Kid who never toolld them anything was wrong but they found this message in his prayer journal. What can i learn from my loneliness . Mi to find fellowship with others or remain alone . Laura they believe his decision to take his own life was impulsive. The brain is not developed yet and unfortunately this leads to an paul 70 and rash decisions. Leads to impulsivity. You have to grab hold of somebody and really talk to somebody. Your parents especially, they love you the most. Laura in his death comes the hope of life in others. His parents take comfort in knowing many of his organs could be saved and donated to some of the 600 people on iowas waiting list. We dont want to glamorize what happened. Laura but they help talking less taboo and getting help much easier. Seeking help is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of strength. Elizabeth statistics show suicide is the second leading cause of death for iowa youth. Doctors say warning signs often include changing and eating or sleeping habits as well as dramatic mood changes. Eric Des Moines Police are investigating a shooting. Jerome Michael Johnson says he was shot near 22nd street in des moines before wednesday. He says he got lost. He tried following a car back to the main road but that car stopped and a man got out and started shooting. Johnson was shot in the shoulder and the case remains under investigation. Elizabeth only on kcci, family members of Molina John Lynch are speaking out. Merced dautovic killed her and a murder suicide back in april. Story from urbandale. Ryan its been nine months since police found that body strangled to death in the garage behind me at an urbandale apartment complex and every day since then, family members tell me theyve done everything they can to keep her memory alive by moving forward, raising her sixyearold son. My heart was pounding. Ryan we were taken back to the moment when he arrived on the scene. I didnt hear or see anything around me. It was kind of a blackout. Ryan praying that the body inside was not his sister. The loss felt greatest by her son. He lost everything. She was his absolute everything. Ryan merso says mevlida works tirelessly to obtain u. S. Citizenship for her son giving him a better life far from bosnia. College here, live the life that people would do anything to have. Ryan family members cant believe mevlida was killed by a man who swore to protect and serve as a Des Moines Police officer. Records show Merced Dautovic was arrested for Domestic Assault against her, hitting her in the mouth, rubbing and twisting her hand and fingers. Merso claims his sister went to police for protective help weeks before she was killed. By sister was worried. She said to the detective hes going to kill me, he has people, you dont know what hes capable of. Ryan the focus moving forward for her family is getting esos biological father to the states through u. S. Citizenship from bosnia so the sixyearold can grow up with at least one parent. Eric coming up on 4 35 and the weather continues to warm up. Metinka it is already on the one side, 38 degrees in des moines. 30 in ames, cooler to the north. Your temperatures are in the 20s but everybody gets a nice chance to melt away more snow and ice. 30s across Northern Iowa and 40s to near 50 degrees across the southern half of the state. It will be gorgeous with sunshine and temperatures will be tumbling through the afternoon. Unfortunately we cannot keep the warm air around for too long this time. I am declaring a mistrial. Eric the twist in the joe lopez murder trial. Kim st. Onge was in court as the judge announced that mistrial. She tells us the mistrial was granted after the victims mother made shocking allegations against lopez. Kim those statements came after alvarez about her relationship with joe lopez, the man accused of killing her daughter, oneyearold ruby alvarez. He forced sexual intercourse with me. Kim the defense did not object. What happened next change the course of the trial. I am declaring a mistrial. No more outbursts or i will clear the courtroom. Kim despite cheering from lopezs family, his own family says a mistrial is a lose lose for everyone. Were back to square one and have to do the case all over again and its disappointing for everyone involved. But its necessary in order to protect our clients rights. Kim drakes legal expert says he is not surprised. And you have a secondary allegation this individual also sexually assaulted the mother. Charged. It is grossly prejudicial. The type of prejudice you cannot correct. Kim her family did not want to go on camera but to me they are shocked and upset, though im they will get justice for ruby alvarez. Eric throughout the trial lopez claim that ruby died after falling out of her high chair. The next trial date is tentatively set for may. In the meantime, he will be in custody of the polk county jail. They will also file new charges on lopez based on the Sexual Assault