the suspect's name is daniel jordan dewitt. he is accused of tress passing on the victim's property and that lead to a fight. this is the home where pitchers and catchers -- peter cukor lived with his wife. he heard the suspect so we went outside, that is when daniel jordan dewitt attacked him and killed him. kron 4's reggie kumar spoke to his parents tonight. >>> the mother and father of daniel jordan dewitt say their son was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenic when he was 18 years old. he is the grandson of al dewitt. their son has been off the medication since july. they were shocked when they learned their son faces murder

investigators say dewitt bludgeoned cukor to death with a ceramic planter saturday night. dewitt's family says the suspect's a paranoid schizophrenic who should have been institutionalized. >> he struggled for the last five years and we have been fighting the system for the last five years to get them to keep him in there, long-term care. >> reporter: newly released court documents investigators say dewitt told the 67-year-old victim he was a psychic. and was told to go on to cukor's property to find a woman named zoe. according to the probable cause statement, a blood covered dewitt later told investigators he was indeed looking for his fiancee zoe. >> zoe is fictitious girlfriend he has, he's made up, in his mind. and that's zoe. been there for about a year now. >> reporter: dewitt's father says his son talked about zoe flying around in a helicopter and driving a lamborghini. the family's upset a judge wouldn't listen to their pleas to keep dewitt in a mental facility. now he faces murder charges and an innocent man is dead. >> we really feel sorry for the family that ha

the suspect's name is daniel jordan dewitt. he is accused of tress passing on the victim's property and that lead to a fight. this is the home where pitchers and catchers -- peter cukor lived with his wife. he heard the suspect so we went outside, that is when daniel jordan dewitt attacked him and killed him. kron 4's reggie kumar spoke to his parents tonight. >>> the mother and father of daniel jordan dewitt say their son was diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenic when he was 18 years old. he is the grandson of al dewitt. their son has been off the medication since july. they were shocked when they learned their son faces murder charges. >> our system is such that there is wonderful people in the mental health field but we have incorrect laws that don't allow them oo get the help they need. it is a tragedy for us, it is a tragedy for the other family. i don't know what happened. i don't know what went on but my heart goes out tathem. i am sorry and we all suffered a great loss. >> he was a great kid, he just didn't get the righ

the suspect in the skies 23- year-old daniel jordan dewitt. his parents say he is a paranoid schizophrenic failed by the mental health system. >> everybody is in shock. and they are feeling very unsettled. this is a very unusual crime. but critical to that to piecing together the story is the timing on the phone calls and the response. >> reporter: in berkeley, lisa washington, cbs 5. >> and the alameda patch is reporting that dewitt is the grandson of the late al dewitt. >>> a former los angeles schoolteacher pled not guilty to charges of sexual misconduct. mark berndt was arraigned on charges of lewd acts against 23 children dating back to 2005. prosecutors say the 61-year-old took bizarre bondage-style photos of his students. he has been in jail since his arrest last month and bail is set at $23 million. >>> a fire broke out early today in a garage in castro valley. it housed two african tortoises. the animals escaped safely from the fire on allman road. the people were inside the structure at 3 a.m. when it start. a heating pad or extensio

. >> reporter: 23-year-old daniel jordan dewitt described by his father as a paranoid schizophrenic is in jail for the murder of a berkeley hills resident. police say the man was beaten with a flower pot saturday night at his home. al dewitt calls the case a failure of the mental health system. >> they drug him and let him go in and out of the hospital that's the problem my son had. he could never get stabilized on any drug. they take him in and let him out. >> reporter: berkeley councilmember who represents the neighborhood had known the victim for years. >> he was a very kind man, very accomplished man. the whole thing is shocking that he's no longer with us. >> reporter: she is calling for an investigation into the police response. police say the first call from the home came in on an nonemergency line reporting a man trespassing. the next one was a 911 emergency call after attack. police say at the time they had reconfigureed patrols to deal with an occupy oakland protest heading toward berk little. a statement says: only criminal in progress emergency calls were to be dispatched.

