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Come down at any moment at this point. After that happens we expect to hear from the lead prosecutor in the case. Ryan porterwe expect to hear frt family members of the victims so this is still a developing story in fairfax. We will have much more coming up for you later on at 5 00 and again at 6 00. Until then, live in fairfax, Jeff Goldberg, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you for that. The killings had alexandria on edge foryears. Residents wondering each time they heard a knock on the front door what would be on the other side. Brianne carter continues our team coverage. This has to come as a sense of relief for a it lot of folks tonight. Brianne so many in this community have close ties to the victim in eachof the killings. For more than a decade, people who live and work in the del rey section of alexandria were on edge at diffent times. R habits. Those that would go out in the middle ofthe day to walk their dog are no longer doing that after word of each of the killings inside of a home in and around this section of alexandria. And with similar ties. Talking about the way this was all carried out. For more than a decade, the community trying to figure out who is responsible for death of Nancy Dunning, ron kirby and Ruthanne Lodato. The changed the mood of the usually quiet neighborhood. Todays verdict with the guilty on all counts brings some relief to some and still for others there is some questions. Yeah, we trusted the jury made the correct decision. But there is a piece of me thinking is this the right guy . Brianne coming up here on abc7 news at 5 00 hear from people who live in this community who know those victims, each one of them and share their reaction to todays news. Reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you. Now a look back at the victims. Alison Nancy Dunning was found dead december 5, 2003. She was a Real Estate Agent married to then alexandria sheriff jim dunning. Ron kirby wasilled more than ten years latr,ove 11, 2013. He ws the irector of the Transportation Branch of the counsel of government. Music teacher Ruthanne Lodato was the third and final victim. Murdered february 6, 014. Alsho in their homes. Jonath st wi abc7 for live udates on the severance verdict. You can follow along online at wjla. Com. We are expecting to hear from th prosecutor this afternoon, if he should step to the podium we will take yu the live for that. Alison all right. Wel we re following breaking news right now. This is ut of Montgomery Village mayland. A lve pictur o the olic activity there. Three detectives are investigating a dad body that is just about al we know do hve acrew on the way. Wewill bring you more information as soon as we get it. But first, update on fridays w. One of the students injured in the incident has now been released from the hospital. Six people were hurt in the flash fire. Officials at the medstar hoital said today only one student remains in the hospital. The fire was caused by chemistry experiment. Jonathan new developments in the case that cantured our area and the nation. D. C. Mansion where four people were murdered in may is up for sale. Stephen tschida shows us. Stephen for close to six months the stately, elegant, once lively home has sat vay cant. Now the chance for new life in this scene of horrific murder. The property is on the market for 3,250,000. I would probably be iffy if it was just recently. Stefs but it is why the house is for sale. In may someone killed savvas savopoulos, his wife amy, their 10yearold phillip and the housekeeper Vera Figueroa and then torched the home. Win written win is chargeed with the daron wint is charged with the killings and awaiting trial. It wouldnt stop me unless it was a common crime in the neighborhood. D. C. They have stepped up where the gruesome murders took place. The swan Street Townhouse someone murdered a young lawyer in 2006. Sold twice since the unsolveed killing. Its in the midst of renovation again. But the savapoulos murder so troubling its an obstacle . Im not sure what i would dotent e uet ahe ihlg. Oneiht iru. Cathedl. Sueeds tfistohat job. S sipent nneyin h position. An ll,a fstr deba for any repuican candidates ise with hform abe the qutions sked andrt asked wa lckfor chan in w the pry debates are fwd. Campaign e inlexandria th we ou senio politialreporter ot thumanifollowing the velopment. Sl toa lo cange the for ne bate. This c se recedt with heay things ar add. Scott you ae rgh theyill ke sure they keep next eeks dbate,by the ay we wll bethere n wisconn, asis. Thr upo at that oint. N expct che futu resptive of the republican candidates got together ad drafted a thr th approve it today it will go u tv etworks who ar hosting the futuredebate withhat