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The Murder of Eddie Polec: Reporter Bryn Freedman Shares The Story.

On November 11, 1994, Eddie Polec was clubbed to death in a Philadelphia suburb by a group of rival high school kids. He was clubbed with a baseball bat on the steps of the St Cecilia's Church where he had been an altar boy. Investigators say he was beaten until limp and then held aloft "to give the bat-wielding youths a better shot." He had been waiting for his young brother, to walk home together when the group of kids arrived, looking for a fight. Eddie hadn't been part of the rivalry. He was in the wrong place at the wrong time. The story gained national attention because of the poor response, and rudeness of 911 operators to callers who called about the attack. Marty Moss Coane will talk with a journalist and the parents of Eddie Polec: Broadcast journalist Bryn Freedman. She covered the trial of Eddie Polec's attackers. Nineteen year old Kevin Convey, pleaded guilty to third-degree murder in the slaying, and was sentenced to five to 20 years in prison as part of a plea agreement. Convey struck the first blow with a baseball bat, causing Polec to fall. Convey is the only one to be sentenced so far. Freedman reports for FOX news in Philadelphia. (Interview by Marty Moss-Coane)

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Other segments from the episode on February 29, 1996

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, February 29, 1996: Interview with James Carville; Interview with Bryn Freedman; Interview with Kathy and John Polec.

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