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"It was basically a death sentence for a juvenile with no parole"

SHE WAS SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR HER ROLE IN A BRUTAL DOUBLE MURDER--

WHY A NEW DECISION BY THE SUPREME COURT COULD CHANGE A YOUNG WOMAN'S FATE.

41:01 he was ready to go and said- well, i'm going to have to tie up your wife and i said no- no way."

SHAKEN UP BUT OKAY --

FRIGHTENING MOMENTS FOR A LEHIGH ACRES COUPLE

WHO WERE HELD AT KNIFE-POINT -- WHILE A ROBBER RANSACKED THEIR HOME.

REMEMBERING A HOUSEWIFE-TURNED-HUMORIST --

WE LOOK BACK AT THE LIFE AND LAUGHS OF THE COMIC LEGEND PHYLLIS DILLER.

HL 1) TOYE APPEAL-SOTTOPS-VO

HL 2) ELDERLY COUPLE HELD HOSTAGE-SOTVO

HL 3) PHYLLIS DILLER-VOTOPS

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

ASHLEY TOYE APPEAL-2SHOT(2)SS-VO-WIPE

A LANDMARK RULING BY THE U-S SUPREME COURT HAS THE POTENTIAL TO ALTER THE OUTCOME OF ONE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S MOST NOTORIOUS DOUBLE MURDERS.

ASHLEY TOYE -- A MEMBER OF THE SO-CALLED "CASH FEENZ" GANG -- IS SERVING TWO LIFE TERMS.

.FOR HER PART IN THE BRUTAL KIDNAPPING AND MURDERS OF ALEX AND JEFFREY SOSA BACK IN 2006.

THE TWO WERE FOUND DEAD AT A CAPE CORAL CONSTRUCTION SITE.

AFTER EVIDENCE SHOWED THEY WERE KIDNAPPED AND TORTURED.

TEN PEOPLE WERE CHARGED WITH THE CRIME -- INCLUDING TOYE --

ASHLEY TOYE APPEAL-SOTVO

"It's quite luck that she's just two weeks shy of her 18th birthday. That may upset some people but that's the law."

THE SUPREME COURT RULING AFFECTS THOSE YOUNGER THAN 18 AND THEIR SENTENCES.

BECAUSE TOYE WAS UNDER-AGE AT THE TIME -- THE SUPREME COURT'S DECISION

FM ELDERLY COUPLE HELD HOSTAGE-VO-WIPE

AWAKENED FROM SLEEP TO A REAL-LIFE NIGHTMARE-

EARLY SUNDAY MORNING, AN 83 YEAR-OLD, LEHIGH ACRES COUPLE WOKE UP TO A ROBBER IN THEIR BEDROOM.

JOAN AND JOHN PANKAVICH SAY THE CROOK HELD THEM AT KNIFE-POINT FOR 4 HOURS WHILE HE SEARCHED EACH ROOM FOR JEWELRY, CASH AND ELECTRONICS.

FM ELDERLY COUPLE HELD HOSTAGE-SOTVO

41:01 he was ready to go and said- well, i'm going to have to tie up your wife and i said no- no way."

AS SOON AS THE ROBBER GOT OUT OF THE CAR-

THE PANKAVICHES CALLED THE COPS.

STREET RACER ARREST-VO

A 22 YEAR OLD MAN IS IN JAIL AFTER 10 PEOPLE WERE HURT

IN A DRAG RACING CRASH SUNDAY MORNING.

POLICE BELIEVE 30 CARS WERE LINING A ROAD NEAR THE ORLANDO AIRPORT TO WATCH THE ILLEGAL RACE.

RONALD LASTRA IS FACING MORE THAN A 25-HUNDRED DOLLAR FINE FOR LEAVING THE SCENE OF AN ACCIDENT AND RECKLESS DRIVING.

BELL TOWER GUN-VO

A SUSPICIOUS LOOKING MAN WITH A LOADED GUN CAUSED A SCARE

AT THE BELL TOWER MOVIE THEATER.

