Hear a registered sex offender was lurking in their apartments foyer. Add to that it is a highend building. The attack went down at 8 00 a. M. , considered a safe part of town. Police say 32yearold jerome king was waiting behind a bam boom plant this morning when the bamboo plant this morning when a woman came from behind these doors to check on her uber ride. The concierge should be commended for his quick digs making and spur to action. Reporter he then held king until police got there. I am speechless. I dont know what to say. I am so thankful that somebody from the front desk was able to take action. That is awesome. Which one was it . Reporter we would love to find out for you. We went inside, called and emailed management, but they havent gotten back to us. Obviously this individual has a history of sexual crimes. It could have turned into worse. She is lucky that the concierge sprung into action. It goes to show you Something Like that could happen anywhere. Reporter it certainly can and it happened right here. Police say jerome king was arrested for abduction with intent to defile. As far as the victim, we hear she is doing okay and really shook up but that she has no physical injuries. Live in arlington tonight, debra alfarone, wusa9 news. A scary situation, deb. Right now d. C. Homicide detectives are investigating a death at the Donovan Hotel in nw d. C. Someone found a body at 11 00 this morning. We dont know anything about the identity of the person. We have a crew working on the story and hope to have more information on wusa9. Com. And the Health Department investigating a suspected case of the measles. Authorities will only say the person lived in Fairfax County. If the case turns out to be positive, authorities will hold a News Conference about it tomorrow. Folks that have had one measles vaccine in the past are at a very low risk offer getting sick. The parents of Kayla Mueller confirmed the fate of her daughter is not a pretty one. She was being held by United States and is dead. Craig boswell has more. Reporter Kayla Muellers parents say they are heart broken. Isis sent an email with a picture notifying them their daughter is dead. She dead indicated her entire life to helping those in need, they say. She sent a letter to them e she was in captivity. She wrote i have come to see there is good in every situation. Sometimes we just have to look for it. Right now that is what we are all trying to do. Reporter the white house cannot confirm how or when mueller died. Isis claimed a Jordanian Air strike killed the 26yearold late last week. There was no evidence of civilians in the area prior to the Coalition Strike taking place. Reporter isis captured mueller in august of 2013. I am in solidarity with the syrian people. Reporter she traveled to syria to work with several humanitarian groups. She wanted to serve. That is what she spent the last part of her life doing. Reporter white house officials were on capitol hill tuesday discussing with lawmakers what will be come from the president later this week. A formal request to authorize military force against isis. It supports a new authorization for military force. Reporter president obama says the terror responsible for muellers death will be brought to justice. Craig boswell, cbs news, capitol hill. Well, muellers family had not previouslily revealed kaylas name, trying to keep her safe in captivity. Church bishop ranks could soon change. They are calling for reform after a bishop was charged with killing a biker while driving drunk. A man was struck and killed last december and the bishop, heather cook, left the crash seen and returned a short while later. She was confirmed to her post despite a prior drunken driving arrest and conviction in 2010. And jesse mathew faces murder convictions in the death of Hannah Graham. She was killed after being abducted in charlottesville last fall. We now have more from charlottesville where matthew will be tried. Reporter next wednesday jesse mathew faces his First Court Appearance in the Hannah Graham case here at the Albemarle County courthouse. He will appear from video link from the Fairfax County detention center. Jesse mathew has finally been charged with killing Hannah Graham, but it is only a 1st degree charge which doesnt allow for a Death Penalty sentence as capital murder would have. He is not being charged with capital murder so i think it might be good for him to face his sentence. Reporter the Death Penalty would be too easy . I think so. The abduction with intent and 1st degree murder are 20 years to life, so it is a substantial penalty the jury will be able to consider are are the decision was made after careful consideration and discussions with the graham family. Just the gravity of the whole situation. It is like a premeditated murder. I was confused with why he was charged with 1st degree and not capital. Reporter the attorney would not answer questions but handed out a statement about his First Court Appearance february 18th. Hannah graham was last seen alive leaving a bar with matthew on september 13th. Her remains were found in october. Have a friend with you and cray protection but, even if it is pepper spray. It is important for girls to look out for each other. If you are walking alone watch your back or have a friend there with you. Reporter matthew is in the fairfax jail also facing 2005 attempted murder and