>> near 70th and pecos. jeff todd, do we know how that man died? >> reporter: karen, we do. we are told it is a stabbing. take a look. the investigators have left in the past few minutes a big black tarp has been put up in the front of the store. we are told this was a brutal stabbing. but also, the suspect is in custody because he never left the store. >> the crime lab is behind us here. they will be processing the scene for as long as it takes to process all the evidence possible. >> reporter: it was 5:00 thursday evening when deputies were called to this shopping center near 22 and pecos.

party into custody. >> reporter: sources tell cbs4, the suspect never left the scene. he stayed inside the store and surveillance cameras were rolling helping deputies pinpoint that suspect to the crime. the sheriff's office wouldn't say if the suspect or victim were customers or employees of the store. but they do believe this is an isolated incident. >> we want to make sure everybody knows that there's no public safety issue. >> reporter: for an hour, the massive shopping center was shut down interviewed everyone. whether they saw the crime or not. >> anybody could be a potential witness. even if it is not sight, it could be sound. they may have walked by and noticed something. and, it may become important later in the investigation. >> reporter: we still don't know who the victim or the suspect were or their ties to this family dollar store. or even a motive. we are hopeing to get some information tomorrow. live in adams county, jeff todd, cbs4 news. a suspected drunk driver

reporter as she crosses the street. 60-year-old colleen o'connor was struck. she had worked at the denver post 12 years. her coworkers said her work stood out. >> she always wrote beautiful accurate stories. >> investigators think o'connor was crossing on a red light but they who hit her was drunk. 22-year-old jesus corino is facing charges of dui and vehicular homicide. questioning the expertise of a dna expert who has testified in several high profile cases all over the country. in a trial in denver, he has been discredited. our karen morfitt is live at the courthouse. he has been in the trials of

>> reporter: just to name a few. always, he testified as an expert in those cases. it is almost expected that his qualifications would be called into question. but he calls what happened on the stand here in denver ludicrous and says he has the paperwork to prove he is an expert. forensic scientist eichlan have been on several high profile cases. >> they want the throw mud at you. >> reporter: they are defending their reputation. >> he was offered as a dna expert. he admitted in the first round of questioning from my prosecutor he had never done this work. >> reporter: denver da mitch

his qualifications in the netherlands and when he opened a lab in colorado he trained himself. >> he is willing to say anything for a dollar. that is what i find offensive about him. >> reporter: but he says it is quite the opposite. instead, he meets all of the requirements including this certificate of accreditation from the american society of crime directors and has the equivalent from a board in holland. he says they are not telling the whole story and says it is >> we can expose them in miscarriages of justice. if they make a mistake, then it could happen. that we find a mistake. >> reporter: and, they have also worked the jonbenet ramsey case. their dna work helped eliminate the ramsey parents as suspects. they continue to work on that

morfitt, cbs4 news. copter 4 flies over the site of a natural gas explosion in winter park. it happened in a home on fur drive. there was a flash fire. but the flames did not spread. one person was seriously injured. flown to the university hospital burn unit. the cause of the blast is being investigated. developing tonight, a major failure for spacex. the private company who hopes to launch people into space, the falcon 9 the launch pad today. with the explosion, another major setback for spacex and spread internet access to parts of the world unconnected. an explosion ripped through the upper portion. it collapsed in flames.

it was going to launch a satellite for facebook providing internet access to large parts of africa. zuckerberg says i'm disappointed to hear that spacex's launch failure destroyed our satellite that would have provided connective to so many entrepreneurs and others across the continent. he didn't seem angry for long posting pictures of a wildlife tour about two hours later. spacex has had 25 successful launches since 2010. dramatic setbacks. they have lost rockets trying to land them and had a previous explosion during a launch in 2015. >> spacex plans to talk about a mission to mars next month, but today's explosion means more scrutiny about space travel. an suv barreled into the impressive cleaners at hampden

thought his car was in park, but it wasn't. when he tried to hit the break, accidentally hit the gas and there you see went right through the front entrance. >> perfect timing. no customers in the store. all my employees were working in the back. no one got injured. the driver sustained minor injuries. >> the owner is especially busy before labor day. he hoping to reopen tomorrow morning. and we have new information about the driver who crashed into a day care yesterday. the man had been involved in a hit and run and was speeding away from police when he lost control and crashed into the day care at parker and yale. two children and an employee had minor injuries. neco benson is facing charges including wreckless driving and driving under the influence of drugs. now, to an update on the story we shared to you last night at 10:00. parker police were looking for the good samaritan who helped

