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List of Victims Linked to Murder Suspect John Eric Armstrong Continues to Grow

Aired April 14, 2000 - 9:21 a.m. ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

BILL HEMMER, CNN ANCHOR: A former U.S. sailor is expected to be arraigned today in Detroit on five charges of murder and three counts of attempted murder. Authorities say, the list of victims linked to the suspect John Eric Armstrong continues to grow.

Reporter Kevin Dies (ph) of our affiliate WDIV in Detroit has more now.

(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE)

KEVIN DIES, WDIV REPORTER (voice-over): Armstrong spent the day confessing to interrogators, who say he has broken down several times crying and is now asking for help with his problem, So far he admits to strangling 17 prostitutes and killing one with a pipe.

In Armstrong's confession, he says his naval career took him around the world, where he left a trail of bodies. The murders began in 1991 in North Carolina. He says he killed four people in the state of Washington between 1993 and the summer of '96. Then it was overseas to Thailand, Honolulu, Hong Kong, Singapore. He says he struck again in Virginia in 1998. in Detroit in 1999, Dearborn Heights this January, and finally three more times in Detroit last week.

So far, police have confirmed 10 of his 18 confessions.

ASST. CHIEF MARVIN WINKLER, DETROIT POLICE: Thank God we got this guy off the street. And that we're investigating it with all due diligence, but it is going to be a meticulous process in order to make sure that all of the court rules and everything are satisfied and his rights are satisfied, and that this matter is brought to justice.

DIES: Armstrong questioned in the death of Wendy Jordan, whose body was found in Dearborn Heights in the Rouge River. Sources tell me, Armstrong failed a lie detector test, and police found evidence in Wendy's nose that matched fibers from Armstrong's car. Armstrong gave police a blood sample, but when they asked for hair he shaved his body.

But prosecutors still insisted their wasn't enough evidence.

WINKLER: It would be a real human tragedy if he could have been in jail and bureaucracy allowed him to be out. DIES: Police say it is more than just confessions, they tell me they recovered condoms they believe will link Armstrong to the murders.

(END VIDEOTAPE)

HEMMER: Again that story out of Detroit, Michigan, our reporter Kevin Dies, with our affiliate WDIV.

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