player in worcester has become a lightning rod after he took a knees governor before a game against leominster. his twitter feed blew up especially after he sent out a message that his coach suspended him for a game because he took a stand. my cove called me and told old me i would be suspend for a game and he is the one that told me to tweet that. it was definite. yeah. >> reporter: the superintendent of schools says the coach didn't suspend him. she said he merely suggested that might happen. in any case, he faces no school man has done anything wrong? i don't think -- i think the young manifold, i don't have a right or wrong feeling about it. i think he followed what he felt passionate about and the law says that he has the right to do that. >> reporter: michael who plays safety for dougherty memorial high school says in part he took the lead of colin kaepernick,

the step in the preseason. he is become on field for practice today. the 16-year-old hopes he and his coach can have a good relationship this season. he says he has experienced raism and although he said he never has been arrested he thinks police officers can be racist. i feel like they look at me differently. they look at me as move of a suspect just because of the color of my skin. >> reporter: he said he also plans to neil during this week's game. he tried to get some of his they say they do respect his right to speak out though. live in worcester, jonathan hall 7 news. >> anchor: new at 43 a pembroke man accused after because. robert income meal appeared in court today accuse of sexually assaulting six elderly dementia patients while he was working fors a van diver in norwell. the 57-year-old turned himself into police and admit heed sexually abused the women for the last two years. he is facing numerous charges including indecent assault and battery on a disabled person over 60.

heather salinsa was found bring of raping two teen-agers in 2014 and sharing nude photographs of herself with them. the 40 yearly was arraigned in court today. she pleaded guilty to numerous charges including two counts each of child rape and child enticement. a judge sentenced her to four years in state prison as well as three years of probation. a plymouth man in court today on charges he removed police memorial flags from an overpass. 60-year-old david hickman was arraigned on three coun property and damage to a memorial. those flags were a part of a 9/11 member arial on an overpass on route 6 in barnstable p two witnesses rushing to rescue a woman after her car goes new flames in bourne. the victim is recovering today following the serious crash. police say he was driving along route 6 a subbed morning when she lost control of her car and it slammed right into a utility pole. two people who saw that crash then pulled her out of this burning car. the woman suffered minor injuries. state police continue to investigate a fatal boat crash

victims have not been identified but police did say the victim are 39-year-old new hampshire man who died at the scene. a 67-year-old maine man who remains in critical condition and a 72-year-old maine man who suffered minor injuries. officials say no foul play is suspected. >> anchor: police are searching for two male suspects for attempt adsalt with a dangerous weapon. police say two females were leaving a quincy bar back on september 1 when two men asked for a ride to a hotel. the suspects ran off after threatening to hit one of the women with a police in wrentham serving for two shoplifting suspects. they say the two women in this video stole from the aeropostale store. one suspect distracted employees while the other stole the clothing. >> anchor: caught on camera a junior college football player in california now facing charges after he punches a referee. the ref stepped in to try to break up a fight during a game on saturday. then one player took a swing at him and knocked him right to the

the player was immediately ejected and police later arrested that player. >> anchor: chaos in an off-campus college party in connecticut when three decks come crashing down. 30 people are recovering but to one was seriously injured here. the whole thing happening at a house party not far from trinity college. kris anderson has more. it top toppled over so we were getting reports people scattered and there was doe brie on top of people. fire chief raul ortiz collapsed one on top of the other in this home in hartford, connecticut. the top dick detached from the building, fell on is second dell a deck and fell over. the third deck fell from there. students attending a house party tried to pull one another from the debris. cups with beer strewn everywhere as all people toppled from the weight even people standing on the go undergot hurt. those are heavy old decks that came down. at this point the third floor you look and see a lot of wood was rotted around very old and

