us and several departments. they pulled it together. tremendous work. jeff: the two suspects are in jail in prince william county facing a long list of charges for these crimes. a third suspect also in custody and more arrests are possible. coming up at 5:00, we will take a look at why authorities believe these criminals targeted asian restaurants. more on that coming up in an hour. until then live in sterling, jeff goldberg, abc7 news. leon: thank you, jeff. new information today on a deadly stabbing on a prince george's county playground. you saw the story first last night on "abc7 news at 4:00". now police tell us they have made an arrest in that case at gaywood elementary school. suzanne kennedy is live in seabrook with the latest. suzanne: last night the area i'm standing in was a crime zone. now authorities know who was responsible for stabbing the man who was sitting on that bench right there. prince george's county police arrested and charged 31-year-old alex jones with

first and second-degree murder. they say jones stabbed 24-year-old douglas reyes around 3:45 monday afternoon. reyes' family say he is mentally disabled and has been since he was involved in a car accident when he was 5 years old. they can't imagine why someone would hurt him. >> i can't understand why somebody would do that. he was not a bad kid. he was a really good kid. i still can't understand why he would do something like that. my brother was harmless. he brought a lot of happiness in the community. he brought a lot of care to everyone. always had a smile on his face. he never asked nothing from anyone. suzanne: police say the two men did not know each other and the attack was provoked. coming up in one hour at 5:00, we talk to suspect's mother and we will hear what she has

to say that police say the attack was unprovoked. reporting live in seabrook, maryland, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. leon: new developments in chicago tonight where a white police officer pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the death of a black teenager. dash cam of officer jason van dyke shooting laquan mcdonald 16 times sparked protest and led to the resignation of the city's police commissioner. van dyke's attorney told reporter's today he may request change of venue. >> if we make the decision that a change of venue is something needed for my client to get a fair trial, then we will absolutely explore that option. leon: the u.s. discuss tis department is -- justice department is investigating the practices of the chicago police department now. protesters called for the resignation of the lead prosecutor and the mayor for their handling of the case. >> what is going on? calm down. calm down. that's my son.

get him some assistance. no one did anything. leon: that is the father of laqueer the teenager shot and killed by a chicago police officer over the weekend. he spoke to cnn an hour and a half ago. a 19-year-old and a woman in his building was killed when an officer opened fire. >> i want to administer c.p.r. at any point, no one. at this point, i didn't know what to say or what to do. i saw my son and no one assisted him. leon: his son had mental problems but they called the police to help him and to protect everyone in the building. he was hitting the door with a baseball bat. his family filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the city on monday. kellye: developing right now people in alaska's largest city woke up to the sounds of a plane crash. the small plane clipped an office building and slammed into a second building in

downtown anchorage. it happened around 6:15 this morning when both buildings were empty. the pilot is the only confirmed fatality. the mane belonged to the civil air patrol whose member take part in search and rescue missions. >> we have 36, 48 hours to get ready for the top. leon: people living near the mississippi river in missouri are being urged to evacuate while they can. the governor just activated the national guard. 13 people have died in the state in the last few days as the river rises to near record levels. the governor says most of the victims drove into the floodwaters. waters already breached a levee near st. louis, not far where the rivers converge. the same storm that drench the midwest is dropping snow on the northeast. we have team coverage of the impact from the storms around the nation. >> i am meteorologist katie kraimeer in green bay. 12 inches of snow fell last

night. we have the yardstick out to measure how much snow fell in downtown green bay. nearly 12 inches. folks are out this morning cleaning up after the massive snowstorm makes the way through the area. we have seen people shoveling, snowplows, snow blowers. it's all to help clean up the mess that fell overnight last night. >> i'm bill rafferty in providence where we were welcomed with a winter mix. around freezing. switching between snow and sleet. freezing rain. slush. but fortunately the highway crews got the sand and the salt on the roads early. so the highway is pretty much right down thepayment. the traffic is moving better than most rush hours but it is vacation week. the kids are out of school and not as many people at work. providence getting the first taste of wenter this morning.

