This parking lot. We saw workers cleaning up the evidence of the birth a short time ago. A bed upsetting case for people around here. Last night we had a crew at the scene as homicide investigators and crime scene investigators were to figure out exactly what happened here but they also had search crews here with dogs trying to find his baby. They scoured the area looking everywhere the quibec including all of the dumpsters. Police believe the 31yearold mother gave birth to a girl and then just discarded her. At this point they do not know if the baby is alive or dead. But they say the child was born alive and people here tell us area. She often walks through the apartment complex but does not live here. That said she just had a baby and left it. She could have called for help, 911, knocked on the door. Somebody wouldve helped ports know where the baby is police day. They describe her as 31 years old, 5 foot four, slim build and they want to know if anyone saw her yesterday between sli
On india street on Merritt Island fear they are the focus of this death investigation. Last night the entire area was blocked off as investigators converged on a single home but so far the Sheriffs Office has not released any information about exactly who they found inside of the residence and what may have happened to them. Traumatizing. Just totally traumatizing. You cannot believe it. They would never believe it in 1 million years that Something Like that would happen. Reporter we are expecting an update from the Sheriffs Office later this afternoon. We will let you know exactly what investigators have to say. Live on Merritt Island, melonie holt channel 9 Eyewitness News. New at noon, congressman alan grayson once a judge to reimburse them for almost 10,000 in legal fees for filing a frivolous appeal in their divorce case. She appealed the ruling that she and the congressman because she never divorced her first term husband. Sanctions for failing to turn over financial documents an
Been awarded a composite sketch that we will distribute individual. Reporter described as a white man, on the shorter side, between the fia for two and 5 foot eight with heavy though, black hair and long black goatee. The man asked if he wanted to go to his house. Outside the school today we spoke with one mom upset she sooner. I was unaware of it. I had no idea that i can get any phone calls or anything near both Elementary Schools this morning. I asked the chief about the difficulty with the Ongoing Investigation that is centering on a single witness. When the only witnesses a nineyearold, is that tricky with an investigation . It is. A nineyearold child, he is doing his best to help us and he is the only witness, so we have to go with what he says and we are going to treat this as a serious incident. Reporter i was able to talk investigation and who police have already cleared in the case. We are putting that together for tonight at Eyewitness News at four and in the meantime, we wi
He says he fought back. He says freeman barged into this chevron on south cocoa boulevard last night around 8 00. They put a gun in his face and demanded cash. Instead, they got a surprise. They pointed a gun at me and i was very scared and i got my gun and shot them. The store owner fired back. He wounded one of the suspects while the others rain but soy was not done. He says the suspect hid by his gun fire trying to steal a car parked at the pump trying to get in the car and hijack the car and i grabbed him from the car. Reporter grabbed him from the car and grabbed the gun out of his hands. Soy held the suspect on the ground at gunpoint until Police Showed up. Next i dont shoot him they will kill me. Reporter this is the 2nd time he shot a wouldbe robber. The first time back in 2009. Another time he says he fired and missed. A shot 2 of them i let go of 2. Reporter the 3 men who police they try to hold up the store last night are all facing robbery charges. They say 2 of them are kn
Family moved here recently and the report was made 3 days ago on tuesday and they are investigating whether this could be that missing man picked we talked to a neighbor who said he heard something overnight that may or may not be related yet i told the detective at 2 00 a. M. , i heard 5 shots in a row and about 5 minutes later i heard 3 more. Reporter we did ask the Sheriffs Office whether there was any sign of any gunshot wounds to the body. It is too early to tell. The Sheriffs Office will bring marine unit here to recover the body. The investigation will begin but may be bad news for the family that lives in the air who reported their loved one missing earlier this week. Live from orange county, kathi belich, channel 9 Eyewitness News another look at the scene from skywitness 9 you can see the boats this afternoon and story over the next hour and we will have more details as soon as we get it. Staying on top of the homeless crisis and Daytona Beach. It is in the 44th day. Dozens o