allegations. Elizabeth new cases of Human Trafficking are emerging. I was a Supreme Court chief justice shared his concern about this in his state of the justiciary. Chief political reporter Cynthia Fodor has more. Cynthia this couple was arrested for kidnapping, torturing, and orchestrating sexual crimes against an iowa girl. The courts are dealing with more and more reports of human there are many people being sexually and emotionally exploited. Being kidnapped or taken off the streets because they are homeless. Cynthia as a teacher she is concerned about young people and minorities and is pleased the chief justice of the iowa Supreme Court asked for changes in our criminal justice system. We can no longer view Human Trafficking as a problem reserved to the major cities in america. It exists as a dark underworld in many communities across iowa. Cynthia he says judges and is among for are being trained to deal with not only Human Trafficking but to identify their own biases to eliminate racial disparities. The amount of africanamericans in a prison system, and africanamericans cynthia she called for resources and juvenile courts, the tools they need for success without the weight of a criminal record. When Racial Disparity and all of its causes are eliminated, justice will be achieved. Elizabeth the chief justice also called for modernizing our jury system to collect information on the racial composition of juries to make sure they represent a fair crosssection of each community. Smalltown iowans is the economy rigged . Well, the 15 richest americans acquired more wealth in two years than the bottom 100 Million People combined. Im bernie sanders, and i approve this message. My plan make wall street banks and the ultrarich pay their fair share of taxes, provide living wages for working people, ensure equal pay for women. The middle class will continue to disappear unless we level the playing field. This is iowas news leader. This is kcci 8 news this morning. With eric hanson, elizabeth klinge, meteorologist kurtis gertz, and rightnow coverage with shaina humphries. Metinka it is a warm start, 38 degrees in des moines. 20s to the north. A greatlooking day. Starting with clouds and dry conditions. In i southwest breeze at 12 miles per hour. Southwest wind will bring warm conditions with sunshine this afternoon and highs around 46. Temperatures tomorrow will be tumbling followed by arctic air over the weekend. Eric once every four years, iowa is buzzing. Elizabeth with the caucuses a few weeks away, candidates are flooding our state. Dean reynolds went to one small town to iowans about the frenzy political elections bring to our state. Dean burrowed within the wintry landscape of western iowa between the moville and sac city is the town of holstein. Population 1300. Its where you will find the midwest delhi and grill and proprietor and peterson. Place was buzzing because a stopping by. Are you responsible . Q how many people are coming . Not a clue. Dean theres a greater frequency and urgency to such the candidates, camera crews, and correspondence are part of the traveling show. I realize the other states think we get special treatment, but we dont have times square or the ball. This is our own thing. Dean the remaining candidates have spent between 11 and 68 days a piece over the last year. Democrats have spent over 30 days each. And peterson has seen many over the years. I cant remover them because none of them one. Dean Carly Fiorina came in from the cold. About 75 people, including 22 kindergartners braved the chill to take her measure. I know you are tough but its really cold. Dean mark leonard is a regular. We have a privilege here in iowa and if you have not met the president of the united states, dean holstein is heavily republican and energized. They know they may have a profound effect on u. S. History and they relish the opportunity as fleeting as it may be. All you have to do is put forth effort and you can meet all these people. Its really nice. One of them could be, someday the president. Dean theres a story about an older gentleman who is asked whether he made up his mind yet. He said he was leaning toward one candidate but then he wasnt sure yet has he had only met with him eight times. Dean reynolds, cbs news, cumming, iowa. Elizabeth it is now 4 45 and you are waking up to 38 degrees in the metro. We have a nice warm up this afternoon. This is a look at i235 and 63rd. Here and met weather is never more than five minutes away, only on kcci 8 news this morning. Metinka it is a beautiful morning. Temperatures are mild. 38 degrees in des moines and 39 in knoxville. North of highway 20, conditions watch for refreezing. Otherwise it will be great south, southwest wind. Wind chills are not a problem this morning. A southwest wind will warm things up later today. We are waking up to clouds across the state, already clearing lines across eastern nebraska, we will be noticing