dewitt avenue near edmundson. minor injuries are reported and the fire department had to head out because of downed wires so it sounds like they may be power lines. edmundson to tenant. this might be an issue for folks. it's fun to call friends at 5:17 in the morning. we do have a little slowing, traffic tuesday might be an issue. the heavier volume with slowing. watch it sort of starts to drift and sped out for that commute all the way to the dublin interchange no. delays between pleasanton and dublin and the san ramon valley. one of the cars remaining after the earlier accident on the bridge still there eastbound but not in lanes. a little distraction. >> a tentative debt deal for greece expected to fuel markets today. for a look at that and the rest of the news before the bell we turn to jackie deangelis. good morning. >> good morning, marla. futures are higher this morning, the dow could possibly open above the 13,000 mark which it hasn't seen since 2008. investors are breathing a sigh of relief as european le

he says dewitt's parents say their son suffers from schizophrenia. now he's accused of beating 67-year-old peter sucore to death saturday night in his driveway. >> the citizens of berkeley deserve public safety service 24/7. >> reporter: she wants answers about police response to the home. according to a just-released time line, at 8:45 p.m., the department received a report of an unknown person hanging around. at 9:00 p.m., the officer offered to respond, the offer was denied, the reason unclear. two minutes later, berkeley police got a call of an attack in progress. >> we've lost a terrific community member. he was a wonderful man, and then we have this young man, who's suffering from mental illness and not apparently getting the help that he needs, and that is also tragic. and now he's a murderer. >> reporter: dewitt will be in court tomorrow facing that murder charge. live in berkeley, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. >>> tonight they've locked down their goats, horses, and other animals in los altos hills. this after a surprise visit from a moun

. >> reporter: cameras were not allowed in court as 23-year-old daniel dewitt was formally charged with diagnosed with illness when he was 18. he killed the person in the parking lot with a flower pot, saying he was looking for a girlfriend. >> he has made up this girlfriend in his mind. >> reporter: this is what police say happened. at 8:45, peter sukor called police for help, reporting a trespasser, police didn't come, instead responding to high priority calls because of a peaceful occupy march. at 9:00, an officer asked to respond. dispatch said no. two minutes later, cukor's wife called 911, saying the trespasser was beating her husband, the first officer arrived at 9:08. at 9:22, officers arrested dewitt nearby, with fresh blood on his hands and swollen hands. >> we always had a fear of him hurting himself or going to jail or hurting somebody else. and that is the way it is. >> reporter: the suspect's family and friends came to court today, but dewitt was not visible behind the screen, telling the judge only once, yes, ma'am, when she asked if he was daniel dewitt. >> daniel is my

dewitt was a star football player at alameda high. and his parents say that he has suffered from mental illness since 18. they say that the mental health system failed him. >> they get shoved in a hospital for a couple of days and shoved back out, thrown medications on massive dose of medication and then just put back out in the street. >> it's a battle just to keep him in the hospital. he has been in and out of the hospital nine times. >> police say they did not respond quickly to the original call about a suspicious person because officers were monitoring a protest march. >>> a new claim from "speed freak" killer wesley shermantine telling bounty hunters there is a third well where a body can be found supposed to be within a middle school of a well in san joaquin county where searchers have found hundreds of human bones. they could be connected to 30 murders that shermantine claims were committed by him or his late crime partner loren herzog. crews resume their search today for the second well near linden. >>> bounty hunter leonard

dewitt's former football star at alameda high school.ts say the mental health system failed him. >> if people were to describe him they would say what a kind gentle person he is. this is an illness. it has nothing to do with him. >> berkeley pd didn't respond to a call for a prowler. they were dealing with protestors at the time. they did respond when the victim's wife called 911. >>> another shooting caps off a violent holiday weekend in oakland. police were called to 82nd avenue and international boulevard last night. they found a young man with gunshot wounds to his lower body. witnesses say silver bmw with three men inside was seen speeding away from the area. three men having killed in east oakland since thursday. several more have been injured. >>> a 16-year-old robbery suspect is in custody this morning after a massive manhunt in san jose. witnesses say that the boy's mom arranged to surrender him to officers at a valero gas station near mineta international airport. earlier they scoured the area near bascomb avenue. they search f

the father of the suspect is apologizing to the victim's family. 23-year-old daniel dewitt is in jailer of a 67-year-old berkeley hills resident. police say the victim was beaten with a flower pot saturday night at his home. the suspect's father says he's sorry and describes his son as a paranoid schizophrenic who has been off medication since july. he calls the case a failure of the mental health system. >> they drug him and let him go again, in and out of the hospital that's the problem my son had. he could never get stabilized on any drug. they take him and let him out. >> berkeley city councilmember is calling for an investigation into the police response to the scene. police say at the time they had reconfigured patrols to deal with an occupy oakland protest. that was heading toward berkeley. >>> classes resume this morning in petaluma campus is cleaned up after vandals covered the campus with graffiti. police call the 74-year-old retired cpa -- the petaluma school was hit over the holiday weekend by a graffiti rampage half a dozen homes were vandalized. most of the tags were too

