Student. The latest on the investigation into the death of emmalee jacobs. Tragic end. A search for a missing teen, is over. Where sam kemps body was found. And what investigators know about how he got there. Fighting for change. A repeat domestic abuser will not be released from prison early. At least not yet. What one of his victims has to say. And the legislation she is hoping to pass. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 good evening. Im lynn melling. Thank you for joining us tonight. Ames police are not any closer to solving a deadly hit and run crash that killed an 18 year old iowa state student on monday. Justin surrency explains why they are running out of time to crack the case and whether its having an effect on students. As iowa state students count down to the end of finals week. Time is running out on the jacobs. There could be a potential witness that saw something but they could be a student so they are leaving town this week after they take their test and going back to their community, so we are trying to get the word out. The city has confirmed discussions with the university about campus safety. We get complaints frequently in that stretch of lincoln of conflicts between pedestrians and vehicles or bicycles and vehicles. But will it help, even with a memorial just feet away, many were seen disobeying traffic signs. Ive seen a lot of students try to beat the light, try to get to where they are going pretty quickly. Ive also seen a lot of students looking down at papers trying to get that last minute cramming in. And drivers try to beat the yellow light sometimes when they cross. More signs and requests for witnesses to come forward have been placed nearby to raise awareness and help with the case. Driving defensively, looking for pedestrians that could be approaching roadways, and for limit distractions. While iowa law states drivers must yield to pedestrians in marked crosswalks at intersections investigators say they cant even re construct the scene because the drive fled. We cant speculate who was at fault that morning but we want them to do the right thing and come forward. Until then, the tragedy has reached out to others as an unfortunate reminder regardless of who has the right of way. Yeah you see more people wait and look at the sign and just because it says walk and you have the right of say walk. Commander tuttle says theyve even reached out to local and statewide body shops just to check if any recent repairs were made to vehicles that may have damage linking them to the scene of mondays hit and run. A sad end to the search for a missing des moines teenger. Divers pulled the body of sam kemp from a granger pond today. They were looking for him by air sammys cell phone was found in kept water. 104100 yesterday we brought and they positively did indicate positively near the pond. The trainers of those dogs were fairly confident that there were human remains in the pond today divers spent several hours found pond. Crews had searched the pond previously. But high water levels made it difficult. The kemp was last seen on saturday at a large house party. Witnesses says. Police came and broke up the party sending kemp and hundreds of others running towards the water. A Memorial Fund has been set up for his family. You can find it at generositydotcom the trial of a des moines teenager accused of killing his grandmother has been delayed. 17year old noah laprei is accused of beating 79year old rachel pray to death in her home two months ago. Today at a Pretrial Hearing his trial date was pushed back to may. Drugs when he attacked his grandmother. Des Moines Police say an argument over dirty dishes led to a stabbing last night. 55yearold William Nixon is charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. Officers responded to an apartment at 1620 east grand avenue around 630. There they found 48yearold lial boggess with a wound to his back. Boggess says there was a note on the table concerning dirty dishes that led to a fight and then the stabbing. Officials say the wound is not life threatening. A repeat domestic abuser will not be released from prison early. At least not yet. The state parole board denied parole to scott parks yesterday. The board says he was denied because of the severity of his crimes and his likelyhood to reoffend. Tiffany allison was one of his victims. She was dating parks in 2009. When he attacked her and held her hostage. Allison says she was his fifth victim. Now shes pushing for laws to make sure habitual offenders serve out their full prison sentences. Parks will be eligible for 4 45 15 my life drastically changes when he gets out. Theres no such thing as a routine for me or any of the other victims because that puts us in a potentially dangerous situation. 4 45 27 last legislative session, allison fought to pass a bill that would require offenders who were convicted three times to serve their full sentences. It failed to make it out of committee. Shes working with lawmakers to introduce an updated bill this legislative session. An iowa sheriff shot his hand while he was cleaning a gun. Des Moines County sheriff Mike Johnstone sustained a gunshot wound to his left hand as he cleaned his personal handgun last night. Johnstone was taken to a local emergency room for treatment, and later transferred to another facility for treatment by a surgeon who specializes in hand injuries. Hes expected to be okay. Chilly weather has settled in over central iowa. At least for a few days. It actually feels like december out there. Meteorologist Brett Mcintyre has details. Iowa leaders continue to deliberate over the bakken pipeline. But