MOVIE THEATER MANAGERS SAY 51 YEAR OLD KELLY HAIR

WAS WEARING A TRENCH COAT, SUNGLASSES AND A HAT YESTERDAY

AND NOTICED HE WAS ACTING STRANGLEY.

DETECTIVES SAY HAIR HAD A LOADED HANDGUN

WITH A VALID CONCEALED WEAPONS PERMIT.

DEPUTIES SAY THE SITUATION IS NOT UNDER INVESTIGATION

BECAUSE THERE WAS NO CRIME.

PROCTOR IN COURT-(2)SS

A JURY IS NOW IN PLACE IN A TRIAL FOR THE PRIME SUSPECT IN

THE DISAPPEARANCE OF A CAPE CORAL TEACHER.

THE TRIAL'S ABOUT A DIFFERENT CHARGE THOUGH.

DANIEL PROCTOR IS ACCUSED OF STEALING AN S-U-V AND A GUN IN MADISON COUNTY, ALABAMA.

HIS EX-WIFE AMY PATTERSON DISAPPEARED IN 2011.

INVESTIGATORS THINK SHE IS DEAD.

PROCTOR WAS CHARGED WITH ASSAULT AGAINST PATTERSON IN 1994 -- BUT HAS NOT BEEN CHARGED IN HER DISAPPERANCE.

ERNEST TORRES MURDER FOLO-VO-BNR

ABC-7 UNCOVERING NEW DETAILS INTO A GOLDEN GATE MAN KILLED BY A GUNSHOT TO THE HEAD WHILE HE WAS ASLEEP IN HIS BEDROOM.

ERNIE TORRES WAS ALLEGEDLY THREATENED BEFORE HE WAS KILLED EARLIER THIS MONTH.

COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW ABRAHAM ECKMAN -- A NEARBY NEIGHBOR -- WAS QUESTIONED IN RELATION TO THE CASE AND ARESSTED TWO DAYS LATER ON SEPARATE CHARGES.

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO SHOWS ECKMAN BEING QUESTIONED AT THE CRIME SCENE.

HE TOLD DEPUTIES HE HAD PREVIOUSLY FOUGHT WITH TORRES OVER A RELATIONSHIP TORRES WAS HAVING WITH THE MOTHER OF ECKMAN'S CHILD.

INVESTIGATORS WON'T CONFIRM IF THEY HAVE RECOVERED THE MURDER WEAPON-- OR IF ECKMAN IS EVEN LINKED TO THE CRIME.

NAPLES VACANT HOUSE FIRE-VO-WIPE

FIRE DESTORYED ANOTHER FORECLOSED HOME -- THIS TIME IN NAPLES PARK.

FIREFIGHTERS TELL US THE HOUSE ALONG 96TH AVENUE IS A COMPLETE LOSS.

FLAMES TORE THROUGH THE SINGLE FAMILY HOME EARLY THIS MORNING.

NEIGHBORS TELL US THE FAMILY WHO LIVED THERE WAS FORCED OUT BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T PAY THE MORTGAGE.

NAPLES VACANT HOUSE FIRE-SOTVO

"what is or isn't being stored inside the house, what's not, do you have squatters in the house?"

INVESTIGATORS TOLD ABC7 THE SPARK MOST LIKELY STARTED IN THE ATTIC.

NEW FM CITY CURFEW-ONCAM

NEW RIGHT NOW--

FORT MYERS CITY COUNCIL HAS PASSED AN ORDINANCE FOR A NEW CURFEW.

IT'LL START IN 30-DAYS.

CHILDREN UNDER 18 WILL NO LONGER BE ALLOWED IN PUBLIC BY THEMSELVES AFTER NINE O'CLOCK ON WEEK NIGHTS-- AND 11 O'CLOCK ON WEEKEND NIGHTS.

THE CITY WILL TEST THE NEW CURFEW FOR SEVEN MONTHS, THEN MAKE ANY NECESSARY CHANGES.

