the live report continuing to follow that a horrible crime in fort wayne india at 39 year-old michael plumadore accused of killing 9 year old aliahna lemmon. babysitter police say beat to aliahna lemmon debt with a caught up body into small pieces officers popped body parts throughout trailer michael plumadore has confessed to the crime. >> not the conclusion we hope for kept the the hope she was alive people need to hug their children one mother and father did not have a child and you need to appreciate what you have prosecutors and fort wayne still preparing official chargers high school student from murder rolling meadows while visiting a family in mexico the bodies of two other men along with alexis marron burned truck of a cart near guadalajara live with more from mount prospect >> friends and a few relatives gathered tonight for a vigil on the 80 year-old alexis marron killed over the weekend in mexico horrific crime those who knew him keep asking the question why? >> what was it that way? there was no point for him to die like that that but a group of young people in mount prospect tonig

. >> they arrested michael plumadore on murder charges. she had -- he had been babysitting because the parents were out with the flu. he dismembered her with a hacksaw hiding some body parts in his trailer and other parts elsewhere. all over the holiday weekend the fbi joined the search. there were concerns about the mobile home park where she lived because it is home to 15 registered sex offenders. but mike palma door is not on that list. -- mike pulmadore is not on that list. he is being held without bail. >>> new developments for a search for missing toddler in maine. for the first time, authorities believed she was taken from her home rather than wandered off. she was reported missing by her father nearly two weeks ago. that is the largest award ever offered in maine to help find a missing person. and alqueda front group -- an al queda fund group is claiming the attacks from this week. more than one dozen bombings. it was the first major attacks since u.s. troops finished pulling out of iraq this month. now, to the growing wealth gap b

documents in centerville, iowa, show a mother filed a protective order against michael plumadore in november last year to keep him from her daughter. however, a judge dismissed the complaint because the case didn't meet the criteria for a protective order. plumadore is accused of beating the girl to death and then dismembering her body. >>> the annoited successor and youngest son of kim jong il has a new title. north korea announced him as the supreme commander of the military. the decision gives him official control of the armed forces, but indicates the consolidation of his power could be happening much faster than expected. kim jong un assumed control of the country after the death of his father on december 17th. >>> iran continues to showcase its mill tar power following a threat to close a critical shipping channel. the country test fired long range missiles as part of a ten-day naval exercise in the gulf. the missiles have the capability of reaching israel or u.s. bases in the mideast. the test comes days after iran threatening to close a strait in the persian gulf in the u.s. imposes

police say michael plumador accused of killing lemon. he beat her to death, stuffed her body in a freezer then dismembered her. >>> it is a fight to the finish in iowa. republican candidates are criss crossing the state looking for votes. >> reporter: a surging rick santorum drew cameras in this restaurant in iowa. >> i'm a little surprised with the scale of the turn out. let me apologize to everybody here. >> reporter: the former senator is chasing gop front runner mitt romney. he rallied crowds friday with cheer leading from new jersey governor chris kristi. >> when romney is president of the state, there's not going to be any on the job training. >> i'm the only one that has real cuts. >> reporter: the gop field is tied and crowded and almost half of voters here are undecided. leaving time for candidates to make a last impression. newt gingrich showed a softer side friday. gearing up talking about his late mother. >> dealing with you know, the real problems of real people in my family. >> reporter: his supporters will roll out a new w

michael plumadore is accused of killing and then dismembering the girl. in new york city 14 muslim leaders are boycotting the inner-faith breakfast. held by mayor michael bloomberg. they're upset over reports about the new york city police department using informant to follow activities of islam. >>> happy birthday to matt lauer. he turns 54 years old today. all day long you can stay on top of the very latest developments in those stories and others as they break on msnbc. and tonight be sure to watch brian williams with "nbc nightly news." >>> here's a look at what's coming up later this morning on the "today" show. a florida marine shares his tale of survival after dodging bullets in a hometown robbery. tv host juliana rancic and her husband update her progress on the fight against breast cancer. keep it on this channel for continuing local news, weather sports and more. i'm lynn berry. thanks for watching "early today," just your first stop of the day today on your nbc station. have a good one.

