beret jury from viewing the photos of the boy found dead in a septic tank. circuit judge finch reject the the motion filed yesterday. white was charged with abuse and neglect after her son noah was found dead 4 days after disappearing from their home. photos of noah's body in the septic tank and later at the medical examiner's office can be shown to the jury. noah's father faces felony neglect charges. >> reporter: looking for a missing man in roanoke. jonathan was reported missing. police say kent has not been heard from since last wednesday. he could be driving a 2015 gray honda crv, vec 7717. if you have information call the police department.

massachusetts found the man who police say abducted a woman and killed her husband. massachusetts police were trying to arrest dana williams when he shot himself. overnight weekend police say william held e lean brook hostage. william took e lean with him. authorities found widow and brooks bound in the home. he was pronounced dead at scene. there is a reward for information about brook's location. anyone with information is asked to call the sheriff's office. >> patti: new this morning. deputies say they solved the mystery after someone found a duffle bag of bones. the sheriff's office tells they were called after the hunter bones. deputies say it was the bones of a decomposed animal. no action will be taken at this

>> melissa: dry skies now we should be dry for the day. may be more passing clouds the further east you go. here is radar. we got a dry scan on pinpoint. rise. we will see a few passing clouds. compliments of the system to the south and the east. there are patches of black ice due to the temperature. there are slick spots. take extra time to get to where you need to be today. high's back to the middle 40s in lynchburg. 50's in danville. low 40s in the mountain locations. the clouds comp limits of the system to the south and east that will miss us. could see flurries in the mountains tonight then the warm up in the seven day forecast we'll show that you in a bit. >> reporter: thanks. the woman at the center of rolling stone's false gang rape story refers to turn over a

a federal judge says jackie needs to provide communication documents with the dean nicole and rolling stone magazine text and e mails with them. mobhandle is the alias lawyer jackie used to community with classmates. jackie will have to provide any communications monhandle had with anyone in communication the name was mentionedment monhandle was the ring leader of the frat who raped jackie. a story proven to be false. the attorney says jackie and created monhandle because she had feelings for dovin. romantic feelings why jackie made up the story about the gang rape. they will be marked confidential. >> patti: transgender teen battles for a year to use the

will have his story heard. born a girl he came out as a transgender to his teacher his frechman year. they banned him from the boy's bathroom and created aune 6 bathroom for him to use. gavin sued the school for discrimination. >> well is something wrong with you to make it you cannot use the restroom like any kid. >> gavin's attorneys are asked the court to allow him back in the bathroom while they make their way through court. >> reporter: university fof communication professor may lose her job because of a confronttation with a student photographer last fall. four hours last night and decided to suspend assistant professor click with pay pending further investigation. during november protests over

click was caught ordering student journalists to leave and asking for muscle to remove one of them. charged with misdemeanor assault on monday because of that incident. >> patti: city of flint, michigan on day 23 of the toxic water crisis. for many it has been going on for 18 months. when can people turn faucets back of no one knows. rick snyder is not giving a time frame. he say its is based on test results and when the water is safe. he would not give a specific date neither with environmental quality. results are showing less lead is leaking in the drinking water system. the next step is to imstall the pipes to make sure biofilm is not building back up. >> reporter: a reaccept whore brought to light the water issues in flint will work for the town. flint's mayor weaver announced that she hired mark edward to

by state and federal government. heal be independent and paid through private donations. michigan's governor is part of a 17 member group of experts selected find a long-term solution to flint's water problem. >> patti: after off from snow. students headed back to class. those at liberty high school had a warm building to go back to. the crews fixed the h-vac system. wind knocked power poles a few weeks ago. teachers and students had to bundle up in class rooms. over the past few days we have seen people shovelling sidewalks. if you live in lynchburg the city wants to you do that now. the city attorney tells abc 13, there is an ordinance to ask folks to be sure they cleared their sidewalks. although they never cited anyone, it is importbnt you do it. patricia says she has been

granddaughter and has been impressed. >> for the ones that are able to and have the wherewithal to do it. i would say for the most part people cleared their sidewalks. >> patti: the city says they don't ticket those who don't shovel the police department is busy dealing with weather calls to issue citations. people are not able to shovel snow. still to come on good morning virginia childhood obesity. growing problem. a new problem is using food labels to curb that rising steks. we will have detail in health check. >> reporter: an adequate look at the forecast. twine in danville.

