>> couldn't he have a gruesome didiovery. some newetails about the woman deputy say put a baby in the freezer. now the mystery remains how did that baby die. plus preying&on the prayful. the break in the case that put a thief in a church behind bars. good morning, south florida. i'm eric yutzy. >> good morning, i'm kristi krueger in for jacey. she's been off this week. our weather authority meteorologist julie durda here. a little cool out there. >> it is. we have some 50s still on the map but we're definitely warming up. east wiped in place. giving us a beautiful day but temperatures will run above average

of we haven't seen below average temperares. we're waking up to 57. right now 62 in marathon. 64 in key west and 55 in pembroke pines. much cler inland. throughout the morning we'll stick with the 50s until about 6:00 in the miami. low 60s by 8:00. cool, dry, comfortable and this morning we will see a lot of sunshine just after 7:07. by this afternoon that nine will warm us up. enjoy this last dry day because we're expecting storms in the forecast as early as tomorrow morning. i'll have details on that coming up. right now to the very latest story you saw first here on local 10. a mother police say put her baby's body in a freezer. 911. what's your emergency?

i'm trying to defend myself. >>reporter: you're hearing paula ortiz making a 911 call. >> i'm sorry. what? >> trying to defend myself. >>reporter: when deputies arrived she tells them she had taken rat poison. in her car was a suicide note inside was a car seat with no baby. according to the police report at one point ortiz said my baby drowned, then i was bathing it and it slipped out of my hands. finally she admitted to the gruesome truth, that her baby named hugo was dead inside the town house. police would make the discovery. now guards at this gated community say they are not letting anyone in to visit the home.

hospital. >> the department of children and families is definitely investigating this one. they say the they had condition tact with the family. breaking news right now. we've just been told by the fraternal order of police that a miami police was stabbed. the statement quote today one of our miami police officers stabbed in the face. the officer discharged his firearm to protect himself as well as protect the public. this just into the local 10 news room. we're bring you updates as soon as we get them. neighbors in a pembroke pines community, they are teaming up this morning to stop an accused peeping tom from getting out of jail. local 10 news reporter carlos suarez explains. >>reporter: the 43-year-old will spend another night in jail after a marathon bond hearing

ended with the judge recessing for the day. the detective in the case spent hours peppered with questions about the defense. >> it was the most surveillance hours i've ever put into a case. it is the most related cases i've ever had tied into one arrest. >>reporter: the alleged victims were also in court. the women watched on as the detective recounted what he allegedly said to one of the victims. >> let me see your breasts, play with yourself, the police are not going catch me, i watch it every night, i get away with this. >>reporter: police set up cameras to catch him who had become more aggssive. hunting goggles were found outside the home. >> what he's doing and saying, it is such a

this is as good as a fingerprint. >> noting her job at a strip club and the man she described to police as having tried to break into her bedroom. >> my client cannot be confused with an irish, redded c complected individual. >>reporter: we're told it does not appear any of the women will take to the stand. reporting in ft. lauderdale, i'm carlos suarez, local 10 news. the former president of the broward teacher's union has been found guilty now on several corruption charges. jurors did agree. prosecutors say he inflated invoices for work done at the union and stole $300,000 of excess money and shared it with a friend who

owned that construction company. the friend testified against him yesterday. >> he was the gate keeper of a multi-million dollar budget from the broward tehers and that money was going nowhere. >> santarama does face up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced at the end of next month. police say the man who preyed on a woman as she was praying has been arrested and is out on bond. you see him here sneaking right behind ida sanchez. this was on december the 20th. the video appears to show him snatching her purse and walking right out the door. the tipister who saw the video recognized him. he's charged with grand theft. right now police need your help to find a man who was caught on camera trying to rob a cvs pharmacy in north miami this week.

he's behind a number of armed robberies. surveillance video showing the violent armed robber hitting businesses all over miami. the man threatens the employees inside claiming to shoot them if they do not hand over the money. the commissioner scrapping his strict proposal which uber said would have been too costly for them to follow. uber says it is agreeable. the search ordinance would have required higher limited insurance for the drives at all times. >> we greatly appreciate, i'm coming up with regulatory framework that makes sense for ride sharing. >> not everybody is thrilled with this one. taxi drivers are not happy with this one. the miami-dade

commissioner sending a strong message to president obama late last night, do not let cuba open a consulate in miami. the resolution sponsor says a cuban consulatewould not be welcome until cuba is a democracy. >> the goal here is to send a clear message. there is still, there is still notwithstanding all of the best efforts because i was the president of the united states has acted with the best intentions but he's dealing with demons down there that make those best intentions and twistt around. the son of a bay of pig veteran, the final vote vote-3 in favor of the resolution. a group of missionaries who just narrowly missed a terrorist attack in burkina faso return home. it's a little bit farmer in parts of florida this morning. we're waking up to mostly clear skies.

