natalie blanche holley...stephanie collins...teri lynn matthews, described last night by her mother as a "ray of sunshine" ..whose grave friends still regularly visit in sign of remembrance. she went on to say witnessing last night's execution was something she "never wants to repeat," saying it was "not a celebratory event" but "relief" --- there will be no more trials and no more appeals. take a listen to the mother of stephanie collins...who shared these words, her family at her side. 3 and one mother did not live execution of the man convicted of killing her daughter natalie blanche holley. natalie holley died almost three years ago at the age of 86.. still she was on the minds of those who attended the execution...one mother saying"unlike natalie holley who passed away i will go to my grave knowing i had expereienced lcosure in my daughter's murder."back to you. 3 3 in pasco county: a woman is facing several charges... after a wild *low-speed chase and crash. police parking lot! police parking lot! 3 it happened on u-s 19.. in new port richey. deputies on patrol say they spotted l

he was convicted of killing terri lynn matthews, natalie holley and stephanie collins, friends and family of collins gathered on the eve of the execution, and our fox 13 evan axelbank is there to explain what the family's message is this evening. evan? >> well, oscar ray bolin's name was not even mentioned tampa general hospital but they mentioned tonight but they certainly talked of stephanie collins, a teenager who lives on in everyone here. >> she would always smile and it would just cheer up a whole >> stephanie collins smile lit up this room, too. what could she be like if she were still here? >> i'm sure she would have found an excellent career and met a really nice guy and eventually got married and had two or three kids. >> erika gomez was her best friend and says the closure her killer's death will bring can ony go so far. >> he has a life no matter how limited it was and my girlfriend's life was ended. she didn't have an opportunity to marry like he did. >> gomez will not traffic travel to stark on thursday. >> most of us have just lived with it and dealt with it for the past 29

that same year, stephanie collins and teri lynn matthews also disappeared. all three bolin faced *ten trials for came up with the same verdict: guilty. but bolin says one of his final chances to come clean about the crimes... bolin didn't waver: 3 bolin will spend 3 bolin will spend his final hours today getting a visit from his wife. he also picked his last meal... steak and potatoes. but he says he'll likely be too distracted to eat it.((more)) 3 some of the victims' execution. and last night, stephanie collins' family and friends gathered in her remembrance here in tampa. fox 13's evan axelbank reports that thirty years later, they wonder what she would be like today. 3 evanthey gathered at obriens pub on north dale mabry to remember her, not think about her killer's execution.vothey sat underneath screens that showed her picture and what many say was her bright smile. family couldn't even utter bolin's name.instead, they celebrated stephanie's life, talked about her love for family and of telling a good joke.one of her friends says it is hard to know tha

that includes stephanie collins' former neighborhood, in carrollwood. and several of her old neighbors still live here. and as fox 13's aaron mesmer reports... some of those painful memories 3 30 years changed a lot in this carrollwood neighborhood. some of the homes. many of the faces. but never the fear -- created by oscar ray bolin, when he kidnapped stephanie collins in 1986."i don't remember ever forgetting fear for my kids after that." stephanie was abudcted from a shopping center less than a mile away from her home. her neighbor, nancy monaghan, recalls realizing she was in that same parking lot when it happened -- but had no idea. "it made me think, 'if i had been more observant, maybe i could have seen something." it took detectives a month to find stephanie's body."my heart sunk because she was just 17 years old. she was still a baby." stephanie and the body of teri lynn matthews were found the same day...on the same dirt road in pasco county. but it took four more years for investgators to charge bolin with murdering them, and natalie blanche

bringing emotions that hundred-dollar emotions hung over here 30 years ago and that includes stephanie collins neighborhood in carrollwood. >> there are still a handful of neighbors who lived there in 1986 and they say a lot of the emotions that gripped them back then never fully went away. >> 30 years changed a lot in this carrollwood neighborhood. some of the homes, many of the faces but never the fear created by oscar ray bolin when he kidnapped stephanie collins in 1986. >> i don't remember ever forgetting fear for my kids after that. >> stephanie was abducted from a shopping center less than a mile from her home, and her neighbor recalls realizing she was in the same parking lot when it happened. >> i think if i had been more >> my heart sunk because she was just 17 years old, still a baby. >> stephanie and the body of teri lynn matthews were found in the same area of the woods and on the same day, . it was a period of time that monahan will never forget. >> you didn't know who was loose and we would pray for our kids. not only did stephanie live right here, she worked right here. >> on t

