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To the victors go the spoils. History repeats itself at this year's Boston Marathon.
A suspected serial killer is held in Massachusetts.
Tomorrow he heads to court just as an alleged victim is buried.
And in Los Angeles, a PR nightmare for the dream team, a formal apology in court.
Now, News Center 5 tonight with Chet Curtis and Natalie Jacobson.
Boston's grand annual test of endurance moves to phase two tonight as marathoners party into the night.
Tonight these runners share their tales, their times.
And maybe in some cases the phone number of a good orthopedic surgeon.
Good evening everyone, I'm Brian Leary. Chet and Natalie have the night off.
So full of tradition is this race that nothing seems to happen just once.
And so tonight the city salutes two winners who were saluted just a year ago.
Cosmas and Deddy and Uta Pipig today became the first men's and women's champions to repeat together.
And theirs was not the only finish line encore.
But now don't get the impression that last year's winners today hogged the stage.
One of Cosmas and Deddy's Kenyan countrymen saw to that.
He just passed the seven mile mark and he has opened up his way to about 150 yards.
For almost half the race, Barnabas Road Hitch played what's known in racing circles as the Rabbit,
a sprinter who hops in front of the camera but who rarely hops into the winner's circle.
Barnabas was no exception.
There's Cosmas and look where he is.
In time, back to back winner Cosmas and Deddy moved to the front pack and a few miles later made his move.
When I looked around the other guys, there were about five of us and they seemed strong.
So that's why I took the lead.
Uta Pipig too had some company for much of the race, but then about three quarters of the way into it,
experience and a little luck paid off.
All they lost their winner and Uta is going to take a big lead here.
And just as last year's champs were making their moves, a couple of other champs were finishing theirs.
Switzerland's Frans Nietlisbach easily won the men's wheelchair race and the extraordinary Jean Driscoll won her sixth straight in the women's division.
It's not getting old.
Making sure that the young tradition of playing the winner's anthem would include one song today anyway to which most of the crowd could sing along.
Although by this point, the marathon crowd could probably at least fake the words to the Kenyan anthem.
Ndedi pulled away from countryman Moses Tanui in the final three miles and raced home in 2.0922, his third straight.
And he says he's not stopping there.
I trust that next year I'm coming back and I will win again.
They love her. They've loved her. We've heard Uta, Uta all along the way.
And who'd be surprised if Uta Pipig would be right there with Ndedi.
She too breezed home, her mouth no doubt hurting from smiling, her feet hurting from a problem about which she can't explain and won't complain.
I feel that my bone hurt a lot and but come on it's not a big deal. I won this race and.
The marathon crowd surely has found some new favorites, new traditions to behold and admire like the remarkable devotion and spirit of the Hoyts.
The stunning longevity of Johnny Kelly. Traditions the new generation wants to keep going and going.
I'd like to be like Johnny Kelly. I would like to run as many, many times as possible.
Well, just just call these marathoners the ever ready athletes.
They just keep going and going and going. Witness the celebrations in Boston tonight.
We're new center five Steve Sprazier reports live now from downtown Steve.
Brian tonight is a night here in the alley off of Boylston Street for the runners to sit back, relax, check their official race results and perhaps tell a lie or two about the troubles they may have encountered when they ran the course earlier today.
Of course, earlier this afternoon, we did speak to some folks who had some real trouble as they ran the race.
Tonight, they're doing some marathon dancing. That is those who can still move.
Tonight, a lot of those who came in at the back of the pack are hurting.
Look a little tired my friend. Yes, I had a timbalo band syndrome. My knee blew out mile 17.
You made it through though. Yeah, this is the greatest race.
It's the greatest race ever. I'm not a runner. I'm flat footed. I have no arch, but I did it.
Others needed a bit more help at the massage table, which was better the race or the massage.
The best thing was seeing the finish line. That was the best part of the race was great. This massage speaker to for others. The pain was more mental.
My dad flew all the way out here from San Diego.
This first marathon.
He's lost 100 pounds. So I lost them though. I'm a little nervous.
I lost about the 10 mile mark. As others crossed the finish line, Courtney waited. Finally, about six o'clock.
Yes, that's him.
Woohoo.
First marathon. I'm really thrilled. I had a hamstring problem at Newton-Walsley, but licked it and made it all the way.
Passed up several rides too, and it was very tempting.
So even after a six hour finish, dad was a winner. Courtney's eyes.
How do we get this? Thank you.
And no matter who we talked to, whether they were injured or not, almost every one of them to a person said they can't wait to come back and run next year.
The 100th running of the Boston Marathon. They all want to be part of it.