>> i'm lauren brigman in asheville. overnight several roads were closed or washed away. look at the damage left behind. crews say it will take several days if not weeks to repair the section of the roadway that washed away by floodwaters. this closure is impacting 40 homes here. residents who were unable to get back and forth using this route. they now have to use a dirt road. a secondary route to just make it home. now we are seeing sunshine. crews have been out all night responding to weather related calls. manufacture rain in the forecast. flooding concerns remain for asheville. >> i'm meteorologist from macon, georgia. this time yesterday i would be under water. along with the river. reaching the highest point since 1994. still in flood stage but slowly receding this afternoon. but even through the weekend, still expected to be at or just above that flood stage.

we are looking at what could be the wettest december on record. from macon, georgia, stephen shively. leon: we had rain here but the rain we got was a glancing blow from the system. kellye: chief meteorologist doug hill is in the belfort furniture weather center with a check of the forecast. doug: it moved out ahead of schedule. glimpse of sunshine here and there. temperatures are slow to crime. cloudy skies is all we have outside the belfort furniture weather center as the rain has taken a break. temperatures are slow to respond. 52 at andrews. 53 in reagan national. still 45 in hagerstown. i cannily an. warm air places around. at last check, virginia beach is at 80 degrees. the numbers today are warmer than yesterday. look at luray. the numbers are warm to the

south. we may see another degree or two rise this afternoon as a complex front comes through. we expect the partly cloudy skies and temperatures through the 40's. through the overnight hours. patchy fog around the region through late night tomorrow. burn off. tomorrow looks terrific. partly cloudy skies. high of 55 degrees. more rain tomorrow night. we let you know what it could mean for new year's new year's d new year's day. kellye: we'll see you then. a local neighborhood has a problem when it rains. not just flooding. "7 on your side" troubleshooter horace holmes is live in northeast washington to explain. horace: the problem is the hill here. when it rains hard, water starts flowing down the hill to the storm and the sewer drain. there is a community of homes right there. it's been going right into their homes, too. sewage. this is the mess that the recent heavy rain deposited in

89-year-old sharp's basement. >> a bigger problem. >> you worry about the big rains? >> i think about it. >> kept falling in a river of sewage that began pouring out the toilet in the basement. she and the sons spent the pass few days cleaning up the mess. the same thing is happening in the neighbor's homes. they call d.c. water. they have come out to fix it but the leaks keep happening. that is when they called "7 on your side." we got right on it. when we come back tonight at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- we will take you in the other neighbor's homes. you can see the mess created there. we'll talk about what is being done to help the folks. reporting live, horace holmes, abc7 news. leon: can you imagine anything

worse? kellye: not at all. weather across the country causing big problems for travelers. >> delayed for a half an hour or four hours. or having your flight canceled. while mother nature playing tricks on the tuesday travelers trying to get back home. leon: a flight from justice canceled. a little later tonight, back behind bars. how investigators caught up with the so-called affluenza teen and his mother. kellye: first, plenty of people opened up drones christmas morning. find out why you may not be able to use them in our area coming up. leon: remember, if you see news or weather, you can share your pictures and videos with us. send them to us at pics@wjla.com.

leon: a man in hawaii won't be flying a drone anytime soon after flying it near president obama's motorcade. he said he didn't know it was in the area and landed it when they asked him to. the first family is in hawaii for holidays.

in the capital, many people are enjoying the drones they opened in the holidays but do you know the local rules if you have one? according to the federal aviation administration website, there is a 30-mile radius around the national airport considered a no-drone zone. in a statement today, the f.a.a. says unmanned aircraft, even model airplanes are suspect to the f.a.a. rules. but the agency is currently working with several groups to try to set up some rules for the model aircraft to operate within the 30-mile zone. kellye: time now to check on the traffic situation out there. we have robert altman with details. robert: traffic 95 to virginia. southbound. toward the potomac mill. northbound is just as bad outside of fredericksburg moving to quantico. 32 is stop-and-go.

