automaker recall more than 1 million explorer suvs. they are claiming they admit exhaust fumes in side the velks. the center for auto safety says it is worried carbon monoxide poisoning is making people sick. over the summer police departments across the country stopped using ford suvs over that very concern. monoxide in their blood. ford blamed third-party modifications for those health results. the center for auto safety sa said they want ford suvs made between 2011 and 2017 to be recalled. some 2700 people have complained of exhaust odors. some of them have even reported feeling dizzy, some even passing o

. >> reporter: sean urbanski, the university of maryland student believed to be the killer, is looking at hate crime charges. the prince george's county state's attorney says collins was killed because he was black. >> we followed the evidence in this case, took us directly to a grand jury and that grand jury did return the charge this afternoon of a hate crime. >> reporter: the state's attorney would only say it was additional digital evidence that led to the indictment. >> we had an opportunity to analyze his phone, to analy computers, whatever other there was lots of digital evidence that we could look at to get a sense for the motive in this case. >> reporter: when urbanski was initially charged in the case, police said he followed the alt-reich, a hate group on facebook. students woe spoke with at the university of maryland were happy to hear the case is a hate crime and believe there are more students following hate groups on campus. >> i think there is more instances of racism that are reported about and i see that a lot when i look on social media platforms at the university of

. >> reporter: a grand jury returned a new indictment for a hate crime for sean urbanski, the university of maryland student charged with killing collins today. the state's attorney would only say it was additional digital evidence that led to the indictment. >> we had an opportunity to analyze his phone, to analyze computers, whatever other, there was lots of digital evidence that we could look at to get a sense for the motive in this case. >> reporter: when urbanski was initially charged in the case, police say he followed the at reich on facebook, a hate group. students we spoke with at the university of maryland were happy to hear the case is a hate crime and believe there are more students following hate groups on campus. >> i think there is more instances of racism that aren't reported about. i see it on social formtz at the university of maryland. i hope that will open more dialogue for the university. >> on one hand it may help, but it may just put more fuel to the fire. i'm not really sure. >> reporter: an interesting thought from that student there, not knowing whether this wil