live, local, and late breaking, this is wbal tv news tonight. >> a rapist is on the run and police whole or releasing this sketch will fall to bring him down. that is our big story tonight. a man ripped a 13-year-old girl in east baltimore tonight. tonight, it is sparking outrage. we have specifics on tonight was a big story. >> we are told a 13-year-old mecham was walking to a store and was halfway there within sight of a busy fast-food restaurant when she encountered her attacker. >> houses that are abandoned lined the street here. around 9:00 monday night, a girl was walking across this house a loan when according to those close to her, she spotted this man on the sidewalk. >> he grabbed her from her neck.

he dragged her in. she was hit and he pushed her down. >> there is no step into the building. you drop. he pushed her. >> pushed her until she fell about 8 feet until she hit the floor. he heard panic and screams and about one block away. like to hurt somebody saying, "help! " he felt sick when officers arrived later appeared >> the police came around like 9:30, around one hour later. >> those close to the victim told 11 is that he had a gun and raped her. she was left stranded in the cellar. they said once the rapist climbed out of the house, she escaped to get help. >> police put out this sketch of

the rapist who is described as a black man between 40 and 50 years old with a mustache. here are hoping video footage might help reveal his identity. those are worried he might strike again and even more worried about how the 13-year- old might recover. >> >> metro crime stoppers is offering a reward in connection with this case. you can call1-866-7-lockup. 'here is a look at the numbers. the department logged 236 rate for the first eight months of 2011. that is more than 20 percent more than 2010. so far this year's numbers are up 50% over the last 158 rape cases recorded by police and

2009. normally, it is seen as a bad thing. the mayor's office is welcoming the increase in reporting. >> we see the numbers of an increase in rape as a positive sign that people who are victims of rape and sexual assault are getting help. >> the city launched a public outrage calling rape is not your fault. -- not your fault. it is all a direct response to last year's bomb shell that police officers downgraded or dismissed report altogether. that is one number dropping dramatically when it comes to rates in baltimore city. dust on unfounded and dropped by police as gone down 92% from last year until present. reporting live, wbal tv news. >> we should also note that the definition of rape could be changing. today in baltimore, an fbi

subcommittee recommended creating a new subcommittee definition. it would expand the number of crimes that authorities report as rights. if the recommendation is accepted, it would be the first change to the way grants are counted in more than 80 years. while there is no positive identification, officials believe they may have discovered missing 11-year-old william mcquain. warners gathered by the side of the gruesome sight to remember him and his mother. she was found murdered inside of her condo last week. kai reed reports from clarksburg tonight. >> police on the body of a young boy about 30 yards beyond the gas station around route 131 this morning. mcquain was last seen on september 30. >> about seven days of searching

trails and parks throughout montgomery county, this morning police make a discovery -- the body of a boy was found in a wooded area just west of 355, not far from a gas station. >> we believe the remains to be william mcquain. >> data on the board was the mother dead in their condo. the next day, investigators in north carolina got his car and arrested and charged for the estranged husband curtis lopez. there was no sign of william perry have been tracking his movements but gave no details as to what led them to the wooded area near clarksburg. >> if we had believed -- if we were going to find william, it would most likely be in this area. >> he remains found this morning included the same clothing that he was seen wearing in surveillance the deal on october 1. lopez was with him in that video. quickly bring some flowers for

him. >> football teammates, former coach and brother started a memorial for the 11-year-old not far from where the body was discovered. >> the wanted to get closer to the situation that happened to my little brother and his mom. >> he is beautiful and wonderful and the most polite, had ever seen in my life. >> lopez is already charged with the murder of williams' mother. he is the prime suspect it will instead as well. he has waived extradition. reporting from montgomery county. kai reed, wbal 11 news. >> the police chief says the investigators are trying to determine exactly where the boy was killed. there is in the rest the night with connection to charles village puritan just one hour after city leaders met with residents to address the recent

spiking klein. what do what-year-old dwanye mccoy is charged in an attack that injured somebody this month. last night, residents introduced and a ray of solution spread among them, better street lighting and increased citizen patrols. a 19-year-old carroll county man is behind bars accused of stabbing a man in a parking lot of a winchester mall. he stabbed a 23-year-old dominick miller route 7:00 last night. he was rushed to shock trauma. westminster police did not release information on his condition. he >> conaway is not giving up her job seat so easily. she ticked off a right-wing campaign for the general election. it lost the september primary for the district seat to a newcomer. she claims to have seen a major influx of support in the form of

