there will be no stone unturned. we'll look under every rock. >> a former reality show contestant is accused of mutilating the body of his ex-wife. where police believe he's hiding. in tonight's cover story, a cop and a crook. secrets from a double life as a murder-for-hire. i'm not intimidated. >> friendly competition. shack is taking on michael phelps. we had a soggy saturday. i'll tell you when things cool down and dry out, coming up next. live in high-definition from wbff tv in baltimore, this is fox 45 news at 10:00. good evening. i'm jeff abell. i'm karen parks. after a night of severe weather, the baltimore area got another soaking today. >> it has been a very stormy weekend and we have more on the way. jessica starr is here with a look. >> it's been raining pretty much all day today. the good news is the cold front and warm-and-humid conditions are starting to move out of the mid-atlantic. we had heavy rain showers that were in our area throughout the daytime today. showing you we are dealing with a flash flood watch until midnight tonight for baltimore county, as well as hartford county and anne arundel county. if you are on the roadways, take it easy if you're going to be doing traveling overnight tonight. look at these rainfall totals. look at dover, delaware. close to 3-and a half inches of rainfall reported in the last 24 hours. close to an inch reported in salisbury and close to an inch here in baltimore. we did get a significant amount of rain in a short amount of time between yesterday's rainfall and today's rainfall. here's your next-day planner. we'll deal with clouds. rain showers coming to an end. we could wake up to a couple of sprinkles in the morning. the conditions will be getting better throughout the day. 82 degrees at noon. the sun will be peeking out later in the day for tomorrow. there is better weather on our way. we have hurricane bill to talk about. we'll get you all caught up in a few minutes. of course, you can be in charge of your very own personalized forecast iradar available at foxbaltimore.com. go to foxbaltimore.com/iradar. beaches in ocean city were closed for swimming today because of dangerous surf conditions. beach patrols say the rip tides are strong and the weight of the waves crashing could cause injuries. they expect the surf to kick up. we caught up with one family in a anne arundel who woke up to find tree branches blocking their home. the worst damage happened when one fell on the roof, breaking shingles and siding. >> i've got to get on the roof and get this stuff down. it's a good thing we have homeowner's insurance, i guess; right? >>reporter: unfortunately, the family had just remodeled the home prior to the damage. you were in the best position to see severe weather first. a couple of our viewers sent us photos. brandon sent us this photo capturing one of the many lightning strikes from last night's storm as it moved through the neighborhood. if you see storms in your area, share it with baltimore. upload photos and videos. go to foxbaltimore.com. send photos and videos directly from your cell phone at foxbaltimore.com. a woman who was struck by a car during last night's stormy weather has died. the incident happened at the intersection of 31st last night. she was rushed to the hospital with a head injury and two broken legs. police are broebing whether the storms actually caused the crash. after a nine day stretch of no murders, police are investigating two murders in two days. the city is still on track to be the safest in years. myranda stephens has more. >>reporter: her heart is broken over the loss of her son. >> they killed my son. everybody loved him. >>reporter: 25-year old dante died thursday after police say a man came to his home off southland avenue and shot him 3 times through the front window. police haven't released a motive, but the family believes he may have been killed over a woman. >> the young women need to stop playing games with the young mens' minds. >>reporter: the murder took on the distinction as the city's first homicide in nine, the longest stretch of the year. after his death, quickly came more violence. a shooting friday night off jefferson street, where a man was critically injured after being shot in the head and another shooting early this morning near a park in southwest baltimore, where a man was shot and killed. despite the recent violence, officials say the city is still on track to having the safest summer in 20 years. >> of course, we went a stretch without any homicides. we've had two, but we still continue to build. our numbers are still going down, despite the stories that play out in the media. >>reporter: while the number of homicides may continue to climb, police say the number of non-fatal shootings is actually down by 30 percent. still that gives little comfort to cheryl floyd, who wants justice for her son, who she says wasn't just a number. >> everybody loved him and can't believe he's gone and don't know why. >>reporter: in east baltimore, myranda stephens, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> police have not released the identity of the man killed early this morning. his death, however, now puts the number of homicides in the city and 142. city police make two drug busts. police made one arrest and seized heroin and $10,000. in the southwest district, officers arrested 3 men, seized 13 pounds of marijuana, a gun and $6,000 in cash. a wild saturday night on the west side of baltimore, but it was all part of an effort to promote peace. more than 200 people turned out for a peace celebration on the same block where a young teen was killed last year. >>reporter: karen, police