spaulding -- found in a stair well was lynne spaulding. ktvu's david stevenson has more. >> reporter: today we received new information from the hospital's chief operating officer about the search for lynne spaulding and surveillance cameras. san francisco general hospital said nothing like this happened in its history. >> our staff is devastated. >> the hospital today confirmed the body of lynne spaulding was found yesterday in a stair well. the hospital and the sheriff's department says it was searched but lynne spaulding's family is angry it took 17 days before her body was found by engineers doing an inspection. >> we want to know what the protocols are, were they followed. when was the first search. how extensive it was. >> we have an established protocol when it comes to patients who become missing and that protocol was followed. >> we asked san francisco general hospital whether surveillance cameras should have spotted her leaving her room or inside the stair well. >> i can say there are cameras throughout the campus. i don't have k

ford also known as lynne spalding.issing since september 21 when she left her hospital room at san francisco general hospital and medical center. while the medical examiner will make the final examination of identity, we have enough information at this time to conclude it is mrs. spalding ford. we have informed the family of this news and expressed our deep sympathy for their loss. our hearts go out to the family and friends of miss spalding ford. her disappearance has ended in tragedy. at this time we don't know what happened. we are here to provide patient care and security to 100,000 patients and families each year. nothing like this has ever happened before. there's no precedent to. we do know that lynne ford was admitted to the hospital september 19. her condition was improving two days later. she was in fair condition when she left the hospital room shortly after being checked on by a nurse at 10:15 a.m. 15 minutes later, the nurse checked on her again and upon finding her room empty initiated a search of the hos

including 55-year-old rider lynn.d she found sandra again. >> well, we are not filming our good-byes. ha-ha. no way. >> reporter: what started as a tactical alliance has become a deep bond. >> sandra is making me emotional. she has been like my little angel. she is taking care of me when i was sick. >> a miracle. >> reporter: meanwhile five horse stations ahead. it is neck and neck between devon and laura. both riding at a punishing pace. because with just two stations left today, only one will be champion. >> trying to stay ahead of laura. >> if you don't believe me. >> reporter: nerves shot they tell us to get lost. >> you guys need to leave me alone now. >> we are staying back. >> we race ahead to the finish line to await the winner of the mongol derby. >> as of the last horse station it was really neck and neck. devon a few minutes ahead of laura. right now we could see any one coming down the stretch. >> yeah. >> there is a rider. a rider! >> it looks like devon. >> reporter: it is devon we see first. [ cheers an

ford, also known as lynn spalding. has been missing since september 21st when she left her hospital room at san francisco general hospital and medical center. while the medical examiner will make the final determination of identity, we have enough information at this time to conclude it is ms. spalding ford. we have informed the family of this news and expressed our deep sympathy for their loss. our hearts go out to the family and friends of ms. spalding ford. her disappearance has ended in tragedy. at had time we don't know what happened. we are here to provide patient care and security to 100,000 patients and their families each year. nothing like this has ever happened before. there is no precedent for this. we do know that lynn ford was admitted to the hospital on september 19th and her condition was improving two days later. 15 minutes later the nurse checked on her again, and upon finding her room empty, initiated a search of the hospital. when she was not found, the hospital staff notified the family and the she

she joins us live from san francisco where lynne spaulding had deep roots. >> lynne spaulding was a regular customer here in san francisco. this is where she met one of her friends 20 years ago. the woman who helped organize the search to find her. [ inaudible ] >> feisty. >> how she describes her long time friend, lynne spaulding. she created the find lynne spaulding facebook page after she was reported missing from san francisco general hospital september 21. the only explanation she could think of is that she was tired of being in a hospital bed and tried to escape. on tuesday authorities found lynne spaulding's bondy in a unused staircase two weeks after she disappeared. >> absolutely unbelievable this happened. of course they need to do a thorough search if someone goes missing. the policies have to be changed. >> they met here 20 years ago after they immigrated to the u.s. >> this is her seat, right there. >> reporter: she was a regular. he would see her 3 or 4 time as week, meeting up with her friends. >> they became friendly like in cheers. they would meet here and, you know, go out

