pierson resigned. she was under fire for a series of embarrassing breaches for presidential security. steve handled man is live on capitol hill with the latest. >> thanks. first the nuts and bolts. julia pierson submitted her resignation and accepted immediately by homeland security jay johnson with the knowledge of the president. clearly from the top down to her level, they were not pleased with three things. number one, her performance up here at that hearing yesterday, very contentious. she seemed kind of not cooperative and defensive about the fence jumping incident. lawmakers, including prominently maryland senior drink elijah cummings said he lost sleep last night over the hearing an the new revelation from the "washington po" confirmed quickly by nbc news there was another major security breach by the secret service just 15 days ago with the cdc in atlanta when a man with a gunnd an arrest record was allowed by the secret

service on an elevator with the president. she not only -- pierson not only did not mention that in a hearing, the white house found out about it at the last minute from the media and not from pierson and her people. that did not please the white house. the presidential spokesman mentioned the president and first lady making clear they're concerned about their own security. they praised pierson. the president called her. she had an entire career at the secret service which is why a former secret service agent told me she was doomed because she was seen by agents and officers in the field as part of the problem and they're the ones who leaked the damaging stories which today have cost the job of secret sieves director julia pierson. back to you. >> thanks. next at 4, stunning new details of a murder suicide in potomac, maryland. we learned now a man may have

killed his boss's wife after stealing on the job. police identified the man as andrew racca. he lived at chevy chase and the cystic fibrosis foundation. he was accused of stealing and his boss, richard mattingly said he would tell authorities. and he went to mattingly's home and flattened tires and a woman believed to be mattingly's wife was found dead in the garage. >> while we're not sure if he was involved in the vandalism or not, we the rise somehow the confronted carolyn mattingly and killed her by means still under investigation and then fled. >> racca was found dead in a crashed mercedes a short distance away on river road. there was a gun in the car. news4's mark segrave is working

on the report and will have more at 5:00. in alexandria, virginia, court has just wrapped up in the case of a man accused of shooting a police officer. accused shooter bashir is a paranoid schizophrenic and lost touch with reality. the defense claims bashir is not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2013 shooting. he stopped his taxi and survived after a long spell in the hospital. bashir's father was also on the stand today and we'll hear what he told the court coming up at 5. the man accused of kidnap ing a missing uva student will appear in court tomorrow and also a kidnapping in lynchburg. he's already charged in the abduction of hannah graham and he's linked to morgan harrington's murder.

now, authorities are investigating any link between matthews and morton's body found after she went missing in 2009. forensic evidence links morgan to 2009 and sex assault in fairfax city in 2005. matthew's attorney says he's seen no evidence linking his client to any other crimes. fear is running high today about a potential ebola outbreak in the u.s. health officials are urging people not to panic. >> this as they look for any who may have come into contact with a patient now being treated for ebola in dallas. >> that's where we find jay gray standing live for us. >> reporter: good evening, a lot unfolding including new information about the condition of the patient inside this dallas hospital. more abo he may have come in contact before he

was admitted and questions about a mistake that may have exposed even more people to the deadly virus. the mission in dallas is now two-fold. this is all hands on deck. we understand that. >> reporter: medical specialists are working around the clock to treat the first patient diagnosed with the deadly ebola virus from the united states. while the team from center for diseased contr works where the patient spent several days with his family trying to identify more than a dozen people who may now be at risk for infection including according to governor rick perry, a group of school-aged children. >> these children he been identified and are being monitored. >> reporter: this afternoon hospital officials first confirmed the patient first visited their facility days before he was admitted and told an intake nurse he had just traveled to north texas from liberia but only sent home with a prescription for antibiotics.

>> regretfully, that information was not fully communicated throughout the full team. >> reporter: putting even more people at risk. >> we wish it were somewhere else. the fact is it's here and we have an extraordinary team of men and women passionately and compassionately deliv care to this individual and doing everything possible to make sure that the citizens of the state are fully protected from this -- from this virus. >> reporter: this afternoon, the patient's condition was upgraded to serious but stable. stability, doctors hope to maintain as they work to save their patient and prevent the spread of the deadly disease. just within the last few minutes now, nbc news confirming the name of that patient being treated here. he's thomas eric dunkin, again, arriving in the north texas area on the 20th of september traveling from liberia. doctors will not discuss his

treatment protocol including whether or not they intend to use experimental drugs as a part of that treatment. that is the latest live here in dallas, i'm jay gray, news4. >> there is a lot of fear and concern over several viruses now in this country. coming up in a few minutes, dr. jackie will be here with information we need to stay healthy and keep anxiety in check. for symptoms of ebola and more about this latest case visit nbcwashington.co we have a link related to the story on the home page called things you need to know. a student runs onto the field during a college football game and is body slammed by a coach. today, he took another big hit and his parents cannot be pleased with this one. plus, teens in danger, how to keep your teen safe on the street. you probably noticed it's been a little wet today. a sprinkle forecast in the evening and by friday better chance for rain. big big changes for the weekend