the good samaritan saw our story and called the police. daniel reese caught up with the commander he helped out on saturday. reese will be honored with a special chief's award next spring. a flood of new interest in the jonbenet ramsey murder. why boulder's police chief is defending his department all these years later. >> new tonight, is your child's teacher making the grade? >> i thought this trut >> why teachers labeled below the bars for years remain at metro area classrooms. >> frightening reports from kids. are clowns trying to lure them into the woods? >> still storms over park county. habit as all. there is more to come. you can see the moisture streaming into the area. 5:00 tomorrow morning it is making its way on the front range. we will run the hour by hour forecast so you can see. we may have severe storms once again. >> the broncos in arizona will

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>> the national spotlight focused on the jonbenet murder mystery. cbs will air a number of special reports on the crime and the boulder police department is being flooded with interview requests as the 20th anniversary of her death approaches.

statement on video. >> the police department is committed to finding justice for jonbenet. >> reporter: two decades after the six-year-old body's body was discovered in her home, the killer has not been identified. >> there are many theories on how this crime occurred and who is responsible. facts have been surmised and distorted. >> we want to get the truth out so jonbenet can rest in peace. >> reporter: cbs is soon airing the murder case. and the dr. phil show is to air an interview with jonbenet's brother burke who was nine at the time of the murder. >> three people in that house that we know. you are the one that has never spoken. >> reporter: the boulder police statement showed pictures of their files and gave statistics including a thousand people interviewed in 18 states. and 200 dna samples analyzed. >> we have not and will not

cbs4 news. a bizarre and scary developing story in south carolina tonight where there are more reports of a clown trying to lure kids into the woods. today, a parent called 911 to report that her daughter saw a clown lurking in the woods near a middle school. it's the fourth sighting in that area. in one case, the clown was holding a laser and cash to attract the children. all eyes are on hurricane hee florida's gulf coast tonight. it is gaining strength at 80 miles an hour. it is expected to make landfall late tonight or early tomorrow morning. they are calling it a life threatening situation. we could see severe storms here tomorrow. >> let's get a check at our weather. >> we could have one more day of severe storms before it settles out for the holiday weekend. ahead. let's take a look at what we had at 5:00 this afternoon. watch this little blossom right here near thornton.

plains. still a little moisture going on, especially down there in park county. there is more moisture to come our way. an that's the chance of severe storms tomorrow. you can see how the moisture really pushes into this state. pushes right on up into colorado in the south. we have the strongest thunderstorms. then look along the border. more severe weather for the eastern plains of colorado. then on saturday, we do have a couple of scattered showers an thunderstorms that will push through the area afternoon. not very many. then sunday, you can see not much coming into denver. here is 6:00 around the edges. we have storms. really, that is about it. high pressure holding in our area. that will keep this front back the next couple of days but it will keep this moisture flow going over colorado and the real moisture right here as hurricane hermine. 80 miles an hour winds northeast at 14. and take a look at this. here is the eye. just now crossing land. so, it is now making landfall

spins around. up to 13 inches of rain has fallen in the gulf. on land, two-and-a-half to five- and-a-half inches but it is just making landfall. and here is lester out there headed for the hawaiian islands down to a category 2 storm. it will be another problem. here is what is left of madeline. look what it dead to the islands. i you can see the waves crashing on shore and widespread flooding in denver. 87 and 86. 54 and 56 for the lows. normal this time of year. 73 and 70 right now. 57% humidity. we have a steady barometer. and the temperatures for tonight, mostly in the 50s and the 60s . we will find 40s for the mountains out west. temperatures in the 50s and the 60s . tomorrow, a bit cooler but still pretty nice can temperatures, 70s , 80s over the eastern plains.

nearing 90 degrees. here is the denver forecast. for tonight. partly cloudy skies. 57 and 58 the overnight lows. tomorrow, increasing clouds, scattered storms, a couple could be heavy on the eastern plains. low 80s . the next several days, 87 on saturday. 88 on sunday. look the holiday monday, sunny. 86. tuesday, 81. an isolated storm back in the forecast. and the plus four bar staying in the 80s until we get to the end of the week. >> of course, every parent wants to make sure their child has a good tear but we have learned some teachers judged below the bar by their districts are back in the classrooms this year. cbs4 investigator brian maass is taking a closer look. >> i loved working with the kids. >> reporter: for ten years, bernadine sanchez taught children. until she received low ratings two years in a row.