so, lynn and carina, come on up. [cheering and applauding] >> these are our neighborhood leaders for lafayette park. (applause) >> and there is not enough applause that we can give them, but we need to give it up in a very big way. thank you so much for all that you've done and please know that all of us are so thankful for your individual efforts. and we wouldn't be here without you. so, thank you so much to both of you. (applause) >> we're going to bring lynn and carina up in a brief second. why don't you speak now. that will work, right? but i also wanted on behalf of the department to thank you both of you. lynn, since you've been the lafayette champion a long time, there is your official lafayette park sign and your picnic blankets. carina, you've been our playground champion, lafayette park playground sign. >> thank you. (applause) >> why don't you guys say a few words right now. >> okay. the only thing that i want to do is to thank all of you who have been -- hundreds, it took literally hundreds of people to d

but did not say it was lynne. if officials, do confirm lynne was found here at sg general. the family spokesperson tells me. family and friends have been posting fliers near the hospital to try to find [ female announcer ] now get high speed internet at home on our newly expanded advanced digital network, a connection you can count on. at&t u-verse high speed internet offers more speed options, reliability and wi-fi hotspots than ever. go to our website below to get u-verse high speed internet for just $14.95 a month for 12 months with a 1-year price guarantee. it's all the speed you need all at a great price. our newly expanded advanced digital network gives yomore of what you enjoy online. and with at&t, our wireless gateway turns your home into a private wi-fi hotspot that connects your wi-fi devices and can even save on your smartphone data usage at home. go to our website below to get at&t u-verse high speed internet for just $14.95 a month for 12 months with a 1-year price guarantee. that includes access on-the-go to our entire national wi-fi hotspot network, with ove

she wants to see changes in the hospital security. >> reporter: this story isn't just about lynn. it is about the people in san francisco who demand excellent medical care but excellent security and infrastructure. that woman and lynn's story will be added to a report. >>> apple's new ipad faster than ever. >>> we are learning about the teacher in the shooting yesterday and why she was a hero. >>> a crazy jets fan and more. >>> i will show you which neighborhood will be impacted tomorrow. i love watching tv outside. and why can you move the tv out here? the wireless receiver. i got that when i switched to u-verse. but why? because it's so much better than cable. it's got more hd channels, more dvr space. yeah, but i mean, how did you know? i researched. no, i-i told you. no. yeah! no. the important part is that you're happy now. and i got you this visor. you made a visor! yes! that i'll never wear. ohh. [ male announcer ] get u-verse tv for just $19 a month for two years with qualifying bundles. rethink possible. . >> a developing story, a boy killed his math teacher before killin

about when searches for lynne took place. and where they happened. he is hoping to speak with sheriff ross mirkarimi directly. >> catherine: how are lynne's children doing? >> reporter: she has a teenaged son and daughter. the lawyer told me. the son is devestated. and the daughter. in his mind. is feeling guilty that she brought her mother to sf general.and she didn't come back. there are still a lot of questions. >> catherine: thank you , justin waldman. the investigation continues tonight into a possible case of elderly abuse in castro valley. authorities say that numerous patients may have been abandoned when their care facility closed down last week. those patients have since been moved to other locations. kron 4's charles clifford is live in alameda county with an update. charles, do we know where the these people have been moved to? >> reporter: this facility remains closed and we believe that all of the patients have been taken to local hospitals. over the weekend, the alameda county sheriff's deparment says they removed 14 residents from the

a woman's body was found, it's lynn spaulding. we need answers now. >> among answers omitted whether there are working video cameras, how much searches, how could it search and miss the stairwell? when asked what lynn spaulding was wearing when found, the hospital spokeswoman insisted she does not know and then, departed quickly. >> we're not going to take questions today. thank you all for coming. >> hard questions are hard to answer. >> from now on, the hospital says it will release all information via a telephone hot line. hot lines after all do not take questions. at san francisco general hospital, wayne freedman abc 7 news. >>> a memorial service honoring a usf graduate just wrapped up. army lieutenant was killed in a suicide bombing attack along with three other members on sunday. dozens gathered to remember her. she graduate frtd university's school of nursing before enlisting in the army. >> i'm sure she smiled every time she put on her gear and walked into the desert heat. she was happy to be serving her country. >> flags

lynn reported feeling disoriented. they searched the entire medical center. friends and neighbors set up a facebook page, but never found her. perry says lynn's daughter got a call earlier today telling her that the body had been found, but tonight the coroner told her his office still hasn't been able to determine the identity of the body. the message was, i wish we could give you certainty, but we can't right now. lynn's daughter is obviously, i don't use this word lightly, traumatized. >> lune's family and friends are not just traumatized, but they are angry and make no mistake about it, they believe the hospital should have done more to search for her after she went missing, whether indeed, this was her body found today or not. reporting live, joe vasquez, kpix5. >> the hospital says it is reviewing the poll sis for how they search for missing patients. >> a man is in custody on a million dollars bail. after sheriff deputies found live pipe bombs in his home. the street has been closed for the better part of 24 hours. family members called 911 late yester