authorities say 39 year-old neighbor michael plumadore beat her to death and then dismembered her the girl's grandmother says he was a close family friend would been watching the children. >> authorities in maine are offering a record of $30,000 reward for information leading them to the missing toddler. 20 months year-old old reynolds was last seen more than a week ago. police say they are now confident that someone took her from her home. >> a seven year-old indiana boy who was shot in the head on christmas morning is still listed in critical condition and police say the search continues for the shooter. police sent their investigation has generated few leads in the case. >> to police officers were injured in a vehicle accident that stemmed from an early morning shooting. chicago police say officers fired shots at a suspect who they say shy 19 year-old man had a gas station. the gunmen jumped into a vehicle and drove away with two other men moments later they collide with a police vehicle. two people were killed overnight in a head-on collision on the city's southeast side. it happe

held without bond at charged with murdering the little girl he was babysitting. 29 year-old michael plumadoreto hitting the nine year-old with a brick repeatedly and then dismembering her body. prosecutors say he put the girl's body in garbage bags and other body parts were found in his freezer. authorities are still trying to determine why he killed her. >> this 19 year-old was playing basketball when he suddenly collapsed. he was rushed to hospital where he was pronounced dead. a autopsy will be conducted today. >> the town of cicero will pay half million dollar settlement to a former employee who claims she was fired unfairly. sharon lost her job as director of the animal shelter in 2009. this came four months after she public publicly accused the time president dominick of sexually harassing her. town officials claim she was fired for irregularities in management as part of the settlement she has agreed to drop the harassment charge. >> a judge in iowa has ordered a service dog to be returned to a retired chicago police officer. sak suffered a stroke in 2008 that left him disabled. he had

according to police, 39-year- old michael plumador says he kill the girl and chopped her up and put here freezer. he was considered a trusted family, friends for years and was watching alayna and her sister because the mother was sick with the flu. >>> police in marysville say a single driver imagined to take out a line of telephone poles this morning on highway 70 this morning. police say a suspected drunk driver hit a pole and kept driving ripping down 6 more poles. he was reported to be weaving in and out of traffic before the crash. >> the witness did say that they were weaving prior to the collision. it's possible that alcohol was involved. we don't know. it will all be investigated and hopefully we can find this red pickup truck. >> there were no reports of injuries. the crash shut down the highway for four hours this morning. >>> well, christmas is over and that tree is probably looking a little droopy, a little dry. so might be time to move it on out. if you are planning to dump your tree along the curb today or anytime this week, you have to wait at least a week. gil diaz has s

the suspect, a 39-year-old michael plumadore has been ordered held without bond. >>> investigators inhe fire that killed five family members was in fact the result of a tragic accident. embers from the fireplace and lack of working smoke detectors led to the tragedy. abc's linsey davis reports now from stamford. >> reporter: investigators say it was the ember of the christmas eve yule log which started what fire fighters are calling the most horrific fire in recent memory and it's left an entire town in mourning for three little girls and their grandparents. >> after 37 1/2 years, 38 years on the job, you are never prepared for anything like this. >> reporter: the only two survivors -- madonna badger, a former ad executive, and her friend michael borsina. badger says they were wrapping gifts by the fireplace until some time after 3:00 in the morning when borsina collected embers put them in a bag and in a trash enclosure. a spark apparently reached the home which fire officials say didn't seem to have working smoke detectors. like one third of american homes. they say the fire may hav

investigators say michael plumadore confessed to the murder of aliana lemon after he was arrested monday night. police say he beat the girl to death with a brick in his ft. wayne home before dismembering her and putting her body in trash dabags. he had been watching lemon and her two younger sisters because her mother had been sick. >>> fireplace embers left in a bag in an entryway near the trash started a christmas morning fire that killed a mother and her three children. the girls panicked and ran back upstairs. firefighters desperately tried to find them as well, but the intense heat and flames forced them out. firefighters found the grandfather and one of the girls dead near an open third floor window. >> he obviously found one of the young children because he guided her to the window that he went through. when he stepped through that window, his life ended. >> the house was under renovation, and investigators say no one should have been living inside. >>> hate getting those annoying automated messages on your phone at home? brace yourself. those robocalls could soon be coming to you

michael plumadore admits he killed aliahna lemmon last thursday. he allegedly told police he beat the child to death and hit her body in trash bags and the freezer. their mother had been sick with the flu. >>> a suspect accused of shooting and paralyzing a u.s. soldier has turned himself into police. the 19-year-old surrendered to authorities yesterday. he shot christopher sullivan at a party in sullivans honor on friday. sullivan stepped in to stop a fight. the afghanistan veteran remains on life-support. >>> the ntsb is investigating a deadly crash from a helicopter from the mayo clinic. a surgeon, a medical technician, and pilot per all killed. they were picking up transplanted organs at the university of florida. >>> nine people had been arrested after a series of fights at the mall of america. 50 teenagers work caught in the food court yesterday. police say there were earlier reports of gunfire and video shows several officers responding with their guns drawn. police tried pushing shoppers out of the mall during the chaos. >>> time now for a c

