police tied grate to five deaths facing 23 counts in connection with two bodies found at an ashland house and another victim who survived and called 911. there are no charges in three other murders, ashland, marion and mansfield. if chargely in those grate could have up to three murder trials. >> romona: we have told you addicted to opiates in cleveland and one hospital is on track to seetsighest number ever. dani carlson went to saint vincents to get answers from an expert. >> reporter: at today's opiate addiction conference we learned cleveland hospitals are seeing a number of babies born addicted to opiates, experts tell me as many as half of the babies in neo native intensive care units in the state are sri opiate withdrawal. >> opiate addiction affects people in their teens, 20s, 30s, 40s which tend to be child bearing years. a lot of women are finding themselves opiate addicted and babies born in opiate withdrawal. >> reporter: the video of babies withdrawing is nearly impossible to watch. the story itself is hard to tell. it is important to talk about. especially since this is not

. >> chris: a family speaking out after a disturbing discovery inside an ashland home. here is what we know at this point. a missing woman called police at an ashland home. >> denise: when police got there they found her alive and two other >> they found a suspect who led them 11 miles away and a body in mansfield. that person has not been identified. in ashland we know one of the victims in the covert home is stacey stanley disappearing september 8th. >> we are waiting on the names of some of the other victims. grate has been arrested and remains in custody tonight. we have team coverage on all their lives. we begin with denise zarrella as families wait for identification. >> reporter: as can you see, i am standing right outside the scene where the initial report came in. we have been here a few hours. we were here for an hour or so when suddenly a lot of women began to arrive on the scene and say they knew of shawn grate and he in fact, approached them and tried to get him to get them to go places with him. should say there's a laundry, coin laundry steps away. she wa

a missing woman called police at an ashland home. >> denise: when police got there they found her alive and two other >> they found a suspect who led them 11 miles away and a body in mansfield. that person has not been identified. in ashland we know one of the victims in the covert home is stacey stanley disappearing september 8th. >> we are waiting on the names of some of the other victims. grate has been arrested and remains in custody tonight. we have team coverage on all

tuesday a woman called 911 saying she was tied up and held hostage by him in an ashland house. when police arrived they rescued her but also discovered the bodies of two women upstairs. he led them to a third body in a wooded area near mansfield. right now he is facing to murder more charges are expected. >>> cleveland firefighters were busy battling a house placed on the city's east side overnight. this is the scene at e. 144th st. north of miles avenue. the fire started around 1:00 am and crews got a handle on the fire but 15 minutes later the fire sparked back up. officials said there was no one home at the time.>>> let's look at the weather, tara, skies. >>> happy friday. that means you will have a wonderful weekend. we set out this friday on a nice notes with the sun high. rain trying to move in late tonight and i will time the out for you if you have late friday night plans but especially saturday when the big rain chances are right that some seven for us and warmer in cleveland and highest 80 8875 moisture on the increase here tonight especially noticeable for saturday a

charges of murder >>> and investigators have also reopened the investigation into the death of an ashland county woman. our partners at the mansfield news journal say rebecca lacey's body was found in a wooded area in march of last year. at the time, the cause of death was ruled a drug overdose and police are not saying if the cases could be linked. >>> the rta is investigating an dispipt on the tracks near -- an incident on the tracks near the muni service on the water front line by the south harbor station during the browns station yesterday. a 24-year-old man was injured on or near the metro tracks and take tongue the medical center. service os on the water front line was suspended for more than an hour but everything is back to normal. >>> and here we go. the browns quarterback josh mccown will have an mri on the nonthrowing shoulder, it was a heart breaking loss in the browns home opener and arguably notice final minutes. the browns scored three touchdowns in the first quarter. but that was it for the browns. the ravens come back and score 25 unanswered points. 25-20 with less than 3

. >>> we have just learned identity of the second body found inside an ashland county home. the ashland county prosecutor has confirm had the the body is that of elizabeth griffith pictured there. she was reported missing by her family in august where she was last seen shopping in ashland. as the county prosecutor identified gift fifth inside that home the man accused of killing her was in court. our bob jones was there. it was a quick court hearing. court hearing the judge set shawn grate's bond at $1 million. he can not have any contact with the kidnapping victim. he was in the ashland county jail during the hearing which took place over skype. the other inside the home was 29-year-old elizabeth griffith last seen in august. the other victim was 43-year- old stacy stanley item prosecutor has not revealed how the two women were killed. grates lead them to another woman who was murdered and found in a wooded area in ashland. there is no i.d. on that victim yet. a fourth woman escaped the vacant house, prosecutors say sexually assaulted but escaped by calling 9-1-1 while the

