In this case. So are the police. Denise and aaron were victims of horrific crimes. They had the right not to be victimized by the vallejo police. Reporter police say the rape kit was mishandled. They say the couple left vallejo because of this. City leaders have six months to respond to the legal claim before it becomes a lawsuit. As for the suspect, in an exclusive kpix 5 jailhouse interview recently muller told us he felt badly about what happened to denise and suffers from bipolar disorder. Im sure no comment from police or the city. Reporter once again. Thank you. Kept away from their homes for days, now some of the victims of the valley fire say try and stop me from going back kpix 5s mark kelly is live in middletown with the latest. Reporter the main drag has the power back in middletown so folks are getting antsy to get in and see their homes. And some of them arent letting a checkpoint stand in their way. They main road locked with the cops saying who gets in and who doesnt. Wh
From middletown and got to see what was left. Kpix 5s Christin Ayers was there this evening. Christin. Reporter yeah. We have actually been here since this checkpoint to let people into middletown opened around noon today and you can see people have been lined up all day up and down this highway trying to get back into middletown. You can see there is a checkpoint set up here signs that say residents only. People are passing through for the first time as Law Enforcement officials give them the okay to finally go back home. These among the first cars to roll through the middletown checkpoint around noon today. This is going to allow you to drive in the community thats not closed so leave that sticker on there. Reporter a bumpertobumper backup of evacuees who have spent days waiting to find out what happened to their homes. A lot of loss, a lot of fire damage. Devastating. Reporter now waiting just a little longer. Been waiting all week. Kind of a nice moment to get up there but on the o
Live is safe and Pope Valley Elementary School reopening. Alan picks up our coverage live in calistoga tonight. Alan . Is there are now 1,000 people camped out here and almost everyone is in the same boat. They have been traumatized. They dont know if the homes are Still Standing and struggling to maintain morale. We are not really down. We are never out. We will come back i love you guys. Thanks for whether you are and what you do. Reporter lake county supervisor jim come stock tried to keep morale from slipping as hundreds ofe evacuee gather for latest update. As many know already we have had 3 confirmed fatalities. Sp hate to said but i expect to find more. There was also some good news. Residents in middletown. Parts of hid el valley and north side of can be can return home on saturday. If they still have a home. For others the waiting tips. Has been like limbo whether do i do. Where do i go. Sitting around waiting for somebody to tell you its okay to go back and you dont know when
Friend this, and home and turned out much of the five of per share. Always left on the hon plan and the denver home schooling was in the house to go to do. That telling us anything have attended meetings and health of the form of mud twiceshy and on what theyre saying nothing for office saying is only the jews is ever seen. Reporter share of the car rental residence extended escorts and the fires on people to be their fat with animals they need to concentrate on protecting property from looters. Has and will control agency says theyre doing their best views on it has left behind as a can then everything is settled and him of the county courthouse tara afternoon. Pam another suspect in a litter a the fireplace they use burglarizing in the community. Jeremiah mcinnis of cobb was arrested last night police of the cars evacuations from a home he did not just a car he to a white it will like a sea of vehicles. As you found still a proper as well. Burglar e. During the emergency close to dis
Jeff bush joins us live from the lakeport command center. As firefighters continue to move through the night. Jeff . Jeff fighting a fire this size is a 247 operation, you have the equipment and people going and coming all day. It is a very delicate dance that takes a lot of effort to make this work smoothly engine after engine after enginefirefighters coming off the linesmany of them havent slept in the last 24 hourshard workthe Incident Command Center is where most of them come to clean up and get some restbut, its not glamorous of particularly comfortable. Tent living is what these firefighters have come to expect. Its hard but each of them knew what they were signing up for. Fire commanders are plotting out the next days work inside while volunteers are making sure everything and everyone goes to the right place. Ryan benton we make sure everything is clean, we help with traffic and help with foodjust make sure everyting is comefortable for the firefighers when they leave and get b