joni rockingham was last seen the day before thanksgiving and reported missing on black friday. a neighbor tells abc7 the body was found in a trash can a few blocks from where she disappeared. an autopsy will provide investigators and the family members with the positive i.d. michelle: new developments in new york city where authorities now say the man accused of detonating a homemade explosive in an underground walkway picked a time and place he thought would cause most destruction. but instead it was akayed ullah who received the mews serious injuries monday morning. three other people suffered minor injuries. in a facebook post before the attack ullah said trump failed to protect the nation. alison: the polls are now open for two more hours in alabama. voters of course are deciding whether to send doug jones moore arrived on horseback to cast his ballot today. his campaign has been dogged with allegations of sexual harassment. back at home the schools removed a teacher who threw a student out of class who refused to stand for the pledge of allegiance at centreville high schoo

trina rockingham fears it's her missing sister joni rockingham. >> it has been rough for us. if it's her at least we have closure. >> the 53-year-old's home is blocks away. the diminutive rockingham vanished november 22. >> we have our strong belief it could pos >> some residents joined in the searches of the neighborhood looking for rockingham. they wonder how they missed her body if it had been here the whole time. >> i walk this street every day looking for her. >> the neighbors say rockingham was a long-time fixture in the community. beloved neighbor. some say they can't imagine why anyone would want to harm her. >> she is a wonderful person. there is no reason we can see right now why somebody should have murdered her. >> the police await for the autopsy findings to determine positive i.d., the family of miss rockingham is convinced it's her and they say they have the closure at this time. but they are hoping indeed this is a homicide, the crime is solved. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: thank you. now breaking news to us from prince george's county. l

know the identity of a woman whose body was found in a trashcan in northeast d.c. 53-year-old joni rockingham of northeast was reported missing on november 24th. her body was discovered less than 24 hours ago, behind an abandoned house on 34th street northeast.. near clay street. police say she'd been stabbed several times. they're searching for her killer. an investigation is underway this morning after three prince geore's county police officers were hurt when their cars collided. sky-trak seven -- over the scene, shortly after the crash on lottsford road in mitchellville yesterday. the officers' injuries are said to be minor. check this out -- a bizarre traffic backup along route 28 near the dulles toll road during the evening commute. a man who stuck in that traffic shared this video with abc7. police tell us the guy you see on your screen was involved in a crash, got out of his car driver -- and then started taking off his clothes!! once naked, he jumped on another vehicle as it went by -- and rode on top for a while before eventually running away. police caught up with him on dulles air

. >>> joni rockingham has been missing since the day before thanksgiving.as last seen talking on her cell phone outside. her phone is now off. there are no leads. police are asking anyone with information to contact them right away. >>> one football team in maryland making history. the wise pumas winning third straight state title last night. they're the first to win three consecutive maryland football titles. congrats to them. >>> lauryn ricketts, we see the igloo with tommy mcfly. it'll be a challenge to keep it up. >> it is. low 50s today, which is seasonable for this time of year. mid 50s on sunday and monday. again, tonight, a few sprinkles. if you have things to do outside, you'll be fine. then tuesday night to wednesday morning, that's going to be our next chance of rain. tuesday's temperature, lower 60s before a cooldown next week. >> loving that. >> i see a question mark about snow showers in the next week. it's on a friday when i'm working. i'll be outside in the snow. all i can think about right well, before it was even founded, a french teenager

a monster, that is the only kind of person jonie rockingham's friends think could have killed her ande trash. >> they found her body in a trash can in the river terrace neighborhood. she has been missing since the day before thanksgiving. body was discovered behind an abandoned house on 34th street northeast. police say she had been stabbed multiple times. >> we are at a shallow place right now. many pieces are torn. it's a sad day. >> detectives say the person who killed her had to be familiar with the neighborhood. a $25,000 reward is being offered for information that leads to her >>> the fairfax county board of supervisors wants the fbi to release video of the deadly shooting of a virginia man. according to "the washington post" the board sent a letter after the shooting of bijobijon bijon geizer. police shot and killed him. he was a suspect in a hit and run. there is video of the shooting. the fbi says it won't release it until after the investigation is complete. geizer's family says he was unarmed. the civil rights division of the justice department is one of the agencies handl

the neighbors believe it's the body of this woman, beloved member of the community. 53-year-old joni rockingham. a mystery began weeks ago possibly solved. >> we have not identified the person yet but we will looking into a victim reported missing. stephen: 53-year-old joni 5'3", 87 pounds vanished before thanksgiving. police believe the body found behind the abandoned house that neighbors say was in a trash can appears to be that of rockingham. >> it has been terrible for us the last few weeks. walking and looking for her. we walked this alley. we walked this alley. we went in trash cans and we didn't see nothing. stephen: while there has been no positive i.d. on the body, rockingham family says they believe they now have closure. what they are hoping for is an arrest in this case. reporting live, stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: thank you. we have an update now to the breaking news we told you about. police found the little girl's parents. she was found in the 5300 block of chillum place northeast with no adults around. it's not clear why the little girl was missing or responsible for her

