we made several attempts to contact hercules police about the hunt for sales. those calls went unreturned until minutes ago when we received this email from hercules police announcing they have put out a call to police departments across the bay area asking that police officers assemble here at the landfill tomorrow morning at 9:00 a.m. to assist in the search of this landfill. ken? >> the story just continues to go on and get more bizarre every night. >> reporter: absolutely. >> in pittsburgh, thank you robert. >>> we're also learning about the man who had been living with two decomposing bodies. right íenburg is a chemical engineer. he is in jail. they found him in his home tuesday where they also found the bodies of two women. they searched the back yard where they found barrels with japanese writing on them. the only word in english was the word "toxic," they also found a bought of depleted uranium on the property. he worked at good rich in fairfield. the company says it does not use uranium. he will be charged tomorrow on charges of possessing explosives.

hercules police said that fredrick solice and his father woke efrin boldmarrow up. police say they fought. officers came to the home. boldmorrow was told to leave. they believe that he beat ricardo solice in the house five days later. his son hasn't been seen since. friends and coworkers of cindy tran said that she was nervous, cindy was foundlÑ dead tuesday. police say boldmorrow killed her. >> a nice, friendly man. stood there with a smile on his face. >> while his friends and family mourn, the police are trying to piece together boldmorrow's role in the murder of rita allen. boldmorrow was a renter there. they arrested the husband when they found a bomb making surprise and urannium in the house. the investigators say the case is still open. >> again, the breaking news tonight, a possible lead on the fredrick solice whereabouts. they will turn their attention to the pittsburgh landfill tomorrow morning. we will update the story as we get more information in the newscasts. >> federal investigators investigate the plane crash that killed three, including a well-kno

we are just hours away from the case of an east bay murder spree leading hercules police to a pittsburghandfill. what they are looking for is a sign of a missing man whose father was one of four murdered by a single suspect. terry mcsweeney joins us live from hercules with the latest twist in an already complicated case. terry? >> yeah. the man valdamoro is tied to all four victims. he himself shot and killed by chp officers in richmond on tuesday night. he is tied to the four murder victims and today police in hercules are going to pittsburgh to look for another body. and that would be the body of 35-year-old frederick salas missing since saturday, the same day the hercules police went to the home that his father and rick shared with valdamoro. police think valdamoro suspected one of the salas. friends of tran where she worked said the relationship between the two had become strange. >> the very last time i saw her alive was when he was in there and he just like cowered over her as she worked. >> as you can see, the problem with this case as vallejo police like to point out is that almo

let us listen to doreen matthews from the hercules police.t approximately 3:00 p.m. the hercules police department and the fbi crime lab came to this residency. to collect additional evidence and in the process they located a body inside this residents. at that point, a body has not been identified or a cause of death the seventh identified. >> how long has the fbi been here? >> today was the first day and they were here with the hercules police to collect additional evidence. until we make a positive identification of the body that was found in the residence, frederick sales is still missing. >> i did ask matt where the body was found and she just said it was inside the house. however, she did not provide specifics,-- ms. matthews. at this point, that investigators will remain out here, to hopefully get an identification on the bottom of very soon. reggie kumar. >> this just in to the kron 4 news room and an explosion in the san bernadine nruno avenue e skyline boulevard. you can see there are a number of homes in this area. a few industrial

we also asked hercules police exactly what leads they may have on the missing fredic there is still no lead on him. to wrap up the details the murder suspect from hercules has been shot and killed inside the mall. a young believed to be his girlfriend have been killed outside of the mall and the hunt continues for the murder victims son. >> obviously there is a very fluid situation. the investigation continues. thank you. we want to apologize for that one shot that we had there of a victim lying on the uncovered. we regret that. thank you. >>> also tonight police say a man arrested in connection with separate shootings is a known member of an east oakland street game. officers arrested 26-year-old phillip grimes last night. they say he was hiding out at a realtives apartment and had weapons with him. he suspected of shooting in a group of people earlier this month. and 18-year-old was hit police say several retaliatory shootings between rival gangings followed. >>> major sweep in central california resulted in the mess of 34 people. attorney general jerry brown announced operation stre

hercules police said that frederick sales and his father woke efren valdemoro up. police say they fought. officers came to the home. willed willed was told to leave. police say no one was arrested. hercules police say they believe valdemoro beat 73-year-old ricardo sales to death in the house five days later. his body was found saturday. his son frederick sales has not been seen since. friends and co-workers of cindy tran say she was nervous because valdemoro was a suspect in the murder. cindy was found dead tuesday. investigators say valdemoro strangled her and then came at them. officers shot and killed him. hercules police met with tran's sons today. they, too are set to talk. flowers are pouring into the salon where tran worked. >> a nice, friendly man. stood there with a smile on his face. >> reporter: while tran's friends and family mourn, police are trying to put together valdemoro's role in the case of carol smart and rita allen. police found the women dead in allen's home tuesday. valdemoro was a former renter there. charles rittenhouse was arrested when th

