Its sad to see that i dont even know how to describe what happened. Reporter greg burton has known steele for years. Through the 62yearolds three late in life pregnancies. One of which was the subject of a reality show on tlc. Her last two kids were conceived using her dead husbands frozen sperm. Just odd. Thats odd. Reporter barton thinks it wasnt until last month that things started to unravel after a fire at their reddington beach home. I think she was coping prett well up until the fire. Days later she gave birth to her baby named kathleen. Steele left all three kids in the car monday when she went into a Cell Phone Store for more than 30 minutes. Detectives say baby kathleen started screaming. And steeles sixyearold son frankie beat his 13day old sister to death. I just cant believe franky would actually harm the baby in the way he did. Reporter the Pinellas County sheriff couldnt believe it either. Ever seen. Terrible tragedyor everybody thats involved. Reporter after steeles hea
You can see one or two clouds but no biggie. Our temperatures this morning, really, were sitting at about 77 degrees at tampa international. Brandon also in the upper 70s. Mid 70s as you go further inland. Expect more storms today, especially later this afternoon as everything moves from east to west again and high temperatures in the lower 90s. Vanessa . Vanessa thanks, dave. Welcome back once again. Good news for folks who were worried about that rollover crash past few minutes or so we saw this completely clear out, no signs of any scene and the travel times have returned back to normal. So thats some excellent news heading over the door. A roadway depression formed 50th street, columbus drive in the northbound direction, apparently just north of the intersection. This is a pretty new report so were not sure if theyre going to be doing Traffic Control out there or what lane blockage you yourself out the door in case you have to be redirected on scene. Laura a man dies after he was s
Rain chances are dropping 30 percent. Yesterday was kind of 40 percent going back to 30 percent. That means a lot of heat. 79 in tampa now. 80 over in clearwater. So the 8 oclock temperatures are in. 79 in sarasota. Winter haven, jumping up there polk county already at 79. Leesburg at 80. So 30 percent chance of an isolated late day storm. 92 give or take a degree for today. But tomorrow, that 30 percent rain chance shifts inland. We will discuss that in a little bit. 01oure just waking up in joining with us hernando drivers youve dealing with hit and run blockage in middle of an intersection cortez boulevard and mariner. Were seeing moderate delays here. Good news when we had skyfox check this out earlier while was in intersection the scene wasnt completely blocking traffic just moving a bit slow kind of around that scene. A few extra minutes if you have to head that way be careful for any crews still working on site. Levels havent too much to complain about havent seen that. Southbou
Deputies are searching for a man that climbed out of a cruiser yesterday, ran away, bare foot and handcuffed. Kellie cowan talked to neighbors who witnessed it all 37 they couldnt believe it happened and shocked that he is still out there. Reporter all happened in a matter of minutes. That is tall took for him to slip away. Deputies arrested co few blocks away from their headquarters but thing quickly went awry. Somehow, he was able to escape from the back of a patrol car through the window. Witnesses nearby say they couldnt believe what they saw. Like little he had his to slide his body out the window. Reporter a manatee sheriff spokesman would not confirm if to window controls. Unsure how he was able to get the back seat window down. Somehow comtrola while han handcuffed got out without deputies noticing. Reporter both shoeless and handcuffed he took off running escaping from deputies. Cantrola does not have a violent criminal history, and detectives do not believe him to be dangerou
Into downtown bradenton area. Theres your storm, it is tropical depression. However, take look at the satellite. Look at the difference in the presentation from 3 oclock this morning to now. Looks a lot more impressive. I think once they get a plane out there, this will easily be upgraded to Tropical Storm. We need for it to do is start to move. Because only moving north at 2. And the slower it goes more chance of intensification it will have. Still tropical to remember in big bend area. Troll cap storm warning from pasco county north and entire coastline levy county to sarasota is under a flood watch through friday. Well detail all of that stuff coming up in just a little bit. All right. Thank you, dave. And right now were getting several reports of flooding in the area. Before we get to this were actually just learning that the Clearwater Beach roundabout is being closed due to flooding they are in process of setting traffic. In meantime this live picture also concerns flooding as we