diane: court documents show mason and his brother tried to help the mother after she got in an argument her live inform boyfriend in oxon hill on monday. 48-year-old sean crawford armed himself with a kitchen knife and barricaded himself in a room with mason's mother. police say the boys tried to tell crawford to leaf when the investigators say crawford stabbed the teens. >> my kids responded. they did what they felt was needed to, to see if i was safe. diane: crawford was arrested at the scene yesterday. he is now facing several charges including first-degree murder. we are told that mason's brother is now staying with his father. family members say that they are going to have a vigil for mason on friday night outside of their apartment. at 6:00. live in oxon hill, diane cho, abc7 news. alison: police in prince george's county are investigating death of a woman

in upper marlboro as a homicide. the woman's body was found at 10:30 this morning in a welfare check at a home in the home of 900 block of andean goose way. sources tell bureau chief brad bell that the woman was amanda jones. coming up at 6:00, brad will have more including why investigators were at this home for another death years ago. jonathan: well, investigators are trying to figure out what started a deadly fire in spotsylvania county this morning. suzanne kennedy in 11000 of post oak road with details. suzanne: investigators spent much of the day sifting through the rubble here of the single story home in rural spotsylvania county. the fire started overnight and claimed two lives. >> authorities say a neighbor called 911 after 2:15 in the morning. when firefighters arrived more than half the house was in flames. >> the adjoining portion that appeared to be a breezeway between the house and the garage.

apparently haven't called for a while. >> female victim found in a hallway. rescued but later died of a heart attack. a male was found dead at the front door. residents who know the man who lived here for decades were shocked to hear of his passing. >> i would have never come. there ain't nothing i can do for him. >> the best kind of neighbor you could want. it's a loss for the entire neighborhood. tragedy for even involved. >> this is the third fatal fire in the county this year. authorities say the home is a total loss. in spotsylvania county, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. jonathan: in the last 20 minutes we have learned that the house did have three smoke detectors. none of them had batteries. new information from maryland. electrical failure due to overloaded extension cord is what is to blame to start deadly house fire. this is according to the state

fire house. the medical examiner, zavion atkins and his grandmother bernice washington died from smoke inhalation and burns. four other family members were able to get out of the house. alison: right now commuters are heading back to prince william county hoping to find their cars in the same condition they left them. this after a rash of fire theft and vandalism in the commuter lots. six vehicles have been hit in the last month. brianne carter will take a look at what is being done tonight at 6:00. crews tonight will close the far left lane of the inner loop at annapolis road. an hour later close two lanes and three lanes by 11:00. they should all be back open by tomorrow morning at 5:00 and it will continue each night until the routine maintenance is complete. a nice rebound today from the

chill that started the week. the week is going to warm up lately. brian: ♪ the best is yet to come ♪ >> broke out in sinatra. brian: it was. stick to my day job. i know. outside the belfort furniture weather center right now is 71. beautiful today. light breeze. low 70's. frederick to winchester, manassas. fredericksburg is 71. 63 and cooler in by the water and the by a. the outside skies are clear. a few high clouds. the coolest spots tonight are 39%. milder spot are 52. mid-70's for thursday.

changes coming down the pike for the weekend. we talk about that and look at the marine corps marathon soon. alison: all right. thank you. developing now the f.b.i. and the secret service are building a case against a purported teenage hacker who claims to have hacked the e-mail of john brennan and jay johnson. he claims to be motivated by the opposition to the u.s. foreign policy and support for the palestinian. >> this is a great example of the vulnerability of everyone. you can have a big name and a big title. run a very important agency. still be hacked. just like the guys next door. alison: intelligence officials say no classified information was compromised. the hacker reportedly used a tactic called social engineering. where he tricked the e-mail provider into resetting a user password. jonathan: wow! and then there were four. today former virginia senator jim webb dropped out of race