anne. >> reporter: and they also say they believe it was lynne spalding who was found here dead in a stairwell at sf general yesterday. >> this is a nightmare. >> reporter: 57-year-old lynne spalding had been at sf general for two nights for an infection. she reported feeling disoriented from her medication. that was september 21 and when a nurse came to check on her, she was gone. >> lynne spalding died alone in a stairwell in one of the finest medical institutions in this country. i hear that the san francisco sheriff's department initiated a search. well, evidently, it wasn't a very good one. >> reporter: not knowing where she had gone family and friends searched the city for weeks for spalding. a mother of two grown daughter's, who lived less than a mile from the hospital. yesterday an employee doing a routine check that happens only four times a year, found her body in an exterior stairway just outside a fire emergency door on the fourth floor. the sheriff's office says the door is alarmed and locks from the outside. it only exits on the ground floor. >> we do not know how she c

they say they have enough information to determine it's lynne spalding. they notified her 23-year-old daughter that they were fairly certain it was lynn. the body was found in a rarely- used stairwell. she was admitted use of a bladder infection. but went missing 17 days ago. the hospital says this has never happened and are cooperating with the investigation. >> our hearts go out to the family and friends of lynne spalding. her disappearance has ended in tragedy. at this time we don't know what happened. we're here to provide patient care and security to family and patients each year. nothing like this has ever happened before. >> reporter: officials would not take questions from reporters during the press conference. only statements. that struck a cord with the family's spokesperson who says sf general as well as the sheriff's department have a lot to answer to, including how often she was checked, what security pretoe kols were in place -- protocols were in praise and how she -- place and how she died. >> the pressing question, how a woman is missing f

go ahead go ahead in philadelphia lynn jump in i understand that u.s. is u.s. is not talking pakistan because the pashtuns are also in pakistan you know the pashtun live on both sides of the borders and they've been there for two thousand years so you know a war against the taliban is basically a war against the pashtuns and you know they make up nearly fifty percent of afghanistan's population so you can't kill them off so you know they will remain there till the end they will win out in the end michael so. it's a very complex the tribal areas of pakistan it's true that i mean one has to look at the ethnic issues of the pashtun issues but let's face it i mean there that's become a haven for militants that are from all over the world in central asia you have punjabi militants from pakistan that have moved up there it's really it's a cauldron unfortunately of militancy but i think it's important to look at it in a broad way it's not just the taliban it's not just the pashtoon issue it goes because in goes much deeper than that in my view ok but john i mean i gre

go ahead go ahead in philadelphia lynn jump in. i'm just saying that u.s. is u.s. is not talking pakistan because the pashtuns are also in pakistan you know the pressure to live on both sides of the borders and they've been there for two thousand years so you know a war against the taliban is basically a war against the pashtuns and you know they make up nearly fifty percent of afghanistan's population so you can't kill them off so you know they will remain there too and they will win out in the end michael so. it's a very complicated mean the tribal areas of pakistan it's true that i mean one has to look at the ethnic issues of the pashtun issues but let's face it i mean there that's become a haven for militants that are from all over the world and central asia you have punjabi militants from pakistan that have moved up there it's really it's a cauldron unfortunately of militancy and i think it's important to look at it in a broad way it's not just the taliban it's not just a pashtoon issue it goes because in goes much deeper than that in my view ok but john i mea

how could lynn spalding turn up dead two weeks later on hospital property. nick smith smoke with the friend and he is live for us thousand at the hospital. nick? -- and he is live for us now at the hospital. >> san francisco general is considered one of the nation's top hospitals, but tonight they are getting attention for all of the wrong reasons. she disappeared and her body was found in a stirwell. now friends and family are asking how that happened. >> great girlfriend and great mentor. >> she creates jewelry for her boutique. it is here she met lynn spalding and now her friend is gone. >> i am really sad i will not see my friend again. bottom line. >> spalding checked 23450 san francisco general for treatment of an infection on september 19th and two days later despite bed checks every 15 minutes by the nursing staff, she was gone. confusion among family and friends turned to anger when it took the hospital 10 days to admit publicly that lynn disappeared. >>- q. i this has -- -- >> this has shaken up to our core. the staff is devastated jie. the family

