Friends and relatives are in disbelief. Oh, my god, yes. Police say he was out of his mothers sight but only briefing, playing at waltman park at millville. The mother and 8yearold brother spotted him in the river. She turned away to change one of them and couldnt find the other one. They went to look for him an seen him floating in the water. Obviously there are things we will have it look at if there is any parent neglect or anything like that. Police say elijah must have fell in. Some coming to the river saying he was a sweet boy. Swimming is not permitted along this stretch of the river that wined through the city. In 2009 a 15yearold boy died trying to kbrabgrab his fishing pole that fell in at the nearby riverfront park. There is fishing there, but no active swimming on this river. For that reason . For that reason. There is no lifeguards. No one watching them swim. It is not a designated area. It should be fenced. There should be signs. Theres nothing. We did also reach out to o
Hardy counties in West Virginia but also some shower activity in and around howard county, on through fairfax Prince William county, showers out there that will be the case as we move on through the night. Im not talking about any widespread heavy rain tonight. We could see areas of heavy downpours. We will keep you posted on that in a minute. All right. People in woodstock, virginia, woke up to flooded homes and cars and streets following all the rain they got overnight. News4s Zachary Kiesch joins us live from wood park Lane Community in woodstock. Zach, we understand people are trying to salvage what they can right now. Reporter you are absolutely right, pat. They got a lot of rain in a short period of time here. They have just condemned this area here, a trailer park here in woodstock. Clear lakers a lot of water here. Some cars have gotten out, some cars like this one have not. I want to point your attention back to that Basketball Court back there. They tell me there is at least
Pictures but his pump is working overtime. The basement of his rental had more than three feet of water in the basement. A lot of the water ended up here at the woodstock trailer park. Tonight, residents like jr are trying to figure out what to do the last fame for Hurricane Sandy we left we got robbed while we were at the motel. Reporter a wet night and a long, soggy day. Some people were able to pull out but its not over yet. Right now, weighing options. Reporter jr actually just approached me here and said hey, i have been sharing bad news with you all day, i got to share good news, my wife, his wife, was in the Grocery Store and approached by somebody who offered to pay for their hotel room tonight. They are in a unique situation because they have a special needs child. There is also a shelter set up at a local school for other residents in this community here. For more dramatic video and pictures from whats happening here in woodstock, visit the nbc4 app and search virginia floods
Lloyd welch in the murders of sheila and Katherine Lyon. Bruce leshan has a look at what happens next. Reporter despite thousands of hours of searching police have still been unable to find the bodies of the lyon sisters, but new search warrant affidavits unsealed today reveal the kind of circumstantial case that they are building against twice convicted child sex offender lloyd welch. Police say in an affidavit that a relative told them welch came to her in bedford in the spring of 1975 with a duffel bag filled with bloody clothing. He said the blood was from spoiled ground beef. She refused to wash it. Another cousin allegedly told investigators that he helped welch burn two big heavy duffel bags with red stains and the odor of death. The grand jurors believed welch abducted sheila and Katherine Lyon from Wheaton Plaza and that he killed them in bedford. The girls parents 11ed stoically to news of the indictment listened stoicically to news of the indictment and then left without tal
Highprofile problem. Now, its bursting into live, from the cbs bay area studios, this is kpix5 news. Tonight, as if the new bay bridge needed another high profile problem. Now, it is bursting into flames. Im veronica de la cruz. Liz has the night off. Im ken bastida. Lets get right to our mark kelly. Two fires in the traffic lanes this week. What is going on with the bridge . Reporter caltrans says after a comprehensive investigation, maintenance workers who left behind road flares are to blame for causing mondays fire and todays fire on the bridges eastern span. Caltrans called it an unusual set of circumstances. Two fires just this week. One monday night, the other, around noon today. Talking distance, both, relatively close. One of our engineers discovered the fire that was in relatively the same spot as the fire from monday evening. Reporter take a closer look, caltrans says it was likely road flares from workers that set this black rubber on fire. Driving over it, it looks to be n