for the democratic presidential nomination. he says his views aren't compatible with the party. he did leave the door open to run as an independent and he offers these words to voters and the candidates. >> the other party is not the enemy. they are the opposition. we're lucky to have an opposition to have honest debate. it's creative. it's healthy. jonathan: the decision leaves hillary clinton, lincoln chafee, bernie sanders and martin o'malley as candidates but everybody is asking what about joe? he still hasn't said he is going to make a run for the top job but there is plenty of speculation that he will throw his hat in the ring. we have to wait and see. alison: ballistics expert took the stand today in the charles severance trial and explained why the alexandria murders are so unique. at this hour, dramatic testimony as the prosecution

begins to wrap up the case. northern virginia bureau chief jeff goldberg live from fairfax with more. jeff? jeff: the prosecution is finishing up for the day with testimony from a lead detective in the case from the alexandria police department reading some of the passengers from charles severance's writing after his arrest in march of 2014. the writings expressed anger to law enforcement, the so-called enforcement class. it included murder on my mind and my mind on murder. the operative word is "violence." violence wins. then this one toward the end. "knock, enter, kill, exit." before resting the case, the prosecution focusing on firearms and ammunition. julia mason the state ballistics expert that analyzed the ammo in nancy dunning, ron kirby and

ruthanne lodato coffin -- confirmed the same bullets used in the crimes. the same gun was not used in the killings a similar gun likely fired all the shots. possibly north american arms mini revolver. the prosecution claimed that severance was obsessed with the revolver and used it on the victims. a forensic expert said he had never seen this ammo used in the crime except for the alexandria murders. "the first time i saw it," mason stated, "i noticed how unusual it was." we heard from those who analyzed six computers seized after the arrest of charles severance in 2014. he says he found no specific mention of the three murder victims but did discover references to severance's son, a custody dispute and to alexandria chief judge in the

juvenile and domestic division. prosecutors claim severance's anger over losing the custody battle motivated him to kill. the judge allowing admitting into evidence protective order from march of 2000 filed by the mother of charles severance's child. filed by her and signed by then alexandria sheriff jim dunning. this allows the prosecution to make this connection to severance that he wanted to commit harm to jim dunning. dunning is the husband of one of the victims of the three murders, nancy dunning. defense is set to begin its case tomorrow. live in fairfax, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. alison: a reminder you can get updates from the courtroom following jeff on twitter. @abk7jeffg. jonathan: new guidelines when women should get mammograms is

causing confusion. we'll break it down. alison: plus -- >> water the most unpredictable environment we can have. it take your live in ain instance. alison: a training exercise turns into the real thing for emergency workers. chris: "7 on your side" tonight getting medical waste picked up off the side of the busy road. how it got here in the first place. i'll have the answer up next. jonathan: "7 on your side" with health matters. tonight, the lines are open in the phone bank on h.i.v. prevention and awareness. you can get your question answered until 6:30. by calling the number on the screen. 703-236-9220. back after this.

jonathan: only on 7, gross discovery on the side of the road. medical waste dumped on a busy road. the abc7 drew found irsv. drippings and dried blood bags. ew. north of larry bowie town cente. you saw they started the clean-up at 4:00. kevin lewis has an update. road clear, all of that out of there? kevin: at last. this was scattered for a

quarter mile of the roadway. awe -- hours after we made phone call. >> the inner of garbage can along the side of the road in bowie. used i.v. drips, latex gloves, bloody cause, feminine products, even dirty diapers made for a fowl sight. >> my gosh! >> shewas disgusting. >> i can't imagine that no one hasn't reported this yet. and it's still there? >> yes. >> oh, my gosh. that's terrible. kevin: among the mess, documents from the prince george's hospital center. we called them for answers. an hour later a waste company named republic services pulls up. started picking up the trash. >> what can you tell us how you were dispatched here?

