venezuelan mccarren is live from the courthouse -- andrea mccarren is live from the courthouse. reporter: there was no joy, no celebration after the 40 year sentence was announced. kevin coffay will serve 20 years in prison. the judge suspended the other 20. >> there's no winners in this. the whole community is hurting. we need time to heal and hopefully this will bring closure. reporter: among the dead, johnny hoover, spencer datt and haeley mcguire who struggled for her life in the wreckage for four hours. kevin coffay flit scene and never called for help for his dying friends. >> the kids get out. they drink, they drive and someone dies and yet we've cut out all the dare programs in the schools of. reporter: the judge made her decision after heartbreaking pleas for justice from the victim's family members. from johnny hoover's mother, my heart is broken. i can only feel rage and despair. he has taken everything from me. spencer do the's father described it as a scab that -- spencer datt's father described it as a scab that begins to heal, is ripped on and starts to breathe an

live from bethesda, andrea mccarren, 9news now. >>> such a sad story. thank you andrea. >>> a body found near a creek is being considered the first murder of the year in the district. leroy's body was found early saturday morning in the 4200 block of hunk place northeast. the 56-year-old was strangled. >> in prince georges county. police don't have much to go on to identify the three people wanted for robbing a seven-11, but they 7-eleven. investigators say these men were armed when they robbed the store just after 6:00 a.m. on saturday and information in the case could be worth as much as $1,000. >>> the search is over for a virginia mom missing for almost 24 hours. heather beatty lives on post. >> i'm peggy fox where a young mother and wife of an army soldier was found safe this afternoon after wandering in the woods all night. >> we were walking through the trail. >> search teams on the ground, in the air, and on the potomac river spent the first two days of 2012 looking for 27-year-old heather baity. the mother of two little girls and wife of an arm

now with the help of or colleagues, andrea mccarren hosted a newsroom caucus today to give us a demonstration on how this unusual political tradition actually works. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag. >> all caucuses begin with a pledge of allegiance. and then representatives for each candidate get a few minutes to make their pitch to win the hearts and votes of caucus goers. so not to cross the journalistic line into politics, our voting is for beverages. manny santis represents the coffee candidate. hopes voters quench their thirst with soda. elizabeth is here for milk. and renee, the purity of water. >> we can have it cold. we can have it warm. it's for summer, winter, spring, and fall. >> soda tickles your throat. it makes you smile. >> you want someone who cares about your health work for you day and night. milk is your winner. >> a vote for water is a vote to get back to the basics. the basics that have made our country strong. >> i don't need extra water. i don't need cream if i don't want it. and i definitely don't need that sugar drink that rots my kids brains and has them bouncing

andrea mccarren is in the montgomery county courtroom and joins us live from rockville with the details. andrea? reporter: kevin coffay will serve 20 years in prison. the judge suspended the other 20 years of the sentence and credited him with time already served under home detention since last may. does the sentence help in any way? >> i don't know, can't bring three lives back. reporter: the olney crash in may broke the heart of a community. >> there's no winners in this. the whole community is hurting. we need time to heal and hopefully this will bring closure. reporter: among the dead john any hoover, spencer daft -- johnny hoover, spencer daff. kevin coffay fled the scene and never called for help for his dying friends in. court he described it as pure shock and terror. i can't believe i didn't stay at the scene. through tears coffay told the courtroom words cannot do justice to the shame and guilty feel every day. this is doing nothing but eating me alive inside. >> kids get out. they drink. they drive and someone dies and yet we've cut out all the dare programs in the schools. re

live from bethesda, andrea mccarren, 9news now. >> what a tragic end, andrea. thank you. >>> an elderly couple remains hospitalized after hit walking on a sidewalk. mary ann harrington lost control of her car and hit 77- year-old john and his wife, dorothy. it happened just after 10:00 a.m. yesterday morning on summit avenue. so far, no charges have been filed in this case, but investigators are still trying to determine what caused the woman to lose control of her car. >>> it's a welcome end to the search for a woman. heather bayty was found after her husband reported her missing last night. peggy fox joins us with more on the reunion. peggy. >> reporter: part of the search went on here at the washington griss mill. she pent the night wandering in these woods. >> we were walking through the trail and looking for her. >> search teams on the ground, in the air, and on the potomac river spent the first two days of 2012 looking for 27-year-old heather bayty. the mother of two little girls and wife of an army soldier disappeared around 5:00 p.m. new year's day. her

we heard andrea mccarren talk about what they dealt be. here's the states attorney, john mccarthy. >> i am here with mary beth ayers who is my cocouncil in the state of maryland versus brittany norwood. i want to begin by making one statement. if anybody has gotten to know a little bit about the murray family and jayna murray in particular, realizes that the world is significantly diminished by the loss of this magnificent young woman. but only moments ago, across the street from where we now stand, judge robert greenberg pronounced a sentence of life without the possibility of parole to brittany norwood for the murder of jayna murray that occurred on march 11 in the lumulemon store in bethesda, maryland. as a result of that sentence, ms. norwood will die in jail. she will not be eligible for parole. the sentence given by judge greenberg was fair, it was just, it was appropriate. the murder in this case was shocking to all professional prosecutors, investigators, to the members of the bench, once it was discovered the extent and the nature

in rockville, ann andrea mccarren, 9news now. >> we have news on efforts trying to retrieve a body. the excavation of that body will begin tomorrow morning. and they expect to have it out by sunday night. the remains were found yesterday in a well located behind a vacant house along old fort road. police say it's taking a will the of time and effort to sure up the well. >> this will be an extremely long, drawn out process. to give you an idea of how long it's going to take simply to get a piece of construction equipment we need at the scene. we need to go through a process to allow it to be on the road. so that gives you a sense of how long this is going to take. >> that well is 20 feet deep. authorities say without sufficient suring up, it could collapse on the recovery crews. >>> d.c. police have now identified the man who was fatally stabbed last night in northwest. 19-year-old delondtre williams. williams was stabbed around 7:00 p.m. he somehow managed it a block to the kennedy rec center. that's where folks found him. williams was later pronounced dead at the hospital and polic

