Transcripts For WKMG News 6 At 6 Pm 20160202

One of the key pieces of evidence the prosecutors had in todays grand jury presentation was this Surveillance Video taken at the uptown Place Apartments. It shows 27yearold resident Sasha Samsudean walking with the Security Guard stephen duxbury. This was the last time she was seen alive. Two days later, her body was found inside her apartment. Shed been strangled, wrapped in a comforter and doused with bleach. Today, the state attorney jeff ashton and his Team Presented this evidence and more to grand jurors. News 6 was there as they announced their indictment of firstdegree murder, attempted sexual battery, and burglary. The state has to bring this before the grand jury and get an indictment. Today was a first good run for prosecutors. It was a good chance for them to see how the evidence was perceived by jurors. Prosecutors and the family of Sasha Samsudean. Its the first step of many in that process. That closure can take a long time, even beyond when the case is closed for a family. So the reality is theyve got a long road ahead of them. And an important side note, the uptown Place Apartments where the murder happened is just three blocks to the north of us. As for duxbury, his next court date is his arraignment. A date for that has not been set. Tonight hes in the Orange County jail being held without bond. Were live at the Orange County courthouse tonight. Thank you. Also breaking from the Orange County courthouse, another indictment in a highprofile case. David payne was indicted on charges of firstdegree murder and kidnapping. Investigators say he kidnapped his exgirlfriend, jasmine samuel, back in december. She called 911 from the trunk of had her car, telling police that payne kidnapped her. Deputies found her dead inside the trunk a couple of hours after that call. Weve learned the body found in an orlando pond belonged to a missing man. The Orange County Sheriffs Office tells us robert piersons body was found in the lake on friday. The 22yearold was last seen alive on january 22nd. Sky 6 flew over the area on friday when detectives pulled his body from the water. Deputies say they will continue to investigate the death, but they do not suspect foul play at this point. Tonight, some parents in orlando are relieved to find out that two students were not attacked by a homeless man like they first claimed. In fact, police say it was actually the other way around. News 6s erik von ancken is live at stone wall Jackson Middle School off south cimarron where all this happened this morning. You spoke to some people in the area who say theyre not shocked by this. Not at all. Mostly parents of students here, they tell me they werent surprised when they first were told this morning that a homeless man had attacked two kids on their way to school here that it was the other way around, they say actually encounters between the two groups happen quite often around here. People will call and see whats going on, if they see a fire truck. Shes lived in the neighborhood off south cimarron since 1964. So i guess im the eyes of the neighborhood. She watches the students, scurrying to school, stone wall jackson middle, every day. Youve got your junior high and ill tell you theres like 15 to 20. And its not just of the kids that breeze by her block. She says its also the homeless. Theyre walking up and down. Theyre up in the woods up here. Theres a gate. So it didnt surprise her when two middle schoolers first reported that a homeless man on this sidewalk tried to steal their cell phone and bit them when they fought back. The thing is, police eventually learned it didnt happen that way. They say the students harassed i try to stay away from problems. He agrees many homeless camp up and down the street of south cimarron and some are aggressive, but kids are, too, like it was today, according to police. The answer is more eyes in this neighborhood, not just hers she says. Should something change . Well, weve not seen many of our police that go around like we used to. Patrols . Patrols. And police dont know how badly this man is hurt, if at all. All they know is that the kids battered this guy, they say, but they dont know where he is tonight. As for the students themselves, police havent said if theyll charge them with anything. Erik von ancken live for us. Thank you. Foggy and dry, you can pretty much expect a repeat of todays weather tomorrow. Yeah, but changes are coming this week. Chief meteorologist tom sorrells is pinpointing your forecast. I dont think fog is going to well have fog, patchy, but i dont think its a total fogout. That was crazy this morning. You couldnt see a. 1 of a mile away from you in orlando this morning. Weve rebounded nicely, though, got it back to a daytime high of 84. Forecast high was 85. We just about nailed it. 84 in the villages for the high today. 84 in ocala and 75 in New Smyrna Beach and Daytona Beach. Heres one of the differences between yesterday and today. Weve got an onshore flow coming in here with pretty stiff wind. Rain out here keeps reforming out here 14 miles off the coast. By the time the rain gets to the out. That will not be the case forever, though, as a big cold right now, temperatures are in the 70s just about everywhere. Temperatures tonight dropping to 70 by 11 p. M. Tonight. But the wind will be here to blow most of the fog right away. Overnight lows and talk about tomorrow a little later. Thank you, tom. Continues with news 6 meteorologist Candace Campos who is pinpointing down to street level. This time in holly hill. Well, again, like toms been talking about, it wont be as bad, but there will still be the mention of seeing some of that patchy fog. But, yes, holly hill is the next spot were pinpointing for tonight, dropping into the upper 60s for this evening with a mix of clear skies. It looks like by wednesday, thats the big story as temperatures quickly warm up to