Reporter tonight colleen ritzs family vows to keep fighting. Colleen never gave up and neither will we. And promises to keep her legacy alive. We will carry on and do our best to find the good every day,. The pain Colleen Ritzers family lived while the trial ends and they are still left with a tragedy. The verdict was read live right here on fox 25. Phillip chism is guilty of firstdegree murder. He was found guilty on one of the aggravated rape charges. The rape that happened in the bathroom of the high school. Chism was found not guilty on the rape charge in the woods and the the 16 year was also found guilty of Armed Robbery for stealing richards ritzers underwear. Emotional reaction after the verdict was read today. They waited a long i am to hear the words. For the first time in two years, that family has a sense of justice. The jury has a verdict, after weeks of testimony and a day and a half of deliberation, finally news that the Phillip Chism jury of 8 men and 4 women have made
Other t workers stopped the train by cutting power to the third rail. Vasquez did not follow proper safety procedure when he got off the train. Investigators say he used a cord to tie down the throttle. Investigators say the comforted was tied to a microphone used to talk to the passengers. Vazquez also did not set the hand brake before he exited the train. The ultimate decision on firing vasquez comes from the mbta general manager, but, as we said, vasquez does have the right to appeal. Thats the story live in boston. Im byron barnett, 7 news. Also breaking at 4 00 Los Angeles Schools shut down for the day. Police calling the threat credible telling thousands of students and staff to just stay home. L. A. Wasnt the only School District in the country to receive that same exact threat. We have the very latest. Reporter just after 7 00 a. M. Notifications to keep their kids home. The immediate concern, terrorism. Were wondering if this is real. Right now im complete sure im not the only
Shiri tonight we will have to pull back the wet weather and for now south of boston, southeastern mass, Southern New Hampshire, we are still under a dense fog advisory here and im seeing everybody free of the dense fog now. We got a little bit of light fog but shouldnt be too tough to navigate, 48 , 45 plymouth, 46 in beverly, still in the 30s in portsmouth, nashua and keene, New Hampshire, those will be chillier spots today, worcester at 49 and hey, we got the vineyard and nantucket already in the lower 50s now, but by noon time today we are all going to be the lower 50s. Lower 50s, no more fog but run mostly cloud and he look forward to seeing breaks of blue here and lunchtime and 4 00 p. M. It is all clouds, 50s ongoing but between four and seven you will see that we got rain developing. Most of that will be light and fairly widely scattered as youre heading home from work the more intense stuff will hold back until youre sleeping highs today after this morning fog afternoon increas
With a tree branch. The prosecution contended that she was still alive in the woods and the defense contended she was not. The judge read this clarification to the jury. In the course of one continuous event, it does not matter whether the alleged victims death precededa followed the alleged sexual attack. However, for the rape to constitute one continuous event, the death and the alleged rape must occur very close in time, almost simultaneously. On two other counts, another aggravated rape, and the Armed Robbery of Colleen Ritzers underwear, the jury found philip chism guilty as charged. So something of a split verdict for philip chism. But bottom line, this jury that sat for hall these weeks, it rejected the defense here, that claimed that philip chism was mentally hale ill when he attacked Colleen Ritzer. Vanessa bob, youve been single day of this emotional trial and sometimes we see the member. Can you tell us how family members reacted when the verdict was read . Well, everybody w
Flurries, but nothing significant. Otherwise a lot of clouds throughout the day, a chilly day. Temperatures this morning out in the 20s. 2 00 p. M. , upper 30s. 7 00 p. M. , a lot of clouds. No flurries this evening or this afternoon. 30s this evening. Jadiann lets get over to your traffic reporter. Reporter good morning, jadiann. Everyone getting back to work today. Zakim bridge, leverett connector, no problems yet. As the morning moves on, these roads likely to get much more congested. Coming into town from the north on route 1, youre fine. 93 southbound, also fine. The pike looks good so far this morning. The expressway looking good, as well, just a nineminute ride from the split into boston. South of town, route 24 looks good into town. And if youre coming up from the cape, maybe route 3 into boston looking good, as well. Take a look at you drive times. The expressway, the split to the tunnel, thats a tenminute ride. Into town on the pike from 128 is a 12minute ride so far this mor