susan gordy visits here often. she's drawn here because her son was killed here. >> as though i'm speaking to sheldon. sheldon is speaking to me. i remember once he was saying don't worry about me. i'm fine. that's what he said to me. >> reporter: sheldon scott gordy 55 years old found dead inside his apartment on january 5th, but it wasn't ruled a case of murder until march 31st. sheldon gordy worked for the department of labor for 20 years, but his mom says because of failing health he was doing odd jobs at the time of his death. on the day his body was discovered, his apartment door was locked. there was a sign of a struggle inside. he was badly beaten and choked to death. >> the dead body was in such bad condition which is why we had a closed casket funeral. >> reporter: he was son. ms. gordy is haunted by what happened here, so she returns. she returns to nicholson street searching for some answers. >> it tears my heart out to lose a child. it's the worst hurt, i think, in the world to lose a child, especially

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kerry gordy, you knew him very well.on, wa w what was your favorite prince song? >> oh, my gosh. you guys aren't going to like this but my favorite prince song was "erotic city." i liked dancing with girls and singing those lyrics while i was singing. but i loved it. i also like controversy. >> i love it. >> but the first time i heard "controversy" i thought he was saying "count your blessings" and i didn't realize it was "controversy." i thought it was "count your blessings". >> what's your favorite one? >> mine is -- mine is "head" and we'll go on. that was one of his first songs and you don't hear it a lot. "controversy" is also one of my favorite songs because it sounds so different. "when doves cry" came out, i used to play that song over and over and over again because i had never heard anything like it musically. and we were on with you earlier, wolf, and i think i like that and "soft and wet" as well. ♪ your love is soft >> i played that over and over again. and "kiss". ♪ i just want your extra time and kiss ♪ >>

sheldon scott gordy 55 years old, his body found inside his apartm northwest. his mom said he had been beaten and choked to death. his apartment door was locked. there was a sign of a struggle inside. this is ruth. she lives in the apartment below. this is what she remembers about it. >> alls i know is what i thought was an argument on sunday, after that it got real quiet up there. later i found out they found him deceased up there on a tuesday. >> reporter: his mom says he worked for the labor department for 20 years. but because of failing health, she says he was just doing odd jobs at the time of his death. he liked to play chess and he often would have friends over to play board games. she believes her son may have been betrayed by one of his friends. >> i think he was used and i think he was betrayed by one of his -- by a friend. >> so-called friend. >> yes. >> reporter: now, there's a $25,000 reward posted here if you know anything about this case, police want to hear from you. chris, back to you. >>> still ahead, a shakeup for metro because of new concer

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this happened in january making it the city's first murder of 2016. 55-year-old sheldon scott gordy's was found inside his apartment. his mother says he had been beaten and choked to death and she's looking for answer. >> there aren't any words that i could ever speak to tell you. it tears my heart out. it's the worst heart in the world to lose a child. >> susan gordy believes her son who works for the labor department for more than 20 years was betrayed by a friend. police are reward for information leading to an arrest in this case. >>> now to new video of a person of interest. police say this man may know something about the deadly stabbing of a 38-year-old man last saturday night on kennedy street in northwest washington. take a look. d.c. police are offering up to $25,000 for information that leads to an arrest. >>> and take a look at this video here. charles county police need your help identifying the women in the video. police say they stole merchandise from victoria secret wednesday night. police believe the women may be connected to other thefts in the area. >>> right now th

carrie gordy and on the phone is legendary singer and songwriter mr. smokey robinson. him mr. robinson out of respect. you prefer smoky, correct? >> absolutely. as long as we know each other, you know. >> i'm so happy that you're here under these circumstances because we have been saying, you and i have spoken -- usually we get to speak, smokey, it is because of -- >> because somebody died, absolutely. >> tell me what you knew about prince? >> prince was, gosh, i guess to the average person he was mysterious, you know what i mean? but prince was a very cool person, man. and i loved him. he was -- he was a nice man, and he was a genius. my thing about him is this that they have been celebrating him. i was in cuba up until yesterday and i didn't get the news that he had passed until we were landing at l.a.x. and we got the news and everybody was upset and it set me back because, my god, man, i just saw a clip of prince doing a concert. here he is doing a concert, but they did say after the concert that they took him to the hospital because he had the flu. so i saw this o

gordie died from blunt force trauma and compression to the neck.o far nobody arrested in this case. >>> a rather common crime morphed into an even bigger problem for a man in montgomery county. tonight we are learning new details about a case of identity theft that racked up bills in the thousands of dollars. pat collins is at police headquarters in gaithersburg now to tell us how it all happened. nightmare for a montgomery county man. thousands and thousands of fraudulent charges on a credit card account he never had. they opened a charge account at the lowe's in northeast d.c. and a charge account at the home depot in upper marlboro, and then police say these guys went on a buying spree. enough appliances to outfit a big kitchen, bundles and bundles of flooring. they got so much stuff they had to use a moving van for a getaway car. police say it was all part of a big scheme. you see, police say the name and the credit information the suspects used to open those accounts stolen, taken from paperwork left in a car on brookeway drive in bethesda. th

