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  • Teen's camcorder records his death (camcorder recorded his own murder)

    09/30/2005 7:00:25 PM PDT · by indcons · 10 replies · 1,084+ views
    cnn.com ^ | September 30, 2005 | AP
    LA CROSSE, Wisconsin (AP) -- Seth Hammes was filming in the woods when his camcorder recorded the crack of gunshots, the 17-year-old's screams and the voice of the alleged shooter, promising help that never came. Authorities say they might never have learned what happened to Hammes, who later died in the woods. "But right next to him was the videotape," Monroe County Sheriff Pete Quirin said Thursday. "That's when we knew we had a homicide on our hands." After viewing and listening to the tape, police tracked down 24-year-old Russell Schroeder, who now faces charges of reckless homicide and reckless...
  • Teen With Camcorder Captures His Own Killing On Tape

    09/30/2005 4:55:13 AM PDT · by lunarbicep · 112 replies · 4,184+ views
    LA CROSSE, Wis. -- Friends and relatives have said their final goodbyes to Wisconsin high school senior Seth Hammes. Hammes, 17, was out using his camcorder as he explored the woods near Little Falls, Wis., last Saturday when the camera ended up recording his own fatal shooting. After searchers found his body that night, investigators ran the videotape, which had captured the crack of gunshots, the teen's screams and the voice of the shooter, promising help that never came. Police said the camcorder was the key to catching the man now charged with reckless homicide, 24-year-old Russell Schroeder. He told...