hercules police are confirming 38-year-old efrem val demayor oh was behind the wheel. he is accused of taking police on a chase that crisscrossed the east bay finally here to richmond. you can see the left rear tire is blown. chp now says that's after the accused murder suspect reached speeds in excess of 100 miles per hour along 680 and then ultimatelien to 80. witnesses tell me he drove in circles here in the parking lot before slamming into the sidewalk where you see that car currently resting. now we're being very careful about the positioning of our camera as the body of a young woman -- the body of a woman lays just outside the passenger door. now eight now that vehicle is surrounded by a team of investigators from richmond, from the chp, from vallejo, and also from hercules. now hercules police describe the victim as an asian female and reportedly the girlfriend of baldy marrow. now at this moment they believe the woman was killed inside the car. that's where 38-year-oldev recollection baldy val demar oh repelled a weapon inside the mall who were forced to return

ahead at 5:00, a community comes together for a fremont police officer critically wounded in the line of duty. >> i'm terry mcsweeney live in herculesere police have some answers but also many questions after a bizarre relationship ends in five deaths and there could be a sixth. the story coming up in a live report. >> and meg whitman's day in court. why her civic duty may complicate her campaign for governor. ♪ ♪ yes! ♪ oh my gosh, are those the jeans from last year? how'd you do it? ting right...whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who eat more whole grain tend to have healthier body weights. multigrain cheerios has five whole grains and 110 lightly sweetened calories. more grains. less you! multigrain cheerios. ♪ [ female announcer ] why choose between delicious or 100 calories? ♪ with yoplait delights, now you can finally have both. ♪ it's the perfect parfait, with two indulgently rich layers of chocolate and raspberry yogurt and only 100 calories. yoplait delights. get rid of the "or." >>> i'm terry mcsweeney live in hercules where police believe they may have the motive that led to a chain of events resulting in five death

that's when hercules police believe his father was killed. search for frederick sales is moving to a landful. it is turning grim as investigators are searching for him here this is where trash from hercules ends up. that's important because the father and son shared a home in hercules with efren valdemoro, that was owned by valdemoro's girlfriend, cindy tran. police say things in the home turned violent between the three men when valdemoro got gjealous and he thought that one of the salesmen was dating his girlfriend. 73-year-old ricardo sales body was found beaten to death in that home days later. there is a trail of victims with ties to valdemoro, including two other women found in a vallejo home. but at this point it is unclear exactly who killed them. we are told hercules police put out a call to other law enforcement agencies to come out and help. it will start at 9:00, and the search will begin at 9:30. reporting live from pittsburg, christie smith, nbc bay area news. >> now, new this morning we have a closer look at the man behind the k

police were warned that her life was in danger, she had an opportunity to tell hercules police about ls when she met with investigators it's just hours before baltimore's oriole for death. >> the police officers did releaser, she was on her way to work, so we had an issue that we're looking for the suspect at that time. i'm not sure, i cannot really speculate as to what was said during those meetings. are held there was concern for their safety. >> welch ran had met with hercules several times common factor in the course of the investigation of the murder. of ricardo salas who was found beaten to death in the house that was rented from he rented a room from this trend. so there's a connection there. hercules police said they suspected all the more killing solace, the connections to transit the trend may have been in danger as well. latest not only our broadcast, but continue to watch for the developing story. 86 >> right now will be right back in a couple minutes. take a live look outside, we're showing the temperatures are above the clouds that have the coast stockton this morning. h

is a small department, sources are going on to say that hercules police have put out a request to numerous departments a around the bay area to assist in this search. we have made several attempts to try and contact hercules about the search. at this hour, our calls have gone unreturned. >> five known dead victims right now and maybe more, right, robert. >> that is quite possible. >>> also today, we learned more about the man who had been living with two decomposing bodies. charles rittenhouse is a chemical engineer. he's in the jail. police found him in his home on tuesday where they also found the bodies of two women. we've searched his backyard where they found barrels with mostly japanese writing on them. the only english word being "toxic." they found a bottle of -- he worked with chemicals for ---- it did not use -- >>> the east buy man who police say -- is back in the bay area tonight. 20-year-old andrew was arrested in san diego county near the mexican border on saturday. investigators say he confessed to shooting officer todd young last friday as young tried

ultimately this is where trash from the city of hercules ends up. and policeo confirm that this may have taken yet another grim turn as they are looking for hercules resident frederick sales out here. the 35-year-old nursing assistant was last seen friday. that's when police believe efren valdemoro beat his father to death in the home they all shared with valdemoro's girlfriend, cindy tran, the owner of that home. police say that it certainly got physical in the home with all three men, valdemoro apparently jealous and mad saying that one of the sales was getting romantic with his girlfriend. efren valdemoro was shot and killed by chp after police say he killed his girlfriend, also grabbed a cleaver in richmond and started making threats. all in all, four people with ties to him are dead now including ricardo sales, cindy tran, two other women found dead in a home in vallejo that he apparently was a house guest at. of course valdemoro. he is dead, too. we are told that law enforcement will assemble here around the:00 this morning and begin searching at 9:30. r

