the stepfather maintains she drove katelin akens from spotsylvania to springfield mall. he told the investigators akens decided to go shopping and to take metro to the reagan national airport to catch her plane. she never made it. >> we want her back. stephen: monday a crew on a rural road outside fredericksburg found akens' luggage. it contained her wallet credit card and plane ticket. >> it's suspicious. i mean i'm going to tell you. it's a suspicious thing. stephen: questions while her luggage would show up miles from springfield mall raises a number of questions. >> it's a long drawn out process. it is. reporter: we spoke with akens' family outside the sheriff. she is hoping for help finding the daughter described as a typical teenager. >> she can be loud. she can be quiet. we just want her back. stephen: investigators are talking to family friends and her stepfather. at this point they don't have a suspect because they don't know where akens is or what happened to her. reporting live stephen tschida, abc7 news. alison: thank you. a civil lawsuit meanwhile is taking

grows. >> it's scary being this close to home and not knowing. >> surveillance video indicates katelin akens' stepfather did drive her to springfield town center friday. >> the stepfather is not a suspect or person of interest in the case. stephen: akens' stepfather says she wanted to stop and take metro. she never made the play to area. a road crew found her luggage monday. >> hope for the best. >> the investigators tried to find akens, they are also working a homicide. monday morning the body of 21-year-old heather ciccone was found in her car. someone shot her. >> there are connection between the cases. >> while they work the cases some are worried. courtney's little sister is a friend of akens. >> nothing seems that far fetched. >> another person ruled out of person of interest is a woman dating the same man as heather ciccone. ruled out. also late tonight we have learned that the investigators are looking for a 2010 silver kia four-door sedan with the words "i, heart, u" on the back windshield in shoe polish. leon: thank you. alison: this just in, courtroom outburst from the man charged

stephen: concerning the other case in spotsylvania county the parents of 19-year-old katelin akens. the investigators tell us they are certain the two cases are not related. late in the day we learned about silver 2010 kia four-door sedan. that is what the investigators are looking for right now. in the rear window in white shoe polish the word, "i, heart, u" written. stephen tschida. leon: thank you. coming up, the app that is now helping the arlington county police get the word out to the residents about crime in their neighborhood. steve: steve rudin live at the festival of lights. can you guess how many lights are lit behind me? i'll have the answer for you coming up. robert: i'm robert burton. coming up in sports, the skins took the l on monday they host the top spot. the hammer is back for the wizards. maureen: the arlington county police department today announced a partnership with a popular new app. mike carter-conneen reports police use the private social network next door to communicate with specific neighborhoods. >> i want to know who my neighbors are. people need help.

. >>> no signs of katelin akens who disappeared over the weekend. the spotsylvania county woman was dropped off enroute to reagan national airport. but she never made it there. >> reporter: detectives found katelin's luggage down river road a quarter of a mile from where i'm standing. as you can imagine that her family and friends are extremely worried. >> my sister, i tell her everything. she'll call me and text me. to not hear from her is pretty weird. >> we don't know if she has run away from someone, or if she is missing or doesn't want to be found. >> and a few leafs that are falling based on what we have uncovered. she was last seen friday when her family dropped her off the metro station. she was suppose to take reagan national airport. her family says that she never made it there. as they try to solve this mystery, her disappearance is unsettling. >> as a mom, you know, as a parent that you just, her mom said that she was set to begin cosmetology school in arizona. if you know anything, you're asked to call the county sheriff's department. re

katelin akens' stepfather says he dropped her off at the mall and she was heading to the franconia springfield metro station to take the train to the airport saturday but the 19-year-old never arrived at reagan. yelled her luggage was found -- yesterday her luggage was found in a drainage ditch. if you have any information about her call police. now to a local neighborhood riddled by gun violence. leon: residents at an apartment complex say that the violence needs to stop. but the police say the owner of the complex needs to step up. sam ford is live tonight to explain what is going on there. sam? sam: it is not often you hear that a property owner is not cooperating with them but that is what they say about the property owner that runs the properties behind me. a large complex some say is out of control. >> these are the bullet holes. bullet holes in the front right here in the front. sam: elaine lewis showing us what happened to the 2015 jeep s.u.v. she said she arrived home at 4:00 a.m. sunday and told her son to find a spot to park her car when a crew that had been hanging in the complex o

the family of 19-year-old caitlin aiken says they -- katelin akens says they dropped her off at the franconia springfield metro, but she never got to the airport. her luggage showed up in a drainage ditch near fredericksburg. anyone with information should call spotsylvania county police immediately. a jury has awarded a muslim cap driver 300 50,000 drivers after a passenger attacked him because of his faith. spoke with him shortly after he was assaulted. punched the iraq war veteran. he recorded part of the incident on his cell phone. oscar pistorius is out on bail while awaiting sentencing for murdering his girlfriend. a judge granted bail and house arrest to the double-amputee olympian pending sentencing. his case has been postponed until april. an appeals court overturned his previous conviction for culpable homicide and found him guilty of murder. turning to the race for the white house. senator bernie sanders in baltimore this noon. he just wrapped up a meeting with african-american religious leaders there. he toured the area where freddie gray was arrested. andmurder sparked riots char

