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in addition to the girls, there was one boy, warren glowatski. >> warren didn't know reena virk. had no reason to be angry with her. >> although, says rebecca godfrey, warren did have reason to be angry at somebody. >> his life was about as unstable as a life could be. his mother was an alcoholic and his father had moved to california so he was on his own. >> glowatski, he's 5'5", 130 pounds. >> john bond is an investigator with the victoria police department. bond says warren told him as reena virk was staggering across the bridge, he and nicole cook's best friend, kelly ellard,
in addition to the girls, there was one boy, warren glowatski. >> warren didn't know reena virk. had no reason to be angry with her. >> although, says rebecca godfrey, warren did have reason to be angry at somebody. >> his life was about as unstable as a life could be. his mother was an alcoholic and his father had moved to california so he was on his own. >> glowatski, he's 5'5", 130 pounds. >> john bond is an investigator with the victoria police department....
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coming up -- a decade after reena's murder, warren glowatski asks her parents for forgiveness. >> i really don't want to shake hands with my daughter's killer. [ male announcer ] to the 5:00 a.m. scholar. the two trains and a bus rider. the "i'll sleep when it's done" academic. for 80 years, we've been inspired by you.
coming up -- a decade after reena's murder, warren glowatski asks her parents for forgiveness. >> i really don't want to shake hands with my daughter's killer. [ male announcer ] to the 5:00 a.m. scholar. the two trains and a bus rider. the "i'll sleep when it's done" academic. for 80 years, we've been inspired by you.
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in addition to the girls, there was one boy, warren glowatski. >> warren didn't know reena virk. had no reason to be angry with her. >> although, says rebecca godfrey, warren did have reason to be angry at somebody. >> his life was about as unstable as a life could be. his mother was an alcoholic and his father had moved to california so he was on his own. >> glowatski, he's 5'5", 130 pounds. >> john bond is an investigator with the victoria police department. bond says warren told him as reena virk was staggering across the bridge, he and nicole cook's best friend, kelly ellard, followed her. >> ellard confronts her, if reena virk going to rat her out. >> no one can really say why kelly followed reena. was it to impress her friend nicole? was it a taste for violence that the fight had awakened? her background made what happened next hard to believe. >> she wasn't a troublemaker. she has a good family. her family always looked out for her. >> catherine murray the prosecutor in the trials that followed said warren testified that he and kelly continued to beat reena. >> and then th
in addition to the girls, there was one boy, warren glowatski. >> warren didn't know reena virk. had no reason to be angry with her. >> although, says rebecca godfrey, warren did have reason to be angry at somebody. >> his life was about as unstable as a life could be. his mother was an alcoholic and his father had moved to california so he was on his own. >> glowatski, he's 5'5", 130 pounds. >> john bond is an investigator with the victoria police department....
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. >> by the year 2000, the case was closed. 19-year-old warren glowatski and 17-year-old kelly ellard were both tried and convicted of second degree murder.
. >> by the year 2000, the case was closed. 19-year-old warren glowatski and 17-year-old kelly ellard were both tried and convicted of second degree murder.
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>> in 2007 with the support of the virks warren glowatski was released on supervised parole. warren now works in welding and construction. he lives in a supervised facility. he goes out to make speeches, though, to kids in schools and in prisons. he has to be home every evening, and he is re-evaluated every six months. >> he can't drink. he can't leave the province. he has to meet with a parole officer every week. >> but the ordeal still wasn't over for the virks. in 2008 the british columbia court of appeals ruled kelly ellard did not receive a fair trial because of what it called unfair questioning by the prosecution. kelly's latest conviction was overturned allowing the now 25-year-old a fourth trial. her case stands before the supreme court of canada to determine whether another trial is warranted. >> the system is granting her all these options where it's been dragged through the courts
>> in 2007 with the support of the virks warren glowatski was released on supervised parole. warren now works in welding and construction. he lives in a supervised facility. he goes out to make speeches, though, to kids in schools and in prisons. he has to be home every evening, and he is re-evaluated every six months. >> he can't drink. he can't leave the province. he has to meet with a parole officer every week. >> but the ordeal still wasn't over for the virks. in 2008 the...
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could be down between warren glowatski and kelly ellard and the jury is going to decide. >> but the jury did not decide. it was a mistrial after a hung jury. and in 2005 kelly ellard went back to court for a third time. catherine murray was the prosecutor for both the second and third trial. >> we have evidence from people
could be down between warren glowatski and kelly ellard and the jury is going to decide. >> but the jury did not decide. it was a mistrial after a hung jury. and in 2005 kelly ellard went back to court for a third time. catherine murray was the prosecutor for both the second and third trial. >> we have evidence from people
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. >> in 1998 kelly ellard and warren glowatski were charged with second degree murder. they would go on trial. but six girls who kicked and punched and pounded reena were convicted of assault and they received sentences of up to a year in juvenile detention. nicole cook, the girl who started the fight by stubbing out her cigarette on reena's forehead still feels that was a little too much. >> i'm not responsible for her death in any way, shape or form. i wasn't there. i didn't kill her. >> do you think she would have been murdered if the fight had never occurred? >> i don't know. maybe not. maybe. >> you have no responsibility for it? >> she didn't die as a result of that beating. >> did you start it all? >> some people would say that. yeah. >> all eight teens involved in that terrible night served time here at victoria's youth custody center.
. >> in 1998 kelly ellard and warren glowatski were charged with second degree murder. they would go on trial. but six girls who kicked and punched and pounded reena were convicted of assault and they received sentences of up to a year in juvenile detention. nicole cook, the girl who started the fight by stubbing out her cigarette on reena's forehead still feels that was a little too much. >> i'm not responsible for her death in any way, shape or form. i wasn't there. i didn't kill...