left her bodies in the woods and then drove away in her car with her daughter inside. 11-month-old jaylin was left in the car in sweltering heat and was found dead days later. the criminal courts in prince george's county are busy. since the state's attorney two years ago, her office was prosecuted 80,000 cases. this is the first one she has argued personally. >> any police officer. but a sworn officer was capable of killing a child in this manner was just unbelievable. and it was his own child. so these facts were unusual. and in my mind, these were both babies, and there was no doubt in my mind that i was going to have to come in on this one. and it was really -- we worked very hard. we work hard on all of our cases. but this one i think was personal to many of us. especially those of us who are parents. >> i wanted him to get the death penalty because he took my baby and my grand baby. >> reporter: under law, phillips faces life in prison without parole when he is sentenced in march. his attorney says he'll appeal. gary nurenberg, wusa9. >>> in a movie theater, you'll see plenty of tra

took 90 minutes to convict richmond phillips of killing 20-year-old wynetta wright and 11-month-old jayliny of 2011. phillips, who was married, lured wright and her baby to the hillcrest heights rec center and killed her to avoid a paternity and child support hearing. phillips faces floif prison. >>> new developments in the death of a chicago lottery winner after the remains of urooj khan be exhumed. further toxology exams led to the fact that he was poisoned. cyanide was found in his system. he died after collecting a lump sum winning of $425,000. police have not released the names of any suspects. >>> investigators are still looking into hollywood an infamous death. they are not able to get ahold of robert wagner. police reopened the three decade old investigation in 2011. they've interviewed 100 people but wagner has refused to speak. they say he's cooperated for 30 years and has nothing more to say. woods death was recently changed from accidental drowning to a drowning caused by undetermined factors. >>> 4:20 right now. a sports illustrated writer said he missed red flags during an in

security guard jaylin farmer said no and the assailant takes a couple of swings at him. the security guard gets a baseball bat. the intruder begins throwing things and attacks a woman at the reception desk. the security guard still with the bat retreats down a hallway and mickel young starts pounding on the glass windows and doors of classrooms while panicked teachers begin calling 911. the two men fight violently and the intruder gains control and severely beats the teenage guard who ultimately loses vision in his right eye. mickel young uses the bat in the words of the judge to terrorize everyone in the building. the assailant sister's begged the court for mercy saying her brother's use of drugs was the problem. >> my brother is a good home being. he has two children. he's not a bad person. i love him and my family supports him in everything that happened. >> reporter: after viewing the security video, the circuit court judge agreed with the prosecution request for a stiff sentence effectively imprisoning mickel young for 20 years plus five years supervised probation w

guilty of first-degree murder and other charges in the 2011 death of wynetta wright and 1-year-old jaylin wright. he killed her and then dumped her body in hillcrest heights park. the child was found dead inside a hot car. the woman's family was pleased with the verdict. >> all the lies and deceit, the killing and everything that he did, today's the day it ended. >> prosecutors say phillips killed the two to hide the affair. he faces up to life in prison without parole and is scheduled to be sentenced on march 22. >> some shocking allegations by d.c. councilman marion barry. he spoke with u.s. news about his arrest in 1994 crack cocaine possession in a sting operation. he said he believes the fbi tried to murder him by supplying his ex-girlfriend moore with boys and rather than crack cocaine. she was cooperating with the fbi's and was getting drugs from an undercover police officer. the fbi agent to oversaw this thing called the claims observed. >> hotels are looking to make you more comfortable if you are battling the flu. >> and what investors are watching today. linda bell is at bloomb