stephanie collins friends and family gathered tonight in her remembrance. and they wonder what stefly stephanie would have been like a today. >> they gathered not to remember her killer's execution but to remember stephanie. they celebrated her life, and talked about her love for family and for telling a good joke. one of her friends says it's hard to think that bollen bollen had bolin has a never even had a chance to go to college. >> most of us have dealt with this and just lived with it for the past 29 years. it's not going to change much except for the fact that my friend can now rest in peace. >> and they also rejected what bolin said, saying that the evidence clearly pointed to bolin and that he was a coward for continuing to deny. they also agreed if anyone could be a candidate for the death penalty it should be him. friends and family will be heading to stark tomorrow for the execution. >> again, oscar ray bolin is scheduled to be executed tomorrow night at 6:00. fox 13's lloyd sowers has been chosen to witness that execution. we'll have updates on

here are the pictures of stephanie collins they will be showing here at this vigil. when i told her broth they're he denies what happened, he said he knows the truth and that he is responsible. her brother said he will look him right in the eye as he is executed tomorrow morning, family are invited to watch the execution after they gather, 20 family and friends of stephanie, i'm told, wild be going to stark to support stephanie's memory and be there for the execution. her brother said he will make a speech here and gathered this vigil together, gathered everyone together so her friends could share some memories on the eve of oscar ray bolin's execution. >> evan axelbank reporting. >> he will be executed tomorrow night right about this time. at 6 p.m. and lloyd sowers will witness the execution. we'll have corning on twitter, facebook and here on fox 13. >> and the search for a triple murderer. fourth is in critical condition after they were shot in the face. polk county sheriff said it was because of drugs. they were shot on magnolia drive east a little after sunrise

you just heard from a friend of stephanie collins. she and two other bay area women were murdered by oscar ray bolin back in 19-86. friends and family of collins gathered last night for a celebration of life at o'brien's irish pub in north dale. bolin is set to be executed by lethal injection today. we'll have a crew there and will bring live reports starting time now for headlines around the nation and the world in 60 seconds. the white house says north korea's claims 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 its "still-limited nuclear arsenal." u-s officials are still investigating. a class action seeking lawsuit has been filed against macy's-- for misleading customers. the suit claims the store would raise prices -- in order to discount them -- so they appear to be a greater savings. retailers like kate spade and kohl's have also been accused of similar practices. move over "avat

also, we did see donna and john witmer, stephanie collins parents. her brothers, michael and sean, i spoke with michael last night. he said all he wanted to do was sit in the room and looked bolin in the eyes. that did not happen. bolin as he laid there, all he did was stare at a hole in the ceiling, did not break his gaze and did not have any final words. they asked him if he had a statement, he said no, sir. by 10:16, he was pronounced dead. back to you.>> carson chambers reporting live from the state prison in rayford >>> a viral video has led to the arrest of a man wanted for slashing a young woman space. camera show the victim walking to a diner where she works when a man walks up and slashes her face with a knife. police have charged a 41-year- old man with a long criminal history. officers say he is a suspect in a new year's day attack.>>> dcf is investigating the story behind this frightening photo. deputies rescuing a three-year- old child in crystal river writing a big wheel on a busy highway. officer saying the child unlocked the door and

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 something to change in her neighborhood. she's saddened crime scene tape blocked a home the entire

. >> you just heard from a friend of stephanie collin. 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 to