illinois is already signing off on it. Yesterday their state Commerce Commission unanimously approved a permit for the pipeline. South dakota has also approved the pipeline. Iowa and north dakota are the two holdouts right now. North dakota is expected to make its decision next month. There is no timeline for the iowa ulitilies board to decide if it will allow the pipeline to happen. Florida senator marco rubio stressed National Security today during a stop in muscatine. At kent corporation. He vowed to fight terrorism by beefing up the us military. The republican president ial hopeful ranks third in recent polling. After a strong debate performance this week. Hes working to separate himself from frontrunners donald trump and ted cruz. He says. One way is by strengthening the armed forces before attacking terrorism. I hear some people running saying, oh, im going to carpet bomb them. The sand is going to glow in the dark. Youve got to have an air force to do that. Rubio also made a stop in knoxville this afternoon and will be in dubuque on friday. Theres still much more to come tonight. Coming up at 930 budget battle. The house votes to make 20 tax breaks permanent. Why Speaker Paul Ryan called it a pivot but first. Hidden gem. Its an historic place. That witnessed important steps toward race and gender equality in the military. And its right in our own back yard. Why Fort Des Moines is so important. Definition leader. Youre watching the channel 13 news at nine on fox its a very unique, one of a kind story. I dont think a lot of people in des moines know about it. Its a National Treasure that thousands of people drive by every day in des moines. Tonight the Fort Des Moines museum hosted an open house showcasing many of its new displays. Its all in preparation for two major upcoming anniversaries. For the first in military history, African Americans could train to become officers in u. S. Army. Women were allowed to train in the army, in the womens army corps. In 2017. The museum on east army post road. Plans to celebrate the 100th and 75th anniversaries of these two milestones. By becoming one of the First Military sites to train African Americans and women. Fort des moines role in leading the way for racial and gender equality in the military. Now. New exhibits showcase the pioneers behind these landmark decisions. Fort des moines was declared a National Historic landmark in 1974. For 116 years it has been in business in downtown boone. But at the end of this month. Ecksteins Jewelry Store will close. Roger riley has the story. The eckstein family opened a Jewelry Store in boone in 1899. Three generations of the family ran the store. Before it was sold to fred and jackie grow in 1986. Nats Cash Register fred grow rings up the Cash Register which the ecksteins purchased in 1901 two years after the store opened. February 68 is when i came to work here so eventually bought the place that you like to be like this can work plea jackie and my wife and i bought the place in august 1 of 1986 the store was known for its watches. At one time was an official watch store for the chicago we thought of as a watch store. 5;00 you;d sell a watch for hs graduation mdash; thats what you get now kids have those cellphones almost glued to their hand, i dont need a watch with cell phones and the declining of late im kind of a dinosaur if youre not on cant exist you got to go that way my grandkids think i am a dinosauer but it was the grandkids that convinced the grows the time has come to retire. Jacquie grow 1445 we;re gonna close the doors, then were gonna do whatever we want to do, no we dont want to go south. For the winter were gonna stick right around here. Grandkids the shelves are being cleared out. Many customers are stopping by sot customer the grows have operated a successful business for almost 30 years. Thats one accomplishment but another. Is working that long with your spouse. They ask us alot. We get that a asked lot. We jhear people say in retirement what are we going to do in our retirement. Years. Nat cash rgister 1620 we very humble to know weve made an impact on the community and were so thankful for everyone. The grows are planning a all their cases and the building itself in paris theres a lot to do on a dairy farm. Nobodys gonna do it for you. You have to get out there and do it yourself. Bernie cannot be bought out by big money. Bernies opinion cannot be purchased. Its time for our next president to get in there, roll up his sleeves, take off the gloves, and take on wall street, take on big business, take on big money, and get the working class back to where they should be. Hes a rock. Ad lib weather toss back coming up why the happiest place on earth is getting metal detectors. Records. The new stars wars movie is hours from its us release. How the flick is breaking expected to rake in on Opening Weekend alone. Announcer a horrific terror attack in paris. Then, a brutal act of terror here at home. Its time for a tested and proven leader who wont try to contain isis. Jeb bush has a plan. To destroy them. And keep america safe. Jeb bush the United States should not delay in leading a Global Coalition to take out isis with overwhelming force. Announcer tested and proven jeb bush. Right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. Go out into the world. And from what i hear, its not all toys and games out there. Will you look out for me, future . Stocks snap a threeday winning streak as Oil Prices Drop to their lowest levels in nearly seven years. The dow dropped 253 points. The sandp fell thirtyone points. And the nasdaq dropped sixtyeight points the new Star Wars Film premieres in