amous to a list of dends. Th want 30second apennd closing rema eyont want lightnin rod questionss w awin the rec deate orones where they are asked to raise hands to answer. They want to get in the nuance and overall it seems that its more about the subject tone and the matter. They want to attack that and not have what they call the liberal moderators. But none of the demands seem like anything that is so egregious the network would havent to agree. A lot can be worked out. Something important to note is the candidates seem unsure on how to deal with too many of them. Do you have two separate events or a lottery system for who is prime time or not . The last thing, the r. N. C. Not part of the meeting. Some people on the candidates teams have been blaming the Republican Party leadership for how the fist few debates g. Ve been go e partially to blame. We hav to see how it rks out. Anotherdog in the wheel. Jonathan the candidates meet for the cume whyia but the let kumbaya but the r. N. C. Is left out. Some of the demands makes sense. But wanting the questions up front beforehand is ridiculous. Thats journalists asking questions which is our job. Scott yeah. That is where they would see pushback. Networks would say we are not going to telegraph what well ask. We can talk about the subject matter. Cnbc for all the heat it took, it defended itself saying what a lot of the networks would universally adopt. If you are going to run for president you should be able to answer tough questions. It doesnt change the fact that the tone might have been over the line according to the critics asking donald trump is this a comic book campgn things some people might deem insulting. That is what people got most upset about. That i cant imagine you wil see replay of. The next one is the fox news debate. Fox business news. They feel like obviously that is a republican more friendly territory so they are not worried about that one. The one frward is t one they will are concerned about. Jonathan thank you. Presiden pushgfor overhaul of he criminal justice sm. Visiting a Drug Treatment Center in newark, nw jersey. You are looking at his visit to prison in july. He will participate in round table on the prisoner reentry into society at rutgers university. The president is calling for a break in the cycle of incarceration. Congress is considering rare Bipartisan Legislation to cut the sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. Alison the question today does Montgomery County pay its top employees too much money . New report suggests Many Department directors rake in a lot more than their counterparts in other similar size jurisdictions. Montgomery county Council President commissioned the report and he believes that the county should tighten the financial belt before raising taxes again. We probably have drifted too far in salary at the top end. So i have asked the office o the legislative oversight to review whether the salaries we pay the high level managers are in step or out of step with what other jurisdictions and the federal government pay. Alison Montgomery County will publish a tellall report on the website tomorrow around 10 00 a. M. Jonathan coming up at abc7 news at 4 00 a health scare at a chipotle. Not just one, but many across the country. What was found in the food . Well tell you coming up. Alison what happened when a woman broke in a zoo . It is double trouble after coming fois to face with a tiger. Jonathan could snow days be gone for good . What a school is doing that could be a gamechanger. That is at 4 30. Doug im doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. Cloudy but a clearing trend will approach. I have the timing and the look ahead up next on abc7 news at 4 00. Discover the world animals, seen those before but sometimes they do it on their own mmm foot wow food for giants oooo no wonder no one has eaten this sandwich kids discover the world with their mouths detergent is harmful if swallowed, so keep laundry pacs up and away from children brought to you by tide alison get back to the breaking news were folwilo today. This is in village, ivrylandwhere the detectes arinstigat a dead body found in the woods. Our Jennifer Donelan is on the scene now. What can you tell us . Jennifer we are south lake elementary school. Joining me live is captain paul starks of the Montgomery County police department. Well have our photographer Brian Hopkins scan around so you can see where we are. This happened this afternoon. Someone passing by noticed a body in the woods . That is right. 