the family spokesperson david perry says the hospital tell him that four days before spalding's body was discovered in a stairwell. a man wearing some sort of badge notified at least one senior hospital staff member that he had just come across a body. the sheriff department and the hospital is looking into who this man is. also the hospital is still trying to figure out why it took four more days after the initial discovery for spalding's body to turn up. the family of lynne spalding -- the woman whose body was found in a stairwell at s.f. general. says the hospital is clarifying what happened that day. speaking on behalf of lynne spalding's family. just hours after spalding's body was creamated. david perry says san francisco general hospital tells him that four days before saplding's body was discovered in a stairwell. a man wearing some sort of badge notified at least one senior hospital staff member that he had just coss across a body. sot- david perry/spokesperson, spalding family the hospital did not return kron four's calls or messages for this report. perry says a hospital o

. >> reporter: speaking on behalf of lynn's family, david perry says san francisco general hospital was notified by a man with a badge that he came across the body. >> that person was so frantic they ran down the hall and disappeared. i am sure the organization charged with security at san francisco general they want to know who that person is and what they saw and when did they see it. >> reporter: the hospital didn't return kron4's calls. the hospital official said it is unclear who the man is who came across her body or if he works at the hospital and why it took 4 days for her to turn up is amystery. it did conduct a search for her. >> they looked for a long time. what this information does, which is disturbing, is that someone saw a body and left it there, and no one took action. >> reporter: kron4news. >> the families of the victims in the limo fire have filed a wrongful death suit. 5 women were killed as they rode across the bridge. nobody was criminally charged but they were fined for carrying too many passengers. >>> a woman at a fremont wal- mart is still on the lose. >> repor

david perry is with us, the family spokesman. thank you for your patience. me now, right? >> i can. that's the least of our problems today. thank you so much for your patience and for coverage. >> no problem. let me start off as we told our viewers, why you friend was in her hospital room and then for two weeks, no one knew where she was. she was found in that hospital in a stairwell and she had died. a horrific thing to have happened. i'm very sorry for your loss and for the family's loss. let me ask you this question, david. she was last seen in her room at 10:15 in the morning. 15 minutes later, a nurse went by. her bed was em. her cell phone was left behind. have you ever found out, gotten an answer on what happened in that 15 minutes? lynn passed away, the important thing is to make sure nothing like this happens again. >> it is shocking that this could have happened. this is the busiest hospital in the city of san francisco -- >> it's a nightmare, absolutely, it's a nightmare. san francisco has a stellar reputation. it is shocking. >> do you, david, ha

david perry says the spalding family hopes answers come soon, but they were relieved to learn she was not murdered. >> i have heard through independent sources foul play has been ruled out. >> reporter: an official cause of death has not been released. the mayor says the city of san francisco is responsible for what happened here. >>> in the south bay, there were some tense moments at san jose state today. part of campus was locked down as police searched for a gunman. no gunman was found, but also no one was hurt. a student called to report seeing a white man dressed in all black near sweeney hall possibly carrying a gun. the resulting search took about two hours as teams of officers went room to room. no shots were fired and campus is back open tonight. >>> the deadline for a bart deal is just seven hours away. it seems negotiations could be back on track. jody hernandez is live in oakland. fingers crossed that union workers will like it. >> reporter: fingers and toes are crossed. bart came to the negotiating table today with a new offer, raising hopes that perhaps a deal can get do

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david perry is with us, the family spokesman. thank you for your patience.me now, right? >> i can. that's the least of our problems today. thank you so much for your patience and for coverage. >> no problem. let me start off as we told our viewers, why you friend was in her hospital room and then for two weeks, no one knew where she was. she was found in that hospital in a stairwell and she had died. a horrific thing to have happened. i'm very sorry for your loss and for the family's loss. let me ask you this question, david. she was last seen in her room at 10:15 in the morning. 15 minutes later, a nurse went by. her bed was em. her cell phone was left behind. have you ever found >>> we have not. and it a very good question, it's a question that her family and friends have been asking, well, for 19 plus days now. we were very, very encouraged, moved today by mayor lee's visit and respond in a way that's compassion et, authentic and real and made it clear he would get to the bottom of this. the hospital staff, the sheriff's department, both said that somethi

