. >>> we'll begin the news edge with word of the death of the former alexandria sheriff, james dunning. that brings up the grim reminder the murder of dunning's former wife remains unsolved 8 1/2 years later. fox 5's bob barnard looks at where the case now stands. >> reporter: alexandria police officials say james dunning apparently died in his sleep at his home in south carolina. they say he was found dead this morning by his current wife. he was 62. james dunning was a public figure, the veterans sheriff of alexandria, when on december 5th, 2003, his 56-year-old wife nancy was found shot and killed inside the couple's home in the city's delray neighborhood. >> it's been a long 8 1/2 years and we continue to have an open and active investigation. >> reporter: alexandria's police chief is earl cook. >> we do not know who killed nancy dunning as yet. >> reporter: chief cook says sheriff dunning was interviewed by detectives shortly after his wife's murder, had a lawyer with him at the type and was never cleared as a possible suspect. >> until we're more sure of what we have, it would be

. >>> sheriff james dunning has died. family members told police he died in hilton head, south carolina, in his sleep. he retear after the high-profile murder of his wife. the case has never been solved, and the investigation remains open. an autopsy will be performed on james dunning to determine a cause of death. he was 62 years old. >>> first on 4:00 tonight, a shock for customers in a prince george's county nail salons. the police raided the business, and led the manicurists away in handcuffs. >>> investigators believe the technicians raked in a load of money behind these windows, but not just doing nails. they're accused of running an international theft ring out of that salon. news4's pat collins is live on the seen in capitol heights. >> reporter: it's just not something you see every day, a police raid of a nail salon. they say they were exporting stolen stuff there. stuff like tide. you are watching the raid of the star nail salon in capitol heights. five nail technicians arrested and charged with theft. caught i

authorities in south carolina james dunning -- say james dunning appears to have died in his sleep and his death is not suspicious. >>> workers at a capitol heights nail salon are accused in dealing in more than polish and acrylics. the place star nails on marlboro pike. they wrapped et up by arresting five nail technicians all charged with theft. police say the women were buying stolen merchandise and then selling it overseas things like shampoo and tide detergent. >>> well, somewhat of a little surprise in campaign 2012. vice president joe biden got booed when he was speaking at the naacp convention in houston. >> let me close -- my friends. [ booing ] by saying -- >> actually the booing was because he was going to close. >> going to close. >> his speech. they didn't want him to leave and they actually liked it apparently. he was well received. you may remember wednesday mitt romney got booed when he said he would repeal the president's health care policy. more on campaign 2012 in the next half hour. >>> it is time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> indeed it is. her

the authorities in south carolina, they say that james dunning appears to have died in their sleep and the death was not seen suspicious. >>> the fbi and the state police, they are both joining in on the investigation into the virginia reporter's suspicious death. anded to, the focus of that investigation turned to prince william county. >> reporter: i'm peggy fox where the search warrant has been filed in a mysterious county murder. it happened in gainesville where they seized a white t- shirt, a blackberry cell phone, and some shredder. >> and that is a good friend like sarah. it is a significant loss. >> reporter: they wrote the night before they were murdered, it help lead police to the apartment. the 48-year-old was found dead in the burning remains here of her rented home and in the county's upperville. the sheriff was a news reporter for the winchester star. who previously worked at the democrat, where she went to the statewide award for the coverage of 9/11. >> and so i came in and i said, well, does anybody here know sarah? i saw a bunch of facebooks all lit up. oh yeah. you k

former alexandria police sheriff james dunning has passed away. the 62-year-old was found dead in his south carolina home yesterday morning. alexandria police officials say he apparently died in his sleep. dunning was a vet van sheriff of alexandria when his wife was murdered more than eight years ago. officials are still trying to solve that case. e that case. >>> penn state's conspiracy of silence let jerry sandusky prey on young boys. that is at seesment of the inpersonal report from louis freeh. it says the university engaged in a total disregard for the safety and welfare of the child victims of assistant football coach jerry sandusky. the report also said that former penn state president graham spanier, joe paterno and other top leaders hid critical information about sandusky to protect the university. >> our most saddening and sobering finding is the total disregard for the safety and welfare of sandusky's child victims by the most senior leaders at penn state. >> reporter: joe paterno's family strongly denied accusations that he protected