. >> for full disclosures, gordy's makes the best pickle you could ever eat.ou've expanded and now you have all these great products. tell me about a good cocktail you could make with this brine. >> you could make a dirty marti martini, but we want to have more fun. what we have on our can is a riff on a gimlet. it's a savory gimlet. and i can tell you right now how to make it. we're going to use green -- distillery based in d.c., and this is their seasonal. it goes really well with our brine. we use an ounce and a half of the green hat. a full ounce of our brine. >> very nice. >> and then half an ounce of fresh squeezed lime juice. >> yum. >> we really emphasize the fresh. and then just a small quarter ounce of rich simple syrup. >> okay. so that's simple syrup you made ahead of time. >> yeah. it's just what little less water than normal. it's more concentrated. >> got ya. >> and you'll love this because i know you love this local place. this recipe's at -- >> oh, yeah. i love this all in the family. use the local stores. is this his recipe? >> it is. he's be

. >> son of berry gordy. >> still are. >> still am. >> what does he think of your music?ly proud of me. finally. finally. >> it took a minute. >> took a minute. >> we have a picture, there's you and your dad. i think we have a shot of you and your mom, too. >> with m.j. nice group, baby. you, michael and your mama. >> let's do it. >> redfoo. >> hit it. ♪ what's up new york ♪ hey ♪ party rock anthem ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ excuse me who are you excuse me who are you ♪ ♪ i'm the conductor the league is your instructor all aboard ♪ ♪ get on that party train get on that party train hey come on new york let's go party people ♪ ♪ get on that party train ♪ ♪ chug chug chug chug ♪ ♪ get on that party train ♪ hey yeah baby ♪ ♪ hey you're getting low hey yeah hey ♪ ♪ check it out check it out ♪ ♪ i can feel i need to let loose loose in your caboose ♪ ♪ i need to drink some juice with some gin so i can party ♪ that's why i'm calling my groupies ♪ ♪ calling all my instagram models ♪ ♪ calling on the cuties doing squats for their booties and snapchaters ♪ ♪ i need more disappearing movies. >>

we are back with former executive vice president of prince's company, paisley park, kerry gordy, and going to look at security cameras in drug stores that may have been visited by prince here or on his behalf in recent days. they wouldn't answer that. what did that tell you? >> again, it is early in the investigation and everything intersects, depending on results of the autopsy, they may become more interested in what sort of medications or drugs he or someone on his behalf has purchased. they have to know all this stuff to know what happened. the surveillance video could or could not be relevant. also basic investigative facts that need to be known. this is an enormous complex, paisley park. who was present last night, did he have a friend there, were there body guards present, people working all night in music studios, as often happens in music studios, those are basic investigative facts that have to be known, then anyone that might have information about what happened in hours leading to his death has to be interviewed. this is a process that will take some time. >> kerry, princ

barry gordy let me do that. he would just smile, that way, but he had a really good sense of humor.liant. people think he was crazy. he wasn't crazy. all of that stuff with the death and the crows and the women, he knew exactly what that was doing. that was all direction and part of his art. >> lisa robinson, vanity fair, thank you. >> thank you. >> c.j. is a columnist with the minneapolis star tribune. what more do we know about this point about the circumstances surrounding his death this morning? >> we don't really know that much more. i wasn't out there. i heard this on the news like you're hearing it. he was found in an elevator and unresponsive. we know that he had the plane flight that was interrupted because he needed to go to a hospital. i think that was a clue that he might not have been well. >> he was our prince but he was undeniably the king of minneapolis. born there, raised there. father was a musician. mother sang in the band with that father. what did he mean to that city over the years and how much did he do for that city over the years? >> most of the things i kno

officers found sheldon gordy dead inside an apartment back in january. he died from blunt force trauma and compression to the neck. no arrests have been made. >>> it is an incredible turnaround for a 14-year-old girl who was pronounced dead after a mass shooting. michigan police say uber driver jason dalton killed six people on the night of february 20th. an about a gail was shot in the head and nearly two months later, she is up and walking. doctors initially declared her dead after the kalamazoo everybody everyone squeezing her mother's hand that night. an about a gail's parents say she keeps surprising them with her progress. >> i'd say sprinting. she's walking faster than he me now and all i can do is think to myself i hate to be selfish, but i'm so glad she has the will power to fight like she did. >> >> part of her skull still needs to be reconstructed. >>> for the first time since his death, friends and classmates of davonte washington will head back to school in prince george's county. what they can expect when they return. >>> and here is a live

it says that sheldon gordie died from blunt force trauma and compression to the neck. officers found him dead inside a home on nicholson street on january 5th. >>> an arlington teenager accused of killing his father made his first court appearance today. investigators found inconsistencies in the teen's story. they found his father dennis adams with multiple stab wounds on third street in south arlington. adams later died. the teen originally told police someone else had stand him. >>> well, this evening we're learn being a case of identity theft that ran up bills into the thousands of dollars for a man in montgomery county. pat collins is live at police headquarters in gaithersburg with images of the suspect in thiscase. pat? >> reporter: wendy, watch out for this one. it's a big-time scheme with a capital "s." here is how the cops say it went down. take a good look at these guys. police say they're on a chargeorama buying spree. the problem is the charge un name and credit they're using doesn't even know it's going on. brookway drive, fort sumner, bethesda, this is h

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