mike died describing it as something out of -- >> a home runner movie. >> reporter: they were getting ready to leave ocean city, maryland when he suddenly got sick. >> he said i'm throwing up. i could see he had thrown up. >> reporter: their nightmare had begun. within hours he was in the hospital, the doctors telling the family he had -- >> it was a fresh-eating bacteria is exactly the words he us caught the bacteria being in the water with an open wound or eating raw shellfish. >> one nurse said we're doing everything we can to save his life that kind of shocked me because i didn't know this was a life-threatening situation. i thought he had an infection in his leg. >> reporter: mike's leg was amputated. h e was put on life support and within two days of falling ill, he was dead. >> what he loved the most took his life. he loved the water. he loved boating.

cdc, this is typically found in brackish warm waters and kills more than 100 people a year there were no warnings and she believes more should be done to let people know about the dangers that could lie beneath. >> maybe not everybody dies from it. still, we should know that it is in the waters there so you can avoid maybe certain areas. i don't know. if i had known i would have never receipt him get in the water. >> reporter: as for how people the protect themselves, the cdc says cover up any wounds before go ing into brackish don't quo in at all. also, stay away from live shellfish like oysters. 12 news. thank you. meanwhile, massive water bills and mounting questions. yesterday we told you about higher water bills in buckeye, asking the concerned homeowners to respond to our verify address and many of you did just that. we received e-mail after e-mail of people saying their bills have skyrocketed by hundreds of dollars. and the water company will only tell them to hire a plumber and-

on for several months impacting dozens of people. our very own brahm resnik joins bus this exclusive story. >> and we have been listening to homeowners. we're hering about monthly water bills of several hundred dollars for enough water to fill two large pools, and there's no pool at the home. one viewer got the water director on tape dissing homeowners' angry posts. >> reporter: dozens of buckeye residents told us their stories via facebook and e-mail asking for their help. buckeye is not doing anymore than they have to do she was charged almost $1,200 for two months of water. 4 6,000 gallons of water was used in a single month, enough to fill two large swimming pools. and he spoke for month we have heard from. we have actually looked at selling our house because of how expensive the water is. i feel helpless.

disconnect letter because the previous months had not been paid. this was not acceptable, especially because there is no answer by them or accountability. one viewer tried to get an answer. the homeowner gave us this up tape of the buckeye water director dave nigh answering his questions. >> i'm not going to say nobody had an issue. i'm note going to lie to you. i don't know. >> yes. >> but i will tell you that a lot of the social media and things, and people are people are very selective of what they put and what they don't put. >> reporter: we also tried to find patterns of mapping the homes. there was a cluster between miller and watson roads. an area served until last year by a private water company that winston cup buckeye bought. buckeye officials are telling the homeowners they must have a leak somewhere. other valley cities like chandler, gilbert and scottsdale, will inspect a home if they suspect a leak.

in the desert. buckeye does in the appear to do those reviews for its homeowners, but it does demand they pay up. brahm resnik, 12 news. >> thank you. election day less than two weeks away. as we see with any campaign, candidates make a lot of promises and also a lot of attacks on their opponents. >> but who is more honest, donald trump or hillary clinton? and a widely respected fact- checking team and we have put them to work. during the campaign they researched statements from both candid true to pants on fire false. of the 312 claims made by donald trump, they found that more than one third of them were lies. 19% were mostly false and another 18% were found to be blatantly made up. and they found that just 29% of donald trump's claims to be at least half true. as for hillary clinton, they found that the democrat was overwhelmingly truthful in

and they rated 208 of clinton's 283 claims at least half true that is 74%. another 14% were mostly false. fact checkers found 2% just seven of clinton's claims to be blatantly made up. >> and sticking with the election, donald trump's oldest son is scheduled to speak at a valley on asu's tempe campus tomorrow. according to a release, trump jr. will be speaking to millennials about the importance of the 2016 election. the door also open at 1:00. the event is free, but you have to rsvp. we posted a link on our web site, 12news.com. and now it is time to check in with 12 sports bruce cooper. he has been live all afternoon. at the suns' home opener out at the talking stick arena. hey, coop. >> hey, what is going on? can you believe it? is suns tipping off season number 48 as a franchise as