jammed solid from 198 to the greenbelt area. fort maryland on the beltway, no major problems through connecticut avenue. river road. we will start to find the heavier traffic. the usual slowdown moving through greenbelt to college park. accident clean-up continues in maryland county. and also toward westbound 50 in arlington boulevard. near jaguar trail. watching the accident still wrapping up there. 95 through maryland. tap of the break now from 216 moving up to route 32. that is the latest from the abc7 traffic center. back to you. kellye: thank you so much, robert. traveling by plane has been a trial today. airlines are still trying to recover from the weekend's weather. and now a new storm pummeling new england. there are 373 delays and 68 cancellations. you can see from the map the from trouble spots are new

york, l.a. and d.c. brianne carter is live at the reagan national airport with a look at delays. brianne: look behind me. it looks relatively calm and quiet. the past half hour or so. a big change we have seen here. this is the security line building. some people going nowhere fast. >> why some feel the hustle and the bustle of the holiday travel. others are going nowhere fast. >> we are going through d.f.w. in dallas. garland is wiped out with the tornadoes. they couldn't fly with the winds and the weather and so far. coming in from new mexico. here we are, two days late. brianne: for two days this couple has been trying to get back to louisiana. weather in the midwest canceled sunday flight. now after hours on the phone they are finally checking their bags. >> we are leaving right now. brianne: by midday at reagan national airport the arrival and departure boards were peppered with delays and a few

cancellations. patrick kearney's flight was one canceled. tonight he is getting to the ski vacation. >> a little later. couple hours won't make a difference. brianne: val knows it, too. she didn't think she'd have a problem to get back to florida. but it was delayed. >> winter showed up out of nowhere. brianne: a live look. you can see what we are talking about. delays and cancellations. a number of people we talked to it was a half hour or an hour in terms of the delay they were facing. many hoping as we get in the evening it stays that short. reporting live at the reagan national airport, brianne carter, abc7 news. leon: thank you. when it comes to delays sometimes it's good to make lemonade out of the lemons. arizona man did that. he didn't let travel problems delay the plans to propose to the girlfriend. danny had been stranded at

chicago o'hare international airport for 50 hours. five-zero. he was supposed to flight home over the weekend but the flight was delayed twice. but he didn't let it stop from popping the question. he took a picture of the diamond ring and proposed by a text message. >> i have been stranded in the airport for 50 hours. holiday travel. all i can say. and the weather. leon: his girlfriend, heather is her name. she seemed surprised by the proposal and texted back are you serious? i think she texted back yes. kellye: i love that story! he had to get it done. leon: you have a keeper there. kellye: a decent ring. c'mon. >> doug: worked out well. kellye: it did. kellye: we are fine here. a little cloudy. then some sun and then dark and fog. tomorrow is quieted up. we get to the holidays.

new year eastbound and new year's day, changes rapidly. i think you will like it. first thing first on tuesday afternoon. the left-hand side of the screen as the such is setting. take a look at the national harbor. you can see the sun getting through the decks of clouds. that is the day we have had here. mainly overcast but now and then a past of blue and sunshine gets through. it didn't done a lot to help the temperatures. stuck at 53. winds are calm. temperatures as you get out of maryland and virginia and the coast, incredibly warm. through carolina as well. stanton, virginia, 67. 59 in charlottesville. under clouds with a chilly air mass. we see the temperatures hold steady. we will drop tonight. none of this is abnormally cold. this is normal to slightly above average air. for us it's cold given what we have had so far. you see numbers across the

