On charges of lying to police and misleading investigators. She said they were never in bridgewater that night and denied ever meeting her. Reporter a combination of witness sightings of a black s. U. V. And cell phone pings police say contributed to charges of being accessories after the fact of murder. Sphen records indicate that the squires were in the bridgewater area at the time the Police Received the 911 call. Reporter police say the investigation is not over and that more charges could be filed. Meantime tonight the primary focus is on the manhunt for Fernando Owens who they believe is armed and dangerous. Tom the st. Paul prep School Student who was convicted of sexually assaulting a classmate is now on vermonts sex offender registry. Owen labrie was sentenced to a year in jail but remains free on bail while he appeals. Mike cronin joins us live now with more on what this means. Reporter after his conviction, labries attorneys filed to prevent him from being required to regist
Well get to the top stories in just a minute. First, christopher jarzynka is in the Weather Center. Cold air. Chris coldest since last april. You knew it was coming sooner or later. Theres a live shot of hampton, 41, thats going to feel balmy by this time in the morning. Well get to it in for josh judge this weekend and its a pleasure to be here. In the 30s north and the 40s south. But the temperatures do not come with cool air alone because we have clouds and passing showers, now, most of the showers are in the liquid form in places like the likes region and you can see that these in green here are rain showers and they are moving away to the north and east, but you may notice some salmon color up here, some pinks, some blues, thats a mixture of rain and snow, folks. Get used to it. We do have some more rain and snow showers off to our west, although the stuff over the great lakes is lake effect snow and believe it or not, after the cool shot. Things warm up for next week. Well detail
Tom a couple from manchester now charged with accessory after the fact of murder in connection with a burned body that was discovered along Railroad Tracks in the state of massachusetts. Good evening, i m tom griffith. Shelley i m shelley walcott. The upgraded charges against julian and Shannon Squires accuse them of being involved in the disposal of the body. Wmur s Suzanne Roantree has more on today s developments. Suzanne not only were the charges against the squires upgraded but investigators say they think they know what the motive is behind the 29 yearolds death. Police also issued an arrest warrant for a longtime friend of Julien Squires who they believe is the killer. State Police Investigators followed the evidence that lead them from bridgewater where ms. Bortner s body was found, to dorchester, and onto New Hampshire. Suzanne the body of 29yearold Ashley Bortner of new jersey was found three weeks ago along Railroad Tracks in bridgewater, massachusetts. The victim was found
Bail until his next Court Appearance and has to prove to police that he is who he says he is. Tom as New Hampshire find itself in a war against heroin and opioid addiction, governor hassan is calling on lawmakers to convene a special session month in order to focus carely on the crisis. Jennifer the governor is proposing a number of meshers and tomorrow will ask the executive council to order lawmakers back to work. Wmur political director Josh Mcelveen is here now with more on this. Josh Republican Leaders in the house and senate have charged for months that governor hassan has been slow to react to the heroin cries and is they arent too keen on the idea of a fast process they say could have unintended consequences in the medical community. But the governor wants changes made and he shns them now. I think this is much too pressing an issue. We are losing lives every day. For us to wait until april or may to pass these necessary changes. Reporter changes that include changes to make th
Making one final push for votes. Many of the races are tight and the candidates realized how important every vote is. It starts at 7 00 local time, 8 00 our time. Abc s lana zak is live in iowa this noon with our top story. Lana happy caucus day. We are hours away from iowans their nominee for president , the nation. After some 1500 rallies clinton and bush. Lana and 33 million spent, it is decision time in iowa. A new quinnipiac poll has donald trump widening his iowa league. Mr. Trump you have to be a little bit nervous, and i like to win and i want to win for the country. Lana one third of likely caucusgoers say they are undecided or may still change their mind. Since has been sliding for calls and is being criticized for sending out this mailer, stamped voter violation, many today saying it is deceptive. Marco rubio is hot on the campaign trail today trying to lure voters away from the 10 other republican candidates. Senator rubio someone going to a caucus site and there is a candi