Than 30 hostages at a high school. We can only make an appeal to the gunman, stop, theres been enough already. Across the nation, people were paying attention to this. The officers struck him with batons between 56 and 66 times. For 13 months, los angeles has been a pressure cooker. We find the defendant
while the nations eyes are glued to los angeles. Police have been called to a bizarre crime scene. Fbi agents have joined the search for a missing new jersey executive, sidney risso, if the president of Exxon Corporation is missing from his home. His wife said he left home early that morning, later that evening his car was left idling in the driveway of their home. They had followed their routine, they had breakfast together and she walked him to the door and said goodbye as she always did around 7 30. Miss his car never got to the end of the driveway, and there was no sign of him, the guy had just gone poof. Friends say riso is just like the house they live in, solid. If youre a cynical person, youre speculating, maybe hes got something on the side. But even that Scenario Didnt Fit leaving a car in the driveway with the engine running. No ransom has been received according to the Morris County prosecutors office, but this is being handled with the assumption of foul play. The Rodney King Riots following the verdict were shocking to say the least, it actually was somewhat beneficial to us because it directed the National Media eyes away from what was going on in Morris County. The anger that hit l. A. After the king verdict is unfortunately spreading and so is the violence. Soon after the Police Officers are found not guilty, South Los Angeles erupts, Photographer Kurt Mccoy and two colleagues from the Washington Post head to the epicenter of violence, at the corner of florence and normandy. Theres a huge crowd running from the intersection, dont go down there, dont go down there, and they said to dana, whos
very belonged blond, very white, dont go down there. And thats the worst thing you can say to a journalist is dont go there. She turns around, shes been hit in the head with a rock. I tell them where the closest hospital is at, and he says come on, lets get out of here. I looked at him and said i live here and i cant go. So i said goodbye and i did what i could do, i took pictures. In the midwest, the story of a notorious Serial Killer opens another chapter. Jeffrey dahmer came back to his hometown today, back to face justice and the family whose son he took from them 14 years ago. Already convicted and sentenced for 15 murders in milwaukee, Jeffrey Dahmer returns to ohio to stand trial where his killing spree gachb. Began. Jeffrey dahmer who had made some confessions, that he had actually picked up his first verdict in is late 70s in bath, ohio. He picked up this kid on the highway, and the kid was about 18 years old. Steven hicks was hitchhiking, dahmer picked him up and brought him up to his house, and when hicks wanted to leave, dahmer attacked him with a barbell and killed him. Then he chopped his body up and put it in a garbage bag. And put it in the back of his car. The police for some reason stopped him. The Detective Rich Muncie made a notation that there was a garbage bag in the back seat of the car and Jeffrey Dahmer indicated that he was just taking it to the dump. The police let him go, he turned the car around, went back to his house and buried the body underneath the house in that area. In new jersey, what started as a missing persons case is now being treated as a criminal abduction. Sidney riso headed to work and disappeared. Hes the president of exsoften Exxon International. We realized that what we probably had was a kidnapping and asked the fbi to come in and assist us. We looked at all possible motives and certainly the exxon valleu valdes, which had occurred just a few years prior to that. We thought that it could be related to an environmental Terrorist Group looking for retaliation. This is as big as it gets. Theres been nothing like this in new jersey since the Lindbergh Kidnapping and it was just something that didnt happen. You are about to see some of the most horrible video to come out of the los angeles rioting. You can see how this fire is really taking off now. People are running back and forth, looting is under way. It was like wildfires. That were just sprouting in different parts of the city. A Helicopter Reporter spotted a man being dragged from his truck and beaten. I dont think anybody anticipated what took place at the corner of florence and normandy. His name is reginald nance. Hes a live but very badly hurt. When Reginald Denny was brick in that crews bell that took place there, in that moment, we knew that this was going to be different. Los angeles is on edge
we want to keep our community safe. This is our community, this is where we live. We need to make sure that we have a beautiful place for our children to live. Together, were building a better california. Teachers, nurses and firefightes support prop 51. Prop 51 will upgrade libraries, science labs, and Classroom Technology and relieve School Overcrowding creating more opportunity. And better learning for students help students succeed vote yes on 51. Indictment . The violence that began last night shows no signs of slowing down now. When a big headline takes center stage, even the most Shocking Stories can be relegated to minor roles. The fbis biggest Kidnapping Investigation in years. I need to know if he is well and safe. Mass murder Jeffrey Dahmer made his return to Summit County. To demand justice for their
