when he saw diane get out of her car, he abducted her at knifepoint, and took her to the wooden shackhe admitted robbing her, but denied sexually assaulting her, although the evidence clearly showed that he did. then he stabbed her to death and stole her car. he abandoned the mustang across town and left his fingerprint and a palm print. although it took almost 35 years to find him, his fingerprints on file had not degraded. >> if it had not been for the afis system, he would have never been identified. >> on january 15, 2004, james davis pled guilty to murder with malice and was sentenced to life in prison. >> i never saw remorse. not one time. the only time i saw remorse was when he came to court and he pled guilty, and a judge sentenced him to life. he didn't care about diane. >> diane maxwell's father lived long enough to see her killer brought to justice. >> this database has been such a boost to law enforcement, to be able to help solve these crimes that otherwise would go unsolved. and now with the dna database, and that's doing the same thing, i mean, it's just been a tremendo

at knifepoint he stole cigarettes from a liquor store and the officer was faced with a difficult decision. >> an officer facing a weapon like that, it is a deadly weapon. the officer has to protect himself. >> the department has been faced with a difficult decision. in the wake of other officer involved shooting getting national attention whether or not to release video. they decided against it. >> we investigate the crimes fully. and completely. and with integrity. and we share that information with all the agencies that are involved in the investigation. >> today there is a memorial at the scene of the shooting. >> a different approach on both ends. >> reporter: that is why this man decided to come forward. he says it is the shootings across the nation that have him feeling concerned. >> that is not how i am supposed to feel about somebody that is supposed to protect me. >> reporter: authorities believe the incident was by the book. the investigation is ongoing. >> all right. ann rubin, live. >>> the secret to predicting earthquakes could be in your pockets. >> we could use phones. >> t

torres pleaded guilty to raping and beating a woman at knifepoint along the northwest branch trail last year. rescuers from fairfax county pulled a young man from the rubble of the earthquake that killed more than 6,000 people in nepal. task force one deployed to that area on saturday to help sear for survivors in kathmandu. they found the 15-year-old beneath a concrete slab. a crushed motorcycle kept him from being killed. >> able to access the patient with cameras and some listening devices and then some tools, we were able to assist the nepalese in extricating him. maureen: 54 members of task force one are expected to continue the search for survivors into next weekend. next on abc 7 news at 6:00 a senator enters the race for the white house. how this underdog could change the tone of the entire campaign. plus rain moving through the area. how long will it last and what should we expect this weekend? tim: the caps and rangers are geared up and getting ready for the first round matchup in madison square garden tonight. 80th annual nfl draft is about to begin as abc 7 news at 6:00 cont

abducted a 25-year-old woman at knifepoint. she managed to get away, but police are searching for this man. they say the victim and the suspect know each other. it's not clear what the relationship is anyone with information please contact prince william county police. >>> after much speculation former secretary of state hiliary clinton is expected to announce she's running for president. that announcement could come this morning in the form of an online video. surae is live with more on this. >>reporter: good morning mike. before she makes an announcement, she's considered the clear front runner for the democratic nomination for 2016, and here at 1600 pennsylvania avenue northwest. she's expected to make this announcement and its rumored on twitter first and an online video campaign. it's expected to take place just before noon and you can expect also just people talking about it on social media and they are at this point as well. well her campaign describes her as a tenacious fighter. she's expected to visit early voting stat

. >> i'm michelle roberts in san jose where a high schooler was robbed at knifepoint. coming up hear why the victim's photo scream may be able to help police catch the thief. >> is it a hit or miss coming up? we talked to customers who get their hands on the apple watch for the first time. >> right now we are seeing temperatures in the 70s towards the tri-valley and dublin with mostly clear skies for now. clouds on the increase at least to start the weekend. will they bring any chances of rain for your weekend plans? a look at that in your micro climate forecast. >> then at 6:00 you carry around an earthquake detector almost everywhere you go. >> locate it and give us magnitude. >> how you could be the one that an earthquake is about to hit. >> with great accuracy. >> that's new at 6:00. >>> new at 5:00 can you call it photographic evidence. the girl tell us the thieves stole her phone last plo month and now his pictures are showing up on her apple i-cloud. the girl was walking home from school. michelle roberts is in east san jose with details. michelle? >> it happene

