our newsroom... surveillance showing a man police say... is very dangerous and they want to get off the streets after he killed a dog in cold blood and tried to do the same to two people. we spoke with police a short time ago... they tell us he broke into a house on eastern avenue back in december. while there, investigators say he didn't want any witnesses ..... so he shot a young man in the leg.. then, turned the gun on that victim's mother, shooting her twice... then he killed the family dog. after that.. cops say he pointed his semi-automatic hand gun at point blank range in the face of the antoher man, but by that time he was out of rounds. based on his actions and the things he did it leaves no doubt in my mind that one of the things he wanted to do was that he didn't want to leave any identifying victim. i think if he would have had more rounds in that gun he would have killed one the house" crime stoppers if you have information that could help police - call crime stoppers... 513-352- 30-40.. a middletown mom's death... is now a homicide. brittany russell was found shot to death in dayton with the baby in the car. dissolve mb we spoke to the babysitter .. who was among the last to see her alive. . michael baldwin is in middletown and michael what did she say was brittany's demeanor when she last saw her. tricia she tells me she was happy. she was acting like a mom. we are here at the middletown police station. they are the ones who returned the baby back home. unfortunaly without her mother. family and friends say will be missed. a friend tells me this is a picture of brittany russell and chris edwards around the time they first became a couple two years ago. out of that love came this 6 now back in the hands of her dad after being left in the car in dayton with her mother who was shot to death, and found this morning. how, why, she didn't do anything to deserve this. this woman is tracy short pence, she was babysitting for chris when brittany came by to pick up haven. brittany lost custody of her but tracy tells me that didn't stop her from being an awesome mom. so she come over to the house one day and they watched the game together. and that's what the baby had on. the baby had her little onesy. and they watched the game together tracy told me every sunday during the season that was a ritual. raising haven to one day say who dey. she also explained to me that brittany was battling her demons with substance abuse but was making a comeback. she went to middletown high school and was a bartender for her mother. no matter her problems her children were her world and she can't understand who i think its terrible. its sad to do something like this with the baby in the car who does that and that's what police want to know. after brittany picked up haven at some point she drove to dayton. she didn't come back when she was suppose to and the family got worried. chris the babies father drove to dayton looking for her. when he couldn't find her he called the police. sadly, she was found dead. now the question is the who and the why? its unclear how long the baby was in the car before police found her. we have been told as cold as it is out here the heat was on in the car. tonight the baby is with her middletown michael baldwin fox 19 now. weather now turning to weather now - right behind us - you see a live look from our rooftop camera.. and it's cold out there.. the bitter temps... chief meteorologist steve horstmeyer.. has the details for your morning... steve cam breaking breaking now, the at an oregon wildlife refuge. the special agent in charge says one of the occupiers rode an atv outside the barricades established by the militia and when the fbi tried to approach him, he sped back to the encampment. this just happened within the last hour. we will bring you updates as more information comes in. right now right now, cincinnati police are on the hunt for a driver who hit a 15-year old girl this morning, then took off!.. we just got off the phone with police... and they say - that driver - is still on the loose.. it happened near glenwood and 8-thirty this morning. the teen was taken to childrens hospital with minor injuries. screen. police say they're looking for a blue with the ohio 8-2-2-9. if you happen to see the car... call 513-352-3040. accidents like this as our megan now one city leader is calling most dangerous intersections. tricia, the intersection here at warsaw and woodland in price hill could make councilman p-g sittenfeld's list....it was the scene of deadly pedestrian accident not long ago. but, it's not just about identifying these kind of trouble spots, but also finding ways to make them more safe. eric 3 "we're all human, we're going to make mistakes... eric botlz doesn't harbor any ill the driver who hit him last september, while he was riding his bike here at the at the intersection of delta and erie. an accident that left him paralyzed from the waist down. eric 2. :10 "she made that turn early and she basically went into me nearly and over the top of her car which is where my back was broken" boltz says not only was the driver dealing with the setting sun...but was also trying to beat the light to make a turn. something he tells us happens frequently at this spot and in his opinion, is a design flaw....exactly the sort of issues council member p.g. sittenfeld wants to address. pg2 "i want us to do proactive things like think about lighted crosswalks, various street calming measures, additional signage. let's get ahead of this and make the city safer for everybody" ordered