about 77 degrees by 4 p. M. You can see on wednesday night, another mild evening all before the rain rolls in and some cooler temperatures await us for the end of the week and into the weekend. All right, candace. Thank you. Were learning new details about the Brevard County teacher who was shot and killed by her estranged husband. News 6 learned sandra cook filed divorce papers saying she was afraid of her husband. According to the documents, the couple separated in november and then sandra cook told police ricky cook showed up to their house on january 4th with a she asked for a restraining order but the Police Department says one was never obtained. Police say their bodies were found inside their home on chaparral drive on monday. They say it appears ricky broke into the house, shot and killed her before then killing himself. The couple did not have any kids together, but sandra is a mom of three from a previous marriage. Tonight were hearing the 911 call made moments after someone shot and killed a 15yearold. Someone standing in the road started shooting at him while he was riding in a car. That car crashed into a tree. It happened friday on central street, not far from the boys and girls club near altamonte springs. People in the neighborhood the shots. How many shots did you hear . About eight or nine. Oh, jesus. Ground. So theres somebody ground. Yes, there is a kid bleeding out on the ground. So far, whoever did it remains on the run. Anyone with info should call the crime line at 1800423tips. The Orange County Sheriffs Office is helping to get unwanted guns off the streets. Its holding a gun buyback event. Next friday, february 12th, you can turn in any gun and get a 50 gift card. The Sheriffs Office says they will not ask any questions about the gun and no i. D. Is required. The event is from 7 00 in the morning to 7 00 at night. The dropoff location is at the Orange Blossom Trail Development board. Deputies ask all guns to be unloaded and stored in a plastic bag. The virus continues to spread. And active cases are now in florida, but only affecting travelers at this point. When doctors say the state will start seeing locally transmitted zika cases ahead. And also at 6 00 on their luck and needed a handout. Sex, drugs and beatdowns, chief chitwood explains what he said really happened at the homeless camp once the cameras stopped rolling and theirs turned on, details next at 6 00. Remember, news 6 is always on clickorlando. Com, your tonight, new details about what happened after dark at this homeless camp. For weeks, dozens of people camped outside the Volusia County Administration Center. News 6 learned undercover officers with Daytona Beach police spent three days and two nights at that camp. They tell us it was pure chaos and extremely violent. News 6s loren korn spoke with the chief about what they found. Safe zone for the homeless is now being called an area for nefarious activity, everything from prostitution, down to Illegal Drugs and group beatings. Dozens of homeless say the Volusia County Administration Center was their safe haven, but Daytona Beach police say otherwise. You heard about prostitution, drug dealings, beatdowns, shakedowns, people who were not homeless. The police chief says he sent undercover officers there to find out what was really going on inside the homeless camp. You look at some of those people and theyre certified gang members, 20 arrests, young people pulling up in the car, prostitute ing the guys girlfriend. Some in the camp had extensive records, showing us previous mugshots. Some people are actually homeless, collecting money through handouts and disability checks, others were using that to their advantage. If you dont pay me, im one group beat up a 62yearold man so badly, undercover officers called in for backup but said it didnt do any good. The camp goons Wander Around and say the cops are coming, dont anybody talk. Hide your beer, hide your drugs and dont anybody cooperate. Several of the homeless were grateful when they arrived to dismantle the camp and hes hopeful they get the service they need. Coming up at 7 00, find out why the police chief said the homeless camping outside the building was set up and who he believes was signed it. Grow. Six cases have been found in florida and those have been transmitted overseas. We could start seeing locally transmitted cases by this summer. The zika virus is a warmweather infection. When it gets hot outside, its the zika virus is transmitted by mosquitos and often leaves people with fever, joint aches, a rash and red eyes. It also causes birth defects. Pregnant women are being warned not to travel to south and central america. The World Health Organization yesterday declared the zika virus as a Global Public health emergency. There could be up to 4 million cases of zika virus in the americas next year. And cell phone video shows a daycare director attacking a 4yearold. Tonight at 7 00, were Digging Deeper into what the cell phone camera shows and ways parents can tell if their child is treated well. I was honestly in shock. It didnt make any sense. Its just one of those things thats just why . Shes asking why would someone leave a live catfish to die in her mailbox and its the story youll only see on news 6 at 7 00. You might think it happened to all the mailboxes on her street. But no, its just her. Crazy story. Chief meteorologist tom sorrells is joining us now. The weather was crazy today. You look outside and you couldnt see anything. What time did you get up . 