police found her body inside a home in berwyn heights on sunday. today they say she knew her killer and she feared for her safety. news 4's darcy spencer has more. >> reporter: police say 36-year-old amber chenault was found dead in the basement of her home on 57th avenue in berwyn heights around 3:30 sunday afternoon. police responded after receiving a call from someone who was concerned about her welfare. >> once they got here, they had to force entry into the home. and they discovered the victim in the basement suffering from lacerations to her neck. >> reporter: police developed 37-year-old andrew kugler as a suspect. police spotted him this morning and followed him in his car to the college park metro station, three miles from the crime scene. police say when the suspect got out of his car, he had already slit both of his wrists. he was taken to the hospital where he remains under police guard until he's well enough to be taken to jail. this is a photo of the slick tim on a local car dealership website where she used to work. police and neighb

berwyn top story of around the country tonight. second case of animal hoarding berwyn in one year animals checked shelter neighboring cicero. latest >> animals are alive more than 30 cats and three dogs, many are now looked at animal shelter in cicero berwyn police questioned the family responsible. down the you may never know look at this house but the owner cully different. lives behind the home smelled the trouble in the air for months >> all of the neighbors complained. >> complex monday afternoon what they found >> orders house with several animals down about 33 cats and three dogs with many more inside. tonight to the animals all of which are alive cicero animal shelter checked by veterinarians. still in the house traps are set to capture them safely in the next few days. bellmont treating at the scene as a biohazard retreated to the animals and deeming this in habitable for the next few days >> on pleasant discovery cannot stay say a thing about the neighbors lived here the last several years down what she was very nice. now

usually situation like this does not occur in berwyn heights. >> reporter: darcy spencer, news 4. >>> virginia officials are asking for federal disaster assistance after the powerful storm that killed 15 people and left more than a million without power. state and local governments spent more than $27 million recovering from the storm. it happened back at the end of june. that does not include the cost of damage to private property. if the request is approved, virginia could be reimbursed for activating emergency crews, opening shelters and removing debris. >>> d.c. council member kenyon mcduffy wants an all hands on deck approach to fixing the flooding problem in the bloomington section of the city. mcduffy is calling for an emergency town hall meeting in august with city officials, utility companies and the department of public works in an effort to address this problem. d.c. waters says the flooding is because of the city's outdated sewer system and they say there's a multistage project under way to repair the system. they say it should be completed by the year 2025. >>> things bac

schinault's murder is the first murder in berwyn heights in 21 years. >>> this morning, d.c. police are investigating a beating of a gay couple as a hate crime. right now, michael hall is in the hospital. the 29-year-old yoga instructor underwent surgery yesterday to repair a broken jaw and other fractures in his face. police say a group of teenagers ambushed hall and his boyfriend, michael roike, early sunday morning in northeast washington. the men were walking home holding hands after a night on the town. >> four or five kids just came out of nowhere, without any warning. we didn't think it was a robbery because they didn't immediately ask for anything. they just came out swinging and hitting. >> my biggest nightmare was the fact that this would happen eventually. >> hall's parents came in from virginia to take care of their son. police say a woman and her boyfriend saw the attack and came to their rescue. they managed to get him and his boyfriend to safety. police are searching for suspects. >>> this morning, prince william county police looking for a flasher who exposed

this is the second animal hoarding case in berwyn ...th officials will be involved in the case to assess the couple there is no word on how long this cleanup and removal will take no charges have been filed ... chicago police are warning shoppers to be on the alert for a purse snatcher on the northwest side. investigators believe the same man is responsible for seven robberies that took place over the past five days in the albany park, and grand central and police districts. police say the robber approaches female shoppers when they're alone in store parking lots. as the victims unload their shopping carts, he grabs their purses and then drives away in a red dodge van. police say the robber has physically overpowered the victims on several occasions. aurora honored an athlete who is now part of the u-s olympic team. gymnast anna li has been picked as an alternate for the u.s. womens gymnastics team. friends, family and people from all over aurora packed a community center to celebrate her latest achievement. li was presented with the "au

. >>> taking the edge to maryland where a 36-year-old berwyn heights woman was found dead in her home yesterday one month after taking out a restraining order on her ex-boyfriend. police arrested him charged him with killing her in a story that has an unusual twist. fox 5's karen gray houston in the newsroom now. >> police say appear better shenault died from las -- amber shenautl dyed from lacerations to the neck. police arrested her former boyfriend and discovered he had slit his wrists. a vicious killing inside this small brick house on a normally tranquil block has frightened people who live around here. >> it's scary. >> reporter: don't expect that in this neighborhood? >> no, no. >> reporter: 37-year-old andrew kugler was a suspect early on shortly after amber shenault was found dead sunday afternoon in a room in the basement. >> he was the ex-boyfriend, if you will, and as you know that's quite often the first person of interest in a domestic situation. >> reporter: police had gone to the house around 3:00, asked to check on her welfare. she and kugler apparently had a volatile

she was found dead in her berwyn heights home on sunday. this comes one month after taking out a restraining order against her ex-boyfriend. they apparently had a very volatile relationship. >>> more problems for d.c. mayor vincent gray as new questions surface surrounding his 2010 campaign. the latest issue, a "washington post" article that claims gray's campaign had access to a confidential database. when asked about the article, mayor gray denied the allegations. >> i've not seen the list. i know nothing about a list. i know the leadership and frankly anyone who has worked with the leadership in public housing would know that that is not the approach you would take. >> the d.c. housing authority has issued a statement saying it is concerned that an ann authorized list of public housing resident got out during the 2010 mayoral campaign. >>> did a miscalculation lead to this deadly bus crash? we are checking more headlines on the other side of the break. stay with us.  >>> police some maine say they stopped what could hav

