WAS
WAS BROUGHT IN FOR QUESTIONING ABOUT THE SUSPICIOUS
DEATHS OF TWO
PEOPLE IN ALLEGANY
COUNTY... HAS NOW
BEEN CHARGED WITH
THEIR MURDERS.
GOOD EVENING, I'M
SCOTT LEVIN.
AND I'M MARYALICE
DEMLER.
STATE POLICE LEAD AN
HOURS-LONG SEARCH
YESTERDAY TO FIND
WILLIAM LARSON
JUNIOR... WHEN TWO
BODIES WERE FOUND
IN A HOME AFTER A
FIRE.
AND NEW INFORMATION
INTO OUR NEWSROOM
LATE THIS
AFTERNOON... SAYS
THOSE PEOPLE WERE
KILLED OVER TWO
WEEKS AGO.
2 ON YOUR SIDE'S DAVE
MCKINLEY HAS BEEN
COVERING THE CASE
FOR THE LAST FEW
DAYS... AND JOINS US
FROM CLARKSVILLE
WITH THE LATEST
DEVELOPMENTS...
WHICH YOU'LL SEE
ONLY ON 2.
DAVE?
DAVE?
WITH
WITH POLICE ABOUT FINISHED WITH THEIR WORK THE NORMAL
QUIET OF THIS AREA
WILL SOON RETURN BUT
IT WILL NEVER BE THE
SAME FOR SOMEONE
WHO KNEW BOTH THE
VICTIMS, AND THE
PERSON ACCUSED OF A
HORRIBLE CRIME
" THIS LAST MONTH BILL
JUNIOR SOMETHING
SNAPPED IN HIM HE
STARTED ACTING WEIRD"
BRUCE HITCHCOCK
RENTED HIS HOME
FROM BILL LARSON
SENIOR AND HIS WIFE
LISA, WHO LIVED AT THIS
HOUSE ABOUT A
QUARTER MILE UP
COURTNEY HOLLOW
ROAD WITH THEIR 17-
YEAR-OLD SON WILLIAM
JUNIOR WHO
HITCHCOCK DESCRIBED
AS A NORMALLY
HELPFUL AND POLITE
TEEN BUT WHO ABOUT A
MONTH AGO BEGAN TO
ACT STRANGELY AND
THAT HIS MOTHER WAS
WORRIED
" YEAH HE DID. HE
DROPPED OUT OF
SCHOOL HE STARTED
STAYING UP ALL NIGHT
HE STARTED SLEEPING
IN THEIR VEHICLES
INSTEAD OF INSIDE THE
HOUSE THAT'S WHAT
SHE WAS TELLING ME
AND THAT SHE HAD
COME OUT A COUPLE OF
TIMES AT FIVE OR SIX IN
THE MORNING TO GO TO
WORK AND SHE WOULD
FIND HIM SLEEPING IN
THE TRUCK OR
WHATEVER JUST ODD
BEHAVIOR LIKE THAT."
LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT
FIREFIGHTERS
RESPONDED HERE TO
EXTINGUISH A SMALL
BLAZE AND DISCOVERED
TWO BODIES.
ACCORDING TO POLICE
17-YEAR-OLD WILLIAM
JUNIOR WAS THERE
WHEN FIREFIGHTERS
ARRIVED, BUT LEFT,
PROMPTING AND ALL
DAY MANHUNT WHICH
CONCLUDED IN HIM
BEING TAKEN INTO
CUSTODY LATE
THURSDAY AND
CHARGED WITH TWO
COUNTS OF MURDER
AND MANSLAUGHTER
NOW, COURT
DOCUMENTS OBTAINED
BY TWO ON YOUR SIDE
INDICATE THAT LARSON
ALLEGEDLY CONFESSED
TO POLICE THAT HE
SHOT THE VICTIMS,
PRESUME TO BE HIS
PARENTS, WITH A RIFLE
IN THE DRIVEWAY AT
ABOUT NOON ON
NOVEMBER 5 MORE
THAN TWO WEEKS
BEFORE THEIR BODIES
WERE FOUND.