there aup. >> reporter: check on the kids there. kid are starting to areef in the parking lot outside of the coliseum of they have been encountered shrek spot on the now. it is 17 now in the virginia tech. 22 in roanoke. 26 in danville. 26 in hot springs.

visibility is not an issue. everyone reporting wide i viz visibility or reduced. the problem will be the patches of black ice out there on the roadways because the temperatures are below freezing. dry to radar now. we should remain dry through the afternoon. a lot of rain be down toward the coastal sections of our state carolina. could see a few clouds from this area of low pressure toward our south and east. florida continues to get rainfall. that will happen again another day. and this clip are system is fairly interesting, however that will slide by to the north. we are sandwiched in between system and a quiet pattern. we'll attack that after last weekend. the area of low pressure messes us. this clip are system misses us toward the north. we will catch an up flow snow shower tonight and first thing tomorrow.

will build in over the next couple of days. like what you see in the seven day forecast. a few clouds off the coast. otherwise issue a dry day today. we will call it filtered sunshine. we should go back to clear skies over night aside from a flurry out west. we will see the snow machine kick in on the slopes. tomorrow, talk sun. and lots of it. continue through the day on saturday. cooler tomorrow. both days around the same. we go up 57 saturday. 62 on sunday and coming up on the way for monday. have to get through today. we will start out in the 20s 40s by 1:00 this afternoon with filtered sun. our high today is 46. 47@a vista. 55 for danville and 45 in roanoke. over night lows back to 30. a few up or middle 20's toward

mountains will see flurries. never late to look ahead for the weekend. 62 for sunday afternoon. our weather photo of the day is a nice one. come to us from amanda, a rusburg sunset. any time you have a picture you would like to see weather@wset.com. >> patti: thank you, a judge found a texas father not goitty of theft after he took a daughter's cell phone because of a rude text. the 3 year battle began once the girl's mother got involved. jeff paul has the story. >> reporter: skyler was 12 when her dad took her phone for writing a rude text. gi was texting a friend and i said i was here at my dad's house with his and his wrappet daughter and wife >> wrappet is not a nice thing to call each other. no one would know that word

>> that's what sparked it but not what it was all about. >> reporter: may have been had more to do with skyler's mom calling police to get the phone back. saying it was his right to punish his daughter. something that lead to theft charges. arrest and jury trial and an aquital. >> i'm glad i did that but i'm not glad that it is completely severed my contact with my daughter. jackson told us in all this time. they have not spoken at all. >> she's wrote me a letter. gave it to me on valentine's day. she do not want me to be her further. >> skyler's mother showed the receipt for the phone. the box, steking to her guns. jackson still has the phone. may have lost much more. >> patti: jackson's exwife said the phone was not his property to take. if he returned the phone none of

apparently the judge disagreed jackson got to keep the phone. new this morning amazon is running a commercial during the superbowl for the first time. we have a sneak peek in tech bytes. >> in tech bytes a first for amazon. >> company running an ad on superbowl sunday. >> cheer leaders. again i thought you were the expert at these parties. >> alec baldwin and dan marino. >> they are planning a superbowl party with echo the virtual assistant of the samsung may launch a phone upgrade program. >> the tech giant will allow custody mers to lease devices for a year and exchange if for a new are model. apple has a similar plan. facebook's like button is about to get emotional. the new reaction's feature allow users to go beyond a thumb's up

