Under way to determine how she died and if she had been molested. In santa cruz david louie, abc 7 news. The wragg fire that started wednesday went over the containment line. Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for mixed canyon, sky ridge road and blue ridge road. Firefighters from vallejo are on the scene. The fire is already burned nearly 7,000 acres and was 80 contained before it ignited again. Lets get a quick check on the weather. Turning to our meteorologist sandhya patel. The slope from the fire is drifting as i look to the north toward the bay. Let me show you the Current Conditions near the fire. It is getting hotter in the last hour, 98 degrees. Relative humidity is running low, 10 . Wind out of the southwest. It has switched direction gusting to 15 miles an hour. That intensity of the fire is showing up on the live doppler 7 hd, as you noticed. We have records to talk about. 98 degrees is the tie for the previous record. Downtown oakland broke their previous record. Anti
Their families. And many of them say they feel like they have been dealt a double blow, the death of one child, apparently at the hands of another. Now, despite the stomach churning crime that this boy is accused of, many people who live here vouch for him saying he was a good kid, polite, soft spoken, shy. Most say they have never seen him misbehave not to mention show the capacity for murder. So while this Community Mourns maddy they are also deeply perplexed struggling to understand why maddy died and what turned the accused into a killer. We have another child from our community who has been arrested and we want to just make sure this doesnt happen again but not by demonizing him. By finding out what is going on. Did he really do this . I dont know. Reporter the police couldnt say for sure if maddy and the suspect were friends. They were familiar are each other growing up in the community and it appears she went willingly with him to his apartment not apparently realizing the dange
To come back and kill you. Im like oh, my god. Reporter the suspect sped off and reeves called his boss who called police. And inside the stolecar, a valuable tracking device. Connecting to onstar. Reporter and that connected police directly to the cars location and then they were able to track down the suspect. The van has on star so its kind of ridiculous. Reporter you have his drivers license. And we have his drivers license so he wasnt a brain scientist. Reporter police say the suspect crashed into a few vehicles on his high speed getaway and ended up on the side of the road when they tracked him down and arrested him in antioch. A coworker has a new nickname for christopher. He is our little local superman. He is Christopher Reeves. Reporter he says he prefers the title top sales guy and despite it all he has a good sense of humor. My name is Christopher Reeves and i got that name a couple of years ago, superman without the muscles so ha. Reporter a lot of bravery. I had to be. Re
The boy accused of killing her. Jana katsuyama is live at police headquarters. Reporter what makes this harder is maddys family knew him. Police say they have evidence, including maddys belongings, witness statements. Always joyful. Always a smile on her face. Just try to be calm. Hold it together for everybody. Reporter a family friend says maddys mom is devastated. Any time any memory of maddy coming up its so hard. Its and theres so many of them. Reporter Santa Cruz Police chief vogel says police have evidence implicating the 15 yearold boy who lived on the third floor above the dumpster. It appears she was lured to the apartment. Its thought she was murdered inside the apartment and then she was carrying downstairses to the dumpster. Reporter she was last seen riding her scooter, and was reported missing about an hour later. A crime made more incomprehensible. To find the suspect not an outsider, but someone within. We had two children were cared a lot about and now theyre both gon
The fog is too shallow. Some areas are picking up some breeze. I dont think its enough to impact. Coast and bay a huge drop. You can see the fog. That starts to work its way in, and there will be 60s and 70s. Yet, you get in some of the higher elevations, 77 degrees in the santa cruz mountains. The warm air aloft will translate into a warm day. Its also squashing the fog. It has not much of a chance to make an impact. It makes it over the bay. Westsouthwest 10. Theres not enough of a breeze yet to make an impact. 60s for some. 50s, 60s for others. Tropical clouds maybe by friday. They are down in the four could beers. Fog is the big story on the coast. Its one extreme or the other. Cooler beaches. 90s, 100s inland. 60s bay the water. Sal, 880, still on that its still very heavy. Since about 5 00 a. M. This morning, brian flores joins us live from the scene with an update. I know the coronerss van thud be arrive coroners van should be arriving. Reporter it arrived. Maybe about 200 feet