but we can tell you this the fbi went in there today with the hercules police department and this was their first day on the job. so, you know, allen, this is a case, you know, where this brings to six the number of dead bodies related to efren valdemoro the man who eventually was shot and killed by police. it just begs the question, what took so long? >> exactly. >> is it related? >> if they found one body in that house, how could they possibly have missed a second one? >> reporter: and they have been working on this since august 28. that's 12 days. you know, they had another case where two women were found in a house several days after they were reported missing in the very house where they were last seen. so, you know, police have a lot of questions to answer. i talked to doreen matthews the public information officer. they did put out this press release but it doesn't say much other than ricardo sales the father was bludgeoned to death and suffered multiple puncture wounds. and they have been looking for his son. authorities have not determined the identity or cause of death of th

on tuesday the hercules police named him as a murder suspect and at the same time the vallejo policered the bodies of two more victims at home he was known to frequent. they say he grabbed him from the salon where she worked and drove off with her in her acura. the car was spotted in pleasant hill. they let him on a high-speed chase to richmond where he shot to death. his strangled body was in the park. meanwhile >> the husband made a first appearance. he was arrested when they discovered explosives in his home. his wife and her friend. >> wearing red jail issue gray and white jumpsuit he pleaded not guilty to explosives charges friday. the chemicals made it to use them on tuesday it when officers discovered a the decomposing bodies of his wife and her friend in the home. >> i do not think he has done anything wrong. >> billy is not been charged with the murderous police revels to get a whopping $2 million bill sets said he was stuck behind bars will the investigation continues. >> there is another potential suspect >> his attorney says that's the other suspect into other cases was c

hercules police say this is the same house where ricardo sales

police will search a landfill for a missing hercules man. 're learning more about a confrontation police think sparked the rampage. on the peninsula federal aviation investigators will be back at the scene of a plane crash that killed three. the san carlos city council votes to disband its police department. the san mateo county sheriff's deputy will take over law enforcement duties in the city. >> and here's a live look at downtown san francisco. notice some of the clouds creeping from the coast. yeah, the cool sea breeze is here but won't touch all of us today but will through the weekend. >> caltrain has issued a full freeway closure now in hayward and hercules. we'll have a look at your friday morning road work coming up. >> we will indeed. it is 4:31 this friday morning. thanks for joining us. i'm eric thomas. kristen is off. hours from now herc please police and other agencies will search a pittsburgh landfill for the possible fifth victim in a string of murders involving a hercules man shot and killed earlier this week by chp officers.

♪ >>> east bay police are trying to unravel a killingpree that left a trail of bodies. a herculesan they shot to death after a high-speed chase may have killed four people. that includes two women whose bodies were found is morning. the suspect may be linked to the disappearance of this man. police are worried about his safety. >> an investigors say they believe the suspect killed that missing man's father as well as his own girlfriend. the bloodbath spans across at least three cities, hercules, richmo and vallejo. one ofhe two missing women's bodies were found with powerful explosives and chemicals. we have live team coverage. terry mcsweeney is in hercules. let's begin with leslie brinkley in vallejo. >> well, a strange sceneas been unfolding all morning. one detective likened it to out of silence of the lambs. he said it was a mad scientist inside the house on this cul-de-sac. police recoved what they believe to behe bodies of two missing vallej women. >> police came to this house on upland court after last night's shoot-out in richmond because the murder suspect often rented a

hercules a week and half ago. here is the timeline. on august 22nd the police came to this home to break up the fight between two people, one who is dead and assigned the who is missing. the father and son rented a room at the house. on august 28th that have remained reported him missing. when police came to the house they found 73 year-old father and badly. be in and there was signs of the struggle. they filed murder charges against the son and told people to look out for it the way to escalate. there is now found the escalade about five minutes away from the house. they're searching for any signs of this one. they have a canine unit, copter surveiling the area. >> he is heavily involved with the investigation and he still is missing. we're concerned about his safety. >> we did ask police said they were able to find anything in the escalade, any signs of any struggle or anything like that and there were is no more information that they can tell us of the action on in that car. it was reported today that somebody noticed is sitting in the parking lot here that

police department. >>> it is a story that is still developing. the very confusing murder spree taking yet another turn tonight. we're going to check in at an active search going object right now in hercules. >>> there are late-breaking developments. that search is wrapping up. we will have the very latest from the scene including what we just found out from police. stay tuned. >>> short on sleep, shorter life? details on a new report and who is most at risk. the mt powerful half-ton crew in ameri s a powertrain backed r 100,000 miles. chevy silveradhalf-ton a consumers digest best buy and the most dependable, longt-lasting full-size pickups on the road. now get 0% apr for 72 nths on 20 silverado hf-ton models with an avere finance savings around $5,800. this is channel 2 news at 6:00. >>> try to figure out what happened. >> investigators in three bay area cities are trying to connect a multitude of dots tonight in what appears to be a killing spree that left at least four people and one suspect dead. last night, the police shot and killed the prime suspect, 38- year-old efren valdemoro. one man is in custody on an explosives charge and right now investigators are trying to sort out in th