12 42 p. M. Our 911 center received a call for a deceased subject in the woods adjacent to the playground. The fire rescue and the police responded. Fire declared him deceased. And then the investigators respond to the scene. Right now we are not confirming any foul play or any of those details. This is just a general Death Investigation at this point. Jennifer the kids were not in school today so your Police Officers didnt have to take extra steps with them. That is correct. I was fortunate. Today mcps had no school. Anas nice weather. Probably led to the discovery of the body at that time. Jennifer well let you get back tothe investigation. Thank you r joining us welkeep you posted. Developments. E we turny in oma where thepo tir. Shebrke n t omah zoo. Autriti sa jacquelynbroken oo an the tiger ce. Jonathan never odto do. Alisonthe police said the learned she was intoxicate onathan shocker. Ison if the woman was also charged wi trespassin apparently this is not firswth ovicted ive hd previously been convicted o drunk driving. Jothan both gerus ho aut this . E. Oli outbreaklinked to six chipotle restaurants in Washington State and oregon. Arecation, they closed rrants. Nely two dozen pele hav been sckened so far but the oficials exp that number will go up. Eit people so r hav hospitalized. Lth officials now are sti tryingo fin the exact cause of the contamination. Never good either. Anytime you ed work done onousee a contractor it doesnt seem like the easiest process. Alison no. A lot of questions. Who should you pick, how should you decide w to go with . When it comes to plumrs we put some to the test. Troubleshooter Horace Holmes has a preview of astory youll see only here horace we eated te test and teroblem. Mple problemin the kitchen of a home give a simple turn to the faucet, on the kitchennkk here and also under here. Underneath the sink. That is whatwe di at the home we reted ecently. We hid cameras around the house and called in seven plumrs. We watched inan upstairs room to see hat they would do and how much they would charge for the fix. Its 270. Jus for that bit . I called, nobody said there was a twohour minimum. I know nobody discussed a twohourinimum. I knowt. Horace see how things cannot go your way. The important thing is if you want to see just how the process goes as far as the plumbers are concerned from their perspective. We also want to arm you with hand over any ofu shouldask your hardearned money to a contractor that you bring in your home. Ur plumbersour 7 on your side hidden camera plumbers test is coming up tonight on abc7 news at 11 00. Jonathan well be watching. Thank you. Dont miss the plumbers test. The only place to see it is here at 11 00. Its unclear if Electronics Like the smartphones and tablets are good for children. But many are using them a lot. A new study from the American Academy of pediatrics that suggests by age four half of children have had their own tv. 75 their own mobile device. Some tablets are made for children. But many times parents pass off their phone to try to keep the kids busy. In fact, up to threequarters of 4yearolds have their own to play with. Depending who you ask. Some say they learn from them. It depends what they are doing. Jonathan that is never going to happen. No way. Time for a check of the traffic situation. Jamie sullivan has details. You wouldnt let your kid at 4 years old have a tv, would you . Jamie i just got married. Lets not talk about my kids in the future. Too many questions lately about people asking me that. I want to start off with a car fire. Serious issue on the beltway. On the outer loop right now. Working your way closer to georgetown pike. So from maryland to virginia, you can see. This looks like a semi is involved. Flashing lights here. The traffic trying to get on. You can do that. We have some of the right lanes blocked off. Two lanes getting by to the lefthand side. Again this is on the outer loop of the beltway. Georgetown pike. Move to the map to talk about how slow we are. 8 miles per hour. That is a late start near 270. Quite a few miles of a backup. We are used to seeing it on the inner loop. His is the utter outer loop. When you travel home it will be dark out. We are not used to it. That something to keep in mind. Slowing heading northbound on the baltimore parkway becae of the disabled. That has a lane blockedear mill. We have a lot of construction underway. The nationaluseum of the africanamerican history and culture will have closures. A live look to show yo in this area. A lot of work they are doing around the museum will close tonight at 7 00 on 15th street and reopen at 7 00 a. M. Back to you. Jonathan thank you for that. Huge cracks in the earth. Look at this. Its cool but scary at the same time. This is central wyoming, a rural part. Growing fast. 50 yards wide and 100 feet deep in some spots. Geologists say the crack was formed by a slowmoving land slide. And that its not dangerous. If youre not on the edge of it, its not dangerous. Alison meanwhile across the pond in london, you could barely see what was in front of you. Heavy fog there. Flights were delayed. Canceled. A second straight day that the heavy fog descended on that part of the u. K. Visibility fell to 300 feet. Jonathan london with fog is cool. Alison yeah. Beautiful. Jonathan we dont have fog. We have a nice weather. Alison mild. Doug kind of cloudy. The skies willlear. Then there could be patchy fog. Burn off quickly. We are in good shape. The next few days the temperatures are above average. 