side for morning rush and it's coming in from frederick. so expect very slow traffic all lanes are shut downright now. traffic getting by on the shoulder. now interstate travel through the city should be okay and trouble free for the most part on 895 as well as 95. 95 southbound through howard county a bit slow at 92 with an accident and for those traveling on the harrisburg expressway not too bad as you make the trip past shawan slow traffic and an accident approaching timonium on the ramp there. vehicle went into a tree. a lot of emergency personnel on the scene. charley back over to you. all new video into the abc 2 newsroom of the two alarm fire at an apartment in reisterstown. look at this. this coming into us from a viewer. it happened around 2 in the morning at the preserve at owings crossing. the apartment is behind the future care cherry wood nursing home. no cause or word of a cause or any reports of injuries this morning. we will keep you updated. the body of a woman whose

husband said she went missing 21 years ago is found. now the husband is charged with her murder. friend of the victim say they cannot believe it went this long before bringing the case to a conclusion. >> reporter: cindy still lives next door to the home robert jarrett shared with his first wife christine. >> she would call and confide in me somewhat. you know, enough to where i knew there were problems. >> reporter: then in january of 1991, christine jarrett vanished. cindy fryer suspected robert had something to do with it. >> he waits two days and comes knocking at our door saying have you seen chris and we are like no what do you mean have is we seen chris. >> reporter: they had two young sons and the nabs say the shed in their backyard was there before -- neighbors say the shed in the backyard was there before the disappearance but after the disappearance he laid down a concrete slab inside. >> we said she is under the shed. >> reporter: police suspected robert jarrett as well but

without evidence they couldn't search the home. >> there's been a number of times throughout the two decades where we followed up on leads, but you will metly we are not -- ultimately we were not able to get enough proper cause or evidence to prove the case. >> reporter: until new information gave police what they needed last night they went into the shed and found christine jarrett's body under the concrete slab. >> we saw them bring her out last night and that was really hard. that's really hard. >> reporter: robert jarrett remarried. the home he he shared with his second wife and their daughter has a sign on the door that reads no trespassing no media. a bitter sweet day for cindy fryer. >> a little part of me wished she stayed alived. >> reporter: 21 years of suspicion now confirmed robert and christine jarrett's sons are now almost 30 years old. >> her sons will know that she didn't abandon them, that she loved them and you know she wouldn't have left them and i hope that they come out with peace knowing that. >> reporter: robert jarrett is charged with first and second

degree murder. he is being held at the howard county detention center without bond. christian schaeffer,abc2 news, good morning maryland. three secret service members resigned as a result of the prostitution scandal. this was ahead of the president's visit to colomb yeah. more resignations are ex-- colombia. more resignations are expected. a review board will determine if it was a isolated incident or part of the agency's culture. >> we heard the terms now wheels up rings off. and this is cultural are you worried about that? >> i am hoping that it's not. i am concerned about it being cultural. if it is cultural, than we have got to change the culture. if it is normal, then we have to change the normal. when i travel in my district which is diverse, a question that i hear almost every week at least once a week is are they keeping the president

safe. >> a total of 11 secret service agents are accused of bringing as many as 20 prostitutes back to the hotels and this is in colombia. last august a 5.8 magnitude earthquake hit maryland and much of the east coast and many of us are unfamiliar with earthquake survival. why would we be? this doesn't happen here. today towson university is hosting a mock earthic exerciseeducating students and hopefully getting the word out to the public. sherrie johnson is live with a preview of what's expected later this morning. >> reporter: yes, a number of students are already here. they are getting ready for this exercise. it kicks off at 8:30. this is in an effort to make sure everyone is prepared in case of another earthquake in the area. and right now, i have lieutenant colonel nicky austin with the maryland defense forces. she is a professor of nursing here at towson university. good morning and thanks for being with us. >> good morning. >> reporter: tell us a little bit about why this whole mock drill is so important. >> this is a extraordinary

example of an intradisciplinary activity that allows our students to work with people across disciplines and outside the classroom experience with mass casualty events. so, what we have here are emergency students and other students who have received some predrill trailing and what the roles and responsibilities are going to be and so for many of these, it's the first time they have done anything like this before. >> reporter: so it's not about just educating people about an earthquake. but also a chance for your nursing students to get some hands on learning. >> exactly correct. >> reporter: and what do we see? we see a student moving around from patient to patient. >> what erin is doing is the start triage process for the state of maryland looking to evaluate patient ace cording to injury -- patients according to injury and she will class fight them priority one or yellow patient who can have delayed care or patients walking who might go to a different zone. >> reporter: all right.

