ritzer's final tweet to her friends was about that tragedy. "my thoughts and prayers are with those involved in the nevada middle school shooting. simply devastating." today, her best friend described her as overflowing with life. >> she didn't do crazy things to make her happy. she could find joy in anything. she brought so much joy in my life. >> reporter: on twitter ritzer called herself a "math teacher often too excited about the topics i'm teaching." >> she was born to teach. she always loved working with kids. i think they just gravitated towards her and i think as much as they loved her she loved them 100 times more. >> reporter: chism had recently moved here from tennessee. he was on the soccer team. last night, he missed practice and his teammates went out searching for him. >> what kind of person is he?

ritzer's final tweet to her friends was about that tragedy. "my thoughts and prayers are with those involved in the nevada middle school shooting. simply devastating." today, her best friend described her as overflowing with life. >> she didn't need big, crazy things to make her happy. she could find joy in anything. she brought so much joy into my life. >> reporter: on twitter ritzer called herself a "math teacher often too excited about the topics i'm teaching." >> she was born to teach. she always loved working with kids. i think they just gravitated towards her and i think as much as they loved her she loved them 100 times more. >> reporter: chism had recently moved here from tennessee. he was on the soccer team. last night, he missed practice and his teammates went out searching for him. >> what kind of person is he? >> soccer is like one big family. we all knew him. we all liked him. he was nice. we just never saw it coming. >> reporter: and that 14-year-old's mother was in court today. her son was charged as an adult. tonight the key qu

many who attended wore pink, ritzer's favorite color. and a moment of silence was held before last night's world series game. ritzer used twitter to post homework assignments and post inspiring quotes. ritzer twig ge twigged twittered "no matter what happens in life, be good to people. being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind." chism is due back in court october 22nd. police have not discussed a motive, and even though he is 14 years old, grand jury could decide that he be tried as an adult. anne-marie? >> jericka duncan here in new york. thank you, jericka. >>> well, kennedy's cousin michael skakel is getting a new trial in the murder of 1995. michael skakel is the nephew of robert kennedy's widow ethyl kennedy. he's getting a new trial saying that his attorneys failed to fairly represent him. >>> a 13 yurld a 13-year-old was carrying a pellet gun that officers mick took for a high-powered rifle. bigad shaban reports. >> reporter: two california sheriffs deputies say they believed 13-year-old anthony lopes was carrying

hundreds of people gathered for a vigil to remember colleen ritzer. >> investigators found ritzer stabbed to death in the woods behind the boston area school where she taught math. here's abc's karen travers. >> reporter: this grisly murder has left a community north of boston in shock. >> she was a very respected, loved teacher. >> reporter: 14-year-old philip chism is accused of fatally stabbing colleen ritzer, a beloved math teacher at danvers high school, where chism was a student. >> the danvers high school teacher did not return home from work. and was not answering her cell phone. danvers police initiated a search for the teacher. and discovered blood in the second floor bathroom at danvers high school. >> reporter: ritzer's blood was found in a second floor bathroom late tuesday night. her body was found later in the woods behind the school. danvers high school is in a new building, that's equipped with 130 cameras. law enforcement sources told abc news, there's surveillance video inside the school that shows chism hauling ritzer's body from the bathroom towards the woods, in what

one of ritzer's students, 14-year-old philip chism is charged with murder. the criminal complaint says a police interview with chism and security video at the school led them to charge him with the crime. chism moved here recently from tennessee. classmates say he was on the soccer team. >> he just seemed normal. there was a lot of quiet people in our school. we didn't expect anything light, though. no one did. >> reporter: if police know why ritzer was killed, they are not saying just yet. >> colleen dedicated her life to bet you are our town and our children in the community. our thoughts and prayers are with her family during this tragic time. >> reporter: ritzer had been teaching just two years but was popular with parents and students often sharing words of inspiration on twitter. in one of her last tweets she said "find something good in every day." as they deal with their grief people in this boston suburb are having a hard time doing that right now. chris palone, nbc news, danvers, massachusetts. >>> later today congress begins a series of hearings o

they packed a church to say good-bye to colleen ritzer. she was killed brutally last week at danvers high school. she was found dead behind the school on wednesday. one of her students, 14 year old philip chism has been charged with her murder. alexander field is "outfront." >> reporter: many of the mourners wore pink, a small tribute to the teacher who made a big impact. >> she saw the goodness in other people. she had a very -- she had a gift for doing that. >> reporter: it's estimated 1,000 people came to the funeral at ritzer's home church in andover, massachusetts. among them, students who wanted to honor their beloved teacher. ritzer was allegedly killed by one of her students, 14-year-old philip chisholm. investigation says chism killed her in the girls bathroom with a box cutter he found in the school. her body was found behind the athletic fields. police escorted ritzer's hearse and an honor guard saluted her. ritzer's cousin eulogized her as someone who lit up the room with her contagious smile and bright personality. there is st

