downtown during the early part of the night, and then a domestic squabble had actually occurred over on dolphin street, which is three blocks away. there were three male subjects involved, ralph eugene hayes, and jimmy and johnny edgar. mr. hayes had failed to come home from work that evening. hayes lived at 115 herndon avenue. simply because of the proximity, we obtained permission to search and that was when we found a gun, a knife, a picture of a hangman's noose hanging in a tree. we brought them to police headquarters downtown and questioned them. and then all of a sudden, a character surfaced by the name of johnny ray kelly. mr. kelly said that on friday night, he was five blocks west of herndon avenue on spring hill, and he said, "i was standing out here and up walked jimmy, johnny, and ralph." >> kelly claimed that he observed blood on ralph hayes's clothes.
used it to slash his wrists and throat. his own son was not sympathetic. >> well, you know, the sucker would rather go out than actually face his destiny that way. >> reporter: suicide attempt, delaying tactic, whatever it was it didn't work. a day later the judge ordered ralph back to court. >> people versus ralph lee candelario sentencing. >> reporter: and ralph, bandaged up, got another day in the spotlight. >> your honor, i have maintained that i have been innocent through this whole process. >> reporter: and then a keen observer might almost have heard the jaws drop around the courtroom. >> pam will be resurrected. we will be able to see her again. we will be able to watch her laugh and sing and do all the things that made her such a special person. and in that regard, i put my hope in that future. but until then, i am
>> well, you know, the sucker would rather go out than actually face his destiny that way. >> suicide attempt, delaying tactic, whatever it was it didn't work. a day later the judge ordered ralph back to court. >> people versus ralph lee candelario sentencing. >> and ralph, bandaged up, got another day in the spotlight. >> your honor, i have maintained that i have been innocent through this whole process. >> and then a keen observer might almost have heard the jaws drop around the courtroom. >> pam will be resurrected. we will be able to see her again. we will be able to watch her laugh and sing and do all the things that made her such a special person. and in that regard, i put my hope in that future. but until then, i am going to file an appeal for this particular motion.
>> reporter: suicide attempt, delaying tactic, whatever it was it didn't work. a day later the judge ordered ralph back to court. >> people versus ralph lee candelario sentencing. >> and ralph, bandaged up, got another day in the spotlight. >> your honor, i have maintained that i have been innocent through this whole process. >> and then, a keen observer might almost have heard the jaws drop around the courtroom. >> pam will be resurrected. we will be able to see her again. we will be able to watch her laugh and sing and do all the things that made her such a special person. and in that regard, i put my hope in that future. but until then, i am going to file an appeal for this particular motion. >> reporter: for now his future is life without the possibility of parole. >> i had never had a weight so heavy lifted. it was -- >> exactly.
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up through mississippi and alabama, north georgia. this is not going to be an outbreak. this is just a couple of strong storms. currently we have a few areas of strong storms. we have a couple tornado watches still up. but we haven'tç had tornado report, thunderstorms are weakening. the worst of them went through the tupelo area of mississippi. fw i guess the bottom line is the worst of the storm system is over with. thankfully, no fatalities as of now. >> thanks. big blue beats the street. home construction on the rise. and ralph and potsy want a cut of the action. business headlines are straight ahead. >> reporter: also, the magic get even. blackhawks avoid elimination. and carmelo anthony on matches a new career high, but was it enough? how can expedia save me even more on my hotel?