we have heard from david perry a friend of the spalding family. he says that lynne's daughter did get a phone call this morning from authorities, kind of a next of kin call confirming to her they do believe the body is her 57-year-old mother. spalding was a patient here, checked in with an infection last two. month two days later she disappeared. that was 18 days ago. hospital workers found a body in a rarely used exterior stairwell on the fourth floor. we understand lynne was on medication that made her disoriented. she was supposed to be checked on by the hospital every 15 minutes. family and friends for the last two ask a half weeks have you been desperately searching. they created a facebook page to find lynne and posted fliers around town. she was here at hospital the whole time. huge questions lingering at this hour. how is that possible? that's what lynne's family and the public wants to know. we hope the sheriff deputies investigating the case will discuss this morning. as soon as they arrive here at the podium, we'll bring you that live.

outside san francisco general hospital where his friend lynn spaulding was last seen three weeks ago, david perry wants answers for a family desperate for word. >> lynn's daughter is obviously traumatized. >> reporter: hospital staff admitted the 57-year-old with an infection september 19th. a nurse saw spaulding in her hospital bed and 15 minutes later the patient's cell phone was in her room and the patient was not in her bed and spaulding has not been seen or heard from since. her family launched a search and this morning, san francisco general hospital found a woman's body in a fourth floor exterior stairwell. a devastating discovery for spaulding's daughter. >> it's difficult getting a call from someone saying we think we found your mother's body and spending the day by the phone hoping for information. >> reporter: perry says the medical examiner is telling the family it will take time to identify the remains. so for now, loved ones are left with horrible uncertainties. spaulding is either still missing or worse. >> i can't imagine many things more horrible. for her friends and her family t

. >> reporter: family spokesperson david perry said spalding was admitted to the hospital to be treated for an infection, but he says the family has very little information about her condition. >> wherever the facts lead us, we need to know what lynne's condition was and what she was being treated for and frankly what medication she was on and what state of mind she was in on 10:15 a.m. >> reporter: that's when family and friends started posting fliers and searching the entire city to find out she never left the hospital grounds. the friend made an emotional plea to hospital officials. >> what is the next step you're dpeg to do to make sure this does not happen to anyone else? you're not going to find, lynne would stillka[÷ be alive today maybe somebody checked the stairwells. >> reporter: spalding worked in the hospitality industry and she was laid off a couple months ago. she is a mother of two. she has a 19-year-old son and a 23-year-old daughter in which she lived with. coming up at 6:00, we'll hear more from her friends about this tragedy. reporting live in san francisco, i'm chery

meanwhile david perry, the spokesman for the family of the missing woman is still looking for answers i'm sure to the people at sf general, they are working very hard to find out what happened, why it happened, and to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> the 57-year-old lynn spalding battling an infection. two days later a nurse checked on her at 10:15 a.m. and she was fine. when the nurse checked back at 10:30, spalding was gone. lynn reported feeling disoriented from her medication. hospital officials said they searched the entire medical center here. friends and neighbors posted flyers throughout the city, set up a facebook page, but never found her. perry said that lynn's daughter got a call earlier today telling her that the body had been found, but tonight the coroner told her that the office still has not been able to determine the identity of the body. >> the message is that i wish we could give you certainty, but we cannot right now. lynn's daughter is obviously, and i don't use this word lightly, traumatized. >> reporter: and in fact family members and friends are confused

david perry the spokesman for the family of a missing woman is still looking for answers. >> i'm sure that the people at sf general are working very hard to find out what happened, why it happened and to make sure it doesn't happen again. >> reporter: 57-year-old lynn spaulding was battling an infection when she checked into the hospital on september 19. two days later a nurse checked on her at 10:15 a.m. and she was fine. when the nurse checked back at 10:30, spaulding was gone. lynn reported feeling disoriented from her medications. hospital officials say they searched the medical center here. friends and neighbors posted flowers throughout the city, set up a facebook page, but never found her. perry says lynn's daughter got a call telling her the body was found but the coroner told her, his office still hasn't been able to determine the identity of the body. >> the message was we can't give you certainty right now. lynn's daughter is obviously, and i don't use this word lightly, traumatized. >> reporter: joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> the hospital says it's reviewing its policies for how