70 or better. Start with a time lapse. Headquarters in germantown. Notice bright colors. We are at the peak color. Through the day we have the clouds roll in. Noh and wt from the getown. You can see a peek of blue sky and flash of sunlight for a moment. But the trend will continue t work north to south for t remainr of the afternoon. Temperatures at this hour. 64 at Reagan National ad in fredericksburg. 61 in annapolis. 62 in baltimore right now. By tomorrow morning clear skies. A lot of areas are northwest of the metro area in the valley and some of the ridges and the mountains in the 30s. Those areas there could be valley fog in the morning. Otherwise we continue to watch the storm system. The rain is pivoting out. Well see clearing clouds later. Looking to wednesday, 72. We could have a cold front to bring us saturday showers. Able is for the first weak in november on sunday. Nice. Alison enjoy the days while they last. Alison still ahead at 4 30 could new Technology Make snow days obsolete . Jonathan shocking. Alison were not moving the snow. Trying to show how to bring the classroom home. That is coming up. Jonathan guns and tolls. That is what a Virginia State senate raid come down to and it could swing the balance. Narrator for state senate, who shares our values . Jeremy mcpike supports school funding. Thinks women should make their own health care desions. And favors background checks on all gun sales. Hal parrish . As mayor, he slashed education. Fought to block Womens Health clinics. Parrish gets an a from the gun lobby they oppose background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. Virginia extreme or mainstre . Vote mcpike for virginia. Feinblatt everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund sponsored this ad. Jonathan tuesday in election will determinehich Party Controls the senate and Terry Mcauliffes agenda. Mike carterconneen reports afte4r yearsthe democrat senator Charles Colgan is retiring and that has created what is considered the closest race in Northern Virginia. Focused on transportation, and guns. Reporter they are scrambling to sway the shotters voter voters. You have people known in part of the district. But to be known as a whole it will take money. You have likely seen the campaign ads airing around the clock. This is considered a tossup race and hotly contested the ads are expected to continue running up until the polls close. There is mdslinging over Terry Mcauliffes proposal to allow the single drivers to use i66 inside the beltway. Then mcauliffeaccusef lyingnd miot at. m disappoiedthate he acknowledges they would only pay 17 if they use the tenmile stret opposed. Toll on roads we have already paid for. It doesnt make sense to people. On another issue mcpike is supportive of the universal background checks in virginia. He is backed by bloombergs gun control group. Making sure we keep guns out of the hands of criminals. Parrish recently declined to take a stance on the universal background checks. I want people to have their rights. Mike carterconneen, abc7 news. Alison its time to Start Talking about snow days but a school wants to get rid of them altogether. We show you how it could be in jeopardy. Jonathan the investigation in a plane crash that killed 200 people. That is announcer youre watching abc7 news at 4 00. On your side. Alison we continue to follow the breaking news in the alexandria murders today. A jury found Charles Severance guilty in the murder of Nancy Dunning, ron kirby and Ruthanne Lodato. They have just come to a decision we learned on a sentencing for severance. They have notified the judge of this. We expect the announcem to come soon and we will have it for you as soon as we can. Stay with abc7 and wjla. Com. We will have continuing coverage of the alexandria murders trial. You can follow Northern Virginia bureau chief Jeff Goldberg on twitter. He will have live updates from the courtroom. Jonathan . Jonathan all right. For the next story we need ambiance. You see behind me . This is snow. Hopefully we wont see this for a couple of months but this is not good for a lot of students listening now. Could snow days be gone forever . At least one school is allowing children to do work from home even when school is canceled. Sam sweeney is at Trinity Christian