because a major snowstorm heading

states has a cold front goodorning. missionaries who narrowly missed a terror attack overseas finally returned home to south florida. >> victor oquendo has the story from pembroke pines. >>reporter: this group is obviously happy to be back home safe and sound, but they made it clear, they are thankful for their time in burkina faso. they are calling it an amazing experience where nothing went as planned, despite an obvious tragedy. with signs and balloons in hand, friends and family of the 15 missionaries from south florida couldn't wait to see their loved ones return from the west african country of burkina faso. >> to get back and see my family again. >> we went there to help them, and they actually were helping us. >>reporter: their trip was cut

short because of the terrorist attacks that took the lives of 30 people including their missionary partner mike riddering of cooper city. >> they enjoyed mike and seeing him. it was contagious seeing the love of jeez these kids had for him. >>reporter: this group was about to land in burkina faso when the pilot got word of the attack and changed course. >> all of a sudden they punch it. we're at 1500 feet, all the lights go out in the airplane and we take back off. >> still they would eventually make it to burkina faso. >> when got there and mike was not there to pick us up, we had nobody else, no other contact as far as how -- where we were even going to go, and the love that the people have for mike and amy there was shown in the fact that people were coming out of the woodwork to help us.

go on. >> god had his ways. >>reporter: incredibly pause at this point many of them said they want to go back, and the first question from the crowd was how can we sign up for next week. victor oquendo, local 10 news. haiti's president michelle martelly said the election will go on despite a push from the senate. violent protests are sweeping the nation's there and haiti's constitution demands the election on february 7th. glenna millberg is traveling to haiti to cover the live elections. a rock slide caused some big problems tuesday on madeira county in california. it closed a highway for about a ten mile stretch in both directions. fortunately no cars were

hit by those falling rocks but the road blockage throughout the afternoon to move the big boulders throughout the way. for us here in south florida i'm happy to tell you we're rain-free and we're waking up to comfortable conditions. a bit cool in miami where we're still in the 50s but we'e' checking in at 64 degrees in ft. lauderdale and key west. the east wind is the culprit. remember that ocean wind provides for the warmth and humidity. you notice it in the way of temperatures and later today you'll notice in the way of humidity. it will feel a bit more humid in parts of south florida. 55 degrees, 57 in hialeah. still cool, comfortable, 51 and down by kendall in the mid to upper 60ss down by the keys. with that said the wind's much camper this morning. by about 8:00 they will be taking it off because we'll gradually warm up with lots of sunshine

expected today. just midand high level clouds streamingn from the gulf of mexico. we have to enjoy today because prepare for some wet conditions moving into the forecast tomorrow due to a storm system that is going to bring a lot of snow, a major winter blizzard is expected across parts of the midatlantic and northeast. right now it's right over portions of oklahoma, texas and in towards missouri. with this low and the front attached, those are the two thing we're going to watch. this is the possibility of severe weather into the panhandle. the warmth and humidity ahead of the frontnt and cold dense air behind the front. they clash, the air lifts and provides for the severe weather threat. eventually that low is going to track towards the northeast and that's going to provide for a better chance of storms and winter weather advisories are in effect for 15 states. for us today it will be

warmer. that ocean breeze will provide for a beautiful afternoon but then that rain comes our way as a tail-end of the front moves into south florida by friday. check out the forecast. 60% chance of storms tomorrow. watch what happens once this front clears. a cold, dense air mass will make it all the way down here to south florida. on monday and sunday we're looking at lows in the 50s. possibly the upper 40s inland, guys. >> going to get my scarfs out now. boots aren't enough. >> that's the threshold for you, cross a line. >> when you cross over into the 40s, scarf comes out. scientists say they discovered evidence of a possible new planet within our solar system. >> researchers have not spotted the new planet yet. they nicknamed it planet nine. it's way out there. it's supposedly ten times as big as earth. astronomers say there is

they hope to find the new planet within the next five years. they haven't seen it yet. based on their research they say something is there. aren't they creative with that, planet nine. some of tv's biggest stars head to miami beach of course. >> we'll tell you who and why and this f [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] [coughing] coughing disrupts everyone's life. that's why so many people are turning to delsym for longer lasting cough relief. delsym has an advanced time release formula that helps silence coughs for a full 12 hours. that's three times longer than the leading cough liquid. all night...