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a high profile resident of falls church, requiri in jail tonight without bail facing child sex assault charges again. michael gardner, the head of the falls church drink committc committee and the victim family member was 2 years old at the time of the alleged abuse. two years ago, gardner was convicted of molesting 10 and 11-year-old girls at a slumber party. that was overturned by the virginia supreme court and said the lower court should have allowed the defense to use

character evidence. we are learning new details about what appears to have been a tragic accident that left a teenager dead in northeast washington. police say a 14-year-old boy shot and killed his 13-year-old friend. it happened last night at an apartment complex on downing street. the victim's family has identified him to us and tyron caldwell. investigators tell us it appears the boys were playing with the gun when it off. we spoke with the shooter's god father. >>it was definitely an accident. i wouldn't think they were playing with it because he knows better. clearly, he had a bad choice of judgment last night. >> news4 pat collins also spoke with the victim's family and more on why the father doesn't want any chged? an ohio university state student made a bad news during saturday's game. anthony wonder ran on and was body slammed by one of ohio's

assistant coaches. off he goes. the tackle made a buzz on social media. the coach is a former linebacker. and wonder was on a full scholarship and now that's being revoked and now charged with criminal misdemean trespass. experts say you should ban from the bedroom. a man bilked people out of millions of dollars.

if you want your kids to get a good night's sleep, keep the electronic devices out of their bedrooms. pediatric expts say things like smartphones and tablets and video games can disrupt the sleep cycle and have a negative impact on school performance. research shows children who leave their devices on the end to get less sleep overnight, about an hour less and overwhelming 72% of children between 6 and 17 have at least one electronic device on in the bedroo those mobile devices can also spell trouble for teenagers outside the home. >> something as simple as crossing the street if they're distracted. >> reporter: we hold hands and

teach our young children to look both ways before crossing the street. now a report suggests we should offer refresher courses when e worry a lot about teens in cars but need to tafocus on tee who are walking. >> reporter: nearly one-half said they had been hit or nearly hit by a car while walking. part of the problem is their eyes are often on their mobile devices, not oncoming traffic. 12% admitted to texting while crossing the street and 38% while listening to music, a problem experts say even if their eyes are technically in tune with the road. >> when you're crossing the street with head phones on, you're not hearing ambient sounds behind you or signals from cars or approaching vehicles you might otherwise see. >> reporter: everyone who walks or talks to put the devices down

before crossing the street and look both ways before crossing the road and krot only at swrkzs or crosswalks. here's one more statistic we should all be aware of. 75% of fatal pedestrian accidents involving teens happen either at night or early in the morning before sunrise. so do you love pandas or what? >> yes. >> panda lovers might want to book a trip to china. >> they're everywhere there compared to here. check them out. this happens to be china's national day. nine babies were born this year at a panda breeding ground. some are twins and one mom defied the odds and gave birth to triplets. already outgrowing that little bin. >> we could play that in a loop and get no complaints. >> you know, over and over,

can't get enough of pandas. >> they're adorable. >> they're awfully cute. >> they might like the weather coming up this weekend. >> weather that's not like it is now? >> correct. >> get ready to put a jacket on. it is going to get pretty chilly this weekend. not the next 24 hours. we've been in and out of the clouds today, across our area. not too chilly at all. with the clouds moving through, sprinkles and light showers out there. i have to zoom in tight for you to see them. let's zoom right in to that area that has showers on 66 and toward the plains, moving 66 off to the east. another light shower to the eastside of 522, headed down to 211. warrington to the west, you might see a few sprinkles and locus dale and culpeper and maybe a sprinkle or two firing

up in your neighborhood. best opportunity is the end of the week and you will get that with slightly higher temperatures and areas around burtonsville, 72. and temple hills now, 72 degrees out there right now. isolated shower chance until 9:00, in fact even during the overnight period. we will drop to the upper 60s, like showers and once again this morning, like the morning before that, there will be fog forming. later in the newscast, i will zoom in and show you locations where the visibility could drop below a mile by tomorrow morning. over the next 24 hours, take you during the day to clouds around the area and with that sprinkle chance, early tomorrow morning. sprinkle chance and the fog by tomorrow afternoon.

