The 3.5-minute video, posted on the website becauseIsaidIwould.com, shows 22-year-old Cordle describing what led to the accident in which he killed the 61-year-old Ohio man in June.
His name is Matthew Cordle, and he killed a man. This is his confession.
In a dramatic, 3.5-minute video, the 22-year-old describes how he “hit and killed Vincent Canzani” while driving drunk in Ohio and going the wrong way on a highway.
The well-produced confession is one of the latest videos featured on a new, Ohio-based website, becauseIsaidIwould.com. It aims to better humanity by encouraging “positive change and acts of kindness” through keeping promises.
Cordle reached out to them in August because he wanted to tell his story.
“Against all legal advice, Matthew decided to make this video and release it prior to any charges being filed against him,” wrote Alex Sheen, who posted the video to becauseIsaidIwould.com after Cordle contacted him through Facebook.
“His goal is to raise awareness about the terrible consequences that drunk driving can have on innocent people,” he wrote.
In the confession recorded on Tuesday, Cordle says he wants to take “full responsibility” for the deadly accident that took the life of a 61-year-old man on Ohio’s Interstate 670 in June.
The video initially shows him with his face pixelated and his voice altered. But then after nearly a minute and a half, his face is revealed.
“My name is Matthew Cordle, and on June 22, 2013, I hit and killed Vincent Canzani. This video will act as my confession,” he says, looking directly into the camera.
The confession, posted online earlier this week, instantly got the attention of authorities.
The video was seen by Franklin County prosecutor Ron O’Brien on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. He downloaded the video and will seek a grand jury to indict Cordle on a charge of aggravated vehicular homicide with an alcohol specification. The charge carries a maximum of eight years in prison.
This won’t, however, come as a surprise to Cordle.
“By making this video, I know exactly what it means,” he says in the clip. “I’m giving prosecutors everything they need to put me away for a very long time. But I’m willing to take that sentence, for just one reason, so I can pass this message on to you. I beg you... I’m begging you, please don’t drink and drive.”
O’Brien said Cordle was already a suspect in the early-morning, wrong-way crash that killed Canzani, but no charges had been filed yet.
Cordle’s blood sample from the night of the crash tested positive for alcohol and negative for drugs, he added.
Canzani was described by friends as a “real well-liked guy” who loved photography.
“He was just that kind of guy to step up and help where he could,” Todd Gordish, a friend of Canzani, told WBNS 10 News in Ohio back in June.
His name is Matthew Cordle, and he killed a man. This is his confession.
In a dramatic, 3.5-minute video, the 22-year-old describes how he “hit and killed Vincent Canzani” while driving drunk in Ohio and going the wrong way on a highway.
The well-produced confession is one of the latest videos featured on a new, Ohio-based website, becauseIsaidIwould.com. It aims to better humanity by encouraging “positive change and acts of kindness” through keeping promises.
Cordle reached out to them in August because he wanted to tell his story.
“Against all legal advice, Matthew decided to make this video and release it prior to any charges being filed against him,” wrote Alex Sheen, who posted the video to becauseIsaidIwould.com after Cordle contacted him through Facebook.
“His goal is to raise awareness about the terrible consequences that drunk driving can have on innocent people,” he wrote.
In the confession recorded on Tuesday, Cordle says he wants to take “full responsibility” for the deadly accident that took the life of a 61-year-old man on Ohio’s Interstate 670 in June.
The video initially shows him with his face pixelated and his voice altered. But then after nearly a minute and a half, his face is revealed.
“My name is Matthew Cordle, and on June 22, 2013, I hit and killed Vincent Canzani. This video will act as my confession,” he says, looking directly into the camera.
The confession, posted online earlier this week, instantly got the attention of authorities.
The video was seen by Franklin County prosecutor Ron O’Brien on Wednesday, according to the Associated Press. He downloaded the video and will seek a grand jury to indict Cordle on a charge of aggravated vehicular homicide with an alcohol specification. The charge carries a maximum of eight years in prison.
This won’t, however, come as a surprise to Cordle.
“By making this video, I know exactly what it means,” he says in the clip. “I’m giving prosecutors everything they need to put me away for a very long time. But I’m willing to take that sentence, for just one reason, so I can pass this message on to you. I beg you... I’m begging you, please don’t drink and drive.”
O’Brien said Cordle was already a suspect in the early-morning, wrong-way crash that killed Canzani, but no charges had been filed yet.
Cordle’s blood sample from the night of the crash tested positive for alcohol and negative for drugs, he added.
Canzani was described by friends as a “real well-liked guy” who loved photography.
“He was just that kind of guy to step up and help where he could,” Todd Gordish, a friend of Canzani, told WBNS 10 News in Ohio back in June.
Source: NYdailyNews
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