And you know taking the easy pickings. Reporter for the family it didnt seem like easy pickings but thats what it turned out to be. Vicky and her daughter says they thought their 15pound dog lenore started barking in the middle of the flight because their other dog walked into the bedroom. Very vicious attack sound she does when shes not liking something and then she instantly was silent. Reporter her bed is about a foot away from the backdoor. They left it open for fresh air. She got up and took a closer look at what she thought was her other dog going outside. As it walked down our path, i thought, that looks a lot like a lion. Reporter her other dog was gone and leo was sleeping in the other room. Then she saw evidence confirming her fears. There were some very large paw prints walking in. Reporter this family lives in pescadero hills and see mountain lions near their home all the time but never thought they would see one walk into their home. The state wildlife warden investigated
Investigators cant say definitively if sex trafficking was involved. But its worth looking into. Redding mom Sherri Papini vanished while jogging a month ago. 22 days later, she was found on the side of the road in yolo county on thanksgiving. Her long blond hair was cut off, she was battered and she was branded with some kind of message. Authorities also say they have no concrete information about the possibility that a cartel or sex trafficking ring could be involved, but victim advocates say they believe that is certainly a possibility. When they heard that she was branded, that she had gotten branded, the first thing that came to our mind is she was prey. Its been going on in oakland where they just drive by and just literally throw you in the car. She is an advocate for sex trafficking victims in oakland. She says sex traffickers often brand, tattoo or otherwise mark their victims. Sex trafficking is what many call modern day slavery. Papinis husband said she had scabs, bruises, a
Left around here, wind sheer as well limited the growth from this system. As you see on the water vapor imagery that red color around and south of nassau is dry air high above in the atmosphere. I think thats gotten into the storm especially into the western side helping to keep it fairly weak with wind sheer. 30 mileperhour winds says the gusts weve been seeing from the system and you can see that forecast from the Spaghetti Models moves it directly west. Thats been the trend throughout the day. It will likely be very slow to it may help spread some rain our way possibly into the early part of next week. Well check back in with you in a little bit. Meantime Stormy Weather in Sarasota County killed a woman. Lightning struck her in a park inside a gazebo at mlk park on coconut avenue. The woman was homeless and a familiar face in this park and will be missed by those around there. Were still checking with some breaking news, a bad crash in st. Petersburg has traffic on mlk street and 40
We are beginning with that developing story out of Sarasota County where lightning struck and killed a woman at this park. She was moving to take cover beneath the gazebo there when the storm hit. We are jned live from mlk park by crystal smith. The it happened. She was crossing from one ga gazebo toanother when the lightg struck. We are told this happened around 5 30 this afternoon. On the ground you will find a pile of charred clothing next to the second gazebo, as well as a burned spot on the concrete where Authorities Say a homeless was struck by lightning and killed. Several people in the park say the woman had frequented here about seive seven years and ita very popular plate park for the homeless to come and sleep because of the covered benches. When firefighters arrived they had to extinguish a fall fire from struck her. This woman said he didnt know the woman but said there is no way to explain this tragedy oother than calling it what it is a freak accident. We will all come t
Lexington county near steedman was due to a microburst and not a tornado. A microburst is a very strong gust of wind that hits the ground and spreads out. Wis mike desumma is live where the damage was reported. Len here at tracys logging company the cleanup from that damage is well underway. You can kind of see how much of an area was impacted when the force of the winds spread out. A home that sits across the the National Weather service concluded the winds from this microburst reached up to 70 miles per hour. Workers here at the logging company it was around 1 30 when a heavy rain was coming down. That was then followed by the high winds that stripped roofs knocking debris into trees. A tractor trailer on the property was also left on its side. Several workers told me yesterday they took shelter and watched all of the destruction unfold. Owners say theyre just thankful no one was hurt when the storm came through. They say at this point theyre still trying to determine the cost of rep