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Transcripts For WJZ Eyewitness News At 4 20111018



waiting for official confirmation from the medical examiner's office. you can see, it is still a very active scene. police tell us he may have been dumped airline r october 1st. >> police found the remains of william mccain. >> probably all of us were hoping that we had that little shred of hope that we would find william. that maybe the suspect dropped him off somewhere and said, you know, keep william. that's what we were praying for. >> reporter: william hadn't been seen since september 30th. last week, police found his mother dead in germantown. they charged her husband, william lopez with her murder. he is being brought back. >> he will not be charged while he is in north carolina. we'll wait until he gets back here to charge him. and that could be any time. we have 10 days to bring him back to north carolina. and we'll do that very soon. >> reporter: loved ones say william and his mother were inseparable. now, the nationwide search for his whereabouts is over. a tragic end. >> i wish they would have found him alive. i swear i do. but i knew after all this time that they weren't going to find him alive. >> reporter: just such a sad end to this. police also say they have surveillance video of william and his stepdad, going into and out of a storage unit on october 1st. i'll tell you how that plays into all of this, coming up tonight new at 5:00. for now, we're live at the scene in montgomery county, mike hellgren, wjz eyewitness news. >> investigators say they are still collecting forensic evidence. and they're not sure if the boy was killed where they found his body. fear is growing in one baltimore neighborhood while the cause of a young woman's mysterious death is investigate the. vic is in the newsroom with more on the second death in a year. and the same trash shoot at baltimore's park charles area. >> they say the body is 23-year- old emily haus of pennsylvania. police say there are no signs of foul play. and an autopsy is under way right now. but residents are extremely worried about the bizarre incidents. some even refusing to take their trash out. some saying it is nearly impossible to climb into the chute without help. mary, back to you. >> all right, vic. thank you. in august of last year, a johns hopkins university student died after going down the garbage chute there. shot and robbed in the heart of charles village. today, police say they have arrested a suspect. 21-year-old duane mccoy of catonsville is out on $275,000 bail. police say he robbed and shot a man on st. paul street on october 26th. police were led to him by a number on his license plate. looking to solve a heinous crime. this is a sketch of a suspect just into wjz. a 13-year-old girl says this man grabbed her off the street, pulled her into a vacant building and raped her. it happened in the 800 block of north carolina street. the alleged victim describes the assailant as being in his late 40s to early 50s. police are reviewing tapes of the surveillance in the area. social security checks are being cashed by their captors. today, we learned a convicted murderer and two alleged accomplices. >> police are interviewing potential witnesses outside the philadelphia home, where four mentally-disabled adults were held captive in the basement. the accused ringleader and two accomplices beat them. >> she did this to me, too. >> reporter: 41-year-old durwin macnamaya. >> that was real dirty of you. that was wrong. >> reporter: the owner of the building says he discovered the four victims this past weekend when he noticed the lights out in the basement and dogs barking. >> i got a flashlight to follow the dogs' sound. >> reporter: he pulled chains off the door and saw the captives. >> i said, who are you? how did you get here? no answers. >> reporter: police believe weston posed as a caregiver and was stealing social security checks. authorities say the victims have the mental capacity of 10- year-olds. neighbors were horrified to hear about the basement dunkon. >> when you're holding someone, torturing them for a little bit of money, like ssi payments, that's hell. >> reporter: police found dozens of id cards in the apartment. they are investigating whether other people were victimized. randall pinkston, wjz eyewitness news. >> weston was convicted in the starvation death of a man nearly 30 years ago. her bail in this crime is set at more than $2 million. keep the series tobacco- free. senators from texas and missouri are asking the players' union are asking not to chew tobacco during the upcoming world series. they say when players use smokeless tobacco, they endanger their own health, as well as the health of the children who watch them play. they want to start off in game 1 in the world series. 