. >> a beloved massachusetts teacher has been brutally murdered. 24-year-old michelle ritzer had been reported missing yesterday afternoon. according to police, ritzer was found after investigators found blood in the second floor bathroom at the school. she was a math teacher there. 14-year-old freshman philip chism has been charged with her murder. and don lemmon is out front in danvers. >> reporter: this is the face of an accused killer. >> your honor, the defendant before the court is 14. >> the fact that he's arraigned in adult court. >> reporter: investigators in massachusetts allege 14-year-old philip chism killed popular 24-year-old math teacher colleen ritzer at danvers high school where she taught and where he was a stewed zbleudent. >> quiet, kept to himself. didn't seem anything bad. nothing out of the ordinary. quiet normal kid. >> reporter: students and family members say ritzer loved being a teacher, at times sending out homework assignments over twitter, facebook and her blog. >> wonderful lady. couldn't say enough about her. she was always the teacher to got extra mile

. >>> funeral services will be held for slain massachusetts teacher colleen ritzer. hundreds of mourners attended a wake for ritzer in her hometown of hanover yesterday. the 24 idea math teacher was allegedly killed by one of her own students. her students said ritzer had a way of bringing out the best in everyone. >> she was an inspiration to me to live my life to the fullest every single day. such positivity all the time. >> 14-year-old philip chism has been charged with ritzer's murder. authorities haven't discussed any possible motive. chism has pleaded not guilty. >>> and police say a gunman in albuquerque, new mexico, who shot and wounded law enforcement officers had a tattoo which read "cop killer." the shooter ambushed police, and stole a police car that ended in a chase throughout the city. christopher chase died after crashing a stolen police car. witnesses say chase told them to call police and say he was waiting for them. >>> on the "cbs moneywatch" now, mcdonald's squeezes out heintz ketchup and apple earnings in the spotlight. gigi stone in the new york

ritzer. what will you remember about her? >> i think i'll remember just her smile and her positivity and the way that she really wanted students to learn and even love math. she was so excited about the things she was teaching. >> we keep hearing that over and over again, nicole. what about you, what will you remember? >> it's the same thing that riley said. she always had a smile on her face, even if she didn't have you as a student. she would greet you all the time. she was always just positive about everything. >> i'm sure this is just a complete shock, not anything that any student, anyone should be dealing with. what are you hearing from other students? how is the school doing? >> the school is really taking it hard, i think. everybody is -- we all got together last night and everybody was really touched by what everyone did. we were all wearing pink last night because it's her favorite color. we lit the candles and everything and it's been hard for everybody, but coming together last night i think made things a lot bett

he was a student in ritzers' class. the popular teacher liked to post home work assignments and inspiring quotes on twitter. in august she wrote "no matter what happens in life, be good to people. being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind. chism has pled not guilty. he could be charged as an adult and, scott, tonight the red sox plan a moment of silence for teacher colleen ritzer before game one of the world series. guilty. tonight the red sox plan a moment of silent teacher colleen ritzer before game one of the world series. >> p >> pelley: terrell brown, thank you, terrell. kennedy cousin michael skakel was granted a new trial today in the murder of his connecticut neighborhood. skakel, who is now 52, is serving 20 years to life for killing martha moxley when both of them were teenagers. the judge ruled skakel's lawyer failed to adequately represent him at his trial in 2002. prosecutors plan to appeal the decision. we'll be back in just a moment. be back in just a moment. [ male announcer ] you'll onl

ritzer's legacy as an enthusiastic math teacher lives on. one of her inspiring quotes posted on the school's welcome sign. her loss deeply felt as her students head back to class without her. we have reached out to chism's attorney several times but haven't heard back. as mentioned before, classes do resume today. parents were told last night at a meeting there will be one entrance open and there will be several security guards, police officers there on hand to help students feel safe as they return. this is certainly still a grieving community. kate and chris. >> pamela, there's still a lot of open questions in the days and weeks to follow. we'll learn more about this boy and why this happened. let's bring in cnn legal analyst paul kellan, former new york city prosecutor. one of the immediate concerns for families, boy, our schools aren't safe. if it's not the guns, it's the box cutter. what's the reality of safety in schools. >> this is a terrifying, horrifying incident. i was quite surprised. i went to the statistics and looked. going bac

