tonight he is in police custody. nelson clifford is responsible for three rapes and baltimore city. the man they are calling the a serial rapist was identified through dna evidence. >> police a dna evidence taken from a t-shirt, a competitor, and a vodka bottle helps link clifford and nelson to the attacks. >> he has been public enemy number one for our sexual abuse investigators for a number of years. >> they say dna evidence has linked to the 33-year-old man to three rapes over the last two months. the first was in the 3700 block of greenmont avenue. he threatened to hurt her and her children and she did not do what he wanted. two days later, a woman told

police she was raped at knifepoint as the attacker threaten to slash her face. >> we were very confident that prior to the dna hits that nelson was the person responsible for these incidents. >> he was already in the database with a record dating back to the 1990's. police arrested him on december 8. dna recovered from a vodka bottle went into a third case. his m zero was to break into a home in the early morning hours were of the victims are sleeping. they think there could be more victims out there. >> he catches them and they wear. he typically blindfolds them with clothing, rates and sexually assaults them. >> his lengthy criminal record it's back to 1997 when he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for a sexual offense. he has been charged with failing

to register as a sex offender. >> jury deliberations will continue on monday. after more than seven hours, jurors in the devon perry rape trial said they were deadlocked on all four charges. the victim identified 26-year- old perry and two teenagers as her attacker. in baltimore county man could spend up to 40 years in prison for the murder of a 16-year-old girl whose body was never found. jason gross was sentenced to 30 years for the murder of a girl in 2009. he was convicted in october. >> how do they know this girl is

really dead? they do not have a body or dna. i just think it is really circumstantial. >> he was also sentenced to 10 years for sexual assault. meanwhile police are looking for this man in connection with a rate of a teenage girl -- a trance gender i should say in north baltimore. the 16-year-old girl told officers the suspect sexually assault occurred just before 3:30 in the morning on december 17. if you can identify this man or have any of our mission, you are asked to contact baltimore city police. police all looking for a suspect after a shooting in east baltimore. a band was shot around 7:00 tonight near north monfort. there is no word on his condition and police have not released a motive in this case. yesterday's fire has turned into a homicide investigation.

police say an 84-year-old retired school principal had been stabbed several times when firefighters found the body inside her home. >> she was found to have multiple stab once in a autopsy. >> news of a stabbing death of mary hines brought tears and strong condemnation from family, -- friends, neighbors, and even strangers. >> it should not happen. should be something done about that. >> she did not sound like she had an enemy in the world. >> she did not. she was a great lady. >> he murder of miss mary as she is known here is a surprise. her body was found on the first four between the first and middle rooms. firefighters say the smoke alarms work but she moved slowly

with a cane. -it electric or shut off a while ago. >> here today we just found out it was a murder. the lady was stabbed multiple times. i think it is a sad thing and i hope something will be done about it. >> what is left of the rubble that used to be a home as a major crime scene. agents with atf have teamed up with it city fire and homicide detectives. mary hines was a fixture in the neighborhood for decades. she held court where the neighbor kids to keep them out of trouble. she began teaching in 1948 and retired in 1991. many believe she recognized or because of her family nature simply opened her door to her killer. >> at her age, no matter what you did you could just leave. but that is the kind of work -- world we are living in now. >> investigators are trying to

determine the cause of the fire. >> anne arundel county police are investigating their first murder of the year. they found at 36- 36greggory sears suffering from a gunshot wound. it is unclear if he was targeted or if the victim of a random attack. two people are recovering after industrial shelving collapsed at the buildings and with a cup. -- two people suffered minor injuries and were treated at a hospital. there is no word on what caused the shelving to collapse. one person is recovering to 9 after a two vehicle crash on southbound i 83 near 5:30 this morning. a chevy van flipped over twice after it collided with another car.

the accident backed up morning rush hour for about three hours. >> stop and go and a lot of congestion. when we came to where we thought the accident would be, i did not even see anything. i hope the girl is ok. >> two others were ejected from their vehicles. there is no word on their conditions. there is no evidence, alcohol, or drugs contributed to the crash. we're still more than one week away from the dr. martin luther king, jr. holiday but one of his son was in the baltimore area to mark the occasion. martin luther king the third spoke at john hopkins to commemorate the anniversary. he first spoke there in 1982 saying there are still elements of his father's dream that have yet to be realized. >> yes, my father delivered that incredible speech where he talked about his dreams for our nation. th dream, i must say, has not yet totally come to fruition.

