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Nbcs chief foreign correspondent richard engel is in kabul. good morning, richard. why target foreign journalists ahead of the election? >> reporter: well, i think this was probably a target of opportunity. a lot of foreigners, especially journalists over the last several weeks, have been killed here. a swedish journalist was killed execution style in the streets of kabul, an afghan journalist was killed at the serena hotel, along with almost all of his family, and then today these two journalis...

What is the explanation from the officials there? >> there isnt really an explanation from the officials. the karzais office put out a statement condemning this attack. but there have been a spat of attacks recently against journalists. there was a swedish reporter killed execution style. there was a prominent afghan journalist who was having dinner and he was killed also execution style along with almost all of his family. then these two journalists today, cathy surviving, anya not surviving. b...

The victim had been shot three times, execution style in the head. two shell casings were found nearby. fingerprints identified the victim as virginia russell. >> pretty shocking. she hadnt been out two months when this incident happened. >> she was missing her right shoe. there was no dirt or debris on her foot, but her stockings were ripped and she had scrapes on her knees. the missing shell casing indicated virginia may have been shot once in another location and then dragged to where she was...

There was no mystery as to how wesley person was murdered. he was shot three times in the head execution style. then his body was set on fire along a highway in maryland. >> they had no witnesses. all they had, essentially, was these charred remains right off the side of the road. that was really about it. >> investigators learned that wesleys cousin was one of the last to see him. the two went christmas shopping together. and he said that wesley was carrying a large amount of cash. >> i cant sa...

And be taken away from her family again, i mean, it was a very difficult time for virginia. >> when virginia was released from prison, she told her family she found work cleaning houses. one evening, while spending time with her family, virginia got a message on her pager at 8:54 p.m. >> yeah, i can do that. >> we asked her where she was going, and she tells us that she has to go clean a house for an individual. we said our good-byes and hugged her and told her we loved her, and she told us that...

Girlfriend and she had arraignment in massachusetts this afternoon. in the last hour, she pleaded not guilty to perjury charges, but what is at the hart of this, investigators are interested in whether she knew about the murder weapon and may have actually gotten rid of it. the former patriots player charged with killing his friend, oden lloyd, execution style in june. investigators say oden lloydle had been dating the girlfriends sister. aaron hernandez pleaded not guilty and police have not fo...

Tornadoes. so far, no, we havent. >> bill karins. appreciate it. we switch gears to this story starting a new dialogue about one persons story about a child that asked a fellow student on valentines day on a dare and shot and killed execution style. a powerful documentary that begins today on hbo offering a gripping retelling of larry king. king a 14-year-old exploring gender identity when he was gunned down by a boy that he liked. >> when he asked me what to do about the situation, my response ...

>> it appears that he began shooting the victims, these victims were shot execution-style in the head. >> reporter: though not amish himself, roberts lived less than a mile from the school he terrorized. seven years later, his wife, marie, is finally able to discuss it. the question that everyone has from the outside looking in is why? >> what i heard from charlie was about the loss of our first daughter. in some way he felt like he was getting back at the lord for the loss we sustained. >> repo...

Ambitions. jim clancy, cnn, jerusalem. the retrial of amanda knox in in italy but this time without amanda knox. knox nearly four years for the crime before acquitted in 2011. but this year italys highest court overturned that siting inadequacies in the evidence. new details in the and hernandez murder case. three more people were indicted this weekend including the fiancee and the cousin of the former nfl charge. hernandez is charged for first-degree murder of the execution style of a bosto...

Would maybe have to pass a test. for example they might be asked a question what is the name of the prophets mother. could be killed execution-style. martha: chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge joins us live from washington. catherine, analyzing this, what make this is attack different? >> reporter: martha, good morning. there are two elements that stand out. eyewitness reports that terrorists were targeting non-muslims. the one way they apparently differentiated victims who coul...