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But in late august 1988 he told his dad he wanted to start a lawnmowing business. >> i was going to help him with that. i was going to help him get a truck. well, he never called me that weekend. and i found out on monday that he had been killed on friday. it was the coldest day of my life. >> as we covered all of this ground, he shared something with me that i had heard no one else mention. he said that tony klann had told him, richard, that he had witnessed a rape in the apartment building where he lived. >> i understood that there was going to be a trial and tony was going to be a witness f...

Had been adopted. >> they had been into foster homes a couple of times. and so we did everything we could to help the kids be comfortable and safe where we lived. >> growing up, a learning disability had made things difficult for tony. >> because of all the teasing and the other things that went on in his early life, he didn't fit in real well. >> tony barely finished high school. but in late august 1988 he told his dad he wanted to start a lawnmowing business. >> i was going to help him with that. i was going to help him get a truck. well, he never called me that weekend. and i found out on m...

As journalist martin kuz was researching his article about death row inmate joe d'ambrosio, he was finally able to make contact with the murder victim's father, richard. >> richard and i spoke on the phone. and it was a long conversation. by the time we actually finished i was the last person in the office. >> richard klann gave kuz a fuller portrait of his son, tony, who along with his sister had been adopted. >> they had been into foster homes a couple of times. and so we did everything we could to help the kids be comfortable and safe where we lived. >> growing up, a learning disability had...

And it was a long conversation. by the time we actually finished i was the last person in the office. >> richard klann gave kuz a fuller portrait of his son, tony, who along with his sister had been adopted. >> they had been into foster homes a couple of times. and so we did everything we could to help the kids be comfortable and safe where we lived. >> growing up, a learning disability had made things difficult for tony. >> because of all the teasing and the other things that went on in his early life, he didn't fit in real well. >> tony barely finished high school. but in late august 1988 he...

Difficult for tony. >> because of all the teasing and the other things that went on in his early life, he didn't fit in real well. >> tony barely finished high school. but in late august 1988 he told his dad he wanted to start a lawnmowing business. >> i was going to help him with that. i was going to help him get a truck. well, he never called me that weekend. and i found out on monday that he had been killed on friday. it was the coldest day of my life. >> as we covered all of this ground, he shared something with me that i had heard no one else mention. he said that tony klann had told him,...