now at 11:00 breaking details about the man arrested in the up option -- abduction and rape of an ashland girl. what was uncovered about his past. >>> the happiest day of their lives followed by the day they almost lost their lives. they lost everything they own materially in this fire. wait until you see the good stuff that is >>> the most dangerous celebrities to search online my catching up on the latest gossip could leave your computer with the virus. >>> tomorrow is national coffee day. where you can get your morning cup for free. >>> 24 hours ago police were looking for the owner of this pickup truck. their suspect was this man. dennis menefee. they found him near columbus. tonight channel 3 is breaking news that rattled massillon this week. >> we are uncovering new exclusive details about his past. >> reporter: recently he has made his home in port washington ohio. earlier this week he pretended to a nine-year-old into his truck. and in other life 17 years ago he was living in wyoming and picked an adult woman up off the street sexually assaulted her and left her to die on a roadsi

sean great says he strangled both the women found in an ashland home. police discovered stacey stanley's body in the basement under piles of garbage. elizabeth griffith was in a second-floor bedroom closet buried under clothes. she was naked and hog tied. and is connected to three more bodies in mansfield and marion. a second person has died from a crash at a concert last night. 68 year old nancy guiles of hinkley was one of nine people hurt when a woman confused the gas for a break. she struck a stage in parma heights. 61 year old mcdonald also died. no charges yet in this case. >> okay, so you saw the debates but it doesn't matter who you're not registered to vote. shelby miller joining us now from an event happening right now with a special guest. hey, shelby. >> hey, mark, yeah bill clinton's supposed to be here at about 6:30 p.m. before that we saw a few hillary clinton supporters speaking to this cloud. about 200 people or so behind us here the auditorium is pretty full and as you can see a lot of people have the stronger together signs. in fact,

today we learn more about the woman who escaped from an ashland home. >> all right even a few storms here in the eastern counties. moving towards kinsman, we're tracking the rain, tracking the risk of thunder the next few days here, detail next segment. >> plus, the new american greetings headquarters is open in west lake. how will it affect traffic in the area. >> get breaking news and weather now on the cleveland 19 news app. powered by the calvetta brothers i'm ted strickland, and i approve this message. i carried a rifle in iraq and afghanistan, so we wouldn't have to worry about terrorists using them here. but now rob portman's blocking common sense laws to stop terrorists and criminals from getting guns. senator portman said no to background checks on all purchases. even voted to allow people on the terrorism watch list to buy guns. senator portman, i fought to keep america safe... why won't you? >> live from cleveland's news center, driven by don joseph toyota in kent. >> we're digging deeper into the murd nr investigations and abductions that began in ashland. >> yeah, we now

investigators found a body in a burned out richland county house and then two more bodies in an ashland home. one of the bodies in that home has been identified today as 43- year-old stacey stanley. she went missing from huron county last week. the two other bodies in the case have not yet been identified. but we do know that the sp in this case, shawn grate, is being held on an abduction charge and we expect more charges to be filed. channel 3's monica robins joins us from ashland where many families and the community are looking for answers. >> reporter: this house behind has become a morbid attraction as many people came by to take a look. it's still parked off with police crime tape. for stacey stanley's family, it's a memorial and a horrible reminder of what the woman went >> it's kind of weird and creepy. i am glad i live out in the country now. >> reporter: they used to walk by the house daily on their way to school. shocked after learning what was found inside. >> it's very disturbing. sad. makes me sick to my stomach. makes me want to puke. >> reporter: shawn grate arrested aft

could face the death penalty if convicted of the murder of two women whose bodies were found in an ashland home. a grand jury handed down a 23 count indictment against him today. investigators looking to see if he murders. >>> it's been a decade in the making. the new inner belt bridge opens this weekend. not all exits open. it will took so long the man who it's named after died before it opened. >>> the indians could clinch that playoff berth as early as friday. either way, first round tickets go on sale monday. ticket prices not yet announced. game one would be two weeks from tonight. post-season tickets in this round last year, most organizations charging two to three times more than the regular season ticket price. expect about $130. we learned this afternoon that the tigers actually won the first half of their doubleheader. so we will not see the magic number slip until later this evening. >> yeah, let me add a little bit of info about the first game in the playoffs. if the indians play the boston red sox in the opening round of the divisional playoff series, that's probably going to

he pleaded not guilty yesterday to kidnapping charges for a woman who escaped an ashland home. right now prosecutors have only charged him in two of the victim's deaths. dani carlson is getting more answers as shawn grate may be connected to other victims. >> reporter: that's right. the ross county sheriff's department has confirmed to cleveland 19 they are looking at the cases of at least five women if there's any connection to alleged murderer shawn grate. the ross sheriff's department tells cleveland 19 women range in age 20 to 37 and before the grate developments one of the women were thought to have committed suicide and another thought to overdose and two missing. grate is currently in the ashland county jail as romona mentioned facing murder and kidnapping charges to which he plead not guilty. so far there's no linking great to the ross county cases but we are told the department will continue looking at evidence to see if he may have been involved in any of the deaths or disappearances. >> getting answers, dani carlson, cleveland 19 news. >> romona: we will continue to

