Midtown Marriott News Today

Brian Steven Smith was identified by his South African accent after he filmed himself killing one of the women.

A sex worker says she took the man's cellphone and found gruesome video of one of the two killings, then copied the footage onto a memory card she said she'd stolen.

A man from South Africa was convicted Thursday in Alaska after a prostitute stole his phone from his truck and found grisly footage of his victim’s killing.

18 minutes past the hour. glad to have you here. a 48-year-old man in a has been charged with murder. get this. after authorities found an s.d. card on the street that had videos and pictures of him killing a woman. >> heres the story from affiliate ktuu. >> reporter: 39 photos and 12 videos show in graphic details the final hours of a dark-haired woman. the files were labeled homicide at midtown marriott. >> one of the big questions was trying to determine whether or not this was a staged event...

Midtown hotel. police discovered remains off the highway. weeks later the identity of the woman is still unknown. >> keep in mind these were human remains that were found. we had two separate investigations going on, one with the s.d. card, trying to determine what was actually taking place. >> reporter: a detective viewing them recognized the mans voice from another investigation. it showed part of the license plate of the person the detective had in mind. once they had cellphone records they p...

Authorities are investigating were whether hes linked to other killings here is nbcs gadi schwartz. >> reporter: on a remote stretch of alaska highway, the discovery of a womans body on the side of the road now being tied to a small sd card, found miles away in anchorage, labeled homicide at midtown marriott. police say a card was found by a woman who opened the car and saw 39 images and 12 videos showing horrible beating and strangulation of a woman by a man with a foreign accent. >> its pretty...