With this live report from downtown Boston, I'm Steve Sprague of News Center 5 tonight. Brian?
All right, Steve. Thank you. Among the hundreds of stories of courage tonight is one that stands out.
The story of 28-year-old Matt Rivet of North Andover. We brought you Matt's story last week.
He's been training for months. Two 14-inch steel rods in his legs from a crippling car crash that left him in a coma and nearly killed him.
Doctors thought Matt would never walk again, but walk and run he did.
Today, the steel rods he calls his kickstands kicked in. He ran and finished the marathon in three hours and 30 minutes.
There's more marathon coverage ahead. Later, we'll hear from the top finishers and bring you a rundown of their times coming up in sports.
In other news tonight, there's just been a deadly jet crash in Alabama.
An Air Force jet went down just hours ago near Alexander City, Alabama, which is about 40 miles outside the capital of Montgomery.
The Air Force says it was a C-21 jet, more commonly referred to as a Lear jet.
A local radio station says eight people were killed. It's not known yet if anyone on the ground was hit.
The jet crashed near a residential neighborhood but did not appear to strike any homes.
And in Plymouth, a Coast Guard helicopter crew had to test its skill today with an emergency landing on a rocky beach.
A Jayhawk helicopter from the Otis Air Force Base failed when its rotor blade tip came off mid-flight.
The chopper was forced to make an emergency landing at the bottom of 60-foot bluffs in Plymouth, just a few feet away from the rising tide.
The three crewmen were not hurt. The chopper was later picked up by a Navy helicopter.
A Levinster man will be arraigned tomorrow on a murder charge, as New Center 5 first reported.
Sources say Christopher Fletcher not only admits he killed Jane Salisbury of Lunenburg last week, but that he's killed several times before.
Today, David Boeri spoke with Fletcher's parents, who refuse to believe what they're hearing.
Christopher, as anybody knows, has had some problems throughout his life, but nothing violent or anything like that.
Even after their long ordeal with their son's criminal past, Dick Fletcher and his wife say they're stunned by the charge their son Christopher murdered 48-year-old Elizabeth Jane Salisbury last Thursday morning.
Yet investigators say he carefully planned the crime, and a source close to the investigation says Fletcher has admitted the murder.
I can't help but believe somehow there's got to be some drug related. I was tied into this whole thing somehow.
His father says Christopher Fletcher is mixed up with drugs. That's why his son and his son's girlfriend robbed his business last fall.
The arrest was part of a long record, including armed robbery in Florida and numerous parole violations.
That's the time after that break-in. That's what he said it was for drug money and whatnot.
Since that time, he's been on probation. He reports to a probation officer. He's been going to drug rehabilitation clinics and whatnot.
An investigator told News Center 5 that Fletcher is addicted to crack cocaine.
They believe he is the assailant who on Tuesday invaded a home on the same street his parents live.
A woman giving a description that matches his said she was raped while the assailant held an axe to her head.
Police investigating the murder tracked Fletcher after a surveillance tape at the bar where Jane Salisbury worked showed he was there near closing time on her last night.
Inside the Lemenster Barracks, we are told, Fletcher not only admitted to her murder, but told investigators about four other murders as well in Florida, Massachusetts, and perhaps New Hampshire too.
He will be arraigned tomorrow at the same time a funeral is scheduled for the woman he is charged with murdering.
For News Center 5 tonight, I'm David Bowary.
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Still to come, the dream team apologizes and Judge Edo gets irritated. A report from LA on the Simpson case.
Also, history comes alive on Patriot's Day in Lexington.
And the big question is, can we make it two beautiful days, Nero? Well, stay tuned. The complete forecast is coming up.
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Now, News Center 5 Tonight continues.
The legal marathon called the O.J. Simpson trial resumed today with Judge Ito indicating he wants to speed up the pace of the case.
The prosecution today used the newly discovered videotape to show criminalist Dennis Fung did receive a vial of Simpson's blood when he says he did.
Later, the defense took one last crack at Fung's credibility, and Attorney Robert Shapiro apologized for a remark he made about Fung while handing out fortune cookies last week.
Jerry Giordano has more now in today's testimony.
Did you do anything that could have caused the defendant's blood to show up in the Bronco?
No.
Did you do anything that could have caused Nicole Simpson's blood to show up in the Bronco?
No.
Or Ron Goldman's?
No. And with that, prosecuting attorney Hank Goldberg completed an exercise in damage control, attempting not only to restore the credibility of criminalist Dennis Fung,
but also by punching holes in defense contentions of a conspiracy against O.J. Simpson at the hands of the LAPD.