>> no comment. >> how did you hear about the medical waste out here? is your company responsible? >> no comment. >> that is not good. kevin: residents like carolyn want answers from the person and/or company responsible for the rash of trash. >> if you have a vehicle that you are hauling something, make sure it's secure. west virginia just got off the phone with a spokeswoman with the prince george's hospital center. she told me that dried blood, dirty diapers, used feminine products and i.v. drips do not qualify as hazardous material under maryland state law, believe it oar not. she said as soon as abc7 contacted the hospital it got in touch with the trash company to get the roadway cleaned up as quickly as possible. i'm kevin lewis, abc7 news. alison: okay, kevin. thank you.

commonwealth getting $3 million in grants from chesapeake bay program. it was awarded today. it will support 12 projects including restoration of the brook trout habitat in rockingham county and efforts to reduce sediment. a swift water training exercise turns into a real-life rescue in texas after a young boy falls in the river. the incident caught on camera this month. the boy fell off the intertube and went down. in this video. we can see it. but he said what you want people should keep in mind. >> it's overdramatization. people are screaming for help. when people are truly drowning at the base instinct of survival they don't have the energy to waste. alison: the boy was rescued without serious injured and reunited with his parents.

jonathan: you love it to happen while they are training for it. talk about our weather. we're lucky, too. alison: beautiful. alison: are you going to sing again? brian: i'm not. jonathan: we liked it. brian: he call himself a lounge lizard. look outside. western maryland. our friends in garrett county will see this out there. they are not too bad right now. other numbers from around the neighborhood, 74 woodstock. that is a warm spot. 70 in harrisburg. 71 in culpeper and 70 in

rockville. a warmafternoon. around the area there is not a lot happening. we have high clouds. the weather works its way in. it will be cool tonight. we should have seasonably warm afternoon. the warmth is building in. we have more sunshine out there now. the sun does set this everything at 6:23. look at the numbers.

the forecast calls for mild weather tomorrow. thursday even the milder air that is not here thursday to friday. friday it will come through with a few clouds. tonight 40's in the burbs. 51 tomorrow. high clouds across the area. through the afternoon, high clouds and sunshine. tomorrow we should peak in the mid-70's. a nice an. step down to mid-60's. only a few degrees from where we should be for this time of year.

warm today. and i will tell you that the rain showers should hold until late. that's good news. cooler next week but not a bad week. alison: looks great. jonathan: a ton of runners that come out for the race. brian: in front of our building. it's franz ported. marine corps way changed to the name. jonathan: good luck to the runners here. they carb up the day before. alison: can you do that and then not run? jonathan: that's what i do. alison: there are calls to boycott "star wars." hear why. >> it's more sophisticated than the average. jonathan: what he is accused of doing to set up in a house that is not his. alison: first, how two woman's love for the similar band ended up savoring one's life. jonathan: a look at what is coming up tonight on abc.

chris: in the help center here. 703-236-9220. your questions, your calls, your concerns about hiv/aids

awareness and prevention. we have nine wonderful volunteers from two fantastic organization in d.c. women's collective and whitman walker health. we will be here for another hour and five minutes until 6:30 taking your phone calls. we know this is a difficult topic to talk about. you do not have to give your identity. you can absolutely remain anonymous. we want to be here to help you. 703-236-9220. i'm chris papst. 7 is definitely on your side. back to you in studio. alison: chris, thank you. these two women first met five years ago at a concert for sister hazel. but the relationship grew from casual acquaintance to life-long friends with a click of a mouse. we explain how. >> we're not friends anymore. we're soul sisters. reporter: in june, jan doeerty revealed to her fan on facebook that she needed a kidney transplant. she offered to donate.

>> angels walk on earth. living proof, huh? she is an angel. she is. truly is. reporter: michelle was not a match for jan but still wanted to help so they joined the national care kidney exchange program. michelle agreed to donate her kidney to a stranger so jan could receive one to another transfer. and set to be part of a transplant came when a kidney was available from a dead teenager. >> i turned it down and a doctor called and said no, ma'am, i need you to take the kidney. reporter: three weeks ago they transplanted it to jan at the medstar georgetown transplant institute. >> we got a call the next day saying that jan got the transplant she wanted to go to the exchange and didn't want

to disappoint recipients in line. >> michelle donated hers on thursday. >> it was a chain reaction. not just one person is giving a kidney. more than one person is giving life. >> sister hazel caught wind of the act of love and the band member ryan newell surprised them recovering at home. >> oh, my gosh! >> what is she talking about? >> you will not believe who is at the door. >> they're the rock stars here. such a stunning display of courage and bravery and generosity. >> abc7 news. alison: wow! well, michelle's kidney went to a patient at ucla who she is hoping to connect with one day. jan would like to meet the parent of the donor to let them know how grateful she is for the gift of life. jonathan: powerful story. alison: isn't it? jonathan: it is. good to see. well, coming up for us at