very good valuable information. again, that mock earthquake drill starts at 8:30 this morning and runs until newspaper. reporting live here -- noon. reporting live, sherrie johnson, abc2 glues. a school is -- news. a school in baltimore is naming their community center after bill cosby and his wife. today they are hosting the couple. the cosbys donated two million dollars to the st. francis academy in 2005 supporting the scholarship program and today they will officially be dedicating the community center which opened ten years ago. the naming ceremony starts at 2 this afternoon. how would you like to have diner with george clooney and president obama? now is your chance. how you can get a chance to sit down and dine with these two powerful men coming up. and buckingham palace has a different look these days. what made the palace -- what caused this. look at that. a bright array of colors. lynette. >> and maryland's most powerful radar is quiet but active

weather is on the way. details coming up. >> reporter: and traffic getting by just on the shoulder. eastbound i-70 with a tractor trailer fire. we will have details on that plus the accident we are following on the harrisburg coming up next.

now "good morning maryland. news time 5:40. this sunday it's the inaugural 5k walk run for susan g. come for the cure. i see the sun breaking and things brightening up. it's going to be a big day. how are you getting ready for sunday. >> we are in setup mode and we are beginning to go to the village and we have a couple programs running this week in preparation for the race. one is the dine out for the cure program and it's about 7 local restaurants who signed onto donate their skills for the week and that's lunch dinner or both. so we are encouraging people to check out the restaurants and make their dinner plans as they come down. we have businesses getting involved by participating in

the paint the town pink where they decorate the store fronts or buildings pink for komen. >> you talked about that race village and getting ocean city ready. what preparations are being made in the possibility of rain in the forecast on sunday? >> we are happening rain or shine. breast cancer doesn't stop for anything and neither do we. we have tents for places for people to get under cover but we will go off the -- go with the. [audio not understandable] >> 15 seconds here brittany. quickly, people want to be last second registrants how do they do it? online until 1 p.m. on saturday at www.komenmd.org and they can do it race morning at 6 a.m. >> all right. >> registration at the ocean city convention senter. >> brittany thanks soap for the time. links for this at abc2news.com. hope it's a great weekend for you guys. >> thank you very much. actor george clooney has a

starring role in a obama sweeps takes. it's a fund-raiser at clooney's los angeles home next month. the relex campaign is is offering supporters a chance to join the president and clooney at the event. it is seeking donation of a minimum of 3 dollars and that gets you entered into the contest. the queen is lighting up buckingham palace. over 300 children creating portrait of the queen. it's part of the celebration leading up to the queen's diamond jubely and longed -- jupely -- jubilee and london olympics games. he was the first we saw on a milk carton. this morning police have new leads in the case more than 30 years old. and the pay discrepancy between the worker and ceo staggering numbers when we return. you watching good morning maryland what's new, now and next across the area.

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welcome back. 33 years after he went missing and the fbi reopened the case of eaton pats. pats disappeared when he was 6 years old and he was walking to a school bus in a soho

neighborhood. investigators are searching the basement of a commercial building less than a block from his old home. it was one the first ever photographs that appeared on a milk carton and raised awareness in the plight of missing children. starbucks phasing out something at the end of june. bugs in the food and drinks. the bugs are used as food coloring for smoothies and cakes. starbucks says it is responding to customer requests and numerous petitions to stop the action. and come coo -- consumer news, a difference in the salaries between the average worker and ceo. the average increase for ceo was 14% and 13 million dollars and 380 times that of the average worker. the reports shows a growing gap between the ceos and average worker which makes around $34,000 a year. today is freebie friday and with the weekend upon us you might want fun and freebies with your kids. we will tell you about the free sunflower seeds from pottery barn kids saturday and sunday.

national parks week free admission is through next sunday. and head to fells point for a free day full of fun filled activities including a treasure hunt, pirates craft going from 11 to 6. we have a link to all this at abc2news.com. today lieutenant governor brown will be in ocean city for a tour of businesses along the boardwalk. this is the highlight you can -- of the tourism industry. he will start at the amusement park locally owned for 122 years. he will walk to the candy land for a demonstration of the 102- year-old business's candy making process. we want to remind you about a important event in ocean city. we talked to brittany fowler. the susan g. komen race for the cure is holding the inaugural 5k run and walk. it's time to register. for more information you see it there on the screen. coming up sunday, april 22nd.