mayor ed lee called lynne spaulding's family to apologize for her death. live in san francisco, john sasaki, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> a man is in custody after a 12 hour stand off with police. it started at home about 11:20 p.m. last night. police say officers were called to the home after a woman reported her husband shot at her and a locksmith after he locked her out. we talked with neighbors who know him and they said they are surprised by the stand off. >> he moved in a year ago. i played golf with him. everything seems normal. >> 10:15 a.m. this morning s.w.a.t. moved in and found him a few houses away in a backyard. she now in custody. no word on what charges he will face -- charges he will face. >>> a gunman on the san jose state university campus had student and faculty on lock down. ktvu's ann rubin live from the school now with terrifying accounts from students who were barricaded inside classrooms. >> the lock down was confined to sweeney hall. they used tables to barricade the doors inside. >> reporter: throughout the ordeal he was in contact w

the body of lynn spalding was found in a stairwell at the hospital. the body was discovered yesterday. today the hospital confirmed the identity. cheryl joins us from sm general and what is the explanation? >> well, hospital officials de announcement here today. they believe the woman found here on the fourth floor of this hospital is the same woman reported missing on september  21st. today was the day to answer all of those burning questions, but, instead, we got limited answers. >> this has shaken us to our core. our staff is devastated. we don't know what happened to this woman. >> reporter: sm general chief medical officer made the identity of tuesday's grim discovery official. >> what happened at our hospital is horrible. we're here to take care of patients. >> reporter: but something went terribly wrong on september 21st when 57-year-old lynne spalding was reported missing. >> we don't know how she came to be in the stairwell yesterday, how long she had been there or what caused her death. >> reporter: family spokesperson david perry said spal

lynn's family said the ups and downs of the case have taken a toll. >> i don't use this word lightly, traumatized. it's difficult to get a phone call saying we think we found your mother's body. she's on an emotional roller coaster. >> reporter: we're expecting some sort of announcement from the coroner tomorrow. i'm jeff benefit. >>> police and the fbi are searching a home in northeast pet ta lou mafusz where two devices were found. >> reporter: an fbi evidence response team gethers remnants after debt nateing two pipe bombs. the pd and fbi agents found four devices, two being explosives. >> they were taken for further observations. >> a call from a family member sent the pd rushing to the house. the 30-year-old was despondent and had a firearms. that person is booked into the jail for a controlled substance without a prescription. >> the subjects here at the residents are just witnesses to us, assisting us in trying to determine how these items came into the residence don't. >> reporter: the fbi is working with the police department. officials say all evidence taken from the home wi

this report made four days before lynn sfaupaulding was fo there. now, san francisco police were putting out the word to the public. they are trying to find him. he is described as an asian male in his 30s, about 5'8" tall. the body of 57-year-old lynn spaulding was discovered on october 8th in a locked stairwell here at sf general. four days earlier, that man-made his report to the supervisor. that supervisor looked but didn't find anyone there. he disappeared on september 21st after being admitted. hospital officials tell us they had to search the ground four times. how that was handled is unclear. police say the information that they have is somewhat confusing. they know that. they think he may have actually worked for the hospital possibly as a resident. >> reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." >>> thank you very much. time now to check that weather and as a little pre-halloween trick and treat. we know how to double your pleasure. we give you san francisco looking spectacular. san jose, dare i say, outstanding as

kron 4 has learned lynn wasn't the only person that went missing in a stairwell at sf general. after hearing about lynn's tragedy, one woman wrote a letter to the hospital and the sherriff's office about getting locked in a hospital stair well. she says eventually a nurse spotted her and opened the door. although that frightening ordeal only took about 15 minutes, the woman says she wants to see changes in the hospital's security. >> sot - sot - there's a lot wrong with this story and this email. it leads us to know this story is not just about lynn spalding, but also the people of sf that demand excellent medical they get from sf general, but excellent security and infrastructure. >> a hospital spokesperson says this is the 2nd instance they've heard of where someone was locked into a stairwell. she tells us this email as well as lynn spalding's tragic story will be added to their security review. >> the time is 6:09 a.m.. coming up on the kron4 morning news. the latest on the nevada school shooting. off police say the appearance of the 12 year old nevada boy fiscal killed a m

