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time of the killings. cassidy stay meanwhile seems determined to remain positive. standing strong after such unimaginable loss. >> i know that my mom, dad, brian, emily, becca and zach are in a much better place, and that i'll be able to see them again one day. >> randi kaye, cnn new york. >> she's an extraordinary young woman. the gofundme page has been created to help cassidy. cassidy stay fund. you can find more information on our website. ac 360.com. her entire family killed. we'll be right back. i'm living the life of dreams, with good people all around me. i'm living the life of dreams. no! i'm living the life of dreams. i'm feeling hopefully. feeling quite hopefully, it's right up here, turn right, turn right. with good people all around me.
family just last week. wednesday afternoon, police say ronald haskell posing as a fedex delivery man, forced his way into the stays' texas home. haskell reportedly tied up cassidy and her family. police say he demanded to know the whereabouts of his ex-wife, cassidy's aunt. then he shot each family member twice, execution style. >> i have not seen a tragedy in one family this horrific. >> by the time the bullet stopped, cassidy's parents were dead, so were all four of her siblings, ages 4 to 13. cassidy had been shot too. in critical condition with a skull fracture, she played dead. after the killer left, cassidy somehow found the courage, having just seen her family murdered to call 911. cassidy told police haskell was heading to her grandparents home, giving them a description of his car.
>> she's an extraordinary young woman. the gofundme page has been created to help cassidy. you can find more information on our website. her entire family killed. we'll be right back. i'm living the life of dreams. no! i'm living the life of dreams. i'm feeling hopefully. feeling quite hopefully, it's right up here, turn right, turn right. with good people all around me. right, right, right, right, right! with good people all around me. ok look you guys, she's up here somewhere. with good people all around me. there she is! cara! come here girl! i'm feeling hopefully. and the light shines bright all through the night. oh i don't know it. and the light shines bright all through the night. yes, you do. and the light shines bright all through the night. 42. and the light shines bright all through the night. good job. and the light shines bright all through the night. and the light shines bright all through the night. and our dreams are making us nice stories. and my loves are well sleeping just right.
regular duty. he'll have a desk job in texas. an army spokesman said he won't be treated differently than any other soldier. the costa concordia floats again, two and a half years after sinking aground. it will be towed to land and broken up for scrap. 32 people were killed in that accident. the ship's captain is on trial for manslaughter. he denies any wrongdoing. and a simple inexpensive smell test might one day help detect early stages of alzheimer's disease. new research suggests that brain cells crucial to a person's sense of smell may be killed in the early stages of dementia. researchers warn that new work needs to be done, since a number of factors can impact your sense of smell. >> it would be incredible if they could find an early detection. days after watching a gunman execute her parents and siblings, cassidy spoke out for the first time quoting a character from harry potter.
crime and punishment tonight, the man accused of killing six members of a texas family in cold blood sits in jail charged with capital murder tonight. the sole survivor of the massacre, that's her. a 15-year-old, cassidy. she spoke publicly for the first time at a memorial service for her parents and siblings. imagine the strength to be able to do that, to attend the service at all after what she had been through. what she did in the moments after her family was killed was even more remarkable. she had been shot in the head, left for dead and saved other family members who were allegedly the gunman's next targets. >> i would like to thank all the first responders, nurses and doctors that have taken care of me. i'm feeling a lot better. and i'm on a very straightforward path to a full recovery. >> a full recovery. some at this memorial service might call that a miracle. considering what happened to 15-year-old cassidy stay and her
the chase ended with haskell in custody and cassidy's grandparents safe. >> without her courage and quick thinking, we might be mourning the deaths of 20 -- yes, i said 20 people today, including myself. and nearly all of our children and grandchildren. >> haskell and his ex-wife had lived in utah. this family photo is from haskell's facebook page. when the marriage fell apart, cassidy's mother reportedly brought cassidy's aunt, her sister to texas to start a new life. haskell's ex-wife filed this protective order against him. in court friday, haskell collapsed as details of the shooting were read. he has not yet entered a plea. we called his attorney, who says haskell seems to be suffering from mental illness. haskell has a history of it, and had been in and out of hospitals. and this interesting detail. his attorney told us that haskell was not taking his prescribed medication at the