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Another week of college football has sadly come and gone.

A West Union man has been arrested early today (Tuesday, June 1), for an outstanding warrant.

>> they were absolute barbarians. they should have been burned alive. all three of them. and i make no bones about it. and they say, let he who has no sin cast the first stone. let me tell you, i would have no problem casting all the stones. >> robert messer was tried and convicted of manslaughter and sentenced to 15 years. isac brown was convicted of five counts, including second-degree murder. luis caballero was convicted of kidnapping and murder, and he now sits on death row. >> i thanked god for forensic science. and thank god for the men and women who donate their time to study it. to bri...

But when dna results came back only one of the three, luis caballero, was tied to the sexual assault. based on the forensic evidence and witness interrogations, investigators believe that caballero planned the attack on an afternoon when denise was doing her laundry. when no one was around, he grabbed her -- and forced her into his apartment. and with isac brown's help gagged and tied her up. he took her atm card and forced her to divulge her p.i.n. number. caballero then left to get some money and on the way back picked up robert messer.

Robert messer. >> 20-year-old robert messer's fingerprints were on file. >> voila. lo and behold, there was mr. messer's prints on some of the items in the trunk of denise's car. >> when police arrested messer, he, too, denied any involvement in the murder. >> robert messer told me, i didn't kill her. i'll tell you what happened. i was there. >> messer said he did nothing. but that caballero and brown were both involved. messer said he was in caballero's living room when caballero and brown raped and murdered denise o'neill in the bedroom. >> i sat there with my fingers in my ears. the tv was ...