The valley. A mother accused of killing her three children appears in court today. This is cbs 5 news. Good afternoon. I am heidi goitia. Thank you for joining us at noon. Defense attorneys for a phoenix woman accused of murdering her three children help prosecutors dont seek the death penalty. Octavia rogers appeared in court for a pretrial conference earlier today. Mark liberman was there. Reporter a very emotional morning for both Octavia Rogers and her family. She is accused of stabbing her three Young Children to death. And dismembering their bodies. I was in the courtroom this morning as she began to sob uncontrollably before walking out of that ram. Her attorneys had previously pled not guilty to firstdegree murder in the deaths of her 8, 5 and 2yearold sons. Now, they are also hoping she is not sentenced to death if she is found guilty. Partially dismembered several months ago. Some family members have called her a devoted mother. Octavias mother says she saw no sign she was tr
To my son and i know you know what happened to him. Just tell them, this is not fair. Its not. Police are searching for a newer silver or gray sheriff suburban, call silent witness with information. And tonight, a first look at the man accused of shooting someone at a phoenix bar. 55yearold jerry was arrested two people. It happened at the hide away west bar and grill. One man was shot and rushed to the hospital and will make a recovery. People in one glendale neighborhood woke up to gunshots after a deadly house party. One is dead and another in the hospital. A neighbor said shes not night and call 911 and check to see everyone is safe. She has lived in this glendale neighborhood and this isnt the first time shes heard the gunshots but this time she knew things were serious. Nobody deserves to die but thats my first thought but when i saw the police tape, i knew someone passed. Gunshots left one man dead run. But they didnt go far. Police officers heard the shots and were able to trac
There could be a few scattered flurries overnight otherwise mostly cloudy through the night. Could still be a few slick spots on the roads tonight and early tomorrow morning, especially on some side streets so use caution. Temperatures tonight will be steadily in the teens and near a huge crash this afternoon on interstate 80 while the snow was still falling. Falling. It shut down the west bound lanes just west branch. Branch. Viewers sent us these photos as they waited in a long line of cars for the wreckage to be cleared. Emergency crews say nearly thiry vehicles were involved including at least one semi. We know there are injuries but the state patrol isnt saying how many. Interstate 80 is open again tonight. New developments tonight in the death of Supreme Court justice antonnin scalia. A judge with ties to cedar rapids may be on the short list for a replacement. Jane kelly is a federal Appeals Court judge. Before that she served as a federal public defender in cedar rapids. She wa
Big crash crashalong interstate 80 Near West Branch sunday. Sunday. It shut down the west bound lanes while crews cleared the crash site. Site. Viewers sent us these waiting in a long line of cars. Right now the state patrol says three separate crashes happened involving more than 30 cars. Three people were hurt but authorities are not saying how seriously. All three collisions are being investigated. In central iowa a man was seriously injured while riding a snowmobile. Mobile. 35yearold damoin louk was driving along highway 30 just west of boone at about 60milesperhour when the left front ski caught deep snow throwing him 150 feet off the snowmobile. His helmet came off during the accident and he was flown to a des moines hospital. Right now multiple agencies are investigating. Developing news this morning on the death of Supreme Court justice antonin scalia. The top elected official in the texas county where scalia was found dead now says scalia died of natrual causes. Causes. Becau
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