school where the kids are trying the system out today. Sam the classrooms at the Trinity Christian school will be empty. But the 700 students here will still be in class. They will just be at home on Tablet Computers instead. I think they are excited to be in their pajamas, to learn from home, learn in a different way. Sam they didnt want the students to fall behind so in the case of a flu outbreak, extended power outage or other emergency students will learn from home. Does that mean snow days is a thing of the past . No, it does not. Nobody should expect that. If there is a snow day we expect them to learn at home. But if there is n ed of time. Sam the teachers skype, have webcast and have interactive live conversations with the students as if they were sitting here. Parents like amy norman love the idea. When we have a lot of now days its hard for them to keep up with the studies and hard to keep up with the rest of the nation. We are excited we wont lose time. Sam reporting in fairfax, im sam sweeney, abc7 news. Alison first we want to talk about fall. Look at the beautiful colors doug jeff norman paid attention and he sent us pucktures to pics wjla. Com at greenbelt park this weekend. Feck tack it is spectacular. There full screen. Lets tell people about the sunshine. We are in peak color ft of the metro area. Am peak almost peak at the southeast of the city. Its the end of the season. By the time we get to thanksgiving leaves are off the trees. We are seeing contraction of the daylight. It happens every year. So today the amount of daylight is 10 31. It will drop off by the end of the month, 9 40. And nine hours and 26 minutes by the first day of winter. The numbers are chilly tonight. To the upper 30s north and west of town. The next seven days is mild. Lower 70s through thursday. Mid70s on friday. Showers over the weekend. Much cooler on sunday. More coming up. Jonathan well see you then. What brought down a passenger plane . Its a mystery but the only thing is external forces took down the airs bus plane. Herring has Elizabeth Hur has more. Reporter planes carrying bodies begin to arrive in russia and devastated families start the heartbreaking task of identifying their loved ones new picture of the victims including more than a dozen children are on display at a growing memorial for the flight. What went wrong, pilot lost control because o external mechanical impact. Insisting there was nothing wrong with the plane. Isis group claimed responsibility but u. S. Intelligence Officials Say right now it is too soon to rule on a cause. Does isis have the ability to shoot down an airliner . Its unlikely but i wouldnt rule it out. Reporter early saturday it left the resort city of sharm elsheikh. There were not distress calls before it crashed killing all 224 passengers and crew on board. They recovered the flight recorders. But many of the answers will come from the wreckage. The airplane came apart instantaneously. The data may not show us what happened on the black boxes. Reporter but the investigators say the black boxes are in good shape. The best bet for clues so they have been sent to cairo for analysis. Alison a naysayer ra airport used for a nazi era airport is now being used for good to large refugees. Several hundred will make temporary loam at the airport, up to a thousand refugees will end up there. Jonathan ahead at 4 sevenment an uber driver and might not soon forget. What might have prompted this attack . We have it ahead. Alison they are alleging that taylor swift stole their song. That is still ahead. Jonathan now available exclusively at wjla. This is great. Diverted. Twa 514. The flight that crashed on approach to dulles that forever changed air travel in the u. S. This is an amazing documentary. At the top of the page find the link and watch it. Its 27 hintz long. Its worth watching. Well be right bac alison you can say bad flood might be brewing between taylor swift and another musics. Jesse braum is suing swift for allegedly stealing lyrics. Braum claims his 2013 song haters going to hate. Recognize that . Contain the same 22 word phrase that swift uses in the hit shake it off. They dont sound anything alike but braum is seeking 42 million from swift and the record label and a writing credit on shake it off. Jonathan suers is going to sue. Cookie monster is celebrating his 40thsomething birthday. He is not coming clean on how old he is. Its his birthday but he wont give us an age. Says 40something. He has been a character on the show since the 1960s. He chocolate chips are his favorite cookie. Alison that is a good cookie you do. Jonathan needs more practice. Alison more news ahead at 4 00, including this. A brutal beating of an uber driver. And its caught on camera. What prompted this attack. Hear from the