a baby and it was able to swim off on its own. that happened been hour ago. that's a good thing because they tell us are rescue would have been tough in the deep mud and the incoming high tide. the babysitter accused of kidnapping and abusing a toddler is being held without bail. her mental health is under evaluation as we learn more victim's family. >> let's go to kelley tuthill who is live. kelley? reporter: some of the information is just coming in. the essex d.a. says the woman only baby sat for the toddler once before she was terminated. we are also getting information from a newly released search warrant and in it they say she lied repeatedly to investigate earlies and covered in dirt when they caught up with her on friday morning. 21-year-old abigail hannah looked disoriented when she appeared before a judge flappinged by court officers. they say the former babysitter

uh us coulded of kidnapping a 2-year-old hamilton girl is experiencing multiple psychotic symptoms. >> over the weekend she had auditory and hallucinations. she has a history of suicide attempts and memory lapses. reporter: she was reported missing from her home and later found miles away naked with a shaved head and cigarette burns on her body. by friday afternoon police were at her former babysitter's home examining a purse and pillowcase in hannah's driveway. at the time her mom told newscenter 5 -- >> we don't know anything, but we are trying to cooperate and hopefully they will figure out what is going on. reporter: hannah's parents had little to say outside court. they said we are thankful that lyndon is improving and wish her and her family healing in every way. lyndon has been released from the hospital. her family released a statement saying we are grateful to have our daughter

back and we are thankful for the iforts -- efforts to rescue our daughter. >> hannah has been sent to worcester for mental health evaluation. she is due back on december 11th. live in district court wcvb newscenter 5. new at 5:00, a couple in court charged in connection with the burned body found next to the railroad tracks in bridgewater. julian squires and his wife shannon were charged with lying to police during the investigation. they were not charged with the death of ashley bortner. the suspect did admit they died. sky 5 over a massive back up on 128 south all the way to burlington as flans flock to gillette stadium. look at the lights in both directions. the countdown to kickoff is coming up. patriots and bills coming up. the pats as you know are dealing with big injuries

>> this is the first time home game since the paris attacks so security will be tight. we go now live to foxborough. reporter: welcome to windy and for the first time this season frosty gillette stadium. this will probably seem like a bills. you mentioned injuries. it is a fact of life in the national football league. coaches don't like to talk about them and teams don't like to use them as an excuse, but they haven't and we all know the pay pay -- patriots' injuries have been mounting up. last week they lost julianed -- julian eddelman. filling in was danny amendola. it would set up the winning field goal. >> he has looked good since the day he got here. they are missing time, but other than that i would say

his overall play and performance, a lot of big plays for us in critical situations. great hands. >> and obviously there is a lot of components that will factor into the game as they look to remain undefeated. the bills want to stay alive in the afc east race. for more let's swing it to the other side of the field. bob? reporter: well, the patriots passed for nearly 500 yards and scored 40 points in their week two match up with the bills. since then we know both teams are different. the bills, for instance, are a better team than they were back then. the patriots, all we really know is they are different. >> i think the expectations are the same. we expect to go out and score points every time we touch the ball. it may take a little different shape. reporter: no eddelman 1k3 lewis mean they are worse, but they will have to do things differently. white and dobson in particular

will be asked to step up and so too danny amendola. >> basically play the same position and do the same thing he's done. i mean, we're not moving him to tackle or anything. he's gonna do what he does. >> i like him a lot. he has been a part of our team -- this is his third year and he has been a starting receiver in afc championship games so obviously we have a lot of confidence in him and his dependability and trust and the way he's grown -- i think he and keyshawn and danny and chris harper, all of those guys have done a good job for us. i have a lot of confidence. >> as for the patriots defense they intercepted the bills quarterback three times in the first meeting. the patriots defense gave up a season high 32 points in that game. the bills win when they run the ball well. it will be difficult to do against the patriots' second ranked run defense.

wcvb sports center 5. >> of course it would be see. the nfl's appeal of the ruling to vacate the four-game suspension will be heard march 3rd, 2016. bowl. sports legal expert michael mccann said a decision would come likely early summer and don't expect brady to lose. the judge's rulings are rarely overturned. fans tailgating are fired up for the game and it may not be obvious, but security will in fact be tight. newscenter 5's john atwater is live with that part of the story. reporter: phil, it is the first home game since the paris uhing tays. security is -- paris attacks. they are looking for any possible threats here at gillette. the fbi is working alongside state police and local police in foxborough. security is always tight at gillette, and tonight the nfl's bag policy will be in force. if you bring a bag it has to be clear and it has to be small. fans will be going through