have still not tracked down ronny jackson's killer, but his friends and family hope his death can help change the community. battling the rain -- >> oh, yeah. here they come. >>reporter: the saturday-evening parade is designed to bring peace to murdel avenue in west baltimore. >> that's a blessing. that's a blessing right there. >>reporter: proud parents scam the go-goaters, looking for their kids. everyone here is well aware someone is missing. >> this year he would have been plague the drums. >>reporter: 14-year old jackson gunned down while delivering fruit to an elderly neighborhood. >> it upset me so bad that he got killed trying to do something for me. >>reporter: his name is forever etched outside her door, but she's so haunted by the images of the murder scene, she's moved. >> when i came home from the hospital, the fruit was still on the strep and the blood was on the ground. it just got to me. i couldn't take it. i am trying to keep from crying right now, you know what i'm saying? >>reporter: tonight it's not about tears. it's a celebration about where ronny is now. >> i know -- >>reporter: and where this neighborhood could be. >> that's why we're doing this. to bring the peace, you know what i'm saying? you know what i mean? i swear, god is so good. i ain't lying. >>reporter: tonight ronny's mom tells us she does want justice and would like to see an arrest, but most of all, she wants the neighborhood to be peaceful enough for kids to play again. fox 45 news at 10:00. the rain held off long enough for ravens' fans to get one final look. >> thanks, jeff. the team still has a final walkthrough tomorrow before they head back. today was the final day of training camp for all media and fans. today's practice was a shorter session as they focused less on individual drills and more on team plays. everyone was in good spirits knowing they could soon be back in their own beds. it's been a long, grueling camp. they turn to their focus to monday night's game as they welcome the jets. >> they took one day at a time to -- we all agreed we would do, and try to have the very best day we could have. they did that. >> we'll have more on training camp, plus i'll go one on one and see if the orioles could win the first series since the all-star break. it's all coming up on "sports unlimited." some breaking news right now. a 60-year old woman is dead after a hit-and-run tonight. it happened about 7:00 tonight at baltimore and oak lane. she was rushed to baltimore washington hospital, where she died this evening. police are probing the incident tonight and so far have no suspects or descriptions of the vehicle. thousands of baseball fans are pumping new life in to the local economy. the world series tournament is drawing more than 30,000 visitors to hartford county. every room is booked. every restaurant is full. county officials expect the event will pump million dollars into the economy. the battle for a public option sets the house's two top democrats apart. >>reporter: another split in health care negotiations. this one between democrats. the two democrats seem to disagree on whether a public option should be in the bit. here's the housespeaker. >> there's no way i can pass a bill in the house of representatives (unintelligible). >>reporter: he said he's for the public option, but also for passing a bit. here he is on a conference call. >> we believe the public option is a necessary, useful and very important aspect of this. you know, we'll have to see. there are many other important aspects of bill as well. >> further complicating things, democratic negotiateors say there's no support in their body. the gang of 6, 3 democrats and 3 republicans on the senate finance committee were trying to negotiate a bill. they have until september 15th to come up with a plan. -- in washington, fox news. we have the different versions of the health care bills on our website. check them out at foxbaltimore.com/newslinks. you can tell your congressman what you you think. contact information is also on our website at foxbaltimore.com/your voice. if you have questions about health care reform, senator ben will be here to answer them live monday on fox 45 news at 10:00. send us your questions at foxbaltimore on twitter. a baltimore animal shelter is looking for hundreds of new homes for cats and kittens. since the first of the month, they have taken in more than 600 felines who have been aband abandoned or turned in. many are relocating to place that don't allow pets and others can't afford to care for them. >> we have people who are truly upset. a lot of them are very well cared for. we have people that are krooiing. they have no other alternative. >> right now the shelter is waiving its $65 adoption fee for anyone willing to give them a new home. while they are waiting to, adopted, they are attempting to make their stay more comfortable. they're collecting towels, sheets and blankets to help pad the cages and bathe the animals. used items are okay, but they can't accept anything with down or fiber-fill fiber-filled. now he wants to take on auk waman. that's coming up. gruesome details of a model's murder are released. where authorities think her accused killer is hiding. he was a cop and a crook. the not-so-friendly neighborhood hitman. the search is on for a child rapist. how you can help in tonight's maryland's most wanted. police in the u.s. and in canada are working together to try and catch a man accused of murder. los angeles police say a former reality tv show contestant killed and then mutilated the body of his ex-wife, former swimsuit model. now they believe he's crossed the northern border. we have the