driver who explains it all. Jonathan coming up, the Christmas Shopping season is officially underway. So are layaway programs. Alison we have two big stories. From Fairfax County the jury that found Charles Severance guilty on all counts in the alexandria murder trial has recommended three life sentences and fines and he faces more years for other charges. Pending appeal, he will not leave prison alive. We believe the prosecutorring attorney will, i a statement when leaving the courthouse. Wmata is reporting the man named as the top candidate to be the general manager neil cohen is no longer under consideration. They released a statement saying they mutually agreed that cohen would not be the next g. M. The search for a new general manager ongoing. Is that this is horrible to watch. Vicious video of an attack that is caught on camera. Get out of my car or i will call the police. [bleep] [bleep] [bleep] a brutal beatdown from the backseat caught on camera. As the passenger attacks him. He is beating me over the head. He says theviolent encounter came out of nowhere and the man identified by the police as 32yearold benjamin golden was drunk and became belidge respect taking him to belidge rent taking him to costa rica. He is tumbling around the backseat. He started to become aggressive and he told him he was canceling a ride. Get out of the car or i will call the police. He launches the attack. He grabbed pepper spray and sprayed golden in the face. He says he never expected this. It was at 8 00 at night and i was about to call it a night. I didnt think it would happen this early in the night. I stopped driving the 2 00 a. M. Shifts for this reason. Jonathan the driver was not seriously hurt. The knucklehead in the backseat was arrested. He is charged in the attack with the public intoxication and assault. Alison glad they have the video but hard to watch. Thank you. Its easier to get to and from the airport using the ride sharing services. Travelers can use uber and lift at reagan, Dulles International airports. They have created designated places to wait for the pickup but the convenience will cost you. There is a 4 access fee. Supreme court rejected an appeal from the Clothing Companies wanting to sell shirts with bob marley image. The highest court in the land agreed with a Lower Court Ruling that said they violated the trademark law because the children w the right to the stars image. Jonathan today is an historic day for the International Space station. On this day in 2000 that the first three astronauts stepped in the spacation to live and to the space station to live and work. They spent four months aboard the station and it has been continually inhabited ever since and only grown and they add the modules and it gets big irand bigger. Alison so it look like you can turn the pile of the halloween candy you have at home into cash. Starting today, there is a candy buyback. Kids who bring the halloween streets to the dental office now throughthursday will be paid 1 per pound. They will be sent to something called operation gratitude in california. Its a program that sends carepackages to troops serving overseas. Jonathan you get cash or cavities. Alison great idea. Send it to the troops. Jonathan kids get so much. Most of the time its easter time and you still have halloween candy around. Alison not in my house. Steve kids run around like crazy. We are in ocean city and no one is enjoying the daylight hours. Hard to believe in 17 minutes 60 in ocean city and the winds at the west northwest at 2 miles per hour. Our weekend forecast saturday at 65 degrees. Look for a mix of sun and clouds. 58 degrees under partly cloudy skies. If you have nothing to do check out the color change. It reached its peak. Ped ped in the high category. To the west, hagueers town and beginning near the end or past the peak at this time. A look for the sevenday outlook th call for the temperatures in the 70s for most of this week. Friday is 76 degrees. Slight chance of shower two on saturday. I hear people are having a hard time to adjust to the end of daylight savings time. It gets dark quick and early. Jamie sure. Even i have a hard time adjusting. Keep in mind the headlights will go on earlier. You may see more slowdowns. The outer loop. There is a car fire. This is no longer with the flames, not engulfed. We just saw the backup. Look at the scene currently. All lanes are open. This is near the georgetown pike. This is two clashes with the delay this afternoon. Jonathan back to breaking news were following all day. This is a live picture in Fairfax County. Were waiting to hear from the folks involved the severance trial. The jury found Charles Severance guilty on all counts in the alexandria murders trial. It has recommended three life sentences along