thank you for >>> now at 7:00 we are following breaking news as two bodies are found inside of an ashland home and new at 7:00 we're learning about a third body that may be connected to the case. we're following the latest for you. >>> i hope you soaked up the sunshine today and 80s. we're expecting showers and thunderstorms through your sarah. >> plus apple rolls out the new ios10 it is bigger and bolder. >> and finally we continue our weekly segment rising. stories of inspiration from northeast ohio. we'll show you how one man has started a nationwide movement by spreading random acts of kindness. >>> good evening. jimmy is off tonight. two bodies have been found in a house in ashland along with a woman that was kidnapped. >> this is happening in covert court and now we are learning about a third body miles away

hew is pleaded not guilty to the charges of an ashland. he's also a suspect or a third homicide in richland county. authorities have reopened the mansfield. her body was found in ashland six this morning norwalk police are searching for leads after what is believed to be a human heart was found in the middle of a field in a ziploc bag. authority say the heartrt ci f n is a block and was in good condition and only just started to decompose. the heart was a taken to the lus county coroner's office to confirm. detective say the next step after confirmation that the heart is in deep human, is going to be dna testing to see if it matches any missing person since the death of trooper velez, the ohio state trooper hurt last week -- missing all of 2015, a total of 80 troopers were injured on the job. this year for august 87 have been hurt. however, the patrol said those were total numbers in the clay above anything from traffic enforcement to battling c with suspects and more. >> odot is losing big bucks after a drone meant to inspect bridgess , we

his name is shawn grate he's 40 years old and he's being held at the ashland county jail. on an abduction charge. more charges are pending. here is why. yesterday a woman called from an ashland county home and police found her alive discovered 2 bodies any home on covert court police arrested him at the scene. investigators he then confessed to killing a woman at a ho richland county. this is the same home a fire destroyed back in june that authorities say was suspicious. police and that finding the body of another woman lying in a wooded area nearby according to the mansfield news journal richland county prosecutor says this understanding the suspect admitted to murdering all three women. the identities have not officially been released but family members of at least one missing woman shop yesterday hoping to get answers. >> i feel like it's upset this buildings there's fires up everywhere of my mom a number knocked on the door. trying to get in-house. >> carter stanley says his mother was nowhere to be found on september 8 the reported her missing and any feels like police hav

shawn michael grate was arraigned in an ashland courtroom today. >> mark: grate was arrested earlier this week after police gt a 911 call from a woman hostage. catherine bosley is live in ashland now with the latest on that. catherine. >> reporter: yes, guys, that arraignment just finishing up a few minutes ago here at the ashland county common pleas court. $1 million bond set. charges made official. and, of course, all of it taking very little time and done much differently than you would think. we're used to seeing a defendant arraigned by making a video appearance in the courtroom from jail. but with this one, everyone appeared by video, by skype to be exact, including the judge, 40-year-old shawn michael grate was officially charged with two counts of murder and one count of kidnapping. he was found in an abandoned home in downtown ashland where a woman called for help saying she was being held hostage. it's also where police found the bodies of two more women. one unidentified but the other identified as 43-year-old stacy stanley who came up missing last >> not anymore. i was wo

stacey stanley and elizabeth griffith was found in an ashland home where grate was originally arrested. since then grate told them about three other bodies. candice marie cunningham was found outside of a burned house in mansfield. rebecca l route 30 in ashland, and also an unidentified woman in marion county. police found those remains in 2007 but have not been able to identify her yet. >> brian: we keep digging deeper into shawn grate's past. his former landlord says he remembered an alleged victim living on his property in mansfield. grate's former landlord remembering grate making threats to hurt candice. comment, i ought to kill her. i said it ain't worth going to prison over. >> reporter: you didn't take him serious? >> sometimes you get mad and say things about people and you blow it off. >> brian: grate showed police where cunningham's body was. we hear from police about how grate has cooperated so far with the investigation. now, everything we have discovered about this case is on our website cleveland19.com. keep watching on air and on phone for continuing coverage. >>> for a

all moving from south to north rotating around the system an ashland at 4:23. it will be in your neck of the woods. shelby, 4 d 35. liveburg, 450. columbia station around 5:12. heavier batch of rain. and you know later on tonight especially -- later on this evening the instability will actually go up a bit and we could be looking at some storms later on this evening and then overnight. but watch this. you could see the rotation right here. you see that system over indiana. so everything rotating around it. it is moving south, but very slowly, and it is going to be hanging around like a so that is going to feed us more waves of rain and storms. looks like right through saturday as we see things right now. okay, futureview 8:00 tonight. showers and storms around. watch what happens here between 2 and 5 a.m. you see this. heavier rain developing in lorain county and that wave will move through. i do expect showers in the morning, mainly again west where the system is. again. mainly west here and we could be looking at good rain totals when all is said and done wit