the dewitt family says their son is a paranoid mentally ill person. >>> and women with breast cancer,ng it at a younger age. john sasaki has more from san francisco, with a call to action to protect the ranks of female firefighters. john? >> reporter: this is station 26, which lost two firefighters last year. the station captain is part of a very large group in the department. she is among 16 firefighters who heard the words you have breast cancer. it was a quiet afternoon at home for san francisco fire captain anita pratley. but on her mind is the disease that ambushed her when she was 46 years old. >> i didn't think about cancer. and to me i'm more afraid of any fire that i've been to. >> reporter: a few days after she got the tests, her partner delivered the news. >> she said honey, you have breast cancer. and i couldn't believe it, me? i don't know -- no, no. >> reporter: among all women, one in 69 will get breast cancer in their 40s, that is 1.45%. in the san francisco fire department, with 117 women in their 40s, there are 16 cases of breast cancer, or 13.67%. >> that is always

prosecutors charged daniel dewitt with murder for the death of peter cukor. investigators say dewitt was wandering around outside the victim's home saturday night before the attack. the case is under review because cukor himself had called police but officers were not dispatched to his home. >>> other bay area headlines, police evacuated an oakland elementary school this morning. this is after a man was spotted walking around with a shotgun. the students were cleared out of maxwell park international academy just after 11:00 as a precaution. the man gave up about 20 minutes later. but it's still unclear what he was doing in that neighborhood and why he had the gun. >>> no word yet on what sparked an overnight fire at a berkeley artist livein studio. the flames spread to an adjacent rental cottage. four people were displaced, nobody hurt. but the observer's terrified dog bit two firefighters who saved it. >>> a second chance for a diet pill that was once deemed unsafe. the new research that's giving the drug qnexa new life and what it could mean for thousands

dewitt was a star football player at alameda high school. his parents say though he suffers from mental illness and has since he was age 18. they say the mental health system failed him. >> they get shoved in a hospital for a couple of days and get shoved back out, thrown medications on massive dose of medication and then just put back out on the street. >> it's a battle just to keep him in the hospital. he has been in and out of the hospital nine times. >> berkeley police say they did not respond quickly to a call about a suspicious person outside the victim's home because officers were busy monitoring a protest march in the city. >>> in hayward police are trying to find a man they say should be in custody and not on the streets. police say 32-year-old jose hernandez slashed his own throat and stabbed himself before they detained him outside his ex-girlfriend's house on saturday night. he was treated for the wounds and sent for a psychiatric evaluation. then he was let go. instead of being returned to custody. police say hernandez has exten

hearing from people who knew the suspect, 23-year-old former alameda high school football player dewitt. they tell us that it was not a secret that he had documented mental problems and that his parents had said that he suffered from paranoid schizophrenia and had neglected by a broken health care system. he's accused of killing 67-year-old-year-old man over the weekend in his driveway. >> he'd come and you could see the pain. i'd say daniel, you're always welcome in our home. have you refrigerator rights as long as somebody was home. he's just sweet. >> reporter: a councilwoman in berkeley wants answers about how police responded to the home. police did release a timeline that at 8:45 dispatch received a report of an unknown person hanging around. at that time though police were monitoring a protest and only criminal in progress emergency calls were to be dispatched. at 9:00 apparently an officer offered to respond but that offer was declined. exactly why is unclear. two minutes later though there was a call of an attack in progress. the court case continues at 2:00 this afternoon here

police say that daniel dewitt entered the front gate of peter cukor's home saturday night. cukor chased him off once but according to police, dewitt came back claiming to be a psychic who was told to look for someone named zoe. family members say dewitt is paranoid schizophrenic. >> this fictitious girlfriend he has, it's made up in his mind, zoe, for a year. >> the case received extra attention because berkeley police admit they got a nonemergency trespass call from cukor's home minutes before the murder. officers were not immediately dispatched due to concerns over an "occupy" protest. >>> tonight three burglary suspects are behind bars following a massive police manhunt in fremont. it started with a call of a home invasion on stanley avenue near fremont boulevard. christin ayers reports, police locked down and canvassed the neighborhood to find those suspects. christin. >> reporter: dana, this started out as a bungled home burglary. the homeowners walked in on the burglars in the act. when the suspects tried to run away, some watchful neighbors helped find them. a burgla

officers responded and later arrested 22-year-old daniel dewitt. court this afternoon at 2:00 p.m. >>> the san francisco sheriff heading back to court today in his domestic violence case. he and attorneys for both sides will meet for a pre-trial hearing. sheriff facing misdemeanor charges for bruising his wife's arm during a new year's eve argument. that trial is expected to start friday. >>> a shaes mother and son facing attempted murder charges this morning. police say the 42-year-old woman drove the get-away car after her 15-year-old son stabbed a boy during an argument last thursday. the younger teen is recovering from his wounds. police are looking for a third boy who may have been involved. >>> 6:50 right now. another stadium project in the south bay is facing a major test today. the san jose earthquakes are looking for the green light to try and start construction. but "today in the bay's" bob redell joins us live from san jose where some neighbors are standing in the site's way. >> reporter: they've appealed to the san jose city's planning

