support her 25- year-old husband. fox5 s monica jackson shows us what happened when jessica got a 12-thousand dollar tip. our surprise squad is in the restaurant undercover..there s always someone out there who will help you. this surprise closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly closed captioning will resume shortly this surprise would lighten the load for the reboredo family who lost robert shortly after the surprise. the story though touched so many more people, who jumped into action to help jessica in the wake of her husband s passing. we spoke to her recently. she says she received an outpouring of support from not only people in our community. but by those who saw it across the country. who offered prayers on behalf of her family. another story that was a rollercoaster of emotions k9 nicky. he captured hearts in the community when he survived a machete attack to the face in february. and was eager to return to work after surgery.
pairs become the best of friends. and sometimes that friendship is caught on camera. a man out with some clients in canada. caught a polar bear and a dog. just chilling out and water together. and at one point. the bear reaches over and pets the dog on the head.. fox5 news at 11, your only local station here for edition of fox5 news.. tonight we re taking a look back at all the good stories this year. i m john huck. i m christine maddela. they re the stories full of charity, compassion. and gratitude. the news isn t all bad. but when something bad does happen. always watch for the people who step in to help. from fires to floods, we ve seen samaritans from the community reach out. and come to another s rescue. in august we brought you the story of jessica, a waitress at a local chili s and her husband robert. jessica s second grade teacher kim nominated her. after robert was diagnosed with testicular cancer which spread to his stomach and lungs. robert had to be flight for
at some point in time he begins to choke her, dragging her to the rear of the property at 3800 block of jasper. reporter: police say he choked the woman until she was unconscious and then raped her. the victim finally came to, she was naked with injuries to her head and face. that s why we want to get this individual off the street and hoping that somebody can identify this person to help us lead to an arrest because again such a brutal attack. reporter: police are investigating whether this attack is connected to the murder of 35-year-old ricky morgan on saturday. morgan was found stabbed to death in an alleyway near jasper and cumberland. the suspect in both cases ride ago blue and black mountain bi bike. very distinctive book bag he s wearing as well as line across his sneakers as well as on the hat. reporter: angelo had a business where the woman was raped for 15 years. he s alarmed by what s happened. that s pretty sad. wow. it leaves me speechless i have d
with a quick look at the fox 5 weather 24-7 forecast. still a lot of moisture in the atmosphere thursday morning that is expected to allow for some cloud development. as the day wears on drier air will begin to move in. high pressure will begin through the weekend driving daytime highs well above normal starting sunday. the uv index for thursday is 10 or very high. here are the accidents to watch out and alternate routes you can use listed on our maps here are the construciton areas to look out for and alternate routes listed on our maps back to the news desk. hours after a man was killed on the east side of the valley. a second person was killed in an auto pedestrian crash. this one happened just a bit ago at sahara and burnham. fox 5 alyssa deitsch is on the scene with the latest. metro says pedestrian was killed at sahara & burnham, near eastern. part of the intersection is shut down motorist should use alternate routes. a man crossing boulder highway was killed after bei
crosswalk on boulder highway .. but didnt make it to the other side in time. i m christine maddela. i m john huck. fox 5s cyndi lundeberg went to the site of the crash today. and recreated the walk. cyndi what did you find out. in december the nevada department of transportatin told me they were going to be making major changes to boulder highway for this reason. those changes are behind schedule. its the deadliest stretch of roadway in the valley. nats last year on boulder highway. 12 pedestrians. 2 bicylists and 4 people in cars died. wednesday night. a similiar story. a man walking across the road just after 11. was hit and killed. . i spoke to the nevada highway patrol in december about for a number of years that s tony illia with n-dot .. and he went on to tell me n-dot wwould be making changes. including .. installing lights to crosswalks so drivers know where people are at night. n-dot said the project would take six to eight months to complete . and eight months later