but first team 12's monique griego joining us from the newsroom with what players and team owners are saying tonight. monique. >>reporter: tonight we caught one michael bidwell and a few of the players to get the latest on his condition and while everyone is optimistic players also can't help but feel a little guilty. >> thanks on that's a touchdown. >>reporter: e >> bruce arians livid on the sideline. >>reporter: spiking on the cardinals sidelines in their loss to the vikings sunday afternoon. . >> back-to-back personal fouls. >>reporter: a frustrating game that had head coach bruce arians chewing out players and refs. >> that's what arians was hoping to get called. >>reporter: hours later he would end up in the hospital. >> it's stress when we're playing bad. we were 13-3 last year he was feeling good. a lot of that falls on our shoulderss and we don't feel good about it. i know he'll bounce back, the cardinals said aryan felt discomfort so his wife took him to the hospital to get checked

or, as team 12's monique griego found out.. make nice with your neighbors. it could pay-off... week could end up being swiped. as more people buy online and wait for their package to be delivered.. thieves are also lurking in your neighborhood.. waiting to snatch your boxes. a recent survey found 23-million americans have had packages stolen. experts say redirect your packages to a secure location - an amazon locker or fedex office. use a video doorbell so you can keep an eye on your front step at all times. also, a garage door opener you can control from anywhere so your delivery man can drop off inside. or, as team 12's monique griego found out.. make nice with your neighbors. it could pay-off... today - can you get high still ahead on 12 today - on god? the answer may that's coming up at 6:45. it's doesn't walk, quack or look like a duck.. but these boots are flying of the manufacturing line. what's being done to meet demand. toss morning juice it's a must have item on shopping lists this holiday ####break#### juice it's a must have item on shopping duck boots. are you guys

. >> monique griego is live near he heartbreaking story. >> reporter: devastating for everyone involved. both the driver and the little boy live here in this community. so tonight as investigators work to figure out exactly what led to the accident, neighbors here are grieving. >> reporter: a horrific chain of events sending a south phoenix family on a frantic drive to save their 1-year-old's hit by a truck. >> the child had -- his head was bashed. >> reporter: phoenix police telling 12news a neighbor backing up his truck hit the toddler in the driveway at mobile home park where they live. >> very responsible person. he has kids of his own. i know alcohol wasn't a factor. >> reporter: the driver telling the boy's parent who is began rushing him to the hospital in critical condition. >> i believe that was probably related to a lot of panic going on. seeing your child in a critical state and they didn't know what the family, firefighters taking over the transport. the boy later died at the hospital. >> their little kid is crying because the little kid saw what happened. >> reporter: the d

team 12's monique griego has some tips... today is giving tuesday.. after the long after the long holiday weekend of shopping and deals - it's a day americans are urged to volunteer or make donations. last year - more than 700-thousand people contributed their time and money - and over $110- million dollars was raised. arizona needs you to give back more than ever this year - that's because we've been ranked the least charitable state in the country! wallet-hub says we are the worst in nation for donating - and we come in 35-th place for volunteering. california is just barely ahead of us - and utah comes in first place. toss morning juice every parent knows the taking their kid to see santa.. our own tram mai dealt with this over the holiday weekend with her twins - zak and zoey. but this wasn't the case for one family.. take a look at kya.. she is a 1-year- old shiba inu.. who's favorite toy is a stuffed santa claus. kya's family thought it would be funny to see her reaction when her favorite toy came toe one pet owner has found an adorable solution

reporting from levine, monique griego. >>> thank you so much monique. do cameras scare away porch pirates. the results minutes away. >> developing new details tonight on those wattser -- water woe that is have surprising homeowners and water bills skyrocketing. >> kevin kennedy joining us live now from buckeye with those details. >> finally some good news the city of buckeye is lowering water rates now it gets a bit confusing because of the tier put in place. for customer s if you use the same amount of water last year as you're using this year, at worse your water bill should stay the same. at best, it should go down tonight's city council meeting upset about something that happened. >> it's something we can't live without. a natural resource we depend on. but getting it from the sky to our homes costs money and for some people in buckeye it costs too much. >> i can't afford to live here anymore. not with bills that can continue like that. >> your water rates. >> dozens of customers complaining about high water bills and an unexpected usage. >> they sa

team 12's monique griego talked to an arizona politician and native cuban. >> there is not going to be any change. >> reporter: alberto, the director of the arizona governor's office of highway safety, moved to the u.s. in 1960 after exile from communist cuba. he believes castro's brother and current president of cuba, raul castro, will continue to country despite the former president's death. >> this is a regime that is a little looser than north korea, but it's not. they have control over everything that the public does. people are hungry for freedom and hungry for food. >> reporter: some in cuba are mourning castro's death, he isn't holding back about how he feels. >> i am glad he passed away. maybe some there will be improvements. i hope so. >> castro's funeral will take place next sunday, november 4th, after a traditional period of mourning. >>> today's hot headlines, a suspect died after an officer- involved shooting in surprise this morning. officers were responding to a suspicious car. that's when a fight broke out and an officer had to shoot. the suspect drove off, but then cr