you're both sophomore students of colleen ritzer. what was your reaction -- >> yeah, yeah. >> what was your reaction to the news when you heard what happened? >> when i had found out that ms. ritzer was murdered in the school, it was devastating. it was surreal. there was nothing that i could understand. i didn't know how someone could kill someone that was so innocent. >> and paige, she was your gee om triteacher, i believe, since last september. >> yeah. >> what kind of woman was ms. ritzer? >> oh, she was so kind. she couldn't hurt a soul. she was the nicest person i had ever met. she was like a role model. >> breanna, what do we know about phillip chism, 14 years old at your school? did any of you know him well? >> i didn't know him on a personal level and seen him around the halls and i knew he was a good soccer player and people liked him. he didn't seem like the kind of person that would end up doing this to someone. >> paige, was anybody aware of any problems between him and ms. ritzer or the problems he had with the school i

colleen ritzer was found beaten to death this morning. danvers is a suburb of boston. she was found after investigators discovered blood in the second floor bathroom at the school. he was a math teacher. 14-year-old freshman philip chisem, student, has been charged with her murder. don lemon is out front in danvers. >> reporter: this is the face of an accused killer. >> the defendant before the court is 14. >> the fact he is arraigned in adult court. >> reporter: investigators in massachusetts allege that the 1-year-old killed 24-year-old colleen ritzer where she taught and he was a opportunity quiet. kept to himself. new to society. he's a good kid. didn't seem anything bad. nothing out of the ordinary. just a quiet, normal kid. >> reporter: students and family members say ritzer loved being a teacher. at times sending out homework assignments over twitter, facebook and her blog. >> wonderful lady. couldn't say enough about her. she was always the teacher to go the extra mile and for students. >> reporter: why would anyone, let line a student, want to kill her? allege

hundreds of people gathered for a vigil to remember colleen ritzer. >> investigators found ritzer stabbed to death in the woods behind the school where she taught math. here's karen travers. >> reporter: this murder has left a community in shock. >> she was a very respected, loved teacher. >> reporter: philip chism is accused of stabbing colleen ritzer, a beloved math teacher at danvers high school, where she taught. >> they initiated a search for the teacher. and discovered blood in the second floor bathroom. >> reporter: ritzers blood was found in a second floor bathroom. her body was found later in the woods behind the school. danvers high school is in a new building, that's equipped with 130 cameras. there's surveillance video inside the school that shows chism hauling ritzer's body from the bathroom towards the woods, and what was a recycling bin. >> she loved to teach. she loved working with kids. they gravitated towards her. as much as they loved her, she loved them hundred times more. >> reporter: chism was silent as he was arraigned in court. he is currently being charged as an a

you're both sophomore students of colleen ritzer. what was your reaction -- >> yeah, yeah. >> what was your reaction to the news when you heard what happened? >> when i had found out that ms. ritzer was murdered in the school, it was devastating. it was surreal. there was nothing that i could understand. i didn't know how someone could kill someone that was so innocent. >> and paige, she was your geometry teacher, i believe, since last september. >> yeah. >> what kind of woman was ms. ritzer? >> oh, she was so kind. she couldn't hurt a soul. she was the nicest person i had ever met. she was like a role model. >> breanna, what do we know about phillip chism, 14 years old at your school? did any of you know him well? >> i didn't know him on a personal level and seen him around the halls and i knew he was a good soccer player and people liked him. he didn't seem like the kind of person that would end up doing this to someone. >> paige, was anybody aware of any problems between him and ms. ritzer or the problems he had with the school in

just seemed completely fine. >> did you know the teacher, colleen ritzer? >>> i did not have her and i didn't know her well, but he acted like normal towards, like, our english teacher and everything, and nothing seemed like off about it. >> i know your mom is there with you. what's it like in the area right now? how are folks reacting? >> people are, like, reacting like shocked, obviously, like this doesn't happen in danvers, like it's, like, really, like, just surprising to everyone that's happening in our, like, small town and, like, that's something like this would happen here. everyone is just, like, shocked and like we're all mourning the loss of a really great teacher. everyone, like, loved her. >> arianna edwards, good luck to you. good luck to everyone over there. what a shocking story indeed. thank you so much for joining us and sharing some thoughts. >> you're welcome. >> coming up, the health secretary kathleen sebelius on the ropes over the obama care rollout. how she got there. we'll also hear from a former member of the obama technology team