rape charge against a fairfax woman. Officials say else also connected to a 2009 murder and rape case, that of morgan harrington. There are no charges pending in that case. Reporting live in charlottesville, peggy fox, wusa9 news. Kids in Montgomery County will get a few more minutes to roll over and go back to sleep, with the emphasis on the word few. The board voted 53 to Start Middle School and high school 20 minutes later and Elementary School students will get an extra 10 minutes in bed. Some say starting high school at 7 45 is still way too early for sleepy teens. It is not enough. The American Academy of pediatrics recommends an hour, 8 30. That is what we really need for the health and safety of our kids. Folks are not entirely happy about the later start times. Critiques complain it will make it harder to fit in after School Activities and squeeze some kids out of after school jobs. Help is on the way for Fort Washington residents forced out of their homes and the ground beneath the homes simply gave way. Some say it is not enough and too little too late. Top . High temperatures today at 40 or 41, close to average. A little colder tonight, 20. 27 in bethesda and 25 in fairfax. And leesburg will see 24 for a low. We will come back and talk about the two arctic fronts that spell snow showers for many of your commutes. How much do you know about the parts in your car . A wusa9 news consumer alater. Rescue workers continue to search for the bodies left in the taiwan river. 40 people died after the jet crashed into the keylong river just after takeoff. Key long river just after takeoff. The captains failure to order passengers off the boat was the sole reason 32 people died. In 2012 the captain abandoned the ship after it ran aground in italy, leaving the 4200 passengers there to fend for themselves. A verdict will be expected as early as this week and the captain could be sentenced to more than 26 years in prison. Topper says get ready for a string of really cold [ female announcer ] Business Travel isnt just about the going. Its also about the going home. And being connected all along the way. Whether youre working or recharging do Business Travel on your terms. Acela. Take off. Prince Williams County condemned several homes along a sloped failure last spring. The homeowners kicked out of the houses say it wasnt a few days orain that caused the mess and instead years of county negligence. Now at least two homeowners have had enough. One talked with Stephany Ramirez on camerament she is live in the newsroom with more. They are calling this a nightmare. Yes. One of the homeowners spoke to me on the phone and in his words he said the past nine months have been hell. They have been kicked out of their home and their credit is shot trying to pay rent on top of the mortgage they owe. Now another borrow, one homeowner learned how much the county can pay him for his condemned property. Nine months after this mess, today Daniel Collins got the number that georges county will pay him for his property, about 105 less than what he paid for the home in 2008 and significantly less than the mortgage he is still paying even though he is not allowed in his house and he is paying rent here in alexandria, virginia. He smiles for his kids but on camera he is almost in tears. It will put us in the hole even more. And for what . According to them, rain. Reporter now he is pleading for the Prince Georges County executive to step in. Give me and my family a chance to start over. We dont want extra. We just want a chance to start over. Reporter cullen believes it is the countys fault his home is condemned and the issue with the slope failure once just a few days of rain but years and years of no proper drainage in the area. He say this is pointing to a Geological Survey map a privately hired engineer found that recognized the area was claimed in 1978 and warrants there shouldnt be construction on that type of soil without proper drainage. Cullen believed the years of issues on the road were just signs ignored. The countys stance is this is an issue that happened on private property and the homeowners are responsible. There was a preventable disaster. We would just like them to have the discussion with us and start working toward this so everyone can get their lives back. Even though the county says the homeowners are responsible and this is private county, they set aside 11 million for the homeowners to get the offers they are giving the homeowners, but cullen says it is no where near enough for what he says is a never ending losing battle. Live in the newsroom, stephanie ramirez, wusa9 news. Okay. The skies are cleared. Kind of a cold night. Temperatures in the 20s in the burb tonight, colder than last night. A live look outside on the weather cam, only 38 in d. C. , and downtown at the airport. Winds out of the north at 14. Breezy until midnight. Colder tonight, lows in the 20s in the burbs. Even in the beltway upper 20s. Bus stop temperatures 24 to 34. Straight up temps. No windchills. A pretty good day on wednesday. Seasonal, pleasant and we will probably look back on it with fine memories over the weekend as the nicest day of the week, actually. Afternoon and evening snow showers on thursday with an arctic front and windy and plummeting temperatures. We will hold off, we probably wont know until wednesday, tomorrow, until we will see accumulating snow with the arctic frontal. The question is will it be along i95. Generally clear skies on future. 