just ask david perry a friend of lynn and her family. >> there are a lot of questions that, is the caseil to answer. not only for family and friends but people who come here expecting safety. >> lynn spaulding yerntd for treatment of an infection, saturday morn, sometime between 10:15 and 10:30 she disappeared. >> we have been dismayed, disappointed and frustrated not only by the lack of information, the lack of a sense of urgency. >> sheriff deputies

had engaged in some improper activity but one thing i will say is that judge david perry said that mr renzi and mr sandlin who engage in these activities were good men who did bad things and i will say that i think it's pretty rare for a judge to to give the defendants who've been fighting such tooth and nail and refusing to take responsibility for their criminal behavior so much the benefit of doubt is interesting i'm going to ask you do you think the fact that this took place in arizona of all places had anything to do with a historically republican state we're dealing with a republican congressman do you think that having to do with it or you know i think that the judge seemed to be. affected by the fact that this was a former congressman who was well what had once been well respected in the state. congressman's family push that he was a family man with lots of kids a man of faith but rarely will you see other criminal defendants getting the same kind of benefit of the doubt when they have done something so blatantly illegal i mean most people if they're caught red handed like fren

just ask david perry a friend of lynn and her family. >> there are a lot of questions that, is the case san francisco general swril to answer. not only for family and friends but people who come here expecting safety. >> lynn spaulding yerntd for treatment of an infection, saturday morn, sometime between 10:15 and 10:30 she disappeared. >> we have been dismayed, disappointed and frustrated not only by the lack of information, the lack of a sense of urgency. >> sheriff deputies cordoned off the stairwells as a crime scene. the hospital produced no explanation today and apparently miss a body on the same premises. >> it's very concerning this body was found. we're distressed and don't know what happened. that is our top priority to find out. >> that is the hospital's last word on the subject that. was at about 12:00 noon today. maybe 11:00. so it's 6:00 or 7:00 hours later. that investigation continues in san francisco, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> wayne, thank you. bart and unions still negotiating issues tonight. commuters trying to make plans in case of a strike. the court ordered coo

just ask david perry a friend of lynn and her family. >> there are a lot of questions that, is the case san francisco general swril to answer. not only for family and friends but people who come here expecting safety. >> lynn spaulding yerntd for treatment of an infection, saturday morn, sometime between 10:15 and 10:30 she disappeared. >> we have been dismayed, disappointed and frustrated not only by the lack of information, the lack of a sense of urgency. >> sheriff deputies cordoned off the stairwells as a crime scene. the hospital produced no explanation today and apparently miss a body on the same premises. >> it's very concerning this body was found. we're distressed and don't know what happened. that is our top priority to find out. >> that is the hospital's last word on the subject that. was at about 12:00 noon today. maybe 11:00. so it's 6:00 or 7:00 hours later. that investigation continues in san francisco, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >> wayne, thank you. bart and unions still negotiating issues tonight. commuters trying to make plans in case of a strike. the court ordered coo

david perry is a family friend already disappointed at how for 10 days the hospital would not release statement about the mystery. >> we have been dismayed and frustrated not only by the lack of information but lack of a sense of urgency. >> can you tell us how long that bod body had been in the stair sfwhel. >> can i not. >> did it fall? >> i don't have anymore information about the cause of death, length of time that. is all what is being investigate bid the sheriff with asis sfrants police and med yal cal examiner will provide more information. >> that is where the case stands now. no comment about how koit lose a patient or how a body could wind up in the stairwell. no explanation yits taking so long. all day to fill in details of the mystery. >> well, there have been kplints about a strong gas odor in the city of richmond this afternoon. some buildings were evacuated. calls started to come in about 2:00. abc 7 news joins us live now with the latest. laura?