they packed a church to say good-bye to colleen ritzer. she was killed brutally last week at danvers high school. she was found dead behind the school on wednesday. one of her students, 14 year old philip chism has been charged with her murder. alexander field is "outfront." >> reporter: many of the mourners wore pink, a small tribute to the teacher who made a big impact. >> she saw the goodness in other people. she had a very -- she had a gift for doing that. >> reporter: it's estimated 1,000 people came to the funeral at ritzer's home church in andover, massachusetts. among them, students who wanted to honor their beloved teacher. ritzer was allegedly killed by one of her students, 14-year-old philip chisholm. investigation says chism killed her in the girls bathroom with a box cutter he found in the school. her body was found behind the athletic fields. police escorted ritzer's hearse and an honor guard saluted her. ritzer's cousin eulogized her as someone who lit up the room with her contagious smile and bright personality. there is st

. >> reporter: students and parents held candles and each other as they remembered colleen ritzer, a popular math teacher at danveres high school outside boston. her body was found in woods behind the school. >> it was shooking. i couldn't believe someone could do it. she seemed like that every loved her so much. >> reporter: she was remembered in a moment of silence before game one of the world series at fenway park. but perhaps more shocking than ritzer's murder is the person charged with the crime. 14-year-old student phillip chism. chism and ritzer were each reported missing by friends and family when they didn't return from school tuesday. court papers say the two knew each other but did not elaborate. >> danveres police looked for the teacher and found blood in the second floor bathroom of the high school. >> reporter: chism was picked up wednesday morning walking along the highway. he was arrested based on statements he made and on school surveillance video that recorded the assault. chism pleaded not guilty and could be tried as an adult. the high school will be open for stud

classroom, colleen ritzer's classroom will be open today. there will be classes held there, as you can imagine, this is a very tough day for the student body, speaking with students,er this coming here with heavy hearts today, it's the first time they are returning to school since colleen ritzer was murdered on tuesday, allegedly at the hands of one of her own students, 14-year-old philip chism. still many unanswered questions here today. we spoke to students who say they're remembering colleen ritzer in different ways, one student, colin butler, says he's paying tribute in his own way. listen to what he said. >> it's a little bit, you know, a little bit nerve-racking but danvers is a strong community so i think we'll pull through. >> reporter: what's going through your mind today as you return? i could imagine it feels different coming back to school today. >> yeah, pretty much just shock, you know. just trying to return to some sense of normalcy, you know. >> reporter: did you know miss ritzer? >> yes, i had her in class for a little bit.

it isn't clear if he was a student of colleen ritzer. she was a math teacher teacher geometry and algebra. we are told she taught students who were freshman about the age of 14. again, that connection has not been made definitively by investigators. we do not know if she was in fact philip chism's teacher. that's a question that a lot of people have. students are asking questions about philip chism and they're here to mourn their teacher, colleen ritzer, a much loved teacher. >> i go back to the fact she's 24 years of age. i know you're there at the school. as you mentioned, a beloved teacher. what more are you hearing about her from folks you're talking to? >> she had only been here for two years. the students tell us that her favorite color was pink. they've already starting putting pink ribbons on the trees around campus. they plan to dress in pink and come out for a candlelight vigil later tonight. these students are stunned. the loss of a teacher is always stunning. the circumstances that seem to surround it are simply shocking. dif

family and the loss of their daughter and sister, colleen ritzer. she says her son was born in love and is dear to her, very dear. she is struggling to understand this. as the mystery continues, ritzer's memory lives on. >> just extreme loss, like there's just going to be a void forever in our hearts where, i don't know that anything can ever fill that. >> reporter: pink flowers have been placed outside the church in memory of colleen ritzer and a fitting tribute to a danvers high school teacher, danvers police have also sent their own honor guard. poppy? >> what a sad, sad day. they'll remember the best of her there. thank you so much, appreciate it. >>> still to come, we told you about chris brown at the top of the show. we'll get into it more. he is headed back to court. he was arrested this weekend. we'll tell you latest about the latest charge he faces and the serious legal consequences that it could hold. ido more with less with buless energy. hp is helping ups do just that. soon, the world's most intelligent servers, designed by hp, will give

