but we just learned now is that law enforcement believes that they found the body of little haley owensy developing over the last 24 hours. a reporter has been following it since the beginning. >> yes, they have said that they have found a body and they believe it could be the body of 10-year-old haley owens. and they say they have a high degree of certainty and they confirmed that they had charged craig michael wood with first-degree murder. he is a school employee at a local elementary school and he's been there since 1998. police are saying that he is not talking to them at all. he wants to know what his connection is with her. they are figuring these things out and they do say that witnesses go down the license plate number of his truck when yesterday evening he was driving up and down the street and he kept looking at her playing in the yard with a neighbor friend. he stopped his car and tried to dw her to the vehicle and he jumped out and grabbed her and brought her into his truck and sped away. that is when those witnesses wrote down his description which allow police to track th

they have not located haley owens missing since tuesday evening. they have not released the suspect's name but they found him in a truck matched by one described by witnesses. >> we have no reason to believe it has anything to do with any other crime in the area. we think from what we're understanding, this is a random act. >> reporter: witnesses tell police the suspect drove up and down the street several times before approaching haley. he then pulled her into his truck and drove off. police issued amber alerts in missouri, kansas, and oklahoma. >>> two members of the punk rock group p sussy riot were release. police say they were questioned about a hotel theft. no charges were filed. the group gained international attention protesting against the russian government's record on human rights. >>> and coming up on the "morning news," outrage in utah. a window display has a mom fighting back. >>> also, gracie goes for gold. a preview tonight of women's fig skating and a violent bench-clearing brawl. you're talo your rheumatologist about trying or add

. >> 10-year-old haley owens abducted in front of her house in the middle of the afternoon. kelly wright is here with the latest. >> good morning ainsley and heather. this can be described as a very brazen act. it happened around 4:45 late afternoon. a little girl plucked from in front of her own home. police quickly responding and even getting a suspect in custody. they even tweeted suspect has vehicle located in south springfield, abducted girl remains missing. the big question now is where is halil hailey owens? an amber alert has been extended to oklahoma and kansas. >> we have no reason to believe it has anything to do with any other crime in the area you. from what we are understanding this is a random act from what we can tell. >> police found the struck and the suspect as i mentioned but they haven't found little haley. it is puzzling. families are keeping a closer watch on their children while they pray for hailey's family. >> hopefully they find her. hopefully it is quick enough. you guys were on the scene pretty quick. hopefully she finds her child. i don't even k

. >> haley owens was kidnapped yesterday as she walked home from a friend's home. 45-year-old craig michaeld has been arrested but charges have not been filed just yet. the wood is the sole suspect based on witness accounts. at the sandy hook shooting 20 first graders and six teachers were gunned down. >>> a new storm forming over the southwest will bring snow, rain, and listen to this, tornadoes. dave warren is watching that for us. >> meteorologist: it's intense flying. we have warm weather and a little bit of everything. the track will be where we watch this storm. rain, snow, and ice coming down this morning. nothing compared with to what we're tracking. look at these temperatures and what the storm does here. it pulls off a lot of warm air to the southeast. 50s and 60s, and that's south of this front that is pushing up into great lakes and all the way to new england. the front here, that's the cold air. the storm centered right over chicago. so we have floods with the warm air. the rain, and the melting snow. here's where we expect to see these severe storms tomorrow across the southea

. >> 10-year-old haley owens abducted in front of her house in the middle of the afternoon.he latest. >> good morning ainsley and heather. this can be described as a very brazen act. it happened around 4:45 late afternoon. a little girl plucked from in front of her own home. police quickly responding and even getting a suspect in custody. they even tweeted suspect has vehicle located in south springfield, abducted girl remains missing. the big question now is where is halil hailey owens? an amber alert has been extended to oklahoma and kansas.