31,000 pounds of trash. that's what they have collected so far, thanks to hurricane irene. more than 2700 volunteers helped pick up everything from a kitchen countertop to a flagpole in the 25th annual coastal cleanup. organizers believed they washed ashore. among other items hauled away, a bmx bicycle, a woman's wig, a car bumper and a rain gutter. here is a live look outside now. mostly sunny, mild conditions. just spectacular out there today. wjz has weather and traffic together. we'll talk to kristy in a second. but let's go to bob turk in the first warning weather center. bob? >> 74 is warmer today than it was yesterday with a lot of sunshine. that's going to change. right now, no issues as far as weather is concerned. but to the west of us and to the south of us, we have precipitation, raining out across indiana and ohio, down into the tennessee valley. and a bunch of rain from atlanta to charleston, northern florida. however, looks like now, the bulk of this activity will pass to our west and east. take a look at the latest models. it means things for us won't be nearly as bad as we thought it would be. the heaviest rain to the shore. we may end up with a ripoff, maybe a half inch of rain. but it's going to be wet tomorrow. so prepare for that. it will rain on your wednesday. mainly east and then west. but it will be wet, regardless. mary? >> all right, bob. thank you. we'll take a look at our roads with kristy breslin. >> well, you will see some trouble out there on the inner loop. we have an accident on the key bridge. it has a steady delay back to the curtis draw bridge. as far as the delay there, that's jammed up from the baltimore national pike. it will take you at least 20 minutes to get through. on the west side outer loop, also congestion there from liberty road to security boulevard. and delays on the north side inner loop from charles street to harford road. traffic moving about 30 miles an hour. stop and go, from 175 to the beltway on the southwest side. and a couple of accidents out there in reisterstown. reisterstown road at franklin boulevard. and in baltimore, north point road at ergman avenue. let's now take a live look. as you can see, plenty of congestion there on the beltway, on the west side at liberty road. this traffic report is brought to you by the cochran firm. if you or someone you know has suffered a personal injury, call 1-800-the firm. or these them for your free consultation. >> kristy, thank you. limiting bathroom breaks. the school rules forcing students to hold it, and the reason behind it. taking leave from maryland. new guidelines from pediatricians on the use of baby crib bumpers. and why one player insisted. and we're enjoying above- normal temperatures. but it's going to get cooler. and it's going to rain. bob will have more in his first warning forecast. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, a tour bus rear-ends a tractor-trailer, causing a trash. it happened on the new york state threw way. eight people were hurt. but only the driver of the bus was taken to the hospital. he is listed in stable condition. the bus was taking 16 people to new york city. police say it looks like the bus hit the truck when the truck slowed down to let another car merge. a man lets his 9-year-old daughter get behind the wheel because he is drunk. >> i'm drunk. >> that sound is from a call the girl's father made. surveillance video from the gas station in detroit shows the van leaving. another driver saw her driving and called police. when police pulled her over, she said she thought she was actually driving pretty well. her father is facing child abuse charges. maryland was the first state to ban baby crib bumpers. and now doctors across the country agree they are dangerous. karen brown reports from los angeles. >> reporter: laura and kyle maxwell miss their son. >> he was such a sweet baby. loved being held and cuddled. >> reporter: they put a bumper in his crib, thinking it would make him more secure. but the 7-month-old rolled into a corner. >> one of his nostrils pressed into the mattress and the other into the bumper pad. >> i just pressed into him and could see he had no life in him whatsoever. >> reporter: the american academy of pediatrics is updating its guidelines. for keeping babies safe while they sleep, as well as protecting them against sudden infant death syndrome. the group now says crib bumpers should never be used. >> suffocation and strangulation and entrapment. those are the three major ways that babies can die, with the bumper pads. >> reporter: 2,000 babies die each year in sleep-related accidents. and another 2500 die from sides. >> -- sids. >> reporter: they now recommend that women breast-feed because it could lower the risk. so can having children vaccinated. >> babies who get immunized are half as likely to die of sids. >> reporter: it's been a year and a half since the maxwells lost their son. >> i knew nothing of the dangers of bumper pads. and what killed him, kills me