YVYV 2012 OPEN-CLIP

AKIN RAPE ABORTION APOLOGY-OC-(2)SOTVO

THE G-O-P IS TRYING TO RECOVER FROM THE EMBARASSMENT CAUSED BY COMMENTS FROM REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN TODD AKIN'S ON RAPE AND ABORTION.

AKIN SOT:

"It seems to me.first of all.from what I understand from doctors.that'

s really rare.if it's a legitimate rape.the female body has ways to try

and shut that whole thing down."8

OBAMA SOT:

The views expressed were offensive. Rape is rape. And the idea that we should be parsing and qualifying and slicing what types of rape we're talking about doesn't make sense

AKIN IS RUNNING FOR U-S SENATE IN MISSOURI.

THAT COMMENT IS NOW GIVING HIS DEMOCRATIC OPPONENT -- SENATOR CLAIRE MCCASKILL -- WHO PREVIOUSLY TRAILED IN THE POLLS A BOOST.

IT COULD AFFECT REPUBLICANS' CHANCES OF TAKING CONTROL OF THE SENATE.

IMPORTANCE OF FLORIDA IN ELECTION-VO-WIPE

SOME POLITICAL EXPERTS SAY FLORIDA IS NOT JUST *A* SWING STATE IN NOVEMBER.

IT IS *THE* SWING STATE OF THIS YEAR'S PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

HERE'S PROOF-- CAMPAIGNS AND SUPER PACS HAVE ALREADY

SPENT MORE THAN 60-MILLION DOLLARS IN ADVERTISING IN FLORIDA.

THE STATE'S LEADING POLITICAL EXPERT SPOKE AT HARBORSIDE EVENT CENTER IN FORT MYERS TODAY.

DOCTOR SUSAN MACMANUS FROM U-S-F ADMITS MEDICARE IS GETTING THE HEADLINES NOW --

BUT SHE SAYS THE ECONOMY WILL ULTIMATELY DECIDE THE ELECTION.

IMPORTANCE OF FLORIDA IN ELECTION-SOTVO

"It's certainly always said that Republicans have to win Florida they absolutely must win Florida or they can't win the White House. But now it's become increasingly important for Democrats because the President is trailing in some states that he won in 2008."

THIS YEAR, FLORIDA HAS MORE POLITICAL POWER THAN EVER BEFORE.

DNC SPEAKERS-VO

THE LINE-UP OF HIGH PROFILE SPEAKERS IS GROWING FOR THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

CHICAGO MAYOR, AND FORMER WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF, RAHM EMANUEL WILL SPEAK AT THE CONVENTION IN CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA.

SO HAS MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR AND 2004 PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE JOHN KERRY --

AS WELL AS FORMER VIRGINIA GOVERNOR TIM KAINE -- WHO'S RUNNING FOR THE U-S SENATE.

RNC STAGE UNVEILED-VO

WE SAW THE ELABORATE STAGE FOR THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION

FOR THE FIRST TIME TODAY.

13 OVERLAPPING HIGH-RESOLUTION L-E-D SCREENS WILL SERVE

AS THE BACKDROP WHERE MITT ROMNEY WILL ACCEPT HIS PARTY'S NOMINATION.

MORE THAN 50-THOUSAND PEOPLE ARE EXPECTED FOR THE CONVENTION

IN TAMPA NEXT WEEK-- INCLUDING ABC-7.

WE'LL BE BRINGING YOU LIVE UPDATES FROM THE CONVENTION

EDISON STATE DORMS-SOT-VO-WIPE

IT'S THE START OF A NEW ERA FOR EDISON STATE COLLEGE.

THE SCHOOL'S FIRST EVER DORMS ARE NOW HOME TO HUNDREDS

OF STUDENTS ON THE LEE CAMPUS.

They're beautiful. The campus is nice. I like the way they did the dorms, the set up.

WITH 325 NEW NEIGHBORS -- SOME BUSINESSES

SAY THE AREA MAY SEE A BIG BOOM.

BED BATH AND BEYOND IS OFFERING DISCOUNT COUPONS

EDISON STATE DORMS-SOTVO

It's a huge business opportunity for us. I mean yea that's our program that's the type of product we have coming in this time of year so it's definitely a huge business for us.