number of other students have come to the high school this morning and tell us their teacher colleen ritzer was an algebra angie omtory teacher and taught 14-year-old students, freshmen and sophomores. it is unclear whether or not this boy was a sund in her class. but we do know she taught students of that age. a lot of students this morning turning up at the school, mourning a woman who was very much a well liked, a beloved teacher. she taught in the district for the last two years. she was known for standing outside of her door, greeting students in the morning. they tell us her favorite color was pink. the students plan to hold a vigil tonight all of them dressed in pink. they are home today with their parents trying to make sense of what has happened. all seven schools in the district were shut down as news of this unfolded. a math teacher's body found in the woods behind the high school. so the school district not taking any chances, keeping all students home. that's exactly where the parents say they want their kids to be today. >> why did they shut down all the schools? >> well, we'r

we have details in the brutal death of the massachusetts math teacher colleen ritzer. according to investigators there is no early indication that there was a crush that the 14-year-old student may have had on his high school teacher at danvers high. a source close to the investigation says the separation of phillip chism's parents may have been a contributing factor in the murder. we're trying to figure out what the motive was and don lemon is outfront. >> reporter: the students are back at danvers high school. >> i'm trying to return to some essential of normalcy. >> reporter: the school's flag at half-staff and ribbons on the trees are reminders that thing are still far from normal. >>> why would someone do this to someone so nice? >> reporter: still more questions than answers as to what made 14-year-old phillip chism allegedly kill his math teacher with a box cut order tuesday and then dump her body in a field. he then went to see a movie. his uncle among those who cannot understand why. >> this is the furthest thing from reality for me to believe that phillip cou

many wore pink, ritzer's favorite color. ritzer used twitter to post homework assignmentsments and inspiring quotes. in august, she tweeted, no matter what happens in life, be good to people. being good to people is a wonderful legacy to leave behind. >> reporter: jarica duncan, wjz eyewitness news. >> classes are canceled as students meet with faculty. >>> investigators say they are examining new evidence, related to the girl's disappearance. but they did not elaborate. madeleine's parents, kate and gerry mccann, applaud the decision, saying they hope to finally get some answers. the british couple's daughter disappeared from their holt room in 2007. >>> a series of out-of-control wildfires. >> crews in off the yaleia say the fires have returned jut of control for more than a week. thousands have battled the flames. and now today, a firefighting crashed. eventual officials say the flames have also destroyed more than 200 homes. >> in the last week, the quires from swoached acres. >>> tension is building. it is over allegati

there was a candlelight vigil for ritzer last night. students in algebra class with philip chism said she asked him to stay after school to do extra work. danvers is the latest incident that's shattered the expectation that america's schools are safe havens. our chief education correspondent rehema ellis tonight ta takes a closer look at the facts about school violence. >> reporter: two teachers killed at schools this week alone. >> she was just a young caring girl that had the world ahead of her. >> reporter: days before 24-year-old colleen ritzer died in massachusetts, a 12-year-old student opened fire in nevada. >> two people are dead after a shooting at a middle school. >> reporter: killing michael landsberry and injuring two students before taking his own life. in washington state an 11-year-old has been arrested >> a frightening discovery sent a middle school into lockdown. >> reporter: after authorities discovered knives, a handgun, and 400 rounds of ammunition he allegedly brought to his vancouver middle school. since the traged

police say one of colleen ritzer's students killed her with a box cutter he brought to school. alexandra field is joining us live with more on this. clearly the community is still reeling from what happened. >> reporter: absolutely, fredricka. and the key part here is that people want answers, they've got questions about what happened, this is the kind of crime that doesn't make a lot of sense to anyone. they are searching for a motive and prosecutors haven't publicly identified any kind of motive at this point. they are raising questions about phillip chism's background, want to know what they can learn about the 14-year-old. a source close to the investigation says nothing in his past would foreshadow the pablt he would be linked to the allegations he faces. that same source also saying reports that he may have had a crush on his teacher seemed to be at least at this point unfounded, but again, still a lot of questions to ask and answer. this is an investigation that continues to unfold. ritzer's body was found a few feet away from the high school where she taught. >> we are

many wore pink because that was ritzer's favorite color. >>> back to northern california. an outrage at the killing of a 13-year-old boy. andy lopez died tuesday after being shot at least three times by police. he was carrying a pellet gun that looked like an ak-47. they salo pez was fired on after they ordered him to lower that rifle. the deputies involved have been placed on administrative leave. >>> hundreds of miles south, another incident of a young boy and a gun. it happened during an antidrug school safety demonstration at an elementary school. a loaded gun mouned to a police motorcycle was on display and it accidentally discharged when a student got ahold of it. >> the kids were looking and they weren't watching the armor. he got ahold of the gun and he shot it at the ground. he got startled by the noise and dropped it. >> police say no students were hit by gunfire but three students were treated for cuts and scrapes. it's not clear why a loaded gun was on the police bike in the first place. >>> investigators in maine say there's no information on the toddler that