the gates open at 6:30. important to note, there are no threats against the stadium, but police are being very cautious. live in foxborough, john atwater, wcvb newscenter 5. jc: and now harvey joins us now. lynchy was bundled up and i bet he had socks on even which is a rarity. the temperature is 36 now and falling. harvey: it is falling. if you are not going to the game you can watch it here on newschannel 5. the skies are clear and no storminess and nothing to contend with. the temperatures that never got that high are starting to drop down. areas are down to freezing. right around gillette it is 35 degrees. temperatures are falling and the winds are gusty. 25 and 23 in boston. the winds will quiet down some, but still be a factor. game time temperature is 29 and around 27 at half time and 25 at the end of the game. a 10 to 15 mile per hour wind, windchills in the upper teens at time during part of the

game. bundle up if you are getting ready to head to the game. let you know about thanksgiving weather. >> you can catch that game here on channel 5 tonight. our countdown to kickoff starts at 8:00. they will be live at gillette stadium with one on one interviews with bill belichick and rob gronkowski and troy brown. and those looking for "dancing are the stars" and" castle" boston. you can see them at their regularly scheduled times on 5.2 and the cable providers listed below. phil: breaking news outside of paris where investigators found an explosive vest similar to the one used in the terrorist attack. it was found in a pile of trash and contained the same explosives used in paris. in belgium, the capitol

attacks. the man in charge spoke only with 5 investigates karen anderson. this happened a few minutes ago. she is live at the breaking news desk. reporter: she is the special agent in charge of the boston region this fall. in a one on one interview he said the fbi is closely monitoring the information from the paris attacks. shaw says there are no specific threats to boston or new england, but federal, state and local law enforcement are working together to keep a close watch on big events. >> the one thing that is more enhanced is the sharing of information and specifically relevant to some of the intelligence and the lessons learned that were garnered from paris. one thing i can impress is you have to continue on with your life. the harsh reality is terrorism is out there. we just need to be vigilant in terms of our surroundings.

reporter: we asked him what his biggest fears were locally when it comes to terrorism. his answer at 6:00. karen anderson, 5 investigates. jc: the fbi says they have found nine of 16 weapons stolen from the army reserve armory. the weapons include five of the six m4 assault rifles and four of the 10m11 pistols. three of the guns were found bronx. we are working to find out how the others were recovered. a former army reservist has been charged in the crime. the focus will be on what the teen did in the hours after the killing of the high school teacher. reid lamberty was in the courtroom. reporter: jurors saw more pictures of philip chism after the murder. hands and jeans covered in blood and walking the hallway with no shoes. his defense team is trying to point out their client was not in the right state of mind. what he did after that, however, could indicate otherwise. within hours of the brutal

prosecutors say philip chisim went to a movie using the slain victim's credit card to buy the ticket. prosecutors presented more video evidence tracking chisim's whereabouts following the murder at the high school including this video at bj's where he shoplifted a knife. a knife police found in a backpacke was carrying. chisim's defense team said he suffered psychosis when he raped and murdered colleen ritzer. pointing out the then 4 toon-year-old never tried to and out of the school following the murder. >> his face is exposed? >> yes, it is. >> he has nothing on his >> he does not. >> there is quite a bit of blood on his jeans. >> yes, there is. >> jurors saw the blood-soaked jeans along with the gloves he wore and the box cuter he is accused of using to slash the times. a student who walked into a bathroom where she was murdered testified she saw someone's bare behind and

and walked out. kenneth hebert who knew chisim from bible study recalled seeing him outside of the school in the afternoon after the murder. >> he looked at the ground and he seemed a little down in the dumps i guess you could say. >> the trial is done for the holiday week resuming next monday. the judge said they are proceeding faster than expected and the jury could deliberate on december 11th. wcvb, newscenter 5. phil: two half brothers were charged in a shooting. brendan bates has been charged with the death of kevin gonzalez. he was gunned down on friday night. prosecutors say the suspect set up the victim by saying they were going to rob a drug dealer. they are held without bail. jc: prices continued to drop in the next week. it fell another penny to $2.07. still 80 cents ower than this

time last year. let's look at first alert traffic. it is get slow going and let's go to the maps to find out where we have trouble spots. we heard 128 southbound heading to gillette stadium. that is backed up. 93 south is a half hour and that is pretty typical. upper deck to route 128 is under a half hour. the pike is slow at 26 minutes. we are also looking at an extremely slow ride from 495. it is a little more than an hour to travel the distance. as for 495 that too looks slow in both directions highlighted in red. two people have been arrested in connection to a shooting death of a pastor's wife. phil: what they have that links them to the shooting of the mother. jc: an ad prompting action. the ban following a public debate. phil: a person helping out at an accident scene in springfield is struck and