a review intersections. going to become more commuter friendly...it needs to be a focus. pg 4 "everybody deserves safety no matter what they're doing and obviously we think about safety a lot of the time in terms of police and fire, because that's where it starts but also if you're walking, if you're just enjoying the neighborhood...you should be safe then too" boltz agrees and is happy to see the city headed in the right direction...but, adds it's not just up on the road has a role.... eric 6. :24 "this is going to have to come to the forefront because we have an old street network it's not cut out to add lots of bike lanes everywhere....so i do think the key to becoming that next generation city is going to be to educate and embrace this mutual respect on the roadway" sittenfeld tells us he's going to be working closely with the transportation department...but also hopes to hear input from the community. he says anyone with intersection concerns should reach out to his office. rl mo fox19 now. developing now developing now - this man, believed to have caused a massive pileup on running naked on the highway.. has a trial date.. remember this video.. police say 44- year- old tracy martin was under the influence when he crashed his car in sycamore township, causing a chain reaction that sent several people to the hosital, some of them seriously injured. officials say he exhibited super human strength.... as they chased him along the interstate. he's facing 12 charges - and will head to trial june 13-th. new information coming in now about a series of robberies this week in northern kentucky. police now say they think the same guy is responsible for three. check him out here. the first picture is from monday when he hit the b-b and t in erlanger. now police say the employees of the circle k on dixie highway saw a report of that robbery and gave them the middle picture of the guy that held up their store monday. then he apparently got tired of his goatee and shaved before holding up the u-s bank in fort mitchell just before noon. erlanger a call if you know who he is. respectable wednesday night in seen here in this video. soon these even more bars and restaurants to visit. today to create two more entertainment the move would make 15 more liquor licenses available... something city officials say could spur development. take a look at this map. the "west" district will go from west central parkway... all the way north to just past west mcmicken avenue. the "east" district would go from east central parkway... all the way north near west clifton avenue. still ahead on fox19 now the worst news at tax season! hundreds of thousands of social security numbers stolen. how to know if yours was one of them. walk plus - a dramatic rescue caught on camera... the scary moments - as a man nearly drowned.... after the break. dancing to a different song. some avondale students are dancing to a different song. coming up i'll have the story coming up. steve chroma february is huge for us. all our handcrafted classic footlongs are just $6 each. the media is going a little crazy. "sub-mageddon" with an incredible amount that now seems... enjoy all our classic footlongs for just $6 each. news... after video is just released of a suspect.. in a home invasion robbery in the east end.. from december... he shot a man in the leg.. shooting his mom... and killing the family dog.. call crime stoppers - 513-352- 30-40 if you can help police. caught on camera splash - help help - jump caught on camera.. a dramatic water rescue off the coast of turkey.. the turkish coast guard released this video... showing the helicopter rescue of a man stranded in the mediterranean sea as his boat began to sink... no details on how the man got stranded in the first place. there's a different sound coming from avondale tonight, no, it's not one of gunshots or police sirens. buts sounds from nat king cole and dance steps to remember for a lifetime. fox19 now's frankie jupiter joins us with the story. the streets of avondale aren't necessarily known for classical music or dance. but kids who live out here are moving to a different inside here, with the waltz and the cha - cha. the streets of avondale are anything but nice. headlines from this neighborhood are usually about crimes. a recent crime report showed that avondale ranked number 1 with the most fatal and non-fatal shooting. music and not gunfire that's captured these kids attention. nats "well first i was nervous because i didn't think i would know the steps" cover with dance south avondale elementary school girls in knee length dresses and pearls and boys in dress shoes, shirt and ties danced to nat king cole's fascination. nats it' all a part of a program called let's dance academy. "since i kept on going along and learning the routine to the dance, it wasn't want so difficult." cover sot with dance today is the graduation of this 10 week program, family member who support say this a streets. "i felt proud because she was practicing so hard." asya bradford came to see her little sister shadae perform. street. and keep her doing more of the street so she won't get hurt." shadae won a gold medal for her skills on the dance "i felt proud first time, second like i was great student" students aren't the only ones proud today, parents couldn't be happier. just ask the parents of jasmyn bush. "i'm very excited, this was a surprise to me she didn't come home and show us what she had been working on." "at the end of the day it just makes my heart feel so mushy." organizers say they wanted to teach the students something different. "we wanted to teach the children something new, not really new in terms of the dance style but new to them. something that's classic, something that's really good culture." 