"abc7 news at 5:00" -- changing guidelines. what the american cancer society is now recommending when it comes to getting your mammogram examines. we will break it down for you. alison: later. brought to a halt. find out why georgetown business owners are dropping an app designed to fight crime. jonathan: but first, twist in the case against three young men accused in a home invasion. why a new search is on for one of them. that is coming up next.

jonathan: three young men arrested last week at an attempted home invasion in charles county are out of jail tonight. as the maryland bureau chief reports now one is missing. universities are very con for investigators are very concerned. >> a crime stunned the community. three highly regarded students from indian head. 18-year-old stephen coltman, 19-year-old clayton perry and 18-year-old japheth newman, aspiring politician and soon to be eagle scout all charged with breaking in the home of complete strangers on billingsley road in white plains. armed with a baseball bat, duct tape. infuriating the neighbors. >> crazy. they need to stop and get a job. >> now the story has taken a bizarre turn. 've of the three young men all college students with clean records before this was booked and released. one of them has now vanished.

>> mr. coltman was last seen on october 11. the same day he got out of jail. since then we have been searching for him. reporter: this is a recent picture provided by his mother. she is too upset to speak to us but tells police it looks more like him than his mug shot. >> we checked the activity on the bank account. there has been none. he doesn't having a ses to a car. we have checked with family and friends and he is nowhere to be found. reporter: now the police say the family is hoping with anyone with information on coltman whereabouts will call in. police with dogs have been out searching in the area of the coltman family home. but so far, they have had no luck. in charles county, brad bell, abc7 news. jonathan: checking today's top stories for you. new details in the murder of a 14-year-old oxon hill teen. police say that keyshaun mason was stabbed by his mother's boyfriend in a fight. investigators say mason and his mother, his mother and his other brother i should say were trying to protect their

mother. the older brother was stabbed in the shoulder but he will be okay. sean crawford charged with first-degree murder. alison: no word what sparked a deadly fire in spotsylvania county. firefighters rescued a woman from the home but she died at the hospital from a heart attack. the homeowner was found just inside the home on post oak road. neighbors say he had lived there for decades. jonathan: medical waste strewn along a stretch of colinson road in bowie. among soiled diapers and used syringes. i know. ick. there were documents found in the medical waste from the prince george's hospital center. we called them for answers and have not heard back. a trash company came back out and collected waste left there this afternoon. alison: "7 on your side" with health matters today. the american cancer society has revised its advice on when women should start getting mammograms and how often. the new guidelines recommend annual breast cancer screenings at age 45. instead of 40.

and switching to every other year at age 55. >> we want people to actually understand what the science actually says so that they can make their own decisions. alison: the changes are raising new concerns as you can imagine. some physicians fear insurance plans may not cover early mammograms and the guidelines nay shift focus away from catching cancer early. doctors diagnosed the first case of cancer possibly linked to the fukushima power plant. the man worked at other nuclear plants in his career so it is unclear if his time there actually caused his leukemia. the man did help install covers on the damaged reactors back in 2013. three other fukushima workers are waiting to have the cancer cases assessed. new information tonight about a deadly fight in flight. john gorigow died after a

fight with another passenger on an aer lingus flight from lisbon to dublin. his body was full of packages filled with cocaine and it appears that one burst in the flight. the other passengers tried to restrain him during the flight and he bit another man on the arm. jonathan: trending now. "star wars." by now you know the trailer has come out. millions have seen it. so many more are waiting to get in movie and check it out. the newest trailer is out. but have you heard about the hashtag calling for boyfriend of "star wars" 7? no kidding. over the weekend on twitter it has been trending. the creators were trolling folks on the web. trouble-makers. mashable reports that the creators hatched the plan to claim the film is racist, put out a few tweets and they watched it spread by wildfire on line. it's a giant hoax. if anyone is going to keep people from watching "star wars 7" it's a tall order.