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you're watching newscenter 5 at 5:00. phil: police arrested two men for the murder of a pregnant pastor's wife inside her home in indianapolis. dna evidence linked watson and taylor to the killing. amanda blackburn was shot in the head on november 10th and died the next day. her 1-year-old son was home at the time, but was not hurt. jc: it has been three months since the fbi released new surveillance video hoping to crack one of boston's biggest mysteries. the clip has been bringing in plenty of tips, but no leads. this video was taken outside the easy saw bell stewart

museum the night before steve took off with half a billion dollars worth of art work. the investigation is active and on going. jc: a daring easter weekend jewel heist will go down as the largest burglary in uk history. the halls of the may break in in the diamond district is valued at $21 million. the thieves drilled through six feet of concrete to get to the safe deposit boxes in the vault. four ringleaders in the heist pled guilty and four others are on trial. phil: a powerful winter blast in the midwest has left some areas with more than a foot of snow. icy roads and whiteout conditions are blamed for more the region. in chicago alone more than 1,000 flights canceled as the country gets ready for a very busy holiday week of travel. the heavy snowfall brought power outages in some areas. it is 36 degrees here in needham and we are looking at the system coming through the

midwest. >> of course we didn't get the snow, but some areas had appreciable rain. there were a few ice pellets in some spots. let's show everybody what is happening. boston is nice and clear and great visibility tonight. you do feel the difference in the air mass. it is 37. look at that dew point. it means the air is extremely dry. the breeze is ago -- active. it has been active all day. the skies are nice and clear across the region. it has dropped down to 30 at worcester airport. there is a breeze there as well. there is a wind chill to consider. it dropped into the 30s everywhere. only nantucket is left above 40 degrees. the pats game will be cold. there is no question about that one. starting around 29 and dropping into the 20s and deeper into the 20s as the game goes on. the wind can be about 15 miles per hour at the start of the game and closer to five miles per hour at the end of the game. the chilly weather is all-around the great lakes and it is good here for the next

36 hours. but it is starting to warm up. chicago is still cold, but look at st. louis at 59. that mild air will start to spread north and a lot of the snow will melt in the midwest, and we will turn milder just around the time that we get to thanksgiving. mild is not an appropriate word for tonight. boston's coldest so far this season has been 31. it should be below that tonight and into the upper 20s and upper teens and 20s elsewhere. definitely bundle up. there's definitely a chill in the air finally we can feel that is more genuine in terms of wind and cold combined today. tomorrow, just around 40 for the higher elevations of worcester county and low to mid40s around the coastline. the breeze will be a little less than today and the temperature might be up a degree or two in the afternoon. so that's the good news. it will feel a little better. now this is a chilly high pressure area. we are going to see the milder side late this week. it will still be a bit chilly when you wake up thanksgiving morning. thanksgiving afternoon will be somewhat milder and by friday

it will be very mild. of course travel is extremely important and it is really across parts of the dakotas and the northwest part of the u.s. where it is going to be stormy and nasty tomorrow. the eastern half of the country is in great shape. chilly here and warming up in the midwest, and that warm up will beheaded our way as well. there you go tomorrow. starting out cold. the average temperature is 22 and then into the low 40s. wednesday starts chilly and then gets into the 40s. thursday for thanksgiving itself, yes, it will be chilly to start the day, but by the time you start the football games it should approach 40 and possibly approaching 50 by the end of the football game. some of us may get into the 50s before the day is out. you know what? friday will be even warmer. moving up to the 60 to 65 as i see it with a really mild to warm west and southwest wind. a front will come through on saturday and we'll get a round of showers and then the temperatures will go back to being average for this time of year. for the end of thanksgiving weekend and the start of next week.

the only day really that i see any wet weather over the next seven looks to be centered around late friday night and saturday morning and saturday midday. that's the timing it appears will work out at this point. jc and phil? jc: still a great travel week. phil: used to seeing the sun. jc: money can be saved on generic prescriptions. phil: we look at whether doctors are prescribing generic over the brand name too much. jc: sleep and your brain. the impact getting some solid shut eye can have on your mind-set. phil: and the countdown to kickoff continues. the patriot star julian eddelman opens up about a trip

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>> from boston's news leader, this is wcvb newscenter 5 at 5:30. phil: breaking news at 5:30, a whale that beached itself is free tonight. sky 5 is over the whale and it was able to swim off on its own about an hour and a half ago. jc: this babysitter is being held without bail.

she is accused of kidnapping lyndon albert from her family's home on friday. the girl was found miles away naked with a shaved head and other injuries. phil: kickoff is three hours away. fans will see tighter security after the paris uhing tays. you can see the game against the bills right here on channel 5. jc: if you are headed to the game you need to know it is a mere 35 degrees outside in needham. phil: you can call that chilly and it is getting colder. harvey: the game will be played in temperatures below freezing and it already is below freezin in parts of the area and it is dropping. we still have significant wind gusts. it is very, very tricky with the wind forecast for the game. sometimes it just goes almost calm and sometimes it will keep up at 10 or 15 miles an hour. this is based on the fact that the winds will be light during the game and we still will have windchills dropping to around 20. i think the wind may stay stronger than this. the wind chills could get as low as the teens. the actual air temperature would be dropping into deeper