. >> david perry says the spalding family hopes answers come soon. but they did get one question answered when they learned lynn was not murdered. >> i had heard through independent sources connected to the investigation that foul play has been ruled out. >> an official cause of death has not been released. >>> well, spalding's friends say they're frustrated because authorities never gave them any indication that she may still be in this hospital. they said if they had any idea that that was a possibility, they would have focused their energies here instead of spending days putting up flyers in the east bay. reporting live in san francisco, marianne favro, nbc bay area news. >> very difficult for the family and friends. thank you, marianne. the medical examiner released the name of the baby brought to the hospital earlier this week. 7-month-old julian martinez was pronounced dead shortly after he was brought in. they called the death suspicious and then seized the car in which the mom brought julian to the hospital and also searched her home. no addi

. >> reporter: david perry is a spokesperson and friend of lynn spaulding. he says she was checked into this hospital on september 19th to be treated for an infection. and two days later, she couldn't be found. >> lynn spaulding went into the hospital on september 19th, and on saturday morning, september 21st at 10:15 a.m., she was looked in by nurses, hospital staff and at 10:30 she was gone. we have been looking for her since then. >> reporter: this morning, san francisco general hospital officials say the body of a woman was found in an exterior stairwell. an area not normally used by visitors or hospital staff. the identity of that person is unknown. >> it took ten days for san francisco general to issue a statement about the fact that lynn spaulding had gone missing, and i think as to why, that is a good question. i think also a good question for sf general is, are there videocameras covering every entrance and exit including stairwells? >> reporter: well, that is saying a lot, but we do not know if this hospital has surveillance cameras inside the hosp

. >> reporter: david perry is a family friend and spokesperson. >> we have a lot of questions.did she leave alone? is there videotape of lynn leaving the hospital or wandering the halls? >> reporter: authorities went to virtually every corner of the city to try and locate spaulding who some thought may have been dazed from powerful medication. after she went missing did the hospital conduct a thorough search of its own property to see if she might be found? >> i think it's a good question for san francisco general and how one would define the word thorough. if her body was found on site at san francisco general, using the word thorough would be a wild exaggeration. >> reporter: an employee found the body but it's unclear how it could have gone undetected for any length of time. >> that is all being investigated, both by the sheriffs from assistance from the police and the medical examiner's examination will provide more information. >> reporter: a spokesperson also says they're distressed about all this. they say they did conduct a search of the campus but as for that stairwell

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david perry says there are still really very few answers. >> we don't know yet.now is she came in here and was here two days and two nights september 19th and 20th. we know the hospital personnel was looking in on her every 15 minutes. and saw her at 10:15 and at 10:30, they didn't. when her boyfriend and a close friend came to visit at 11:00, they told them she was missing and a we were told a hospital search was done which meant we turned our attention outwards. the san francisco police department had been incredible in supporting us in that outward search. for two weeks we looked all over the city and hundreds of flyer were put up. >> but no one looked in the hospital? >> we were told they looked in the hospital. the search the police department instituted was not thorough because lynn spaulding's body was here for 19 days. >> anderson cooper spoke with barry black who had a sharp prayer before congress urging them to restoring death benefits to fallen service members and something that has now happened. >> i spent 27 years in the united states navy and servin

bottom of the six and the score 1-0 perry ed wachas only mistake was david ortiz.x. top of the seventh here is the game. matt's carpenter his a sacrifice fly to the electorate pitcher credit breslow backing up the catcher. throws the ball away at third base. the final score 4-2 cardinals. the series is now tied 1-1. game 3 is saturday in st. louis. >> an atlanta area high school cheerleader has a special title that to her as a maid. check out her amazing seat. mikayla clark did a whopping 44 backhand springs in a row, breaking the previous record of 36. school junior has been working towards this goal since the beginning of a football season. clark has been cheering since she was 4 years old. cockroach says said the team is expecting to receive benefits as a ticket from the guinness world records this week. >> we will be right back. line >> some of you have been sending us photos of your children and pets in getting into the halloween spirit. we also welcome your pictures. you can send them to us and our facebook page or e-mail them to breaking news@kron4.com or on

it might never have been found were it not for the efforts of a dallas area investigator david perry.of old documents. >> i keep going through the box. and i find this little envelope. >> reporter: it was a treasury envelope. >> i opened the envelope and out fell a wedding ring. this was to me like finding pieces of adolf spanish gallion. >> reporter: it was the proof. a tiny stamp found by a jeweler at the auction house. >> in lee harvey oswald's wedding ring is a soviet star a makers mark from the soviet government telling us this wedding ring was made in russia. >> reporter: his widow wrote that in russian tradition, taking off a wedding ring is considered a bad omen. she had never before seen her husband do it. >> i can only believe that the reason he did that is he figured he was not coming home one way or the other. >> reporter: marina oswald, now marina porter isn't granting interviews. but in a five-page letter that will go to the buyer of the ring, she claimed why the ring is up for sale saying at this time in my life i don't wish to have lee's ring in my possession because s