police say 39-year-old michael plumadore admits he killed the child while he was taking care of her.und the body parts in his trailer yesterday. 3 janice cook: parents need to hug their children tonight because there's one mother and father who don't have their child...and we need to apppeciate what you have. plumadore is being held without bail, police haven't said why he killed the little girl. two irls are alive tonight because one neighbor put his own life on the line. the girls were playing on this frozee kansas pond when phey fell through the ice. bud brown saw it happen through his kitchen window. he instantly ran out and dove into the freezing waters. he got both girls back on solid ground and then into his house to warm up. they were all taken to the hospital and are all going to be just fine. with christmas over, all eyes turn to the first- in- the- nation caucus just a week away in iowa.emily schmidt shows you the last minute sprint the candidates are making with this first crucial 2012 test. testt the road to the white house begins with highways criss- crossing iowa.we've

documents in centerville, iowa, show a mother filed a protective order against michael plumadore, the you just saw on your screen in november last year to keep him from her 13-year-old daughter. however, a judge dismissed the complaint because the case didn't meet the criteria for a protective order. plumadore is accused of beating the girl to death and then dismembering her body. >>> the anoiting sus sesz sor and youngest son of kim jong il has a new responsibility. he's been announced as spleem commander of the country's military. the announcement comes two days after the official mourning for the late leader ended. the decision not only gives him official control of the armed forces, but indicates the consolidation of his power could be happening much faster than expected. kim jong un assumed control of the country after the death of his father on december 17th. it is 9:36. thanks for joining us. newt gingrich breaks down. an attorney from reston has filed a lawsuit to get newt gingrich on the ballot in virginia. he contends some of the signatures were improperly exclude. mosley sa

after three separate introduce, the police arrested 39-year-old michael plumadore of fort wayne chargedh her murder. according to the reports, she was last seen at his home in the north way trailer park. >> and i can tell you she was reported missing on the 23rd at 8:40 p.m. in the -- and the crime occurred before that. >> and plumadore is aen from of the family and the sisters were staying there for a week while the mother recovered from illness. at a candlelight vigile held monday night, the step grandfather said plumadore took care of her biological grandfather and wouldn't do a thing. >> i don't believe he would be capable of hurting a he would or animal. he's not that kind of individual. >> reporter: according to the criminal records, plumadore was charged with felony formery in 2007 and felony auto theft later dropped. the sheriff said that he has a will have record in florida. the police and the fbi say they don't know what motivated him to kill little aliayana and wouldn't get into the specifics of how she was murdered. for now, the investigation continues and he is due in court

today 39-year-old michael plumadore admitted to killing alanna lemmon on december 22nd and stuffed her body in trash bags and hid her in the freezer. he is ordered without bail. the younger girl and two others sisters were staying with plumadore because their mother was sick with the flu. >>> a marine who died in afghanistan last month was laid to rest in arlington cemetery. vincent bell died when an improvised explosive went off near his patrol. he joined the marines in 2001 and was serving his fifth deployment. >>> the aircraft carrier "uss carl vinson" arrived at the port of call today. the sailors were anticipating some shore leave. the nuclear powered super carrier may be best known for burying osama bin laden at sea. >>> a popular singer gets down on one knee while an actress enters splitsville. ♪ >>> also ahead, van halen launches a reunion tour. >> one of your enemies could sink your credit. >>> plus a man who found ten grand at the airport and tracked down the owner is from the washington area. we caught up with him too and had him explain his good deed. ♪ >>> van halen fans w

michael plumadore who was babysitting the girl has been charged with the murder of the girl. she disappeared two days before christmas she was found dead on monday. police now have the dumpster where her body was found. they have linked him to the killing of the girl. the girl and their sisters had been staying with him he was a neighbor said he was watching them while their mother was recovering from the flu. his confession does not mention a motive. >> mark: we will be back in a few minutes as the kron4 morning news continues here is a live look at the bay bridge for the traffic is very light this morning. >> mark: police are looking curtin and then run into - 9 record with. but having the ability to keep hi conditions where the bay area for the most part. northern california if it's clear in saying some rainfall right now. right now looks like you're just dealing with some of the clouds. in your extended forecast you will see that we are sitting in the '60s for the most part. the first potential for some what weather in the bay area is friday morning stretching into the af