SHOP MANAGERS SAY THEY WANT STUDENTS TO KNOW WHERE TO FIND THEM.

NEXT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE------------

-hayes-"it was built, it was done. We just had to put up a net. We built one court and the city kind of shut us down."

THE SAND IS IN PLACE -- ALL THAT'S MISSING IS A NET AND THE PLAYERS!

WHY THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL SHUT DOWN THE PLANS FOR A VOLLEYBALL

COURT THAT WAS ALREADY IN THE WORKS. --PLUS--

it still has the bullet holes in the back of the chair."

A CHILLING REMINDER OF THE LONGEST GUN BATTLE IN F-B-I HISTORY.

WHERE THIS FLORIDA HOUSE THAT WAS ONCE HOME TO

NOTORIOUS GANGSTERS IS NOW UP FOR SALE.

TZ1 LEAPIN LIZARDS VOLLEYBALL-SOTVOTOPS-WIPE

TZ1 GANGSTER HOUSE FOR SALE-SOTVO

LEAPIN LIZARDS VOLLEYBALL COURT-VO-WIPE

IT'S GAME OVER -

THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL SCRAPPED PLANS TO BUILD A SAND VOLLEYBALL COURT.

THE FORT MYERS BEACH VOLLEYBALL CLUB WANTED TO OPEN A SAND VOLLEYBALL COURT ON AN EMPTY LOT LEASED BY LEAPIN' LIZARDS OFF OF CAPE CORAL PARKWAY.

THEY GOT 400 TONS OF SAND DELIVERED TO THE SITE.

BUT THE COURT NEVER OPENED.

LEAPIN LIZARDS VOLLEYBALL COURT-SOTVO

-Mary Ann Evans/Owner, Leapin' Lizards-"it would have been easy access, play and while here buy groceries, gas, bring biz to downtown."

DOWNTOWN CAPE REZONING-VO-WIPE

IN AN EFFORT TO BRING MORE BUSINESS DOWNTOWN --

THE CITY OF CAPE CORAL IS REVISING ITS LAND USE AND DEVELOPMENT REGULATIONS.

TONIGHT, COUNCIL WILL HOLD ONE OF TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS TO DISCUSS MAKING THE ZONING CHANGES.

DOWNTOWN CAPE REZONING-SOTVO

-John Jacobsen/CRA

John jacobsen/CRA-"so that's the companion piece to this ordinance. Here's the new regulations now were going to apply it to the 3 downtown zoning districts."

PHYLLIS DILLER DIES-VO-WIPE

THE ENTERTAINMENT WORLD IS REMEMBERING COMEDIAN PHYLLIS DILLER TONIGHT.

HER FAMILY SAYS SHE DIED THIS MORNING IN HER SLEEP AT THE AGE OF 95.

WITH HER WILD HAIR -- OVERDONE COSTUMES AND SELF DEPRECATING HUMOR --

DILLER WAS THE QUEEN OF STAND UP COMEDY.

IT WASN'T UNTIL SHE WAS 38 -- MARRIED -- AND A MOTHER OF FIVE THAT SHE DECIDED TO BECOME A PROFESSIONAL COMEDIAN.

DILLER WAS A STAPLE ON TELEVISION AND IN MOVIES FROM THE 1950S UNTIL HER RETIREMENT IN 2002.

PHYLLIS DILLER SOUND-(4)SOTTOPS

"Love to go to the doctor.oh.where else would a man look at me and say take off your clothes.laughter 4"

"You sure you're a marriage counselor.of course don't I have a sympathetic face.your face has my sympathy.laughter"

"I was the world's ugliest baby.when I was born the doctor slapped everbody.3"

It's the same year after year.they come they eat they leave.that's our

WEATHER-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

STORMS FOR TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY

We've started the week on a great note. Blue skies, sunshine, and most of us didn't see a drop of rain.

Tuesday and Wednesday - we won't be as lucky. A feed of tropical moisture is set to push over, and that means slightly more cloud cover and definitely better rain chances.