11-year-old jasmyn has some advice for kids who want to dance. "if you want to get into the dance, if you want to get into the academy, all you have to do is just know that you can do and you follow direction and if you want to do it just do it." more kids here at south avondale will get a chance to dance next month, tricia the moves did you learn there? an elderly man is recovering after he spent at least four days trapped in his outdoor vending stand -- with no food or water. officers say they pulled the 84- year-old vendor out of the wooden structure on monday. he somehow locked himself inside.. while he was selling newspapers in l.a. he was trapped until someone heard him monday afternoon and called police. the vendor didn't have any food or water on him... and he survived unseasonably high temperatures over the weekend. dikran melkonian, los angeles police : "he was completely weak, he as dehydrated, he was just having hard time breathing." vendor was hospitalized after his rescue. here's one way to get busted... this man is accused of stealing money from a photo booth in batavia, illinois. the camera was snapping away as he took the money. the robbery actually happened back in november - but the photos were just recovered... police say he got away with 75- dollars - but left behind that police are now help identify. developing now developing now - identity thieves trying to file fraudulent tax refunds... hacked into the computer systems at the internal revenue service. that's according to the i-r-s. the hackers were after e-file personal identification numbers... used by some, to file returns online... through programs like turbo tax... more than 460 thousand social security numbers - that were already stolen - were involved, and of that.... 101 successfully... to retrieve those pins... if you're information was used - the irs will notify you by mail. now it's a scary trend unfolding in the tri-state. why some are pointing the finger at a certain someone... blaming them for hurting children they're supposed to take care of. that's coming up. sot stormtracker stinger steve cam don't give up. your child needs you. you have to be their tonight - a look at a disturbing trend... and how you can keep your children safe... look, i got the trump action figure. the campaign ad turning heads... after a shakeup in the race for the white house.. i'm catherine bodak. diamonds. they're a girl's best friend, but would your girl want a rock created in a lab? it could save you lots of money. "why does he have bruises all over him all sometimes murdered. the common thread police are finding. the healing power of urine? chad johnson's unusual treatments. diamonds.. one of these took millions of years to create, the other 8 weeks in a lab. can you tell the difference? you decide 2016 the field is winding down... only six have a shot at winning the nomination after the new hampshire primary.... chris christie and carly fiorina - both dropped out of the race today.. jim gilmore's still in... but he's not running a realistic bid... and ohio governor john kasich has done exactly what he wanted to, finish strong.... landing in the coveted number two spot... but his campaign - now faces a real uphill battle... with only 10 days left... until the next contest in south carolina... yeah, we're gonna compete here, we don't expect to win here. but on the other hand, if you look at the person that says that, they've spent well over a hundred million dollars, something around there and they've got like nothing. so i'm not worried about what the other folks say. that was a shot at jeb bush.. who has a strong ground game in south carolina... and his big brother, former president george w. bush planning to campaign for him... kasich heads to hilton head tomorrow... where he says expected attendance since one-thousand people. meanwhile - ted cruz... still going on the attack with a new ad running in south carolina.. slamming donald trump.. and using unlikely constituents to get his message across... ad: look, i got the trump action figure. no way he's huge! what does he do? he pretends to be a republican. laughter. i like bailouts for the banks. too big to fail! i gave money to pelosi, reid and anthony weiner. hey hillary, i'll give you money to be my friend. the ad goes on to slam trump for his stance on imminent domain... saying we wouldn't tolerate these values in our children... why would we want them in a president. right now the goal for any parent... is to keep their child safe. but too often... it's the child's home that's becoming a dangerous place for a little one. walk our ben katko is exploring a disturbing trend night after night... we roll stories out of this room telling tales of abuse and neglect. you want to think the people in your child's life are good people. but... that new "love of your life" could end up killing your precious gift your child. you could say... "build with me. let's build a castle!" ...this is a normal day for any three year old... but... this little guy... "oopsie daisies!" ...has a story to tell that most three year olds can't relate to. victim's mother "we noticed big bruises all over his back end, all over his back." this woman had been living with her now ex-fiance...for a few weeks. she says she came home one day. to find these bruises on her child... she sent