police found him living on the property were his wife and his wife's friend were found. >> with a team coverage and christine connolly is light and hercules. we will begin with dan kerman and vallejo were the bodies of two women were discovered. >> that is right, pam. one was find out some of the house and right now vallejo police, we just had a police conference one hour ago. they're still trying to put the pieces together. they have two different investigations going on. and who killed those two women? and also, water rather chemicals found in this house to make explosives. what were their chemicals were short >> autopsies are under way, free to allen in carole smart. if they're badly decomposed body, we tarita allen her >> we're still trying to figure out if would churls written hearse's what his >> charles rittenhouse is in jail for the possession of explosive chemicals. >> the bodies were found with these explosive chemicals. >> the atf who located a container which was labeled depleted uranium. they are not sure, i spoke with them the sporting they're not sure what this is until it is analyzed. i spoke with them--this morning. >> we

police station where he cited the complaint charged with battery. on saturday afternoon they found his body at the home. he had been beaten to death. on tuesday hercules' named claude malo as a murder suspect. the same time vallejo police discovered to bodies at home that he was known to frequent. i fought it drove off with her in her acura. the car was spotted in pleasant hill. it led police on a high-speed chase through richmond where he shot to death. he was found in the car. meanwhile >> another piece of the puzzle, and a husband made his court appearance today. charles was arrested when authorities discovered explosives in his home in vallejo. kron4 news dave was in the courtroom and tell us what happens. dan? >> he is not been charged for any murders at this point we will have more on this in a moment. (no audio) >> ok look good afternoon. >> we are joining in the danube this conference. this is michelle harrington again, she is with the hercules police department we want to do a live as it happens. >> michele, we our lives now. >> in all the aim of the case. he is still missing, he is a missing link crews are on the scene to hear she has to say

hercules police say they will finish this job in the hopes of bringing answers to the family of fredrick sales. police say they are nearing the conclusion in the search of the 1 acre dump side a difficult job with about 20 volunteers rummaged through debris scooped up by an an education escavator one scoop at a time. police think sales may have been a victim of valdemoro who was shot dead after a high speed chase. the podty of valdemoro's girlfriend tran was in the car -- the body of valdemoro's girlfriend, tran was found dead inside that car. police are searching the landfill in pittsburgh because the dumpsters at that business park are delivered here. despite a so far fruitless search, police say the volunteers are still on the job. >> they are determined and they are all in good spirits, they want to help the family, they want to provide answers to that family on the where abouts of fredrick. >> reporter: at this point, police say searching this landfill is their best lead in the search for sales. but investigators are calling on the public's help with any information about this case

." >>> this morning, hercules police are back searching a pittsburg landfill. they are looking for evidence in a bizarre killing spree. the they suspect a missing man whose body may have windy up at the landfill could be a fifth murder victim. lisa amin gulezian reports that they have found no sign of the man since abandoning an suv. >> there is a lot of debris here. >> sifting through one acre of land and 3,000 tons of trash is taking days. the landfill is the hercules police department's strongest lead. >> you are looking for frederick sales here. >> frederick sales is still missing. his father was found bludgeoned to death inside this home on saturday. this is the last time anyone saw frederick. the owner of the home is cindy trand she is valdemoro's girlfriend and she is dead, too. police also think valdemoro strangled his girlfriend before he was shot to death in a confrontation with police tuesday night. >> now four days later, investigators still need answers. they are hoping to find them here. 15 search and rescue volunteers and one dog is sifting throu

this is the -- we're going to now hear from the spokesman from the hercules police department. >> at this point the body has not been identified, a cause of death has not been identified. other than that, that's pretty much all the details i have at this time. >> reporter: now fredrick sales has been missing for a week and a half. valdemoro was killed by the chp after a chase into the strip mall in the el cerrito border. it's still going to be a while before police come out and release any more information. we did hear on one hand from hercules pd that they're not going to have any more information tonight, but we did talk to other sources who said they might want to get out some of this information later on this evening. john sasaki, ktvu news. >>> now to another developing story, this one in san francisco. this one, police moving in on protesters. they are upset with a lack of working conditions. sal castaneda has more. >> reporter: we're on market street, where police just moved in and arrested some protesters. they had completely closed market street at castro they moved in with