two days ago a dispatcher gets a call from a woman who says she is being held against her will in an ashland ahold of her about abductor's cell phone and made this call. >> what is going on at fourth treat laundromat. >> the house was supposed to be abandoned, when police arrived, the woman was still alive and the suspect was still with her. they alsz found two -- also found two bodies. here is her aunt. >> my niece and so many others were out here, there was 30 members searching, begging the police department for help. >> the other body in the house has not been identified, but the discoveries did not end then. the suspect then lead to police a burned out house in a different county. they found the body of a third woman, she was killed in june and the home was later destroyed by fire. for now the suspect is being held on abduct charges but murder charges with as you can imagine, are expected very soon. >> judgment day in another heroin case where the woman casino this photo, passed out in the car after apparently overdosing, while her grandson was in the back seat. the judge sentencing her

police identified two found in an ashland house stacey stan and elizabeth griffin and police in woman who's body was found over a decade ago. grate claims jane doe was his fist victim. getting answers chris tanaka, cleveland 19. >> romona: okay, chris. we continue to get answers about the deadly police-involved shooting in akron. denise zarrella has been working on this story all day and has an update. denise? >> reporter: romona, i should tell you the summit county medical examiner's office has not released the identity of the man shot if you take a look behind me will you see the caravan neighbors say belonged to the man shot by police. police say he was reaching inside that vehicle and pulled out in the middle of pulling out that assault rifle when he was shot. >> a memorial for my dad and my bottled water is over there. >> ironically she was working on a peace garden witnessing her 61-year-old neighbor shot by responding to a fight between two neighbors when the 1-year-old man reached for an assault rifle inside his vehicle recommend bull bull says she said police told him to leav

of can't son a body missing from mansfield rebekah leicy and last week identified two found in an ashland house stacey stanley and elizabeth griffith and police in woman who's body was found over a decade ago. grate claims that jane doe was his first victim catherine bosley went to marion today. >> romona: she got francis police and took her to the location where jane doe's body was found. >> reporter: as disturbing as this whole thing is, the information shawn grate is offering up is bringing a sigh of relief to the marion county office. i marion county road skeletal remains were found by someone walking through and a mystery all these years later until now. >> we have moved light years ahead. >>> and it solves half the case and believes he is the killer of the woman sketched out to look like this. a magazine sales woman grate was angry with for not delivering his mom's order.

these charges are connected to the murders of stacey stanley and elizabeth griffith found dead in an ashland home last week. grate is charged with kidnapping a woman who survived officers to him. also today prosecutors announced a special prosecutor will take over that case. >>> and our investigator is taking an in depth look at who he is. >> his name is mark r. weaver and he's an attorney based out of columbus. according to their website he a partner at izaac wiles, listed as an experienced legal advisor who served as deputy attorney general in ohio. his profile says he prosecuted several death penay office. he's also been called on to be a special prosecutor several times, but he also practices a very different type of law, according to his profile he teaches elections law at the university of akron. in his twitter profile we describes himself as a media law attorney and communications advisor among other things. in fact he also runs a practice called communications counsel which offers services including

. >> denise: an ashland high school teamer arrested. kimberly syracuse. >>> an akron man who sold heroin causing the death of a teenager frye. she and friend and son used the heroin in a hotel room in april. frye's 16-year-old son died from an overdose. cal began will be sentenced next month. mark nolan explains her guilty plea comes after the summit county medical examiner confirms multily deadly drug related overdoses. mark? >> mark: the summit county medical examiner's office is investigating six saturday in addition to more than two dozen others who survived their overdoses including three who overdosed at a home on akron's concord avenue leaving a 3-year-old child to wander away. as medics revived o.d. victims police found the child in the backyard a street away. the child was okay. mike dewine explained ohio is in >> what we are seeing in ohio and many states is this is penetrating every single group. there's no economic group that is free of this problem, race, sex, age. it is unlike any epidemic i have seen and it is everywhere.

on tuesday, a woman called 911 saying she was being held hostage by grace an an ashland home. they discovere two women upstairs. they were led to a third body. he is facing two murder and a kidnapping charges. more charges are expected. >>> neighbors and family members were at the home to honor the murder victims with a vigil. one of those victims stacy stanley, the 43-year-old mother had been missing for days. >> i'm just very proud that all these people are here and happy that they're showing support for our family and for the other two woman found in the ashland home or the woman found in richland county. many fear one of the victims could be another ashland woman who went missing a while back. >>> this morning a columbia familiar familiar is questioning what led police to kill and shoot their 13 year old. the teen pulled out a gun. >> our officers carry a gun that looks practically identical to this weapon. >> police say they were investigating reports of an armed robbery and spotted three men match the suspect. they tried to talk to them but two ran off, officers followed

has gone viral the mac back now with more on chilling 911 call made by a women held hostage in an ashland houma police released the nearly 20 minute call when the women stole her captors a cell phone and called 911 and led officers to the home. >> chilling call there be sure to stayl with fox eight for continuing coverage on this is still developing story you can also find the latest any time on anytime on our website fox8.com. >> proxy is investigating tonightis whether whatever happened to a p browns a starter make a big donation to a police group after his post on facebook in the answereic may surprise you are at galaxy are now with the very latest on this what did you find a. >> will different payback browns running back isaiah crowell well promised a big checka for a fallen officers found but now see how the group that once hisf mind about his money. running back isaiah crowell made saying he don't make his first game checked to it as fallen officers fund part of his responsive to the backlash after he posted on social mediasie a picture of an officer having his throat cut but the po