son he took from them 14 years ago. The very latest on a City Under Siege, los angeles is shrouded in smoke from arson fires. Like scenes from a nightmare, the Television Helicopters just needed to turn their cameras on, because anywhere they focused, they could see the violence on the streets. And it wasnt just South Central l. A. Large scale violence break out in the suburbs too. I remember going to do the story for nightly news, we went down to the edge of korea town in South Central and we filmed people going into stores and coming out with Television Sets and stuff. A Store Overstocked for mothers day, nothing left. They said, were going shopping. It wasnt just africanamericans, it was a lot of latinos, white people, lots of them. They were poor people. Then suddenly the story wasnt a racial story, it was an economic story. Looters of every race and color, just like their victims. By late morning, it was clear that if anything, the lawlessness was increasing. Fbi agents have joined the search for a missing new jersey executive, sidney riso, president of the Exxon International corporation went missing this morning. On the second day, exxon received a phone call and the message of the phone call was that a letter could be found in the livingston shopping mall, taped to a lamp post. Federal Authorities Say they prefer not to speculate on the conditions or whereabouts of sidney riso while theyre still searching for him, only that they hope to find him alive. Mass murder Jeffrey Dahmer made his return to Summit County amidst a mass of security. The attorney getting ready to represent Jeffrey Dahmer. They drove me to the prison where they were holding him and he was in a suicide watch cell, a guard beside a cell on a little balcony that watched every move he made. We had to do paper work that would probably take weeks or months in 24 hours. I had to figure out what i was going to say. It was very difficult. I had no warm feeling for this guy. He had no compassion, he had no emotion. Why the cannibalism . It made me feel like they were a permanent part of me. But on april 30th, dahmers heinous crimes are not dominating headlines. For the past 24 hours, residents of los angeles have seen their city caught up in a kind of free floating anarchy. Gangs of street thugs continued their rampage of neighborhoods and continued well outside the core of l. A. The disturbance was moving west toward the affluent areas of the city, and the citys elite were starting to panic. While Beverly Hills and other west side areas are protected, neighborhoods closer to the turmoil are left to fend for themselves. Shopkeepers say all of this damages happened because Police Ignored this neighborhood and ignored businesses built over a lifetime. 22 years down the drain. I mean cant people realize what theyre doing is wrong . This is not the way to overcome racism. Law enforcement simply could not be everywhere. And quite often, the tv trucks would get there before the police did. Los angeles is bracing for a second night of burning, killing and looting, in response to the rodney king verdict. Now officials prepare for night fall. I cant predict what will happen, but its going to be worse. Good evening, the saga of good evening, The Saga Of Sidney Riso is now a Kidnapping Case. In the case of exxon in the case of exxon executive sidney riso, investigators are trying to get cluing from a ransom note. Rainbow warriors is the name of a ship owned by a ship in the uk that was part of greenpeace. The first letter clearly wanted to make the point that this in fact was in retaliation
for the exxon valdes which had occurred a few years prior to that. They threatened to kidnap addition exxon executives. The fbi uncovered a Ransom Letter demanding millions of dollars and a phone number for further instructions. They set a Ransom Demand, which was the highest Ransom Demand in the history of the united states, 18. 5 million. You made the obligatory calls to greenpeace. You made calls to other environmental organizations, had you ever heard of this kind of thing, and the answer was no. First another terrible drama is unfolding in california. A gunman is holding more than 30 hostages in a high school. A horrific story in a small town in Northern California is about to play out on live television, in 1992, it was a rare media event, but today, all too common. Its Frank Crawford high school, and theres someone with a gun. Refrigerator. This has been the worst night of violence in los angeles since the 1965 watch riot. A nonstop orgy of burning, looting and chaos. I dont believe this, i just cant. The death toll has past two dozen and the number of arrests has reached 2,000. Los angeles is still a City Under Siege this morning with scores of fires still burning. As a third day of Rioting Dawns on los angeles, the mayor and police are slowly securing the city. We have got to make a commitment to have a sufficient show of force that we can gain control over the situation out in the field. 4,000 Additional National guard troops will be sent to los angeles today to beef up the 2,000 troops which are already here, and federal troops regular army have been put on alert. City officials want a massive show of force to quell the rioting, looting and burning