daniel dewitt was officially charged with murder and use of a deadly weapon. if kron4 news is also learning that he has a criminal record, he was charged with stopping a person a couple of years ago and right now he is facing a case if he or reduce charged with battery operators. alaska severe >>catherine: 49 people and hundreds injured in argentina. the cause is not clear but some of the passengers say the conductor was really struggling with the brakes. they say they he had been overshooting platforms in fact he missed one entirely. new zealanders seems to be covered in flowers today. people are marking the one- year anniversary of the earth quake. families of the 185 people killed and people all of the country joined in the various ceremonies including schoolchildren. hundreds of building in christchurch are still waiting to be torn down to the reconstruction can begin. scientists are excited about what they call a waterworld planet, an entirely new kind of plated dominated not by raw or gas but by water. it was discovered back in 2009 but some of the facts

how police handled a call from a home owner who was beat to death last weekend. 23-year-old daniel dewitt is described by his father as a paranoid schizophrenic. he's now in jail for the murder of a berkeley hills resident. police say he was beaten with way flower pot saturday night at his home. investigators say a call was placed to police. the police nonemergency line reporting a man trespassing. police said no officers were available to respond to nonemergency calls because the department was preparing to respond to an ouch protest. the next call came to 911 saying the homeowner what was being beaten to death. >> i think it is something we have to look into. i think allocation of our resources is really important. that's why i've asked for the information. >> police say officers were immediately dispatched after the 911 call and caught the suspect a few block as way >>> one of the so-called speed freak kill claiming he and his accomplice buried victims in a third san joaquin well. a beeny hunter convinced wesley shermantine to reveal the locations. shermantine told him about the new we

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i guess suzanne somers got paid a little more than joyce dewitt. joyce didn't feel great about that. so they finally reunited on suzanne somers' show. suzanne was very honest and said, you know, i looked at the job as money and you guys were more actors. you took it more seriously. and i could see how that rubbed you the wrong way. they reminisced also about their co-star, john ritter, who as you know passed away. it was a tearful reunion. >> it's good that joyce showed up and knocked on suzanne's door. >> that's right. >> good they made up. >> very nice. >>> hey, paula. happy anniversary. >> rob, i'm a little busy right now. >> i'm talking about the 20th anniversary. >> can't you see i'm busy? we've got a newscast to do in a little bit. >> come on, 20 years live overnight news. fun, smart, a little bit of attitude. >> now i know what you're talking about. the 20th anniversary of "world news now." we should do a promo. >> now you're seeing the whole picture. >> and that's a great line to use in the promo. >> we need a promo -- >> we do need a promo

police say a trespasser 23-year- old dewitt hit him with a flower pot.s parents say he's a schizophrenic. >> we are trying to avoid it from happening again. >> reporter: that was the response from berkeley's mayor when i asked him if police did whatever they could to prevent the killer. just minutes ago police released the statement saying suco called the nonenergy number and very calmly said there was quote, an unknown person hanging around his property. police did not respond saying they were on a higher priority call. monitoringg an occupy oakland rally. at 9:02 two minutes later police now say sucor's wife called 911 yelling that her husband was outside and the man was hitting him and pulling him into the bushes. officers were dispatched a minute later and arrived within five minutes. 15 minutes after that police arrested the suspect near by. >> do you think the city in any way contributed to this? >> i'm not sure. i've requested all of the information. i believe that the facts will tell the story. >> reporter: now we still don't have all the facts a

dewitt of more on that story. of the >>reporter: but susan become a for the cure is known for its racist and other events that draw huge donations, but donations may take a dive after the reinstated funding to planned. who provides health care for work including abortion. >> of people ultimately want to make sure that there aren't many of the it is not going to plant. that which is the nation's largest abortion providers. the clock did the reporter ron but even critics it was rare for them to restore the funding to planned burner. >> of their job is not to make everyone happy, our job is to ensure that women's health comes first. women's health needs to come before of death and religious pressure. >>vicki: after alienating those on both sides of the abortion debate, it is trying to convince them to the office of a shared cost -- shared cause. >>brian: a court is day-to- day. we did have some high clouds in the pacific but it is slowly taking its time getting here. on the bay bridge, temperatures are pretty nice. a