andrea mccarren has more. >> she was nice. he was kind to everybody. >> nick clayton was 20 years old and three days before christmas, his rockville home was condemned. deemed unfit to live in by the county. infested with bugs, filled with trash. his water service cut off. >> i was shocked. >> nick's mother died a few months ago. his father sources say left town and moved to florida. >> i live right next door to him. it was like mind blowing. >> also dead, caitlin marie gallagher, 18 years old, and in her second trimester of pregnancy, according to her friends. they knew her as kiki carlson. she had attended the lab school in washington. >> it is terrifying. it's really terrifying. she's too young to die. anyone in that age is too young to die. >> clayton and gag gallagher were passengers in the trailblazer that was traveling west on jones bridge road toward lancaster drive. the driver lost control of the car. barreled off the sidewalk, hit a fence, and slammed into a tree. >> just to think that someone so young never had the

our andrea mccarren has been the lead reporter on the story from the very beginnings of he's in the courtroom and will have an update as soon as possible. flush flush in rock -- possible. in rockville, delia goncalves, 9news now. >> you can get updates on the afternoon's sentencing by going to our website. wusa9.com and of course we'll have full details on 9news now beginning at 5:00 p.m. >>> a suspect is in custody after a police involved shooting. it started last night at a traffic stop in northeast washington. officers pulled over a car on pond street near anacostia avenue. and somehow, the officer ended up firing at least one shot. there were two men inside the car, one man ran away, the other was hit but was not seriously injured. one officer also suffered a minor injury. the incident is still being investigated. >>> today, a former guard at the prince george's county jail is making his first court appearance. 48-year-old anthony mcintosh was arrested yesterday in new york. he faces several rights' charges related to the 2008 death of jail inmate ronnie white. white was found unresponsiv

andrea mccarren was in the courtroom when kevin coffay learned his fate. >> there's no winners in this. the whole community is hurting. we need time to heal and hopefully this will bring closure. reporter: among the dead johnny hoover, spencer datt, and haeley mcguire who struggled for her life in the wreckage for four hours. kevin coffay fled the scene and never called for help for his dying friends. >> kids get out. they drink. they drive and someone dies and yet we've cut out all the dare programs in the schools. reporter: the judge made her decision after heartbreaking pleas for justice from the victims' family members. from johnny hoover's mother, my heart is broken. i can only feel rage and despair. he has taken everything from me. spencer datt's father described it as a scab that has begun to heal and is rimmed off and starts to bleed -- ripped off and starts to bleed and from haeley mcguire's brother, i am filled with rain and hopelessness. kevin coffay is -- rage and hopelessness. kevin coffay is an irresponsible coward who left my sister to die at the side of the road in the

before trial, her parents told andrea mccarren they learned of the arrest the they day of -- the day of their daughter's funeral. >> it's horrible for us, it can't be easy for them. >> of all of the steps of grieving i have yet to leave anger. i think if i had a chance to say something to her, it would be one word -- why? >> reporter: her mother writes the judge that quote chaos, shock, confusion, terror, anger and hatred overwhelmed us. meanwhile, brittany's father also writes the judge saying quote -- more on what they have to say to defend their daughter coming up in my next live report. >> thank you. delia goncalves live this morning in bethesda. >>> today prince george's county police plan to remove a body found down a well in fort washington. a tip led officers to old fort road near windjammer court yesterday. police lowered a camera into the well where they saw the remains. no word yet on a possible identity. alexandria city police didn't tell 9news now why they were there. >>> we just talked with d.c. police and learned a woman hit by a car last night remains in serious condi

our andrea mccarren interviewed jayna's parents before the trial, here's what they had to say. >> horrible for us. it can't be easy for them. >> of all of the steps of grieving, i have yet to leave anger. i think if i had a chance to say something to her, it would be one word -- why? >> reporter: now jayna's mother writes the court for today's sentencing and an impact statement describabling their emotions after the arrest saying -- >> reporter: norwood's father writes quote -- >> reporter: coming up in a half hour, in my next live report, we'll have a mother's plea for mercy. the day her daughter is sentenced for murder. back to you jessica, andrea? >> thank you delia goncalves. live in bethesda. >>> later today, police are expected to remove a body from a well found in fort washington. police received a tip which led them to the location in the 11,900 block of old fort road. officers lowered a camera down into the well and found the remains there. they haven't released any more information about the victim. alexandria police were also on hand but no official word as to what their role is

to their neighborhood gathering across the state to participate in those caucuses and our own andrea mccarrented our own caucus here in the newsroom. there wasn't any to elect a candidate, but shows how it works. >> caucuses are held at churches, schools, even living rooms. the focus is on the contested republican race. so to demonstrate just how a caucus works, just how the gop caucus might work, in fact, we held one of our own right here in the newsroom. >> i pledge allegiance to the flag. >> all caucuses begin with a pledge of allegiance. and then representatives for each candidate get a few minutes to make their pitch to win the hearts and votes of caucus goers. so it's not to cross the journalistic line in politics, our voting is for beverages. manny santis represents the coffee candidate. hopes voters quench their thirst with soda. elizabeth is here to extol the virtues of milk and renee, the purity of water. >> we can have it cold. we can have it warm. it's for summer, winter, spring, and fall. >> soda tickles your throat. it makes you smile. >> you want someone who cares about your he