GUILTY WI - Seth Hammes, 17, killing recorded on video, Monroe County, 24 Sept 2005

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LA CROSSE, Wis. — Seth Hammes was filming in the woods when his camcorder recorded the crack of gunshots, the 17-year-old's screams and the voice of the alleged shooter, promising help that never came.

Authorities say they might never have learned what happened to Hammes, who later died in the woods.

"But right next to him was the videotape," Monroe County Sheriff Pete Quirin said Thursday. "That's when we knew we had a homicide on our hands."

After viewing and listening to the tape, police tracked down 24-year-old Russell Schroeder, who now faces charges of reckless homicide and reckless injury. Schroeder was being held on $250,000 bond. If convicted, he faces up to 85 years in prison.

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/3376370

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After being told he was going to prison for 20 years, Russell Schroeder III had the same response he showed last fall after fatally shooting a La Crosse teen while hunting squirrels in rural Monroe County. He said nothing...

He pleaded no contest March 31 to second-degree reckless homicide and first-degree reckless injury, both while armed.

In court documents, Schroeder told authorities he saw what he thought was a squirrel, fired two shots, then heard a human cry out... On Hammes' camcorder, a male voice can be heard telling the teen he would get help. Instead, Schroeder went to a birthday party, spent time at home playing video games, and then went to work.

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