. >>> investigators have also reopened the investigation into the death of an ashland county woman. our partners at the mansfield news journal is say rebecca leasey's body was found in a wooded area of ashland county in march of last year. at the time the can cause of her death was ruled a drug police are not saying if this case could be linked to shawn great. >>> the rta is investigating an event op the muni track that left a man hurt and shut down service on the line. a 23-year-old man was injured yesterday, on 0 or near the rapid track. -- on or near the rapid track and taken to metro health medical center. service on the waterfront line was suspended for an hour but everything is back to normal this morning. have an mri today on his nonthrowing shoulder. now this news comes after a heart-breaking loss in the browns home opener. and arguably a big call blown by the ref in the final minute. the browns scored three td's in the first quarter. rookie corey coleman scored twice but that was it for the browns. the ravens came back and scored 25 unanswered points. 25-0 with less than 30

so wanta certified she can go anywhere with her including on an in ashland county bodies have been found inside a home after a wall and escapes.a >> that and on the body and richmond county may peggy gallek r has new developments for us. please tell us that no one was found held hostagege in this one and then to bodies were also found that a another body was found in richmond county they're trying to determine if that is connectedh to this case, the police are not telling us anymore about the

that is the question police are looking into when it comes to an ashland man. sources tell our eye team that police are investigating the possibility is artiese charged with killing tworg people and is a suspect ia third homicide, may be responsible for additional deaths. law-enforcement officials are lookingng into at least two additional cases, one dating back to 2,007 and the other out of mansfield in 2015. police say an grate with grate was arrested tuesday after women her was holding hostage was able to get to a cell phone and called police.s when police got there they found where they found another remains of another woman. >>> he came closer to beating hillary clinton the democratic primary than most thought possible and now vermont senator bernie sanders is in ohio trying to rally people to vote for clinton to keep donald trump out of the white house. >> this election will impact your lives and the lives of your children and your grandchildren. that is what is at stake here. >> bash. >> a lot of people turned out for sanders appearancesof this week and

skype appearance with him here today now four -year-old sean grace was arrested in ashland tuesday morning police say an urgent 911 call from a women sing she was been held hostage led to was somehow able to get a hold of a cell phone tuesday morning and call police they arrived at to an unoccupiedd homes on cover court in ashland and found the women who called 911 and grace than inside the house of the bodies of two other people were found but it doesn't end that they are the suspect great to them to another persons it remains in richland county their investigators found that the human remains ofve a third person in the chart home and had a fire earlier this summeri police had not yet released and the identities of the bodies but the family of missing women stacy stanley tells us that they were notified of the stacy stacy is one of the ashland victimshif stacy went missing a few days agoi after her car broke down a few blocks away from where she was found h. >> they called me and my brother let us know she was okaynd. >> i wanted to bring some the family that there are still good people out here. >> se

some surveillance video >>> [ audio playback ] >> that is part of the 911 call that led police in ashland to an awful scene. the woman called satan great held her captive. what he fell her captive. when he fell asleep he grabbed his phone. what officers got to the home they found 2 other women dead in the home. there was another woman found dead at another location. >> right now he is in jail on an adoption -- abduction charge. >>> a special team hurst university was called in to observe a crime scene. >>> it has been almost a few years since police have gone on the record about what happened to this woman who died after her family called for a mental health assistance. the officers suggest she negligence. >>> is your kids school making the great? >> today's the day will find out. >> reporter: state officials want parents, students and schools to remember that the testing system is in transition. they will leave scores will -- they believe scores will improve over time. new this year, letter grades for 6 components. district upgrades will not be given up until 2018. according to cleveland.com t

is expected in court in an hour and check in with meg shaw live in ashland. jive and grate 6 ected to appear in court here in about an hour and is expected to enter a plea for kidnapping and murder charges. right now, the 40-year-old is in the ashland county jail for the murders of stacy stanley and griffith and police discovered their bodies last week in a vacant home after a woman called 911 saying at will. he led police to a third body in richland county and so far, no charges were filed in the county just yet and that victim count could get larger and grate telling investigators he's connected to the death of at least two more women. and one from toss thousand dollars in marion and another from 2015 in mansfield and bci and the fbi are investigating the claims. the arraignment hearing is to ashland county common courthouse. i plan to attend the hearing and i'll bring you the latest news as soon as i get it. >> meg shaw, newschannel 5. >> thank you. >>> and a killer with a history of violence from texas to massillon is sentenced to life in prison. rogers pl