today could be a carbon copy day and could be showers in win chets wincheste. the forecast will be low with increasing clouds coming your way and like today, sunshine coming through the high. 77 degrees d.c., upper 70s, close to 80 degrees stafford and fredericksburg for tomorrow. there's your 60% chance of seeing the shower and temperature of 77 degrees. yes. i know, i know. there's a big game friday. right now, it looks like that chance of shower doesn't come until after 6:00. i'll show you a teamline with that rain coming up a little later in the newscast. >> thanks. watch what a you type. who is the most dangerous celebrity online. and how is ebola being

spread and should you be on an airplane? how to prevent it from spreading. plus, the one thing that could make it all worse. we want to hear from you about the stories that get you going.

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case of ebola showing up across the u.s. and enter rovirus spreading across the country, how concerned should we be. we have a doctor joining us to give us answers to questions. we've been told patients are only impaired when they're symptomatic and in contact with body fluids. how easy is it to catch this? >> it's not easy to catch because it's spread. it's not a respiratory virus because you have to be very intimate with somebody. concerns about the new case in texas, no concerns about the people who flew on the flight with the man because the patient was not symptomatic at the time? >> you've got to touch the nose? >> you've got to get intimate with body fluids, blood, urine, saliva. they say we can stop it in

its tracks and we are wondering how prepared are we to do that? >> we are very prepared because fortunately we do live in this united states. we have the capacity and geared up and have the hospital beds to do that. the treatment is supportive care, iv fluids, blood transfusions and public health is how we can win this. this conversation we're having right now will help people understand if you have the infection what to do about it. >> let's review the symptoms that can show up anywhere from day two to day one. >> they're quite common. fatigue, muscle pain, headache, sore throat, diarrhea and rash. >> it is hemorrhagic and you have blood in the diarrhea and blood in the rash and a high fever. you're pretty sick. >> enterovirus, there's been one confirmed child death today in

rhode island. does this virus lead to asthma and are children with asthma have the greatest risk. >> not that it leads to asthma, that they are of the greatest risk. what is it? a respiratory virus where it attacks and those with decreased pulmonary function, they're the mostvulnerable. if you have a kid that wheezes when it has a cold, get in now to see the doctor. >> what about this link to paralysis. that's scary. >> it is. there are others that have that. there is a phenomenon you get paralysis and acute my ely tis and we've seen it before. >> and they recover. >> it's usually transitory in most cases. >> what precautions should parents take? >> if you have a kid, own up to it now and if they have a cold, make sure their respiratory

tract is tuned up. if they're sick, keep them at home and don't bring them to the doctor's office just to check and be sure they're okay. >> the flu is about to hit us. are more of your washts coming in to get the flu vaccine this year? >> we should it happen with many more coming. we do have the ability to prevent many viruses, flu, chicken-pox, measles, polio, go get vaccinated. better way of dealing with it than this. >> thank you. parents of sandy hook students got a disturbing message from the superintendent today. what prompted the trouble and tracy morgan hits back today at huh, fifteen minutes could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance. everybody knows that. well, did you know you that former pro football player ickey woods will celebrate almost anything? unh-uh. number 44... whoooo! forty-four, that's me!

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good afternoon. i'm pat lawson muse. we reported at the top of the hour, we are learning more about the resignation of secret service director julia pierson. about an hour ago she tendered her resignatn amidst a wave of security missteps. the president called pierson today and thanked her for her 30 years of service but also believed it was time for new

leadership at the once elite agency. an unexpected twist today for the court hearing of the man accused of the worst white house security breach in modern history. the judge ordered a psychological evaluatn of omar gonzalez, the iraq war veteran accused of jumping the fence and bursting into the white house mansion. he told investigators the atmosphere was collapsing and needed to get the information to the president. in court today, his public defender told the judge she was wrong for ordering the mental evaluation and said he will fight it. in a couple days, president oba will leave washington for an overnight trip to chicago. but he has to go out of his way to get there. air force one will land in gary, indiana. about 35 miles away but the airport is still hobbled by the fire in aurora, illinois.