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have a good day. pat president back with health news. one in six children are obese. now to help fight that epidemioeck a program aims to educate kids on reading labels. details in health check. >> you will have a rainbow what do have you to have a lot of? >> fruits and vegetable. >> children are getting a course in nutrition called kids in fitness a children's hospital in los angeles. for six weeks the kids learn ways to have a healthy lifestyle. >> learning to read labels in a way that is meaningful. they go to the groeshth.

plate based on the plate guide lines. >> reporter: today's lesson focuses on sugar and how much they are consumg. >> all of the information core spond sponds to one serving size. they don't know you multiply the information how many servings you eat. >> reporter: stresses the importance of exercise and encouraging each other during work outs. some say, that's the best part. >> my favorite part would be going down and playing games because i actual low like move and not just sit down. >> when we go exercise, because i have a lot of movement. and not just sitting around all day. >> reporter: for health minute. i'm marthasm >> patti: look at the most viewed news stories. deputies were called to investigate after someone found

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3 dennis the hokies again played one of the country's top teams close but 16th-ranked louisville left blacksburg with an 8-point win.

position, showing his team how to play defense. first half, justin bibbs buries the three to put the hokies up six, bibbs had 10. final 30 seconds of the half, seth allen drives in for the jam, allen had 26 for tech. hokies down just four at the break. second half, jalen hudson got tech within 7, he scored 27.but louisville too strong, jaylen johnson jammin'. hokies fall 91-83. 3 odac action at lynchburg, the hornets faced off with emory & henry. first half, lc's zach burnett drives to the basket and lays it in, the hornets outscored the wasps in the paint 32-16. emory & henry stayed right with lc early, kevin anzenberger knocks down a three. lc down one, a.j. hamilton drills a three, hamilton scored a game-high 15. lynchburg wins 73-53. 3 high school boys at e.c. glass, the hilltoppers battled the minutemen of liberty. third quarter, hilltoppers on the break, derrell calloway nice dish to anthony williams who hits the reverse layup, williams led all scorers with 23 points.

the buzzer to end period three. but e.c. glass wins big 53-32. 3 and barney hall, known by millions of race fans as "the voice of nascar" , has passed away at age 83.the elkin, north carolina native covered nascar for nearly 55 years through seven decades. seven decades. that's what is going on in sports. >> reporter: we had melting on the way yesterday. we expect to get more going on today. outside and measured two inches left in our wset snow board. that should be gone by the time the weekend come if not senior. you will see why coming up. this afternoon, may be a few passing clouds up from the system to the south and the east. it should miss us. but it still may pull back stray courthoused. 46 our high in lynchburg. 45 for lovingston. 47 for alta vista.

danville and to the south. going to 48. redmonday to 48. roanoke today 45. the newburg 43. lexington going to 45. over night lows dipping back to 30. most of our locations out to the west central high lands. might see flurries where the temperatures hold back around the mid 20s. 44 for friday. we flirt with 60 for saturday. clip 60 for sunday at 62. check out monday. 64. a blend of sun and clouds. groundhog day 68. wednesday has a decent shot at rain also 58. >> patti: thank you. coming up in the next half-hour, we just got off the phone with blacksburg police searching for a 13 year old girl.

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is headed to >> patti: good morning it is thursday january 28 issue 2016 i'm patty martin. >> mona: i'm mona. thanks for starting your day with us. temperatures took a dive but there may be a warm up. will. we are hearing the 60s? >> will: mid 60s by monday. today is a seasonal day outside. we can see a few clouds from the south and east. here is radar now. hoe no rainfalling. head lines today feature patches of black ice. there are slick spots take time to get to where you need to be. passing clouds this afternoon. the temperatures mona mentioned, are on the rise. will start for tomorrow, saturday and sunday looking nice. outside now though at 29 in lynchburg and again with the few

we will climax at 46 in lynchburg and reaching 50 for danville. locations will hold back to the low to mid 40s. clouteds will pass from time to time. filtered sun. we are talking a warm up. 60s in the seven day forecast. we will show you coming up in a bit. mona? >> mona: thanks. it is going on 24 hours since the blacksburg teen went missing. police are asking for your help. she is in need of her medication. nicole disappeared from her apartment between mid night and seen:00 yesterday morning. she is 13. she had a liver transplant when she was 10 months old. she takes antirejection medication twice a day. the last time she took them was two nights ago. blacksburg police are asking for anyone with information to call