. >> reporter: stephanie collins was just 17 years old, a freckled faced teen who vanished from a shopping complex in 1986. >> he is a coward. he's a coward. period. you've lived in prison for 29 years. you've been convicted time and time again. at least at the end make your own peace and admit what you have done in life. >> reporter: today the state killer bolin's nine lives after convictions, reversals, retrials, death sentences, appeals in the rapes and stabbing deaths of three women, including terry lynn matthews and 25-year-old natalie holly. >> we have been waiting for this a very, very long time. and it's about time. >> reporter: time for what stephanie's brother and friends simply describe as relief. still life goes on despite her loss. >> i have debated on how i'm back. i honestly don't know. but i know that there will be -- i'm not going to be sitting there talking to friends about what happened to my sister and think to myself, well, that guy is still sitting there. that will be over. >> reporter: carson chambers, abc action news. >> reporter: just to put that into perspective,

for kidnapping terry matthews from a post office near tampa in 1986 and beating her to death. stephanie collins, and 25-year-old natalie holly. despite several appeals, 10 juries have convicted him over the years. >> still developing at 7:00, police hope you can help them find three people, people who may lead them to who murdered a beloved convenience store owner. these surveillance photos were just released. they were recorded december 23rd inside kim's food store on poplar avenue in sanford. police are not calling them suspects, just persons of interest. joshua hur was shot as he was closing up the store he owned since the early 90's. hur was also a leader in his church and customers say he was extraordinarily generous to people in need. here's one more look at the surveillance photos. if you recognize the people in them, please call crime line at 1-800-423-tips. >> well, after a gloomy start to the day, the weather seemed to change by this evening. >> yeah. the clouds are moving in. so chief meteorologist tom sorrells is pinpointing what's coming next. all that sunshine we had late, it's al

he was arrested and 30 years since the abz murders of terry lynn matthew, natalie holly and stephanie collins. along the way, he went through 10 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. >> disappointed of course. haven't given up. >> reporter: at 6:00 p.m. tonight, he is scheduled to die for killing terry lynn matthews back in 1986. her mother has waited a longtime for justice. >> i'm still alive. i guess as long as it goes on, i will be coming. >> reporter: if all goes as planned, i will be in the witness room when an anonymous cushioner carries out the death warrant at the florida state prison tonight. mark douglas, news channel 8. and for more background on the case and execution, just head to wfla.com. >>> well time now 535:67:89 now to an important 8 on your side warning about police impersonators. they have struck twice already in temple terrace. and we are checking this morning to see if there's an update in this case. impersonators knocked on the doors

he killed 25-year-old natalie holly and 17-year-old stephanie collins, both in 1986 in tampa. when we've learned he's been executed, we'll let you know. >> bullet holes now riddle units a scary reminder of the hours-long standoff between melbourne police and a heavily armed man. police identified him as michael taylor, who is a veteran. the standoff started around 11:00 last night after a family member called for help, saying taylor attacked her and threatened her life. for 12 hours, authorities negotiated with taylor, but they couldn't get him to come out. a veterans victim advocate who knows taylor stepped in and helped end that situation peacefully. we're told taylor suffers from ptsd. we don't know which branch he served in. police say taylor is now facing several charges, including 23 counts of attempted murder on a law enforcement officer. >> the volusia county man accused of killing his wife and her two kids will go on trial in less than two weeks. we learned today luis toledo's trial will start on january 19th in st. augustine. also today, attorneys on both sides argue

he was also convicted in the murders of stephanie collins, natalie holly. he insists he's it innocent assess the evidence used to convict him was planted and tampered with. >>> the iowa caucus is less than one month away. >> candidates on both sides are fighting for votes all 3 democratic candidates were in about last night for the first in the west caucus dinner. donald trump is on the campaign trail speaking out against republican rivals and hillary clinton. have the strength, the stamina, no, she doesn't. >> we should not reward people who use inflammatory rhetoric. that is not a sign of leadership. that is a sign of showmanship, of desperation. >> trump has been speaking out about the fact that ted cruz was born in canada. ted cruz says according to the constitution, the son of a u.s. citizen born abroad is a natural born citizen. >>> republicans in congress have drafted a new bill aimed at stopping president obama's executive orders on gun control. >> he does not get to bypass congress i will do everything i can to defund this executive order because i

rape and murder of terry lynn matthews he was convicted in the murders of natalie holly and stephanie collins as well. bolin has long claimed he's innocent. his appeal to the state supreme court was denied last month. his attorneys also appealed to the u.s. supreme court. >> vice president joe biden is going to the public now, supporting the president's gun policy. >> the move comes two days after the president announced new executive actions targeting gun purchase regulations. biden says he's listened to critics who have attacked the president's plan. they argue he's going after law-abiding citizens and trying to make new laws without congress. biden disagrees, saying no new laws will be put in place. >> all we're talking about now is enabling the laws that are on the books that overwhelming support, including n.r.a. supported background checks before. >> some critics don't believe the white house's plan will stop convicted felons from getting guns, but biden says the new background checks would have stopped the south carolina roof last year because he would not have been able to buy the gun

