Complete the passage: pick from possible candidates.

The only survivor of a Kentucky massacre last week has been charged with the murders of his parents, his veterinarian sister and a family friend. Ryan Champion had claimed to police that one of his alleged victims, his friend  Vito Riservato, 22, was responsible for the horrific killings in Cadiz, Kentucky, on October 26. He was taken to a hospital for shock and police at the time said he was being treated as a witness and a crime victim. Champion, 36, was arrested on Friday and charged with shooting dead Riservato, along with Lindsey and Joy Champion, 62 and 60, and 31-year-old Emily Champion.

In his TV interview,

OPTIONS:
- Cadiz claimed he was spared because the killer did not see him as a threat.
- Emily claimed he was spared because the killer did not see him as a threat.
- Emily Champion claimed he was spared because the killer did not see him as a threat.
- Joy Champion claimed he was spared because the killer did not see him as a threat.
- Kentucky claimed he was spared because the killer did not see him as a threat.
- Lindsey claimed he was spared because the killer did not see him as a threat.
- Riservato claimed he was spared because the killer did not see him as a threat.
- Ryan Champion claimed he was spared because the killer did not see him as a threat.
- Vito Riservato claimed he was spared because the killer did not see him as a threat.


Ryan Champion claimed he was spared because the killer did not see him as a threat.