>>reporter: police report is too much to handle for the residents laiving near the hercules home where the fight and murder took place. >> really shocking. alarming. scary. >>reporter: and she tells us she is still very afraid even though vald moore was shot and killed in a confrontation with police, there is still one man missing and it makes her very nervous. she's not walking the neighborhood any more and she's having nightmares. but police may be closing in on the missing man whereabouts. they are going to search the land fill at 9:00 o'clock tomorrow morning. live in hercules, tomorrow morning. live in hercules, amy, abc 7 news. >>> all right amy thank you. this complicated also involves 2 other victims. mark and allen acquaintance of vald moore inside the home. allen husband charles is now in jail facing charges of possessing a collection of chemicals and explosives including some radioactive material. for the past 16 years he has worked with women cal engineer at goodrich in fair field and expected in court tomorrow to face charges. he told authorities the items came from his jo

family a want to provide answers. >> her to these police ended up with this landfill because it's where the trash from the north shore business park and hercules is brought. last week police found his white cadillac escalate at the park that was driven by efren valdemoro he also used to work at the business and a park and the area while. a thorough search of the business park last week provided no clues. the tracks had already been removed. for the past five days search and rescue crews with hard hats and gloves to accuse the year have been sifting through 1 a. of trash from the park. >> for done here is nothing of calls from the search will continue to work with the family and talked to friends and solicit clues from the community. >> >> crews will be back to the landfill at 8:00 a.m. to resume the search. >> a tugboat crews removed the tugboat over night. a memorial is set up in berkeley for slang and not lie and it was on the prowl and one that street on august 31, 2001 berkeley police shot and killed the animal today. people left a note to the line called for stronger protection of nature. there were notes pricing actions of police. those

reporting live, leslie brinkley. >> terry mcsweeney continues our coverage in hercules where police areasing their efforts to find the missing son of one of those murder victims. terry? >> hercules police wrapped up a news conference a few moments ago talking about the as expect this have this case, the events that happened here in hercules and that includes the homicide that started this chain of events led to last night's chase, the discovery of three more bodies. but what they're really focusing on today is a man who may still be alived. the 100 mph chase that began in pleasant hill and spanned four counties ended in gunfire at the pacific east mall in richmond. it was here he slammed his car in the sidewalk, ran inside and grabbed a meat lever and was killed by chp gunfire when he refused to drop it. inside the vehicle the body of a woman described as his girlfriend. she had been strangled. it all began saturday at this house in hercules with the discovery of the body of 73-year-old ricardo salas. crime scene tape still surrounds the house. the son hasn't been seen since. an effort

fascinate po hercules police say they have now found a second body inside the home where 73-year-oldrdo sales was found beaten to death. investigators have not identified the remains found in the home at about 3:00 p.m. thursday. authorities have not said where in the house the body was found.the discovery comes nearly a week after police began a search at a bay point landfill for the remains of 35-year-old frederick sales. he's the son of ricardo sales and has not been seen since late august. police say efren valdemoro is the prime suspect in the older man's death. he's also suspected in the murders of two women found in a vallejo home and of his girlfriend cindy tran. chp officers shot and killed valdemoro in richmond on august 31st.kron 4 crews are at the hercules home. stay tuned to kron 4 and kron4.com for the latest on this developing story. officials earlier said that she would be released, as a gesture of goodwill as to mark the end of ramadan. judicial officials are saying no, that legal procedures have not completed and it has not happened yet. the moves suggest in fighting

and then you have the hercules police department conducting their homicide investigates. o have the vallejo police department who have located evidence and information and also some deceased people in their city but everything is being overseen by the contra costa district attorney's office and so there's a lot of different things that each agency brings to the table. and we are trying to put all the pieces together as quickly as possible so we can update everyone about what happened. but there are multiple deceased people including the suspect at this point. >> well, and what started this chase? there was a whole 'nother case, right? >> yeah. the pleasant hill police department located the suspect vehicle in the city of pleasant hill. they initiated a traffic stop in which the suspect decided to flee and once he came upon the freeway that's when the california highway patrol was contacted and we gave chase from pleasant hill all the way here to the city of richmond. so the speeds reached up to 100 miles per hour so this was a pretty dangerous pursuit. and we were very for

let me show you what hercules police already know. you can see that frederick sales is here, try to develop clues from family, friends and develop research. meanwhile, to find out the efren valdemoro connection. and efren valdemoro had a problem with the renters relationship with the late cindy and on tuesday, the fight sued and efren valdemoro was injured in that. and escorted away from this home. six days later, ricardo salas was beaten and investigators say that each day frederick is missing their concern, crows. >> considering the nature of this case, then interest growing concern for his safety. sensor was involved with an altercation of the suspect was an associate with four different de. there is definite concern for safety. efren valdemoro is responsible for 4 to protest >> and yesterday, a business park research, and to not provide any clues. what they're doing today is investigation, developing more leads. reporting live in hercules, christine connolly. >> friends, colleagues of cindy that there were signs that something was

we heard from the hercules police department where they search for part of a landed did not find any evidence. they say they will return to the location tomorrow morning to continue searching through the tons of garbage there. victims have been discovered in several cities. when show you how they're all connected to this aspect. >> f on had been dating since each ran off and on for years. he lived in the house where frederic and ricardo lived. ricardo's body was found it began in the house. now at least two lemon. read it and carol. their bodies were found that read this house. one of the theory is is that one of the woman was killed by efforts on because they were telling sandy to leave him. nephron had also lived with said the elan on and off during the last few years. charles has not been arrested on suspicion of holding explosives and knowing about the death of a woman. he was found where the bodies were found. >> while the has been dubbed the murder victim read alan made his court appearance. he was arrested when they discovered explosives in his home of the layout. after that t