540- 540-961-99 540-961-9950. >> patti: mother of a man shot at lynchburg general hospital is searching for answer. a hospital security guard shot jonathan more than two weeks ago. >> mona: he is paralyzed and she feels helpless. we spoke with warner's mother for this emotional interview. >> reporter: her son jonathan loved being outside with his family. it has been two weeks since she found her son would never walk again. >> i would pick up the phone and say. did you hear? i said, what? >> shed jonathan was shot at the hospital. >> reporter: shot after@mid to the er at lynchburg general hospital for emergency mental health treatment. >> he went to get help that is the first place you go with any

they are to be prepared for a psychosis. they were not. >> reporter: police allege warn are attack the the security guard. his mom said if his son was violent this incident speaks to large are issues on the mental health system. >> at 28 he is shot. he went to a hospital for treatment and he is paralyzed for his life. how is it working? he said mom, every time i go to the hospital it just gets worse. and it has. >> reporter: warpshe does not hold ill well toward the officer who shot her son. >> i'm praying for him and his family. i'm sure it is traumatic for millennium. >> reporter: she wants answers and change. >> can't give my son legs and walk again. it is done. if this could never happen to others then that could be the

>> patti: uth anne tells us she moment. they are looking for information on what happened. her attorney says the family filed a request for a list of jonathan's medical records give them insight to the time line of events they have should the records by february 10th. >> mona: a judge said it was the most violent murders the city has seenful dominic will spend his life behind bars. police arrested him in twept 14 following a month long man hunt in the death of saddam hussein moss. moss ambushed saddam hussein sean and shot him six-seven times. moss apologizeed the family and claimed to be a changed man. when the judge handed down his sentence he threatened to shoot the prosecutor in the face. he got an additional two years for punching an officer. >> patti: a judge will not slow out charges in the death of a

judge denied a defense motion earlier this week saying their arguments did not have merit. this month the defense attorneys for two of the six people charged argue that firemanarms charges should be dropped. the trial begins on monday. >> mona: a local officer is getting deserved attention for a small act of kindness that made a big impact. on tuesday lynchburg police officer saw 73 year old lewis shovelling the snow in front of his business. he sprang into action. finishing the job. he was only doing what he hopes anyone would do. he tells us he was touched by the gesture and surprised that he went over and beyond his duty as an officer. >> patti: the winter storm is over, construction crews are feeling the affects. the snow impacted a danville/pennsylvania habitat for humanity project. crews finished the electrical

street. that's when the storm hit. halt of construction delayed other projects in the house. >> working on h-vac and plumbing. plumbing can't start until the h-vac is done. when they are closed or delayed during snow. that does not get done and the plumbing gets backed up. >> patti: habitat says they are behind by a few days and hope to have the house ready for the family by mid spring. a dam near the old white snow is a danger. with the ymca built near it more pass by it. they are asking city council to approve removing it. in 2010 a phi year old boy lost his life in another dam in danville that has been removed and grand mother thinks removing

person's life. >> how many people has he rescued having the dam removed. if this is prompted the city to say, we lost a child we removed that. this one is starting. why not remove that. he is rescuing people. that's what he loved to do. >> patti: project would cost 100 thousand dollar. coups will discuss it next week. >> mona: allen pierson cancer center want to help patients feel upbeat. they are hosting a musical month in march and inviting musicians to perform. response is great they are still look for example volunteers. a high school band. chorus, drummer, guitar and belly dancer. >> to haveup lifting music and not such a clinical and sterile environment it is more of a happy place to come to and feel

that's what we strife to do is make it be a home environment and everybody a support group for their family. >> anita says a lot of the musicians have been affectd and want to give back to the community. >> mona: still to come, another big g. o. p. debate is set for tonight. donald trump says heal be a no shoechl hear why in trump's words that is in, looking ahead. >> mona: be careful about black ice. the temps dipped 22 in roanoke. 28 in lynchburg. 26 in danville.