folks are buying tickets now two months before it hits the theaters. alison: it will be big, big, big. a mansion squatter is in jail after a brazen art heist in california. a man who claimed to have purchased a multimillion dollar mountain in a san francisco neighborhood was actually ransacking it. some suspicious neighbors called 911. when police arrived they confronted him. that is 39-year-old jeremiah kailor. he produced documents to say he owned the mansion but they arrested him discovering he sold off ten pieces of artwork valued at more than $300,000. >> it's a little more sophisticated than the averaging squatter. >> it's frightening. they could walk in your house. alison: detectives quickly tracked down nine stolen pieces sold to pawnshops and on social media but they are still looking for two more. jonathan: can you imagine? alison: yeah. he put a lot of time and effort into that whole thing. jonathan: that is when dead bolts come in really handy to keep guys like that out.

well, coming up here at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- it already has access to one of the bezziest metro lines but -- busiest metro lines but find out what they envision for the area around the new carlton station. alison: there is still time to call in the "7 on your side" phone bank tonight. we have a panel of experts standing by to answer questions about the h.i.v. prevention and awareness. 703-236-9220. jonathan: new ahead tonight at 6:00 -- a brutal attack. i was caught on video. the message from police about the attack in the middle of a riot.

alison: "7 on your side" in health matters tonight. chris papst is in the health center with a panel of experts taking your questions about h.i.v. prevention and awareness. hi chris. chris: the number is 703-236-9220. questions, concerns give us a call. we know that it's a difficult top tic to talk about but we have people here from two fantastic organizations. the first is women collective and the second is whitman walker health. we're speaking to sean james from the organization. thank you so much for coming in today to help us. especially helping the viewers. this is a sensitive topic, difficult people to talk about. sometimes there is astigmia tached to it. what are the main questions you get about the topic? >> absolutely. people are not sure about what their own risk is. if they put themselves at risk for hiv. we encourage everyone to get tested. get tested at least once in their lifetime but if they engage in behavior to make

them more vulnerable, get tested more often. there are so many organizations that they can use. so we encourage people to get tested. chris: speaking of the behaviors an interesting statistic here from the organization. in the district of columbia is most cases are coming from the age group of 20 to 29. younger people. why would that be? >> absolutely. you talk about when i was growing up and you were growing up, hiv was not -- we were too young to remember the time when people were dying of aids and it was mass hysteria. younger people nowadays didn't grow up in the time and there is complacency, and maybe not know to take all the precautions that they need to. we have the youth services doing outreach in community and we see there is a lot of progress made and there is so much more to be done. we want people to come out

this saturday to raise awareness of hiv in the community. chris: thank you very much. from whitman walker health. again, the number is 703-236-9220. we will be here until 6:30 taking your phone calls. i'm chris papst. 7 is definitely on your side. back to you. jonathan: thank you, chris. coming up for us at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- protecting metro riders. alison: but first, off the market. why some georgetown business owners are dropping an app designed to

jonathan: new at 5:00, an app used to try to make georgetown safer has been suspended due to accusations of racial profiling. alison: kellye lynn has reaction from local residents and business owners. kellye: it was created to be a simple approach to a troubling problem in georgetown. a rise in shotlifting. >> if you hear something they could report to each other and blast out where they have having shop liting problems. kellye: operation grutony. a partnership. the shopkeepers spotted

suspicious activity they could report it in the group me chat. >> it's unfair practice and should stop. kellye: according to the "washington post," 70% of the correspondence between january and september included suspicions about african-americans. and about 90% of the photos posted showed african-americans, some of whom -- [inaudible] >> a flag right there. >> you do have to deal with the bias of a suspicious shopkeeper thinks of someone coming in the store. kellye: they have chosen to remove the app saying the overriding goal of the retail community is that everyone who visits georgetown feels welcome, comfortable safe, and that their civil rights, individual dignity are respected and protected. >> maybe more foot patrols? i don't know what the solution is. kellye: the plan for revie and new rules that could predict strict anti-racial profiling