prince george's county, new information coming in about a good samaritan killed outside a swim club. mitchell white was outside the bel air swim racket club at 5:30. it's a popular cut-through for students who attend nearby bowie high school. we learned white was there to pick up his son and his son got into a physical fight with someone. when white tried to break up the fight, someone shot him. police released the information they were looking for. e were able to identify our shooter as a deion eugene warren. there's a forecast of mr. warren to my right, your left. homicide detective have obtained an arrest warrant charging him with first-degree mu as well as related charges. >>police investigators working this case have not gone home since yesterday's shooting.

coming up at 5:00, county burrow chief tracee wilkins will have new information how they were able to identify the shooter. sandy hook administrators were not taking any chances after someone called in a bomb threat. it came in around 9:30 and they quickly evacuated students to a nearby school. parents picked up their kids and school was dismissed. it's been almost two years since the gunman killed 20 students at sandy hook and the original building has since been torn down. tracy morgan is speaking out after wal-mart blamed him for his injuries for his accident. morgan and other people are suing wal-mart for negligence because their limo van was hit by a wal-mart truck in june and they allege the driver was too tired to be on the road.

wal-mart delivered a written response that says the injuries were caused in whole or in part because morgan and his friends were not wearing seat belts. morgan released a statement saying, i can't believe wal-mart is blaming me for an accident that they caused. my friends and i were doing nothing wrong. morgan is in rehab for speech therapy and cog nif therapy and questioning whether the comedian will be able to perform again. is the feud finally over. new developments in the power struggle at disney. a man who bilked people out of millions of dollars. our consumer reporter is up next live. trying to get exercise this evening. the weather is not going to get in the way. we see a sprinkle or two. our temperatures go from 75 to 70 degrees by 8:00. nice and warm. what about the rain on friday. will it send you sliding?

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we want to hear from you about the stories you're interested in, the stories you're talking about, first at 4. >> follow us on facebook and twitter, too. >> if paparazzi want aerial shots of celebrities, they better not use drones, at least not in california. a new state law bans paparazzi

from using drones to capture images of stars. the governor signed that law yesterday. the goal is to protect the privacy of the general public as well. danger, if you're about to google jimmie kimmel, beware, the security company heather mcph tells us the talk show host is the most dangerous celebrity to search online. a search for kimmel has a 19% chance landing on a website tested positive for spyware, viruses or malware. other dangerous celebrity searches according to heather mcphie include sierra, flo rida, chelsea hand ler and christina aguilera. bank of america is the first to issue cards with chips in them. every time you use the card, the transaction data changes making it tougher to copy the card.

every time you get a new card you get a new chip in it also when your card expires. am sto dis in a big feud over dvd sales. they could be close to a resolution afterno amazon stopp selling them. disney's "guardian of the galaxy" are back on sale at amazon. both car companies saw 19% gains in september. sas of chevy up and suvs also up, sales of the cadillac escalade more than doubled. on the chrysler side, folks were buying jeep cherokee suvs and

ram pickup trucks. consumer reporter erica gonzalez with a scam of a man who lure them out of thousands of dollars. >> he lured them with the promise of residency in the states and now the victims are facing deportation. >> this is not a new scam. this has been going for quite some time. there are more people now than ever in need of help for immigration services and scammers know that and they pounce on their prey. [ speaking spanish ] >> he told me most people don't have the courage to come forward because they're not in this country legally and such is this case. you see the man on your screen, ramon. sandoval and at least four other people were victimized. this man charged thousands of

dollars cash for help with immigration services. but he is not a lawyer. he is a notary. in latin-american country, they give legal advice. not in the u.s. we went to his office. prosecutors say he set up shop inside a medical plaza in a predominantly hispanic neighbor in silver spring. he pled guilty to immigration fraud scheme and unauthorized practice of law scheme. state's attorn john mccarthy says he has to pay back more than $8,000 to the people he hurt that came forward and spend six months in jail. >> the laws he cited did not exist. he accepted only cash. he advised people to lie in open court and to lie to the courts about who filled out their paperwork. this is an important step in protecting the immigrant members of this community against continued fraud. >> the resounding message after

