Pretty sad day, she just had the baby in the backyard and left it. She could have called for help. 911, anyone, everybody around helped. Reporter again, the police girl is alive or dead. They just say right now, they the best. Reporting live in orlando, jeff deal, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Of course, were all hoping for the best. The suspect mother in this case, has three other children, as you heard, and tonight, the man who says hes their father, told us he has custody of them. New for 5 00, our Live Team Coverage and you confirmed that dcf has investigated this family before. Reporter when we spoke with dcf in the last hour, they said theyd not been notified on this case, but that could change. We do know, however, when Susan Richardson was charged with aggravated battery in 2012, dcf investigated. 30yearold Susan Richardson is to giving birth to a baby girl in this willow bend apartment parking lot. Shes charged with aggravated child neglect for the missing newborn. Police brought
Showers so far, we do not have a tornado outbreak in the future, but we expect to see heavy downpours, gusty winds. This is the tornado that developed fast across escambia county, the far northwestern part of the panhandle hitting a very rural area. 12 homes damaged, an elderly lady was rescued from debris. They are still doing surveys. We all know the strength of this by tomorrow. Could be an ef3 tornado, a pretty big storm for central or north florida. Let me show you the latest right now. The main storm for us will come through tomorrow night, downpours developing ahead of that mainline, i think between 1 00 and 4 00 in our western zones, twin 2 00 and six 2 00 for the i4 court or. Still a slight chance of Severe Weather that we will be updating the threat from the storm and future track hour by hour coming up in a little bit. Our team of meteorologist will track the storm all night into your morning drive and let you know where the heaviest rain is before you head out the news this
If other people with their lives and in their heads, im thankful hes okay. Im sure it hurts. Reporter we do know that police got an opportunity to talk to the driver of that van and it appears he was adamant he did not strike the child but thought he may have hit something in the area. This is not the first time we have talked to today shaun hill. This is the first traumatic experiences have. Ive been getting digging through archives for more on that but i can tell you this kid is a survivor. More on that on Eyewitness News at 5. Life and titusville, melonie holt, channel 9 Eyewitness News. Following breaking news this afternoon, 2p two more cases of zika reported in florida. One case of Broward County and another miamidade. The total number of cases in florida stands at 37. Officials say only for people are experiencing symptoms and all patients became infected outside the country meaning local population yet. We told you this week three of the people affected with zika in florida wer
Out. Ive been emailing back and forth with one woman who calls last nights storm the scariest 12 hours of her life. 30 foot waves and hundred mile an hour wind send crucial passengers on an unexpected roller coaster overnight. One man shot this video through the windows of his room as he and thousands of others road out the 12 our storm. Social media more frightening enough that the coast guard contacted Royal Caribbean and some of the seas to make sure everyone was okay. We showed the same videos to other cruiseship passengers the boarding at Port Canaveral where the anthem of the seas was due today. That is the noreaster going up in new york ask the storm brought category 2 hurricane winds as the ship sailed from new york to florida. The cruise line released a statement saying the winds were higher than what was forecasted seas extreme enough to injure 4 people. How they were hurt, the cruise line has not said but with the ship finally done swing, passengers tell Eyewitness News ther
He was arrested on sunday facing a judge monday at the jail and wanted out bonded out tuesday. Records show he admitted to being near the mens room at the glitz nightclub the night of the shooting with a gun. One man was shot in or near the mens room but lopez denies he fired his gun. He says his friend was shot and ran to him for help outside the club. Orlando police say he was standing next to Joseph Villalobos on the ground bleeding and later died. They say he had blood on his clothing which he says came from hugging villalobos and helping him to the ground. Police say lopez through his handgun handgun outed onto a roof and they say they found the firearm. Lopez is charged with tampering with evidence and caring a concealed firearm. There was discussion in court about opd asking to keep him behind bars on no bond and the judge asked the state special detention hearing that the state said no. Lopez has filed a not guilty plea and has waived his appearance in court. More on the breaki