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police say that amber rose body was found in her berwyn heights home on sunday. abc 7 has spoken with her in december after her dog molly had been kidnapped. authorities believe she was murdered by her boyfriend andrew. police say that he tried to kill himself before his arrest. neighbors are in disbelief. >> it is strange. i would never expect that, especially here. it is a sad thing. >> he is being held without bond on second-degree murder charges. a friend said that he seemed despondent and lonely before amber's deft. -- death. >> montgomery county expected to vote on a bill that would ban large gas stations being built near schools hospitals, or recreation centers. the 15-pump station in wheaton is near a special needs school and a swimming and tennis club. mccormick county ride on buses will operate on a holiday schedule for the rest of the week following last week's bus fire 20. six similar buses have been taken off the road. replacement buses will be brought into the county. by on buses have caught on fire six times in three years. the county is considerin

she was found dead in her berwyn heights home sunday one month after taking out a restraining order on kugler. police say the former couple had a very volatile relationship. officers say kugler led them on a chase and slit his wrists before he was arrested. >>> more problems for d.c. mayor vincent gray as new questions surface surrounding his 2010 campaign. the late issue, a "washington post" article that claims gray's campaign had access to a confidential database naming more than 6,000 public housing residents. when asked about the article, mayor gray denied the allegation. >> i've not seen it yet. you know nothing about it. i know the leadership and frankly, anyone who has worked with the leadership in public housing would know that that is not the approach you would take. >> the d.c. housing authority has also issued a statement saying it is concerned that an ann authorized list of public housing residents got out during the 2010 mayoral campaign. >>> more drama for the jackson family now. first, reports that katherine jackson is missing. and now a possible fight at her house. >>>

she was found dead in her berwyn heights home on sunday, one month after taking on the a restaining order on her ex- boyfriend. police say schinault and kugler had a very volatile relationship and that kugler led them on a chase and slit his wrists before he was arrested. >>> also making headlines this morning, the first american woman in space has died. we are looking back on her life and the legendary sally ride. >> as we go to break, the words aids conference continues this week in d.c. we want to help you answer your questions about aids and hiv. from 7:00 to 10:00, we'll have a panel of medical experts on hand to answer your questions. the number is your screen or head to myfoxdc.com to chat with an expert. that is going from o -- going on from 7:00 to 10:00 this morning. >>> sally ride inspired an entire generation of girl and made her life's work to keep that inspiration going. >> she died monday at the age of 61 after a battle with pancreatic cancer. ainsley earhart has a look back at her legacy. >> reporter: she will forever be known as a trailblazer. she served as an astronaut o

. >>> police in berwyn heights arrested a man in connection with the city's first murder in 21 years.ld amber schinault was found stabbed to death sunday in her home on 57th avenue in that maryland town. police arrested her ex-boyfriend, 37-year-old andrew kugler, yesterday morning at the college park metro station, just three miles from the crime scene. the woman had a restraining order against kugler after he allegedly assaulted her last month. >>> right now, prince william county police are searching for a flasher who exposed himself to a teenage girl. inside nova reports that the 14-year-old was walking on the braemar nature trail in bristow around 7:00 saturday night when the man exposed himself. she was able to run away and call police. investigators say the flasher was an hispanic male between 30 and 40 years old, about 6 feet tall, 250 pounds and was wearing a light blue t-shirt and black athletic shorts with a white stripe. last week, a flasher exposed himself to a 17-year-old just miles away in manassas. >>> 6:35 right now. the d.c. housing authority says it is looking into

. >>> police in berwyn heights have arrested a man in connection with the city's first murder in 21 years-year-old amber schinault was found stabbed to death sunday afternoon in her home on 57th avenue in the maryland town. police arrested her ex-boyfriend, 37-year-old andrew kugler, yesterday morning at the college park metro station, just three miles from the crime scene. the woman had a restraining order against kugler after he allegedly assaulted her last month. >>> police are investigating the beating of a gay couple in northeast washington as a hate crime. one of the victims, michael hall, remains in the hospital this morning. the 29-year-old yoga instructor underwent surgery to repair a broken jaw and other fractures in his face. police say a group of teenagers ambushed hall and his boyfriend, michael roike. they were walking home holding hands after a night on the town. they just moved to the neighborhood two weeks ago. >> they didn't ask for anything. they didn't -- because if they would have asked, we would have obviously given them whatever they wanted, but they didn't even giv