i spoke by phone to one of marcus freeman's family members tonight. and he said it's understandable that they are just too devastated to speak by this point. live in laurel, jackie bensen, news4. >>> here at the live desk we have details on a video being shared all over social media. now some people see a teenaged girl being assaulted while others say you need to know what led up to this. hands on your back. >> this spring valley high school in south carolina. the man pulling the girl out of class is a resource officer. the district has band him from working in any schools while this is being investigated. the student was disrupting class. the teacher asked her to leave. she wouldn't. that's when she called the officer in to help. the girl was arrested and charged with disturbing school. she was released to her parent. the sheriff is out of town but has seen this video. >> he was very disturbed by what he saw. as a matter of fact, he had questions. he had questions just like everybody else does. and he wants answers to those questions. >> the video is

marcus freeman had been missing more than a week. investigators believe he may have been dead in the car for several days. tom roussey is live with the investigation. watts of questions here, tom. tom: there definitely are, leon. laurel is a short distance that way, bw parkway on that side. it was beyond the trees where this discovery was made a little after 2:00 today. this is the man who was found by authorities after they found the car, marcus freeman, 26 years old of laurel. he had been reported missing 11 days ago. this is video from the scene. it was a contractor for the parks service that discovered the car overturned in the water. police and fire rescuers were called and they discover there was a body inside. that body has been identified as freeman. we were told earlier today by rescuers they believe the car in the body had been there since at least thursday, but freeman was reported missing 11 days ago, according to a post by a family member on facebook, who was asking folks to help look for him. that family member, a cousi

ten days after family members marcus lee freeman reported him missing.ather calls it a nightmare he can't wake up from. last he knew his father was going to fill up his car. on monday they found the car submerged in water. officials found freeman's body inside the vehicle. freeman never returned home. he told family members he was going to get gas. >> i want them to remember him for the contributions he gave. >> they're trying to figure out why that car left the road. >> a former high ranking bishop is now facing seven years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter. she hit a bicyclist in baltimore while driving drunk. she said she was texting while she hit the cyclist just two days after christmas last year. she left the scene for 30 minutes before she returned. she had been the second highest leading episcopal leader. >>> today a woman who has experienced bullying her entire life because of a rare medical syndrome will be on capitol hill. lizzie very velasquez will lobby for antibullying bill. >>> a group of virginians will ask the supreme court

where did marcus freeman go? the body of 26-year-old marcus lee freeman found inside a car in a pond in the woods well off the baltimore/washington parkway. he'd been missing since october 16th. his father says marcus brought a lot of love and laughter into their life. >> he has a generous heart and that he was a very funny, funny person. >> reporter: this is how it came to be. october 15th, marcus and his brother go to a bar in college park. they return home and later that evening marcus says he has to go out and get gas for the car. it's after midnight. it's october 16th. marcus lee freeman leaves the house and that's the last time anyone saw him. >> he was missing for ten days. and every day that passed was another day of agony. >> reporter: for ten days, no phone calls, no texts, no e-mails. nothing. then yesterday the grim discovery. marcus' car upsidedown in that pond. evidence of a violent crash. a crash at least five miles from his home. >> i don't want people to remember him by the mistakes he made or by

freeman's parents are crushed. >> marcus had a generous heart. witty sense of humor. that's what we'll miss the most. he was the laughter in our household. brad: the freemans say the police did everything they could have done. the police did an investigation. they didn't do a search because there was no place given to them to actually search. when we come back at 5:00, i will share with you why freemans wish they could have done more and what they think parents should do to be prepared in regard to their own children. that is coming up at 5:00. in laurel, brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you. a warmer winter could mean lower heating bills this year. not just from running your heating system less but lowering the demand for fuel. like natural gas. along with the above average stock piles means the prices will fall. natural gas prices have dropped so even if you turn the heat up the cost stays down. jonathan: we are tracking rain in the area. this is what is left of hurricane patricia. she is making her way here. doug bell is back with a look at when the heavy stuff w