we are talking >> will: this morning temperatures are from yesterday upon 47 the high yesterday for lynchburg. 48 in danville and 45 for roanoke. outside now the temperatures are 28 in lynchburg. 23 the dew pointful humidity 81%. visibility at 10 miles. the pressure is holding. other thises outside include 26 in danville. 22 in roanoke. 17 in blacksburg. we have a bit of slick spots. allow yourself extra time. problem is in the visibility department. there is good visibility, more fog back out toward our mountain count'ses. dry skyos radar. at least locally. showers now extend energy coastal virginia to carolina and out through the coastal sections

big time rain and severe thunderstorms coming around palm beach. back up through the panhandle of florida now. we have a clip are system to the north. both will miss us by one down to the south. this pulls up. this will go back toward the north we are in between systems and that is good news for us. quiet on tap for today. and snow shower over night into tomorrow afternoon will otherwise, a big area of high pressure and mild conscience for friday, saturday and leading to sunday and monday the heat will climax. temperatures in the 60's. this afternoon passing clouds from time to time. cloudy conscience the further east you go. closer to the center of low pressure that will skirt us by toward the each over night tonight skies will clear. may be a snow shower to the dry. it is about the sun on the way for friday afternoon.

tomorrow's temperatures is the same as what they will be today. by saturday we are nearing the 50 degree mark upper 40s to the lower 50s. sunday we are talking mid 50s to low 60s. and monday we are talking about low 60s to middle 60s. get ready for that. we will start out chill net 20s. rebound to the 40s this afternoon. our high is going to 46. we will keep the sun and passing clouds going by from time to time this afternoon. over night lows dipping to the 30s. a chunk will be dry over night. mountain ace counties may be a flurry as the lows go to 25. for those locations, now tack warmth. 57 saturday. 62 on sunday. 64 for monday. south side may get to 66-67 for monday afternoon. we will start to cool down again. >> patti: family of a long time

passed says heal be laid to rest tomorrow. according to his o bit. bob abbott's family will receive friends 6:00-8:00 this evening. a celebration of life service tomorrow at 11:00 abbott work indeed the radio market and retired two years ago. the family says he passed early tuesday morning. he was 65 years old. >> liftoff, >> patti: 30th anniversary of challenge are tragedy. nasa will pay tribute to the crews of apollo one. as well as other nasa colleagues during the day of remembrance. seven members dieod the morn of january 28, 1986 when a booster engine failed causing the shulth to brake apart 73 seconds after

>> patti: all eyes on the republican debate. republicans are look to clash without trump on stage. >> mona: the front run are speak out on why he is not attending and what he will be doing instead. >> reporter: the news trump's debate controversy continues. both sides engaged in chicken. just hours before tonight's final debate. >> not giving them. >> i was pushed away. >> i'm not walking away. >> trump defending his decision to skip out on the debate. gi was not treated well by fox. i have 0 respect for meghan ke. i think she is over rated. the g. o. p. counterparts pouncing on his decision to be a no show. particularly ted cruise. >> if someone did that didn't show up at the interview you know what you would say? you are fired.

challenging trump to a one on one debate. trump tweeting saying, okay can we do it in canada. on the democratic side. bernie sanders meeting with the man he would like to replace, president obama and sanders meeting was a way for the president to show neutrality in the close primary race. back in iowa bill clinton stumping for his wife ahead of the caucuses. >> donald trump says heal hold a fundraiser fer veterans in iowa at the same time of the fox news debate. literally two miles away. abc news, new york. >> mona: tonight the public is invited to a meeting about the out door community market improvement's project. lynchburg city and the project team will present their master plan for improving and updating the lynchburg community market. tonight they want to hear your ideas and input other than category the project.