latest from los angeles. >>reporter: the details are gruesome. >> fingers and teeth were removeded. >>reporter: police describing the horrific way jenkins tried to cover his tracks after strangling her to death. the former swimsuit model's body was found stuffed in a suitcase and tossed in a dumpster last weekend. >> ryan jenkins is an animal, what he has done to jasmine is unspeakab unspeakable. it's just not right. >>reporter: he was last seen alive with jenkins, who reported her missing and then disappeared. police believe he may already be in canada. his car and empty boat trailer were found at a marina in washington state. that boat located a short time later in a town near the canadian border. police are working with u.s. marshalls, washington state police and canadian authorities to track him down. >> there will be no stone unturned and we'll look under every rock for him. >>reporter: jenkins has a history of violence. with an assault charge in canada and domestic violence charge in the u.s. for hitting jasmine. there is speculation he may be getting help from family and friends. police say if that is true, they could be in trouble too. >> anybody that assists him, helps him in any way, is also subject to being charged as aiding and abetting and harboring a fugitive. >>reporter: if he is caught in canada, getting him back to the united states depends on whether he'll face the death penalty. right now police say he is facing a single murder charge that carries with it a lengthy prison term. in california, fox news. >> he is a native of calgary, agberta, which is why police believe he ned there. he was a contestant on "megan wants a millionaire" about a woman seeking to land a wealthy bachelor. police have found the tanker truck, which was involved in an accident that killed a 67-year old bikists. police say he was riding behind the truck on maryland avenue earlier this month, when he became entangled in the trucks' wheels and died. surveillance cameras show the bikists was at fault in the incident. a state public defender is calling her firing unfair. she said she was ordered to act in violation of civil-service laws and she's been fired because she did not follow those orders. in a statement forwarded by the naacp, she said she was asked to fire a well-respected african-american public defender for no reason. the naacp is hoping the board, who fired forester, will publicly say why. >> we'll start talking. everybody will start communicating and we don't need that to happen. this is a very important agency that does great work for people who can't afford legal representation. >> the naaeshgs cp is calling on state lawmakers to investigate the firing. the search is on tonight for a child rapist from parkville. authorities hope you'll provide the tip that leads them to this man. >>reporter: 61-year old charles was convicted of raping a child in baltimore county in october of last year. he was ordered to appear in court for his sentencing back in february, but authorities say he never showed up. >> he should be considered armed and dangerous. >>reporter: he is 6-feet tall and weighs 20060 pounds. his last-known address is in the 3100 block of garden avenue and parkville. >> he walks with a limp and sometimes uses a cane. >>reporter: anyone with information about his whereabouts is urged to call the fbi immediately at this number. as always, all tips are confidential. remember. if you provide any information leading to an arrest, you might be eligible for a cash reward. >> for more information about sex offenders in your area, log on to our website at foxbaltimore.com and click on the sex offender registry. michael phelps just set 4 world records at a competition in rome. now baltimore's golden boy is taking time out of his schedule for a different kind of race. reporter: he's won 14 gold medals and broken dozens of world records, but michael phelps is suiting up to compete against an athlete he's never challenged before. 4-time national hoops champion, nba star shaq. it's all part of a reality show and it is happening on baltimore's turf. >> it's cool. shaq and i were walking around town yesterday. we grabbed a bite to eat. it's a little friendly competition. >>reporter: there's a lot of smack talking about what will happen. there are a few factors to this competition. michael is still hobbling along after minor injuries from an accident. shak is a little taller. >> it will be good having a 7-footer in the pool. >>reporter: michael is just a few years younger. >> he's at age where we can eat pizza, burgers, cookies. those oreos were looking at me. eat me. eat me. i couldn't do it. >>reporter: regardless, the race is on. >> i'm going to wear the same suit he wore in the olympics. it might take me an hour-and a half to get in to it, but i'm going to wear it. >>reporter: if he loses? >> i have to wear a pink thing and do synchronized swimming. >>reporter: we all know who will win. >> nobody can beat him -- (unintelligible). >>reporter: candice dold, fox 45 news at 10:00. >> the episode will air in mid-september. over an inch of rain today. a big improvement for the work week. i'll tell you how the weather will be in a few minutes. staying socially connected through online sites is all the rage, but sometimes it can be irritating to be so plugged in. some dos and don'ts later on the news at 10:00. i had my own network on the streets. everybody knew i was part of the criminal underworld. >> he was a crook and a cop and now she' ♪ ♪ once you've dealt with the things that come between you... don't let 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murder. >>reporter: a cop, a crook, a chameleon. he