31 in manassas and lee, and 31 toward la plata. By morning everyone in the 20s. 28 downtown. 23 in gaithersburg, 25 in manassas and by 9 00 temps get town 30. Again, kind of chilly at the bus stop. By lunchtime upper 30s with sunshine and light winds. Not that bad for a february day if you want to walk to lunch. By 5 00 low 40s. Manassas downtown, even la plata is 41. Maybe upper 30s in gaithersburg and clarksburg but by 6 30 everybody is in the 30s in the suburb, but still clear sky, as well. 24 to 32 tomorrow, colder. By morning, plenty of sunshine and cold. A good day, 24 to 40. By afternoon the winds are in check. We have pretty much sun. 40 to 45. The winds will turn and become southeasterly at about 10. So, the mountains, even in oakland, you will get town 34. 40 in cumberland. We are looking at sun and mountains all the way to the coast. 40s in hagerstown, mid 40s for culpepper, one of the warmer readings. Low 40s for warrenton and manassas and leesburg. 43 downtown. In Charles County away from the water you are looking at 43, 44. We will break this down. 20s to start. 32 by 9 00. 37 at 11 00 and 41 with sunshine at 1 00. The next three days, here is our plummeting temperatures, our arctic front and afternoon snow showers. Cold on friday and temperatures hold in the low to mid 20s. Here are the next seven days. Valentines day another arctic front takes aim on us. More snow showers possible at night. It could affect your plans if you are out late. Teens on sunday. Upper 20s monday and perhaps snow next tuesday. Okay. We are all excited. The allstar game. The wizards have one more, right . A little more work to do but they will enjoy the break. They need healing. That is huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. Everybody knows that. Well, did you know words really can hurt you . What. . Jesse dont go jesse. No im sorry daisy, but im a loner. And a loner gotta be alone. Heee yawww geico. Fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more. Jesse . The Washington Wizards are trying to make it three in a row before taking a nice, long, much needed extended all star break. Next up a team that they have yet to beat this season. Both the wizards and raptors are exceeding expectations but so far the raptors veha beaten the wizards twice and go for the sweep at home tomorrow night. A win would take the wisconsin into the allstar wiz into the allstar break with the confidence they could use. This is a quality team we are playing that we havent beat this year. That is plenty of incentive right there. Forget about last game before break or anything of that nature. We know we can beat those guys. We have to find a way to do it for 48 minutes and not 24. It would be devastating to lose three times straight knowing with have to see them in the playoffs and they have all the momentum. Allstar weekend wont be nearly as hectic for john wall. He told us he restrained his ankle in last nights game and would like to rest. He will play in the allstar game sunday, his first time as a starter. And the nba allstar team wants the team to win a national championship. Well, now it is crunch time and teams are starting to feel the pressure. There are big matches coming up including tomorrow nights rematch against indiana. They lost in bloomington on january 22nd so they could use the w to bolter the rest may, especially after resume, especially after dropping the last three games. We know we have good wins on our resume. But we know we are not in the nca tournament yet. We go one game at a time. Tomorrow night is a big game. The lady turps are back in facing the 18th ranked rutgers. Maryland is 120 in the big 10, looking for their 16th straight win. Big news for Maryland Baseball today, coming off a first ever appearance in the regional, the turps are being picked to win the big ten, the program won a full record 40 games. They open their season this friday in myrtle beach. And a daily remind tore vote in the High School Game of the week poll. Four games to choose from. We will highlight the winner friday night. Now apparently harper has a huge love of all things ice cream. Over the part couple of weeks he posted instagram photos of him eating ice cream straight out of the container and a big ice cream sandwich. That looks delicious. And that prompted teammate to tweet one day you will be old like me and your metabolism will come to a screeching halt, then you will have to eat skinny cow. Hey, nothing wrong with that. Ice cream belongs on top of something, pie, cake, brownie you have to go all the way with the ice cream. Yes. And put it in the microwave for a minute just to soften it up. I love how this pelley tonight the worst fears confirmed for an American Family and the American Family. Kayla mueller is dead. Kaylas calling was to help those who were suffering, whether in her home town of prescott or the other side of th pelley david martin has what we know about how she died at the hands of isis, and well look back at her extraordinary life. Buried in boston. Jericka duncan on the city reaching the breaking point. The whole ceiling just came in like a frailty train. We just ran. Pelley as the mooltses outbreak spreads, jim axelrod looks at the fears and facts about vaccinating kids. 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