meeting for the project. the first one was in december of last year. tell be held at community market. pam pat we are expected to learn today who bought a 1 million dollars power ball ticket in salem. virginia lottery will personality the winner of the drawing with her prize at the 7/11 where she bought it at 1:00 this autobiography at the store on roanoke boulevard. >> mona: abc is giving away food for free. it is called, good eat's contest. today through monday log on on wset.com for your chance to win. if you scroll down the home page the link surrender trending. get information on our abc 13 facebook page. today we giving a 75 gift card to the sterling. look for different prizes and we wish you luck. >> patti: more ahead on good morning virginia a lot of buzz about a new virus. we have feel a cold sore coming on? only abreva can heal it in as

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>> will: if you are going on a trip today you will see a morning shower locally. highings around 46. you will see a bit more clouds further east you go. it hugs the coast. norfolk may see a shower they go up to 48. dc to 44. charleston to 45 they will seat most sunshine in west virginia. our high of 46 in lynchburg. 46 in betford. seasonal with passing clouds from time to time. south boston 51. charlotte to 50. brooknil to 49 and smith mountain lake to 48. blacksburg to 43. covington at 44. a lot of locations will stay dry over night the temperatures go to around 30. the exception will be the

valley could see a flurry thrown in the meches. majority will stay in west virginia. talk warmk. 57 for saturday. 62 on the way for sunday. 64 on the way for monday. those are in lynchburg. add-on two-three degrees to get the south side location readings for sunday and monday. 58 for groundhog day. a few clouds. rain for wednesday at 58. and on the seven day we'll cool down for next thursday. >> mona: we are answering would you recall questions about the zika virus. half a dozen cases popped up in the u.s. including here in virginia. officials say the virginia case is in the northwest part of the state. virginia department of health says now the zika virus is not a major concern. it can't be transferred from person to person only from mosquitos. because it is cold it is not a

doctors think there is a link with zika virus and birth defects. advising pregnant women to stay away from areas with the virus. >> if a woman gets bit by the mosquito and get the the zika virus during her pregnancy, it increases the chances that her baby will be born with something called. a severe brain defect. brain does not develop normally. >> mona: once it gets warmer zing academy be a big are threat. because not only can mosquitoes give the virus to people f. a person with the virus is bitten by a mosquito that mosquito is a carrier and infect others. >> patti: still to come an update on the case of the boy

>> mona: a man will spend >> mona: back with the top stories. a judge is refusing to beret jury from viewing photos of body of noah thom. five year old boy found dead in a septic time. the judge rejected the motion filed by the white's attorney. charged with felony abuse and neglect. photos of noah in the tank and later are relevant and can be shown not jury. noah's father faces charges. his trial is set for march. abc 13 spoke with the mother of jonathan warner the paeshth shot at lynchburg hospital. ruth anne says she is looking for answers and mental health reform. her son was shot after admitted for treatment. lefrn burg police say he

grabbed a tapes and fire today and nearly hit an officer. he was shot four times. mother has not been getting answer but if her son had been violent she feels the system failed her son. >> he said mom, every time i go to the hospital it gets worse. and it has. you can't give my son legs and walk again, it is done. if this could never happen to others, >> patti: ruth anne hopes changes can come out of this. >> patti: 24 year old lynchburg man will spend his life in prison for a murder the judge called the most violent the city has seen. he was arrested following a month long man hunt. dominic ambushed sean moss and

moss apologized and claimed are a changed man. when the judge handed down the sentence he threatened to shoot the officer in the face. >> mona: good morning america is next. here is sylvia with what they are working on this morning. >> coming up on gma. donald trump boycotting tonight's republican debate and over night taking aim at fox and meghan kelly. the latest from iowa. just days away from the caucuses next on gma. >> a lot of kids going back to school. >> will: two inches on our snow board from the melting. we expect more to take place today as temperatures in the 40s that is nothing compared to the weekend. up to 46 for the high. slick spotos the roadways, allow yourself extra time. filtered sun for the afternoon.

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