and repeatedly shaking her in november of 2014. lopez says ruby fell out of her high chair onto a concrete floor. polk county medical examiner dr. gregory schmunk told prosecutors the child s injuries are not consistent with a fall. the defense says this is just a tragic accident. michael: dr. schmunk was very comfortable in saying that this was quite clearly a homicide, that this was a death at the hands of another. montgomery: he doesn t blame anybody else. he says she fell from a high chair. i just didn t see it. i heard it. it made a sound. stacey: lopez is facing charges of first-degree murder and child endangerment, resulting in death. cynthia: in fort dodge, a teenager is forced into a car at gunpoint and kidnapped. the teenager says he was forced to drive to oleson park, then was assaulted. the kidnappers fled. officers say this was not a random act. a 15-year-old male is charged with kidnapping and possession with intent to deliver. mischief and assault. and 19-year-
do. it s been a long time now, and i have yet to get her out of jail. ryan: i did some checking with the state. turns out, amy stevens and her associate are not licensed with the iowa insurance division to do bonds. even though they offer that service on the website. live in des moines, ryan smith, kcci 8 news, iowa s news leader. cynthia: you are going to need earmuffs and a whole lot more tomorrow. kruurtis: above freezing, not back that way for some time. we do have snow flying our way, a band moving east, and another one moving due east along interstate 80. we had a light shower in story county, some showers to the east. if you had far enough to the east, there is problem with fog. keep that in mind good drop down to around zero, especially in eastern iowa. your plan, moving below freezing tonight, by the early morning? already in the teens, snow showers should be ending. though we will see some flurries as the day goes along on saturday. below zero wind chill on saturd
look at noon, 16. that is our high temperature. 8 day forecast, it is going to start very cold, but some relief in sight. alyx: thank you, frank. here s another look at the road conditions across the state. we ve been watching them through the night and things have not changed much. blue means the roads are partially covered. so right now over half of the state is affected. much of the northern and western iowa as well as central iowa are seeing some slick road conditions. so make sure you re taking it slow, and get out there plenty early before you need to be where you are going. a lot of people are hoping to win big tonight. the powerball jackpot is now $800 million. a big reason the jackpot is so large, so many people are buying tickets. this line is near the arizona/nevada border. people waiting for hours to get tickets. and lottery officials say the before tonight s drawing. the driving will be held at 10:00 tonight. by the way the largest powerball , jackpot in history
a pastor is recovering after police say he was hit by a drunk driver this week. the message he plans to deliver this sunday. opening statements. the trial of a des moines man accused of killing his girlfriend s daughter is underway. the key evidence both sides say will prove his guilt or innocence. from who h-d iowa s high definition leader..this is the channel 13 news at nine on fox 17 good evening. i m lynn melling. thank you for joining us tonight. the 800 million dollar powerball jackpot has just about everyone hoping they hold the winning ticket for saturday s drawing. justin surrency spoke to one of iowa s past powerball winners and found out just how historic this lottery is becoming. the demand for powerball tickets in iowa.. tickets in iowa were selling at powerball. the dream of hitting the largest american history . i usually don t play but when it gets that big you have to can t keep up. across the state stores are asking for more paper so we have been shipping
in the trial of a man accused of a heinous crime. joe lopez is charged with first degree murder and child endangerment causing death. prosecutors say lopez assaulted his girlfriend s daughter in november of 20-14. the 1 year fracture and broken ribs. the little girl later died at the hospital. he says she fell from her high chair.but prosecutors say her injuries aren t consistent with an accident. in waukee, the first man accused of murder in forty years appeared in court today. brendan mcguinness appeared at his pretrial hearing in dallas county this morning. police say he shot and killed a man in the driveway of the man s home back in november. mcguiness has pleaded not guilty. his trial is scheduled to begin february first. fort dodge police are investigating an incident that had two victims held at gunpoint. the incident started in the 6-hundred block of north 23rd street around 7 last night. and then police say the suspects forced one of the victims into his car and then