donations and campaign volunteers. she says she is confident about november. >> at the residence of baltimore city now that they still have a choice. connally has not gone away. i am still here to serve. >> is your's primary election had record low turnout which may helper changes come november. with high stakes in the city of high rollers, tonight was the debate focused on the big issues, jobs and taxes. has steve hamilton explains, it got a little bit heated in vegas as candidates tried it their lot. >> herman cain and his 9% sales tax plan that helped catapult him to the top tier of the republicans running for president drew intense fire at the cnn debate in las vegas. >> 84% of americans would pay more taxes under his plan. >> that simply is not true grit >> go to new hampshire where they do not have a self tax and

you are pretty much want to give them one progress we are replacing the current tax code with oranges. >> i'm going to pay both tax is pretty people in nevada do not want to pay both sexes per box mitt romney is still the front- runner. he got attacked by rick perry over immigration. >> you hired illegals in your call. q about a for one year. >> i do not know that i ever hired an illegal in my life. i am -- i am looking forward to finding of facts on that. >> again -- >> are you just want to keep talking or are you going to let me finish what i have to say? >> -- when that was pointed out to the spirit we let them go. >> you -- >> have a problem with allowing somebody to finish speaking. >> said in the polls should show

whether the attacks on herman cain and romney standing his ground have shaken up this race. from washington, wb ltv lebanese. >> -- wbal tv news. ] >> president obama continued at queens high school. it will not happen until everyone continues to contribute their fair share. >> when things happen, we make it work. we stick with it. that is the spirit we have to bring right now. >> there is continuing commitment on our web site. you can follow the candidates. keep track of who is leading the pack and who is gaining ground on the wrist to the white house. tv.comwbal t

steny hoyer took the stand as a witness in the trial of senator curry. he also characterized him as a caring and decent person who cared at -- the potential to people and not details. he is accused of using his influence to benefit shoppers food warehouse while on the company's payroll as a consultant. keeping your babysitter -- two doctor says you can reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome. and a 19 follow up. the emergency ruling designed to keep a potentially dropped out of maryland. >> the tea party is not the only group against the tax in the state. are making the case for something everyone else's against. "there is some heavy rain to the south moving into the mid- atlantic again. the forecast is straight ahead. i now it is mild and 62 at the

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>> the state senate approved the governor's plan to redraw the congressional map on a 33-13 vote. all 13 republicans voted against the plan at all but one democrat voted for it. the map reflects the demographics of the suburbs. republicans argue it favors politics -- party politics. redistricting was to be the central focus of the special focus of the general assembly. david collins explants hall the administration is linking an increase to the state gas tax to job creation.

>> fiery speeches answering for messages -- the tea party does not like taxes. the couple hundred people who gather at the mall are not buying the motion that it is a path to tax creation. >> the tea party antitax mantra can be heard by everybody going to a rare triple committee hearing by raising it by 15 cents a gallon. legislation to do that is expected to come up in the 2012 session. the proposal supported by the committee, think tanks, the maryland chamber of commerce, and many elected officials. for some, an increase would be easier to accept if the revenue was designated poor highway and transportation services only. >> a firewall would make sure that transportation dollars are used for transportation services. i think that is what the public expects. >> the o'malley administration

supports increasing the gas tax to invest in projects pretty administers includes a $1 billion investment would create as many as 30,000 new jobs. >> are putting construction workers network. we are putting hands on shovels and dollars in the pop-up -- pocket. >> they determined that the state needs $400 billion more each year to chip away at the backlog of projects. paying for priorities in each of the 24 districts would cost $12 billion pre the sun paper reports that the state gas tax goes up by 15 cents, maryland would have the highest per rate in the country. tax opponents say it would force people with limited incomes to make difficult choices. >> i don't think it is a straight line thing we will bring some new jobs, i think there are other impacts that need to be considered. >> opponents for and gas tax increases everyone including those who use mass transit.