mountain. 73 in raleigh. 75 in charleston. 79 in virginia beach. low 30's to the north. turn cooler by the new year. the rain moved off the coast. another disturbance here. we will keep an eye on it and it will come in by late tomorrow night. we will call it mostly cloudy. afternoon showers possible with southeasterly wind. new year's day, that should be gone. partly cloudy. 55. 37 at midnight. 46 on new year's day with sunshine. heading to the first weekend of the new year, low to mid-40's. plenty of sunshine. more sunshine. slow warming trend. i believe i'll stop there. kellye: okay. doug: do the next seven days on top of it but pull it out of thin air. leon: that's all we needed. coming up on "abc7 news at 4:00" -- changing the rules. how the president's signature will change some of your personal hygiene routines. >> then a little later you

know how to get rid of the unwanted gifts. but they may not be heading back to ther to once you make --er to shelf once they make a return. leon: tune in for a special tonight. we look at crumb rubber fields and sanctuary cities. that comes your way tonight at 8:00 only here on abc7.

leon: new develop in the the affluenza teen. couch reasoned his mother were captured in mexico. reporter: he tried to evade authorities but the mexican officials tracked them down monday in puerto vaiar -- vaiar the. >> they wanted to make sure they were not sticking out. they were wise to go to the area. reporter: authorities said not only did they use the mother pickup truck to cross the border they threw a party before hitting the road. >> what suspected all along, they had planned disappear.

they had a going-away party. reporter: couch was 16 when he killed four people driving drunk in 2013. prosecutors asked for 20 years but he got probation using the affluenza defense. his lawyers argued his privileged upbringing prevented him from knowing right from wrong. now he had been on the run after the twitter video allegedly showing him at a party surfaced and he missed his mandatory probation hearing earlier this month. >> the maximum sentence is four months of confinement. that is not a efficient punishment for the taking of four lives. >> authorities are requesting to move his case to adult court. his mother in the meantime is facing charges of hinterring apprehension, which carries a maximum of ten years in prison. in new york, elizabeth hur, abc7 news. kellye: a manhunt is underway

in oklahoma where the lead singer of the band back rode anthem has gone missing. strickland and chase went missing in the middle of a storm and neither returned home. yesterday the troopers pulled the body of the friend from the lake. heavy rain and flooding this weekend resulted in the death of five others. the world says goodbye to another star. he founded the rockband motor head and continued to tour with the band until his death. a number of rock legends including ozzie osbourne and nikki sixx bent to social media to pay respects. he was 70. leon: coming up at 4:00 -- >> she is considered a leading doctor in her field but she can no longer practice. i'm joce sterman. coming up, the stunning allegation of drinking that cost a frederick county doc her license.

>> police cracking down on the a.t.v. and dirt bikes. coming up, video shutting do

announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 4:00". on your side. kellye: cameras were rolling when a group of bike on dirt bikes meat their way through d.c. the bikes are not legal on

city streets. police across the region working to crack down on the problem that is proving tough to tackle. "7 on your side" i-team investigator chris papst is looking into the issue in northwest. >> driving dirt bikes on public road is illegal but in the district, recently it's becoming a bigger problem. the video you are about to see you will see only on 7. it was taken here on a busy road downtown in the district. this video was taken by an abc7 crew just last week. they were driving, surrounded by a group of illegal dirt bikes on 14th street northwest. heading west. some riders cover their faces. others don't bother. they pass a police officer who doesn't do anything largely because they can't. in this district like in many other jurisdictions, i wills cannot chase the vehicle unless they are part of a larger crime, which makes

enforcing the a.t.v. and the dirt bike laws a challenge. so earlier in year, mayor muriel bowser's administration launched the bonus campaign where people can get $250 reward for information on who is riding and storing the illegal vehicles. he started in the district. the way we addressed it is ask communities to help us. we will tell you how many people have been arrested for driving the vehicles illegally. it might be more than you think. chris papst, abc7 news. kellye: thank you, chris. over the weekend, a group of people on dirt bikes slowed down traffic on the capital beltway. they were going in the wrong direction and doing stunts. the maryland state police are

looking into what happened. you can watch the entire video at wjla.com. pleasant outside once the morning rain led up. leon: how much is the dry stuff going to last? that is the big question. doug: maybe 24 hours before the rain returns. a time lapse. foggy, cloudy, rainy morning. through the day the rain ended by midday. watch what happens this afternoon. the skies cleared. flip side of this with the light winds and the clearing sky and wet ground, res poor forking to to develop. 53 in the capitol. 48 in frederick. 45 in hagerstown. 58 in fredericksburg. most areas south of town cloudy skies remain.