elements of that have. you know what we are going to need everybody's help. >> 8 hopkins' employees receive the annual martin luther king jr. award for their outstanding community service for 2011. you can check out local events commemorating dr. king and his legacy of our website wbaltv.com. historic means for the catholic church in baltimore. in a matter of weeks, archbishop o'brien will receive a blessing that have only been bestowed upon baltimore archbishop's three times. >> public benefit to the 16th announced his intention to elevate 72-year-old edwin o'brien to the position of the cardinal. they will be able to vote on

papal elections until he is 80. he is already in rome for the appointment of the new bishop. >> i will be traveling in -- a lot to try to wrap up the support for the holy places in the holy land and try to have more people conscious of the plight of christians there. >> friday morning commissioners from morning mass heard the news. >> we did is what happened and eventually with his new assignment for rome. he will leave us to serve the universal church in support of the christians in the holy land. >> those in attendance were also related to hear the news. >> it makes me feel part of the historical process of the church. >> one person knows how he feels is his predecessor. during this exclusive interview,

he summed it up this way. >> he is thrilled. he spoke to me yesterday to say that he was thrilled. >> what of the most important functions of a cardinal is to select a pall on the time comes. >> it was not just catholics thought were praying but protestants, jews, and muslims. it was a tremendous help to me. >> the elevation ceremony will take place in rome on february 18. the only other bishop to be elevated to cardinal is the archbishop of new york. we expect a sizable group from baltimore and new york to make that trip to vatican city.

you can see his career in photos and hear from the catholic leader himself. it is all on our web site wbaltv.com or you can also share your well wishes. be sure to click on local news. >> coming up, a drop in unemployment signals positive steps for the economy. while analysts say they're still a long road ahead. a veryy's numbers are good indicator we are still a long way from a healthy economy. >> and soldiers west. rankest:after his home is burglarized. >> we will see how long this warm weather lasts as we check out the we can forecast.

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>> the labor department reports u.s. employers added a net 200,000 jobs last month. that puts unemployment to 8.5%. in all of 2011 the economy added 1.6 million jobs and that is up from 940,000 jobs added in 2010. the nation still has 6 million fewer jobs for years after the recession began. none of the contenders in the white house gave the credit to the democrat they are competing against. in fact while campaigning in south carolina, mitt romney claimed 1.7 million jobs had been lost under president obama. >> we wondered what would happen if we elected a president who had no experience.

he failed to put americans back to work. >> newt gingrich slammed the president as he campaigned in new hampshire while rick santorum jokingly gave credit to republicans for the spike in jobs -- jobs. david gregory will question candidates in the facebook debate on sunday. it will be the last debate before the primary election on tuesday. active military members will be able to clear airport screening faster than the rest of us thanks to the president. the commander in chief signed a lot directing the tsa to produce and implement a plan to speed up security screening for those traveling in uniform. it will allow them to focus on higher risk travelers. the new standards must be impressed by the summer. west point graduate is making a

desperate plea to get his class ring the back. the rink and other sentimental items were stolen from his home after a burglar climb through a back window. sheldon is live with more on the story. >> he moved to federal hill after a 10 month appointment and afghanistan and he never worried about his security when he was in combat. that is why he is so upset to find out a stranger crawled into his home and taken his most prized possession. >> and spent lots of time in combat environments where the last thing i thought about was security. now, i come back and i see somebody has disrespected my stuff and my roommates belongings. it is very disheartening to know that we have people that would do that. >> like the burglar that came into his federal hill home and still around $5,000 worth of his belongings. somebody popped a fence behind

his house, climbed through this window and ransacked his better. >> it really struck a chord with me when i realized it was gone because there is probably not a lot of market value for that thing but the sentimental value of it is so high for me. >> he played soccer what the military academy and said he had to earn his class ring during a grueling for your process. >> memories i made wearing their rank and going through the sacrifices i met with my family supporting me through my time at west point was all of that piece of metal. i was very disappointed. >> he could be issued another ring but he is worth it was spent to it -- it will cost a lot more than the $1,500 he spent on the in 2007. >> i was deploy to afghanistan for 10 months and got back last

fall. i had a lot of pictures from missions i went on, friends that made, international allies. they are all god. >> he is grateful that either he or his house mets got hurt, he just wants to have his rank back on his hand. >> i am not looking for any kind of justice. i do not care if it is prosecuted, i do not care. as long as it turns up and i have it in my possession that will be happy. >> according to captain palaro, police will be looking for local pawnshops to see if it pops up. he said it will have valley to other people because it has his full name carved into it. >> now, your insta-weather forecast with tom tasselmyer. >> we weren't the only ones enjoying some unseasonably warm temperature. most of the northeast temperatures well above normal.