katelin akens disappeared three days ago. detectives say her family dropped her off on saturday.terday, someone found had her luggage in a drainage ditch outside of frederickburg, 40 miles away. if you have any information, call the sheriff's office. >>> the defense changes strategy for the first officer charged in freddie gray's death. attorneys for officer william porter are trying to prove gray was hurt before he arrived. porter's lawyers are shifting the blame to officer caesar goodson who faces the most serious charge. scheduled to go on trial next month. >>> you can weigh in on a plan to add tolls to i-66 inside the beltway. that plan would mean tolls for drivers on week days, peak periods and in peak directions. some could pay as much as 300 bucks a month to use the lanes. a public meeting at 6:00 tonight at george mason high school. the commonwealth transportation board is expected to make a final decision on that soon. >>> 6:48. funerals will begin for those killed in the san bernardino mass shooting. last night, county workers held a vigil for their slain co-workers. a

katelin akens was last seen saturday when her parents dropped her off at the franconia springfield national to catch a flight from reagan national. she never made it back home to arizona where she lived. her luggage was discovered in a drainage ditch near fredericksburg nearly 40 miles from where she was last seen. >>> at the live desk, a new picture gives us our first look at the party that was targeted by the two attackers in san bernardino, california. the picture given to nbc news by the family of julie swantayas. not long after she was shot twice and is now recovering. there are new questions about whether the attackers had help. nbc news has confirmed more than $28,000 was deposited in syed faro farook's bank account in the weeks before the attack. fox news who first reported the deposit said it was made by webbank.com that provides commercial and consumer loans. investigators also trying to trace communications the couple had with people in the u.s. and overseas what had extremism views including contacts in san diego, l.a. and the midwest. some data from cell phones was encrypted an

investigators in spotsylvania county are tracking down leads on kate lynn achen last seen saturday -- katelin akens last seen saturday. she was suppose to go to reagan to catch a flight, but family members say she never arrived at her destination. yesterday someone found her luggage at a drainage ditch. her disappearance is suspicious. >> we don't know if there has been any foul play or if she has run away with someone or missing and doesn't want to be found. >> the spotsylvania sheriff's office is urging anyone with information to give them a call. you do not have to tell them your name. >>> police are concerned that there are more victims hesitant to come forward after arresting and charged a gaithersburg massage therapist with sexual assault. stephanie ramirez is outside the high-end red door spa where both assaults took place. >> reporter: police tell us that 42-year-old gavin otto had been working at this spa since 2008. the crimes involved expand seven years here. why they are concerned that there could be more victims out there. charges documents say in early july, otto started to perform a

. >>> also right now in spotsylvania, 19-year-old katelin akens is missing. akens' family dropped her off at the franconia metro station on saturday. she was headed to reagan national airport to catch a flight. but akens never arrived at her destination, according to her family. today her luggage was discovered in a drainage ditch on river road near fredericksburg. >> just try to help us find her. we want to know if she is face. even if she doesn't want to come home, we just want to know she is safe. >> if you have information call spotsylvania county's sheriff's office. >>> tonight the san bernardino community is holding three more vigils to remember the 14 people killed last week. this candlelight vigil was for county employees who lost their colleagues in the attack. meanwhile, the person with ties to a san bernardino gun range says sayed farouk took target practice for two to three hours last monday. the fbi says tonight the couple was seen at multiple ranges practicing, and managers at a 21 story building in l.a. say someone looking like farouk tried uns

katelin akens was last seen three days ago. her parents dropped her off at franconia-springfield metro so she could catch a flight. she never made it. yesterday someone found her luggage outside a drainage ditch. it was found 40 miles from where akens was last seen. >> donald trump is calling fo-- >> donald trump is getting backlash from muslim leaders, democrats and members from his own party. tracie potts will have what impact the latest controversy is having on trump's campaign. >> another delightful day on the way. just a few clouds drifting in from the west. lots of sun coming through those high clouds. there's the capitol wheel on the calm waters of the potomac water. another wonderful day underway there. lots of sunshine around the region. temperatures now, 49 at reagan national. it's up near 50 near the chesapeake bay. off to the west, temperatures now in the 40s. shenandoah valley, out in the mountains, near 50. we'll have these temperatures jump another 5, 6 degrees from where we are now as we get into the middle part

katelin akens is missing. yesterday someone found her luggage in the drainage ditch right outside fredericksburg. however, akens family last saw her about 40 miles away at the francona springfield metro station. they say she was heading to reagan national airport to catch a flight. also in spotsylvania, investigators are now looking for a suspect in a murder. they say that heather ciccone was found dead inside of a car on piney branch road. county detectives say she was in the driver's seat and had severe trauma to her upper body. ciccone was 21 years old. >>> and 5:01, a change in the defense for first officer charged in freddie gray's death. trying to prove that gray was hurt before he arrived. porter's lawyers are shifting the blame to officer caesar goodson who faces the most serious charge. scheduled to go on trial next month. an expert medical witness claims freddie gray likely would have survived if he had immediate medical attention. >>> donald j. trump is calling for a total and complete shutdown of m