it's still mild. the wake-up temperatures are the same as the average daytime highs. as we get lu the daylight hours tomorrow we will warm up more. as far as any sunshine, if we see any it's in the morning hours here. another weather system in the direction of the late afternoon and the everything. it may bring showers but it looks like the best chance of showers will be south and east of the metro area. then we will start to clear skies out. enjoy a while weather to new year's eve. take a look at the forecast. heading to thursday and friday for new year's eve and new year's day. first tomorrow, 59. increasing clouds. chance of the late day showers. new year receivers, partly cloudy. 55. colder on new year's day with sun and breezy conditions. first week of the new year looks great. mid40's. tons of son. -- tons of sun.

leon: controversy. only on 7. maryland doctor with a decorated resume now without a license. fighting back. the i-team investigator joce sterman spoke with her for a story you will see only on 7. joce: the doctor says she consulted from everyone from the e.p.a. to the lung administration can no longer see patients. practice brought patients around the world to maryland is now shut down over public discipline record she drank on the job. she works out of an office in rural frederick county and is considered one of the world's expert on a controversial topic. chemical exposure. but the doctor's potential exposure to alcohol has board of physicians taking emergency action. we pulled public documents that claimed she was what pitch wally intoxicated, that

she drank in office hours. she denied having a drinking problem and said the suspension of her office came as a shock and surprise. >> i'm not sure what it is but i wonder how a doctor could lose her doctor when she dedicated herself to patients when she has been at the frontier of science. joce: because of that suspension, she has turned away dozens of patients whose survival depends on seeing her. she has a hearing to fight for her license next month. we will follow that. what the office said in the discipline records that may have cost the physician her license. joce sterman, abc7 news. kellye: coming up at 4:00 -- >> we didn't really know what we were looking at. kellye: but they knew they had to help. find out how they made a difference coming up next. leon: later the cup of joe may be more than get your motor

many people do not notice or they flak-out ignore people

along the six lane street. last evening, things turn deadly when frank towers entered the road on his bicycle. despite wearing a helmet he died on a sudden impact. i feel spoke with his boss and i talked to the police department that is deciding whether or not to charge the driver with a crime or traffic violation. those interviews are new at 5:30. leon: two teenagers and a baby recovering after a frightening accident in western wisconsin. the truck ended up in an icy river. as we explain, two good samaritans arrived there just in time. >> paging apple river first and apple river fire. >> the scanner traffic only captures part of the frantic moments to rescue two

teenagers and baby. >> vehicle is sinking in a swampy area. >> i screamed oh, my god! i woke up under water. >> her truck was filled with water. she was twisted in the seat belt and couldn't get to her 5-month-old son aiden. >> i tried to get to my son. >> the the crash site is over there. it's now frozen over. when the accident happened there was icy cold water. she was lucky another car drove by. >> all i could see through the window was the faces of the girl. struggling to keep the face above water. >> they stopped to help and

they think it helped save the girl and the baby boy. >> it has been weighing on me all weekend how the baby was. >> nicole remembers the moment of hearing her son cry after being pulled out of the water. >> i knew he was okay. >> it would not have been possible if it wasn't for the strangers. >> i'm grateful. it wasn't for you we wouldn't here now. leon: how about that? kellye: so frightening. leon: amazing. kellye: coming up at 4:00 -- >> who do you think scores higher in donald trump or the pope? annual list of ad mired people is out. a couple surprises.