us these photos. victim's mother "that's the first time that i left him alone with him for more than 30 minutes to an hour." we're not identifying anybody involved... as the mother is concerned it could affect court proceedings. she says her ex... who is not the father... first claimed the bruising happened at the playground, but later said he'd police reported "bruising on buttocks and arm." victim's mother "i took him to the hospital anyway and they told me there that this was not an accident - that this was abuse." stories with allegations just like this... are becoming all too familiar. o'dell owens "it became very quickly evident that you saw the person arrested was not the biological father. it was a pattern that was seen over and over in the coroner's office." once hamilton county coroner...now cincinnati health department medical director... dr. o'dell owens knows the problem quite well. he's not alone. heidi malott/children's "the majority of kids that are physically abused are abused at the hands of a non-related caregiver - so, a mother's boyfriend." that's what she's seeing... in this office at cincinnati children's hospital sound of door closing ...a majority of the 500 kids they see who are physically abused each year... follow this disturbing pattern. heidi malott/children's reporter: "how many, would you say if you number on it, involve an unrelated male heidi malott: "i would say 75% involve an unrelated male caregiver." county job and family services awareness issue... when 35% of came from an unrelated male moira weir/hamco "we said, 'this is a problem.' we were average in terms of at the hands of the mother's boyfriend." not much has changed today. since 2010, hamilton county jfs records show... children killed by a mother's boyfriend in hamilton county... is now at 33 percent. o'dell owens "i think part of it is that they're not bonded to that child - they weren't there, they don't see them as their child - therefore they don't have that love." today... this little guy has a few developmental setbacks since the alleged incident. but... sound of kid playing ...things are getting better for he and his mother. victim's mom: "just be strong. just keep pushing on. don't give up. your child needs you. you have to that mother now has a protective order against the accused abuser. he's due in court soon. if you're in this situation, there is help out there. we have information about childcare... and abuse warning signs on our website fox19 now dot com. i'm ben katko... fox19 now. we are monitoring the breaking news unfolding right now in oregon. just before 10:00 unfolding right now in oregon. just before 10:00 our time, the f-b-i surrounded the last remaining occupiers at the malheur national wildlife refuge. this is the 40th day of the occupation. the f-b-i says it has negotiated with patience and with restraint in an effort to resolve the situation peacefully. tonight, one of the occupiers drove an a-t-v outside the group's barricades, then sped back as the f-b-i approached. a blanchester man, david fry is one of four occupiers still there. our spoke with fry's father just minutes ago who says he's monitoring the activity on a live feed. fox 19 now is monitoring that same feed and will bring you updated information as we get it. in just a few hours... we could learn the trial date in the case of former u-c police officer ray tensing... who faces murder charges in the death of sam dubose. a pre-trial hearing is set for tomorrow... we'll be there.. and let you know any developments in the case. tensing shot and killed dubose during a traffic stop... the entire incident captured on tensing's body camera. streetcar the cincinnati streetcar could affect your downtown tomorrow. city officials say the new street car should arrive around three in the afternoon... closing down race street between findlay and and when it's all said say it should take about an hour and a half to get the track. four days until valentine's! if you're popping the question or planning to buy your lady some bling, there's a diamond that could save you big bucks. it's a "really" good deal, but is the diamond the "real thing." fox19 now's catrherine bodak has the story. we're not talking about cubic zirconia. these are lab-created diamonds. they're chemically the same as diamonds found in nature. one of these is from a lab, the other from a mine. any guesses? "a kiss on the hand may be quite continental..." marilyn said it best... and diamonds are forever. so rare, they take millions of years to create...or do they? this beautiful stone was created in a lab in about eight weeks. "they're chemically, physically and optically the same thing, because it is a diamond." lab-grown diamonds don't just look like "natural" stones. science is giving mother nature a run for her money...at a 30 to 40 percent savings. this mined diamond dollars... "the puregrown which is the same size, a better color and the same clarity is $4,225." pure grown diamonds -- one of the largest producers of lab- made gems -- sent us this video of their "growing process." the company says a grown diamond starts from a carbon seed in a microwave chamber, it's blasted with hydrogen and methane gas and in six to twelve weeks -- bling is born. monmouth jewelers in newport has been selling pure-grown diamonds for the last few months. owner scott levinson said these diamonds are actually "green" -- less damaging to the environment than earth-mined "i wanted to get ahead of the curve. i think this is going people are really but these diamonds are