richard: investigators say kahlil tatum, a janitor at the d.c. shelter where the family lived, later committed suicide. we get newr: information on the case that has led us to areas. richard: the police are using k-9 units on land and divers on an unidentified body of water on the property. the family waits. >> we are hoping that she is still alive and save somewhere. richard: there appears to be some urgency to the search. operations will continue at 6:30 a.m. one family member said tonight the most difficult part of all of this is not knowing. richard reeve, abc 7 news. leon: we ll stormwatch, rain on the way could impact the commute tomorrow in the rest of the day as well. it's get a look at the timeline from meteorologist steve rudin. steve: rain likely to fall during the morning and early afternoon tomorrow, another round of showers late tomorrow afternoon into the evening. no worries right now if you are heading outside. it is dry, although clouds are beginning to rapidly increase. to the west is where the moisture is located, advancing to

the arboretum is is within blocks of the holiday in where relation was last seen entering with kahlil tatum, suspected of later murdering his wife. he was later found dead, possibly of suicide. aunt is glad police have not given up. >> i am glad they are continui alive and let it be known that she is still missing. reporter: the search continues. the chief says they are losing dogs and will eventually use divers. >> it is not uncommon to find missing children months or years after they have gone missing. reporter: the chief says this will be a two-day operation. leave,the command bus but police say it will be back tomorrow. coincidentally, yesterday, d.c. councilmember ruby may introduce a bill that would make it a crime not to report a missing child in 24 hours. it would apply to anyone with custody of a child under the age of 14. new developments tonight after a deadly explosion at a west virginia mine. the former ceo of massey energy was sentenced for his role in the blast that killed 29 men. don blankenship was convicted of conspiracy at the upper big branch mine. he was acquitted of fe

authorities believe kahlil tatum killed his wife at a motel in prince george's county and later took his own life at kenilworth park in northeast. that park was searched for days, but nothing was found. >> hopefully we find her aliv the goal is to fi alive. >> reporter: this case has touched so many people and broken so many hearts. coming up on news4 at 6:00, you're going to hear from people who were here at the national arboretum today while that search was taking place. wendy, back to you. >> thank you, darcy. >>> d.c. police want you to take a good look at this man in the surveillance video. they're calling him a person of interest in a sexual assault and armed robbery. it happened along in southeast. this is the same area where a man was shot and killed while walking to catch a bus last month. >>> and this evening we're seeing some of the goods recovered during a bust of a theft ring at tysons corner. police say they found $76,000 in stolen merchandise after stopping three people in the parking lot. security guards at lord & taylor alerted them. the suspects are all from florida

down the street from the hoe it will where relisha rudd was seen with her alleged an duck tore, kahlil tatum. they were caught on video and that was the last time she was seen. the arboretum also close to other areas take have been searched. 8-year-old relisha rudd's family had been allowed to spend time with that janitor. we will stay on top of this, search answer is it happens. back to you. >>> it's official, prince william county middle school will in fact get a name change. the decision came late wednesday evening after a resident-packed board meeting. one teacher says the name debate over godwin middle school has d distracted students. >> no one gave a darn until godwin's character until there were two groups of people who wanted a name on a school and only one school to name. >> last month they decided to rename it in honor of dr. george hampton. some felt the school board never gave them a chance to disagree with changing the name. one teacher says it ordeal has turned in to something that it should not have. >> the whole debacle has been made into a black/white issue and it shoit sho