inside. >> reporter: they hope their story can protect someone else. >> the updated guidelines also reminds parents to put babies to sleep on their backs, not stomachs. and using a pacifier can also reduce the risk of sids. a big afternoon on wall street. the dow was down all morning but rebounded in the afternoon. the dow ends up 180 points. s&p up 25. nasdaq up 43. let's go to new york right now, where alexis christoforous has tonight's cbs money watch update. >> reporter: stocks rallied as investors sorted through another round of profit reports. goldman sachs had a rare profit missed on wall street. the firm reported only a second quarterly loss since going public in 1999. bank of america reversed its loss from a year ago and turned a profit of more than $6 billion last quarter. federal reserve chairman ben bernanke says the lesson learned from the 2008 financial crisis is that central banks must have a dual goal of controlling inflation and moving forward. he says the steps the feds took proved to be crucial. they expanded its portfolio of treasury. european leaders appear far apart on a solution to their debt problem. making matters worse, moody's is warning it may downgrade france's top-notch credit rating in another month. and credit card users are having trouble paying their bills. five of the nation's top credit card issuers say late payments of more than 30 days rose last month. it's the first time that has happened happened in nearly three years. for more, stay with cbsmoneywatch.com. at the new york stock exchange, i'm alexis christoforous. a scrabble scandal overseas is grabbing headline. a player in a championship game asks to have his opponent strip- searched. >> reporter: more than a word game, scrabble can become a competition of who is smarter than whom. and sometimes a battle of who is cheating whom, which can get a little personal. >> there's an emotional attachment to it. people get really into it, really into it. >> reporter: at this year's world scrabble championships in poland, a player from thailand accused his opponent of hiding it the letter g and asked for a strip search to prove it. tournament officials denied the request, saying there was not enough to say it was there. >> you feel like someone's head is going to explode in front of you because it's so intense. >> reporter: this reminds us of how frustrating the word game can be. yet we come back for more. created by american architect, alfred butts, scrabble is now sold in 29 different countries. >> i love scrabble for the reason that 50 million other people do. >> reporter: charlie d'agata, wjz eyewitness news. >> the winner was from new zealand and scored 96 points on the word omniified to take home the $20,000 pride prize. -- prize. was there classified vehicle inside a stolen government vehicle? breaking a sweat with the ravens. why are dozens of kids getting a workout at m&t bank stadium? i'm andrea fujii. ahead. a warmer than normal autumn day. but rain is on the way. wjz is on the way. for instant updates all the time, go to woonl.com. -- wjz.com. ,,,,,,,,,, we were so blessed when we had triplets. if by blessed you mean freaked out about money. well, we suddenly noticed 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[ female announcer ] find the tide that's right for you at tide.com. so beautiful outside, bob. i mean, it's perfect. >> perfect day. beautiful afternoon. >> mid-october. >> we talk about rain coming away. and we talked about a lot of rain tomorrow. looks like we'll see rain. but the bulk of the rain is east or west of central maryland. way out west, or way out east, that's a good thing. we certainly don't need much more in the way of rain. temperature-wise, we're at 72 now. actually 74 last hour. dew points not too bad at 48. humidity still pretty low at 42%. east/southeast winds at 10. and that will bring in more moisture, high dew point. barometer, 28.80. remember, the winds are coming in off the ocean. so a little cooler down there. 73 in easton. so very, very pleasant afternoon. no issues at all today. low 70s, can't beat that really. really, really pleasant. southeast winds, once again, over the next 24 hours. the winds will bring in that moisture. the dew point will come up. clouds will bring in clouds and get lower in the sky. probably between 3:00 to 5:00 tomorrow morning. mabel from this -- mainly from this system out west, which is going topaz to -- to pass to our west. also, this region over southern florida has now moved into southern georgia. it's weakened, actually. did not develop into an area that is strong. but it's got rain with us. most of that is going to go offshore. looks like southern jersey, maybe lower portions of delaware. the lower portions of maryland. may see 1 to 2 inches of rain. west of that region, central maryland, maybe half an inch. and the mountains, out to the west, could see an inch, inch and a half of rain. we're caught in between both of these systems. it will be rainy tomorrow. but we're not looking forward to any big deluge. once it passes, the winds go back to the west/southwest. cooler and dryer air and a bit of a breeze. both of those lows really wind up. so it will dry up. maybe a few clouds still left on thursday. perhaps a sprinkle. but for the most part, looks like the bulk of the rains over by wednesday evening. 