sacramento kings in their home and season opener. tip-off is at 7:00. the suns are a very young team. four players on their roster, 19 years of age and younger. one of the 19-year-old whose has created a real log jam because of his stellar play. we're talking about devin booker. three players, two position whose sits and coming off the bench? booker? bledsoe or brandon knight? the suns' head coach has decided that it will be brandon knight giving up his which is something new for knight. knight is one of the highest paid players on the team. he received all-star consideration in the past so could this lead to problem ? well, not if winning is a priority says the head coach earl watson. >> moving teams talk about playing time. losing teams talk about how to sacrifice for what is best of their family. >> and the sacrifices, they have to be made that's how you

everybody has their own individual talent and that's what makes a team special. >> it will be up to us to make it work and for us to be able to just buy in to whatever it is to help our team win. so just a matter of -- us continuing to get better. if the goal is to win, i think we'll be fine. >> and one of the things that is helping brandon knight accept his role of coming off the bench is he has been convinced that he can be a sixth man of the ye lights it up, so that appeals to brandon knight. live at the stick. the suns and the kings tipping off tonight at 7:00. hopefully it is a great year for the suns. thanks. constituent treats for troops time 16789 news has partnered up to say thank you to our men and women in uniform. all you have to do is bring your donations of halloween candy to any hungry howie's location from november 1 to the 4th. those treat also then go to

that reach military installations across the state go to 12news.com/treats for more information. coming up on 12 news at 6:00, what do you think is the most haunted place in all of arizona? plus, capable and confident, valley kids learning an important life skill for all of us. and temperatures are up compared to yesterday at this time. and we're going to keep those temperatures rising. your full forecast is coming up ne the phoenix suns' season is starting and all eyes are on the 19-year-old devin booker. >> it is the pressure that i like, the pressure that i live for. it should be a fun season. >> the new physician of the franchise revealing his realistic expectations for the season that is tonight only on

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tomorrow only on 12 news at 10:00. cock roaches, dripping blood and spoiled food is. your favorite hang-out on the dirty list? team 12 shows you how easy it is to check in on your local restaurants before you eat at news at 10:00. and now here is a look at your hot headlines. two teenager girls are in the hospital with serious injuries after being run over by a car. and the phoenix police say four girls ages 15 to 17 ran out of gas and were pushing their car towards a gas station when another car hit them from behind. according to the police, two of the girls were pinned between the cars during the accident, which happened near i-17 and cactus.

been impaired. boy, what a mess today in phoenix. this street looked more like a lake after a semi slammed special a fire hydrant near mcdowell road and 2 1?s avenue. the crews were working on it for most of the day. the area finally reopened late this afternoon. a child abuse case in the valley is raising questions tonight. melissa lloyd and michael duggar were arrested for child abuse. lloyd is already on lifetime probation for child abuse from a prior i have custody of her kids. the maricopa county attorney says there has been a direct complaint filed against both suspects on numerous accounts of chill abuse. he says cases like this one show the struggle on how to reform the child welfare system. and coming up at 6:00, we are getting into the halloween spirit. find out what is considered to be the most haunted spot in arizona. plus, you know what? it pays to coach college

salary. and the arizona cardinals back at work today and look who is back on the practice field. oh, yeah. all of the latest inside the cardinals' huddle coming up

just in time for halloween, what is supposed to be the most haunted place in arizona? >> that is our social sound-off question for today, and we did have a couple of guesses. guys, last minute additions here? >> tombstone, arizona. >> that is a good one. >> mark curtis. >> there is a hotel. i think it is in either payson or prescott that is supposed to be haunted. >> and r >> and a mining town. >> yes. but here is the answer. according to hotel and leisure, it is actually the hotel monotake vista up in flagstaff. >> here is why. >> decades ago as the story goes as least, this hotel just off of route 66, an elderly woman used to stay in room 305 long term. she live there had. and she would sit by the window in a rocking chair. well, now, supposedly that

housekeeping has reported seeing the woman's a rush in the chair. so there you go. -- a riggs in the chair. >> so there you go. >> if i see that, i'm going the other way. if you haven't made any plans for halloween, come on down to our 12 news plaza for our kids and pets costume parade. just make sure they're all ready to go by about 3:30, so we can get you on the air at 4:00. halloween is coming up next week. should go. everyone, of course swelcome. >> the good news, i believe by that day we should be nice and cooler. >> really? >> that is a little bit of a stretch. >> and what are you -- >> what are you saying? >> a halloween wish. >> yeah. well, this year unfortunately doesn't look like it is going to happen. >> it is not going to be too bad. >> here is a live look across the valley as the sun has set and we have the beautiful orange colors there in the sky.