suzanne sommer and joyce dewitt were on the show. they haven't spoken until this week.k at that reunion and tell you why it took so long for it though happen. >>> all right. queen elizabeth. next week marks the queen's 60th year on the throne. coming up we'll take a look at the queen then and the future of the royal family now with kate middleton in buckingham palace. >> i want to go back to jenna in indianapolis. all morning long you've been setting the stage for us. tell us about the energy there? >> reporter: oh, there's tons of energy like now. and not. i swear that was not rehearsed. there was tons of energy here in indianapolis. we're not the only ones gearing up. fans are not the only ones gearing up. the actual broadcast team, bc who's putting this on is gearing up as well. did you know in order for them to know where every camera is and to get the sipping shot of every player they bring the high schoolers in to pretend they're the giants or patriots and have them run plays so the cameras can follow and try to mimic the spontaneity of the actual gape. so coming

. >> reporter: the parents of the man under arrest, daniel jordan dewitt are heartbroken. >> our hearts go out to the family of the victim. and really sad. i pray everything is okay with hem. >> reporter: they say their son was a model child till he was diagnosed as a paranoid schizophrenic when he was 18 and the system failed him. >> our system is such that you go in, they shove them with all kinds of drugs and put them on the streets again. >> reporter: she saw her son the day before but there was no indication he was violent. >> people need to be mandated to take meds before they get to this point. >> reporter: this statement does not differ from those facts. it confirms the story we just told you. we will say, however, that police say they are continuish their investigation -- continuing their investigation, not into their response but into the criminal investigation. reporting live, rita williams, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> police released new details about an officer involved shooting last night. plice say anaudia police say an officer responded -- police say an officer reported to

dewitt reportedly said he was a psychic looking for his fiancee zoe. his parents telling reports outside court theirston is a paranoid schizophrenic and there is no such woman. >> a high school math teacher accused of sexually assaulting a teenage boy will be arraigned. marie johnson is accused of having sex with a 14-year-old boy who was a former student. police say the granada high school teacher started that through text messages and the game words with friends. the alleged relationship started back in december 2010 and lasted six months. >> we're following developing news out of oakland this morning. police on the scene near add align. christie. >> reporter: good morning. right now oakland police are focusing attention on the red car that you see there with the doors open. this is where about 4:15 this morning they found a man in the car who was shot. somewhat of a mystery is exactly the details here because the car itself doesn't have a lot of bullet holes in it so they are trying to piece together what happened. again, they got the call at 32nd a

they arrested 23-year-old daniel dewitt of alameda. >> espn fired the writer responsible for the racist headline against jeremy lin. an internal investigation revealed the ethnic slur was written online and used twice on air. >> you said unflappable, but if there a [bleep] in the armor, where can lin improve. >> the espn news anchor is on suspension for 30 days and the espn loyalee behind the slur on the network's web site has been dismissed. the headline was in reference to lin's nine turnovers during the loss to the new orleans hornets. in his sergeant public pal, espn wrote: his accomplishments are a source of great pride to the asian-american community including the asian-american employees of espn. >> and jeremy lin says he is putting the headline behind him saying you have to learn to forgive. but many lin fans were not as forgiving. >> it's shameful. there's ways to express whatever is happening to him in a more constructive way. i think it's up -- unnecessary. >> was something that shouldn't have happened. >> the fans were gated at the old pro palo alto restaurant and sports bar

. >> reporter: 23-year-old daniel dewitt is under arrest for that killing. >>> stocks are inching their way back to the top. take a look at what happened today. this shows today's trading activity. the dow jones peaked above 13,000 not once but twice. once at noon eastern time just by 30 second and for a little longer at 1:30. it's a milestone the market hasn't reached since may 2008 before the financial crisis. tom vacar joins us now. he joins us from main street. >> reporter: here on main streets here and around the country when big round upward numbers are about to be reached wall street kind of begins to make sense again. today the market felt just short of the big 13,000. >> you don't have to actually reach a goal in order to feel inspired by a new number. con consumer psychologist kim yaro. >> what it gives them is a sense of optimism and definitely it will affect consumer confidence in the exact same way the negative numbers affected greatly consumer confidence. >> experts say the market would have blown past 13,000 today expect for three nagging fears. >> the price of gasoline g