66, bay temp. tonight, then, we'll call it increasing clouds. maybe a period of rain by about 2:00, 3:00, 4:00 in the morning. 56 tonight. rain in the morning, tapering off to just a couple of showers late in the afternoon. so it will be a wet drive tomorrow morning. tomorrow's high, maybe 70 degrees. >> all right. >> then it gets breezy and chilly after that. >> we'll need serious rain. thanks, bob. don't miss tonight's primetime lineup. it's a new episode of "unforgettable." and then be sure to watch eyewitness news at 11:00. scott pelley has a preview of the evening news. we move along, as police make a bust inside a billion- dollar smuggling business. but the reality is, they're losing the battle and only capturing a fracture of the criminals. we'll tell you why, tonight on the cbs evening news. listeria outbreak. what the fda thinks is the root cause of the dangerous bacteria. he made the catch of a lifetime. hear from the humble firefighter who caught a young boy, thrown three stories from a burning building. free at last. a welcome home for an israeli soldier, after years as a palestinian prisoner. now, the stern warning for the hundreds of militants, freed in exchange. eyewitness news at 4:00 continues with denise ,,,,,,,,,, it is 4:29. 72 degrees and mostly sunny. hello, everyone. thanks for staying with eyewitness news. i'm vic carter. >> and i'm denise koch. here's what people are talking about. one life, 4,000. israeli soldiers followed a controversial exchange between the israelis and the palestinians. as tina kraus reports for wjz, israel's prime minister had a stern message for the former inmates. >> reporter: freed israeli soldier gilad shalit. then for the first time in five years, hugged his father. a convoy carried shalit back through the cheering crowds to his hometown in northern israel. he thanked supporters and told them gilad would need time to recover from the physical and psychological wounds during his time in captivity. >> he will be treated by the army authorities. and hopefully he will be -- he will recover very soon. >> reporter: israel is freeing 1,000 palestinian prisoners in exchange for his release. many had been serving life sentences for deadly attacks on israel. thousands of people jammed the streets of gaza to celebrate. hamas hailed the thousand for one swap as a victory and called the freed palestinians heroes in a struggle for statewood -- statehood. hamas says palestinian rival, mahmoud abbas called the prisoners freedom fighters. [ speaking in foreign language ] >> reporter: but israel's prime minister is warning, anyone who returns to terror will be held accountable. some israelis fought the release of palestinian inmates. they say israel will pay the price for making such an uneven deal. tina kraus, wjz eyewitness news. >> 447 palestinian prisoners were released in today's swap. another 550 are set to be released in about two months. another story wjz has been following all day. a search for a missing maryland boy comes to a tragic end. police say they have found the remains of a young boy they believe to be william mcquain. >> reporter: denise, the search team made the gruesome discovery this morning in a wooded area of montgomery county. investigators say it appears the remains have been at the location for more than two weeks. police issued an amber alert for the 11-year-old, shortly after his mother, jane mcquaib was found dead inside their germantown home. the husband was arrested later in north carolina. lopez waived his extradition and is on his way back to montgomery county and is going to face murder charges in his ex-wife's death. >> wjz is liva at the scene where the young boy's body was found. we'll have an update at 5:00. an update to a brazen shooting inside a parking garage at the university of maryland downtown. police are confirming initial reports that the unidentified man shot in that robbery was also the victim of a home invasion and stabbing back in march. the unidentified man is now recovering from three gunshot wounds to the back. no arrests have been made. an amazing rescue, as jonathan elias reports. as a firefighter talks. >> a touching moment. that's boston firefighter, kissing the head of 6-year-old xavier. the two now have a special bond. >> reporter: here at this roxbury three-story apartment building, fire was racing through it. 23 people were trapped. judith lamb was one of them. >> my grandson came. and i put him between me.

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