it was a crime that shocked a neighborhood. a college student murdered in trendy tremont, and the killer still on the loose. >> a new development in a cold case that many have not forgotten, especially the victim's mother. tracy carloss with the story now that you will see only on 5. >> reporter: it is a mother's crusade that started here nearly five years ago, one that she tells me tonight will not end until a killer is caught. lynn made it her life's mission to help others, but now this nurse and mother is the one who

>> it's a soul shredding horrendous experience. >> reporter: it helped to solve a murder, the murder of her son brandon. the cleveland institute similarity student was tied up and killed. apartment in 2011. but for this mother time cannot ease the pain. she remembers that july day like it was yesterday and that knock on the door. >> he held his badge up, and it was really tough. bick knew right away that something awful had happened. >> reporter: still today looking at this apartment, this door brings back a flood of memories. >> brandon is king of the castle forever. >> reporter: i have learned and cleveland police have confirmed that u.s. marshals are now involved in this cold occasions not in searching for suspects but in sterksd helping police identify one. >> i eve been shaking some trees. >> reporter: lynn is on a journey for justice, taking steps to catch a killer.

not giving up. >> reporter: cleveland police tell me this case is open and they do have leads but they would not comment on camera. anyone with information is asked to call crimestoppers. in tremont, tracy car low, newschannel5. at least 50 people are still homeless following the devastating fire in brunswick that killed a four-year-old girl. the victims are just trying to move forward. >> reporter: the people who lived in these apartments are still in shock. but they're holding it together as best as they cap, moving in and out of these buildings right now, save black they're able to. then these apartments will be boarded back up. saving what they can but remembering would they lost. days after that massive fire people who lived at hickory hill apartments are still pick up the pieces. many of them are getting help from st. ambrose and the red cross. i checked in with st. ambrose today. they're thrilled by the thousands of donations that have poured in. they're working today to categorize them so they can get families exactly what they need.

community and church's support means the world to them. >> being helpful the way this community has, yeah, they've been awesome. i've gotten offered food and clothes that i can open up my own wal-mart. and it's amazing. >> reporter: as for the cause of this fire it's still undetermined. the state fire marshall has taken over the investigation. it could be weeks until we have a cause. in brunswick, tara molina, newschannel5. cuyahoga prosecutor tim mcginty's chief financial officer has resigned after a personal purchase ended up on a county credit card. he said marvin davies had asked him to buy a gas grill for him. after realizing the purchase was made on that call, davies wrote a check to the account to reimburse the county for that cost. mcginty's office says they have reached out to the state to conduct an audit and for the sheriff to investigate.

on the weather. >> rain showers moving in. back to back 70-degree days. just remember it is early march, so we know the down. will you feel the difference as we head into friday. a live look downtown chief land. quiet, dry. welcome folks in town for the big mac tournament. the men start action tomorrow, the women in action tonight. welcome into downtown cleveland. 51 along the lakeshore. wind out of the west. that is bringing that keeler air in. inland areas well into the mid and upper 60s. parma 67, 68 as you head out towards hopkins airport, fairlawn 6, a few 70s. akron broke a record set back in 2000. same deal for mansfield. here is a look at your closest rain starting to creep in as we head down 71 through portions of southwestern ashland county. this is very light stuff we're

moving out towards the islands, bell view, bucyrus. farther south and west more rain. columbus to ?earkts all this green heading towards us. it could be an inch or so of rain so we may have some high water problems as we head through the overnight. your hour by hour keeps us dry until after 8:00. that's when the rain showers will start to move in. we'll break it down what you can expect tomorrow. chris. >> jason, thanks. an update to a story that newschannel5 broke last summer about a wedding dj who was not delivering what he promised. he was sentenced in court. paul kiska live with details of the sentencing. >> reporter: in summit county court corey freeman appeared in court where he pleaded guilty to grand theft. he was sentenced to two years and must pay more than $26,000 in restitution. a newschannel5 investigation revealed victims said friedman

photos and to dj, but he never showed up and never delivered their photos. he also has to return all videos and all pictures. there are 23 victims scheduled to receive money. there's been another surprise endorsement from a former presidential candidate to a current one. today carly fiorina announcing she is supporting senator ted cruz and voted for him during the virginia primary. it comes as cruz tries to tighten the delegate gap with donald trump. fiorina dropped out of the race last month and joined cruz in his campaign at an event in miami this morning. and former president bill clinton was in ohio today, down in column bus. he started the day meeting with volunteers at his campaign office and then hosted a rally full of supporters. hillary clinton, by the way, is expected to hold an event here in cleveland this weekend, but the exact details around it are still in the works. donald trump is still holding a bit of a lady on senator ted cruz when it comes

trump currently has 458 delegates just a notch under 100 cruz who has 359. senator marco rubio and john kasich are rounding out the bottom half of the field with 151 and 54 delegates respectively. in order to secure the nomination at that time rnc in july a candidate needs 1,237 total del gas. at last count there's only 1,435 delegates left up for grabs. hillary clinton continues to hold a commanding lady over senator bernie sanders with 1,221 delegates, and sanders has 57 1. there are still nearly 2400 delegates up for grabs for the democrats. governor john kasich has his eye on the delegates up for grabs in illinois, campaigning there today. kasich finished a very close third to ted cruz in michigan yesterday. newschannel5's john kosich joins us. john, the kasich team focusing on the positives of yesterday.