a body nound a stairwell is that of lynn spaulding, she disappeared from her room september 21. we're live with the family reaction. wayne? >> san francisco general hospital is under a microscope tonight this, isn't just a local story but international story. hospital in an embarrassing situation. perhaps that is why the hospital fwhot entertain questions from reporters leaving members of the family and friends exas per yaited. >> hard questions are hard to answer. >> lynn's friend had been hoping to get some answers when the sheriff's department and hospital confirmed the death today. >> this is shaken us to our core. our staff is devastated. >> we do not know how long she had been there. >> a kindergartener could have put together that statement. >> lynn spaulding entered san francisco general hospital for treatment of an infection september 19th. two days later despite checks she disappeared, family, and friends were angry because it took 10 days for the hospital to admit they vanished. >> lynn spaulding die add flown a stairwell in one of the finest medical institutions in t

how could lynn spalding turn up dead two weeks later on hospital property.ith smoke with the friend and he is live for us thousand at the hospital. nick? -- and he is live for us now at the hospital. >> san francisco general is considered one of the nation's top hospitals, but tonight they are getting attention for all of the wrong reasons. she disappeared and her body was found in a stirwell. now friends and family are asking how that happened. >> great girlfriend and great mentor. >> she creates jewelry for her boutique. it is here she met lynn spalding and now her friend is gone. >> i am really sad i will not see my friend again. bottom line. >> spalding checked 23450 san francisco general for treatment of an infection on september 19th and two days later despite bed checks every 15 minutes by the nursing staff, she was gone. confusion among family and friends turned to anger when it took the hospital 10 days to admit publicly that lynn disappeared. >>- q. i this has -- -- >> this has shaken up to our core. the staff is devastated jie. the family recalls

the family of 57-year-old lynn spaulding.th sides expected to get back on the bargaining table. >> berkeley's janet yellen will be nominated as the next head of the federal reserve. scott mcgrew making history. >> it will happen at noon today. she will be the first woman nominated if the senate approves of it. she will be the first woman to head the fed. yellen, incredibly well qualified. she is currently vice chair of the fed, second in command to ben bernanke. coincidentally, we will get the latest minutes from the most recent fed meeting today. we will be looking closely for any comments made by yellen. she is expected to continue the fed's easy money policies. as the head of the fed, she is so powerful or will be so powerful, you could honestly say she will be the most powerful woman in the world or possibly the second most powerful. angela merkel is the chancellor of germany, the biggest economy in europe. she runs that. she technically has an army and yellen doesn't. she got her ph.d. in economics she was chair woman of

a body nound a stairwell is that of lynn spaulding, she disappeared from her room september 21. we're live with the family reaction. wayne? >> san francisco general hospital is under a microscope tonight this, isn't just a local story but international story. hospital in an embarrassing situation. perhaps that is why the hospital fwhot entertain questions from reporters leaving members of the family and friends exas per yaited. >> hard questions are hard to answer. >> lynn's friend had been hoping to get some answers when the sheriff's department and hospital confirmed the death today. >> this is shaken us to our core. our staff is devastated. >> we do not know how long she had been there. >> a kindergartener could have put together that statement. >> lynn spaulding entered san francisco general hospital for treatment of an infection september 19th. two days later despite checks she disappeared, family, and friends were angry because it took 10 days for the hospital to admit they vanished. >> lynn spaulding die add flown a stairwell in one of the finest medical institutions in t

what's going to happen with this joint budget committee, lynn? >> i don't have any high hopes for it. one of the reasons, if you look at the roll call from a few days ago on the compromise bill, four of the people, rand paul, rubio, paul and congressman ryan who ran for vice president, they are all the major republicans who may be running for president in 2016. i think it will make it harder to strike a deal, especially with another deadline. these double deadlines coming up. again, may get piecemeal progress, not the big package. >> we should note if this committee like the last so-called super committee, if it also fails we're looking at more cuts come early january. >> yes. automatic. >> alan, really quick i, the president mentioned a foreign bill as well which regulates, among other things, subsidies to farmers, pays for food nutrition programs. what's the status of that legislation? >> it's similar to what we're seeing with the budget and immigration. what you have are republicans that are insisting on -- i think the ryan plan was $39 billio

lynn reported feeling disoriented from her medication.pital officials said they searched the entire medical center here. friends and neighbors posted flyers throughout the city, set up a facebook page, but never found her. perry said that lynn's daughter got a call earlier today telling her that the body had been found, but tonight the coroner told her that the office still has not been able to determine the identity of the body. >> the message is that i wish we could give you certainty, but we cannot right now. lynn's daughter is obviously, and i don't use this word lightly, traumatized. >> reporter: and in fact family members and friends are confused and horrified. by the way outraged because you know what, they spent some time now. 17 days looking for her and to find out that she may have been right outside the hospital in the internal area here has a lot of people upset and raising a lot of questions. reporting live, joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> the hospital says its reviewing their policy on how they search for a missing patient. >>> the