blood was found in the bathroom where ritzer taught math. now a 15-year-old student from the school is in custody charged with murder. >> pauline ritzer had just graduated it college in 2011, a young teacher just 24 young enough to still live with her zblarn. >> she was a young girl who had the whole world ahead of her. >> a young teacher whose ideas and passion for her students filled onto facebook, twitter. >> the teacher to go the extra mile for students. >> reporter: why would 14-year-old philip chism, one of her own students, allegedly kill her? according to court documents, he beat her to death, tossed her body in the woods behind the school she loved. >> your honor, the defendant before the court is 14. >> the fact that he's arraigned in adult court. >> reporter: investigators in danvers, massachusetts allege chism incriminated himself in interviews with police. there was evidence in the high school, blood in a second floor bathroom. >> he's quiet. kept to himself. news to the society but he's a good kid. didn't seem like anything bad

colleen ritzer's algebra student is being charged with murder that took place in danvers high school in a bathroom there. and phillip's family has been silence until now. alexandria steel is with the latest on this story. this is your neck of the woods, you know this community very well. what's his mom saying? >> everyone has been waiting to hear from this family and the for the first time diana ischisholm spoke out in a statement that she issued through her attorney. she said the two families were unexpected and inconceivably changed forever and her heart is broken for the ritzer family. and she said her son was born in love and is dear to her. she's struggling to understand this and respectfully asks for some time to process this. the statement raps up down here where she chess that she cares for the world's hurt over this and greatly hopes for your prayers for the ritzer's family and the danvers community and her son and all those affected by this tragedy. we know this is a tragedy that affected that community deeply and widely. >> absolutely. and there is interest in this not onl

by then 24-year-old colleen ritzer had been reported missing. a combination of statements he gave to investigators and surveillance tape helped discover ritzer's body sometime later according to the criminal complaint. ky silva was a friend. >> he was a nice kid. he had a great smile. of course, he was new in town, so shy and quiet. >> reporter: he says when chism didn't show up for soccer practice and a team dinner, he knew something was wrong but not this wrong. >> that's what gets to us. he didn't demonstrate any signs, any signs of aggression, any signs towards any teachers. >> reporter: ritzer's family and friends continue searching for answers. >> she's a good person. it doesn't make sense to we why something so terrible would happen to someone who is completely the opposite. she just would never, ever want to hurt anyone. >> so horrible. don joins us now live from danvers. do we have any idea what caused this young man to alledgedly commit this crime? >> reporter: don't know what caused him to commit the crime, but it's interesting, we ar

philip chism is charged with murdering 24-year-old math teacher colleen ritzer. a student said ritzer asked chism to stay after class tuesday but she's unsure why. ritzer's body was found in the woods behind danvers high school on wednesday. >>> an 11-year-old boy says voices in his head told him to kill another student at his washington state middle school. he was arrested for carrying a gun, knives, and 14 rounds of ammunition at frontier middle school. his mother alerted the school. no one was injured. the boy said voices in his head told him to shoot someone for bullying his friend. his possible release will be discussed at a hearing today. >>> and demolition has started at the connecticut elementary school where a gunman killed 26 people last december. sandy hook elementary school will be demolished over the next several weeks. the building is being removed in pieces. students have been attending classes in a neighboring town. >>> now to the latest revelations about u.s. spying. the "washington post" report this morning that u.s. officials are notifying some

blood was found in the bathroom where ritzer taught math. now a 14-year-old student from the school is in custody charged with murder. don lemon has the latest. >> reporter: colleen ritzer had just graduated it college in 2011, a young teacher just 24 young enough to still live with her . >> she was a young girl who had the whole world ahead of her. and to be taken so tragically, it's awful. >> reporter: a young teacher whose ideas and passion for her students filled onto facebook, twitter. >> the teacher to go the extra mile for students. >> reporter: why would 14-year-old philip chism, one of her own students, allegedly kill her? according to court documents, he beat her to death, tossed her body in the woods behind the school she loved. >> your honor, the defendant before the court is 14. >> the fact that he's arraigned in adult court. >> reporter: investigators in danvers, massachusetts, allege chism incriminated himself in interviews with police. there was evidence on video cameras in the high school, blood in a second floor bathroom. >