go to abc2news.com and check under the help section. just about 15 minutes, students from living classroom foundation will be down at inner harbor in a effort to make it healthier. they will plant and install handmade wetland to live in the inner harbor. this is the largest permitted installation in an effort to make it fishable and swimmable. the wetlands will be set up near the world trade center and also near the amphitheater. the washington capitals will be back in baltimore come september. that team announced they will play an exhibition game at first mariner arena against the bluejackets. it will be the second year it has been billed as the hockey classic. tickets for september's game go on sale monday. the game is wednesday september 26th. sheila diction op was in the hot seat but everyone was having a good laugh about it not at it. take a look. [audio not understandable]

[laughter] >> all right. if you had trouble hearing what was said the quote was the bible says the lord blesses those who help themselves and you surely did that. that was last night at the comedy factory where 7 comedians had fun at the former mayor's expense. mayor dixon was found guilty of stealing gift cards for the poor in 2010 and stepped down as mayor. we asked if she learned anything from her fall from grace. >> i've learned a great deal i can't discuss right now. but it will happen in time. but it won't happen tonight. >> dixon says she has no plans to run for public office again. 100 people showed up and money raised went to the agape house a charity for homeless people where she has been working during the court order community service. time for check of the forecast. let's go back into the studio with lynette. >> looking good. we have a couple areas of patchy fog i am going to show you in a second. but for the most part we are dealing with mainly clear skies this morning and plenty of

sunshine this afternoon mixing with a few clouds. but here are the areas of concern with the reduced visibility this morning. that patchy fog zero now in frederick and baltimore 8 mile visibility. 7 in easton and 5 in york. culpepper at one and 5 miles reduced visibility now in winchester. temperatures are seasonably cool this morning. 46 degrees in baltimore and 45 in easton along the eastern shore. 41 right now in frederick and we are looking at dover 46 wilmington at 50 degrees right now. take a jacket as you step outch the weather pattern causes no concern for any type of wet weather for today. so you can leave the umbrella. high pressure doing its thing throughout the afternoon and by this evening we will slide out the at lant being allowing for the next air afterlow pressure and a cold front to work its way in going through the overnight and also into your saturday. that's when we have a chance for showers to work their way more into saturday afternoon. the evening time frame we will have an air afterlow pressure working its way up the coast

bringing rain to the eastern shore southern maryland. hour by hour forecast for today is dry and warmer. and important forecast for you as we head over into ocean city. we look good this evening, saturday a chance for showers and storms and then by sunday, the big race. a little on the cool side temperatures right around 58 and rainy. make sure to come appropriately dressed. now let's check the traffic with angela. >> reporter: good morning. out on the roads right now, that patchy fog is impacting the drive this morning. we are dealing with a tractor trailer fire. eastbound i-70 coming from frederick at mile marker 50. we were blocking all lanes. we are getting by now with just one lane blocked. again that's i-70 eastbound at u.s. 15. making the drive around 695 not too bad at the bw parkway. and the bw parkway also a good choice traveling southbound heading through howard county towards the capital beltway. and for those of you traveling on the how harrisburg expressway, not -- on the

harrisburg expressway not too bad. a live look at i-70. one mile west of the beltway of course eastbound heavy here. but it's before the fire which is at mile marker 50. only one lane is getting by. now back to you. a big day today for the boston red sox and fans. they are celebrating the 100th anniversary of fenway park. coming up, who they will play on this day. and 420 is a who will -- 4-20 is a holiday for cannabis lovers you know that's marijuana weed. a boston area ice cream company is celebrating along with them. we will tell you how when good morning maryland continues. it's 5:52.

this morning today mark the 13th anniversary of the columbine high school shooting. two teens eric heirs and dylan klebold began to shoot students and staff and killed 13 people before taking their lives. those taking part in the wound war years project soldiers ride will be at the white house. they bike for 25 or 50 miles with cheering fans rooting them on. and one of the iconic ball parks in the u.s. is

celebrating the 100th anniversary. red sox are commemorating fenway park centennial with a game against the yankees. 100 years ago boston's american league club took on the highlanders way back win. april 20th is a day some people celebrate by taking in a little bit of marijuana. there's no coincidence jp litch is releasing a hemp based flavor. so there you go. 4:20. field trips are a place for the school's curriculum. kids can take part and parents in a school district are not happy where kids went for a very unique trip. and how far would you go to make sure your daughter was voted prom queen? you might neat a -- need a campaign manager if you are this mom in texas. what she has done to secure the needed votes. and a four-year-old is being hailed a hero this morning for saving his family's life. his remarkable story coming up.

>> we will have warmer than aver temperatures this afternoon. and cooler -- average temperatures this afternoon. cooler than normal temperatures on the way. details coming. >> reporter: a couple hot spots on the roadsways including -- roadways including a tractor trailer fire on i-706789 we will have details and a live look ahead.

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