Hes due in court at 8 30 tomorrow morning. Live tonight in orlando, michael la party, channel 9, Eyewitness News. Since 5 00 weve had a chance to review more of our interview with family members of the Merritt Island father and daughter found dead in their home. In facters say 42yearold Sittichai Boonkeian committed suicide. Relative said he worked hard, loved his daughter and had talked habit returning to high deland tie to thailand where his wife lived. I think he was smart enough i dont know why he did that. We asked his sister if he was capable of harming his daughter. She said investigators will do their work. Tonight state troopers are crediting an eyewitness with helping them build their case against a driver in a deadly hit and run. They told Steve Barrett that he was driving drunk when he killed a man near Orange Blossom trail and steve, even though the troopers said he never had a license an eyewitness saw him behind the wheel. Reporter weve seen it so many times before, it t
Reporter investigators located that vehicle off of goldenrod on saturday. Were told it was abandoned. Now ortiz will likely face a charge of attempted murder on a Law Enforcement officer. I spoke with a neighbor in the past hour and he will explain how this went down for 5 00. For now live in orlando, michael la party, channel 9, Eyewitness News. Weve been reviewing a interview with Deputy Pearce and will have that coming up. Breaking news in Orange County. Health officials just confirmed a case of zika virus. Theres now 28 cases of the virus here in florida. Today president obama warned great care must be taken if Health Officials are going to keep this disease out of the local mosquito populations. We will be fighting this disease at every level with every tool at our disposal. I 1. 9 billion in funding for our efforts at home and abroad. In Orange County the Orlando International airport stepped up its Mosquito Spraying Program makes sure they dont come in contact with travelers tha
Of the other teens family members. Tonight shes begging for somebody to come forward. Ken, she says she cant sleep. She says her life is incomplete after what happened out here yesterday afternoon. You know, her son was only a sophomore in high school. He was driving down this road, got shot while he was moving, then hit this pole and finally ended up dying at the hospital. In some ways, this family considers the death of 15year old tamar harris a very private, very personal struggle. He didnt deserve to be killed. He did not deserve to be killed the way he was killed. Janene washington believes someone in this neighborhood saw someone else shoot her son in cold blood. Give them strength so they can speak. After all, this happened in the middle of the street in the middle of the afternoon. We miss him. We want him back. Reporter today the family fought back tears to tell Eyewitness News something needs to change. They want neighbors to stop turning a blind eye to violence outside their
Marina jurica oral we are going to be looking at the 80s returning by tomorrow. Temperatures feeling comfortable. We are warmer, 52 in daytona beach. 46 in owe cal will for cold spot and 60 in cocoa beach up to eight degrees warmer than yesterday morning at this time. We will tip the warming trend all the way through the middle of the week. Today, well be rocking the low to mid70s across the area. Developing this morning, a Seminole County mother is pleading for answers in her 15 yearold sons murder. Eyewitness newss julie is livest Sheriffs Office. Julie, she believes someone can help find her sons killer. Mentioned, it happened in the middle of the day around 3 00 in the afternoon. She believes someone saw what happened. The mother of tamar harris wants to know the truth about who killed her son. According to the Seminole County Sheriffs Office, they said the 15yearold traveling in a car when someone in the road fired several shots in his direction. He crashed into a pole and later d
E are Severe Weather. I love how the sun reflects on all the downtown buildings too. It is coming, but it is going to be unfortunately overtaken by the clouds. Were going to be looking at a few peaks of sunshine here and there and its high level clouds. The sun will be able to filter through somewhat, but unlike yesterday, we will be battling some clouds today. We have a lot of 50s. Just a couple of 40s left over in palm coast and ocalla. Much milder. We are up to ten degrees warmer and the warming trend has just started. Were going to see a southeasterly flow, and we are going to get warm as we head into this week. Mid the low 70s for this afternoon. And ill have all the details. Darlene. Developing this morning, a Seminole County mother is pleading for answers in her 15yearold sons murder. It happened in the middle of the afternoon friday marriage streets. Eyewitness news this morning you lee salamon is live at the Sheriffs Office. Julie, she believes someone can help found her sons