this neighborhood has been concerned for about three weeks now, ever since 53-year-old joni rockingham went missing. sharet and the name no one has seen her since thanksgiving. her sister tells me it's been a very hard and terrible three weeks. but she says it's too soon to say if it's definitely her. but he's calling it very suspicious. >> we're also looking into the possibility. we have not identified the person yet. but we're possibility that this is a woman who went missing, who was reported missing the day after hanksgiving. >> if it is her, it would help bring closer to the family and her children and to the community. but our prayers was we're trying o keep hope alive. ryan: she is very well-known. her family members and her neighbors are out here. police tell us the first thing is identify who this woman is. they're also hoping an autopsy gives them a better idea exactly how she died. that's the very latest. live in northeast, ryan hughes, abc 7 news. adrianna: d.c. police need your help identifying the people of interest believed to be involved in a shooting last night at a sh

. >> reporter: tanisha and her family are concerned about her mother, 53-year-old joni rockingham. >>'t put into words how i'm feeling. it's a feeling i wouldn't put on anyone. >> reporter: there is a flier put out, calling her a critical missing person. tanisha and her family haven't seen or heard from joni since the day before thanksgiving, when she was helping her mother cook in northeast. did she seem upset or depressed? >> no. >> reporter: she rezsooceived a phone call, talked and hung up. she was sitting on this end of the couch. she was in a good mood, no problems. she suddenly got up and walked out of the front door. bizarre, her family says she left her purse behind with her identification. >> i talk to my mom almost every single day. if she doenn't reach me, she leaves a voice mail, why haven' you contacted me? >> reporter: her phone is now off. tanisha says her mother doesn't drive and doesn't have a mental illness. if anyone knows where your mother is, what should they do? >> call the police. if you want to be anonymous, that's a perfect place to call. >> reporter: the roc

. >> reporter: police looking into the possibility the victim may be joni sharet rockingham. a 53-year-old woman missing in this area since the day before thanksgiving. mary jones was a friend of miss rockingham. in fact, she videotaped the searches she's made for her friend. mary jones at the scene where the body was discovered this morning. >>> what kind of person could do something like this? >> a monster, person, a person with no heart. that's all i can say, no heart. >> reporter: so far no official i.d. of the victim, no official cause of death. i'll be back at 5:00 with more. wendy, back to you. >> we will look for you then. thank you, pat. >> to national news now, it all comes down to today in alabama. right now voters are heading to the polls to choose their next senator. the entire country watching this race between republican roy moore and democrat doug jones. this race generating so much national attention because of the sexual misconduct allegations against moore. moore denies all of them and he's actually gotten support from president trump late in this campaign.

police looking into the possibility the victim may be joni sharet rockingham missing from her river terrace home since november 22nd. at the scene today, mary jones, a friend of miss rockingham. >>> what kind of person could do something like this? >> a monster. a despicable person, a person with no heart. that's all i can say. no heart. >> reporter: at the scene today, trina rockingham, the sister of the missing woman. >> it's a tragedy for our family, but if it's her, at least it gives our family closure because we've been looking and we've been looking and looking and looking, passing out fliers, and we was going to do another one this week. it's her. >> reporter: an eerie and unusual sight, police confiscating this trash can as evidence. they measured the can, they took swabs from the can and put the can into an evidence truck so they could take it away for a closer look. it's believed that whoever did this was familiar with the neighborhood and this abandoned house and knew they could put a body here and it wouldn't be found for sometime. >>> somebody knows something about this case. i

was near the drive way of vacant home along 34 street north east and investigate towards say joni rockingham was stabbed environmental times. >> in new york city the man arrested for boched suicide bombing set to make first court appearance from hospital bed. 7-year-old akayed ullah is recovering after soarious burns from a homemade pipe bomb that partly detonated. he started building the bomb a few weeks ago with intent to kill as amany as possible. he killed none. also learning the us is secretary did in fact make a pace book post saying tmp >> new video this morning of thomas fire burning for tenth straight day in southern california and firefighters say it's 25% con tawpd now and it's still threatening several towns in santa barbara county. and meanwhile officials now know what sparked last week's fire that destroyed homes in bell air. and los angeles fire department said the plays was caused by illegal cooking fire and at a homeless camp. >> and president trump outside council reporting for another prosecutor to look at conflicts of interest involvingioustis department and fbi officials

police looking into the possibility the victim might be 53-year-old joni sharet rockingham. she's been missing since the day before thanksgiving. she has many friends in the neighborhood. they're saddened by this i mean, we are shattered right now, many pieces are torn. it's a sad day. >> reporter: this is what we know so far. november 22nd, sharet rockingham was at her mother's home on aims street. she gets a phone call, goes out, leaving her purse behind. then today, 20 days after she was last seen, the body found in the trash can. at the scene today, trina rockingham, her older sister. >> it is really a tragedy for our family. if it's her, at least it gives our family closure because we've been looking and looking and looking, passing out fliers, we were going to do another one this week. so, really gives us closure if it's her. >> reporter: at the scene today, the mayor here to reassure residents. >> obviously it's concerning for neighbors and we want to find out who the victim was and surt >> reporter: at 6:00, more about the victim. more about this murder investigation