Interview him. We will piece all of that together as the investigation moves forward. Ortiz faces charges of attempted murder of a Law Enforcement officer. Reporter now earlier today, sheriff denning he celebrated his 16th birthday earlier. This fall actually. Jim also late breaking tonight, a second case of the zika virus county. There are two in Orange County, in angela right now investigators in Marion Island say that the man found in his home last night committed suicide. Police are keeping tightlipped about how the other woman died. Reporter angela, what we know here is that this 42yearold man and his 13yearold daughter lived in this house together. Neighbors noticed that their car had not moved for a few days and the man had not been seen. Someone went in to check on them. We know the grandmother of the child. She was crying and screaming. Reporter the horror and the trauma seems more than usually out of place. The father and a daughter who lived here where the nicest of neighbor
Interview him. He invoked his rights and did not make statements. We will piece all that together as the investigation moves forward, where he has been since friday. Amanda Sherrif Demings said ortiz turned 16 this weekend. He would not speculate as to why oritz waited to turn himself in. It s possible the teen or his family saw the video of sgt. Pearce and that may have moved him to surrender. Coming up on wesh two news at 5 00, i ll bring you some of that interview with Sergeant Pearce and have more on the charges ortiz now faces, as well as what the sheriff had to say about whether he ll be charged as a an adult. Live in Orange County, amanda ober, wesh 2 news. Meredith investigators find the body of a 13yearold girl, and her father inside their Merritt Island home. Agents aren girl died, but think the dad committed suicide. Wesh 2 s dan billow is at the home on indian street. Dan, what do we know about the family . Dan we know they were very well liked by their neighbors, and the n
Go to a second trial. A Big Development in this ongoing case. Reporter it really is. Its something defendants do all the time in appeals but it doesnt often work. The former billionaire millionaire will get a second trial. Ward should be freed while he now awaits a new trial according to his attorney. The new trial request was granted mostly because of this video that convinced jennifer judge Jennifer Harris that work should get a new trial. The tip was from a holding cell when ward asked for a an attorney but prosecutors used the entire 32 minutes of the tape in court. In closing arguments, his refusal to speak to investigators are test his hands for gun residue meant he was guilty. Judge harris said bob wards attorney didnt object enough with prosecutors when they used evidence that violated his right to remain silent. And he in fact did not get a fair trial. Prosecutors addressed words right to remain silent 25 times. The state attorney we just talked to said they have already appea
Hes due in court at 8 30 tomorrow morning. Live tonight in orlando, michael la party, channel 9, Eyewitness News. Since 5 00 weve had a chance to review more of our interview with family members of the Merritt Island father and daughter found dead in their home. In facters say 42yearold Sittichai Boonkeian committed suicide. Relative said he worked hard, loved his daughter and had talked habit returning to high deland tie to thailand where his wife lived. I think he was smart enough i dont know why he did that. We asked his sister if he was capable of harming his daughter. She said investigators will do their work. Tonight state troopers are crediting an eyewitness with helping them build their case against a driver in a deadly hit and run. They told Steve Barrett that he was driving drunk when he killed a man near Orange Blossom trail and steve, even though the troopers said he never had a license an eyewitness saw him behind the wheel. Reporter weve seen it so many times before, it t
Door of a seminal county home. Good morning, your time right now 6 a. M. On this tuesday february 23. We check weather and traffic every 10 minutes. Following a foggy morning commute lets get started with a certified meteorologist, rusty mccranie a talk about the fog and Everything Else coming our way. Two rounds of storms, this morning we have had some rain, it is left over fog, but the rain is pretty much said and done for the Early Morning hours of this tuesday. Look at these temperatures on the board, 62 orlando that is one of the cooler spots right now, 63 melbourne, palm coast, the villages in daytona in at 64. It is not horrible outside where to stick us right now is in the heart of the metro, downtown orlando. Some of those bigger bodies of water toward st. Johns unlike jesup we could see more visibility problems are than what we are seeing a downtown. Early morning doppler nine leftover rain in marion and and a little bit of thunder this afternoon. With daytime highs very spri