HITCHCOCK RECALLS
THE LAST TIME HE
SPOKE TO MRS. LARSON
WAS THE DAY BEFORE
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4
".. AND THAT DAY SHE
WAS WORRIED"
AND THAT THE LAST
TIME I SPOKE WITH BILL
JUNIOR WAS THIS PAST
TUESDAY THE DAY
BEFORE THE BODIES
WERE DISCOVERED
WHEN HE CAME TO ASK
IF HE HAD SOME BREAD
THAT HE COULD TAKE
HOME AND EAT
" AND THERE WAS
SOMETHING WRONG
WHEN I ASKED HIM IF
EVERYTHING WAS ALL
RIGHT UP THERE, AND
HE SAID LIKE I WAS
SAYING BEFORE JUST
DUCKY AND GOT INTO
HIS VEHICLE AND LEFT
WE ALL KNEW
SOMETHING WAS
WRONG...AND SHE DID
TO ...DID I THINK HE WAS
GOING TO KILL HIS MOM
AND DAD? NO, BUT I DID
THINK SOMETHING"
LARSON WAS
ARRAIGNED IN
ALLEGHENY COUNTY
ALLEGHENY COUNTY
COURT
COURT WHERE A JUDGE SET BAIL OF $50,000 CASH OR $100,000 BOND.
HE'S BEING HELD IN A
YOUTH FACILITY IN ERIE
COUNTY. IN
CLARKESVILLE DAVE
MCKINLEY CHANNEL 2
NEWS
NEWS
NEWS "SCOTT: LOCAL DEFENSE
ATTORNEY, TOM EOANNOU JOINS US IN
STUDIO. TOM, THIS IS A
17-YEAR-OLD THAT IS
CHARGED WITH SOME
PRETTY SERIOUS
CRIMES TODAY.
TOM: YES, CHARGED
WITH MURDER IN THE
SECOND DEGREE,
WHICH CARRIES A LIFE
SENTENCE AND
MANSLAUGHTER, WHICH
HAS A MAXIMUM
SENTENCE OF 25 YEARS.
SL: TELL ME ABOUT THE
BAIL. HE'S BEING HELD
ON $50,000 TO $100,000.
IS IT LIKELY THAT HE
WILL GET OUT, PENDING
THESE CHARGES?
TE: BAIL UNDER NYS LAW
IS NOT PREVENTATIVE.
IT'S NOT PUNITIVE. WHAT
IT IS, IS TO ASSURE
YOUR RETURN TO
COURT. UNDER THE
CRIMINAL JUSTICE
REFORM ACT, THAT'S
COMING IN IN JANUARY,
THEY WANT MORE
PEOPLE TO RELEASE.
THE JUDGE SET IT AT
$50,000 CASH, $100,000
BOND. WHICH IS
REASONABLE BAIL IN
LIGHT OF THE NEW
DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
LAW.
SL: NOW, THE POLICE
WERE JUST SEARCHING
FOR HIM 24 HOURS AGO,
AND THEY DID FIND HIM.
THESE CHARGES CAME
RATHER QUICKLY. THE
MUST... WHAT DOES
THAT SAY TO YOU?
TE: IT MEANS, IT MEANS
TO ME THAT THERE WAS
PROBABLE CAUSE TO
MAKE AN ARREST
ALMOST IMMEDIATELY. I
KNOW HE WAS SEEN AT
THE SCENE, POLICE
MUST HAVE HAD MORE
AND THE ARREST WAS
DONE CORRECT.
SL: WHAT DOES IT MEAN
THAT HE'S 17-YEARS-
OLD? DOES THAT
COMPLICATE THAT FOR
THE PROSECUTORS? OR
IS IT GOING TO CHILD
COURT?
TE: NO, IT
. UNDER THE MURDER
STATUTE, YOU ARE NOT
YOUTHFUL OFFENDER
ELLIGIBLE.
SL: NO MATTER WHAT?
TE: NO MATTER WHAT.
BUT HE'S CHARGED
WITH MURDER AND
MANSLAUGHTER. UNDER
THE MANSLAUGHTER
STATUTE, HE IS
YOUTHFUL OFFENDER
ELLIGIBLE. BUT AS A
YOUTHFUL OFFENDER,
MAXIMUM SENTENCE IS
1/3 TO 4. SO THAT IS NOT
GOING TO PLAY IN THIS
EQUATION.
SL: DO YOU SEE
ANYTHING UNUSUAL
THAT'S PLAYED OUT IN
THE LAST 24 HOURS?
TE: NOT AT ALL. IT'S A
CLASSIC ARREST OF A
YOUNG MAN WHO'S
BEING HELD WITHOUT-
WITH... UNABLE TO MAKE
BAIL AT THIS POINT.
SL: TOM EOANNOU. TOM,
GREAT TO SEE YOU.
TE: GOOD TO SEE YOU.
SL: APPRECIATE YOUR