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witnesses say they saw haley owens thrown into a truck while walking to a friend's house.en arrested but the girl has not been found. >>> in south africa, lawyers for both sides say they would rather not see the entire murder trial of olympic sprinter oskar eriksson aired live on television. both prosecutors and the defense say they're hoping to have parts of the trial recorded. they do not want witness testimony to air. pistorius is charged in the shooting death of his girlfriend last year. >>> dangerous turbulence in the news. this time, nine people seriously hurt this is on board the cafe pacific flight from hong kong. passengers say it felt like a roller coaster, a roller coaster of projectiles flying everywhere. they were thrown. the several hit the overhead bin. the airline is investigation what happened. >> it was just yesterday we were talking about the denver to billings united flight in this country. and several seriously injured because of that rough turbulence. let's take a look at what's happening on "new day." chris cuomo joins us. >> hey, how are you doing,

the body of haley owens has been found. police have not confirmed that. esses said the man forced haley into a pickup truck yesterday while the girl was walking near her home. >>> 7:46. rushing people to the hospital after a terrifying flight. it took off from san francisco. ktvu's pam cook is in the newsroom now to tell us what happened on board that flight headed to hong kong. >> well, for the second time in a week, a flight hit severe turbulence, injuring passengers. six people, two crew members were taken to the hospital. that's after a flight from san francisco hit severe turbulence over japan. it happened on a cathay pacific airways flight that went on to land safely in hong kong. some passengers are talking and tweeting about their trip. they say the rough conditions actually threw some passengers out of their seats and caused them to hit their heads on the overhead bins. we do have a statement that cathay pacific posted on facebook and twitter. the airline said medical assistance was provided for the injured passengers and cabin crew immediately up

haley owens was kidnapped yesterday afternoon. the reports concerning the discovery of girl's body. blue jean shorts, a top and purple flip-flops is what he shauz we-- shewas wearing. >> how this cruise ship employee acted. >> and the administration in talks to swap prisoners with this prisoner. >> and a democrat is saying he is willing to drop a million to make the environment the top topic >> the idea they will pivot to climate change is insane. the people that care about the climate change are people that are comfortable and live on the coast. >> is there new hope from an america's prisoner of war? they are floating an offer to release five detainees from gitmo. the white house isn't c confirming. >> we are not in active negotiations with the taliban. clearly if we start to talk to them, we will talk about the safe return of our prisoner. >> a fox news alert. the white house is calling the escalating violence in ukraine quote completely outrageous and it has no place in the 21st country. it has been exploding on the doorstep of

announce today that we have charged craig michael wood, 45 of springfield with the tragic murder of haley owens. >> investigators revealed wood is a middle school football coach and teachers aid who supervises in-school suspensions. police say the suspected killer did not know the little girl. prosecutors credited haley for trying to get away, and were grateful to the public and those in law enforcement who quickly tracked wood down. >> to the springfield police department and federal bureau of investigation, the swift action allowed for the quick and speedy capture and charging of this offender. my office is committed to seeking justice for haley. >> wood is held on first degree murder charges. prosecutors will first talk to haley's family before deciding to pursue the death penalty. >> new york state will ban the use of solitaire confinement for prisoners under 18 years old, making new york the largest prison system in the u.s. to do so. the decision comes after the new york civil liberties union sued the state in federal court for its confinement policies. new york's agreement with the civil

thousands of people lined the streets of springfield to pay tribute to 10-year-old haley owens.ld a concert and benefit with all proceeds going to a memorial fund. police arrested a middle school football coach, craig michael wood. they say her body was found inside a trash bag in his basement. if convicted, he faces the death penalty. >> a 65-mile stretch of the mississippi river is shut down, crews cleaning up an oil spill created when a barge collided with a tugboat outside new orleans. the barge began leaking crude into the water. authorities closed the river to keep the oil from spreading. officials say it won't affect the drinking water and no one was hurt. the cause of the collision is under investigation. >> right now athletes are heading home from the most expensive olympics ever but for russia, the games were about a resurgence on the world stage. we look at the legacy of those sochi games. >> the winter olympics finished as they started, wit with a celebration of what it is to be russian, but where as the opening ceremony was self defined, the closing ceremony was thr

. >> 10,000 people attended a candlelight memorial and march in honor of 10-year-old haley owen. she is the little girl who was captured and killed in springfield, missouri last week. many people said they felt they had to do something to celebrate hailey's life and make sure she is never forgotten. >>> now follow-up to our exclusive investigation into the teen doctor of the san francisco 49ers. dr. daniel garza was also a respected stanford associate professor and researcher in the field of sports medicine. dr. garza committed suicide after learning he was being investigated for allegedly sexually abusing former stanford students. kron4's march reason kelly with -- marine kelly with more. >> believed to be drugging and molesting his male victims. we know there were at least three young men, possibly more. his latest victims were former sanford students working for the university. his m.o. with all of them the same, he lured them here to his home. garza played on victim's sympathies getting them to spend the night by telling them he was dying of cancer and needed their help and c