. >> in hercules police believe one person is responsible for up to five deaths, they now say they have the motive in at least two of those. >> good afternoon, i am jade hernandez. it is the only televised debate between senator barbara boxer and her opponent carly fiorina, a live report coming up. >> complete bay area news coverage starts right now. this is ktvu channel 2 news at noon. >> good afternoon. we begin with several new developments in a bizarre killing spree across three bay area cities. at this point five people are confirmed dead, including the suspect, who was killed by police after a high speed chase last night. >>> two women reported missing a week ago have also turned up dead. the son of an elderly victim, found dead several days ago, is still missing. >>> there are several locations involved in this case, in hercules, richmond and vallejo, the atf is investigating a house full of potentially explosive chemicals that lead to the evacuation of neighbors this morning. we have team coverage on this complex and developing story. kraig debro will have more on the suspect bu

relief you can trust. >>> i'm terry mcsweeney live in hercules where police believe they have the motiver two of the four killings, signs of a local man. but what about the other two killings and what could explain those exemployees sieves -- explosives. >> she voted for the wall street bailout. >> barbara boxer and carly fiorina trade jabs in their first and only debate in the california senate race. >> a very mild start around the bay today with fog-free conditions but we will see that sea breeze kick up today. a spare the air day all throughout the bay area. >> we're following an injury crash in concord. it's westbound highway 4. all those details coming up. >> and we should get the results of an investigation into pg&e's controversial smart meters. some customers claim those devices are wildly inaccurate. good morning, everyone. 5:29 this thursday. thank you for joining us. kristen is off today. i'm eric thomas. police think they may know what caused an east bay man to snap and allegedly go on a three-city killing spree. four victims were killed and a fifth person still missing. the

the keller canyon landfill is the hercules police department's strongest lead. >> why are you looking for frederick here? >> we're looking for anything that will lead us to frederick salas. >> frederick is still missing. his father ricardo was found bludgeoned to death in this home last saturday. that's the last time anyone saw frederick. the owner of the home is cindy tran. she's valdamaro's girlfriend. he felt one of them might be involved with tran. police also think valdamaro's strangled his girlfriend before he was shot to death in a confrontation with police tuesday night. now four days later, investigators still need answers. they're hoping to find them here. 15 search and rescue volunteers and one cadaver dog are sifting through debris inch by inch. >> you have to search, you know, small areas at one time. with the dog it is very difficult because there are very many different scents. >> the only other place police have to turn is here. the solano county lockup is where charles rittenhouse is. the 72-year-old used to stay with rittenhouse and his wife allen. police found allen

had lease police say they continued to scour the city for 35-year-old frederick sales. his father and he rented room at this hercules house from cindy tran, the homeowner. police say that the saleses approach the boyfriend while he was sleeping at the house at least ten days ago to talk about some conflicts in the home and statements valdemoro may have made about the men. police say that's when a physical altercation began which may have led to the murders of tran, the elder sxaelz the disappearance of frederick sales, all of which police believe valdemoro may be responsible for. >> we are continuing to follow leads, to try to search for him. as the days go original it become more and more concerning about the fact that he has not been found. but the police officers are still investigating that. >> reporter: in a statement from the medical center where he worked the last few months as a nursing assistant, the hospital said this murder case is very disturbing to our community and the staff. mr. sales is an employee of the medical center. we pray that he is found safe. now just to clarify, we spoke to michelle harring

. >> hercules police will return to a pittsburgh landfill in about three hours to continue searchinghrough a mountain of garbage. they're looking for evidence in a bizarre killing spree. investigators suspect that a missing man whose body may have wound up at the landfill could be a fifth murder victim. abc 7's lisa amin gulezian reports they found no sign of the man since locating his abandoned s.u.v. >> there is a lot of debris here. it is very time consuming. >> sifting through one acre of land and 3,000 tons of trash is taking days. the landfill is the hercules police department's strongest lead. >> why are you looking for frederick salas here? >> we're looking for anything that will lead us to frederick salas. >> he's still missing. his father ricardo was found bludgeoned to death inside this hercules home last saturday. that's also the alast time anyone saw frederick. the owner of the home is cindy tran. she's valdamaro's girlfriend. they believe he attacked his son because one might be involved with tran. police think valdamaro strangled his girlfriend before he was shot to de

joe. >> reporter: dana, late this afternoon a hercules police spokesman tells cbs 5 that police detectivesnd fbi agents found a body inside the residence at 1066 crepe myrtle drive around 3:00 p.m. this afternoon, that's the same house in hercules where ricardo sales was murdered. now, remember, they have been looking for his 35-year-old son frederick since august 28th, 12 days now, presuming he was murdered, as well. now they have found a dead body

hercules police say their search of this landfill did not turn up any evidence or any signs of the younger sales but they plan to resume their search tomorrow morning. allie rasmus, ktvu. >>> friends an coworkers will gather tonight to remember cindy tran. valdemoro strangled her after the chase. the vigil will be held at vallejo's hair center. tran was a hair stylest at that salon. >>> 72-year-old charles writtenhouse is now the focus of the investigation, he pleaded not guilty today to two counts of possessing explosives, his bail was set at $2 million. he has been named as a person of spwrápbs interest in the deaths of his wife and her friends who's bodies were discovered after his home. efren valdemoro is a likely suspect in the two women's death. but valdemoro told authorities he had suspicions about two other people as well -- writtenhouse told authorities he had suspicions about two other people as well. >> it was people who had been living at his home. one of this couple made a threat against mr. writtenhouse's wife. >>> when asked about why her client waded five days to report his