today's proceedings regardless of your immigration status, if you are the victim of a crime, whatever the crime may be, your status will not be questioned and you need to seek help. >> so important. he's really preying on people positioning himself in certain areas. the man we spoke to specifically said i had sought his counsel, if you will, for tax services. during that time, said, hey, you know what, i can help you with your immigration status. if you pay me $4500 cash i can get you a permanent residency. that is not the case, completely false. >> where can people go for help? >> call the state attorney's office and local police department. you have to let somebody know, i think i've been taken advantage of. can you help me? put in a claim. you've got to let somebody know, i think there is something fishy going on here. there have been numerous reports since 2007 about this particular

man. >> thanks for getting the word out. appreciate it. why working out just got a bit more expensive in the district today. the mayor of a southern k cali city is dead and police say his wife pulled the trig tore save another person

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camera if you interact with a d.c. police officer. 165 members of the metropolitan police depart began wearing body cameras today in a pilot program in the works more than a year now. they are testing five deficit devices worn either on the torso or attached to eyeglasses. mayor gray says the cameras will provide transparency in citizen interactions with police. two new driving laws are now in effect in maryland. one law targets distracted drivers. the other expands the required move over law to make room for first responders. >> reporter: today, the move over law rer tains to tow truck s when responding to emergencies. when you see the flashing lights to change lanes and not be near them if possible and give them room to work safely. if you cannot move over, slow down until you pass the scene.

amy has been pulled over before when she was passenger in a car. >> i was in a car with a friend and we were driving down 270. she didn't move over. we got pulled over and honestly neither of us had any idea. i know about that one now. >> reporter: she and the driver only got a warning. today, if you break the move over law you could get a fine of $110 and it goes up if you cause a crash. before today, people were already required to change lanes for police workers and other emergency workers responding to accidents on the road. >> it's the law. nothing we can do about it. >> reporter: this electronic si says it all, wherever you drive in maryland think twice before you text and drive. if you're sending or receiving messages on your hand-held phone and cause an accident that leaves someone seriously hurt or killed, you can now face jail time up to a year and a $5,000 time.

steven chew listens to books on tape in his car and supports tougher penalties. >> that seems more than fair. seems more than fair if you are impaired in any way. >> reporter: the actual law, jake's law, named for a 5-year-old boy killed when a driver distracted on his cell phone slammed into the car jake was riding. jake's mother has argued for this law since the crash in 2011 and maryland was one of two states to do so. maryland highway estimates one-fifth of all crashes between 2008 and 2012 involves at least one distracted driver. first at 4, the universal society of hinduism is criticizing the so-called yoga tax that became law in the district today, also known as the wellness tax. it will add 7.5% to your fees

for yoga classes, gyms and health clubs. the president of the universal society of hinduism says yoga is part of orthodox religion and taxing it is an infringement. talking about a fog alert tomorrow? >> i think it will drop under a mile in some locations. nuisance weather tomorrow morning. not big-time disruptive weather at all. might slow some of you down just for a little bit for a short spell. show you that and where i think the heaviest rain will be on friday. we have sunshine coming through and those temperatures holding up around 70 degrees 8:00, as late as 9:00. early tomorrow morning we will see that fog. let's start at 11:00 p.m. this evening and i want you to focus around leesburg and warrington and culpeper and fredericksburg. this is the pocket i think will be at its densest and lowest

visibility tomorrow morning. you can see it building in 5:00 a.m. and gaithersburg and waldorf. densest to the left of favor fax, i-81 and 66 and just west of i-95 and loudoun county, too. and for your morning commute, fog and the roads could be a little damp. 64 degrees to the afternoon in the upper 70s with dry roads. can't rule out an isolated shower. for the forecast on wednesday, go ahead and get it in. once again, we hit that 70 degree, upper 70 degree mark around 2:00, 3:00 p.m. tomorrow afternoon, mid-70s at 6:00, 7:00. a good day to get the exercise in while we can before winter hits. it's right around the corner. let me show you friday. 3:00 in the afternoon and 6:00,

still dry and a fair amount of sunshine. at 6:00, the rain to the west and starts creeping eastward and friday night lights and football game and baseball game, too. 9:00, sprinkles taking off, 8:00, 9:00 until 11:00, 10:00 p.m. on friday storms in virginia where i think friday rain will be the heaviest starting out in the 40s early sunday morning and in the suburbs, very cool air. in the newsroom, the smell of smoke on an airplane prompts and all out evacuation at dulles international airport, plus, two men caught on camera withdrawing thousands of dollars from an atm ned the problem? the cards were stolen. we are following new