with fines. Faces even more years for other charges. He will not be leaving prison alive. The prosecutor will leave shortly. Well watch the podium and get to that as soon as it happens. Well be right back. Im chris bosh. When i was sidelined with blood clots in my lung, it was serious. Fortunately, my doctor had a game plan. Treatment with xarelto®. Hey guys hey, finally, somebody i can look up to. Besides arnie. Xarelto® is proven to treat and help reduce the risk of dvt and pe blood clots. Xarelto® is also proven to reduce the risk of stroke in people with afib, not caused by a heart valve problem. For people with afib currently well managed on warfarin, theres limited information on how xarelto® and warfarin compare in reducing the risk of stroke. You know, i tried warfarin, t the blood testing and dietary restrictions. Dont get me started on that. I didnt have to. We started on xarelto®. Nice pass. Safety first. Like all blood thinners, dont stop taking xarelto® without talking to your doctor, as this may increase your risk of a blood clot or stroke. While taking, you may bruise more easily and it may take longer for bleeding to stop. Xarelto® may increase your risk of bleeding if you take certain medicines. Xarelto® can cause serious, and in rare cases, fatal bleeding. Get help right away for unexpected bleeding, unusual bruising, or tingling. If you have had spinal anesthesia while on xarelto®, watch for back pain or any nerve or muscle related signs or symptoms. Do not take xarelto® jonathan this is the state attorney. You heard what happened this afternoon. Charles severance has been convicted on all counts. As far as the ntencing go, he has beenconvicted to three life sentences. He will never set foot again outside the prison. The prosecutor is trying to get set up for the press conference. He will be talking in 30 seconds now. This was the prosecutions case. They wentin tial andsaid they had a lot of evidence but the defense said it all circumstantial. They felt confident to get the jury to side with them but it didnt happen. Thejury convicted him coun. Charles srance killed three povple ten years in alexandria. Todays covtion gives ace of mind for many who worried for years there could be a knock at the door. Here is the prosecutor and les hear what heh tosay about it. Good evening. Atlng last the defendanhas been hed accountable and closed for he is. A jury of 12 citizens put it there and held him accountable in the murder of Nancy Dunning, ron kirby and Ruthanne Lodato ju serice is a difficult proces especially a case like this. I thank the jury fo their thoughtful and deliberative service in ths cae. My first thoughts are the ctim of the crime. Nancy dunning, ron kirby and odato were wonderful people. Soulssouls that were nnedded don in the sangtity of their own homes. My thoughts are with the family and the rinds ofthe victims. Throughout the case, h dignity and the resolve byhe people served as a source of inspiration the trial. We hope ur work on the matter brought modicum of relief to friends and families of the ct ioi lengthy and complexas this one required immense work by incredible number of people. I start by thanking the attorney general mark hering. The attorney general told me support us in any way he could. The most important assistance that the general gave was authorizing te two assistant attorney general from the emerging crime threat unit. Mark and james. Th seasoned trial attorneys comprised half of the trial the outome would nohave been reached without their contribution. I want to thank the Deputy Attorney general linda bryant for her advice in this matter. The lathe case are the rapagm of what Public Servants should be. Before the defendt was identified and arrested dozens of police detectives, Sheriff Deputies ad federal agents worked tirelessly to break a case for the case. I want to mend the Alexandria Police department, federal bure reof investigation, Loudoun County Sheriff Office and i want to thank the following officers, detectives and agents by name. Detective Sergeant Dave cutting, Sergeant Sean casey, detective will oakley, lieutenant mike hochens of the Alexandria Police department, the federal bureau of investigation agent aaron detective sten oshea from the Loudoun County Sheriff Office. There mor Law Enforcement officers who dese creit fr theork case. Ime robi me from nag them all thwored this case ith grace anit produced th coviction of a violent murderer. I thank the people without whom this culd not have beenmy d victim witness coordinator and witness advocate. Law clerks. Udoun county wealth attorney and the ohi county West Virginia prosecutor attorney scott simpson. I cannot finish remarks without highlighting the contribution of the case by thanking david lord. David, right here,