. >> also in spotsylvania county, 19-year-old katelin akens has been missing for four days. her fiance says she was fly to go arizona to visit her new born nephew and fefr made it on the flight. her bags were found in a drainage ditch outside fredericksburg. >>> right now we are just getting in some new information, sounds like a tragic accident at the university of miami down in florida. we have tu nhave new pictures t you. a student apparently fell four or five stories from the school of communications building. police are treating this as an accident. there is the building there. they do not believe that the student took their own life. again, police treating this as an accident. the student was taken to the hospital and later died after falling several stories from a building on campus there at the university of miami. police trying to put all the pieces together. angie. >>> 6:33. new details this morning about a man found dead in alexandria. he was found in four mile run park last week. police say his stab wounds are similar to another victim who was killed a few week e

we continue to follow two developing stories. 19-year-old katelin akens has been missing for four days now. her fiance said she was flying to arizona to visit her new born nephew but never made to her flight. her bags are were found in a drainage ditch just outside of fredericksburg yesterday. sheriff deputies are following several leads in the mysterious death of health her ciccone. she was found dead inside of her car sunday night and her parents want justice. >> one way or the other, we'll catch them. might not be tomorrow, might not be the next day. >> she was a good girl. athletic, bubbly, did everything for everybody. >> deputies say they are digging into her personal life and have three scenarios that may explain why this happened. >>> coming up in the day ahead, a north potomac man could be intensed to life in prison for murdering a man who texted his girlfriend. he stabbed brian hall 15 times last july. he was caught carrying a bag of bloody clothes after the attack. the men decided to meet after he stoo discovered his girl friend texting hall. >>> an alligator killed a burgla

. >> 19-year-old katelin akens was last seen saturday when her family dropped her off at the franconiapringfield metro station. she was traveling total airport to catch a flight but yesterday her luggage was found in a drainage ditch on river road near the fredricksburg city limit. the sheriff is asking anyone who has seen katelin to give them a call. >>> her parents say she was a victim after woman stalker for several months. 20-year-old heather ciccone turned up dead on sunday. her body was found in her car on piney branch road with a gunshot wound. the woman came looking for their daughter one saturday and wanted to beat her up. authorities are still investigating. >>> the man charged with killing university student hannah graham will be examined by a mental health expert before his trial starts in july. jesse path through is awaiting trial for the -- matthew is awaiting trial for the abduction and murder in that case. if convicted he could be getting the death penalty. >>> a change is coming to next year's school calendar in montgomery county. >> schools will likely start a few day

katelin akens disappeared saturday after her parents dropped her off at the franconia springfield metro to catch a flight from reagan national. she never made it home to arizona where she lives. her luggage ended up in a drainage ditch near fredericksburg. missing, some clothes, money, and her cell phone. katelin's mother is worried. >> it's morhorrible. you don't know. you don't know what's going to happen or what they're going to find. hopefully she's safe. >> the family says katelin was excited about returning to arizona where she was about to attend beauty school. >>> new developments in a high-profile case tonight. prosecutors say a baltimore police officer failed in his duty to ensure the safety of freddie gray. they made that argument before resting their case against officer william porter today. the final witness testified that gray's safety was a shared responsibility and that officer porter should have called for medical help. the defense asks that the charges be dropped. a judge denied that move. coming up in our next half hour, our chris gordon will join us with a look at t

katelin akens was last seen saturday when her parents dropped her off to go to reagan national and catch a flight. they say she never made it back home to arizona where sne lived. her luggage was found in a drainage ditch near fredericksburg and clothes, cash and other personal attempt item missing. >>> today marks one year since a plane crashed into a might beerhood in montgomery county. you you may recall that plane was coming in for a landing at the gaithersburg air park when it dropped into homes. several people on the plane dried. so did marie gimmel and two young children trapped in their house by the resulting flames. her husband, ken, and another daughter were not home. he recently talked to us about how he's coping. >> the biggest blessing i have is just having my daughter around. you know, without her, it would have been just hard to move on. just knowing that everything i used to have is gone. at least i have her to kind of remind me of my wife and my other kids. >> three people on that plane also died. the ntsb says a final report on the cause of the crash isn't complete yet.