that 26 euros marcus freeman was discovered inside the vehicle yesterday. his car was found in a heavily had rolled, the car down an embankment, overturned and came to arrest upside down in a pool of water. freeman was reported missing back on october 15. time for a look at the roadways. we have a check on the traffic is noon with danielle. danielle: looks like we are dealing with one incident here on the scanner, reports of an near randolph road at old columbia pike. that's the area just west of route 29. you may see some response here if you are headed that way. use caution if you are headed that way. you may see some response there. taking a look at the beltway looks like we're not doing too bad on the inner loop as you had passed the george washington parkway. a truck fire over on the right side of the roadway, but this is clear that is moving along pretty nicely as you approach the american legion bridge. that is the latest from the channel a traffic center. back to you guys. jummy: all right, thank you. coming up on the news at noon. >>[bleep] arrest

laurel police identified the man found in a submerged car as 26 year old marcus freeman. he had been missing and reported missing on october 15. yesterday tree clearing crews found his car upside down in a pond near the parkway and route 198. police say there is nothing suspicious about his disappearance but they are still investigating. >>> prince william county, parents, teachers, school leaders struggling to deal with four sudden and tragic student deaths in past four days. >> reporter: experts are sending out a key message. if you are feeling depressed, reach out and talk to someone. there is help, and there is hope. >> it's really a shock, all these kids are dying. >> reporter: young people at brent ville district high school, the latest to carry notes home announcing sudden and tragic death of a fellow student. police found the body of 15 year old christopher owens after an intense search over two days. >> we are all just kind of confused about the situation. >> i am calling to ask for your help. >> reporter: the school superintendent sent a phone message to parents

marcus freeman drove his car off the highway after he hypnotized himself.an investigation found despite warnings from school board officials, kenny hip know tipsed 70 students and staff members from 2006 to 2011. bun web player, said he was hypnotized 40 times. while no finding for any direct connects, kenny was placed on leave in may 2011. he resigned the following year and pleaded no contest to two counts of practicing without a license. he received no jail time and served one year on probation. >> the school board is as negligent as dr. kenny is o. mr. kenny. they failed us as parents. >> reporter: the sarasota county school board said tuesday's settlement was in the best interest of all parties involved. >> we wanted something more. this was ant but an't about any money situation. >> i need the other families to know that i am trying to help their kids and their families so they don't end up like my daughter and my family. >> george kenny gave up his teaching license in 2013 and was banned from reapplying. he did not return our calls or >>> a lot of peo

inside the car, the body of 26-year-old marcus lee freeman. mark freeman's oldest son. missing since october 16th. >> i never thought it was going to happen. it's a shock. >> reporter: in the light of day, you can see the violent nature of this crash. the orange markings on the grass show the path of the car as it left the b.w. parkway. well beyond the exit to route 198. the car continues across this grassy strip and then into the woods. it appears to go airborne. look at that piece of bark sheered from the tree. the car continues on, flips over onto its roof, and ends up in a pond beneath this ridge about 100 feet below. so where did marcus freeman really go? what did he do? and what caused him to end up in that pond? more on that at 6:00. jim, back to you. >> pat, thank you. >>> also developing in the district tonight, an investigation into the use of force by police during an arrest caught on video. check it out. police sent us this video today in an effort to be transparent. it shows the arrest on cloud place here in northeast yesterday. you can hear it, too. office

inside police found the body of 26-year-old marcus lee freeman. his family reported him missing since october 15th. investigators spent hours trying to find out exactly how and why freeman crashed. >>> d.c. police say they arrested several people responsible for a series of robberies. last week there were six robberies an hour near the navy yard and on capitol hill. police say small groups of three to five people are committing multiple robberies at night. robberies are one of the biggest challenges in the district now. she went on to say police made two arrests in two major cases in the last four days. >>> the death toll rising after a massive earthquake in the middle east. we learned that 311 people have died after the 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit afghanistan and pakistan yesterday. that number is expected to go up even more today. most of the deaths were in pakistan, where thousands of homes had been damaged. dozens in afghanistan were also killed. right now rescuers are struggling to help out survivors and the army will be using choppers above