. >> the violent tale ended in richmond tuesday night started five days earlier this, and hercules. police responded to a call from san beach ran about fight between her boyfriend and her to tendance frederick and ricardo. the officer's report to says as i walked in i saw ricardo on top of that effort on who was lying face down on the floor. he was completely naked. they took a picture of his injuries and he signed a complaint charging the two men with battery. on tuesday afternoon they found his body at the home. he would been beaten to death. the police it named him as a suspect. at the same time the vallejo police were discovering the bodies of two more victims in a home where he was known to frequent. hours later they say that he grabbed a train from the vallejo's want and drove off with her in her accurate. the car was spotted in pleasant hill. albemarle lets police on a high-speed police chase for 2 shot to death. this strangled body had been found in the car. the >> while the has been some of read the ball and made his first court appearance today. he was arrested when authorities d

hercules man. the 35-year-old frederick solace hadn't been seen or heard from in more than a week since the police say the suspect bludgeoned to death his 73-year-old father at the hercules home where they rented a room. the police shot and killed the suspect during a high-speed chase has been linked to three other killings. the police fear solace may be victim number five. >> they're following any possibility as most of the major players in this case are deceased or missing. any possibility they're going to follow-up. >> this afternoon, hercules police also searched the backyard of a vacant house across the street from the home where ricardo solace was found dead. >> anything found back there? >> no. >> so the neighbors thought they saw something suspicious. >> somebody did. it came in anonymous so we have to follow up on that stuff. >> reporter: neighbors say they're hopeful the nursing assistant is okay, but they fear the worst. >> i hope he's still alive. but up to now, he is not showing up, so my presumption is that he's -- >> we hope with all these volunteers they can find the body so we can

an excavator collects debris one bucket at a time, and by hand, volunteers and members of the hercules police department sift through the trash, hoping that something, anything, leads them to fed rick solis' well-s. >> all the efforts have yielded no results. >> reporter: the 35-year-old hasn't been seen since august 26th, and authorities fear he could be the fifth victim in a string of murders at the hands of if valdemore. police say in a fit of jealousy, valid more likely killed sales' father and tran's girlfriend. and investigators believe valdemore suspect thread hey have been a romantic relationship between the father or son and tran. police say valdemore could also be connected to the togethers of these two vallejo women, also found dead last week. valid -- valdemore occasionally leafed in one home. her husband, charles rittenhouse, remains in jail, charged with having large amounts of explode citizen the house. the same place police say rittenhouse was living through the dough composed bodies. no new answers have turned up at the landfill. >> still coin to talk -- continue to talk to f

. >> and investigators from the hercules police department for another a 11 hour day at the keller canyonand fill to reason why because those workers of the business park reportedly smelled a stench coming from one of these containers. efren valdemoro used to work as a security guard in this business park. and 30 year-old efren valdemoro is accused of killing ricardo sales and they both got into a fight with efren valdemoro and left visible bruises on his face. reporting from the point, will tran, >> and me mall, charles rittenhouse is charged with-- meanwhile, has posted bail. from the 8 $2 million, to $25,000. the possession of explosives. and our continuing coverage will continue on of one of this story. www.kron.com >> and a christian minister i40 cancellehas cancelled this, anda dangerous stunt. it could imperil u.s. troops, abroad and even provoke a suicide bombers. the u.s. police organization issued a hornwort of a strong likelihood of violent attacks in that took place. to take a live look at this 680/24 traffic. it is sluggish and both directions. we will be back. there is much

hercules police are hopeful they will find something, take a listen. >> they're hopeful, and determined to taand to get to te last piece of debris. they will stay with it until we're done. >> it is very meticulous, the piece of debris is picked up by the excavator and put into a clean machine with a volunteer will go through it, mentally, piece by piece. >> this contains trash from the north shore business park is where a long white cadillac escalade efren valdemoro was discovered on saturday and also worked at a security guard. a thorough search provided no sead frederick sales is believed that they are going to try to wrap up today at 5:00 p.m. they are expected in that they could be out of this land all of the next several days. if the want to go through every pieces of the 3 t and tons of trash. reporting live in pittsburgh, christine connolly, kron 4 news. >> and a neighbor across from the cindy tran street is still wondering what could've happened to the missing frederick sales? >> and i was thinking who is that guy? and i'm also thinking that what if frederick sales is still a lo