investigators say michael plumadore confessed to the murder of aliyana lemon. he beat the girl to death with a brick in his trailer home before dismembering her body and stuffing her into a trash bag. he had been watching lemon and her two younger sisters because her mother was ill. >>> fireplace embers left in an entryway are likely to blame for a christmas day fire in connecticut that left a family dead. the girl's mother and a family friend made it out of the burning home and tried to rescue the kids. investigators say the girls panicked and ran back upstairs. firefighters desperately tried to find them as well, but intense heat and flames forced them out. firefighters found the grandfather and one of the girls dead near an open third floor window. >> he obviously found one of the young children because he guided her through the window that he went through. when he stepped through that window, his life ended. >> the house was under renovation, and investigators say no one should have been living inside. >>> avoiding those annoying automated messages on your

watch her, because her mother was sick, has confessed to murdering the young girl. 39-year-old michael plumadorn court today and according to court documents his confession about how he killed her is chilling. joining us on the phone is drew blare. what can you tell us about this confession? >> oh, ali, this was the most devastating confession that could have happened out of this whole story. after three interviews with the allen county sheriff's department, michael admitted to killing aliana lemon by striking her over the head many times with a brick. this happened outside of his home, and then from there the gruesome details just unfolded for what he ended up doing with her body. >> and it is very gruesome to have to listen to, but he admits to dismembering her body. >> that's correct. this again happened in stages. at first he took the little girl's body, put it in plastic trash bags, put her in the freezer of his home. many hours later he then dismembered her with a hacksaw into several small pieces. many of those -- many of the pieces of the body ended up in a dumpster in a nearby business

watch her, because her mother was sick, has confessed to murdering the young girl. 39-year-old michael plumadort today and according to court documents his confession about how he killed her is chilling. joining us on the phone is drew blare. what can you tell us about this confession? >> oh, ali, this was the most devastating confession that could have happened out of this whole story. after three interviews with the allen county sheriff's department, michael admitted to killing aliana lemon by striking her over the head many times with a brick. this happened outside of his home, and then from there the gruesome details just unfolded for what he ended up doing with her body. >> and it is very gruesome to have to listen to, but he admits to dismembering her body. >> that's correct. this again happened in stages. at first he took the little girl's body, put it in plastic trash bags, put her in the freezer of his home. many hours later he then dismembered her with a hacksaw into several small pieces. many of those -- many of the pieces of the body ended up in a dumpster in a nearby business. othe

her mother was there as a crowd made a memorial of teddy bears. 40-year-old michael plumadore said heommunity had been searching for the little girl since she went missing on from. >> how can you sit in that trailer knowing what you did and what is in your household when serve out here walking and calling her name, praying to god that she comes home alive and you're sitting there knowing everything. >> neighbors say the trailer park where lemon lived has multiple sex offenders. >>> overnight, stormy weather in the northeast. powerful winds tore a roof off a hangar in rhode island, new york, there. 60-mile-an-hour winds were recorded. >>> it ripped down a canvas in times square. >>> heavy rain to the philadelphia area yesterday. today, the storm has moved north. >>> ankle angkl elvis, the croc in australia, is angry. he is 16 feet long. that is not him. he weighs more than a thousand tons. he lives in a reptile park near sydney. yesterday he took exception to a lawn mower and suddenly snatched it. come on, elvis. there he is. show yourself. >> took me into the drink with him. it happen

her mother was there as a crowd made a memorial of teddy bears. 40-year-old michael plumadore said heching for the little girl since she went missing on from. >> how can you sit in that trailer knowing what you did and what is in your household when serve out here walking and calling her name praying to god that she comes home alive and you're sitting there knowing everything. >> neighbors say the trailer park where lemon lived has multiple sex offenders. >>> overnight, stormy weather in the northeast. powerful winds tore a roof off a hangar in rhode island new york there. 60-mile-an-hour winds were recorded. >>> it ripped down a canvas in >>> if you're thinking about planning that next trip there are the usual destinations hawaii, the caribbean, vegas. but if you're in the market for a little something different, maybe a place the neighbors haven't already been we have the men to help you with that. "travel" editor peter greenberg is here with great tips for 2012. these are your travel hot spots for 2012. first one on the list is cuba. you can go to cuba now. a but but you can. >> no

we just learned moments ago, the man now charged with this murder, michael plumadore is in a court inllen county in indiana. it is misdemeanor court. we're told if the judge finds probable cause within 72 hours then plumadore will appear in felony court for his arraignment. as for the point you make what is astounding to many people that the trailer park where this little girl lived had as many as 15 registered sex offenders. one of the residents who lived there told a reporter, it is scary, i don't know how a parent could leave a child alone. plumadore had been taking care of aliahana because her mother was sick and complicating things, this little girl was partially deaf, she was partially blind. she had attention deficit disorder as well as emotional problems. the local law enforcement brought in the fbi in for the search. they had hope up many almost to the very end that she would be found alive. gregg: david, what do which know about the man charged? >> the conclusion we hope that we would find her alive but knowing in the back of our mind as time went on it would be more and mor