7ish. It was crazy. The fog was everywhere. When i drove the kids to school this morning, it was like maybe a halfmile visibility. It took a long time. We ended up with a beautiful day, though. Look at some of these shots. This is palm coast. The sun setting low. What about that one, big rainbow shot from cocoa beach. Fishing pole in the foreground. Is that living or what . Yeah. Yeah, download storm pins right now in your app store. Seeing in central florida. Tonight weve got a touch of light rain still happening along the coast. I keep watching the speckles of rain. Most of them look really impressive. They really do for a moment or two and then they just die out, into the night tonight, i think we get rid of most of that. Heres part of the big story. Everyone in this half of the country is nice and warm. Toasty in dallas. 65. 67 in memphis. Atlanta, Georgia Holding in the 70s, too. Were doing well. 77 in the villages. 79 in ocala. Gainesville, 76. Everyone in the 70s except for lakeland, just outside the viewing, still a hot spot in central florida, 81 degrees in lakeland. Visibility right now is 10miles plus at every reporting station up and running right now. Earlier this morning we had the visibility down to 0, a big goose egg for a while. We got rid of the fog. Tonight there may be areas of patchy fog but i do not expect it to be a fogout. Its going to die down a bunch. I dont think its ever going to go dead calm like it did this morning. There was a stirring going on out there this morning. With a 14mileanhour wind in sanford and 10 in leesburg and 12 in the villages, you get the picture. Its too windy. The winds are going to be around tonight, dying down eventually, but not soon enough for the fog to set up like it did last night. The rain streaking in here from the southeast will continue. Most of those are dying. This is the frontal boundary right here from st. Louis to memphis. The cold front marching in. That low is way up north. The core of it is. Its going to push the cold front right across here. During the day tomorrow, before the cold front gets close, we get really warm again. Heres the overnight. A touch of cloud cover for most of us to mostly cloudy. And then wednesday, clouds linger, but the fog is not too bad. By 11 p. M. On wednesday night, here comes our frontal boundary. By thursday morning, its knocking on the door. By 11 a. M. , the front is here. By 3 00, the big bowing is out past Brevard County. Lows tonight in the 60s everywhere. Im going 67 in orlando. Heres tomorrow. A touch of fog early but not as bad as it was this morning. 77 by noon. The daytime high, 83. Tomorrow nights low, 65. Big rain by midday on thursday. And then cooler. Thursdays high, 78. Fridays high, 64. Thats a big change. Uhhuh. All right. Thank you, tom. A lot of focus on the super bowl right now, but the 500 . Can you believe it . Its close, right . I mean, its february, so that means one thing in Volusia County is the big race. The daytona 500 is only weeks away. But an atv accident may keep one nascars big drivers out of the race. Thats coming up. Trophy winners body looks like. Why hes spending more time at disney. Thats coming up. I dont know what im doing. I cant find anything just when i think its just not going to work. This woman that works there comes over and asks can i help you . And he was so happy, to do it amazing right . I never would have expected would have thought that anyone would find that do that. Make that go out of their way for me. Right then, right there i couldnt believe it he was so helpful i know its such a small thing little thing. Simple thing but it made me smile made me happy made my day share your story. This could potentially be some really big nascar news. It could be. We dont know the extent of it. This is tough news for one of the most popular drivers on the nascar circuit. Thats for sure. Yeah. Its the biggest sporting event in central florida. The daytona 500 is in 19 days. Tony stewart may miss it. Weve just learned the driver suffered a back injury after an accident on an atv. Sunday. We dont know the severity of his injuries, but were hearing from his teams spokesman today who says stewart is awake, alert and able to move his arms and legs. The accident happened sunday afternoon, somewhere on the west coast. Stewarts team didnt say exactly where. The Spokesman Says hell have another update on his condition on thursday. 44yearold stewart announced he will retire from sprint cup racing after this season. Hes never won the daytona 500. The first practice at daytona is well keep you updated. During the college season, alabamas derek henry ran all over the crimson tide opponents, including the florida gators. Today he was running all over the track and fields at disneys wide world of sports. I got to watch him this morning. Heres the 2015 heisman winner and National Champion at work. Theyre preparing for the nfl draft here at disney, working with noted trainer to the pros, coach tom shaw. It includes Mississippi State quarterback prescott and tyler marse. Whats your mindset like as you get ready to be a professional . Come out and stay focused and get better every day. Get better in every aspect of my game, mentally and physically. Theres no better play physically to work on speed and the training right here with tom shaw and all these other guys. Derek henry is ripped. He is. Another heisman winner is back in the news. The browns are ready to cut ties with johnny manziel. Expect the move in march. The quarterback, of course, has had several off the field issues since he was drafted two years ago. Cam newton won the heisman. Peyton manning did not. But Peyton Manning has got a super bowl ring. Will cam have one this sunday . The super bowl starts at 6 30 this sunday outside san francisco. Manning and the newton crowds were there. Peyton manning will always be the alltime great. For him to be on the other side of the field, its just a pleasure and hopefully i get the better end of the stick on sunday. All right. And this saturday night, were watch us live saturday, 7 p. M. The greenville swamp rabbits versus the Orlando Solar Bears on our cozy network, digital channel 6. 2. Theres also other listings down there on the bottom of the graphic. It will be fun. Pings on the call along with their playbyplay man. Good stuff