the suspect is daniel jordan dewitt of alameda. >> tragedy struck a washington state ski resort knee stevens pass. the victims were part of 12 people hit be the avalanche. the rest dug themselves out, but the rest were swept 1500 feet down an out-of-bounds canyon. another woman was swept out but was saved bay safety device she was wearing. >> saying goodbye, the final journey for whitney houston. >> the controversy isn't over but tonight what espn says it's doing to try to make it up to jeremy lin. >> celebrating carnival with a twist. what's new this year coming up. >> hi there, i'm leigh glaser. plenty of sunshine this afternoon. but the sutro cam showing the clouds increasing. yes, we're going to see showers. we'll take a look at the forecast coming u >> closed captioning brought to >> closed captioning brought to >> espn fired the person responsible for the racist headline directedded a basketball player jeremy lin. the headline ran on espn's web site. and the network apologized again today. >> when you're as big of a power as espn, with great power comes great responsibility and

and used dewitt's appearance to say things that for many years were left unsaid. >> but i respect your> what you've gone on to do is immeasurable. i don't even know what you've done in your lifetime. >> reporter: and they reminisced about their former co-star john ritter who died suddenly in 2003. >> i used to watch him. and the way he would flip over. >> his physical response mechanism. he would hear a piece of humor, intuitively his whole body had already responded. >> right. it still doesn't seem right or real. >> reporter: and though it was a long time coming, it looks like this time two was more than company. ♪ come and knock on my door waiting for you ♪ ♪ hugs and kisses or hers and hers and his three company's too ♪ >> reporter: for "good morning america," bianna golodryga, abc news new york. >> glad that's put to rest. >>> we're counting down towards the academy awards on oscar sunday. and "the help" is up for four awards including best actress and best supporting actress. abc's deborah roberts has the lucky task of sitting down with the cast. >> reporter: "the help" serves up

dewitt told the owner he was a psychic looking for his fiancee zoe. outside of court they said their son a paranoid schizophrenic. when he was told to leave he attacked beating him to death with a ceramic pot. also the math teacher accused of sexually assaulting boy. she was arrested and charged with having sex with a 14-year-old former student. the relationship started in text messages and social media. >> it's 4:34. another vote of support for gay marriage. a federal judge in san francisco striking down the defense of marriage act, calling it unconstitutional. the 1996 law passed by congress defines marriage as the union of a man and a woman and denies government benefits to same-sex couples. the decision is in response to a lawsuit by a staff attorney of the ninth u.s. circuit court who sued the government because she couldn't enroll her wife under her health insurance plan. the san francisco judge is the second federal judge to strike down the defense of marriage act. students in the pepper spray incident at uc davis now suing. video of the incide

suzanne somers and joyce dewitt without speaking years ago. she were bonded again.orter: it was a reunion 30 years in the making. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: the emotional meeting between suzanne somers and joyce dewitt was the first time the former co-stars of the hit abc sitcom "three's company" had seen each other or even spoken in three decades. >> i have to tell you right now, i'm -- i'm very overwhelmed with emotion. >> reporter: the show about the adventures of two women and their male roommate was a smash hit. then somers was written off the show. >> this was the most popular tv show in all time. when suzanne somers was fired, they walked off the show and never talked to each other. >> reporter: now both women seem eager to bury the hatchet. and used dewitt's appearance to say things that for many years were left unsaid. >> but i respect your training so far. i do want you to know how much i learned from you. >> what you've gone on to do is immeasurable. i don't even know what you've done in yourur lifetime. >> reporter: did she rem ma reminisced about their

. >> dewitt's family showed their support in court today. the suspect is expected back in court tomorrow to enter a plea. >>> still to come, get your change and credit cards ready. a peninsula city making it more expensive to park. >>> he's the newest member of the san francisco police force. >>> i want them to see how ordinary americans couldo d extraordinary things. >> this is history a hundred years in the making. a peak inside the newest museum to open on the national mall. back in a moment. [ female announcer ] this is the story of joycelin... [ joycelin ] it was a typical morning. i was getting ready for work, and then i got this horrible headache, and then i blacked out. [ female announcer ] ...who thought she had reached the end of her story. [ joycelin ] the doctor told me i had two brain aneurysms and that one of them had ruptured. [ female announcer ] fortunately, she was treated at sutter health's california pacific medical center. [ joycelin ] the nurses and doctors were amazing, and they were like a second family to me. and now