then you get 50 or 60 kids out there. >> anchor: the collapse is reminiscent of the deadly balance kenny collapse near uc berklee california last june. six people were killed in that incident. in this case mostly minor injuries, a broken arm, concussion, investigators in the mayor say it is a miracle no one was killed in this accident. when i saw where the accident occurred, i thought that went through my mind was thank god this wasn't worse and thank god no were lost. very fortunate no one was killed in the incident. try and find out when that building was last inspended. in the newsroom, kris anderson, 7 news. >> anchor: jury selection begins today in the murder retrial of a high profile case in new york of a judge is expected to screen about 400 prospective jurors for the retrial of pedro hernandez. hernandez is accused of kidnapping six-year-old ethan patz from his bus stop in 1979 before killing hi. hernandez was arrested in 2012 but the jury in his first trial was deadlocked. >> anchor: the trial for father

ago after leaving him in a sweltering hot car continues today in georgia. the judge moving the trial away from atlanta because of all the publicity and today round two of jury selection begins in the case that's riveted the nation. from the beginning justin ross harris has maintained that the death of his son cooper was every parent's worst nightmare. cooper's death was a horrible gut wrenching accident. but prosecutors say it no accident. they claim 22-month-old cooper was murdered by a man who wanted to escape responsibilities of being a parent. evidence has shown us he has this whole second life that he is living with alternate personalities and alternate personas. >> reporter: and dramatic testimony shortly after harris was arrested police claimed that as his son lay dying in a sweltering suv, harris was exchanging sex whale explicit text messages with six women,

researched child deaths in hot cars and life without children. in one on-line chat he allegedly posted "i love my son and all, but we both need escapes." >> reporter: it proves motives because he was unhappy in his marriage. we plan to show he wanted to live a child free life. he pleaded not guilty to 16 counts including murder and child cruelty a key witness in the case could be harris's former wife. her attorney tells nbc news remains convinced their son's death was an accident. >> reporter: the defense is going to argue the prosecution has to prove far more than whether this defendant was an imperfect or even terrible husband. they have to prove that he is a murderer. >> anchor: that trial is expected to last some six weeks. >> anchor: a florida teen-ager under arrest again. the teen-ager was accused earlier this year for impersonating, was arrested for impersonating a doctor. now he is accused of accused of trying to patch a $35,000 jaguar

woman's social security number and information without her permission to co-sign on that car. he also used her stolen information to purchase $1,200 worth of items. he is now being held in jail with no bond. >> anchor: colorado police are continuing to investigate after a deadly bus crash involving a high school football team in denver. votors say the driver was killed when she slammed the bus into a concrete pillar at the airport on sunday. two people are in critical condition this morning while 15 other people suffered minor injuries. the bus driver ed back around to this level, we don't know why and then ran off the right side of the roadway, struck one of the up right pillars that holds the ramp that takes us up to level 6 east. >> anchor: and there is sill no word on the cause of the crash. >> anchor: and three people are dead after a small plane crashes in reno. the plane slammed into a number of cars shortly after takeoff sunday night. no one on the ground was injured in the crash. the cause remains under

unveiling a new report on one of world's poorest countries, south sudan. clooney don cheadle and other problems of group presented the findings in washington, d.c. today calling for international financial sanctions against leaders in south sudan and blaming international communities which helps those men move and hide money. >> reporter: the simple fact is they are stealing money to fund their militias to attack and kill one another. the evidence is thorough detailed and it is i refutable. it involves arms dealers, international lawyers, international banks, international real estate. >> anchor: however south sudan's president blames other leaders for stealing money from that country. >> anchor: ahead on 7 news, getting catfished but it's not what you think. a woman says she was hit with this animal. she was just out for a walk. >> anchor: an incredible new pictures just out of this world. we'll show what you scientists have fund on mars. >> anchor: and ahead on 7 news