19:18 asi es, directivos del hospital general de san francisco confirmaron hoy lo que la familia de lynnespalding temía, que el cuerpo que encontraaron ayer en unas escaleras, es el de la mujer desaparecida. directivos del hospital general de san francisco no contestaron preguntas de la prensa, pero lo dejaron bien claro. s.o.t. dr. todd may/san francisco general 12:11:08 we have information at this time to conclude that it is ms spalding ford. el director del hospital dijo que tienen suficiente informacin para concluir que el cuerpo encontrado ayer en unas escaleras de emergencia es el de lynn spalding. la mujer de 57 aÑos desapareci el 21 de septiembre, dos dias despues de haber sido admitida al hospital por una infeccin y mostrar mejora.. se ralizaron varias bsquedas, pero no fue sino hasta ayer que un ingenieron encontr su cuerpo en unos escalones poco transitados.. there are a lot of questions to be asked of san francisco general. and san francisco sheriff department. a travs de un portavoz, la familia dijo que hay muchas preguntas que el hospital, y el departamento del alguacil, la

how could lynn spalding turn up dead two weeks later on hospital property.ick smith smoke with the friend and he is live for us thousand at the hospital. nick? -- and he is live for us now at the hospital. >> san francisco general is considered one of the nation's top hospitals, but tonight they are getting attention for all of the wrong reasons. she disappeared and her body was found in a stirwell. now friends and family are asking how that happened. >> great girlfriend and great mentor. >> she creates jewelry for her she here she met lynn spalding and now her friend is gone. >> i am really sad i will not see my friend again. bottom line. >> spalding checkeancisco generr francisco general for treatment of an infection on september 19th and two days later despite bed checks every 15 minutes by the nursing staff, she was gone. confusion among family and friends turned to anger when it took the hospital 10 days to admit publicly that lynn disappeared. q. i this has -- -- >> this has shaken up to our core. the staff is devastated jie. the family recalls her roo

and who was the person who discovered the body of lynn spaulding at s-f general? as it turns out. no one seems to know. we'll explain next. and the weekend is just around the corner. erica will be along with your forecast. the protests for 13 year old andy lopez cruz will continue today. he is the 13-year-old santa rosa boy that was shot and killed by deputies on tuesday. hundreds of community members showed up last night to mourn and protest there is a march and rally scheduled at noon today. supporters will walk from city hall to the sheriff's department in santa rosa. santa rosa police have released a timeline of the confrontation between deputies and the teen. here's their version of events. at 3:14 and 15 seconds in the afternoon, sonoma county sheriff's deputies created an incident report on lopez. just four seconds later, they called for emergency assistance. six seconds after that, deputies report shots were fired. and sixteen seconds later, medical workers were sent to the scene. all of this -- happening in only 26 seconds. to those who've worried... suffered in silence..

family and friends of this woman, lynn spaulding, are concerned it could be her. spaulding was being treated for an infection at sf general when she disappeared some two weeks ago. nbc bay area's cheryl hurd is live. a lot of questions remain unanswered tonight. >> reporter: what we know right now is a body was taken away from this hospital about an hour ago. sources are telling us exactly where that body was found. we are told that it was found in the exterior stairwell on the fourth floor of sf general. does that mean it was outside the building? hospital officials won't confirm that. we do know that family and friends believe the body may be that of lynn spaulding, a mother of two from great britain. >> san francisco general has a stellar reputation. however, if someone's body was found in the stairwell of san francisco general hospital, whether it's lynn spaulding or not, that's a very, very concerning development. >> reporter: david perry is a spokesperson and friend of lynn spaulding. he says she was checked into this hospital on september 19th to be treated

lynn reported feeling disoriented from her medications. hospital officials say they searched the medical center here. friends and neighbors posted flowers throughout the city, set up a facebook page, but never found her. perry says lynn's daughter got a call telling her the body was found but the coroner told her, his office still hasn't been able to determine the identity of the body. >> the message was we can't give you certainty right now. lynn's daughter is obviously, and i don't use this word lightly, traumatized. >> reporter: joe vazquez, kpix 5. >> the hospital says it's reviewing its policies for how they search for missing patients. >>> furloughed federal food safety scientists are called back to work in light of the salmonella outbreak linked to chicken from california. the outbreak involves several strains of salmonella that are resistant to antibiotics. that's why the cdc says so many people have needed to be hospitalized. almost 300 people got sick after eating foster farms chicken. more than 40% of patients wound up in the ho

