The fence here. They have been here for 11 hours awaiting outside. Relatives of the fileds father in support of him. He is at the Police Station where detectives are also questioning the childs stepmother. This is video of the childs father yesterday collapsing, overcome with grief after he found out about the death of his daughter. He was at work at the time in brooklyn. He returned back to the house the bathroom was locked with no water in the tub but the child was dead. Police immediately labeled it suspicious. The 9yearold girl had just moved from india to live with her father about three months ago. Relatives are at a loss. I was shocked, you know . I was shocked. I never think this was going to happen, you know . That shes no more. Reporter again, the medical examiner to determine the cause of demme. Again, no cause of death. Again, no ones charged as of yet but Police Continue to question the childs stepmother. Marcus solis, channel 7 Eyewitness News. Thank you. A family is dema
Beautiful thing. Speaking of beautiful, look whos back. Toni yates its been a long time. It has. Thank you. Good morning, im rob nelson. Im toni yates in for michelle charlesworth. Amy, lets check in with the weather. Another warm morning out there. A little warm and a little muggy. This, you guys, though, is the better part of the weekend. Outside right now. Some real beautiful shots from our live camera. Temperatures are already in the mid70s. Well start off with, you know, some sunshine, and well skyrocket the temperatures into the low 80s today from brooklyn into lower manhattan, its not many worries. 75 degrees in central park. Temperatures in the mid70s for day, i wouldnt be surprised for 10 to 12 degrees forecasting a high of 87 in new york city. For inland new jersey, we should be able to push the upper 80s as well. As we go throughout the second half of the weekend, a little more humidity so a very soupy air mass getting set up for us. So by tomorrow, these could be heavy at t
Falling on the floor. Reporter the fire raged for several hours, spanning out on both sides, damaging four other houses. The heat from the flames blistered siding on homes across the street. Arson investigators now report the fire was started by children playing with matches, an accident. A costly one for children and adults alike. You lose your whole entire life here. Th forbid. We have nine children that live in that home. Reporter the Building Department has issued a vacate order for the three houses most heavy damaged. Some of the displaced families cannot go home again. Patrick hopes his family can return in a few weeks. It is all totally turned upside down. Glass all over the place, water. Damaged. Everything is water logged. Reporter the Fire Department has an education and Intervention Program for children 12 and under who engage in fire play and set fires. These children will have to attend that. While no one was killed, 21 people were injured. Most of them were firemen. The d
Just feet from where these friends gather about every day in the summer. It is foul. Im smelling it today and it is not good. Reporter conservationist tells me this fish kill is larger than most. Though not an unusual occurrence this time of year. Extreme heat chokes the oxygen supply, turning the situation into a fatal one for small fish. Weve had a couple of weeks that has to play into this. The temperatures here have been sweltering. You can imagine what it is like in a smaller water body. Reporter no negative longterm effects, but no threat to the public save for the smell. These sun worshippers are sticking with the ways and tolerating the stink. Hundreds of thousands of fish. For real . Yeah. Thats terrible. There goes my day in the water. Along the creek where you see those thousands of fish, some still hanging out at least for a while. They wont be here for too much longer. It is expected that they will wash away in the next cycle or two. Thats about the next day or so. When th
He just stood there. To know that huh are standing their bleeding in front of Police Officers and your attacker is smoking a cigarette. He got away with that. Reporter now, at this point, the nypd says the suspect may be between his 40s and 50s. Not many more details about the suspect description at this time. If you were in this area on saturday afternoon at 5 00 and you saw anything, please call crimestopper eyewitness news. Thank you, darla. We are following this developing story in new jersey. Live electric wires fell on a road. Pse g said they fell on utility poles on preakness avenue about two hours ago. So far no customers have lost power, nobody has been hurt. Crews are making repairs to the poles and wires. A funeral today for one of the victims from the weekend crash on the long island expressway that claimed six for scott martel la in dicks hills. Tomorrow services for helen and is say door will be in westhampton beach. Police are investigating if one of the people that died