a. kenneth reed is accused of killing mayola houser nearly a decade ago. police say the now 61-year-old was arrested earlier this week-- in a drug investigation-- and d-n-a samples that were taken from him matched evidence found in houser's home. reed is charged with second degree murder... and is being held at the lake county jail. right now-- crews are still working to clean up lane is still blocked. a car carrier errupted into flames around 9-30 last night in the southbound lanes in mims. firefighters say the truck was hauling at least 4 cars. the fire is now out.. and there are no reports of any injuries. a convicted serial killer has been put to death at the florida state prison. oscar ray bolin was scheduled to be executed at 6 o'clock last night... but a last minute appeal to the u-s supreme court delayed it. bolin was pronounced dead by lethal injection at 10-16 p-m. he was convicted of killing three women near tampa --nearly 30 years ago. in volusia county--tragedy on a high school soccer field. a 16-year-old girl suddenly collapses and later dies

>> and we now know one of the people linked to that operation is facing murder charge in a cold case, kenneth reed who you see here is responsible for the death of hauser back in 2007, he tried to have sex with hauser, restrained her and covered her nose and mouth hoping she would black out. he says she took off when she went limp. >> now we feel like we're going to get justice, you know, even though we can't bring her back, we still feel there will be some justice served. >> family members say they have long suspected reed was responsible, he had been hanging out with haus -- hauser and a group of other people the thiet she was found dead jie a -- >>> a philadelphia police officer after he was shot by a man inspired by isis. the attack caught on gonzalez reports the fbi is now trying to determine if the suspect has any direct ties to isis. >> reporter: chilling surveillance images of what philadelphia police call an ambush on one of their officer by a suspect they say pledged loyalty to isis. >> we have an officer shot. >> reporter: this video shows the suspect firing at least 11 times in to a pa

>>reporter: at that time police named kenneth ray reed a suspect. family members say he was a longtime friend which made this worse. >>today is thursday. i saw him to stay in the community walking from the wednesday when the 63-year-old was picked up during a drug operation armed with dna evidence from the crime scene, leesburg detectives jumped in and arrested him for second- degree murder. family members took to facebook expressing gratitude that there mayola can rest in peace. >>without it was a cold case. now we feel like we could get justice. we feel like there will be some justice served. >>reporter: family members tell me mayola had one $500 in the lottery before she was attacked. sadly they believe it may have been motive for her murder. angela jacobs channel 9 eyewitness news. >>> breaking right now. one lane of i-95 southbound just reopened after this car carrier caught fire just before 9:30 tonight. look at this live look. we are told 6 vehicles on that no one was injured. you can still see some light, we will keep an eye on this accident

he was one of the people arrested in that drug bust lisa was just talking about. 61-year-old kenneth reed was a suspect at the time of the murder but police didn't have enough evidence to charge him. when his name popped up in this bust, he was brought to leesburg police department and questioned. that's when detectives say he admitted to the crime. they were also able to get d.n.a. evidence linking him to that murder. >> we were there in november of 2007 when 56-year-old audrey green was found strangled to death at her home in leesburg. reed is now in the lake county jail. >> for the third time a judge has ruled an orange county man is incompetent to stand trial. incompetent twice but the state can reevaluate him every six to 12 months. investigators say 77-year-old fleetwood fleetwood peebles, jr. was arrested for child porn. the charges could be dropped completely. >> the law is very clear that, unfortunately for any victims that may be involved in this case, the case would have to be dismissed. >> it has been almost two years since peebles was arrested after investigators say they found hun

a decade ago. police in leesburg say 61-year-old kenneth ray reed is charged in the death of mayola houser. she was 56-years-old when she was killed on east street in 2007. today we may learn whether a well-known orange county man will stand trial on child pornography charges. for fleet peeples, junior this morning and 9:30. -- this morning at 9:30. he was found incompetent to stand trial in july. he was arrested after orlando peeples' father was a well-respected swim instructor in the area for decades who died in 1993. this morning some people are protesting the execution of a convicted killer serial killer in florida. anti-death penalty activists held a prayer vigil outside the governor' s mansion last night as oscar ray bolin was put to death. he was executed at 10:16 last night. bolin was sentenced to death for the 1986 killing of 26-year-old he was also found guilty in two other murders. his final meal was steak, a baked potato, salad and lemon meringue pie. covering brevard county, we are waiting to get more information on a car carrier fire that shut down all lanes of i-95. this was a

this was the crimeline flyer offering a reward for information that would solve the murder. questioned in the case, 61-year-old kenneth reed, was picked up as part of a drug when asked again about his potential involvement in houser' s death and was told his dna was in her home, he allegedly confessed. lt. joe iozzi: putting all those things together, we were able to subsequently charge him with 2nd degree murder. meredith: leesburg police say they never stopped working the case, and hope an arrest helps the family with some closure. jim: we have new details tonight as deputies search for clues in a triple murder that happened in lakeland wednesday. today, deputies released surveillance video from a business near the crime scene that shows a vehicle, possibly driven by the suspects. it shows a white commercial van described as a newer model ford transit connect, and deputies that will help them catch the killers. deputies believe they may be from the miami area. the victims were found dead inside the home on east magnolia drive in lakeland early wednesday morning. a fourth person, a man, was found shot in the face and is i