the infamous "oscar something the families of "natalie holley," "terri lynn matthews" and "stephanie collins" have been fighting for, since their murders back in 19-86. 3 (jen) over and over again, bolin has said he's innocent... and he repeated it again yesterday, at the state prison in starke.(take vo) 3 (jen bolin's been on death row for more than 20-years... he was convicted by 10- different juries... all of them found him guilty, of stabbing three women to death. but bolin says: that's wrong. he spoke with fox-13's gloria gomez *exclusively, just hours ago, on the eve of his execution. 3 bolin:i don't have nothing to apologize for in florida, i've never killed those women. they can kill me tomorrow or 100 times over, it won't change nothing. gloria: so you laying in that gurney tomorrow will proclaim your innocence? bolin: absolutely. --(jen 3 some of the victims families will be in starke today, to witness the execution. fox-13's lloyd sowers will be there too. 3 (jen oscar ray bolin is scheduled to be executed have complete coverage on "fox-13 news dot com"... twitter... and of course

. >> stephanie collin's mom spoke. she thanked investigators, the governor and she said the family misses stephanie every day. he outlived the malignanter of the third woman he murdered, nantly holly. she died in 2012 and wondered if her daughter would get justice. it took 30 years. they did get justice. >>> while the ray goes shopping for status sites, st. pete will be shopping the tropicana aim rage that's where the money is in a proposal to put a loophole in that lease on the field. the rays would have three years and pinellas and it would split the cost of a master plan for the tropicana property and if a developer but cash down the rays could stay put and get half or walk away from it. >> it is a incentive for them to stay. now you have a pot of money that can you see that can be utilized for them to off set the costs in building a stadium. that's a big deal. >> the council vote on amending the lease wild be thursday. >> year ago today, a little 5-year-old girl lost her life. officers say that phoebe jonchuck's fat

he was also convicted in the murders of stephanie collins and natalie holly. he is as he is innocent and says the evidence used to convict him was planted and tampered with. >>> orange county man in jail after deputies say his anger with his cable service got so out of hand that he threatened to blow up the local office did deputies say 55-year-old jeffrey lower called about audio problems. he felt the person he spoke with on the phone was unprofessional. they say he admitted to drinking before he made the threat to blow up the company's office. he faces up to 15 years if >>> 9 investigates found out a security breach at the florida department of transportation is allowed hackers to access employee records since 2013. fdot is working to figure out who got into the system and gained access to employee names and social security numbers. the agency told us a file used for travel reimbursement was first accessed in 2013 and went unnoticed until now get chief information officer told employees they could not verify if the information was accessed or -- for unlawful

stephanie collins and the family endured wrangling as he was tried and convicted ten separate times. now if you are headed to the tampa airport, it just got harder to find a parking spot. two floors of the short-term parking are closed. part of the construction going on at the airport and the two floors will stay closed until february. garage that's 10-dollar as day. the shuttle will take you to and from the terminal. some say they didn't have a problem and others well a bit frustrated. ridiculous. when you have to go around it takes too much time off your traffic and. >> s airport wants to know if you are picking up someone can you wait in the cell phone lot until the passenger ser ready. there is a big board and whether they landed, got the luggage the whole bit. >> that's crazy. >>> a man has made it his mission to run hundreds of miles this weekend. he is doing it to keep phoebe jonchuck's memory alive. you may remember she died after her father john jonchuck threw her off the bridge leading up to the sky way. a former ranger does not want to focus on her death but her mechanismr