has played many roles in his life. now he takes on a new one, as an author. >> there's a message in the book that i wanted to get out. >>reporter: what message could a book about a cop's undercover life deliver? you'd be surprised. during a 10-year period as a phoenix pd, he lets us in a world some of us most of us ever know. a harsh world where people would hire him to kill someone. >> ex-husband, boyfriend, girlfriend, business partner, a mother and father hired me to kill their son. >>reporter: shocking? yes. this was valentine's reality as he worked undercover for the phoenix police. the fresh-faced kid who graduated the academy in 1978, would transform himself in to someone you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley or even in the light of day. >> i ran the streets so i had my own little network on the streets. everybody knew i was part of the criminal underworld. if you needed something done, you want to who i was at the time. reporter: or the in the 80s he was deep undercover taking various hit jobs. these are surveillance pictures of him working under dld cover as a dirty biker. see that woman? she's from new river and met with valentine in this phoenix motel parking lot to discuss how he would murder her husband. >> (unintelligible). reporter: a mother of 3, goes through with the deal, paying him in jewelry to murder her husband. shortly after that, police move in. she was convicted and sentenced to 25 years in prison. switch to yet another case. she too thought she was hiring valentine to murder her husband. >> (unintelligible). >>reporter: valentine walks away, police move in and she is busted. notice he gave her a chance to change her sniend valentine, who now investigates for the phoenix fire department, says he always suggested people another way out besides murder. to one woman, she suggested divorcing her husband instead of having him killed. >> she said you know what, divorce is out of the question. my family is not going to accept divorce. we can handle the funeral. we can't handle divorce. she was serious. >>reporter: you can't make this stuff up, but what's of the fiction? what of the hundreds of undercover cop movies and television shows out there? which does he find most believable? most reflective of his undercover life on the streets? >> the best show i ever watched when i was way undercover, i never missed the darn thing and i felt it to be the most believable. >>reporter: valentine says the cbs series "wise guy" paralleled his real life. ken wall played an undercover agent for a crime bureau. he would infiltrate various organizations, trying to gather evidence to take down the bad guys. >> it still had the most realistic value to it. it was a great show. >>reporter: in his real life, valentine married patty, the love of his life. together they raised two boys. all the while, he was leading a double life. he writes about those struggles too. what are the messages of his book, think twice when you go to do wrong. things are seldom as they seem. >> if it sends a message to the people that oh, my god, it's like going to vegas. i'm gambling. i don't know if i'm going to get the real guy or the cop and go away for the rest of my life. then i better not do it. maybe there's another alternative. social networking online is the easiest way to stay connected. straight ahead, some rules to follow so you don't get defriended. the r we had another mild and muggy day for today. temperatures got into the mid-80s. we saw rain showers develop in the afternoon hours. some of those rain showers were heavy at times. we had flood watches in effect as well. on skywatch hd regional radar, you can see the last of the rain showers are pulling out, moving towards the northeast. things are going to start to dry up through the overnight hours. temperatures right now, a cold front pushed through that allowed for rain showers to develop today. national temperatures at 73 degrees at bwi. 61 in chicago. 69 degrees in minneapolis. 69 in omaha. the upper midwest is really feeling the effects of that cold front, bringing down canadian air. it is the last week of august. we are getting towards september and fall temperatures. it will start to feel like that a little bit here. temperatures will cool down just a little behind the front that brought the rain showers today. that will push into the atlantic ocean. for tomorrow morning, we could wake up to clouds and a few lingering rain showers. clearing throughout the day. conditions improving all thanks to this high-pressure system that has been sticking into the midwest. it's finally going to make its way into the air by monday morning and throughout the work week. now hurricane bill has weakened, but look at the size of the system. it's still a pretty big system, in regards to size. it has weakened tremendously. it's a category 1 hurricane and has maximum-sustained winds. it will make landfall and kick into the atlantic ocean. it is bringing a lot of high surf and high winds and rip currents towards portions of the east coast. if you are headed towards ocean city for tomorrow, we'll see showers in the morning lingering. sunshine in the afternoon. you may want to double -check your travel plans because there have been reports of beaches closing. we have high surf, as well as rip currents out there. just a couple of fun facts about rip currents and how they form. they're strong currents that run perpendicular to the storm. when you have a hurricane or tropical storm, it churns up the rough access. never swim alone and don't fight the current if you do take the chance to fight and swim in a rip current. for tomorrow along all the beaches along the peninsula, there's a high-surf advisory in effect. definitely take it easy. best bet is to stick towards the tool. don't go into the ocean tomorrow. tomorrow we'll have clohave clouds in the morning. 