a decade ago. police in leesburg say 61-year-old kenneth ray reed is houser. she was when she was killed on 56 east street in 2007. reed was busted in a drug raid earlier this week, and charged in the murder after an interview with investigators. michelle: a kissimmee police officer, whose k-9 died when he accidentally left him squad car with no a.c., will not be facing charges. the tragic case of igor sparked nationwide outrage, with some saying officer gerardo bellido got off too easy after initially lying about how igor died. bellido received a 160-hour prosecutors say they can' t prove he intended to hurt his partner. an osceola county teen accused take a plea deal today. konrad schaefer is charged in several cases from 2013, including two murders, and 20 drive-by shootings. it' s not clear which case today' s hearing involves. we' ll be in the courtroom, and bring you the developments on wesh 2 news first at 4:00. brett: covering volusia county, be at the school as students mourn the loss of a classmate. the 16-year-old soccer player died wednesday, after

a cold case. leesburg police say kenneth ray reed responsible for the death of hauser in 2007. reed told police he tried to have sex with her, constrained her and covered her nose and mouth hoping she would black out, he took off when she went limp. >> now we feel like we're going to get justice, even though we can't bring her back, we still feel like there will be some justice served. >> family members say they had suspected reed was responsible, he had been hanging out with hauser and a group of other people the night before she was found dead. >>> developing this morning, a philadelphia police officer is now in fair condition afters say he -- investigators say he was claiming to be part of isis. the attack was caught on surveillance video, marcy gonzalez now reports the fbi is trying to determine if the suspect has any direct ties to that terrorist group. >> reporter: chilling surveillance images of what philadelphia police call an ambush on one of their officers by a suspect they say pledged loyalty to isis. >> we have an officer shot. >> reporter: this video shows the susp

. >>> this afternoon leesburg police that they finally caught a murder suspect. 8 years after the crime. investigators say kenneth reed was friends with the victim, 56- year-old mayola houser whose body was found in her home 2007. price is in leesburg. he was under investigation when the officers made a move. >> reporter: flies like this have been hanging out for years and police have been trying to solve this murder. when they found out there suspect was about to be arrested in a countywide drug operation, they saw the opportunity to try to get him to come clean and they say it worked. >> reporter: family members of mayola houser says it's been a tough 8 years without our but believe someone has been charged with killing her. >> this is when they found out. >> reporter: kenneth ray read arrested and facing charges for allegedly killing the victim in 2007. at her home in the 200 block southeast at her home in the 200 block southeast st. he was among a group of people who were hanging out with victim the night before her body was discovered by family members yet when i went to her home i did not think we would find her

. >> the drug busts also led to a big break in an unsolved murder case from 2007. 61-year-old kenneth reed was the suspect at the time of the murder, but police did not have enough evidence. when his name popped up in the drug bust case, leesburg police picked him up for questioning and detectives say he admitted to killing a woman. we were there in november of 2007 when houser was found strangled to death in her home on e street. we don't know the motive but detectives say d.n.a. evidence links reed to the murder and he's being held in the lake county jail. >> well, just one day before the huge powerball drawing, the jackpot has jumped again. this time, to $800 million. lump sum. usually we bring you the drawing live on news 6, but due to an nfl game, cbs is forbidding us, that's right, forbidding us to bring you the drawing live on tv. we found a way around it, though. we'll stream the numbers live on clickorlando.com. so when the drawing happens, go to clickorlando.com, powered by news 6. you can get the numbers on the go with our free mobile app. just search wkmg in your app store. and

this week, a man who had been questioned before in the case, 61-year-old kenneth reed, was crackdown. when asked again about potential involvement in her death, being told his dna was in her home, this time he allegedly said he was responsible. lt. joe iozzi: putting all those things together, we were able to compile enough evidence to subsequently charge him with 2nd degree murder. jim: leesburg police say they never stopped working the case and hope an arrest helps the family with some closure. police are investigating a puppy theft. it happened this afternoon at a puppy shot. the store is on east colonial drive in the coytown plaza shopping center by the winn dixie. police say a man and woman came inside, grabbed a puppy, and took off. this is actually not the first time this store has been the scene of a crime. you may remember this surveillance video from november. a woman is seen putting a yorkie into her purse. that puppy was returned, and now 25-year-old carolina mejia urbina faces charges. road closures coming soon to downtown orlando. meredith: just ahead, the area you shoul

believe this cold case is now considered solved and closed. murder suspect, kenneth ray reed, confessed after being arrested in a drug sweep. reed wasinate house at one point during the investigation and they asked him questions earlier but they took the opportunity to requestion him a second time. he was with her the night she was killed but reed claimed he did did didn't know what happened. >> they were all from the same neighborhood and playing cards. what else was going on i am not positive of. according to him initially, he had just left at the end of the card game and had no knowledge. >> reporter: when confronted about the murder reed confessed saying it is like a weight lifting off me. he is charged with second-degree >> bob: a st. cloud toddler who shot himself in the face is going to be taken off a ventilator so we can hopefully breathe on his own. ethan walker found a holstered gun in his grandfather's truck and accidently shot him. the bullet hit below the eyebrow and went out the back of ethan's head. the family worried he would be paralyzed but something incredible happened. >> he was getting a bat