. >> lynne spaulding died alone in a stair well in one of the finest medical institutions in the countychannel 2 news is asking san francisco general hospital how that could have happened. >> aldon smith facing felony charges, the accusations he is facing from a violent party. >> and developing news where a armed robber results in a zoo being put on lock down. >> ktvu channel 2 news starts right now with breaking news. >> good evening. >>> hello. i am frank somerville. >> and i am gasia mikaelian. >> we begin with breaking news in san francisco, police are at the scene of a shooting. it just happened within the hour. we have live pictures from news chopper 2. crime tape is up. mission street is blocked to traffic. minutes ago san francisco police said one man was found with gun shot wounds and pronounced dead. at this point police are looking for the shooter. muni service has been effected on mission and the 14l bus is being used for local service. we will bring you more it tails on the -- details on the shooting as we learn them. >>> to developing news where the oakland zoo was locked

. >> the body of lynne spaulding was cremated today, two weeks after she was found dead. she was missing 17 days. ktvu channel 2 news confirmed there was a report of a person in the stair well in the days before the body was recovered. it is unclear whether sheriff's deputies checked the stair well during searches for the woman. >> i heard that some hospital staff had observed a body on the balcony prior to its being acknowledge as discovered. >> source received an e-mail tuesday indicating a hospital worker reported seeing a homeless person sleeping in the stair well where lynne spaulding was found. >> you don't go to a hospital and die of tragic circumstances all alone on a balcony. >> the hospital ceo said we feel terrible for lynne spaulding's family and friends as this part of the story must be painful. our hospital staff is committed to finding out what happened so that it will never happen again. san francisco general hospital declined to speak today about the investigations over the allegations. sheriff's department must wait before speaking out on the case. in sa

how lynne spalding diedand when.is still under investigation.hat information will help piece together how the 57year old san francisco woman. was found dead behind an alarmed door in a stairwell17 days after she went to sf general for an infection. as a way to improve securitysf general has now made several changes. starting with. daily fire stairwell checks updating all fire stairwell alarms so that they require deactivation by a staff member. if a fire stairwell alarm rings, it will trigger a security check by sheriff deputies >> when you see individuals also of school grounds report that to the school or to the al denys police department. other thing is to encourage students to come report it as soon as it happened. he started twice now taking pictures of students write out in this yard and the tickler he has shown chosen a time on around 150 to 2:00. is >> scary but i like to think the best of people so hopefully is not negative. >> i think is important that we also involve the kids. at >> reporter: i did check with eldon police asking paren

is it lynn spaulding? no one says. the hospital called the family this morning to say that a body had been found but it couldn't say that it was in fact her. >> it's strange and frustrating and sad. we have yet to hear official confirmation from sf general that the body found this morning is lynn spaulding. if it is indeed our friend, colleague, lynn spaulding, and the fact that she went missing on saturday, september 21, at 10:15 a.m. from san francisco general and now here on october 8 her body was found in the same hospital in a stairwell, i just don't have words for how many questions that raises. >> reporter: lynn spaulding had just finished working for san francisco travel which is the old convention and visitors bureau. how this person died is not clear. she may have fallen. we don't know that. there is some suggestion on her facebook page that other people at the hospital always worried about these heavy doors that close and locked and she was on the fourth floor, we saw as the crime scene indicated. so unbelie

this is 57-year-old lynne spalding.police officer crime scene tape blocking the stairwell where the body was found. it's actually an exterior stairwell on the fourth floor. lynne spalding checked into the hospital with an infection last month. she was put on medication that made her disoriented and she disappeared two days later. that was more than two weeks ago. friends and family created a facebook page. they've been searching for her tirelessly. then yesterday the awful news. >> lynne's daughter is obviously -- i don't use this word lightly, traumatized. it's very difficult when you get a call from someone saying we think we found your mother's body. >> san francisco police and sheriff's deputies are investigating, talking with hospital staff, and going over surveillance video. the hospital up until now, again, we expect to hear from them today, has not said much other than finding out what happened is top priority. live in the newsroom, katie marzullo, abc 7 news. >> thanks. >>> 5:35. a stanford university professor

