[Whitfield:] Police are investigating a bizarre murder case in Pennsylvania. A couple, married only three weeks or so, is accused of killing a man for the thrill of it. Investigators say the couple has confessed. They're facing several charges including homicide. Alexandra Field joining us now from Sunbury, Pennsylvania. So what do we know about the connection, if any, between the couple and the victim?
[Alexandra Field, Cnn Correspondent:] Well, Fred, we know that this newlywed couple was new to town. They had just moved here a few weeks ago from North Carolina. And police say they found their victim using the Internet. According to investigators, Miranda Barber and her husband Eliot Barber posted an ad on Craigslist offering paid companionship services, and that's how they met a 42-year-old married man Troy Laferrara. Miranda now tells police that she picked up Laferrara at a local mall on November 11th. And that once she got him in the car, she stabbed him repeatedly. Investigators say her husband Eliot, of just three weeks, her husband was hiding in the backseat of that car and that he held a rope around Laferrara's neck. Both newlyweds are now charged with homicide. And here's what they're telling police.
[Chief Stephen Mazzeo, Sunbury, Pennsylvania Police:] She tells us that they intended to kill somebody together. They had tried to kill other individuals and failed. And this happened to be one that actually worked.
[Field:] What did she tell you?
[Mazzeo:] She told us that her husband was not involved. She told us that she did this alone. That she had blacked out during part of the process and she doesn't remember all of them.
[Field:] Laferrara's body was found left in a Sunbury backyard. Police say he had been stabbed 20 times Fred.
[Whitfield:] Oh my gosh. So now what in this case?
[Field:] OK. Well, at this point the court case will move forward but the investigation won't stop. What we do know is that Miranda Barber has a 1-year-old child and that the father of that child is deceased and that death will now be investigated or will continue to be investigated and this investigation could move out of this state. As we do know the couple had just moved here Fred.
[Whitfield:] OK. Alexandra Field, keep us posted. Thanks so much. All right. Here is something that you could probably relate to. Who doesn't fall asleep on a plane every once in a while? Of course most people do wake up within time. Well, Tom Wagner he didn't. And when his United Express flight landed in Houston no one even noticed him. Hours later, when Wagner woke up in the cold in the dark plane, he called his girlfriend for help on the phone. Workers finally arrived to let him out asking him to keep all of this secret. Well, as you know now, he didn't.
[Tom Wagner, Passenger:] I said don't put the blame on me. I said, I did nothing wrong here. They didn't sweep the plane? I mean, who shut the door?
[Whitfield:] The airline did apologize and said it is now investigating. In 38 days the federal government could shut down again. That is when the U.S. runs out of money for many programs like Head Start, free school program. Will Congress take action to stop it from happening or go home for Christmas break without a new budget deal? Chief political correspondent Candy Crowley joins us next with the odds.