Minutes later they determined they were investigating the citys first homicide of 2016. Sgt. Paul parizek, Des Moines Police department right now, anything thats here that doesnt look like it belongs here is evidence. So, weve started a long process of identifying things that just seem out of place. Were just looking for anything that wasnt here before. Police say they got a call from inside the home at 1413 pioneer road to check on 71 yearold Norma Jean Mcneeley in the middle of the night. Officers say a relative made the call after hearing a cry out from mcneeleys downstairs bedroom. Sgt. Paul parizek, Des Moines Police department we cant discuss those details right now, but her death was violent. Detectives found around 100 drops of blood in the area around the porch, and stretching down the street from mcneeleys home. Police say mcneeley never left her house sunday morning and died inside of it as well. They spent the morning and afternoon interviewing potential witnesses, but say
20s. Winter weather advisory in effect 6am monday until 12am tuesday for portions of west and north iowa. The advisory does not include polk county. The overcast skies will finally give way to precipitation tomorrow as highs top out in the lowtomid 30s. Nikki also coming up on local five news at 10. Snowzilla is leaving the country, but not before it dropped record setting snow. Up and down the east coast. Nikki then. Video of a special needs student pressed up against the windows of a Des Moines Public School bus. A bus driver and an assistant fired after the incident. Nikki but first, a metro woman found dead in her home early this morning. Now police are ruling it a homicide. Local 5 news at 10 in hd starts now. We are iowa nikki dead in her des moines home early this morning. Tonight, police are investigating it as a homicide. Good evening. Im nikki davidson. This is the metros the first homicide of the year. And while there arent many details on what happened right now, police are
According to court documents, the 2yearold shot himlf in the facc with a 45 caliber handgun that was kept in the house. Police say they also found two marijuana pipes and a grinder inside the home. All three children living there tested positive for marijuana exposure, and two tested positive for cocaine exposure. Both have been arrestedraven harris faces five charges, including child endangerement resulting in serious injury and additional charges of child endangerement. Weve got you covered live from the th media newsroom in dubuque, brad hanson, kwwl news. Harris has already appearededin courthorsley is set to appear in court february 17th. Some flurries earlier but looking like a clear ght lets go to storm track seven chief meteorologist Mark Schnackenberg now whos tracking it all. From the kwwl stormtrack 7 weather team. See the screen informatiwn from the kwwt stormtrack 7 weather team clouds will be on the increase flurries, especclly during thee expected, but there could be a d
Authorities have not released their names yet. Kcrgtv9s brady smith joins us in the newsroom. Brady, what else are investigators saying about the crash . Trooper bob conrad with the iowa state patrol says while it appears ice did play a role, he says its also apparent that the driver of the minivan failed to maintain control of that vehicle. He says the van was also overloaded, and that meant too many people inside the vehicle, and not enough seat belts. Cathy cutler with the local dot District Office says they had road crews on the stretch of highway 30 where the crash happened, during and after the storm that hit eastern iowa earlier this week. She told us the plow and salt trucks had a constant presence on area highways, and they had cleared off that section of road. Trooper conrad says Road Conditions can be unpredictable this time of year, and its possible there could have been snow melting on that section of road, then refroze overnight. He told us all three People Killed were no
Increase in clouds. A weak area of low pressure is still set to drift across the area this evening and itll likely squeeze some snow showers out. Most areas will likely only see a trace to half inch. Well start the weekend off right on saturday with highs well up into the 30s and a decent amount of sunshine as well. Later on sunday, a chance of snow does exist and that is part of a system that will impact eastern iowa on monday. While snow amounts look light, the wind may be an issue come monday with gusts over 30mph. Well be watching this system for possible travel impact in the area for mondays commute. Enjoy your weekend toda y partly cloudy high 2632 winds sw 515 alo 26 dbq 26 iow 31tonight partly cloudy low 1521 winds nw 515 alo 14 dbq 16 iow 20tomorrow chance of snow late high 2733 winds s 510 alo 28 dbq 29 iow 32tomorrow night chance of light snow low 2026 winds s 510 alo 22 dbq 23 iow 25 thanks kaj. Republican president ial candidates are preparing for their debate in New Hamps