right now all police can do is hope that the person is still alive. it was a crime spree began in hercules, may end here with the search for a body of a missing man. researchers spent the day with dogs and on foot, scouring grassy areas behind this business park hoping to find the 35-year-old. >> at this point it would appear that that is the biggest loosened for us. >> reporter: it started august 22 inside of this home owned by cindy tran. investigators say that day, he filed a police report saying two men who rent rooms from tran assaulted him. authorities believe that fight may be what sparked the killing spree. the following saturday, august 28th a house mate reported both men missing. inside of the home, investigators looking for the missing men found a 73-year-old bludgeoned to death. police are losing hope his son still alive. >> we like to be optimistic. in this case and it does not bode well for having a long life. >> authorities spotted valdemoro driving in pleasant hill. the chase ended in richmond. inside of the acurea, police found his girlfriend, she appeared to be strangled

after that search warrant gets issued, the fbi and hercules police are walking through the house. the fbi has an evidence response team like a csi. they are doing this preliminary walk-through this afternoon when a hercules detective notice the something unusual. they say what is that? they poured a chemical called luminol on the floor and identified blood spots, following it into the downstairs closet and found the body. the huge question right now, how did they miss the body in the first place? don knapp is now live on the scene in hercules. don, are the police explaining just what happened yet? they didn't find it before now? >> reporter: in a word, joe, no comment on that so far. but as you know, since about 3:00 today when that police department issued that press release, this place has been a bee hive of activity. there are helicopters, news crews and police officers on the scene. we got a few moments with a police spokeswoman who answered the obvious question, that is, is this body frederick sales? here's doreen matthews. >> the search at the landfill was suspended at approx

hercules police belve valdamora dumped sales' body in a trash bin that ended up here at the landfill.he past four days searchers came up empty. the job is tedious, distasteful in the heat. >> you have an acre of land. is that an acre of trash that's 10, 15, 20 feet deep? the amount of debris is estimated at about 3,000 tons. so it's not flat. there are piles of trash. and debris out there. >> hercules spokesperson doreen matthews says searchers have to painstakingly scoop. >> eac scoop is taking about a half hour to go through. that's why we're here again. this is, what, day four. >> police believe that valdamora killed his girlfriend cindy tran and frederick's father in a jealous ge believing one or both romanced his girlfriend. identified as the murder suspect, valdamo was shot to death by the chp last week following a high-speed chase. while valdamora is also linked by vallejo police to the killings of smart and allen. their decaying bodies were found in allen's home where allen's house charles rittenhouse was living at the time. he's in jail for having large amounts of explosives

. >> reporter: hercules police say there were about 25 officers and volunteers involved in the search today. they will search until 7:00 toilet. that is their plan and they also plan to be back early tomorrow morning, because they are doing this one very small section at a time. police say that this search of this landfill could take a week or more. in pittsburg, ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> and ntsb investigators hauled the wreckask a small plane crash from the redwood shores lagoon to a secure facility in sacramento, where they will take a closer look at the debris. three people died which the plane plunged into the lagoon on thursday. 98-year-old robert borrmann, fund of borrmann's steel in palo alto is among the dead. >> they had the bay meadows departure and you make a left- hand turn out. we have had numerous witness reports that is a the aircraft climbed to this location and made a right-hand turnout and entered a steep descent. >> investigators say they not know who was piloting at the time of the crash, because either person in the front seat was able to control th

hercules police combed through an acre of the keller canyon land fill, carefully and slowly sifting through thousands of tons of garbage. >> we have a dog that is here from contra costa county search and rescue going through the debris. >> reporter: 35-year-old frederick solace hasn't been seen since his father was bludgeoned to death. one of the scenarios police are considering is valdemaro may have killed the younger solace and disposed of his body at north shore business park. the trash from the dumpsters ends up at the keller canyon land fill. 38-year-old efrin valdemaro was shot and killed. his girlfriend was found strangled in his car. four victims are dead. if frederick solace turns up dead he would be the fifth. the motive appears to be jealousy. valdemaro fought with the solace's in the past and he believed his girlfriend was romantically involved with one of them. >> since all the players are deceased it is purely speculation. >> reporter: they have only sifted through about half the material they have targeted so i'm told the search could extend into monday. monty francis, nbc ba

hercules police believe valdamora dumped sales' body in a trash bin that ended up here at the landfille past four days searchers came up empty. the job is tedious, distasteful in the heat. >> you have an acre of land. is that an acre of trash that's 10, 15, 20 feet deep? the amount of debris is estimated at about 3,000 tons. so it's not flat. there are piles of trash. and debris out there. >> hercules spokesperson doreen matthews says searchers have to painstakingly remove each scoop. >> each scoop is taking about a half hour to go through. that's why we're here again. this is, what, day four. >> police believe that valdamora killed his girlfriend cindy tran and frederick's father in a jealous rage believing one or both romanced his girlfriend. identified as the murder suspect, valdamora was shot to death by the chp last week following a high-speed chase. while valdamora is also linked by vallejo police to the killings of smart and allen. their decaying bodies were found in allen's home where allen's house charles rittenhouse was living at the time. he's in jail for having large amount