They'll be very isolated during the day, but become scattered around the late afternoon to early evening. Heavy rains, gusty winds, and frequent lightning will be possible with any storm cell that blossoms.

Thursday through Saturday we'll see benign conditions. Winds will be from the east, and that will help pin the sea breeze along I-75. Do plan on isolated storms during the afternoon. Highs will be in the lower to mid 90s.

Very typical for August.

Our big concern for this week lies in the tropics. There's a tropical wave 1000 miles east of the Lesser Antilles, and the National Hurricane Center has given it an 80% chance of strengthening into a tropical cyclone over the next day or so.

All models have it pushing west and encountering a ripe atmosphere. It's going to strengthen for sure, but the intensity forecast has yet to be deteremined. We need it to form first.

Models diverge around Saturday to Monday with the track of the wave. Some take it into the Caribbean and others take it into south Florida.

MATANZAS PASS DREDGING-TRX-SOTTOPS-YC-MON-VO-WIPE

4058 ever since tropical storm debby it has really filled in nearly half the channel is unnavigable

AND IT'S A DANGEROUS PROBLEM FOR BOATERS.

ONE OF SOUTHWEST FLORIDA'S BUSIEST CHANNELS HAS BECOME

SO FILLED WITH SAND--FEDERAL OFFICIALS ARE NOW FORCED TO STEP IN.

AT BOWDITCH POINT -- THE NORTHERN TIP OF ESTERO ISLAND --

MATANZAS PASS DREDGING-SOTVO

44:47 you will run aground if you draw any more than three feet of water it's that shallow, it is definitely a danger for someone without local knowledge 44:57

GANGSTER HOUSE FOR SALE-VO-WIPE

A NOTORIOUS GANGSTER HOUSE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA IS GOING ON THE MARKET.

THE HOME OF MA BARKER AND HER SON FRED IN MARION COUNTY WAS THE SITE OF THE LONGEST GUN BATTLE IN F-B-I HISTORY--

EVEN INSPIRING A HOLLYWOOD MOVIE.

IN 1935, THE MOTHER AND SON EXCHANGED FIRE WITH POLICE.

MORE THAN 15-HUNDRED ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION POURED INTO THE HOUSE FOR SIX HOURS.

GANGSTER HOUSE FOR SALE-SOTVO

Two people were shot to death inside this house-- is that at all a concern of yours, you're trying to sell this house. ya know, some might think it kinda gives them the heebie-jeebies?"

"That's entirely possible and some folks might have difficulty in staying in the house. We're marketing the historical value of the house."

BEST PLACE TO LIVE-VO

THERE'S A LOT TO CONSIDER WHEN CHOOSING THE PERFECT PLACE TO SETTLE DOWN.

TONIGHT - MONEY IS OUT WITH ITS NEW LIST OF THE BEST PLACES TO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES.

AND NUMBER ONE MIGHT SURPRISE YOU.

TOPPING THE LIST IS THE TOWN OF CARMEL, INDIANA, WHERE THE MEDIAN FAMILY INCOME IS MORE THAN ONE-HUNDRED-TWENTY-THOUSAND-DOLLARS.

THE CITY'S BUSINESS DISTRICT NOW HAS THE SECOND-LARGEST CONCENTRATION OF OFFICE WORKERS IN THE STATE.

ITS UNEMPLOYMENT RATE IS JUST MORE THAN HALF THE NATIONAL AVERAGE.

OTHER TOP FINISHERS INCLUDE MCKINNEY, TEXAS.

EDEN PRAIRIE, MINNESOTA.

DIANA NYAD CUBA TO FL SWIM-VO-WIPE

THE JOURNEY IS WELL UNDERWAY FOR AMERICAN SWIMMER DIANA NYAD, WHO'S HOPING THE FOURTH TIME IS THE CHARM.

IF HER PACE HOLDS STEADY, NYAD'S 103-MILE SWIM FROM CUBA TO FLORIDA SHOULD TAKE AT LEAST 60 HOURS.