opponents claim that the cost to transport other items could also rise. now, an update to and i team investigation on the sometimes deadly drug. it is now illegal to sell the synthetic drug in maryland. the state department of health and mental hygiene announce to the regulation today. it mimics the height of cocaine. among the side effects are cardio up -- cardiac disturbances, paranoia, and psychosis. during our investigation, the i team spoke with the state police job -- drug agency says banning the substance is a step in the right direction. he adds that making them illegal does not mean the drug will go away. >> the drug laws are written to ban a specific drugs based on their chemical structure. what happens is the chemist will go and and it tweet the chemical structure so that it does not fit the definition.

there got -- therefore, it is legal. >> he says the key is to write legislation brought enough so that they cannot working around it. wbaltv.com, be sure to comiteam. >> new guidelines offer parents new ways of reducing the risk of sudden infant death syndrome or sid. this is just to get your infant vaccinated. breast-feeding is strongly encouraged. as is using a pacifier during that time. getting rid of all types of crib a bumper pad sprayed the city most important advice is putting the baby to sleep on his or her back. >> now, your 11 is forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> just to our south, temperatures were almost summer like up to the 80's. warm air to the south, strong

thunderstorms pop up to the afternoon and evening. reports of tornadoes in parts of florida. it is an active weather season. we hit 74 degrees at b w i marshall per it was 68 degrees all the way up to boston. the normal is only 66 pre tomorrow, temperatures will be normal. the thing that went into tomorrow i think this the present colorado. -- the precipitation column. it should be a different store tomorrow credit will be in a mile line. the cloud cover thickening, temperatures have not had a chance to cool off. 61 degrees at hagerstown. western maryland holding in the 50's tonight. it is close to 70 @ central sections of the state. rain in the ohio valley, heavy showers and storms coming in the gulf coast. both of those crowding into the

mid-atlantic. the duchess of my role on in. it will be ready for the morning rush hour. in what morning with showers likely, 54 degrees to 60 degrees with northeast wineds. when the ohio valley and the other in florida. as they come by, they will produce rain and maybe they're pretty red will be heavy at times to our south and east. the lower part of the day on to the eastern shore to the afternoon and evening tomorrow. showers continue. 11:00 tomorrow night will probably be grain around pri by early thursday morning, the system is pushing off the coast fish heading toward new england great western maryland will tell blogger to clear out. temperatures will fall and wet snow will fit in. we should get into an ice clearing pattern on thursday and friday. what's the rain leaves it should

stay nice coming into the weekend. tomorrow is the toughest day of the week getting about and around. rain will be coming down. to buttress the in the '60s. winds will be increasing out of the northeast at five to 50 miles per hour. big temperature drop coming in as the storm leaves in the mountain's crater ring tomorrow and a chilly 58. only 42 during the day on thursday which means what snow could fall in the western maryland mountains. on the eastern shore is where you could find some heavy downpours. clearing nicely on thursday. and there may roll up into the lower eastern shore areas tomorrow. that will be followed by rapidly clearing skies on thursday and strong west winds carry the 74 cast features one wet day, that is tomorrow. it should clear out on thursday. temperatures dropped to 60 on friday. it turns cooler over the weekend with lots of sunshine. highs in the 50 and closed down in the 30's on the weekend. >> the ravens are stayin gon a

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become open. he gets major port is points for that. i in him more time has subjected him to fewer hits while setting up bigger passing plays. no one contends that many hits week after we can keep showing up week after week. but we don't want him getting hit like that. a couple of times he was listed one of one battle. a couple times we missed the protection because of some of the looks that gave him. also things were not complicated. we think we can do a better -- we think everyone will agree we can do a better job at what rate at the end of the game, i thought we did a better job. if we don't ijo getting hit like that. carson, has a new favorite three word phrase. former cincinnati bank. the exchange in for a first- round pick and a consecutive severe drop in 2013. the second round pick upgrades to another first-round pick. huge price to pay for a 31-year-

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>> a lot of rain tomorrow. >> just for one day. there is the potential for a couple of inches of rain and maybe some thunder mixed in as well. and 60's 4 highs tomorrow. it clears out early in the morning on thursday. it will be windy if not breezy day. saturday and friday look really desperate a downward trend, over the weekend highs on the 50's and lows in the 30's. the looks of it will get snow in western maryland. only one day we have to worry about the ring. >> i don't mind the rain so much. do we have to have the right -- what kind it. >> probably so. >> we will work on that. >> that is a look at the knees. thank you for joining us.

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