. >> team 12's monique griego joining with us that story. monique it was pretty intense there. >> i told you how there were i was. it's like i don't want to mess this up. i was super nervous but it l these thee windows on the first dates they are walking downtown phoenix they stopped. we helped them work out the details we're hoping it all came together. >>> our first date was the spaghetti factory and walking around arizona center. ultimately down to the 12 news studio. we were waving and joking around in front of the camera. >>reporter: the 12 news studio part of a magical first date turned love story for derrick proposing i said well i want to integrate that. >>reporter: tonight he recreated that special trip through downtown phoenix but this time he'll do a lot more than just wave at the camera. >> where that live camera shows i'll plop open the knee right there. >>reporter: the 12 news plaza perfect setting for a proposal. >> she's a little suspicious. i've been kind of sneaky recently trying to organize everything. >>reporter: part of t

team 12's monique griego has more on this second annual event. >> reporter: a room full of resources for families in desperate need of relief. this is the second annual missing in arizona day event. right now, in this state alone, law enforcement says there are around 2,000 unsolved missing person's cases. >> there's also about 1300 unidentified bodies aware of. now, some of the cases could be linked and it could be a story. it could be a photo. it could be dna that helps us to close the cases. >> reporter: at today's event, law enforcement agents are gathering any information they can to hopefully get them some answers. >> it is a one stop shop for them to make sure the missing person's report is generated. we can obtain a dna sample from them. >> reporter: last year, the person's case for nine different families. while the endings are not always happy, many families are happy for any sense of closure. >> some have had to wait a long time. 10 to 20 years. so that burden is off. it may be sad, but now they know. >> reporter: if you have a missing loved one and want to find out more,

. >> tonight, he is out of jail speaking for the very first time, telling monique griego what drove him to contemplate the unthinkable. monique? >> reporter: for many people, this story was so shocking because carlos didn't seem like someone who would plot a horrific crime. tonight, he explains how desperate and full of despair he went off the deep end. >> we didn't have that much at all. we built up like getting a house and starting a family.>> reporter: in 2013, event 34- year-old carlos hillen that he had it all. a wife, two kids he adored, and his dream house in his hometown of mesa, arizona. >> i felt like everything was falling into place. >> reporter: but within a few months, that perfect life would time, police think that carlos hillen would be known tonight for murder. >> for me, it was like standing on a cliff. >> reporter: going from family man to a suspect, accused of plotting to kill his wife and her boyfriend in a murder- suicide. police dubbed him a would be copycat killer. >> michael sanders was a father and a husband. >> reporter: claiming he was inspired by a horrific

.>> monique griego joins us with the moment the family noticed the candidate with normal . >> reporter: like a lot of families, last night they had a big bowl of candy laid out on the table but when the daughter went to grab a chocolate bar, she noticed something about it didn't look right. we have never come across anything like that. >> reporter: a creepy cautionary tale turned real- life mystery in mesa. kids had just wrapped up a night of trick-or-treating and were about to dive into their sweet spoils.>> the first thing the father says his make sure the candy is not poisoned and make sure there's nothing in it. of course, you never think there is anything in your candy. >> reporter: but it never hurts to check. >> i picked up a snickers and it was slightly open at the bottom. she opens it more and she just sees metal and she rips out the metal and it just comes apart and you see a giant metal razor. >> a full-sized razor blade hidden inside the mini chocolate bar. >> i was in shock. they couldn't believe that somebody would actually do that . >> reporter: the family called immedia

some of the world's best bike and ran and swam their way through the grueling course. 12 news' monique griego caught up with some of the people who were cheering on these amazing athletes. >> ? >> it's different all day. it's exciting and tiring. a lot of ups and downs. >> reporter: along the route as a spectator today, she has been on the other side of the iron man arizona triathlon before. >> there's chunks of it that are missing from my memory because it's a long day and although i don't see a lot or hear a lot except for lights, you're just waiting for the finish line all night and then you finally see it and you lose it. [ laughter ] >> reporter: that finish line comes after competitors complete a 2.4-mile swim in tempe town lake, 112-mile bike ride and then a 26.2-mile run, race in that order with no break. >> being able to do the swim and finish the 2.4 miles is a murky water. crow, stephanie kowalski is here cheering on her husband but she has tested her skills in the iron man triathlon. >> the run is where the pain starts to really come in. the run portion. i mean the swim, you are t