the teacher colleen ritzer was reported missing on tuesday. now, police did not release the boy's name because of his age. they say there are no other suspects. and now this. it was just two days ago that a teacher was killed trying to stop a student who opened fire at a middle school in nevada. two students were wounded in that incident and the alleged shooter a seventh grader then killed himself. want to find out more information. the situation in massachusetts, alexandre field is in danvers. alexandre, first of all, we don't know very much about what happened here. why do they suspect that this boy was charged and linked with the killing of this teacher? >> reporter: well, suzanne, we do know that a much beloved teacher is gone. now, she was reported missing yesterday. police have linked her death to a 14-year-old who was also reported missing for a period of time yesterday. they're filling in a lot of answers for us right now. police have been on the scene here in danvers all morning. you can see some of the detectives behind me. i an medi

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fenway park held a moment of silence for colleen ritzer. people in the boston area and across the nation are heartbroken, trying to make sense of this brutal killing. also this morning, students are returning to class in most danvers, massachusetts, high schools -- or schools, rather. the high school is open only for grief counseling. we're also learning more about the 14-year-old boy accused of assaulting and killing that 24-year-old teacher. cnn's pamela brown live in danvers, massachusetts, in morning. good morning. >> reporter: well, good morning to you, carol. this is certainly a grief-stricken community. we spoke to the victim's best friend since childhood as well as one of her long-time teachers, and they both say they're de stated by her loss. they say it just doesn't make any sense. it's still such a mystery why ritzer, a beloved 24-year-old malt teacher, could be killed allegedly at the hands of one of her own students. known for her infectious smile and bubbly personality, this shows colleen ritzer as a tv production student in h

on friday, colleen ritzer was remembered at a memorial service and candles lit in her honor. ron allen is in massachusetts with more this morning. >> reporter: they're making final plants for her funeral. it will take place on monday with many students and teachers from danvers high expected to return and they returned to school on friday and many said it was a difficult, but necessary, day. just days after math teacher colleen ritzer was brutally murdered here the community returned with heavy hearts. >> it was good to be here and show support to the teachers because they needed it today. >> we move forward as a community and get through it the best we can. >> reporter: they wore pink, ritzer's favorite color and paused at her memorial and security and counselors to meet them enter the school the scene of a horrific sign. >> just walking past that bathroom, troubling to see. >> reporter: that student bathroom, law enforcement says is where 14-year-old philip chism allegedly killed ritzer with a box cutter and dumped her body into a recycling bin and wheeled it outside and bu

outside danvers high school last night, hundreds turned out to honor colleen ritzer many wearing pink her favorite color. >> she wanted to be a math teacher. she made it really fun for us to want to go to math class. it's why we wanted to come out and support her. >> reporter: the police found her body not far from the site in the woods. ritzer was reported missing. >> as a result of that report danvers police initiated a search for the teacher and discovered blood in the second floor bathroom at danvers high school. >> reporter: their investigation led to one of ritzer's students philip chism. he was found walking alone shortly after moment.idnight. according to police he was arrested following multiple scenes. at his arraignment chism pleaded not guilty. the junior varsity soccer player had moved there recently from tennessee. >> i met him. he seemed like a normal kid. as far as i know, he had nice grades and everyone. >> reporter: family said everyone that knew and loved colleen love edd knew of her passion for teaching. >> she'll be defined not by one day, one person but for the m

now his mother is speaking up saying that her heart is broken for the ritzer family. she says her son was born in love and is dear to her. very dear. she is struggling to understand th this. and while families struggle for answers, the friends and family will struggle for years to come. >> there's going to be a void in our hearts that i don't know that anything can ever fill that. >> reporter: >>> two prisoners remain on the loose. now two others were captured. but the four pulled off a daring breakout by climbing out a ceiling hatch in the shower. and went through a pipe that led them outside the jail facility. how did they pull this off? george howell begins out front. >> reporter: right back to where they started from. we watched as authorities drove two of four jail escapees who have about on the run since sunday back into the very walls that ultimately failed to confine them. the caddo county sheriff confirmed that the two were arrested today in a nearby town. both were considered armed and dangerous. should people be worried that these people are on the street?

