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. >>> i'm doreen gentzler. police know she's dead, they know how she died and who did it.ut they can't find her body. >> prince george's county police say her last moments alive were violent and graphic and her boyfriend confessed that he killed her. shamari stone talked to her family and has the story. >> i'm kind of distraught. kind of upset. >> ronald page is upset over >> she didn't have to die loo like that. >> 35-year-old michael proctor confessed to strangling her to death inside their objection en hill apartment on april 13th. police arrested him and charged him with murder and assault. neighbors are stunned. >> feel bad for the situation. >> surveillance cameras captured him leaving the apartment and returning the next day. according to these court documents, proctor wheeled her body in a gray bin on a dolly down this hallway. he then got on an elevator and wheeled the dolly outside the building. police say he allegedly disposed of the body at a dumpster around six miles away. >> she always call. >> her grandmother never heard from her. she reported her missing a

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. >> doreen gentzler has been covering these cases for months and joins us now.hat was discussed today? >> well, with mosquito season just about to get under way, there's a lot of concern about how far the spread this year. decision-makers on the hill want to know where we stand regarding prevention and diagnosis. today we learned just how many pregnant women in the u.s. are known to be living with zika right now. >> zika remains a significant threat today, particularly to pregnant women and their infants. >> right now, there are more than 5600 preg women nant women zika virus. >> the information from the cdc are that 1 in 10 women with a zika virus had a baby with a virus-related birth defect. >> a blood test can determine if zika present. >> at the start of this period, there were no tests available to determine zika. we worked urgently to make a in february and march of 2016, the use of two authorized tests. >> but there have been problems with zika virus testing, both in our area and labs across the country. it turned out that the problem was with the krcdc t

doreen gentzler explains. >> reporter: studies show that sugar can release dopa mi dopam rewards centerur brain. did you know that sugar can have long-term and significant effects on our brain. >> people who have a higher intake, self-reported intake of sugar sodas a higher rick eer commentia. >> reporter: the link between sugar and alzheimer's has been around for a wild. heather snyder is director of medical operations at the alzheimer's association. >> there's also higher research that show different animal models that suggest there may be a link between sugar intake and underlying bgy related to dementia. >> reporter: a study done at harvard shows people with above level blood sugar levels have links to dementia. the links between the body and brain said heather snyder is not surprising. >> we know that sugar is there in our heart health and brain health as well. >> reporter: to find out more about this topic and sugar in general look for sugar-free on our nbc washington app. >> there you have it. some health benefits. taking care of your body without the sugar. a lot of you have bee

good evening, i'm doreen gentzler in tonight for wendy rieger. >> i'm jim handly.happened during a family cook-out. a 6-year-old boy struck and killed by a car as relatives had gathered in a park for his birthday. this happened along livingston road in southeast, d.c. >> chris gordon talked with the boy's family. chris is live at the scene with more. family is devastated. through her tears, a relative kept asking why, why this happened. and you're about to hear from an eyewitness who answered some of those questions. behind me, a memorial being built out of stuffed animals and balloons for little xavier, who was killed crossing livingston road. >> reporter: his family brought him to the park for a cook-out and a party. it was xavier luckey's sixth birthday, but the party ended in tragedy. >> i heard a boom and i heard a holler. >> reporter: shannon smith says she saw xavier hit by a truck while crossing livingston road. there were other kids who crossed before him. so high thought he could make it. he's only 6. >> reporter: there was no adult helping him cross? >>

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week we've also been taking a close look at the health benefits and the risks of added sugar and doreen gentzleris knocking out of the park this week. >> i don't know about that. we know too much sugar is bad for your body, diabetes, heart disease, what about your brain? this is the part that really gets my attention. studies have shown that sugar consumption can release dope amine that's a chemical that signals award and that can make sugar addictive. it can have long-term and damaging effects on our brain as well. >> people that have higher levels of intake of self-reported int artificially flavored beverages had a three times increased risk in later life of stroke and desha. >> artificial sweet nerz made news but the link between sugar and dementia and alzheimer's disease has been around for a while. heather snyder is the director of medical operations at the alzheimer's association. >> there has also been prior research that's looked in different animal models that suggested there may be a linkage between sugar intake and some of the underlying biology that we know is involved in vascular an

doreen gentzler is here now on the health benefits of cutting sugar out. how we doing? >> so far, so good. ten teaspoons of sugar or 40 grams or less than that, and we're honestly trying to go for even less than that. too much added sugar in our diet has been linked to diabetes, heart disease, obesity, even some cancers. so limiting sugar inta difference. just ask this guy. >> reporter: billy welsh was diagnosed with diabetes when he was 21 years old. first it was type two, and then it became type one. he managed his diabetes at first by giving himself multiple shots daily, but -- >> it became harder and harder to control my diabetes, and so my doctor recommended that i go on an insulin pump. which gives me a continual dose throughout the day. >> reporter: there's a lot more than just medicine involved in successfully managing diabetes. starting this past january, welsh and his wife made significant lifestyle changes. >> we cut out sugars, alcohol and focused on eating healthier. with cutting out sugar, our appetites have decreased a lot, so we're not as hungry as we we