lynn spoulding -- spaulding missing two and a half weeks.ital where she was being treated. wayne? >> that is it in a nut shell. we're trying to figure out details. lynn spaulding had been missing from her room 17 days the subject of a search by friends and family. today she turns up in a stairwell. the hospital has been sparse with details here is spokesperson rachel capen. >> what would you tlik know? >> there are plenty of questions. just ask david perry a friend of lynn and her family. >> there are a lot of questions that, is the case san francisco general swril to answer. not only for family and friends but people who come here expecting safety. >> lynn spaulding yerntd for treatment of an infection, saturday morn, sometime between 10:15 and 10:30 she disappeared. >> we have been dismayed, disappointed and frustrated not only by the lack of information, the lack of a sense of urgency. >> sheriff deputies

san francisco police are looking for a witness in the baffling death of lynn smalling -- lynn smalling -- lynn spaulding. >> we hope that finding that witness will result in morances to this tragedy -- more answers to this tragedy. >> the witness is described asian, 30 to 40 and wearing a blue dress shirt and hospital identification. he may have had on a tie. police are asking anyone with information to give them a call. >>> employees at a union city bakery warehouse had to scramble to get away from a fire. the fire started around 5:15 inside the sterling food plant on western avenue. there were about 25 employees inside the building at the time. they were able to get out safely and a sprinkler system went off which helped contain the fire. crews had the fire out in about 40 minutes. no word yet on a cause. a sister plant in southern california will be able to help get orders delivered. >>> a new mystery surrounding a floating structure connected with google possibly, where a second barge has been spotted. >>> and a chilly start to the day. will it last for the rest of the week? steve

sergeio lives in the neighborhood and was there when lynn's suv came to a stop. one of the bikers went for his wife. >> with his two hands, real hard, pulling her out. >> reporter: the crowd stopped the bikers from hurting the mother and her baby, but lynn was still under attack. >> the man was knocked down. he was on the floor. he was getting beat up with a helmet. >> hit in the head with a helmet? >> yes, many times. >> reporter: he jumped in between lynn and the bikers. >> i felt like they wanted to kill this family. >> reporter: saturday police released the photo of a third suspect, and continued to pore over video taken by bystanders, hoping to identify more suspects. even if some may turn out to be cops themselves. that motorcyclist that's in the hospital, he may be paralyzed for life. his family, and lawyers, say that when he gets better, he's going to consider a lawsuit. they say he was just going in there to help when he was run over by lynn's suv. >> stephanie, thanks. >>> down in washington, the government shutdown has now dragged into its sixth day an

abc 7 news learned from a reliable source that the victim's name is lynn spaulding.he 56-year-old mother of four checked in for treatment of an inspection then disappeared from her room. she has been missing for two weeks and three days. here is a hospital spokesperson. >> it's very concerning this bod yes was found. we don't know what happened. that is our top pray ti to, find that out. >> the fem and friends of lynn spaulding called the hospital. david perry is a family friend already disappointed at how for 10 days the hospital would not release a statement about the mystery. >> we have been dismayed and frustrated not only by the lack of information but lack of a sense of urgency. >> can you tell us how long that bod body had been in the stair sfwhel. >> can i not. >> did it fall? >> i don't have anymore information about the cause of death, length of time that. is all what is being investigate bid the sheriff with asis sfrants police and med yal cal examiner will provide more information. >> that is where the case stands now. no comment about how koit lose a pat

with what some of lynn's friends are calling for. jr?: is obvious that someone here made mistakes and that person or persons need to be punished you go there to be taking care of and to be washed in cap and i on. it doesn't make sense to me at all. when these cases happened and i know that they do not happen that often but i'm sure something has to be in place. when you hear that security has searched the hospital you believe them. they are professionals and experts and supposedly dealing with that are supposed to be going. doing what they are supposed to be doing. she had a great smile. you would think the people running the hospital is reprimanded or resign. i do not leave the chair should be able to work there. >> reporter: very strong words from dance friends. there are people out giving suppliers and told different things about the possible hospital video she is under the impression that it is not just the hospital officials would not answer any questions this afternoon j.r. stone kron 4 news >> pam: an elaborate prank at a new york

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