police found laura wallen's body in a shallow grave last yeey. quickly arrested her boyfriend in the case. he said he had nuthing to do with her murder. megan fitzgerald has the unusual request that prosecutors made in court today. >> reporter: it's been nearly a year since the beloved high schoolteacher who was pregnant with her first child went missing and not long after labor day in 2017, the body of laura wallen was found in this field in damascus. montgomery county police would soon learn that she was murdered. we watched as her boyfriend tyler tessier sat next toll 's parents pleading for her return. hours later he was charged with her murder. now in less than two weeks this case will g torial but before it does, theat ste's attorney from montgomery county john mccarthy and tessier's defense attorney were back in court arguing if certain evidence will be shown during the trial. >> we have agreed that we would notntroduce sonogram pictures of her child during the course of the trial. >> reporter: the second issue discussed in court was wheth

laura wallen was pregnant when she was killed. her body found in a shallow grave and her boyfriend charged with that killing. unusualtzgerald has the request that prosecutors made in court today. >>aura wallen was a beloved high schoolteacher and was expecting her fir b child, nearly a year ago on september 2nd she went missing. wallen's body was found days later in a field in damascus. prosecutors quickly learned she had been murdered. we wched as her boyfriend, tyler tessier, stoodt n to her parents pleading for her return. charged with was her murder. now in less than two weeks this case will go t before it does, the state's attorney for montgomery county john mccarthy and tessier'sne defense att were back in court arguing if certain evidence will be during the trial. >> we have agreed thawnt we wous not introdu any sonogram pictures. >> reporter: the second issue is whether jurors will be taken to location where wallen's body was found. the defense argued that it would limit the ability for the public to walk the trail, but th

wallen. the judge called the idea a logistical migh logistical nightmare and said it is very unlikely he will allow jurors to travel to the last location where laura waen was last seen alive. now, the judge said he will sdecide if ae visit is necessary for jurors. when the trial gets under way, it is expected to start on september 4th. back to you. >> those poor parene to relive it all over again. megan, thanks so much. >>> we are less than twoeeks away from the start of the d.c. mansionurder trial. went is accused of killing three members of a family and a housekeeper in 2015. a pretrial where prosecutors and the defense argued over what evidence will be allowed. prosecutors are zeroing in on he suspect's facebook activity. during the19-long saga when thew familyas tied up, tortured and later kill a lull in his posting and messaging which they think is significant. >>> the former head of the centses for disea control and prrrention has been ated and accused of groping a woman in new york. tom freeden was taken into custody in brooklyn. he was the director of the cdc from 2009 up until last year. he is accused of grabbing woman inappropriately at