developments in what appears to be a murder suicide in potomac. wendy is at the desk. >> this tragic situation may have started with an accusation a man stole at his job. andrew racca worked at the foundation of scystic fibrosis and was accused of stealing from that organization. his boss is richard mattingly. he was planning to report the theft to authorities. investigators believe racca went to mattingly's potomac home and vandalized a car yesterday. about an hour later, mattingly's wife, carolyn, was found dead in the garage of that home and racca was found dead in his car after it slammed into a tree about 2 miles away. a gun was also found in the car with racca. mark segrave will have much more on this investigation at 5:00 and i will see you again. reaching out to save young

lives. the work that's going on before the babs are even born. >> reporter: i'm tom sherwood at a community health center in southwest washington. for decades the district of had a problem with infant mortality rates. they've gone down and up. now the city thinks they can turn the corner getting more pregnant women into health care. more at 5:00. the mayor of a southern california city is dead and his wife suspected of pulling the trigger. why was she questioned and then released and what lead to the deadly dispute. be careful when you answer be careful when you answer that phone, the convincing scam

in cases of rape and incest, just be careful when you answer that phone, the convincing scam like the right-wing republicans in congress. they want to overturn roe v. wade. so does she. "i think roe v. wade should be overturned." barbara comstock even voted with right-wing republicans to require women seeking an abortion to undergo transvaginal ultrasounds. that's all i need to know. i'm john foust and i approve this messge.

a safety exercise turns deadly. a pennsylvania state trooper has been killed in a gun training accident. he was shot in the chest yesterday while participating in a yearly training exercise at this gun range. he had been a member of the force for two years. the shooting remains under investigation. for now, authorities believe it was an accident. a small town in california has been rocked by the shooting death of its mayor. the mayor's wife is suspected of pulling the trigger and right now prosecutors are trying to decide whether she should be

charged. >> rep the shooting took place inside the mayor's home. 45-year-old daniel crespo was gunned down by his wife after an argument in their master bedroom. their 19-year-old son, daniel jr. tried to intervene. we do know the father, daniel sr., became physical with his son. shortly after, the wife took a firearm and shot the mayor multiple times. with neighbors reporting at least three shots fired, crespo was pronounced dead at the hospital. lavette, his school sweetheart was taken to the hospital and released. his brother was in a state of disbelief. why did she kill my brother? talk or tell me something or let me know something. >> reporter: an l.a. probation officer for 15 years, he was elected to the city council in 2001 and became mayor last year,

his family a fixture in this small tightly knit community. >> i'm shock it happened. i really can't believe that and right in front of my house. >> reporter: it's a shooting that claimed the mayor's life and for now left his bwife free of any charges. >> detectives haven't released what the couple may have been arguing about but the couple's brother said the marriage was often strain because of money problems. news now starts. >> now at 5:00, at the white house, a change at the top. can a new director make sure the president is better protected. face of a killer. police say this is the guy who gunned down a father trying to break up a fight outside a swim club. the motive behind a murder suicide, how charges of stealing from a charity may have led to that tragedy in potomac. we will start with that

murder-suicide case we brought to you last night. >> detectives began tracing clues of a trail that led them to a house just up the road. that trail led detectives back to a dispute at a nonprofit in bethesda. joining us live on potomac on the shocking new details. >> reporter: we're outside the home where richard and carolyn mattingly lived here in the potomac. you can still see the charred brick outside the home. it was inside that garage where the 57-year-old was found dead yesterday. this all started after a person where her husband worked was accused of stealing. police were first called to this home in the potomac yesterday for a report of a car that had its tire slashed. police spoke to the victim less than an hour before she was murdered. shortly after the police left, another call came in for a fire

at that same location. after the fire was put out, the discovery was made. >> we also found a deceased subject in that garage. we're working on the presumption that that is carolyn mattingly. >> reporter: just one minute before the call for the fire came in, a call came in for a car crash two miles away. >> there was a lone male occupant in that vehicle deceased. >> r police say the cipher of tha of that car was a rocca and a handgun -- racca leading them to believe he killed himself. he worked with carolyn mattingly's husband at the cystic fibrosis foundation. just hours before carolyn mattingly was murdered, racca and mattingly's husband had a confrontatn