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>> anchor: a bizarre story out of pennsylvania. a woman says a catfish fell out of the sky and hit her right in the face. she was out for a walk when all of a sudden the fish fell on he. >> anchor: and at first she admits she was a little bit

appreciate the humor and this pretty unusual encounter sara french reports. >> anchor: usually you find catfish in the water, this one came straight from the sky. within a few seconds i was in the face with something. i think it might have been head, face and neck because i smelled so bad afterwards. it's not something lisa expected during her walk. it a labor day boot camp class. i'm more likely to get struck by lightning than get hit by a fish all falling from the sky. apparently a bird had a fish and its beak or its feet and dropped it right on lisa's head. i immediately freaked out and fell to the ground. it might sound funny, but whether from the fins or pure shock. i had a fever. it was swollen. all the way down to here. hurt all the way down into my neck. >> reporter: the. >> reporter: the encounter left its march, a karsten under her eye and an emotional one to. i was upset actually. i was pretty hysterical.

lisa a tetanus shot and prescribed antibiotics. but lisa says the best medicine now is laughter. like i think that of all things to happen, like it was traumatic at the time but it's funny and there are so many worse things and bad things that happen. >> reporter: lisa says the fish weighed five bounds and fell from 50 feet above her head. in the newsroom, sara french, 7 news. >> anchor: coming up miss america taking home the title as she begins her year of outreach. >> anchor: more sunshine tomorrow and a warming trend forecast is up next. >> anchor: and ahead on 7 news at 5:00 it was the case that shocked the nation. now 20 years later the brother of jonbenet ramsey is now breaking his silence. >> anchor: plus, police in florida searching for suspect after surveillance video surfaces of a man who they say set a mosque on fire. >> anchor: and we're following breaking news out of methuen. the district attorney is speaking about a murder investigation there.

up to the podium so we're going to go over to that and listen i. at 5:45 a.m. this morning methuen police received a call for a wellness check here at 5 tutor street in health uniof the opinion arrival and with a necessity of forced entry they found wanda rosa, 29, of this address, five true door street unresponsive. she was taken to the hospital. she was pronounced at that point in time short as a result of that and further investigation by the methuen and mass state police a pen of interest is something sought. we're asking for the public's assistance. his name is emilio della rosa, 32 years of age. mr. della rosa and miss rosa had a child together, a four-year-old son. they were not married. that son was in this premises

della rosa it a relative's place of residence. as a result of that, as well as other investigatory information still being developed we're asking for the public's assistance in contacting the massachusetts state police and methuen police department and ascertain the whereabouts of mr. della rosa, chief solomon will make a short statement with respect to what's happening methuen of chief solomon. thank you, mr. da. so you've heard the situation that occurred. what we want to do is let everybody know that there is no danger to the public. we don't believe anyone else outside of this specific target here being miss rosa is the subject of any danger and we just want to be able to alleviate any fears that the public may have that someone else could be in danger.

rosa? he did not live here. there was again a relationship, prior relationship between miss rosa and mr. della rosa but as i indicated earlier they were not married but did have a four-year-old son together. was he in the house when this happened? did he witness what happened? he was if the house? did the by witness watched? the four-year-old as in the house. we do know know. we cannot say at this point in time based upon the fact that we just make sure we go forward and if in fact he is able to be interviewed we will do that but again this happened this morning. a juror concern is the well-being of the child and as a thanking whereabouts of mr. della rosa. that's where we ask for public assistance in that regard. where is the boy right now? the boy is in a relative's home. the boy is safe. was there a lifetime restraining order that she took out against him? can you confirm that? we're ascertaining again

that there had been some court interaction and we're going to make sure we get accelerate information in terms of that. was that out-of-state court? or was that in massachusetts? we're ascertaining that prior action and what that was so i'm not positive so i doesn't want to guess. the name of the victim is wanda rosa or wanda della rosa? wanda rosa, 29 years of ag. >> reporter: was she alive when you got on the scen and where was the four-year-old? she was found in the house the four-year-old was not in the house of the four-year-old was taken out of the premises by mr. della rosa and brought it a relative's residence so again when the methuen police arrived and did the wellness check miss rosa was here she he was taken to the hospital where she was pronouned shortly thereafter. >> reporter: cause of death? cause of death again we will wait for the medical