we have it in a bit. >> plus, find out about the food that sent the guy to orbit when he tasted it for the first time. you wo

leon: right now out to live pictures from chicago. protesters gathering outside the home of rahm emanuel. the mayor is getting back from a vacation. a vacation he was criticized not coming home from sooner after a police shot and killed two people over the weekend. that is on the heel of the criticism from the police department of another officer-involved shooting last year. we'll keep an eye on the situation and update you as we get more information to see what happens there. kellye: "7 on your side" with a consumer alert. companies will start phasing out plastic micro beads from face wash to shampoo. yesterday, president obama signed a bill banning the manufacturing of products with the micro beads by july 1, 2017. they pollute oceans and can be

harmful to wildlife. leon: this time of year, we look at the most admired and put president obama at the top of the list. and the people who are catching all the attention. scott thuman is here with the story for us. surprise, surprise or not so much? scott: in some circles a huge surprise. others will say look he has been on the list four time before. we are talking about donald trump. some people may be surprised he is tied for second place with the pope. they both got 5%. behind president obama. but this puts donald trump ahead of people like bill gates, the dalai lama and the reverend billy graham. it's plenty of chatter. by the way, president obama,

this is the eighth time he has been the most admired. this is hillary's 20th time. number one. she is number one on the list of all time. 20. eleanor roosevelt had 13. hillary clinton, 20. leon: i would have thought oprah would have broken the string at some point. interesting. scott: oprah is third place in women. leon: you have government figures but the poll looked at what people think about it. what did you find? scott: a separate poll cnn poll. people are always dissatisfied with congress. it's worse than ever. 85% of people right now are dissatisfied with congress. that is going to play a role in the upcoming election. we will see it play out. 14% approval for congress. 7 points down from february of this year. so in a mere ten months. leon: all-time low.

scott: they avoided a government shutdown and pass a budget, did things they can claim are progress. leon: but they don't like them. they keep sending them back. figure that out later. over to you. kellye: fans of russian president vladimir putin can spend the entire year with him. the calendar has a different photo of him every month. a tabloid paper publish 200,000 copies. they said it's already sold out. leon: a "7 on your side" health matters report finds that a cup coffee could put pep in the workout. researchers looked at the previous study on caffeine, coffee and sports and found a cup of joe improved endurance performance. and reduced perceived exertion. they say it helps with

running. probably a feeling none of us will forget no matter how many times it happen, you remember the first time. talk tablet first time for first time you have taste. the baby had a homer suchson moment. check this out. >> is that good? [laughter] >> bacon. >> bacon. leon: his first words. we don't know. melissa is the child's mother and she posted the clip. it has had 6 million views already. i think it's because everybody, just about everybody can identify. kellye: everybody can relate. leon: with that experience and emotion. kellye: he'll be asking a lot for bacon! leon: i have seen grown men do

that at ihop. you will not be alone, son. all right. coming up just ahead at "abc7 news at 5:00" -- a big topic for people who drive in the district. a plan that could mean $1,000 speeding tickets. d.c. mayor muriel bowser weighs in what she told ddot about the plan. kellye: plus a multimillion dollar military blimp program scrapped after one broke free. now the army is facing more problems that are beginning to add up. 2015 has been a good year for national parks. many of the country's prom mant parks broke visitation records this year including the grand canyon, yellowstone. attendance is on track to hit 300 million by the end of the year. the numbers are expected to break records again when it reaches the centennial. look at the sight in rhode island. 50-foot humpback whale spotted

yesterday in the bay. now the whale played for 45 minutes. even breaching the photographer said at first he thought it was boat until he saw the splashing around. without the photos, nobody would have police officered him. leon: that is just the fin. he's a lot bigger than that. looking for the giant quid. doug: 30 feet over the weather wall. 25. so imagine 50. big whale! all right. i know it is tuesday. we are talking this time every day about the weekend forecast. so we will start our coverage early because it's a holiday weekend forecast. here we go. we look at the conditions we expect on thursday new year's eve. after rain tomorrow night it will clear out and be beautiful. dry weather. highs of 505. we ring in the new year. 37 and partly cloudy new year's day. sunshine and highs about 46