upstate new york and new england it was another cold today. arctic air holding on with a high in care of only 10 degrees -- syracuse, new york 51, way up around northern michigan in 53 degree temperatures. warm conditions all the way from the great lakes to chicago. st. louis was 70 degrees friday afternoon. we hit 63 at bwi marshall. that is quite a bit above normal the normal high as 41 degrees. still not even close to our record for the sixth of january, that is 72 degrees set and 1950. it is still relatively mild in most areas. now areas 43 degrees, columbia 43 degrees.

down to the coast of this is where you really see the difference. in the icebox of maryland, late evening temperature of 46 degrees. these guys that cleared out and stayed mostly clear in the evening. as we start saturday it will be chilly in the morning. with all of the dry air, sunshine will rapidly warm things that we could hit 60 again tomorrow before a friend comes at. the morning hours, 40's in the suburbs and 40's in town. that little hint of winter is holding on in northern maine where they picked up a few inches of snow. everybody south of that to the golf and into the plans, while the weather. this front will hit us tomorrow night. ahead of it it should be a another mild saturday before temperatures to call off a little bit sunday into monday. not a big deal and not a big hit -- not a lot of rain.

most areas will not see anything but maybe a sprinkle in the afternoon. on sunday and monday it would not get calm, but it would get a little chilly air. outside chance of a sprinkle. on the day a small craft advisory. it will produce one gusts of 20 knots. it will be chillier in the mountains. it will drop back into the mid 30's on sunday. it could use some cold nights to keep producing some snow on the slopes for the nighttime hours. warm tomorrow and cooling off on sunday. lower eastern shore and maybe 10 degrees cooler on sunday. seven-day forecast, 40 goes to return. 45 with mostly cloudy skies on monday and it warms up as another storm approaches. this could bring us some have iran with a high of 52. -- with a high of 52. >> the undefeated maryland turf starts to rally down from 20

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>> the baltimore ravens put some work in this week. mostly on fundamentals and it looks like training camp. now they enjoy a weekend or a free with a rest.

boldin of the past the two games because of knee surgery. it turns out he has had a pretty goodeason, the knee injury was far worse than he let on. >> i just felt like i could play through it. that is what it did. my knee started catching and i could not read or anything like that. >> you feel like at this point going into -- especially with it by week he will be coming out of it full go? >> i am full go right now. >> it was not just pain he dealt with in 2011, it was serious injury. reports he went through a nominal surgery and he hopes to be back for opening day. it was a torn muscle nearly

detached from the bond. markakis hit 15 home runs last season, but now basically he hit 15 home runs. maryland woman opened the conference play and raise money for research. in our 14-0 on the season but not making things easier. it would fall down by 20 incoming all the way back. last 20 seconds, alyssa thomas fade away and the foul. this a perfect wedding a final 77-74. it is less to play in front of your fans, but it had hardly been helpful the season. to that all was well. . blast crushed syracuse. they are home again tomorrow night trying to extend a home

but streak to three games. baltimore city has produced countless basketball legends the past 40 years. the list goes on. the latest version already has a feature and gq. patterson jr. mix news via twitter. he wants to thank everyone getting to see the hall. another one the congratulate him on his decision to go to seton hall. it seems the crime stopper has the scoop his own story. we pick things up in the second quarter, they are rolling. on the aleut and the women's wizards are up. this would be the most painful one for washington.

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>> finally had a talk hadold man winter. >> he is on vacation for a while. 60 degrees tomorrow before a front arrives with a sprinkle. it will try to cool off a little bit but not dramatically and warm back up into the 50's. that brings a shot for some rain. some of it could be heavy tapering off. as we get into friday, temperatures will turn cool again. by the time the reagans are ready to get the playoff run under way, -- the baltimore ravens are ready to get the playoff run under way, it will be -- >> thank you for j