us theaters tonight, and its already setting records. Movie ticketing website fandango says presales for star wars the force awakens broke the record for most tickets sold in site history. Its not too much of a surprise, as ticket sites crashed when tickets first went on sale in october. The film opens in more than 41 hundred theaters nationwide. And many star wars fans in the metro were excited about the new release. i am so excited. So excited. To see episode 7. Box office analysts predict the movie could make at least 200Million Dollars this weekend alone. Two auto sales forecasting Companies Say americans will buy more cars and trucks in december than any other month in more than a decade. Lmc automotive and j. D. Power will hit one pointsevenone million this number of sales since july 2005. The companies predict this weeks quarterpoint Interest Rate increase will have only a minimal impact on auto sales. The strong December Numbers set an annual record of seventeenpointfive million for the year. December traditionally is a strong car and truck sales month as consumers take advantage of year end holiday deals. The threat of terrorism is posing new security challenges for americas amusement and theme parks. While tourists visit places like disney and Universal Studios to escape into fantasy. The Security Threat behind the scenes is all too real. Disney, universal and sea world all beefing up security at their parks. Measures include metal detectors, bomb sniffing dogs. And increased personal belonging searches. Disney announced it will no longer sell toy guns at its parks. And that park visitors over wearing costumes. Theres still much more to come in the next halfhour. All this winning has been good for Kirk Ferentzs bank account. Just how for lynns family, the big stress is paying four hundred dollars a month in medical and drug costs for aidan. For other families its higher deductibles, premiums and copays that keep adding up. Thats why weve got to crack down on price gouging, cap outofpocket costs, and fast track approval of less expensive generic drugs. Because weve got to get Health Care Costs under control for lynns family and for yours. Pivotal step toward tax reform. New developments. Authorities make an arrest in the San Bernardino shooting investigation. Who is facing charges. And what hes accused of doing. International ties. How relations between the United States and cuba took a step forward today. And the restrictions that still remain in place. From who hd iowas High Definition leader. This is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 legislation affecting about two trillion dollars of your money is the subject of much discussion and consternation on capitol hill. Mike emanuel tells us the politics behind what costs so much. With strong republican support, approve 10 years by making some 20 Speaker Paul Ryan called it a pivotal step toward tax reform. Ryan says families and businesses are going to have the longterm certainty that they need, instead of scrambling year after year to find out whats next. The House Democratic whip blasted the fact it is adding to our 18 trillion debt. Hoyer says the certainty of this bill is that we will explode deficits, and provide for disinvestment. Thats the certainty of this bill, and i rise in strong opposition to it. A chance to see their representatives vote for or against bills. I i some liberal and minority democrats are upset about removing the crude oil export ban, and that a bailout for puerto rico wasnt included. Ryan says these kinds of things kind of happen at the end with these with these bills. Emanuel on cam first, the funding package must pass the house. Senator marco rubio hinted at slowing things down when it gets to the senate. However, Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell has secured an agreement for votes. On capitol hill, mike emanuel, fox news. The United Nations Security Council has passed a resolution strengthening legal measures against countries that do business with terrorist groups. The resolution was passed today. It mostly targets nations that do business with isis. The resolution came about as the result of a joint effort by russia and the United States. Both countries are leading antiisis campaigns in syria. Isil off from the Global Community by shutting down financial flows and targeting industrial activity like oil sales are designed to starve need to operate. We have incredibly close cooperation with our french and other eu counterparts, on informationsharing, regarding terrorist financing. The sanctions the un could impose include freezing assets, travel bans, and arms embargoes. Two major developments in the investigation and aftermath of the San Bernardino shooting federal prosecutors file charges against enrique marquez, the friend and former neighbor of syed farook, one of the attackers. The charges will be based partly on allegations that marquez purchased two of the rifles used in the december 2nd attack that left 14 people dead. Ranking member, intelligence cmte. If he is telling investigators that he purchased these weapons because he felt that if farook did it would draw pass the background check, he is essentially a straw purchaser. Marquez has told investigators that he had no prior knowledge of the attack, but he admitted to purchasing the two ar15s and plotting a 2012 attack with farook that they did not carry out. On friday, president obama will travel to San Bernardino to privately meet with family members of the victims. Anger in baltimore following the mistrial of one of the officers in the freddy gray case. The defense and prosecutors have met with the judge