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Of their cases. >> gentlemen, to yourselves. go, fellows, put it down. to yourselves. let's go. >> having spent nearly two years in the jail's maximum security unit as his case moves through the courts, david goodell has picked up a new skill or two. >> when i was locked in the cell by myself, they let me have art activities. you got this for origami. i used to make ducks, flowers, birds, planes, like a butterfly, dinosaurs, frogs, everything. flower. i was kind of rushing it, but that's the basic idea. >> i've been doing this job over 22 years. i believe david goodell is potentially one of th...

Three months later, he was transferred to the bergen county jail to stand trial for first degree murder. during his first few weeks here, he was housed in the medical unit under suicide watch. >> after being here for about three weeks, he was able to convince the doctor he wasn't suicidal. that's when we placed him in population in the high security wing. shortly after, maybe within an hour or so, he attempted to kill himself by utilizing a razor blade and attempting to cut his throat open. >> my lawyer came to see me and told me i was going to do life in prison. if i was going to do life in p...

>> would he like to say anything today? >> i would just like -- what i did was unforgivable. i'm not asking for forgiving. i just hope to bring some type of closure and i really am sorry about what happened. >> prosecutor? >> viviana tooley, she was beautiful. david goodell took her life. because he could, because she simply dared to want a life apart from him. there is no good in this man. there is no remorse in this man. he strangled her. when he strangled her, he intended to kill her.

That, i guess to not make her look dead, make her look more alive, i don't know. >> goodell eventually pulled over and cut his wrists in an apparent suicide attempt. at some point he says he stumbled out of the car. >> next thing you know i woke up in a pool of blood with a cop saying, hey, buddy, hey, buddy. i was like, oh, [ bleep ]. i got up and jumped in the car and tried to run the cop over. so he jumped out the way and i started pushing the police cruiser backwards so he couldn't get in the car and chase me. so i started pushing the car. >> goodell then led police on a high speed chase. ...

Terrorized by the thoughts. they haunted me. that's exactly what she wants to hear. that's what the judge wants to hear. that's what everybody wants to hear. >> i'm sorry for what i did. >> that's what i'm going to tell her. my plea is open from 30 to 45. so if there's any type of way i can weasel my way out of a year or two, it's worth it. and if it doesn't work out, i tried. coming up -- >> three times, put your jump suit on. >> rendell maldonado is on the move again. and later, david goodell stands before the judge and his victim's family. to steam cleaners, keyboard vacuums and microfibe...