he has been free on bail since 2015 after a superior court this out of ashland, an 18-year-old milford woman hit by a car last night. she has been taken by helicopter to the hospital with serious injuries. what you are looking on here is a scene on pleasant street where a 24 year-old driver from ashland hit that woman. officials do not think alcohol or speed was a factor in the crash. >>> in a laurens a firefighter who allegedly shot himself in the leg during an argument is staying behind bars. yesterday with bandages around his leg. prosecutors argue that he is a danger to himself and others, he does face several charges. >>> a battle over ribbons. you see the ribbons tied around trees, and tied around the bridge. families put up the ribbons to show support for police. now town leaders have been ordered to take the ribbons down. ribbons. >> reporter: in this community with a population of more than 1200, it seems the blue ribbon has done just that. >> we're under the understanding that we oftenned some people. >> reporter: you see the group msp, spouses of state troopers have has been

it is been five days since the arrest of an alleged serial killer in ashland. we are learning the number of his make ends could be growing, shawn grate is a suspect in the deaths of three women in the kidnapping of a fourth. investigators are trying to determine if he is connected to the -- he's connected to the >>> her recent are the cases ? >> one of the 2007 case in marion and the other one is 2015 and mansfield, they are investigating a connection but no additional charges for -- being filed at -- been filed at this time. the attorney general's office confirmed west that the bureau of criminal investigation was in marion county on friday but declined any further comment. for the team's body was last year on township road, 40- year-old shawn grate appeared via video friday he's charged with two counts of murder and kidnapping and a suspect in the death of a third woman. his bond was set at $1 million. his next court appearance is scheduled tomorrow morning at 7:45 a.m. >>> a massive explosion in the heart of new york city, a injured dozens of people, she sur

it is been five days since the arrest of an alleged serial killer in ashland. we are learning the number of his make ends could be growing, shawn grate is a suspect in the deaths of three women in the kidnapping of a fourth. investigators are trying to determine if he is connected to the -- he's connected to the

we will have more on cleveland 19 live in ashland harry boomer, cleveland 19. >> mark: harry, thank you. >>> an alert at oberlin high school. police investigating a report of a man who tried to lure a 14-year-old into his s.u.v. claiming the teen's mom told her in his 30s and buzz-cut hairstyle and he had short facial hair and thick accent. the man was driving a dark green or gray s.u.v. >>> a 15-year-old girl found after a statewide amber alert went out for robin roberts. brunswick police were looking for the teenager and father who is a registered sex offender. >> it ended with a short chase in macedonia and catherine bosley has the conclusion. >> reporter: a collective sigh of relief in northeast ohio. the girl is safe and her father is in custody coming down to incredible police work by one officer with the northfield village police department. >> william probabilities on his way to jail most likely for a long time and sounding out how he was wronged. >> i didn't take her anywhere. i could have been in tennessee two days as. they stole my kids. >> taking police on a heckuva mostly 35mile-an

. >> police able to save one woman at a home in ashland only to find two others dead, leading to an arrest of of a man leading to another woman dead in a different county. >> i don't want it mom. nobody wants it to be their mom. >> we all wonder if this is just the beginning of a terrifying crime spree. >> news channel 5 ginsana. >>> a number of breaking news of the suspected serial murder. with a third body found. >> sean michael grate has been charged tonight and should be charged tomorrow with murder. >> two of the bodies found were two women who recently went missing. >> woman who escaped that home days ago. >> megan is live in ashland tonight. >> we're learning brand new details about a phone call and a confession that led to one gruesome murders to -- murder to another. >> there's a lot of sick people you try to deal with them and make sense out of it. >> 40-year-old sean michael grate is being held on a kidnapping charge after a woman called 911. police found the bodies of two other women. >> there's only three people missing in ashland and one of them was your during a press confer

they just say they're holding a news conference to report an incident there in ashland. so we're going to keep monitoring this picture and we will come back to it once we find out what's happening in that press conference gets started there. you can see a lot of folks have gathered. but we cannot -- >> mark: it looks like a back and forth by virtue of the people have shown up and one officer on-site. are we going to listen to this? we're a little worried about what they're saying. a press conference will begin any moment. we'll break in when that's necessary. >>> police are investigating the reporting of a man attempting to lure a child into his vehicle. cleveland 19's chris tanaka is here getting answers about why chris. >> chris: that's right, ramona. this latest attempt reportedly happened to a 14-year-old girl near the high school parking lot just yesterday around 5:15. oberlin police told cleveland 19 she was walking along. she said her mother asked him to pick her up. she refused to get into the car and the man took off. the man described as hispanic dark buzzed ha

tunnell / ashland county prosecutor grate has an extensive criminal history...spanning over two decades. the maintenance man...reportedly convicted of burglary and pleaded guilty to abduction...domestic violence... and drug abuse. nats "w took so long to help our family." outrage amongst the community... after they confronted the police chief... questions now still swirling on how grate was able to be free...after he confessed to killing a woman to police...in june. sot - nancy grace "police need to be looking at abandoned structures that he could be using and arsons... all in those areas. there are going to be other bodies." ray raimundi standup close: the medical examiner will complete an autopsy on those victims discovered. ray raimundi, abc news, new york warming temps, light winds and lots of sunshine will be the theme for the weekend. expect highs in the mid 90s on saturday and upper 90s on sunday. however, changes seem to be coming for the start to the workweek as moisture pushes in from the south and starts to bring more cloud cover on monday and chances for rain starting late i