graphics. tomorrow's forecast, 93 to 98 degrees. so if we hit that 98, that means we will have tied a record for the day. the current record, 98 set back in 2001 so it is a little dangerously close to that 100- degree mark. october 23,2003, is the latest ever 100 here in phoenix. so, again. we're not expecting to hit 100, but if we do, then obviously that would be a new record >> cake a look at temperatures for the evening. 90 at 7:00. so still pretty warm out there. 8:00, we'll be sitting at 87. temperatures dip ing into the 707s there. as we head into the 11:00 hour. a little bit later there than we normally do. the high pressure is the reason for the heat up that we're going oh to see. we're going to continue to see the temperatures peak out tomorrow. meanwhile, the storm track is staying to the north for now at least. the high pressure is going to slide its way off to the east.

bit to at least get some clouds moving into arizona. you see that here object future cast thursday into friday. but that rain. you can see it there in central and southern california. it doesn't quite make it to the valley. temperatures tonight, 71. 62 in sedona. 50 in winslow. tomorrow, 85 in winslow. 93 at lake havasu city. and those temperatures near 100 for tucson. casa grande over the weekend, our temperature also start to slide down, so we're still pretty warm at 93. we dip down to 90 on monday, which is halloween. there you go. the 80s moving in by tuesday and wednesday. >> i can see why vanessa said that is a lot cooler. >> boy, break out your windbreakers. >> mommas, you might want to think about letting your babies grow up to be college football coaches. michigan's jim harbaugh is the

salary. harbaugh will earn over $9 million this year. michigan's currently number two in the rankings in the u.s. with a 7-0 record. harbaugh's pay package easily outpaces alabama's nick saban who was the top paid coach at $7 million a year. let's check in with coop at the talking stick arena. 12 sports is sponsored by your valley toyota dealers. this game is over. champions. >> this team right now is in a totally different place than when we went over there last year to the championship and hopefully we can go somewhere else. but this is next week's game, and no more, no less, we have to win. >> all right. your arizona cardinals back at work today preparing for those carolina panthers.

in carolina. of course, the panthers have ended the cardinals' playoff runs each of the last two years. now, that is of little concern to carson palmer. he is more concerned about getting the cardinals' off f offense back on track. with that said, let's check in with carson palmer for this week's quarterback speak. >> i know britain has been waiting for an opportunity forever, and when he has had his opportunities, he mass made plays. >> j.j. has made his plays and he has had his chancing and chomping at the bit to more. we have a lot of hungry guys waiting for an opportunity. if mike can go great, great. if they can't, you know, we've got some adjustments to make. we have guys that are fired up to play. >> we're all physically tired but also mentally tired. it is nice to not have a full padded practice today for the first time in a long time. they don't look like a 1-5 defense. there is no doubt about that. they won 15 games last year, so

>> all right. we'll see how that one turns out. of course, it is the phoenix suns and sacramento kings at 7:00. the suns and the kings tipping off their seasons here at the stick. live at the stick, i'm bruce cooper, back to you. >> let's hope that, yes, the suns will have a good season. >> wouldn't that be great? >> yes, that will be great. still coming up, it is the little things that mean a whole lot, especially for some valley kids. i'm tom o'halleran, and i approve this messsage.

students were denied basic human rights and were subject to sexual abuse. arizona deserves better. arizona's largest newspapers endorse tom o'halleran for congress. "the republic" says, "elect tom o'halleran. his words match his work." and "the daily star" said, "o'halleran puts the common good above party politics.

finally tonight, sometimes it is the little things that can make a huge difference. trader joe's of paradise valley just donated two grocery carts to the foundation of blind children. the goal is to help these kids learn mobility in a grocery store environment. >> as we know shopping for free throwsries is a staple of life and navigating a big store with a cart can be intame dating. the foundation says their goal is to help blind children, young adults become more

>> absolutely. >> a little thing like that. >> and we take it for granted. >> i know. you're right. >> good stuff. >> that will do it for us. thanks for watching 12 news at 6:00. >> remember 12 news is always on. get the latest news as it happens and, of course, our free 12 news app.

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