craig ellingson, brandon's father: "i believe this goes all the way up to nixon. he knows what happened and he's one of the reasons that brandon's not here." jacob: ellingson says facing the manslaughter charges, it will likely change the civil case against the state patrol. peklo, local five iowa. jack ellingson was his degree at arizona state university by next spring. his dad says the plan was to have brandon join the real estate business with him. but now those plans won't ever happen. local 5 has been covring this story for more head to our website, we are iowa dot com, for all of our coverage. jack: evolution night club is closed again tonight, after they failed to get their liquor license back today. the license was revoked in november after a long list of fights and noise complaints were filed by neighbors. the most recent incident was the worst. the fatal shooting of 20 year old dashawn smith outside of the nightclub on november 8. the nightclub made an appeal following the liquor license suspension, but the appeal was dismissed. local 5 stopped by the nig

craig ellingson tells me this is the start of justice for brandon. is this the day you've been waiting for? craig: it's part of the journey. it's taken way too long, of course. ryan: but closure, he says, will come with a conviction in court. trooper piercy turned himself in to a mid-missouri county jail this afternoon and bonded out soon after. the highway patrol issuing a statement tonight that says, in part, the charge is an "accusation and is not evidence of guilt." at this time, no date set for piercy's first court appearance. in the studio, ryan smith, kcci stacey: it has been four days since 18-year-old emmalee jacobs was killed in a hit and run. ames police are still looking for the driver involved. and they are using a new tactic to get information. vanessa peng is live with an update. vanessa? vanessa: stacey, now ames police are turning to these message boards like this one behind me here for help in the fatal hit and run. they have placed one on each side of the intersection where emmalee jacobs was killed, catching the attention of drive

ryan: a journey craig ellingson says has taken far too long. 18 months after his son drowned on the lake of the ozarks, the trooper charged with involuntary manslaughter. >> based on what he did to my son, and his wreckless abandonment and gross negligence, and what he did to brandon obviously shows what kind of human being he was. ryan: anthony piercy admits he put the wrong lifejacket on brandon, who went overboard, handcuffed. while a missouri jury ruled brandon's death accidental, his family continued to push for criminal charges. >> i think he's smiling down and he knows that we're doing justice for him, and he's happy about that. ryan: special prosecutor william seay spent 2015 reviewing new evidence in the case. boxes and boxes of reports, records with regard to mr. piercy's training and expertise , and everything that was done in the investigation. ryan: the missouri highway patrol placed piercy on leave without pay. will you sleep better tonight knowing that trooper piercy is off the road and in custody? >> yes, i believe the public will be much safer with him not on the road. r

ryan: a journey craig ellingson says has taken far too long. 18 months after his son drowned on the lake of the ozarks, the trooper charged with involuntary manslaughter. >> based on what he did to my son, and his wreckless abandonment and gross negligence, and what he did to brandon obviously shows what kind of human being he was. ryan: anthony piercy admits he put the wrong lifejacket on brandon, who went overboard, handcuffed. while a missouri jury ruled brandon's death accidental, his family continued to push for criminal charges. he knows that we're doing justice for him, and he's happy about that. ryan: special prosecutor william seay spent 2015 reviewing new evidence in the case. >> i reviewed in its entirety, boxes and boxes of reports, records with regard to mr. piercy's training and expertise , and everything that was done in the investigation. ryan: the missouri highway patrol placed piercy on leave without pay. will you sleep better tonight knowing that trooper piercy is off the road and in custody? >> yes, i believe the public will be much safer with him not on the road. rya

brandon's dad craig ellingson says there's no word on what the announcement will be. eric: a new trial date for the des moines teenager charged with beating his grandmother to 17-year-old noah laprei appeared in court thursday. his trial will now start in may, delayed from january. des moines police say laprei beat his grandmother rachael pray to death october 10. police say this video, taken from a git and go security camera shows laprei minutes after the murder going in the store. he pushes over a shelf. he takes a swing at a customer. and then he tries to shatter a window with his head. his family in court today to support him. they say the noah they know is not a violent person. >> he's like every other teenage kid. he's never been violent. the kid has been through so much, the fact that i can still sometimes get a smile out of him is a miracle to me. eric: noah is back in the polk county jail. elizabeth: des moines police say 55-year-old william nixon stabbed his roommate in the back during a fight over dirty dishes. officers were called to nixon's apartment arou

craig ellingson tells us he's relieved at finally getting at shot at justice for his son after two years of fighting. trooper piercy was put on unpaid leave after the charges were announced. prosecutors say the case was reopened because of new evidence... but they haven't said what that evidence involves. the original special from witnesses... responding officers... and that recording of trooper piercy we showed. with in days of reviewing the evidence.. she decided piercy would not be charged. the ellingson family thinks grellner is the next person police should investigate. it's been nothing but a cover up since the beginning." "the people that were trying to cover up and protect anthony piercy need to exposed also." grellner recused herself from the case citing a conflict of interest. she did not say what that conflict involved. prosecutors in boone county are second-guessing a judge's decision to release an accused sexual abuser without bond... 16-year old clayton tullis was arrested last week. he's charged wit 2nd degree sexual abuse and invasion of privacy. according to court docume

craig: i think he's just smiling down, and he knows that we're steve: craig ellingson is relieved tonight that missouri state trooper anthony piercy now faces a criminal charge in the death of his son, brandon. the clive man drowned in piercy's custody in may 2014 on the lake of the ozarks. a special prosecutor reviewed new information in the case this year and is now charging the trooper with involuntary manslaughter. piercy turned himself in to a mid-missouri county jail today and bonded out. no date has been set for his initial court appearance. ames police still looking for the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run crash. iowa state university freshman emmalee jacobs was hit and walking on campus. police are now turning to message boards to find the driver. they've put one on each side of the intersection at lincoln way and ash avenue, where it happened. they have narrowed down the timeline through surveillance video. they say jacobs left her dorm just after 7:00 a.m. the street at 7:04. police are also asking area auto body shops, auto glass repair shops, and insurance companies to

brandon's dad, craig ellingson, says there's no word on what the announcement will be. a boone mother is begging the court to put this teen back behind bars. 16-year-old clayton tullis is accused of performing a sex act on a 5-year-old. >> i've seen what it's done to my daughter and the changes that it has made in her life. eric: now, this woman fears other children are at risk. police arrested the teen in august for sexual abuse, but he was released from jail. the teen is not allowed to be around anyone under age 18 without another adult present. but the victim's mother says that is not enough. this morning, a search for a missing teenager now turns into an investigation into his death. thursday afternoon, polk county authorities discovered the body of 17-year-old sam kemp. his body was found in a pond off highway 141 near granger. saturday, after leaving a house party. investigators say it's too early to determine if foul play was involved. elizabeth: a new trial date for the des moines teenager charged with beating his grandmother to death. 17-year-old noah laprei is