that has rocked this city for the last two days. The bringing in of the National Guard made some difference in terms of enabling the existing Law Enforcement resources who didnt have enough officers to be everywhere they needed to be, to try to hold more territory. What exactly have they been asked to do . Were reenforcing Law Enforcement and were cordoning areas that have already been cleared or securing areas that have already been damaged. It had a very low income neighborhoods among some people that they were an occupied territory that i think was welcomed by some people and i think was resented by others. While authorities in Southern California are bringing order to the streets, spectators in akron, ohio are lining up to catch a glimpse of notorious Serial KillerJeffrey Dahmer arriving to stand trial for the first murder he committed. Dahmer is already serving life terms in wisconsin for 15 murders, iowa prosecutors say dahmer killed his first victim in ohio where he was raised. Part of what made him such a monster was his ordinariness. I think thats what scared people a lot about him is because he looked like you and me and thats pretty scary because his deeds were unspeakable. The trial began nearly 10 months after the public was exposed to the grizzly discoveries in dahmers apartment. Milwaukee police searched this building after an unclothed man they discovered upon their arrival was almost unspeakable. Numerous pieces from as many as 15 human bodies including three heads preserved in a refrigerator. Its been 2 1 2 months since he was convicted of 15 murders in milwaukee. Jeffrey dahmer, cannibalism, murders, lobotomies. Now dahmer is facing judgment for the final outstanding murder trial in ohio. Gruesome as his crimes were, people began showing up at the County Courthouse in order to be one of the 35 spectators allowed to see the proceedings firsthand. Its not often that somebody famous comes to akron, i just wanted to see what goes on and how its handled. He had letters from women proposing marriage to him. He had mail like he was a rock star, i havent seen anything like it, and i havent seen anything like it since then. While the trial unfolds in akron, its been three days since exxon executive sidney riso was kidnapped and no one has herd from him. The media wanted answers and a lot of the time we just didnt have them. Its enormously frustrating. Frankly i remembered so many more details about the l. A. Riots than i did about a story i was covering, so dramatic was
the footage. And here we had no footage. That night, investigators get a new lead. May 1, around 9 30 at night, we had received a call that directed me to morris park. They said that the second letter could be found under a white rock near a fence. We did in fact find a letter. They wanted a plane, they wanted the money put . Edie bauer bags. We wanted to make sure that sidney riso was alive. We had a lot of concerns about sidney risos wellbeing. This is an nbc news special report. President bush addressed the nation regarding the l. A. Riots. I want to talk to you about violence in our cities and justice for our citizens. Two big issues that have collided on the streets of los angeles. George h. W. Bush went on television, i assumed at the time that he was going to make a statement to try to restore order in los angeles. What we saw last night and the night before in los angeles is not about civil rights. Its not about the great cause of equality that all americans must uphold. Its not a message of protest. Its been the brutality of a mob, pure and simple. The speech that bush made seemed to make things worse. The violence will end, justice will be served, hope will return. The president s words echo in households across the country. What is your plea to the charge of aggravated murder as contained count one of the indictment. Guilty as charged, your honor. An attorney spoke for dahmer and his family. Jeffrey dahmer is a human being, he is a tortured and sick human being. He talked about redemption and mercy and wanted to say he was sorry about his conduct, and i dont think he was. Mrs. Hicks called dahmer a monster and spoke of the horror her family endured. We saw pieces of our son on tv every night, some smaller than a toothpick. I have always believed in capital punishment. Since the state of ohio didnt have it in 1988, i couldnt pull the level on him. Dahmer is given his 16th Life Sentence and returns to wisconsin to serve out his time. Jeffrey dahmers stay in akron may have been brief, but his affect on the city will be felt for a long time to come. We got word rodney was going to make a statement. You know, can we all get along . The gunman has released 11. But he has shot at least nine people. Parent s rushed to find out f their child had been released. It is happening as were going live here. burke and we covered it, february third, twentysixteen. Talk to farmers. We know a thing or two because weve seen a thing or two. We are farmers. Bumpadum, bumbumbumbum it. When that laxour loves your body back. Only miralax hydrates, eases, and softens to unblock naturally. So you have Peace Of Mind from start to finish. Love your laxative. Miralax. [ Beetle Horn Honks ] no matter which passat you choose, you get more standard features, for less than you expected. Hurry in and lease the 2017 passat s for just 199 a month. From the suspects apartment, among them police say, photographs and drawings of dead, mutilated bodies. Sidney riso disappeared yesterday, and this case is being handled under the assumption of foul play. Parents are waiting to get word. Murder, kidnapping, hostages, major stories playing out in america, while all eyes