just ask david perr perry.riend:00 lynn and her family. >> i think a lot of questions if that's the case that that san francisco general has to answer not only to the family and friend of lynn but the people who come here about expecting safety. >> she entered san francisco general hospital on september 19 for treatment of infection. on saturday morning the 21st some time between 10:15 and 1 10:30 she disappeared. for 17 days the family has been in limbo boy. we have been dismayed. disappointed. frustrated. not only by the lack of information coming out of san francisco general. lack of sense of urgency. >> sheriff's deputy cordeny off the stairwell did as crime scene. hospital produced no explanation today about how it could lose a patient. also apparently miss this all on the same premises. >> very concerning that this body was found f.we are distressed didn't know what happened. that's our top priority to find that out. >> a lot of questions. not a lot of answers. first missing woman. now a body. and an inve

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perry. call me lee. >> not the day here. >> or just -- >> all right, i would just say, mick jagger. for an why he was very close to davidowie. >> do you get to pick the day? >> if i could be a rock star? >> any musician. >> mm. don't know. carrie underwood. for a day. >> willie nelson. >> nice. >> i would like to be -- >> he usually looks over myshou. wants to know when dana and peter will be back aboard? that's from lincoln. >> oh, yes, he's from colorado. he's on the crew with his wife and his two kids. you know, condo sits just around the corner. we'll be able to stop by often. no, we won't be able to come by for a while. but we keep in touch. i saw some of the patients that have been come from the up country down to the ship. these doctors and nurses continue to do amazing work. amazing work. they do not waste a dollar. >> excuse me for not knowing where is the ship. >> in congo. >> it just stays there? >> yes, for ten months. >> awesome. for bob, what was your first job? >> he's still looking for it. >> what was your first political job? your first job? >> my first job was a garbage truck in connecticut picking up

perry. >> tommy lee. >> tommily! [ laughterlaugh -- tommy lee! [ laughter ] >> i would just worry about mick jagger because for a while hey, was very close to david to pick the day?ry >> just the day, okay. >> how about you? >> if i could be a rock star? i >> yes. any musician. >> i don't know. carrie underwood.çó >> very good. for iea day. a >> willie nelson. [ laughter ] >> i would like to be tommy lee myself if i were a guy. >> dana usually looks over my- shoulder, so i'm not going to let her read this one. dana, someone wants to know when dana and peter will be back aboard. that's from lincoln folker. >> yes! he's from colorado. he's on the crew of the mercy ship with his wife and his two kids. well, congo is just around the corner. we'll be able to stop by -- i'my kidding. we won't able to come by for a while. but we keep in touch and i saw some of the patients that have been coming from the up country down to the ship. these doctors and nurses continue to do really amazing work. amazing work.am and they do not waste a dollar, eric. >> excuse me for not knowing. where is the ship now? >> in congo. i >> it stays there?. >> yes, for ten months

david rowdy, a foreign affairs columnist for reuters who wrote last year about the inequality hurricane sandy exposed. eric, author of "heat wave," and james perry, executive director of the greater new orleans fair housing action center, who advised members to their response of sandy, and in the interest of the full disclosure, he's also my husband. david, it did feel like part of the government response to sandy this time was difficult, because fema performed better than it had in some sort of recent massive disasters, yet we saw congress behaving badly. so a year out now, can we say, do we have a clear assessment of how our government responded to this disaster? >> i think the city, and you can say more about this than me, there was some good response to this. and even in the clips i showed, i want to give those northeast republicans credit. and even this week, the sanity caucus stood up to the suicide caucus -- >> is that what we're calling them? the stanity caucus? i like that. >> mitch mcconnell, of all, and peter king, standing up saying, you need government in some situations and you can't deny aid for hurricanes and you can't also play