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I'd just like, you know -- what i did was unforgivable. i'm not asking for forgiveness. i just hope what happens here today brings them some type of closure and i really am sorry about what happened. >> okay. prosecutor? >> thank you, your honor. viviana tooley was young. 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. he is purely, instantly, a

I go home. >> at the time of the murder, goodell was living in a halfway house as part of his parole. he had just been released from prison where he was serving a two-year sentence for assaulting another girlfriend. according to her family, viviana was distancing herself from goodell. >> i knew i was going to kill her but i didn't know how. before i left the halfway house, i told one of my roommates, i said watch the news, bro, i'm going to be on it tomorrow, i'm going to kill this bitch. >> goodell escaped the halfway house by faking a seizure. he was taken to the hospital, but soon after snu...

>> when he left the unit, you heard them banging on the cells and everything. that's just because that's their need or want to be around him. >> that's the reason right here. this is the reason right here. >> i got nothing to do with that. >> yes, you do. >> they're grown ass men. [ bleep ]. >> okay. >> one of maldanado's co-defendants and another alleged member of the bloods, jesus henrique-marte. he's also on the move. after serving time in segregation for jamming the lock on his food court, he has been assigned to a new cell with an admitted member of the gang, david goodell. >> did you kno...

He's remanded back to the -- >> goodell will now return to the county jail until the details of his transfer to the state prison are finalized. he claims to be looking forward to that day. >> my homeys are going to be there. my family will come and see me. everything will be good. sit back, kickback, whatever. buy a little tv. go out in the yard. kick it with your homeys.

Including her mother and older sister, stella tooley. >> this is the matter of the state of new jersey versus david goodell. >> goodell has made a deal for no more than 45 years in prison. but his public defender will make the case for less time. >> judge, i'm sure there are a lot of people in this courtroom who consider mr. goodell to be the personification of evil, but i'm going to ask the court to consider the other side of mr. goodell. because when i look at this presentence report, i see a person who's never really had a chance in life. both of his parents were addicts, he didn't have the...