. >> reporter: the man arrested for the crime, daniel dewitt a former football stand out and the son of the city's first african american city councilman. his parents say he suffered from mental illness. >> if people were to describe him they would say what a kind, gentle person he is. he has always been that way. this isn't senior an illness. it has nothing to do with him. >> reporter: this was a failure of a flawed mental halitosis them they say that never gave him a chance. >> they get shoved in a hospital for a couple days and shoved back out, thrown medication on them, massive doses and then just put back out. >> it's a battle just to keep them in the hospital. he has been in and out nine times. >> reporter: they don't know why their son was in the neighborhood saturday. berkeley police have declined to provide further details though the chronicle reports an officer failed to respond to an initial call about a prowler at the home. because police were busy with an occupy protest. >> our hearts go out to the other family. it breaks my heart and we all lost in this. our society has

daniel dewitt is accused of killing him. his family says he's a paranoid schizophrenic who has been in and out of mental health facilities. there's an investigation into the timeline of police response. police got a nonemergency call reporting a trespasser at the home minutes before he was killed but did not respond immediately because the department decided only to respond to emergency calls. it prepared for a planned occupy protest. >>> lights are back for thousands of customers left in the dark by morning transformer fire in san francisco. the fire broke pout in the mission district at the top of a pg&e pole on dubose near mission around 3:45 a.m.. it was snuffed out by crews. the outage an he can ifed more than 2300 homes and businesses. >> less than three hours from now sheriff ross -- ross mirkarimi is scheduled back in court for a hearing his trial is set to begin friday last month he was charged with domestic violence, child endangerment and dissuading a witness the three charges come from an altercation he had with

. >> reporter: for the dewitt, this is a failure that never gave their son a chance to stabilize on his medication. >> they get shoved into a hospital for a couple of days and get get shoved back out. some medications on them for the dose of medication, to put that back in the street. >> it will be a battle to keep them in the hospital. it's been in and out of the hospital nine times. >> reporter: they don't know why they were in this neighborhood on saturday. they have declined to provide further details, though the san francisco chronical reports that they failed to respond to the initial report pause police were busy -- because police were busy with that protest. their grief is not just for their son. >> our hearts go out to the other family. it breaks my heart. now, we have all lost in this. our society has lost, our son has been lost, we have lost and the other families have lost. >> reporter: cbs5. >>> well, one man is dead, two other people were hurt after the suv that they were riding in overturned in san jose earlier this morning. it happened on the off ramp from 101 northbound

daniel dewitt made his first court appearance yesterday. berkeley police say they did not spoken to the initial nonemergency call about a trespasser because their officers were dealing with an occupy march. the police department says it responded immediately after a second call came in on the 911 line. >>> this morning three are in custody after leading san francisco police on a high speed chase that ended in a crash. the driver lost control of his vehicle last night. it started when police responding to an electronic -- police say a car speeding away from the location they pursued it until the crash. >>> somebody in palo alto likes shooting a gun and running. tuesday police received a call of shots fired on the 500 block -- like a previous incident when they showed up all they found was shell casings, no suspect and no one hit. police say the shootings show a disregard for public safety. >>> trial begins tomorrow more sheriff ross mirkarimi in the domestic violence case against him. his attorney filed a motion yesterday asking the court to

police believe the 23-year-old suspect jordan dewitt is mentally ill. they say he killed 67-year-old peter succor outside the victim's home near grizzly peak boulevard saturday night. officers have released a time line of the events in an attempt to defend their response. at 8:45 p.m. the victim called police on a nonemergency line to report a trespasser on his property. at the same time, patrol teams were monitoring an occupy proceed he test and did not answer the trespassing call. then at 9:02, the victim's wife phoned 9-1-1 to report an attack in progress. police say officers were dispatched within a minute of that call. >>> oakland woman was taken into custody this morning for allegedly shooting at her boyfriend. police say the woman had called police to her home near 45th street and telegraph avenue when the boyfriend came to retrieve his belongings. officers say that call had been resolved. the boyfriend returned an hour later. they say the woman then fired at the boyfriend three times from the porch. >> from what we understand, one of the occupan

. >> reporter: the man arrested, daniel dewitt a 23-year-old former football stand out and the son of the first african american city councilman. his parents say he has mental illnesses. >> if people were to describe him they would say what a kind, gentle person he is. this is an illness. it has nothing to do with him. >> reporter: for them 24 was a failure of a mental health system they say never gave him a chance. >> they get shoved in a hospital for a couple days and shoved back out. medications on them, massive -- and then just put back out. >> he has been in and out nine times. >> reporter: they don't know why their son was in this neighborhood saturday. berkeley police have declined to provide further details. the san francisco chronicle reports an officer failed to respond to an initial call about a prowler at the home because police were busy with an occupy protest. the family said their grief isn't just for their son. >> my hearts go out to the other family. that breaks my heart and we have all lost in this. our society has lost, our son has lost, we have lost and the other f