sunshine. Reciprocation is to the north with no showers in north dakota and minnesota and they will stay there for now. Things will be changing today and tomorrow not so nice. A cold front will move through Northern Iowa like in 00 p. M. That will drag down the light snow into the northern part of the state. We will probably have flurries with gusty wind and toward the weekend, that whole northwest flow continues bringing more arctic air and another chance of snow by saturday evening into early sunday. Get ready for temperatures to head back to the deep freeze tammy things out with futurecast today, i sent quiet. After midnight, snow works and across northwest iowa and will roll through central iowa and the other hereby noon tomorrow. We expect snow but it will clear up. Here comes the reinforcing shot of cold air bringing more snow by saturday and to the northwest. It is moving through central iowa overnight into early on sunday. No big snow makers but a big difference in temperatures. 40s to near 50 degrees across the southern half of the state and look what happens tomorrow back down into the teens and 20s across the state. Right now its nice, 38 in des moines. Leave the super warm coats at home and maybe bring out a lighter jacket. A bit cooler to the north. Overnight lows tonight hold into the mid to upper 20s so its not too bad yet as the wind through the afternoon with wind and flurries. By saturday, cold air starts to move in with highs in the teens with more snow overnight into sunday with maybe a dusting. Sunday, the High Temperature of four degrees. Elizabeth good day to stay inside. Eric it began as a comic in as a promising start to the iowa state basketball game. But is now taking steps back. Elizabeth the teams second to one in three in the big 12. Top 25. Marcus mcintosh has more. State students hurry to the next class but pause when asked to b speak about the iowa mens basketball. I dont think its a big deal to lose a few games. Point, and texas by three points. The last three losses come as a disappointed. The big 12 is tough this year. Marcus tom randall agrees, there. More than a dozen game left. I think everybody got hopped up on the high rankings and forgot about the big 12 being full of potholes. You have lots of really good teams. Marcus it might be more than just a tough conference. Senior leadership took a hit when naz long could not recover from surgery in both hips after only playing a gains. Fans are confident the cyclones could have a season that meets expectations. I think they know they need to step it up for the fans and they know they shouldnt get discouraged. Elizabeth the teams next home game is monday against secondranked oklahoma. The chance for the team to avenge a fourpoint loss a few weeks ago. Eric see why a drake senior will have to sing for her supper metinka temperatures are above iowa and 38 in des moines and 30 in ames and frosty to the north. Watch for refreeze north of highway 30 early this morning, the rest of us have things looking puddled with sunshine and great temperatures. The School Forecast looks good, mid30s, lunch and recess around 42, a muddy 46. You wont need to have a park us just a light jacket but maybe gloves. Temperatures will be falling to the afternoon friday with flurries and arctic air on the way for the weekend with overnight lows back down below zero. Even starting out next very cold before temperatures moderate by the middle of next week. Oh danny boy the pipes, the pipes are calling. Elizabeth a partnership through drake is bridging the gap between younger and older generations. One Drake University senior has an unusual housing assignment. Eric emmy victor shows us her new place and the role her voice will play. Emmy not even close to a typical dorm hall. The living room is twice the size of my last living room and bedroom is twice the size of my last one. Emmy Haley Jenkins is the in iowa. Fall and it not have housing for this semester. I was in ireland and wasnt going to start until january which is crazy. Emmy until you need to offer at deerfield chairman center came. I resume and cover letter oh danny boy, the pipes are calling. Emmy for two scheduled performance is a month she will get free room and board in return. We are going to take her to the bar and we will have a drink. Emmy it is one less spot for a senior resident but deerfield says it is worth the investment. Music brings out the social aspect of the social house and that will be part of our efforts here. Emmy intergenerational living is said to enhance the lives of the older adults and young adults. Having 13 grandchildren and one firstrate granddaughter, having haley here is like having one of them right outside our door. Emmy emmy victor, kcci eight news. Eric haleys first scheduled performance will be today at 4 30. We will tell you the results of last nights recordbreaking powerball drawing and we are hours away from the first Republican Debate of 2016