Stephens posted video of the crime on his Facebook page, then in a series of other live videos, claimed to have killed others. “Some even said he should have killed me”.
A almost 48-hour multistate manhunt ended April 18 in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Facebook slaying suspect Steve Stephens was undone by a 20-piece Chicken McNuggets and an order of fries.
The company said it disabled Stephen’s account within 23 minutes of receiving the first report about the video of the fatal shooting and two hours after receiving any report.
Stephens is wanted for the Easter killing of 74-year-old Robert Godwin, Sr.
State Police in Erie say he was found with a self inflicted gunshot wound inside a white Ford Fusion. “I’ve got a lot of negative comments”.
“She’s the reason why this is about to happen to you”, Stephens said on a video posted on Facebook. Police caught up with him shortly after the exchange, and, following a brief chase, Stephens shot and killed himself, according to police.
Godwin’s sister said she feels, “Angry sometimes”, over Robert’s death and that she was hoping Stephens would be brought to justice.
“He just took his nuggets and said, ‘I have to go, ‘ and he drove off”, Sayers told The Times.
By the time he pulled out of the driveway and onto Buffalo Road, state police were behind him, DuCharme said. Stephens’ photo had gone up on billboards and more than 400 tips had poured in before the suspect was spotted in Pennsylvania.
After the Godwin shooting, Green said she called her son, whom she described as calm.
Baines told ABC News that she will always remember the video “because I saw the fear in my father’s eyes”.
Steve Stephens was accused of shooting Robert Godwin Sr., 74, on a sidewalk on Sunday before fleeing in a vehicle and uploading a video of the murder to Facebook, becoming the focus of a nationwide manhunt.