until that point of time it would be speculative on our part to say. we're waiting for the me examiner as office to give us the manner and cause of death. do you have a history of being called here for other incidents between those two, chief? no, we do not i have ahistory here in methuen between the two parties. >> reporter: you can clarify the by was dropped off by mr. della rosa before he took off, is that right? he was dropped off at a relatives home? that's correct. >> reporter: did that relative call police? > before he supposedly killed her or after? the boy was in the premises and at some point in time mr. della rosa took him to a relative's house. we're establishing the time line and based upon our investigation right now. was it a relative that contacted police to do the well check? yes.

his car? we saw investigators -- i'm just informed that's her car. what do we know about mr. della rosa. we understand he has a criminal history. mr. della rosa had history with the massachusetts court system. that's correct. all right, thank you. thank you very much. we'll keep you informed. we'll keep you inform as we get information. >> anchor: that's an update about the essex where a 29-year-old woman wanda rosa was found dead this morning. >> anchor: that's right and he also give the name of the suspect that they are looking for and he was making it clear that there was no threat to the public. but they are asking for the public's help in finding a 32-year-old emilio della rosa who he did confirm as the father of this woman's child who has, who was in the home at the tile and has now been take ten a relative's house. >> anchor: much more on this coming up all afternoon right here on 7 news.

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>> anchor: cue the hue. first signs of fall. this is from nancy, one our twitter friends she took this picture of a tree beginning to reveal its colors and why the change this well, with less daylight the trees don't need as much chlorophyll. they begin to shut down that process and these leaves reveal their true fall colors,000 because of the gh process. normally the peak season is at the end of the september in the northeast kingdom. metro boston mid to late object but again with the drought in full force and showing no signs of giving up any time soon, you have noticed the trees already changing color and also a quick leaf drop so foliage is still going to happen but it's going to happen at a slightly quicker pace than what we have seen in western years. western and northern new england should be closer to normal because for them drought hasn't

city, norwood at 77 out on to the cape, hyannis at 68. high pressure is with us. clear and comfortable. crisp and cool overnight tonight. 40's and mid 50's. city of boston tomorrow morning right around 5 . bed for at 46. nashua 47. plymouth at 49. back into the sunshine tomorrow, little warmer tomorrow afternoon. wednesday more humidity. temperatures on wednesday mid 80's with few evening showers and perhaps some thunder showers then right back into early fall thursday

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>> anchor: all right, that'sal for 7 news right now. we have much more to come in the next 90 minutes. ' jadiann thompson i'm ryan schulteis. 7 news at 5:00 starts right now.. breaking news. a woman murdered in a methuen home. her child inside. now police working to track down the killer. >> anchor: health concerns for hilary clinton. the serious diagnosis. >> anchor: the patriots did not disappoint. keeping fans glad you to their seats to the final seconds, several players stepping up to get the season started off righ. >> anchor: sunshine this afternoon becomes clear and cool overnight tonight. >> anchor: her case captivated the nation. now 20 years after jonbenet ramsey was murdered, her brother breaks his silence. >> anchor: plus, a powerball prize claimed in new hampshire. what the winner plans to do with

news from methuen. a woman murdered in a home there the search now on for a killer and we've learned her four-year-old son was in that house. the child is physically okay. >> anchor: police are saying this does in the appear to be random. steve cooper is in methuen where our news conference just wrapped up with some more informs for us. it's very tragic. it didn't have to happen. that's very sad. methuen police were called to five true door street just before 6:00 in morning that's where the victim was discovered. she was clinging to life, rushed to the hospital where she was pronounced dead a short time later. sources say she was choked to death. with the necessity of forced entry they found wanda rosa, 29 of this address, five true door street unresponsive. 27 years i have been living here and he has been living here just as long and never seen anything like it. investigators say her four-year-old son was in the house when she was assaulted but