training for future app users. in georgetown, kellye lynn, abc7 news. alison: well, tonight, the virginia department of transportation is holding a public meating on the future of -- meeting on the future of interstate 66 outside the beltway. the latest plan focuses on congestion along the 25-mile stretch to hay market. that will bat the vdot northern virginia district office on alliance drive in fairfax. and it starts at 6:30 tonight. today three local lawmakers announced a plan to protect metro passengers. d.c. delegate norton, with comstock will offer amendment to health transportation bill to give the u.s. department of transportation oversight over wmata. while federal representatives are looking out for your safety, they say, local lawmakers say they are looking out for your wallet. tonight the "washington post" reports the district representatives on metro board are vowing to propose any bus

or rail fare increases for the next year. sticking with transportation, check the roads right now. joy pons is here on traffic watch for us. how is it going? joy: not going so swell. i wish i had better news. we have a accident reported. three lanes blocked. southbound 95. we are seeing delays before that. three lanes are blocked there. we are taking a live look at 95. we have delays on the inner and the outer loop now making your way to the dulles toll road. we had a stalled vehicle but it's gone. 270 spur. it's closed for the springfield interchange. police activity wrapping up on the beltway central avenue. we have closures there. jonathan: ahead at 6:00, the warning for commuters after thieves are targeting cars parked at a popular commuter lot. what is being done to keep it safe? they are stripping the wheels off.

hacked. how the teenager says he got access to the c.i.a. director e-mails and the problem is posing throughout the entire federal government. what is blamed for the fire that blamed two prince george east county homes ahead at 6:00. alison: plenty of us have trouble working 40 hours a week. but a woman in buffalo is still at the daily grind in her 100th year. her name is philapina rotunda and works 11 hours a day and six days a week at a laund -- laundromat. she washes clothes and hadals dry cleaning and says the work keeps her young. jonathan: something says she needs to go on vacation. alison: she had an incredible attitude. jonathan: talk about the weather. we had a chilly weend. now it's warming up nice. brian: we warmed up nicely today. the official numbers are in from earlier today. downtown not as wage as the burbs.

68 is the high avenue morning temperature of 44. 67 is the average. i think we warmed up more than that. we had high clouds over downtown. 66 as is the sun is setting over the national harbor. winds out of the south at 7. we have milder air but hanging on to 70 in winchester. under clear skies we have a milder pattern. you ski the milder air -- you can see the milder air is building in tomorrow, and mid-70's. even thursday we are in the mid-70's. two warm days headed our way. we see a cooldown late week it won't be as dramatic. the temperatures tonight are 30's. 39 or so. around 52 downtown. most of us with the mainly clear skies tonight. seeing the temperatures in the 40's. looking beyond the next couple of days. wednesday, thursday, friday, the mid-70's. followed by a brief cooldown friday. back in mid-60's. the cooldown only lasts shortly. it will be pushing 70 to sunday.

marine corps marathon could have rain but not until late and a warm day for the racers. erin? jonathan: let's talk about the sports. best part of this time of the year is because now we have baseball, basketball, every sport is played. alison: sports' lovers dream. erin: this is my favorite time. we were out at maryland media day. basketball season is less than a month away for college basketball that is. which means today was media day for both the men and the women's maryland teams. and their high expectations for maryland this season. head coach mark turgin he knows the terps have a ways to go to live up to the number three national ranking which is behind the north carolina and the kentucky team. but this maryland squad is stacked with talent and focused on bringing home maryland first initial championship since 2002. but with all that talent how will turgen keep the players happy when it comes to playing time? >> trying to win big. so everybody we sign that went through the team. we all talked about it before