the man accused of aliahna's murder, 39-year-old michael plumadore was in court this morning for an initial appearance. he will be back in court within 72 hours. he is being held without bond. the police had an affidavit and it said that plumadore admitted to killing 9-year-old aliahna, beating her to death with a brick, stuffing her in trash bags. he hid her in the freezer in his trailer where he lived. he then chopped up her body with a hacksaw and this is where the story becomes particularly gruesome. according to the affidavit he hid parts of her body, head and feet in a freezer in his home. other remains were hidden nearby. the allen county sheriff's department talked last night with reporters shortly after plumadore was taken into does it did i. >> this is the individual she was living with last week. she was friends of the family. many different interviews. i can't say much more now but i can tell you it was third interview detectives and the fbi did an excellent job talking to him and getting him to work with them and bring us to the conclusion we've come to. >> reporter: aliahna's

michael plumadore, reporting confessing and brutally beating and killing the girl and dismembering her body. a judge holding her without bond. >>> a 35-year-old arizona woman under arrest accused of running over her estranged husband with her jeep because he was cheating on her. he only suffered minor injuries. >>> a 12-year-old boy called police when three burglars broke into his home. he stayed in a closet and and talked with 911 dispatchers until police arrived. the suspects were arrested. jon: there is still come good news for both homeowners and even renters. last minute financial moves you can make in 2011 that will lessen the sting a little bit. joining us live, fox business network's charles payne. just a few days left in this year to do last minute tax planning. >> absolutely. one of my favorites for homeowners, take the january mortgage payment to include it now. include the interest and deduction with your 2011 taxes. that is good way. you will pay in a couple weeks anyway. pay it now. jon: if you've got the money. >> if you've got the money. most of these will be contingent

her neighbor now accused of murder. 39-year-old michael plumadore appears in court charged with the murderittle girl. a close family friend baby sit eigg her and her two sisters while her mother recovered from the flu. >>> police in detroit uncover new details in the disturbing case of four dead bodies found stuffed in abandoned cars. three of the victims are now linked to ads for adult dating services posted on backpage.com. all of the victims black women in their 20s. two found christmas day inside a burning car. the other two discovered less than a week before in a car outside a vacant home. >>> and saints quarterback drew brees now owns the nfl record for most passing yards in a season. he passed dan marino last night on monday night football and new orleans clobbered the atlanta falcons 45-16. brees now has 5,087 passing yards on the year and there's still one more game to go. >> coming up, the mother of a missing toddler is speaking out. >> is she okay? is she laying somewhere dead? is she safe? is she cold? is she being fed? is someone watching her? >> we're learning new details abo

michael plumador said he killed aliahna lemmon with a brick and then dismembered her.e than a dozen convicted sex offenders including the girl's own grandfather. >>> a lawsuit brought by the parents of phoebe prince has been settled for $225,000. she took her life after bullying in massachusetts. on tuesday civil rights activists forced the details of the year-old settlement to be released. >>> juliana rancik isn't letting her battle with breast cancer slow her down. she was back at the news desk two weeks after undergoing a successful double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery. we'll talk to juliana live on friday. >>> a quick roundup of what has you talking online. an online privacy advocacy group is warning social media users what might be the wrong things to say. a watchdog says homeland security trolls facebook and twitter for terms including "collapse, infection and outbreak." if you use the words the dhs might monitor online activity and share its information with governments and law enforcement so be careful what you tweet. >>> sinead o'connor ended her 16-da

michael child whhle he was taking care of her. police found the body parts in his trailer yesterday. plumadores being held without bail, police haven't said why he killed the little girl. 3 fights were breaking out everywhere yesterday at the "mall of america" in minnesota. the dramatic scenn was all caught on camera. one shopper posted this video of someone even hurling a chair.police came in... guns drawn.. to some people areerunning, some are staying, people ae confronting each other in the middle of walking...nobody was even around, they were just going at it. //butt to//all of a sudden, stores stared closing down, gates were going up, we didn't know what's going on on at least 10 fights were reported... 9 people were arrested. 3 and a happy ending for a texas family that was buried in a huge snow drift on a trip to new mexico. the family had food...and water..but they were entombed in an suv..and unable to dig out..they were able to make some cell phone contact..and tell rescuers an their approximate location...but finding them was difficultas the one night..turned to two...the situation