tenure. it is a system that provides teachers protections making it hard to fire them. >> i put so much into my work that it was hard to swallow. >> reporter: senate bill 191 forces school districts to put teachers into one of four categories. highly effective, effective, partially effective, or ineffective. two con consecutive years of being partially effective and >> it is important in teaching as in other professions that we have are clear. >> reporter: denver school superintendent says 47 dps teachers were under the bar. >> we do have great teachers. is every one of our 5,000 some teachers great? no. >> reporter: in douglas county, 24 teachers lost tenure. 11 in aurora. just one in the cherry creek school district. 0 in poudre.

a disparody that has the denver teacher's union concerned. >> why does jeffco have 0 and we have 47? and, they don't have a good answer for that. and my answer is there's something wrong with the evaluation system. >> i thought this truth would jolt us a bit. >> reporter: mike johnston sponsored the teacher effectiveness law. >> they have zero effect. any parent with more than one teacher knows like any profession, some are great, some are decent, some are improving. it is not as if yo that putting out data saying everybody is perfect. >> reporter: teachers rated less than effective two years in a row and stripped of tenure are back in classrooms. in denver and other districts. >> they are back with us. back with us without that tenured status. >> if i were a principle, i would want to know who else is in the applicant pool.

her tenure was reinstated on appeal but she quit anyway and started teaching in westminster. brian maass, cbs4 news. >> the question to parents have the right to know if their children's teachers are deemed ineffective? they cited teacher's privacy. you can see how the district ranks its teachers by visiting cbsdenver.com. michael and sports are up next. >> news you need when you need

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>> one week from tonight, the 2016 nfl season will officially kick off here in denver t. broncos have roster decision to make between now and then. for those guys on the bubble, a lot riding on tonight. this one is still going on in the fourth quarter in arizona. denver is trailing. xt game. currently, he is 13-22. 240 yards, two touchdowns. both of those to jordan taylor. one interception tonight for lynch as well. paxton not the only big name qb to give the start in the final preseason game. tom brady playing for the patriots. he would answer nicely with a touchdown. brady played the entire first quarter. of course, he will miss if first four regular season games because of deflate gate. prior to last night, the

449 times in which a major league team has taken a six run lead into the 8th inning. only once had a team not held on. that was until last night. the rockies led 8-2 after seven. but what should have been a sweep on the dodgers turned dust aster when the bullpen got involved. adam otttavino gave up this grand slam. the dodgers >> that one sucked. no doubt about it. you know. we won the series. doesn't feel like it because of that game. but, yeah. we got an off day tomorrow. and ... we got a little extra time to recover from this one. but we have been playing real well. it is a shame we lost this one. >> we almost had the upset of the year on the first night of the college football season. tennessee and appalachian state

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>> tomorrow's rocky mountain show do of cu and the rams. as eric christensen explains, the buffs are feeling pretty bold. >> 14 days from now, we will be ready to go kick somebody's [bleep]. >> reporter: whoa! where did this bravado come from? not sure, but the buffs aren't talking like a team that split

the game should be pretty fun. >> reporter: one reason for cu's optimism is their experience. every player who starts on friday night will be an upper classman. >> i have a lot experience. i have a lot of energy, we have a lot of talent. this is our year to showcase that. i feel the whole team believes that same thing. >> reporter: another reason is the return of lufau. >> that is how you play it. he is one of the hardest workers i have seen since i have been in colorado. >> reporter: does this team have more dogs and is that one of the reasons you are optimistic? >> our whole team is dogs. from number one down to 120. we are all tired of losing. once we put everything together. we have to unleash it on

not different from most teams around the country. right now, they are talking the talk. we will see tomorrow night if they can walk the walk. in boulder, eric christensen, cbs4 sports. >> so do do you got? 52% of you are saying csu. looks like it will be a tight race. not sure where all the votes came from. >> just voted once. [ laughter ] >> don't believe it. >> i vote for the fans. they could have close

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>> charles scherbel sents this in. a hint of autumn in the ohio city foothills up there in larimer county. >> pretty. >> gorgeous. >> a kaleidoscope. >> it is. >> thanks so much for watching. cbs4 colbert is next. >> see captioning sponsored by cbs ( cheers and applause ) >> larry: thank you!