The most dramatic moment came this morning when this newly discovered videotape was shown.
It appears to be a gray analyzed evidence envelope.
This tape blows a big hole, and the defense has carefully laid theory that Simpson's blood was not given to investigators until the next day.
But there were more problems for the defense when this photograph was shown.
A close-up shot shows stains on the floorboard of the Ford Bronco. Stains defense attorneys had claimed were not there.
And finally, just before the end of court, defense attorney Barry Sheck got another crack at Fung in his recross examination, where Sheck suggested a cover-up.
In your testimony, sir, in the way you answered questions, have you ever tried to cover up mistakes that were made by yourself or others?
No.
The judge has not yet ruled whether Simpson can be present when Judge Ito questions individual jurors about allegations of possible juror misconduct.
I'm Jerry Giordano reporting in Los Angeles for ABC News.
One other note from Los Angeles. Simpson attorney Robert Shapiro made a public apology in court today.
Last week, while Dennis Fung was being grilled by the defense, Shapiro handed out fortune cookies to reporters and apparently joked about Fung's Chinese surname.
Today, Shapiro said he's sorry.
This morning, I privately apologized to Mr. Dennis Fung for some remarks that I made outside of court.
And I want to publicly apologize to him and to all my friends in the Asian American community.
Fung will be back for a ninth day of testimony tomorrow.
Stay with News Center 5 for continuing coverage of the Simpson trial.
And just ahead, we may be in for a marathon of sunshine.
The forecast is next. We'll be right back.
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In Lexington, the shot heard around the world 220 years ago was heard again this morning.
British Redcoats and Colonial Minutemen squared off in the Lexington green to reenact the battle that started the American Revolution in 1775.
Eight Minutemen were killed and ten others wounded that day.
Today, thousands came to celebrate Patriot Day and witness living history.
Well, whether you were out there for that or somewhere along the marathon route, what a day.
Oh, it's beautiful out there today. A lot of sunshine and blue skies, temperatures in the 50s.
Finally, all the clouds vanished. It was a little cool right along the coast.
But I think we're on a winning streak, at least through tomorrow.
So let's check it out as we look at Earth Watch.
A few clouds here in New England tonight coming down in the northwest of the airflow aloft.
Even a few spritzes of rain out around New York State, but no big deal.
Clouds tend to break apart, but more showers south of Chicago could be here for a late Wednesday and Wednesday night.
All right, let's check out some temperatures right now.
We can tell you in Boston at the present time as we go back to the other computer, you'll be able to see that readings are mostly in the 40s.
Forty-four in Boston, really not that cold. Forty-two in Portsmouth.
Forty-one in Falmouth. Forty now in the area of Worcester, the rest of New England.
Seeing clear to partly cloudy skies, temperatures are running in the 40s, 20 on top of Mount Washington.
Here's what's going on on the National Map. Finally, the old storm over the Maritimes has left.
High pressure building down from Canada is going to be our friend for tomorrow.
There is this wavy warm front off to the south from Ohio down through West Virginia.
On the other side, some warm and rather muggy air is going to try to make a run at us for Wednesday, so there will be a period of clouds and some showers.
This cold front will be approaching on Wednesday, but dying out as it moves into a big area of high pressure here in the East Coast, so it should be rather mild.
It's snowing now out around Denver, some pretty good thunderstorms around Oklahoma and Texas, but for the most part, that mess is going to stay west of us.
And more heavy rains in California. What a winter in spring they've been getting.
But for us for tomorrow, high pressure and control, inland temperatures tomorrow 62 to 68.
It will be cooler along the coast with an east wind.
Once again, this warm frontal zone will be advancing in here by tomorrow night with some clouds and maybe a few showers by Wednesday.
The forecast for Boston goes like this overnight. We're going to be dealing with partly cloudy skies, temperatures 28 to 38.
In tomorrow, a nice day. It will be partly sunny, 60 to 65 inland, 50s along the coast.
For tomorrow night, partly cloudy, lower 40s. Wednesday, it will be a lot of clouds around, maybe a few showers.
Temperatures between 62 and 66. And a quick look at the five-day forecast shows mild weather straight across the board with the sun returning here for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
So say goodbye to the cold weather, at least for now.
Good stretch for those of you that were inspired by today's marathon and want to train for next year.
Oh, absolutely. Get out there tomorrow.
I'm going to wait a while.
Yeah, me too.
All right, thanks, Mark. Coming up, entertaining the president.
A group of kids from Massachusetts puts on their Easter best to strut their stuff at the White House.