ashland. a person was kidnapped earlier. >> that person was found alive, but over the course of the past been discovered. what we have learned new tonight. >>> the man that triggered an amber alert last night. news channel 5 at 6:00 begins > two breaking news stories where bodies have been found in two different counties. investigators say those deaths are connected. >> in ashland county, forensic investigators are still searching a home where a woman was found alive, held against her will with two dead bodies in the home with her a. man has been taken into custody following that investigation. and now we're learning of a body in richland county is believed to be connected to that investigation. >> a lot of moving parts here. waller all following new developments. we start with derick waller in ashland county. derick? >> reporter: well there is not a lot of information coming from police here, but i can tell you as you mentioned we now have three bodies of women, women that we confirmed they are women and they have been discovered as you mentioned. the one in a wooded area behind a home in richland county. two of those bodies were found right here inside this home on

he's currently held at the ashland county jail on an abduction charge. he's been in and out of prison since he was -- since 1997 as rap sheet includes burglary domestic violence assault and abduction. the identities of two of the bodies have not been released yet but a coroner announced yesterday one name stacey tonight at 6:30 there will be a vigil in her honor and the other body that was found inside the ashland home. >>> later today i released its annual report card for each school district. reports will include cleveland schools which had the fifth worst test scores in ohio last year. record data includes rankings for overall student achievement, graduation rates. th state will give a letter grade in all six categories. >>> on the morning drive 490 is slowing down a little it's a four minute drive from 90 toward 77 as we see volume picking up. toward medina county looking slow on 71 n. of 76 out of lodi. 71 at 76 inbound traffic is in downtown cleveland major thorough ways 71 around the curve toward 490 is 20 miles per hour with no accidents but just

an understatement. the brown lawn, a testament to hot days with little rain. ashland will have to reach into a rainy day fund to pay for the connection and bring in an additional 200,000 gallons. >> they charge a premium for that, so i expect it to be in the thousands if we do have to use it. >> reporter: in the meantime, the town manager is seeking a total ban on outdoor water use. protection, water tanks, and quality. >> reporter: so they are hoping to make that connection soon to take the pressure off. the town is taking this seriously. they are issuing $200 fines to anyone who violates the outdoor water use restrictions money they already issued some 30 fines in the last month. i'm beth germano, wbz news. >> so there are the immediate concerns like ashland and then h >> a drought this extreme will have lasting effects for the coming months or possibly even years. let's bring eric back with more on that. eric? >> that is not an exaggeration because this has built up over a long time. it goes way back to the start of 2015. month after month after month has seen belo

process and a lot of questions and answers to get today. 40-year-old sean grate is in the ashland county jail right now on an abduction charge. just charged with abduction. this is his mug shot. we have new pictures to show you of grate's arrest from ashland county we have confirmed a woman called police yesterday morning and not grate was holding her against her will at an abandoned home on covert court. when police arrived they found the woman alive. she wasn't reported missing. she also found grate and two dead bodies. grate led investigators to another site, personally led them to another site in mansfield on park avenue east where a third body was found about 60 feet into the woods of processing the crime scene, identifying the remains, and moving forward with our investigation and eventual prosecution. >> nichole: now, the ohio bureau of criminal investigation, bci, has secured both scenes. the bodies haven't been identified. we have talked to several concerned family members in the ashland area who have a loved one that is missing. obviously, they're desperate for answers. those answers can't come soo

remains of three people part two found an abandoned homes behind me here in ashland mars moore remains found in richmond county another or one was found alive she told delicious police he is being held hostage in the home cleveland police arrived to the home ty criminal investigation all know on the case.ofal >> zero criminal investigation all nothing processing the crime scene. they have not identified any of those remains. they will all ofot the corner to check to take the responsibility on. she was in there are live able to receive a cell phone dialing 911. that is stacy's uncle) is one of the victims. sadly, her missing persons is just be they just were not able to find her for days they said the son actually went and knocked on the door. they asked if she had seen and he says now said no he had not. it where it happened is going to be taken to him. we go live to explain why this more this permanent displ house for rice. she found peace in the fact that is a constant reminder ever since at that will become. she is comforted bywi e fact it will be put on display summer also somehow

