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

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 of two home, once in december and again in the past week. each time the they are in what appear to be uniforms and ask to be let in. although these imposters haven't been violent, there's plenty to be concerned about. >> they ask to see the homeowner's computer. she allowed them into the home and let them look at her computer. they took some information dow

executed tomorrow night at 6:00. young women in the is the 80s including terry lynn matthews. barring any last appeals he will be the 92nd person put to death in florida since 1976. the last eddie davis who was killed in july of 2014 for the 1994 kidnapping, rape and murder of 11-year-old kimberly ann waters of lakeland. family members are expected to speak after his death tomorrow night. >>> time is running out to get your ticket for the powerball drawing. the jackpot up to 500 million bucks. the cash payout of the winning numbers, $306 million. officials telling us today that they are selling about # thousand tick -- 9,000 tickets per minute. if no one wins it will make the drawing $675 million on largest lottery prize in history. the deadline to get your ticket is 10:00 tonight. download our free mobile app. we will send a push alert once the winning numbers are drawn. >>> if you are the big winner, what should you do? experts say first and foremost, sign the back of your ticket. that way no one can take it from you and claim that they bought it. financial planners recommen

. >> reporter: kathleen reeves, mother of murder victim terry lynn matthews was also in the front row. >> it was not a celebratory event. yet i do feel relieved that it has finally occurred. i will go to my grave knowing i have experienced closure. >> reporter: last night's execution was delayed for just over four hours while the u.s. supreme court considered a final appeal. i spent that time locked inside a prison visitor's room with six other reporters. bolin waited out his final hours with the prison warden in a holding cell next to the death chamber. >> and we talked about this in the newsroom. you've covered six of these executions before. and every time we cover one, i in that observation room. on a personal level, i always wonder how you handle not only having to balance the objectivity of the event but also the gravenity of seeing -- gravity of seeing something so important. >> let's be clear. we're witnessing a homicide. that's an intense event no matter what the circumstance. i try to focus on doing my job. i take a lot of notes. sfnl taking notes. notes. i try to remember w

thank you all. [ no audio ] >> reporter: that was kathleen reeves, the mother of terry lynn matthews expressing her sentiment saying she could never forgive oscar ray bolen for what he did, also expressing sympathy for the family of oscar ray bolen's him. let me go back to you, and we'll pick this up later. >> mark douglas live outside the state prison in stark. thank you, mark. >>> in other news, a wild ride for a toddler. he takes to the highway in a motorized vehicle, then the ride ends in the median of a busy highway. had it not been for good samaritans, who knows who could have happened next. we are joined live along u.s. 19. what a frightening few minutes here, paul. >> reporter: you have that right, keith. imagine the drivers who actually see this driver in the road. it's not just any road. this is u.s. 19 right here, one of our busiest highways. it is a tragedy waiting to happen. >> where was this? >> it was right out here. >> reporter: right out on 19, danny collins snapping these shots shocked at the little boy in a diaper in the median. just kind of scooting along. >> repo

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, with the legal system he was found but even still despite all of the convictions in the 1990s, he march he'd a paralegal that worked on the case. she thinks he is innocent. he left her husband who was a lawyer and she married bolin over the phone. abc action news covered that event in 1996. she visited him this morning for three hours. now, we asked if family members were able to attend the execution. per state l

tonight, he is scheduled to die for killing terry lynn matthews back in 1986. her mother, cathleen receives has waited a longtime for -- cathleen reevses has waited a longtime. >> reporter: if all goes as planned, i will be in the execution room tonight. news channel 8. >> all right. thank you, mark. case and execution, just head to our web page, wfla.com. >>> time now 4:35. now to an important 8 on your side warning about police impersonators that have struck twice. we are checking to see if there's an update in the case. the impersonators knock on the doors of two homes, once back past week. and each time, these impersonators are in what appear to be uniforms and ask to be let into those homes. although the imposters haven't been violent, there's plenty to be concerned about. >> they ask to see the homeowner's computer. she allowed them into the home and let them look at her computer. they took some information down. >> well investigators are now warning you to ask for the officer's credentials before letting him or her inside your home. and they also want yo

oscar ray bolin was sentenced to death for the 1986 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 y

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 o

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 with his attorney a few moments ago. he struck out for the second time today with the 11th circuit court of appeals. he's now appealing his case to the united states supreme court. it's his last chance, his last effort to save the life of oscar ray bowlen and light is dimming for that. >> all right mark douglas live tonight at the state prison in stark, thank you. >>> the sound of chain saws in a south tampa neighborhood are greatly upsetting one homeowner. a developer is putting up a new home and taking down three large trees. the developer has permits to take down the trees

30 years ago. 53-year-old oscar ray boland is set to die at 6:00 tonight for the murder of terri lynn matthews. 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 empl

he murdered terry lynn matthews. 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 bri

scheduled to die tonight. 53-year-old oscar ray boland is set to die at 6 pm for the murder of terri lynn matthews 30 years ago. he was convicted the murders of stephanie calls and natalie holly. he is says he's innocent and says the evidence used to convicted was planted it happened with. >>> iowa caucus is less than one month away. >> 10news fighting for those in all 3 democratic candidates were in nevada last night for the first in the west caucused in a. donald trump is on the campaign trail speaking out against rivals and hillary clinton. >> hillary clinton does not have the strength, the stamina, >> you should not reward people who use inflammatory rhetoric that's not a sign of leadership, that's a sign of showmanship, of desperation. >> trump is speaking out about the fact that ted cruz was born in canada. ted cruz is according to the u.s. constitution, the son of a u.s. citizen born abroad is a natural born citizen. >>> republicans in congress drafted a new bill aimed at stopping president obama's executive orders on gun control. >> he doesn't get to bypass congress and so i will do everyt