3 a heads up if youre about to hit the road. Were getting reports of a serious crash on i275 southbound. Its just north of the bearss exit, in north tampa. So just north of this camera. The Highway Patrol got the call around 230 this morning. No other details. Other than there are reports of debris in the roadway. We have a crew heading to the scene, and well bring you more as soon as we get it. Vanessa will also bring us updates during her traffic hits. Later this hour. 3 trying to decide if a woman is guilty. Of murdering a threeyearold boy. 3 theyve been deliberating for two days and still no decision for kara oconnell. She is accused of killing three year old john taylor baxley. Prosecutors say the toddler suffered weeks of beatings and abuse. Oconnel was dating the boys father justin garwacki. The father is also facing murder charges but cut a deal with the state in exchange for his testimony against oconnell. The defense blames the father for the murder. 3 3 developing this morni
Are familiar with it. Anyone who recognizes the people in the video should call police. Anybody with information should give them a call as well. Aaron mesmer, fox 13 news. Stocks took a fall for the fourth straight day. The dow plummeted, the nasdaq dropped 16 and the s p was down 22 points. Analysts say it is coming amid economic weakness. After weighing the evidence a decision in the murder trial of cara oconnell. She death to death her boyfriends 3yearold son. Gloria gomez has the verdict for us. Reporter she was found guilty of manslaughter and thats a lesser charge. She was firsting first degree murder. Some believe that the defense had a victory in the case. It was five years ago that John Taylor Baxley died of abuse. It took the jury three days to come up with the verdict. They believe that she had a hand she was dating the father and he was facing murder charges but cut a deal in exchange for telephoning against oconnell. The manner was homicide but could not determine how the
Board members did not think they would face. If they go to the bathroom it would be less of a problem. Reporter they are trying to fick out bathroom policies for transgender students. It is here we need to listen to the community and listen to the students, all of them. They main be the first to con confront the issue. The district is entering unchartered interest interest territory here. And it is controversial with some parents. I do not want to make policies based on fears that are not based on reality. The district has no set policy. Schools can handle it on a casebycase basis. Nate quinn who was born female but identifys as a male said there needs to be a set policy. Leaving it open to schools is going to make it harder for trans people to be accepted t is and nates principal allows nato use the mens room. Im comfortable im more accepted. I believings the policy should allow students to use which ever they identify with an idea that is unsettling to some and some of the board memb
This afternoon. Tonight will be mostly 3 dave 3 3 3 no closed captioning is available for captioning is no closed captioning is available for traffic. 3 3 3 3 while you were sleeping a truck slammed into a home in the riverview area. That was around two this morning. And it also ran into several cars. The resulting damage was so bad, the people who lived there just stood and stared. 3 reaves is at the scene. Shayla the good news is, no one was hurt. But this is such a mess. Good morning. 3 3 3 our hometown in national headlines. The republican race for the white house comes to tampa today. jen gop frontrunner, donald trump, is holding a rally at usf tonight. And hes sure to draw a huge crowd. Even if theyre not all supporters. 3 jen the florida primary is more than a month away. So why is trump coming here so early in Campaign Season . Well, our state is the first winner take all delegates state. So even though there are more than a dozen states voting before us, florida is a huge priz
Family. Brittnays sister was killed in a car accident following bad weather. Five years ago when we lost ashley a daughter to an accident, i put an a around my neck in honor of her. Now we have to honor him now. Theying cling to hope they are asking for prayers to pulled them through. Im hurting i lost a big part of my heart when my daughter died now the other part is going, i have a big heart but it is getting voids in it. The deputies confirmed that of the accident. All the children involved appear to have been in car seats and wearing seatbelts. Back to you. Involved. It was a steam selloff on wall street and seemed to improve by the end of the day. The dow plunged and the nasdaq dropped nearly 80 points and the s p slipped 26 points. The market was affected by a Al Technology shares. And an art caper, someone stole this piece from the glass collection t is worth thousands. And Steve Nichols is there with more. So many questions, steve. A lot of questions on this one, linda, the gue