Garcia was beaten to death allegedly by his mothers boyfriend for taking a piece of cake without permission. The Community Came out to express their grief and to raise awareness. Garrett haake was there. Reporter like everyone else we talked to here, barbara carpenter never met jack garcia. But he was the same is age as his granddaughter when his life was taken. Now she cant help but cry when she talks about him. A total stranger. It just seems like no one was there to protect him. Maybe if you make it more aware, that people will come forward and it wont end like this. Reporter cassandra heard about jacks death on the news. I thought it was a terrible thing, a tragic thing. I dont feel that any child should ever have to suffer that pain. Reporter this woman read about jacks death and planned tonights vigil from scratch on facebook. If we save one child weve made a difference and its worth it all. Reporter the usual trappings were there. Candles, balloons, and a preacher led prayers. L
Family to respect their pry vass so i privacy and their grief. Reporter it comes 40 years after the sifting through clues including the excavation of a remote hill side in virginia where the family once own property. Dozens of subpoenas issued. Reams of documents analyzed and over 100 interviews and interrogations have been cop conducted. We have traveled to half a dozen states. Reporter lloyd welch is in prison in delaware on unrelated child Sexual Assault charges. He will be extradited to virginia in the next few days, where he will stand trial. If convicted he could face the death penalty. At 6 00, you will hear from prosecutors on why they are looking at lloyd welch possibly being involved in other child abductions across the country and you will hear from prosecutors as to why this case is being tried in virginia and not here in maryland. Pat, back to you. The man at the center of this case lloyd welch, is already in prison, serving time now for sexually assaulting young girls del
Meteorologist Lauren Ricketts breaked down the start of a heat wave. It will be a warm one out there. Not only was it warm today but lucky for us we had showers and thunderstorms early this morning. But once we head into the rest of the workweek or weekend into the next week oh, boy well see things heat up. And here is the current temperatures out there. 87 is our temperature here in washington. 91 in frederick. 90 in leesberg. What constitutes a heat wave here in d. C. , three consecutive days above 90. D. C. Not so much, but if you are headed out to dinner partly cloudy, hot and humid a passing shower but this is what we are worried about tomorrow. Excessive heat. And we have a heat vise in place. Well let you know how hot it will get coming up. Cooling centers are opening up. You can go to the reefs center and libraries and Community Centers and Senior Centers in fairfax, montgomery and prince georges county. And we have a list of cooler centers and six things you need to know about
Steven reid and have you drove pennsylvanias capital city into bankruptcy also raises troubling questions abouthe world the Business Community played in the saga. Prosecutors announced he is facing 499 criminal charges including theft bribery, fraud, and the use ofliublic moneys for personal gain. Pennsylvanias attorney general called in n one of the mt disturbing cases of public rruption her office had seen, but who else sres in them lay beyondnd mayor reed . Our own reporter chris pap wrote a book about the regts he called capal murder based on his years of covering the story, he says Business Leaders often look the other way and participated in the plunring of this american cicity. Its a great read, capital murder, but it a real tragedy y and everyone suffers the consequences, most of all the taxpayers. S. The mayor wawas using bonds for scschools, rrofitting incinerators, and doing what with all the money . Chris largely whatever he wanted. He was taking out massive loans and was s
And went down. A man from denver was also killed along with joyce bartoo from washington, d. C. Diane stubbs from annapolis and her husband gerald bruce also died in the crash. The National Transportation safety board is investigating. Maureen happening right now a hearing on capitol hill about safety on metro. Lawmakers are reviewing the future of la mata. They are investigating the Lenfant Plaza earlier this year. There was testimony today from the engineer on the train as it filled with smoke. They are looking at the safety flaws to see how they can be fixed. We are at the meeting and we will bring you developments at 11 00. Leon also an emotional day as families who had members killed by Illegal Immigrants. Scott thuman joins us live with the controversial debate. Scott . Scott leon, this hearing today is striking a chord with members on the hill. One is suggesting a fiveyear minimum prison sentence for anyone who supported and reenters the country. Others are saying they should cu