Old. The case went cold but never forgotten. In the last couple of years police named a man by the name of Lloyd Lee Welch as a person of interest. He was in and out of this area back then, working as a carny. His mug shot from the time eerily similar to a sketch made from a witness account. He was spoken to back then but was not considered a strong suspect. Things changed as the decades went on and police zeroed in on him. As we said just a couple of years ago. Searching again and again. A mountain top property in virginia that belonged to his family. We are told that evidence was found there to convince police that welch not only abducted the girls but killed them on that mountain. That led to todays indictment. I am honored to report that my Commonwealth Attorney obtained indietments charming indictments charging Lloyd Lee Welch with firstdegree felony murder for his involvement in the death of sheila and Katharine Lyon. Brad the prosecutor and the sheriff in Bedford County came to
Going to be significant, right . Absolutely. And ive been comparing the heat wave to the heat waves in 2012. This could be the hottest and longest that we have had in years. Lets look at the weather cam. A nice pleasant shot of the Jefferson Memorial and the washington monument. Heres a look at the day planner. Well see a few showers in the morning and temperatures quickly rising. 89 at 1 00. Storms approaching from the west at that point and then a more solid line of thunderstorms will make its way toward us at 4 00. Well be at 92 degrees and thats dropping from a high of 94. The heat is on starting today. 72 at lease burg and gaithersburg. Im track the storms coming up in the first alert 7day. Back to you mike. It was a rough overnight shift for police in the district. Three men were killed in separate shootings and that does not count the victims who survived other shootings. Surae chinn is live. Reporter police are investigating what has turned out to be a deadly, bloody overnight
To escape. Marci gonzalez, abc news, lafayette, louisiana. Kimberly this tragedy in louisiana on the mind of families concerned about safety at Movie Theaters in the area. Jonathan human nature. You can understand that. Suzanne kennedy spoke to folks who went to the movie this afternoon and continues the Team Coverage live from Silver Springs. Suzanne well, jonathan kimberly, on a friday an you can imagine a lot of people are thinking about going to the movies, whether tonight or over the weekend. A lot of them will head there with the louisiana Movie Theater shooting in mind. Here locally at the Silver Spring theater that we are at a lot of people were saying that they could feel the incident in their bones as they walk through the door. They say they were concerned about it and shocked a disappointed to hear that the violence happened again in a Movie Theater. Some wonder why Public Places that used to feel safe have become such targets for violence. Its devastating, of course. Its h
You could buy that car, and it wouldnt have to be fixed. And we think thats a loophole that needs to be closed. There are also pieces of legislation we wish the senate would consider like giving nhtsa Imminent Hazard Authority. We were criticized last year for having too cozy a relationship with industry, but the reality is, is that when a recall occurs, if the company that has been recalled disagrees with our assessment our recourse so go to court and spend years trying to to litigate that issue while dangerous stuff is on the streets. The alternative is to develop some kind of settlement with the automaker or the oem and, you know usually weve been able to get favorable results that way. But if Congress Wants us to have more teeth, give us the tools so that we can fight those battles directly. And, you know, these are the kinds of things that weve proposed previously, and itd be nice for those issues to be addressed through this legislation. Dave shepardson. East one of those be eith
They somehow managed to fight their way to safety. Now, police say that suspect managed to take off with the victims cell phone so they are hoping to use that device to track him down. Police are saying there are many similarities between these five cases we have seen the last three weeks but are they connected . We will let you know what police say at 5 00. Pat and chris, back to you. Thanks, meghan. History in havana today the u. S. Flag is flying at the embassy in cuba for the first time in more than 50 years. Todays ceremony symbolically you shallers in ushers in a newer are eer era. What is your impression . Reporter you can see behind merck the live shots the past two days, something different, the American Flag flying, first time in 54 years we have had that sight. Impressions being on the ground, first point out really, this was not widely advertised or promoted here in cuba, yet cubans, they found out about it and they showed up in numbers. It was hot. They got here really ear