controversial. right now -- about ten companies although some high-end retailers, including tiffany & co., refuse to sell them, saying there's no substitute for the "real" thing. critics say lab diamonds are there's no resale market for the product. scot diamond buyer. "there really is not value..made in a facotry, in singapore." we wanted to see if shoppers could tell the difference and if they'd buy one? "i cannot tell the difference, they look the same to me." "gonna say that's the real one? you are correct? am i? yeah?" "i would rather have a real one, even if it's smaller." and this guy, who's been with this girlfriend, brooklyn, for 2 years,said he wouldn't buy a lab-created diamond engagement ring...not that we put him on the spot or anything. "do you have a message for brooklyn? not right now..." marilyn would not be pleased... so which one did you think was the lab-created diamond? well, if you picked the one on the fill in right or left, whichever applies ..you were correct!! whatever kind you choose, how much should you spend a diamond.we've got a "engagement ring calculator" at fox19 now-dot com. catherine bodak, fox19 now and coming up predict the success of your love life! plus... he played in a super bowl and answered the tough questions. tonight - we question ken anderson about cam newtown's questionable press conference. digital extra valentine's day is just around the in the air.. and while similar a couple stay together, similar credit scores may be the key to a lasting relationship... here's simply money's nathan bachrach! simply money when you're looking for loveodds areyou wouldn't ask your dates about their credit scores! but according to new researchyour scores could be a great predictor of whether your romance succeedsor fails! researchers at the federal reserve analyzed data from 12 million consumers over more than fifteen years. they found higher credit scores were more likely to stay together! in factfor every 93-point increase in a couple's initial average credit score, the break-up in year two of that relationship percent! meanwhilecouple s with the lowest initial credit scoresand couples with very different credit more likely to break up! researchers think that people who are disciplined about money may be about maintaining relationships, too. and, of course, if of financial spill over into your relationship. the simply money point: this is all the more reason to be honest with each other about bad! for fox 19 now and simply money, i'm nathan bachrach. animation" series will come out this summer! but not as a traditional book -- it's a hardback version of the script for the two-part play, "harry potter and the cursed child", which opens on harry's birthday... july 30-th in london. the book will be author j-k rowling's first harry potter publication in eight years. digital extra lent has begun... today of course ash wednesday... but many of you are already looking ahead to friday.. and the fish fry's that will be popping up all over the tri-state... we've made it easy for you... with a list neighborhood.. on fox19 now dot com. sot "steve weather animation" steve chroma key steve gfx sot news that they found andy dalton's bag. and here i thought this bag with a big bottle of hair gel might be his. that swoop. more reasons for andy dalton to smile tonight. he told the bengals web-site his thumb is ready to start throwing footballs. he isn't yet throwing though to be safe. the most talked about quarterback in football is the quarterback who didn't talk much did you see cam newton's press conference? ken anderson did. kenny like cam lost a super bowl... and like cam didn't want to do interviews. but - he did. today - he did an interview with us and said this about what everyone is talking about. ken anderson: "it goes with the territory. when you're the face of the franchise you have to answer those questions. and, it's not always going to be pleasant. it goes back to what paul brown said that the quarterback gets too much of the credit and too much of the blame, but it's part of your job and you have to answer up to it." joe bam/vo we did talk to kenny anderson about a possible paul brown stadium... i guarantee - get it the stats say chad johnson is the most accomplished history. found out how he stayed healthy. chad johnson: "you know what i did for ankle sprains? i would collect warm urine from my thirty minutes." host: "and, how did you collect it?" chad johnson: "i said, listen, if you can pee for the man when it's time to drug test - you can pee for me." child please. when we come back... what comes first - completion or destruction? the fate of the cyclones byramid - watch it with us next. joe hplaz/gfx the best player in college basketball basketball team... and a real chance to win a conference championship. jordan henry with the game to match the name - team high fifteen off the bench. femi thompson. and one. and one quick look to make sure i got it. i got you femi. but... the best player on the court tonight played for the other team. 26 for cov cath grad cooper theobald. msj loses by three. google tonight told me it took twenty years to build a pyramid. takes a twenty minute period on dollar beer night to build a beer-amid. and one hard hit to crash a night of dreams. big night for andrew blazek. scored his first cincinnati wins 4-1. tricia 4-shot steve's tracking tricia cam don't forget we're always tracking [laughing] honey, you gotta see this! time warner cable now makes your internet do more. honey! 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