SHE HOPES TO ARRIVE IN KEY WEST ON TUESDAY OR WEDNESDAY.

THIS IS HER FOURTH TRY.

SHE HAD TO STOP THE FIRST HREE TIMES.

DIANA NYAD CUBA TO FL SWIM-SOTVO

She is the ultimate in terms of quest for adventure, trying something that

hasn't been done. / She tried 2 times last year, she tried once in 1970s.

here she is again. one more time in a week of her 63rd birthday. it doesn'

t get much better than that.

TO EASE THE MONOTONY OF THE SWIM NYAD SAYS SHE SINGS SILENTLY FROM A MENTAL

PLAYLIST OF ABOUT 65 SONGS.

SPORTS TOSS-POP EST

TEASE THREE-POP

LET'S TALK SOME FOOTBALL. FLORIDA GATORS FIRST GAME IN TWO WEEKS. STILL NO QB. THE DOLPHINS FOUND THEIR QB.

TZ3 SPORTS-VO-DISS

STOCKS MARKET CLOSING-CGTOPS

TONIGHT AT 11 OPEN-CLIP

11PM TZ1) IPHONE SALE-VOTOPS-WIPE

ALL NEW TONIGHT AT 11,

WE COULD SEE A NEW I-PHONE ON STORE SHELVES BEFORE THE END OF THE YEAR --

SO WHAT DO YOU DO WITH YOUR CURRENT PHONE?

11PM TZ2) VALEDICTORIAN DENIED-VOTOPS

AT SCHOOL WE ARE TAUGHT *NOT TO CURSE --

BUT ONE STUDENT IS FORCED TO RE-LEARN THAT LESSON MOMENTS BEFORE SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO GET HER DIPLOMA.

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

AUGUSTA NATIONAL-SOTTOPS

AUGUSTA NATIONAL-POPMON

AUGUSTA NATIONAL-VOTOPS

FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE. CONDOLEEZA RICE AND SOUTH CAROLINA FINANCIER. DARLA MOORE. WILL BE THE FIRST TWO WOMEN TO WEAR THE FAMOUS. GREEN JACKET.

WITH THE ADDITION OF FEMALE MEMBERS. THE EXPOSURE GROWS.

WE SPOKE TO CARI PHOENIX. THE HEAD PRO AT FORT MYERS COUNTRY CLUB.

AUGUSTA NATIONAL-SOTTOPS

RYAN TANNEHILL-POMON

RYAN TANNEHILL-VOTOPS

MIAMI IS HOPING THE REVOLVING DOOR. AT QUARTERBACK HAS COME TO AN END.

TODAY THE FINS NAMED ROOKIE QB. RYAN TANNEHILL THE OPENING DAY STARTER.

RYAN TANNEHILL-SOTTOPS

FLORIDA GATORS-VOTTOPS

SUMMER CAMP IS OFFICALLY OVER FOR THE FLORIDA GATORS. BUT SEVERAL QUESTIONS STILL REMAIN.

TODAY HEAD COACH WILL MUSCHAMP. SAID JEFF DRISKEL AND JACOBY BRISSETT. ARE 50-50 AT THE QUARTERBACK SPOT.

FLORIDA GATORS-SOTTOPS

ROGER CLEMENS-VOTOPS

7-TIME CY YOUNG AWARD WINNER. ROGER CLEMENS IS COMING BACK. BUT IT'S NOT TO THE MAJOR LEAGUES.

NO. THE SUGARLAND SKEETERS. THE WHO.

THE SKEETERS ARE IN THE INDEPENDENT LEAGUE.

CARL CRAWFORD-VOTOPS

THIS HAS NOT BEEN A GOOD YEAR FOR CARL CRAWFORD. HE'S BEEN ON THE DL FOR MOST OF THE YEAR.

AND THE RED SOX HAVE UNDERACHIEVED.

YESTERDAY. IT WAS REVEALED THAT HE WOULD UNDERGO TOMMY JOHN SURGERY. EFFECTIVELY ENDING HIS SEASON.

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