verdict for a 39-year-old richmond phillips, guilty in the murders of his girlfriend and their doctor, jaylin. he was painted as a man desperate to keep his mistress is secure from his wife and to do so, shot her berfore and dragging her into a wooded area. he left the baby to bake in 90 degree heat. >> he says he thought someone was playing a joke on him when he opened the car door and saw the baby lying in their, dead. i am glad justice is served. >> the two weeks of testimony included surveillance footage of phillips and his girlfriend as before her death. the prosecutors were quick to characterize phillips as a predator. >> he is guilty. that is the best gift we can get right now for him. >> the sentencing is set for march 22. prosecutors are pushing for life without parole. >> thank you for that. it developing story out of montgomery county where police are investigating a bazaar restaurant robbery in gaithersburg. around 8:15, two men into this latino restaurant and sprayed the manager and a customer with a fire extinguisher. he grab the cash register and ran out. no one was hurt. >> th

it took a jury 90 minutes to reach that verdict. 20 we're old wynetta wright and 11-month-old jaylin were killed in may of 2011. prosecutors say phillips, who was married, lured wright and her baby to the hillcrest heights rec center and killed thoer avoid a paternity and child support hearing. >>> we could know by the end of the year who gets to build a casino inrince george's county. the maryland commission in charge of awarding a casino license will call for proposals at the end of this month. those proposals could be due in may and the decision could be made no later than the end of the year. mgm resorts will likely submit a proposal to build the casino. penn national has not decided whether it will go after the license. >>> it is going to be a long couple of days for crews getting the national mall ready for monday's inauguration. they're about to start laying a plastic cover on the mall's newly planted grass. that plastic will protect the grass from the hundreds of thousands of people who will watch president obama take the oath of office. the park service spent $16 million to

he was found guilty of first degree murder in the deaths of wynetta wright and 1-year-old jaylin. he'll be sentenced in march and faces life in prison. >>> the labor department is now giving some new powers to the mine, safety and health administration. the msha can now designate a company a repeat safety violator without any warning. it also means shorter appeals process if the company wants to appeal the warning. the goal is to improve safety at the country's most dangerous mines making sure that operators are held accountable for safety violations. it was made after the big explosion at the upper big branch mine in west virginia and 29 miners were killed in that blast. >>> yesterday, a former superintendent at west virginia's upper big branch mine will spend 21 months in prison. we learned that yesterday. gary may was sentenced yesterday on federal conspiracy charge. may admitted to disabling a methane gas monitor and falsifying records in the days following the april 2010 blast at that mine. >>> our time is coming up on 4:36. a breezy and cold end of the week. howard is back i

phillips guilty of first-degree murder as well as other charges in the 2011 deaths of wynetta wright and jaylinght. killed his girlfriend and then dumped her body in hillcrest heights park. their daughter's body was found inside a hot car. her family was pleased with the verdict. >> all the lies and deceit, the killing and everything that he's done, today's the day it ended. >> prosecutors say that phillips killed the two just before child support hearing. he will be sentenced in march. >> maryland governor martin o'malley will unveil its plan to curb gun violence in the wake of the connecticut school massacre. he will unveil his proposal during a news conference in annapolis today. is expected to call for a ban on military-style assault weapons. he wants tougher licensing requirements and a limit on the size of ammunition magazines. the governor also says its plan will address mental health as well as school safety. >> connecticut's governor will meet with the vice president joe biden today to discuss issues raised by the elementary school shooting. is comes on the same day as another meeting

then he left their 1-year-old daughter jaylin strapped in her car seat where she died in the sweltering heat. the sentencing is scheduled for march. >>> police are looking for two bold robbers this morning. apparently they walked into a restaurant and sprayed customers with fire extinguishers at ole mason restaurant in gaithersburg last night. all the customers were eating. then they grabbed the cash register and took off. montgomery county police say a similar attack happened last weekend but in that case they arrested four underage suspects. >>> time for the latest your money report of the morning. >> good day yesterday and potentially looking like a terrific friday could be on tap for wall street. here's why. s&p 500 this morning stands at a new five year high. and we could see good earnings today from the licks of ge and morgan stanley. also tech stocks could get a boost today from install. they reported earnings which are better than expected and sales hit some forecasts. now looking at the markets right there -- >>> here's part of the reason the markets are riding so high lately.