it was overturned in the water and marcus lee freeman's body was inside. his family reported him missing nearly two weeks ago. our pat collins is working on getting us that interview now. we're going to try to get to pat at 4:30. >>> i'm julie carey at the fairfax county courthouse. accused killer charles severance turned down his chance to testify in his own defense but still had quite a speech for the judge. the defense rested its case completing its presentation of evidence it hopes will convince jurors that charles severance has been wrongly accused of killing three well-known alexandria residents. judge randy bellows then turned to severance asking him if he was aware he had a right to speak in his own defense. severance replied, "a man witnessing against himself, that's a 1791 idea." then he launched into a history lesson about his view of the origins of the 5th amendment which protects a person from being forced to testify against himself. severance eventually asked all charges be dismissed then fell silent. ahead at 5:00, i'll show you a brand new

inside police found the body of 26-year-old marcus lee freeman. his family reported him missing back on october 15th. >> hands behind your back. >> a sheriffs deputy in south carolina is not on the job this morning after a confrontation with a student. this morning we have learned the fbi has been asked to get involved with this case. the deputy, ben fields s on administrative leave until an investigation by the school district is done. you can see in that video that the deputy pushes the chair over after the student was asked to stand up. the student did not. he then appears to throw her on to the floor. this happened yesterday at spring valley high school. a male student at spring valley told nbc news that the girl ignored requestses by the teacher to go to the discipline office. >>> police in southern pennsylvania caught a husband and wife accused of robbing banks up and down the east coast. one of the banks robbed was in aberdeen, maryland. they were caught after a robbery in wilmington, delaware yesterday. they are connected with robberies fr

park yesterday was that of 26-year-old marcus lee freeman. reported missing october 16. his mother and father now trying to be strong. we talk about him as is because he's with us all the time. >> they searched for the missing cell phone signal. >> the car was so far down it was hidden from view and likely there for ten days. today mark and josie freeman say they wish they could have done more to find their son. >> she wishes she had records of her son's password and bank info. >> that is disheartening. you go to the bank to get information and they can't give it to you. by the time they get it, it's too much time. brad: the question is was there a search of the area? could someone have spotted the debris of the car? the police said they had no guidance or place to search. this was an adult and he had every right not to report to the parents but a sad inning in the ravine. brad bell, abc7 news. alison: thank you. coming up on "abc7 news at 5:00" -- life saving learning. find out how many people in the district aim to train and save their life. leon: plus -- >> i truly lo

officials made the discovery ten days after the family of marcus lee freeman reported him missing. his father calls it a nightmare he can't wake up from. the last he knew his son was going to fill up his car. on monday a park service worker found his car submerged in water. freeman never returned home after october 15th when he told his family he was going to get gas. >> i want them to just remember him for the contribution that he made in the hearts of the people he knew. >> investigators are trying to figure out why that car left the road. >> a former high ranking bishop in maryland is now facing seven years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter. heather cook pled guilty last month after hitting a bicyclist in baltimore while driving drunk. she said she was texting when she hit the cyclist two days after christmas. she left the scene 30 minutes before she returned. she had been the second highest ranking episcopal leader in maryland. she resigned as bishop back in may. >>> 5:36. a woman who has experienced bullying her entire life because of a rare medical condition wil

inside police found the body of 26-year-old marcus lee freeman. his family reported him missing since october 15th. investigators spent hours trying to find out exactly how and why freeman crashed. >>> we're also working to find out the name of the woman would who died after collapsing at the lincoln memorial. u.s. park police say the woman who was 50 had some kind of medical emergency, fell down and hit her head yesterday afternoon. officers performed cpr but the woman died at the hospital. >>> there is a new pushback to a vote today on adding tolls to i-66. the plan would cost drivers up to $17 round trip and includes variable toll lanes inside the beltway. one local delegate says that vote should happen in northern virginia, where residents can be present instead of virginia beach. kristin wright following developments here. we'll have an update from her at 5:15. >>> vdot is considering a possible commuter lot for people who use i-66 outside the beltway. prince william county board of supervisors says it did not support that proposed location n

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