refused to take her to the metro and paid nothing for the laborers and constantly belittled and abused by her employer. [ speaking in a foreign language ] you re stupid, you re an idiot, you re lazy. reporter: one day she saw a tv show about human trafficking, wrote down a rescue line phone number, got access to a phone a few days later and called for help. the nonprofit group casa of maryland sent a team of four people to the front door. belinda karen, the employer, opened the door, was extremely startled and started yelling, why are all of these people here, what are you doing here? and jeanette said at that point belinda was blocking the door and jeanette slipped under her arm and came with us. reporter: it is said she violated federal laws, with forced labor. she is also asking for back wages for four months of work. we reached karen and she referred us to her attorney. he said he would have no comment until he saw the complaint filed in court. the fbi on the hu
not soon forget. the stampede came from the transit point and came straight at us. it was really scary. they were screaming and yelling. reporter: miranda was one of the many metro rail passengers caught up in a huge brawl involving 70 teenagers. a station manager started yelling at us to run away as fast as we could. reporter: the fight began at the gallery place station at 11:00 p.m. friday. it continued on a rail car. billy was another innocent bystander. there was fighting and people yelling. then at one point, things started to really get a little bit frightening, especially just as we were approaching l enfant plaza. i heard the sound of a body hitting the car wall, and hitting the glass. and when we got off the train, we saw that there was a spider web in the glass, that it had broken. reporter: the mele then spelled from that train on to the yellow green line platform at l enfant plaza. there was probably about 15 people in a circle beating up on this
operations to iraqi forces z. this mean america is ready to get out? a horrific accident. a karadzic evens out of control, flips over and runs into a family. but we begin with a terrifying string of crimes in the small virginia town. thanks for joining us. i m maureen umeh. will is off tonight. three victims two stabbed, one hit with a hammer, all for no reason. it s happening in leesburg. investigators say the victims have done nothing wrong and don t know their attacker. roz plater is live in the newsroom with more. roz? reporter: mawr even, we re talking mawr even, we re maureen, we re talking three attacks in four days. and the so-called crime spree is taking place just blocks from police headquarters. along busy plaza street, a teen is jogging when he s suddenly stabbed. his attacker jumps in a car and takes off. 6:15 thursday morning, the second victim, a man in his 60s is sitting on the steps of his apartment building when a man gets out of a car walks up t
doors and light-colored trim on the bottom. the same one seen in michigan, as well. the attacks appear rationally motivated according to police and almost all of the attacks in both states the victims were or appeared to be african- americans. we were dealing with a race- based crime. this individual, white male, was attacking our victims cinchly because of the color of their skin. there was no confrontation. no very verbal exchange no, road rage. just victims going about their business and were picked at random. reporter: the drive from flint, michigan here to leesburg, we re told is 9.5 hours. there was plenty of time between those two attacks to get here. we are also learning that police in toledo, ohio now believe a stabbing there on saturday may also be connected to this killer wanted in flint, and also for stabbings here in leesburg, virginia. we will have more coming up tonight at 6:00. live in leesburg, sherri ly, fox 5 news. at the same time the leesburg police
that word is spreading through that community. reporter: police stay suspect has a pattern. his attacks are racially motivated. the white male targets black or dark skinned victims. then flees the scene in an suv similar to this one. a dark two-toned green chevy f-10 blaze we are dent on his hood. the same vehicle used in the michigan homicides. i would consider this man to be very desperate and dangerous. the definitive proof is not there before, certainly the indicators are that he is responsible for five homicides in the flint, michigan area. this is a very dangerous man. since may, the suspect has stabbed 15 african-american or dark skinned male in the flint, michigan area. five have died. the last attack in michigan was august 2. the leesburg attacks started august 3. residents in leesburg are worried. the bigger the area gets, the more it seem to happen. i m not surprised. very, very surprised. we just tried to figure out why. what motivates these people to do