we signed anybody. the team is all on board. you don't need to waste your time asking the questions of our players. our players want to win big. win big and be great you have to sacrifice. erin: got to sacrifice for the team. meanwhile, the women led by head coach brenda freeze also have huge expectations this season. after reaching the final four the past two years and going unbeaten in the inaugural big ten season. the terps will search for encore this time around but they have to do it without the star guard lexi brown who shocked everyone by transferring to duke after last season. >> obviously, you don't plan to use your starting point guard after back-to-back final fours. so for us, that was unfortunate. but at the same point i am proud of the fact that you know, we have never centered our program around one player. even when we had alyssa thomas we were able to go to a final

four. erin: so the maryland women's team looks to be the favorite to win the big ten this season. but this year, just winning at life. check out the viral basketball video. this is mark, senior from texas. jumping and dunking over four of the teammates to win a dunk contest last night. the 6'5" small forward got serious hops. don't expect him to play for maryland. he has already committed to baylor. jonathan: you love to see the dunks like that. erin: we have to get it in. alison: i love the re, a of everyone there. jonathan: starts with four friends, then it's car and a truck. you go from there. thanks. especially let's do it here. jonathan: no. coming up next at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- mike: i'm mike carter-conneen at the new carrollton metro station. coming up, details on a project to transport this from the transit hub to a discover the world animals, seen those before but sometimes they do it on their own

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alison: it happened before dawn at the same time papers were landing on doorsteps.

the iconic "washington post" sign outside the 15th street headquarters came down. after 65 years the "post" will move three blocks away to franklin square. after a thorough cleaning the sign will greet visitors inside the paper's new headquarters sometime next year. right now the new carrollton metro station is surrounded by a new office buildings and empty lots. jonathan: a focus on the transit development in prince george's county, mike carter-conneen tell us the developers see potential and a lot of dollar signs. mike: with a $2.25 million conditional loan from prince george's county developers moving forward with a $165 million development located up the hill from the new carrollton metro station. >> two other locations have an opportunity to connect people to metro but to a place they can work and a place they can shop and live. mike: what is now an empty lot and pile of dirt will become two four-story luxury apartment buildings with 507

rental units on top of 2300 square foot of retail space. rental prices are still to be determined. but rates will be lower than the similar transit-oriented developments going up in rockville and downtown d.c. >> we will be more affordable than that and yet offer the same amenities in the building. mike: adam says the property will have a resort-style pool, court-yard and 24-hour fitness room. >> we are about to ground break on the first market rate project to ground break in this area in over 20-plus years. big deal. >> the new carrollton served by metro rail, amtrak and the future purple line they believe that this area could be transformed and they say this project is the beginning with many local developers watching closely. >> based on what we are able to achieve in the buildings, very well could start the whole area developing. >> construction begin this winter with a target for opening the first apartment

building spring 2017. mike carter-conneen, abc7 news. alison: all right. we'll be watching that. that is it for "abc7 news at 5:00". jonathan: "abc7 news at 6:00" starts right now. announcer: now, "abc7 news at 6:00". on your side. maureen: first at 6:00, a crime alert after a day care owner is found murdered inside her upper marlboro home. the killer remains on the loose. the woman's body was found around 10:30 this morning in a house on andean goose way. abc7's maryland pure row chief brad bell is at the scene. brad, we understand this isn't the first time this home and this family have been hit with tragedy. brad: no, maureen. incredibly in 2011, police were called to this home by the murder victim herself. because her son with a history of mental illness was firing a shotgun in the home. the police arrived. there was a foot pursuit up the road and a fatal shooting.

police shot and killed amanda jones' son. today, sadly, amanda jones found here in her own home. we can show you her facebook page. her profile picture. amanda jones, 56 years old. widow. as we said. already lost a son. she operated we are told essentially an unlicensed daycare in this home. no more than two or three children at a time. someone came to drop off a child this morning and she did not answer the phone. she did not answer the door. police were called. when they arrived they did find amanda jones deceased. now this is a neighborhood of large homes. this is a neighborhood where people know each other. talking to the neighbors they tell us they are devastated by this crime. >> that was my friend. i don't understand what is going on. whoever it was, she didn't deserv