degrees. we have highs of 33 degrees. that is fine. the temperatures are near the average to start the new year. as we look beyond in early next week, we think we will see the temperatures start to come up a little bit here. every time this season we have had days with temperatures that approach normal. we start to warm up. we go off the charts to get in 50's and 60's. i think we get in 50's for a while before the next push of air comes our way. this could be a change in the large scale weather pattern. a lot of people are waiting for it to feel like winter. let's see what the traffic is like with robert altman. robert: very slow traffic westbound on the freeway leaving the third street tunnel moving to the area of

main avenue and 14th street bridge. the jam-up is forming. the accident southbound third street tunnel blocking the left lane near the u.s. capitol exit. heavy traffic continues through land mark. southbound 95 is jammedded up. all the way in through the area. to dale city. and to fredericksburg. around the beltway, accidents on the inner loop near 355. it's just beyond 355. that is blocking the right lane. heavy traffic continues through college park to make it out to green belt on the inner loop. that is the latest from the traffic center. back to you. leon: did you ever wonder where the gifts you return end up? we tell you how to save money on the next big

kellye: we are continuing to monitor the scene odds of rahm

emanuel's house in chicago. you can see the crowd is larger than it was ten minutes ago. the mayor has been criticized in the last few days for staying on a family vacation after a police officer shot two people over the weekend. protest last week had already called for him to re-sign. we will -- called for him to resign. we open keep an eye on the situation. leon: now a "7 on your side" consumer alert. the thought counts. still many of us get gifts that we don't want. we rush to return them, right? it turns out there were companies out there turning the returns into profits and big savings for you. we look at how. >> i'm sure this is a good gift, too. okay? reporter: a flashlight? we all open the gift we know we will rush to the store to return. where do they go? many end up at places like this.

shorewood liquidators. where products like amazon and home depot are returned. >> we check the items to make sure they are complete. if there are parts we do repair of the tools and electronics in the facility and resell them online. reporter: this holiday, over 19 billion of gifts are expected to be returned. >> this is a major industry. the re-commerce industry. they are wholesalers and liquidators who are swooping in and selling items retailers don't know what to do with. reporter: breathing new life in gifts you didn't want. ♪ ♪ leon: tonight, only on 7. a renowned doctor in hot water. why a local faye six's license is revokedded. what they are doing about the

program. >> hoverboard's on fire. literally. >> where it happened this time around. >> now, "abc7 news at 5:00". on your side. kellye: an arrest tonight in the murder of a mentally disabled man on an elementary school playground. alex jones is accused of stabbing douglas reyes to death yesterday at the gaywood elementary school. suzanne kennedy is live there tonight. i understand you spoke to the suspect's mother? suzanne: the suspect was here with his daughter and friend when it unfolded. they are in shock that someone would attack a mentally handicapped man. these are the final images of douglas reyes' life. captured on cell phone by family late yesterday. hours later, he would be found stabbed to death near the bench at gaywood elementary school in seabrook. today his brother returned to where the 24-year-old mentally

disabled man died. >> a kid that doesn't do anything to anybody. he didn't do any harm. i don't understand. it makes no sense. he can't defend himself. he can't look out for himself. you can v to constantly look out for him. suzanne: police arrested and charge 31-year-old alex jones for reyes' murder. they say the parodied not know each other and offered no motive. >> the victim was sitting on the bench. for some reason the suspect walked over to him and started stabbing him. reporter: jones' mother came to her son's defense. >> my son would never do anything to written. suzanne: the alleged killer has no record. and was likely provoked. >> he's been diagnosed with mental illnesses. i don't know what could have possibly happened for this to take place. i'm in total shock. suzanne: the reyes family will gather at the playground at 8:00 tonight to honor t