Melissa . Not so good. Just got off the phone with the police. This may be shut down still. The westbound lanes could be shut down until 8 00 this morning. Somebody hit a pepco pole. Its going take some time to get that out of the way. Right now, quantico, going to taken 17 minutes. Thats as good as it gets for sure. No problem here. On 395, no problems there as well. No major issues to worry about. This morning, taking a look now, lets see if it will advance, 66 in to town and out of town. Ill see you back here at 5 11. Developing now, missing 80yearold man. Police think they have found luben phipps body. He was there with his center. He asked to go to the restroom and never came back. Phipps family was concerned he was not getting proper care for his dementia. Neither the facility or phipps family has returns our calls. We now know the name of the man who fep to his death. He is Alexei Lichtman from the uk. He was apparently taking pictures, jumping from rock to rock and lost his bal
The new starts now. Now, abc 7 news at 11 00, on your side. Kellye first, a woman gets into a car that she mistook from uber and is sexually assaulted. This happened in northwest d. C. , and roz plater is live with the latest. Kellye, the police need the publics help to track down a knife wielding suspect. This is a precautionary tale about how to stay safe. The police say the bizarre attack happened 3 30 saturday morning on a residential stretch two blocks off wisconsin avenue. Normally its a pretty safe neighborhood. Roz the woman got into a silver fourdoor sedan which she mistakenly thought was an uber vehicle. The driver then pulled out a knife and sexually assaulted her. That could so easily happen and its so shocking. Scary. We need to be aware of that. The fact that it happened at all is really scary. It makes you think twice. Roz the woman eventually escaped and the attacker took off with her belongings in the car. Many here say they take uber frequently and follow safeguards.
His body in the park where he disappeared back in september. Derrick ward has more. Derek . Reporter well, indeed. There was a search here at watkins Regional Park yesterday when a body was found in the area of the park that had been searched before. No positive identify indication yet but they believe it may be the body of liuben phipps. He had come here with a group from the assisted living facility. He apparently ask god to the bathroom and was never seen again. There was a search, signs went up with a phone number to call. Yesterday they did come up with a body found in a soybean field. This body was found 180 yards beyond where the search had ended that last time around. The body has been sent to the medical examiner in baltimore. The cause of death, theres no positive word yet is indeed mr. Phipps. Its a 300acre park. Its massive. Five baseball fields, a streams a pod hiking field. Were live in upper marlboro. Derrick ward, news4. Were working to find ow how much more time Washin
From across the nation say theyll watch the debate. I care about what they have to say. I care about where the country is going. All they can think about is trump. Trump isnt in the debate. For the lesser known candidates, martin omalley, jim webb and lincoln chafee, its a chance to be heard. Omalley today. Its a wonderful idea, isnt it . Both parties having debates . For clinton to move past her email controversy. Now she gets to make her case directly to the American People without the gossip columnists. The benghazi real role was to kill her candidacy. Its a damn lie. The committees chair today firing back. Now in a race thats been dominated by donald trump, its the democrats turn. So will it be fiery . Will there be fingerpointing a la you know who, the guessing is no and joe biden wont be here. The Vice President is still deciding. Live from las vegas, steve handelsman, news 4. Thank you, steve. A woman thought she was getting into an uber, but instead she got into another car and
Developing a familys weeks long search could be over. Right now waiting to get confirmation after police found a body in a Prince Georges County park. Maryland National Capital park police say the body found in a soybean field at watkins Regional Park fits the description of 80yearold luben fipps. Crews found the body about 80 yards away from where a search has been conducted. The fipps family canceled todays search pending todays confirmation. He went missing september 15th during a picnic there with the assisted Living Center where he stayed. His daughter told new 4s Darcy Spencer that fipps suffers from dementia and she was concerned her father had not been properly supervised. Thats the latest. We are working to find out how long irans government will sentence Washington Post reporter Jason Rezaian to jail. Iran accuses him of collecting confidential information and handing it over to hostile governments. The court says he can appeal the conviction within 20 days. Im Megan Fitzgera