to plan out the next steps. No word yet on what that will be. Officer William Porter faces four charges in connection with the death of freddie gray, including manslaughter and seconddegree assualt. Yesterday. The judge declared a mistrial when the jury could not reach a verdict. Gray, an african american, died after suffering a severe spinal chord injury, in the back of a police van in april. Maryland congressman Elijah Cumming says officer porter deserves a fair trial. Maryland our criminal justice hopefully it is fair. We cannot have the convenience of expediency, but we have to have a conviction with regard to fairness and throughness. States attorneys had planned to use porters testimony against the other five officers in the case. A mistrial may have ended that possibility. Bad karma for a guy who has been called one of the most hated men in america. Drug company ceo, Martin Shkreli is arrested on fraud charges. Rick leventhal has more from new york. Martin shkreli the man known for jacking up prices on the hiv drug daraprim. Arrested and charged with security fraud. The 32yearold pharmaceutical c eo is also known for recently buying an unreleased album from the Hip Hop Group wutang clan. The feds came knocking on his door this morning. But the case is unrelated to the price increase of the drug. Carpers says shkreli essentially ran his Companies Like a ponzi scheme, where he used each subsequent investors from the prior company. Federal agents escorted the entrepreneur out of his midtown Apartment Building this morning. He was seen wearing a hoody. Before he was taken to federal court in brooklyn. Harpster says Martin Shkreli targeted investors and retained their business by making several misrepresentations and omissions about key facts of the funds he managed. The hedge fund though was essentially worthless. U. S. Attorney robert capers says shkreli illegally took 11Million Dollars in stock from a Biotech Company he started back in 2011. In order to pay off money he lost as a hedge fund manager. Carpers says and he took an approximate 3 Million Dollars from 8 investors based upon lies he told them about his prior performance as a portfolio manager, the amount of assets under the Funds Management and the oversight of the fund by independent auditors. Shkreli increased the price of daraprim more than five thousand percent. Making him a target on social media. But didnt he spend long in custody. Bonding out at five Million Dollars. If convicted in the fraud case. He could face up to 20 years in prison. The accusations do not relate to company that raised the price of daraprim. The United States and cuba have agreed to commercial Flight Services between the two countries. The news comes from the state Department One year to the day after president obama and cuban the countries would begin working together after 50 years. Economic development between the us and cuba. Its an important step forward but it is just one step there are many more steps to come obviously so we welcome this agreement and look forward to seeing it get into affect. Flights will begin arriving. The state department meantime also reminded people that the tourist travel ban to cuba remains in place. The american for aids research is pledging to invest and as part of the pledge. The foundation is creating a new institute soley for curefocused research in San Francisco. As the city has become known as a medical innovation hub. And also because San Francisco was once the epicenter of the hiv aids epidemic. The foundations ceo believes its a step in the right direction. For more information on the fight against aids. You can go to amfar dot org. Close to a hundred thousand baby turtles were released into the wild wednesday in bolivia. The turtles were released into the amazon in an attempt to repopulate several endangered species that had been hunted for their meat and eggs. Adult turtles can grow up to nearly eighteen inches long and weigh as much as seventeen pounds. The baby turtles play a key role in the ecosystem by helping to reforest into one day at the big four classic. Thats good for fans, tough for drake. The bulldogs are 03 since the beginning of the big four classic. Their task this saturday . A drake upset would be by far the biggest under 2nd year coach ray giacoletti. Bulldogs, hawkeyes open the action at 3 30. The night cap. 5th ranked, iowa state, and uni at 6. It pays to win. Kirk ferentz left the hot seat and walked straight to the bank. Ferentz is cashing in on performance bonuses. The rose bowl is worth 250thousand dollars. Ferentz named a National Coach thousand. Big ten coach of the year is a 50k bonus. A top 5 finish, and a longevity incentive could put another 875thousand in ferentz pocket by february. Coach ferentz has his team back on the practice field. Its a long break between game 13 and 14. Hawkeyes using that to get physically, and mentally sharper. Its stanford and iowa on new years day. Week long, Team Coverage starts december 28th. A lot of hawkeye fans planning a trip west later this month. There are hawkeye huddles then ship. How cool is this . The uss iowa is hosting a new years eve hawkeye rally on the battleship. All iowas welcome aboard, for free, as long as you have valid iowa license, or student id. If its not broke, dont fix it. Icubs skipper marty pevey returns for a 4th season. Pevey matches mike quade for the longest managing tenure since the iowa affiliate joined the cubs organization. You dream of being a jedi warrior but cant get to a galaxy far, far away. Well, now you can awaken your force at a Wisconsin Health club. 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