go to the twitter page set up by colleen ritzer. on it, she has a skyline of the city of boston and, of course, boston strong, that saying here all so familiar with after the terrible boston marathon bombing. she would post work assignments on her twitter page. we know that she recently raised money for a heart walk for her grandmother who passed away in 2009, raised a lot of money for that. we'll find a lot more about her, the victim, in this case as the day goes on. >> thank you for that. >>> and when we come back, we're going to take you inside the controversial new film called "blackfish." the film about the training of orca whales and how they are kept in captivity. the director will be live here, next. [ lane ] are you growing old waiting for your wrinkle cream to work? neutrogena® rapid wrinkle repair has the fastest retinol formula. to visibly reduce fine lines and wrinkles in just one week. neutrogena®. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for her, she's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we

he was in one of the colleen ritzer's classes. the teacher's body was found in the woods behind the high school. a crime has stunned the suspect's classmates. >> first i found out he was missing and like this was last night. i was like shocked by that because i was like, like why would he go missing? did he get kidnapped or run away? and everyone is praying for them to find him. once i found out in the morning that there was like a homicide, i was like wondering if it was connected because that's the reason we didn't have school because of the homicide. then i was like really shocked that it was him. like i wouldn't have suspected it at all. i was like -- like people say it's always a quiet ones so maybe that's why. maybe like it could have been like he had troubles at home or something. but he was nice. >> prosecutors say they will ask a grand jury to indict the 14-year-old suspect as an adult. >>> sparks, nevada, still a still in mourning days after a seven grader there shot and killed a teacher and wounded two other students at

. >> they released the pink balloons in honor of coleen ritzer. police say she was killed inside the school's bathroom before her body was dumped in the woods behind the building. the crowd included many of her students tonight, as well as parents. >> you can't erase what's happened. we have to overcome it. >> first of all, we need to pray for both families -- the perpetrator and the victim. >> 14-year-old phillip is charged with ritzer's murder. he has pleaded not guilty. >>> after four decades of serving its ketchup, heinz gets squeezed off the mcdonald's menu. heinz recently hired the former ceo of fast food rival burger king. mcdonald's will transition to other suppliers and says most customers will not notice the change. >>> attention, spooky halloween shoppers. if your costume includes colored contact lenses, the fda issues a new warning that could have you chickening out. >> reporter: they are considered halloween fun for your eyes, over the counter color contact lenses. >> they ask for them all the time. it's a cool way to change your appe

>> it could be. >> reporter: freshman student cambria sat near chism in ritzer's math class. she said he was a good student but something was different about his behavior on tuesday. >> he was a little bit more quiet than usual. like he had his earbuds on, he was drawing, he wasn't doing math, he wasn't paying attention. >> reporter: she says ritzer asked chism to stay after class to help him with what he missed, telling cnn's pam brown that she walked by the classroom after school and saw the two of them together. >> what did you see in the classroom at 3:15? >> i saw miss ritzer standing at her desk computer smiling at me, then i saw philip slouching in his chair staring at me when i walked by. >> reporter: just 15 minutes later, according to sources close to the investigation, colleen ritzer was brutally killed in the school's second floor bathroom. >> if i walked by there 15 minutes later, what could have happened? if i witnessed that, like what could i have done. >> reporter: here's what sources close to the investigation are telling us. they are telling us that there is

meanwhile, emotional friends of ritzer spoke out this morning on the "today" show. >> she had so much to look forward to. there were so many things that she should have been able to do, and it's just not fair that she's not going to be able to do all those things she deserves. she was that person who deserves every good thing in life. >> "boston globe" reporter david abel joins me now. thank you for your time. obviously, the question is why this happened. had police indicated anymore information or given anymore information on a possible motive here to you? >> unfortunately, we still can't answer that question. we are, however, now reporting online some new information. what we've learned today is that phillip chism was this young teacher's student in her last period algebra class. apparently the teacher had seen him drawing while she was speaking before the class. according to some of the students we interviewed, she apparently asked him to stay after class out of concern that he might have questions or issues for an upcoming test. apparently he had stayed after class, and we're not

her heart is broken for the ritzer family and loss of their daughter and sister colleen. her son was born in love and dear to her. she is struggling to understand this and asks for time to process this. the statement wraps up saying she cares for the world's hurt over this and hopes for your prayers for the ritzer family, the community andal those affected by the tragedy. diana chism issuing that statement. they are working to learn more about the 14-year-old who transferred from a school in tennessee. don? >> thank you. >>> president obama defeinted obama care and its enrollment healthcare.gov. his own people admitted since the launch, 70% of users couldn't even create an account. he has people working to get the site functional. he went after republican critics who say kathleen sebelius should lose her job. ted cruz renewed that call speaking in iowa. he defended his part in the government shutdown. he and some house republicans showed against obama care in particular. he referenced his marathon filibuster in the senate. >> if the house hadn't led, this all would have s