(24 Mar 2010) HEADLINE: After 32 years, families vent anger at suspects
CAPTION: Relatives of five teens missing for more than 30 years came face to face with two men accused of burning the boys alive over an alleged drug theft. The victims'' families said one of the men they saw in court many knew and suspected all along. (March 24)
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THIRTY TWO YEARS HE''S SPENT FREE....A HANDCUFFED LEE EVANS STOOD IN FRONT OF A JUDGE AND CAME FACE TO FACE WITH THE FAMILIES OF THE FIVE MISSING TEENS HE''S ACCUSED OF MURDERING
(TERRY LAWSON/SISTER) "he lived free but my brother never became a father because of the actions of the defendants."
LEE EVANS AND ALLEGED ACCOMPLICE PHILANDER HAMPTON PLEAD NOT GUITY IN NEW JERSEY COURT WEDNESDAY....EVANS IS CHARGED WITH MURDERING FIVE TEENAGE BOYS BACK IN 1978....POLICE SAY EVANS AND HAMPTON LED THE BOYS TO AN ABANDONED BUILDING AND SET IT ON FIRE IN RETALIATION for THE BOYS STEALING SOME MARIJUANA.....THE THOUGHT THAT HER NEPHEW MIGHT HAVE BEEN BURNED ALIVE MAKES HELEN SIMMONS SHUDDER
(HELEN SIMMONS) "he''s pure evil"
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SIMMONS SAVED EVERY BIT OF NEWS OVER THE LAST THREE DECADES....IT''S ALL SHE HAS LEFT OF HER NEPHEW MICHAEL MCDOWELL.....SHE ONLY WISHES HER SISTER, MICHAEL''S MOTHER, WAS ALIVE TO SEE THIS DAY
(HELEN SIMMONS) "the stress of it all didn''t help her, so these are for her.....you don''t forget."
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SIMMONS SAYS SHE ALWAYS SUSPECTED EVANS WAS BEHIND HER NEPHEW''S DISAPPEARANCE.....BUT POLICE HAD NOT CONNECTED THE FIRE TO THE BOYS'' DISAPPEARANCES UNTIL RECENTLY....WHEN A WITNESS FINALLY CAME FORWARD THIRTY YEARS LATER......FOR THE FAMILIES, IT''S NOT QUITE CLOSURE.....BUT IT GIVES THEM HOPE TO MOVE ON.
(BONNY STANDUP) It was apparent none of the boys families had ever given up...the courtroom was packed with at least 50 people.....both suspects remain in jail with a 5 million dollar bond, Bonny Ghosh Associated Press."
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