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>> she made the call as she was neld an abandoned home in ashland, ohio. >> where is he at now?asleep. >> where is he sleeping at? >> in the bedroom. >> the woman on the phone keeps her voice quiet as her alleged captor sleeps next to her. >> does he have a weapon? >> he's got a taser. >> are you injured? >> a little. >> being held since sunday, the woman told police she was forced to commit sexual acts by her captor. >> is there any way you can get out of the building? >> i don't know without waking him and i'm scared. >> reporter: the woman is afraid to move. >> his bedroom is closed and he made it known it would make noise. >> if you told him you had to go to the bathroom, he would do something to you. >> yeah, because he had me tied up. >> are you tied up now? >> well, i -- yeah, but i kind of freed myself. >> reporter: the 911 dispatcher keeps the woman on the phone while police make their way to the abandoned home. >> are they on their way? >> oh [ bleep ]. i woke him up. >> set the phone down. >> three minutes of silence pass and the dispatcher checks if the woman is stil

court arraignment this afternoon so we will hopefully be able to talk to them at that time an the latest live in ashland. >> it's been a very difficult day for one local school district after a student was killed by a school buste another's as they are with more on what happened and how the community is coping. >> a lot of heartbreak year and this ise a tragedy that has is impacted students and parents teachers and faculty of scores the bus drivers here in the community of nortonn the students a gathering on a flag pole this morning expected to to help each other through a very difficult time due to the tragic events of yesterday we are canceling all afterschool events games and practices norton high school on thursday back in session hours we did decide to keep the schools open today largely so we can support the students and a families that ed talk to. >> sixteen -year-old kyle richmond richmond of barberton apparentlyto fell from a skateboard into the path of the bus with other students on boardrd he try to do that thing where they flip their skateboard up and catch it will he tried to do that and he

. >> reporter: she made the call as she is in an abandoned home in ashland, ohio. >> where he's at now >> where's he's sleeping at? >> in the bedroom. >> reporter: the woman on the phone keeps her voice quiet. >> does he have a weapon? >> he's got a taser. >> are you injured? >> a little. >> reporter: being held since sunday the woman police she was forced to commit sexual acts by her captor. >> is there any way to get out of the building? >> i'm scared. >> reporter: the woman is afraid to move. >> his bedroom is closed he made it so it would make noise. >> if you you had to go to the bathroom would he do something to you? >> because he has me tided. you. >> are you tied up now? >> well i am, i kind of freed myself. >> reporter: the woman keeps the police on the phone while police make their way to the abandoned home. >> are you on the way? >> yes, we have officers come. >> please send -- oh, i woke him up. >> okay, just set the phone down. >> reporter: the dispatcher checks if the woman is still there. >> are you still there? >> reporter: another minute passes? >> are you still there?

he was arrested earlier this week at an abandoned home in downtown ashland when a woman called 911 hostage. it's also where police say they found the bodies of two other women. one just identified as elizabeth griffin. the other as 43-year-old stacy stanley who came up missing last week. grate with very little to say during the hearing. >> is there anything you would like me to consider when determining ing bond in this ca? >> reporter: grate's next hearing is scheduled for first thing monday morning but his troubles don't end here. he's also connected with the murder of yet another woman in neighboring richland county. we're still awaiting charges on that. getting answers in ashland county, catherine bosley, cleveland 19. >> chris: catherine, thanks. shawn grate has had no individualtors. he's a maximum security inmate right now but is not on suicide watch. the jail administrator says grate is monitored b every 30 minutes and physically every 60 minutes. according to his activity log, grate has been watching hours of television, sleeping, even reading his bible. to read more from that jai

off in board is spinning an ipo about 30 million shares. ashlande in the company. this is a year-to-date chart of ashland and hopes to keep shares at $28 each. we have got a little bit of an ipo and m&a in the breakdown. that's a roundup of your stock movers. jonathan: the yen is hosting a today stop after a selloff. a whole host of comments coming from fed speakers today ahead of a decision next week. joining us now to discuss is the head of global fx strategy at moody. does that change the game for you? do you anticipate it will? >> no, i don't do gets going to change. we still expect yen strength. all the things that have been happening over the past few days may accelerate the move higher in the yen because i think what the market is going through right now, it is waking up to the possibility that monetary policy has reached its .imitations jonathan: jgb volume has dropped off a cliff. how can you use it as an indicator for global markers when it could literally be just fine? how much risk is there looking at the jgb market in any kind of direc

-dash powerful words from the former girlfriend of an accused serial killer o you don't see those in smaller towns like in ashland. deaths of rebecca lacy a woman is said she did it shone but the suspect in her dogs as well as the a suspect in murders a befoe others met with that mansfield detective tuesday. >> we did it for about a month. >> she spoke to fox 81st and ask those just user first thing. >> you approach my house at nightt after burning what it has also would take showers there.wh i always wondered why he was so dirty nsow i know. >> she city physically murder during the relationship. >> he tried to put his hand around my throated one time i would not let them do it.me >> they are trying to determine a great cause after speaking with themng authorities searched the building behind me they say great is cooperating with them. >> he has definitely talk to us about the open case as far as >> after we broke up you would still come to my house. it was so come he was so consumer else and we still want together it like that. >> great is facing kidnapping and murder charges in ashland he is accused of killingg