. >>> former comparedia sheriff james dunning has died. he appeared to have died at his home. he retired after the high-profile murder of his wife in 2003 an autopsy will be performed on dunning. he was 62 years old. >>> a beautiful day outside, a little warm, but still gorgeous. doug is out in somebody's backyard. you're in fort washington today, doug? >> oh, yeah on a beautiful, beautiful afternoon. it is about perfect out here. temperatures into the 80s. we have very low humidity. i'll tell you what, probably one of the better days wife seen in july let's look and show you how things are as we look around the area. temperatures sitting in the 80s as we talked about. we're looking at that current temperature in the mid to upper 80s. that's the way things are going to stay as we move through the rest of the night into the afternoon tomorrow. as far as temperatures go, we're going to see those temperatures falling down a little tonight. that will be good news there. it will be a very comfortable evening, but one of the things we'll be seeing is an increase in the cloud cover.

. >>> former alexandria police sheriff james dunning has passed away. the 62-year-old was found dead in his south carolina home yesterday morning. alexandria police officials say he apparently died in his sleep. dunning was the veteran sheriff of alexandria when his wife was murdered more than eight years ago. officials are still trying to solve that case. >>> we're mop are toking metro this morning and the transit agency says it will come up with new standards for when to put heat restricts in place. that action comes in the wake of the green line derailment one week ago. metro says a heat kink in the tracks near west hyattsville caused the train to derail. >>> a man survives being stranded in the desert for three weeks and is sharing the story of how he kept himself alive. >> first, penn state recloses the results its internal investigation into the jerry sandusky child sex abuse scandal. some long-time supporters of legendary coach joe paterno are outraged.  >>> making headlines, more than 200 people are reported dead in a massa

former alexandria police sheriff james dunning has passed away. the 62-year-old was found dead in his south carolina home yesterday morning. alexandria police officials say they believe he died in his sleep from what appears to be natural causes. dunning was the veteran sheriff of alexandria when his wife was murdered more than eight years ago. officials are still trying to solve that particular case. tic >>> top brass at penn state concealed sex abuse allegations. that is the result of an investigation from penn state by former fbi director louis freeh. his report found that officials chez, quote, total disregard for the safety and welfare of the child victims of the assistant football coach, jerry sandusky. the 267-page report also says officials including coach joe pat were owe callously chose to avoid negative publicity. >>> when we come back, we'll talk about the worst day in syria's 16-month uprising. a massacre with hundreds of victims. >>> a sophisticated tunnel with a sinister purpose. it cost more than $1 million to build this thing. it

former alexandria sheriff james dunning was found dead at his home in hilton head, south carolina.xaminers are waiting on autopsy results to determine how he died, but say there was nothing suspicious about his death. the news comes after nine years after his wife was mysteriously killed in a couple's alexandria's home. dunning was first elected sheriff in 1986 and served for two decades before retiring and moving to south carolina. he was 62 years old. >>> maryland governor martin o'malley has not given up on plans to bring a vegas style casino to prince george's kreent. he scheduled to meetings. the legislative session would likely focus on expanding the state's gambling program to add table games and sixth casino at national harbor. lawmakers need to agree on the special session, pass the measure, and the public will make a final decision where to expand the state's gambling program. >>> 100 people signed up for a program that keeps hant chul gamblers away from casinos. maryland lottery officials call eight milestone for the state's voluntary exclusion program which started last

. >>> this morning's other top stories, former alexandria police sheriff james dunning has passed away. the 62-year-old was found dead in his south carolina home yesterday morning. alexandria police officials say he apparently died in his sleep. dunning was the veteran sheriff of alexandria when his wife was murdered more than eight years ago. officials are still trying to solve that case. >>> the pressure is building for mayor gray to address the illegal activity within his 2010 campaign. congresswoman norton released a statement yesterday saying gray must clear this up quickly. three council members have already called on mayor gray to resign. coming up at 7:30 this morning, washington post reporter robert mcartny will join us live for more analysis into this ongoing investigation. he's been writing about it for some time. >>> jeffrey thompson, the man suspected of funding the shadow chain for mayor gray has left the accounting firm he founded. thompson's home and office were raided in march as part of this investigation. he has not yet been charged. >>> to the campaign trail now, pr