police say he raped his victim at knifepoint just off the northwest branch trail in silver spring about a year ago. he was caught when detectives returned to the scene and spotted him nearby. we're hearing from a local man who helped pull an 18-year-old boy from the rubble five days after that devastating earthquake in nepal. the boy is recovering in the hospital this noon. he had been trapped after a seven story building collapsed in kathmandu. crowds cheered as he was rescued. chris shaft from fairfax county u.s. aid disaster team told us how they got the boy free. >> approximately 4 1/2, five hours to get him out of that space. lots of negative results on searches so r -- to be involved in the one day is very uplifting. it makes it all worth coming over even though we're able to do just one rescue. jummy: anoverturned motorcycle likely saved that boy's life preventing concrete from falling on him. the quake has killed at least 5,500 people. coming up here on abc 7 news at noon, must see video of a bizarre gas station fire. what caused a woman to intentionally light up the gas pump. o

a female correctional officer, shackled her with her own restraints, and was now holding her at knifepoint in his cell. meanwhile riverbend's emergency response team suits up for action. while the negotiator speaks with hill, the team quietly assembles undetected outside of the cell door. >> here we go. coming in. >> at a precise moment the door is opened, and the team rushes the cell setting off a flash bang grenade. the team uses pepper spray to subdue the inmate. within seconds, the still shackled officer is pulled to safety. a short time later, hill is also removed from the cell. though dazed by the effects of the pepper spray, hill is uninjured and the assault earned him two months in punitive segregation and an extension of his sentence. riverbend's emergency response team regularly trains for crises where a cell extraction is called for. our crew was there to cover one session. >> as you can see when you get that many people in as small a cell as it is, it makes kind of havoc about being able to operate in there. >> straighten him out. there you go. pull him out. straighten him down

he attacked the victim at knifepoint and robbed her. a suspect sketch helped police tractork torres to the area. >>> metro is hosting a public hearing tonight on the potomac yard station coming to alexandria. the station will be built on the yellow and blue lines between the stops at reagan national and braddock road. now, the city of alexandria selected its preferred site this week. it's close to the potomac yard shopping center near the target store. tonight's hearing at the rec center begins at 7:00. >>> tonight for the first time in more than 20 years congress is going to vote to strike down a law in the district of columbia. pat lawson muse at the live desk. >> wendy, this resolution if approved would overturn a d.c. law that prevents discrimination against workers who have abortions and this afternoon a group of activists let congress know how they feel about lawmakers taking aim at a local law. those were members of d.c. vote interrupting an initial vote on the measure. three residents were arrested as part of that demonstration.

. >>> a san jose teenager attacked at knifepoint. the target? her cell phone. and the clues of her attacker could be a selfie. the man who stole her iphone is now unwhittingly sending pictures of himself to the girl. nbc bay area's michelle roberts is in east san jose near liberty high school with the details. michelle? >> reporter: really scary situation. a brazen crime. it happened here at this intersection about noon. the girl was walking home from school when a man approached her. when she realized she wanted to get away that's when it turned violent. >> my adrenaline was pumping. and it just went so fast. >> reporter: 17-year-old brenda reyes says it's not easy to talk what happened to her on her walk home from school last month. >> i have flashbacks about it. it's horrible. >> reporter: she says around lunch time this man approached her at mt. herman drive. she had never seen him before and knew she was in danger when he grabbed her arm. >> and i'm really scared. no guy has ever tried to put his hands on me. >> reporter: when she resisted brenda says he h

police say calbert kidnapped her and a friend from a hospital parking lot at knifepoint because he was had filed a domestic violence complaint against him. according to the police report, calbert beat his wife and locked her in the trunk. she dialed 911 using a cell phone calbert didn't know she had on her and left the line open to the dispatcher -- >> we're at flying-j's in how much gas are you going to put in? i don't want to be in this trunk anymore. >> the footage from the flying-j truck stop plays a key role into the grand jury investigation into the shooting. >> it helped that everything was caught on camera. that way the jury, everybody could see what actually occurred. it's not just my word. or my backup saying what they saw. >> the jury determines that the killing of julian calbert by albuquerque police officer aaron zwicky was justified under new mexico law. >> it was a weight of my shoulders. i don't think any officer wants to be put in the position where they have to make a decision whether or not to use deadly force. >>> a congressional election takes an odd turn when surv