5-day forecast is looking very nice. 86 degrees for tomorrow. couple of showers in the morning clearing throughout the day. mpd monday, tuesday, wednesday and thursday absolutely beautiful. if you have outdoor plans, you're in luck. 85 on monday. 87 on tuesday. wednesday and thursday partly-cloudy skies and a high of 88 degrees. remember. you can track hurricane bill with fox 45 skywatch hurricane tracker available at foxbaltimore.com. use the doppler radar to track coming storms. go to foxbaltimore.com/hurricanes. it's all the rage to be socially connected through sites like facebook and twitter, but people are finding there can be frustration in these sites. >>reporter: even though you may be facebook friends, some say there's still such a thing as tmi, too much information. >> i don't want to know what someone is doing every second of the day. >>reporter: people seem to have a megaphone at their fingertips, updating their whereabouts and what they're doing at any time, anyplace. tech experts recommend good social networking 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minnesota overnight. on the roirdings, the captain asked an employee from another airline to allow his passengers in to the terminal. the employee refused because security personnel had left for the day. tsa officials say the passengers should have been able to stay in a different section of the airport. do your laundry on the go? a new portable washington machine claims to get a 5-pound-load of laundry super clean in just minutes. patrice harris puts wonder wash to the test. >>reporter: a new enenvironmentally friendly -- in fact, she even keeps part of her wardrobe here. wouldn't it be convenient if she could do laundry here to? it promises to clean up to 5 pounds in minutes without electricity so it's perfect, the makers say, for a camping trip, on a boat, down the shore. we asked michelle buckman to test the product for us. >> we ordered online and this is what we got. >>reporter: putting it together was a bit of a hassle. >> there are pictures here. i hope it will help. i wish i had directions. all these piece and i don't know what i've got. >>reporter: she has a washing machine that fits in her cubicle. >> i brought in my -- i've got mud. can it do wonders for my muddy clothes? this is the load of brights and colors all cotton. >>reporter: as they say, just add water. >> it says add water and detergent before you add clothes. >>reporter: put the lid on tight and you're ready to go. >> turn the machine about one turn per second >> the recommended time for our load of laundry is 2.5 minutes. sounds like a washing machine. my arm is starting to get tired. that's it. time. remove lid. look. there's suds. >>reporter: a handy drain nozzle attaches easily. >> cool. that's kind of cool. it drains right now. >>reporter: to rinse off, refill with water, spin and drain again. the whole process takes michelle about 10 minutes. everything smells clean, but how does it look? she hung everything out to dry and most of the stains are gone. >> ketchup is gone here. mud is gone here. except this shirt. it is still here. >>reporter: it may not take the place of a washer, but if you need to do laundry on the go, is it a deal or dud? >> with a little elbow grease, detergent and water i was able to clean my clothes. i'm calling this a deal. we're going to see sunshine for the work week. will we see rain showers when the state fair kicks off? a final look at forecast right after the bravenlth ravens' training camp ended ♪ ♪ i always feel like (announcer) it's right here, it's easy... ♪ somebody's watching me. ...it's the money you could be saving wh h geico. ♪ who's watching? ♪ tell me who's watching. ufuffled music right here, it's easy... ♪ i always feel lik somebody's watchg g me. ♪ it's the money you could be saving with geico. we will have clouds tomorrow. a couple of rain showers. things will be improving throughout the day. 86 degrees. a stretch of very nice weather. 85 degrees on monday. 87 degrees on tuesday. 88 degrees both wednesday and thursday. unfortunately, when the state fair kicks off there's going to be another system moving in here. 85 on friday and saturday with a chance for rain showers and the possibility of thunderstorms mixed in. that's a look at your 7-day forecast. back to you guys. just weeks after art scape, another free art festival makes its way to baltimore. this weekend it's the first ever inner harbor arts festival. local and nationally-recognized artists are showing off their talents along the waterfront. the photographs, paintings and other displays total $15 million. a picnic full of soul for the 18th time the picnic celebrated african-american culture and family. music was a major part of the day with performances from big-named artists. >> the rain did not stop that show. >> that went on as planned. the ravens' training camp closes tomorrow. how does he feel things went in his second year as head coach? >> thanks, guys. coming up tonight, what does he think of the team's performance? you'll hear from the ravens' head coach accident next. the orioles trying to do something they haven't done since july 12th. could hernandez get the job done? highlights are next. i'll talk to michael to get his thoughts on the first game. "sports unlimited" starts right now. the ravens are packing their bags tonight as they get ready to leave westminster until next year. the ravens wrapped up their last public