first, they came out of michigan with the same number of delegates as ted cruz. secondly, abc's exit poll showed the late deciders went for kasich over cruz. that momentum comes in ohio three weeks into early voting. here in cuyahoga county there are 86,000 republicans. roughly 38% of them requested an absentee ballot, and more than half of those have already been filled out and returned. >> well, you know, i really don't know how to feel about that. i don't know how many -- i just don't know what to say other than it's ohio. while we're going to do a lot of work in ohio, we have television ads up now and everything like that, i sort of feel like, you know, either right? tell them? so hey, whatever happens, i'm prepared to live with it. and we just keep moving. ends up. kasich will head to florida

ohio cannot live within 1,000 feet of a school but on tuesday they're allowed to vote in one. that is causing controversy at an elementary polling site in brook park. meek gan hickey has been -- megan hickey has been investigating. sites. >> reporter: that is true. parents tell me they're worried about the flood of strangers coming and going at their kids' elementary schools, not to mention that registered sex offenders in ohio are allowed to vote in schools. there are 10 sex offenders registered to vote in brook park. officials told me they're aware of the concerns. the school hired a police officer to monitor the entrance to the voting room. but parents tell me they don't

session during voting. >> it's a potential for harm that's there. we teach our kids to avoid strangers before they even enter kindergarten, and then you enter a large scale number of strangers into the school all day long. it just doesn't make any sense. >> now, ohio law lists public schools as suitable polling spots. the board of elections tells me they've heard complaints before about voting while school is in session but so far they've been able to work out concerns with administrators. >> thank you megan. being able to vote is almost a rite of passage, especially if you happen to turn 18 during an election year. but controversy is starting to grow over the legality of letting 17-year-olds vote. typically if you would turn 18 by the time the general election rolled around, you would be allowed to vote in the primaries at 17.

those what voted at 17 had been thrown out. now secretary of state is facing numerous lawsuits over allowing 17-year-old votes to count, including one from bernie sanders. by law, 17-year-olds are not allowed toll electric anyone into office, which is what husted claims would be happening in this primary. >> what we're fighting about is, what the presidential primary is. is it an election that counts? are you electing somebody to make choices for you at the convention, or are you voting for the candidate that will be on the ballot in november? >> however, 17-year-olds can vote in nominating contests like for the state senate race. still ahead, all new at 6:00, it was the blurting of a seek clint high school that got one woman kicked out weeks before graduation. >> yeah, because of it, she never received her high school diploma. that is until now, after nearly seven decades, she can officially call herself a high school graduate.

family set up coming up. right now cloudy over downtown cleveland. temperatures are in the 50s, but we're tracking rain and cooler air. we'll break it down for you hour by hour coming up. >> if you see news happening text or e-mail us, 5 tips at

definitely a feel-good story. a 93-year-old woman is proving it is never too late to graw. after more than seven decades she was presented with her high school diploma. >> as our bob jones shows us, no one was more surprised than her. >> reporter: inside this home in fairlawn family and friends gather to celebrate the 93rd birthday of dorothy houston. her greatest gift was something she always wanted but never saw coming. with help from a cane and one of her daughters, she strolled down the driveway wondering what the fuss was about. >> nice to meet you, dorothy. don't cry. >> reporter: dorothy was surprised by akron's public school superintendent david james holding the diploma she

>> i'm here to present you with your north high school diploma, all right. >> reporter: the moment brought the great grandmother and many watching to tears. >> this is the most wonderful gift i've ever had. >> reporter: in 1942 she was just weeks from graduating, but one day she got in trouble for forgetting out her gym clothes. but dorothy got mad and blurted out a secret. i said, no, i'm going home. i'm married. >> it was against the rules so dorothy didn't graduate. >> one of the great regrets was that she didn't finish her education. >> reporter: what the school didn't know was that she was also pregnant. eventually the couple had five children. >> she was the ultimate mother. >> reporter: but not having that diploma always gnawed at her. her daughter wrote the district, shared the story, and today a dream.