4:49 the time right now. good morning. a devious deed caught on camera. a man stealing a helpless puppy to sell that puppy for crack cocaine. this happened in largo near tampa. barfield was eventually arrested but now the heart breaking question remains, what happened to that little dog. there's $1,000 reward for that puppy's safe return. and so far florida's second public hunt for

lolk at that thing, yuck. it's already netted 17 burmese pythons from the everglades including including that one pictured right there. it's 16 feet long. he was sunning himself. >> happy valentine's day. >> happy valentine's day, here's your python. tv trend makers are meeting this week on miami beach as part of their annual convention. >> jenisis fernandez reports. >>reporter: it's day two at nappy. it's full of tv executives looking to invest in the next big tv series. where the market place is where execs can shop and television programs from around the world in a more intimate setting. people were able to rub shoulders with some familiar faces. >> we're all crazy. >> right, exactly. we just get a check for

>>reporter: a joint session. both are no strangerso highlighting their families and day to day lives on tv. both talking about family dynamics and the changing world of family television. >> it's a business. it's a family. we have our ups and downs. that's one more added amount of pressure. >>reporter: one of the more recognizable faces speaking wednesday but there were many people behind the scenes of some big name shows offering advice to people trying to break into the industry. >> i think this is as true in film and television. craft is incredibly important. look at it as n just an expression but a craft and really really study and learn the cast. >> chris lee is plaing to step into the music industry this year b you'll still see him keeping his family in line and he's hoping to see more family reality shows grace television screens everywhere. >> i certainly home in

2016 going forward you're going to see a plethora of those kinds of shows. >>reporter: jenise fernandez, local 10 news. coming up in this morning's sports wrap, things are bad to worse for the heat. injuries plaguing a number of starters on

what happened next. >>reporter: good morning, everyone. i'm clay ferraro with your local 10 morning sports wrap. >the heat have lost five out of six games entering last night. they are beaten up and exhausted but the nba schedule is cruel and relentless so of course the heat began a five game roa trip. dwayne wade was a late scratch for last night's game with shoulder injuries. with that back drop the heat took on the wizard. luol deng part of a

personal 8-0 run here. second the bad news starts to roll in again. fourth quarter heat dowow big. stokes in his debut one of the bright spots. but that was one of the few thing we saw that went right for the heat. john walsh so good in particular. laying that one up and the foul, putting the hehe down. miami. luol deng gets poked in the eye, brutal. game. the heat would lose it, their third loss in a row, 106-87. there's not a lot going miami. >> we're constantly really digest what's going on, take the hit on the chin, regroup. our young guys are tryingng but they are inexperienced and really

learning on the fly. i think the best part is it's going to helel us in the long run to me. >>reporter: on campus the 15th ranked hurricanes visiting boston college. hey, it works. first half with the steal. how about a nice little behind the back pass right there. eagles keeping this one close for a while though. canes too much in this one. look at that three-inter right there. pretty shot by sheleon mcclellen. final score of 57-63. dolphins wide receiver jarvis landry gets a big honor. he has been named as pro ball rlacement. also earned team co-mvp honors along with safety rashard jones. brandon albert will join landry as a pro bowl

replacement in hawaii. hall of famer don schula tweeting that picture of his meeting with new 'phins head coach. tweeting he's looking forward to the 2016 season. i'm clay ferraro and that's your local 10 morning sports wrap. this morning a death investigation after a baby is found dead in a freezer. >> just ahead on local news at 5:00, you're going to hear the

to a gruesome discovery. first on local 10, a a gruesome discovery, the 911 calls that led to the discovery of a baby in the freezer. and happening today a bond fight, an accused peeping tom is trying to get out of jail. how his alleged victims are trying to keep that from happening. developing right now, ties to terrorism. what made the fbi start investigating a professor for ties to isis. plus a blizzard path for states up north. preparations are being made.

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