pconvicted of murdering terry plynn matthews stephanie collins pnatalie holly. pbowlen has been on death row for p29 years. pnow, barring any last minute pappeals, he's going to put to pdeath tonight. pfox 13's gloria gomez sat down pwith him, talked with him pexclusively. plisten. pmirror, do you like yourself? p>> yeah. pi'm comfortable with myself. pthere's a lot of things in my pyounger in my past i'm, you know pi wish i could change, but i'm pat peace with myself. pstating about to kill me. pand they think they are getting pjustice. pi'm like well, they are not pgetting justice. p>> gloria is with us this pmorning right now. pshe is standing by live. pgloria first of all thanks i pknow it was long day for you pthanks for starting for are us ptoday. p>> absolutely. pyou've talked, you've talked to pa lot of people who have been paccused of a doing some very bad pthings along the way in your pcareer. pbowlen? p>> reporter: i think what was pdifferent was just the looming pdeath that was in the room pyesterday. pand the fact that he knew when phe was going to

it's been 30 years since the abduction and murders of the teri lynn matthew, natalie holly and stephanie collins. along the way, he went through 10 trial, married a member of his own defense team and never stopped claiming his innocence despite overwhelming evidence testimony of his own brother. i haven't given up. >> reporter: at 6:00 p.m. tonight, he is scheduled to die for killing teri lynn matthews back in 1986. her mother, cathleen, has waited a longtime for justice. >> i'm still alive. i'll be coming. >> reporter: if all goes as planned, be in the witness room when the executioner carries out the death warrant at the florida state prison tonight. i'm mark douglas, news channel 8. >> all right, thank you, mark. for more background on the case and execution, just head to our web page, wfla.com. >>> and now to an important 8 on your side warning about police impersonators. they have struck twice in temple terrace and northerning we are checking to see if there's an update in this case. the impersonators knock on the doors of two homes. once in december and again in the past week. and each tim

she was also sentenced to death for killing 17-year-old stephanie collins. >> calvin: powerball fever is spreading after no one hit last night's winning numbers. >> laurie: so we still have chance, right? ray itty bitty chance. no one hit those numbers now it's even bigger. $700 million and counting. let's get to todd tongen. he is our lottery guy, our powerball guy these days. a lot of mania going on. >> todd: do you know how many times this billboard has rolled over? i've been you the outed here five or six times in the last two days, laurie and calvin. stay with me. it's such hundred million dollars but the bulk piet, the one tomb woul be over $425 million. i crunched the numbers and i think, if there's a single winner and it was me, i would be able to buy local10 from warren buffett. wednesday night as the powerball jackpot rolled over for the 18th time and powerball fever is the gripping the nation as since yesterday morning the powerball jackpot has gone from $450 million to $500 million then hitting $675 million and this afternoon another bump tow $700 million. even though it i

nobody came nobody came back and said we won so i guess we played that we didn't win stephanie rod vicki from ft. collins writes in the ribs are going back to louisiana do you like the idea of the nfl returning to the louisiana area i do of course i remember i grew up with is going to the games cards and huge catalogs i think it's very good a little bittersweet considering if you have to go somewhere you have to leave somewhere. >> i think st. louis is a great city great sports time been there many times to think the league knows where they're going wherever they want us to play the local play finally here for a kid question of the day always a tough one. >> high on miley and 12 coach kubiak would you ever have them on miller or jd walton and your defenses. we wake up on that's a great thing i don't know if there's anybody who's played as well as von has at this year i'm so proud of him and former aggie to i got a lot of people calling me about him but you're talking about great players across the board and on this lake as a coach you just a fortunate enough to have one and your in your team and what we'

pon the eve of his execution, pfamily and friends of stephanie pcollins gathered for a vigil in pcarrollwood. perica gomez was collins' best pfriend and said that the closure ponly go so far. p>> no matter how limited that plife was and my girlfriend's plife was ended, she didn't have pthe opportunity to marry like he pdid. p>>laura: and unlike collins' pimmediate family, gomez will not pbe there for the execution. pbefore he sits down to his final pmeal, gloria gomez sat down with pbolin for an exclusive interview pand he said he has no remorse pbecause he didn't do anything to pbe remorseful about. p>> during my one-hour interview pwith oscar bolin, one thing he pkept saying over and over again pis that he had nothing to do pwith the murders. pthe only thing he would admit to pwas raping an ohio woman which phe served time for. pbut when he came to the murders, phe had nothing to do with it. p>> i didn't kill them. p>>reporter: some would say pyou're set to die tomorrow and preally come clean and explain pwhat happened. pif you have remorse for what you pdid, what do you say to all of pthat? p>> i don't have no rem