an arraignment set this afternoon for berkeley hills homicide suspect. 23-year-old daniel jordan dewitt is accused in the beating death of peter cukor saturday. the murder weapon was a large ceramic pot. a berkeley city council member is calling for an investigation into the police response to that case. officers say the response was delayed due to a nearby "occupy" protest. >>> an american journalist was among 60 people killed in syria today as president bashar assad's regime continues to assault the rebel uprising. 57-year-old marie colvin had been a foreign correspondent for britain's sunday times for more than 25 years. the the new york native lost an eye covering another war more than a decade ago. just one day before she died, she was on television calling the government bombard elementary of rebels, quote, relentless and shocking. >> i think the sickening thing is the complete merciless nature. they are hitting civilian buildings. >> this is a desperately sad reminder of the risks that journalists take to inform the world of what is happening and the dreadful events in syria. >>

the 67-year-old man died saturday, allegedly attacked by 23-year-old daniel jordan dewitt. the victim called the police nonemergency line asking for help but dispatch gave the call low priority while officers were dealing with occupy protesters. it's not clear why he was at the property in the first place. his mother tells the oakland tribune her son is a paranoid schizophrenic not properly treated in the hospital for his illness. >>> b.a.r.t. police will be outfitted with state of the art wearable cameras made by a company called taser. they're an updated version of the cameras worn by some san jose police officers cost between $700 and $1,000 per camera, able to record everything. the cameras will be able to live stream their video back to headquarters so police administrators can watch officers in real time. >> this is the entire camera system here, weighs about 15 grams. just pull the wire around here. we have an extended battery pack that i'm wearing in my suit pocket here. this is the entire system, including 14 hours of record time. so you can record or video buffer

dewitt was arrested about a block away. i also went to the facility where he was living up until this incident here in oakland, and the manager there told me that she's been crying since this happened. that he never had any conflict with the managers or anyone who lived in the facility so she was completely shocked by the entire thing. >>> two bodies burned beyond recognition have been pulled from a home that caught fire early this morning in sonoma county. flames just engulfed this house just after midnight on west gate lane in penngrove in petaluma. sheriff's deputies there right now collecting all the evidence. so far, the victims have not been identified. >>> in berkeley, firefighters did their best to save a residential arts gallery from being ruined by flames. firefighters initially concerned because they saw, right here, what looks to be the tail of a plane sticking out of the roof. well, it turns out it was just a metal sculpture. it took firefighters about 40 minutes to put out the fire at the gallery. two firefigh

daniel dewitt is charged with of the murder of a 67 year-old pettersson corps.he attack happened saturday night in front of his home. newly released court documents revealed sue court confronted do it after seeing him looking outside of its of. they also said it would appear to have as of problems before he attacked the victim of a flower pot. the victim's wife says she witnessed her husband's murder. the suspect's family says he is a paranoid schizophrenic who has not taken medication since july. >> we are here to support them. he is sick. very sick. when you have a sick child, it is tough. we have all been through a lot. we love of the and it is a tragedy. it is terrible for the family this has happened to. we all feel for them. we just want them to know we are here. >>pam: berkeley investigators were criticized for not responding to his hall with a couple first called police. these differences could share of the facing domestic violence charges is in court for a pretrial hearing today. attorneys for mirkirimi filed a motion asking for the judge to exclude sta

daniel dewitt is accused of killing him. his family says he's a paranoid schizophrenic who has been in and out of mental health facilities. there's an investigation into the timeline of police response. police got a nonemergency call reporting a trespasser at the home minutes before he was killed but did not respond immediately because the department decided only to respond to emergency calls. it prepared for a planned occupy protest. >>> lights are back for thousands of customers left in the dark by morning transformer fire in san francisco. the fire broke pout in the mission district at the top of a pg&e pole on dubose near mission around 3:45 a.m.. it was snuffed out by crews. the outage an he can ifed more than 2300 homes and businesses. >> less than three hours from now sheriff ross -- ross mirkarimi is scheduled back in court for a hearing his trial is set to begin friday last month he was charged with domestic violence child endangerment and dissuading a witness the three charges come from an altercation he had with h

newly released court documents show dewitt told the 67-year-old he was looking for an imaginary woman named zoey. moments later, he killed him with a ceramic planter. they say their son is a paranoid schizophrenic. >> he struggled for the last five years. we've been fighting the system to get them to keep him in there for some long-term care. >> daniel is expected back in court tomorrow to are enter a plea. >>> it's vandals who may want to repent on this ash wednesday after desecrating a church so badly police are calling it a hate crime. parishioners arrived this morning to find religious statues and walls spray painted. they destroyed a wooden cross too. parishioners say most disturbing is the timing, on the first day of lent. the 40-day season of fasting and prayer before the easter holiday. >>> we check in now with decision 2012. mitt romney and rick santorum sparred aggressively tonight, the final debate before michigan and arizona. a new poll showing romney is still the frontrunner among california republicans with 31%. santorum has been given a big boost. tonight all four candi