>> reporter: became reality. >> grateful. >> reporter: weighs advice? >> stay in school. make sure you finish. >> reporter: in fairlawn, bob jones, newschannel5. >> a very smart woman. i love that. >> great story. congratulations. >> nice weather today for graduation. >> how about 70 degrees. not bad. akron broke a record. cleveland was couple of degrees shy but that record was set back in 1878. >> it's been feeling g. >> rain is on the way. grab the rain gear. tomorrow looks like a little bit of a washout. this is time-lapse from earlier today. notice we had some sunshine around, but as you move through the day the clouds kind of increased there, and we did not have any rain but our temperatures have fallen. in fact, right now downtown only in the lower 50s. that's because we have a west wind off the lake. so 51 downtown.

the suburbs you are maybe wondering what's going on. 70 degrees outside your front door, then you move into the city and closer to lake erie it is chilly. consistent akron. no issues inland through summit county, medina county, wayne county as well. we are watching a little bit of rain along interstate 71, mainly along and south of u.s. 30. mansfield, as you move out towards ashland, too this is really light stuff. may not even be reaching the ground. if it is, it's just some light drizzle. where you see the darker greens you could actually see that wet weather making it to the surface. columbus getting some rain, too, as you head south and west of columbus, cincinnati, that's where the rain showers start to get going. this rain is inching closer and closer. i would suspect a relatively wet overnight. look at this rain as you head from memphis to little rock, arkansas. severe weather, flooding threat. all this con vier belt of moisture heading here. aus would expect reign the

tomorrow. so again this is 24 hours or so where you are going to want to have the rain gear handy. 50s tonight. watch our readings tomorrow. we will start off in the mid and upper 50s. for sure. we're near 60 by around rain. there is your cold air from the north and west. we're in the 40s at 4:00 tomorrow. it is going to be a chilly rain the farther north you go. the farther south you go, check temperature difference. 46 downtown, 48 elyria, 71 dover new philly. this is tomorrow afternoon. so depending on where you are the temperature difference will be pretty vast. cold tear farther north you go. looks like the rain will hang on, 6:00, 9:00, then dry out. notice the wind. highs only in the 40s. so a big difference from a couple of back to back 70- degree days. akron broke a record as well as mansfield.

55 tonight, rain arrives, should be steady. looks like a good soccer tomorrow. 60, scattered showers, temperatures will fall a bit through the afternoon. i think by this time tomorrow we're in the 40s. here is your seven-day forecast. upper 40s for friday. saturday, sunday, we do bring rain chances in, especially sunday. don't forget to spring forward, highs near 60. near 70 as we head through monday with temperatures back into the 60s for next week. >> sounds good. andy is in. we all had our eyes on the clock, 4:00 for the free agency. you're bringing big news. >> we told you last night don't expect johnny manziel to be released yet. he's still on the roster. we will see what happens. he's not playing for the browns any more, i can guarantee thawrks but he's still on the roster because of financial things. also today we were the first to tell you that mitchell schwartz was going to kansas city. the latest on that story and the rest of the browns in free

. well, the browns had a couple of free agents out there. they got three pitches and struck out. 0 for 3. mitchell schwartz is going to kansas city, the browns lost two offensive linemen today. alex, mack, and schwartz. i was told schwartz was planning on accepting the $7.5 million offer but the browns pulled the offer before he had a chance to sign. it sounds like the browns and chiefs offers were in the same ball pack.

the atlanta falcons. reports are that he left money on the table to leave the browns. half a million dollars to go five-year deal. first news of the day was wideout travis benjamin going to san diego. four years, $24 million. weapon. he says he will now retire in san diego. the other news coming, gibson is still looking for an offer. browns. here's more from nathan. >> they are being consistent with what they said. they were not going to be major players in the early wave of free agency. now that that money has been spent some of the bargains will start to pop up. that's where i think you will see the browns jump in. if you thought they were linked to marvin jones, they were. if they're not going to break the bank, that says something about their valuation. it's a guy would got paid $8 million coming off an 800-yard season.

i don't think the browns are in the business of overpaying. i know people say, they've got all this money under the salary cap. what they need to do is spend it wiselily. they need to get right april 28th at the draft. then you will have the opportunity to start reuping your players. the reason denver signs a guy like demarcus ware was because they thought that would bowl. it certainly helped. the browns aren't there yet. unfortunate but they've got to undo some of the bad things that happened in the past that thread browns last year to being the oldest and most expensive defense in the nfl while finishing 3-13. what they want to do is get younger, get cheaper, get faster and better with guys that have an opportunity to grow here and turn this franchise around. >> sought does feel like we're back with square one with the browns butt feels like the front office may have a plan

we'll see what they do moving forward. i never thought the browns were going to hop in the first day and good out and sign some big free agents. i didn't think john thee manziel was going to get cut. we're going to see what they do in the draft. >> and they've got money. >> they've got money. but it's the draft. >> you still to have spend money, though. >> you're right. >> stay tuned. the drama continues.

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breaking news tonight in the race for the white house. the new poll numbers just in from ohio and florida. what donald trump just said. if he wins ohio and florida next, his prediction -- going for a knockout. and the sanders surprise. what happened to hillary clinton in michigan? and get ready. how does clinton take on sanders tonight? zwri also breaking, the severe storms hitting right now. churn rescued. homes under water. from the gulf, all the way up to the northeast, where it's coming next. and the scene tonight, a major gas explosion rocking an american city. buildings levels. streeted covers in debris and glass. firefighters injured. the stunning moment, the cab driver held at gunpoint. the officer who happened to walk