they now offer placenta encapsulation. first, the new mom brings the placenta home from the hospital in a cooler. then the doulas go to work in the client's kitchen for a 3 29:12 to 29:25through encapsulation what we do is we take your placenta from the organ that you deliver following your child's birth. we steam it; we dehydrate it; we grind it into capsules so they just look like a vitamin you would find in a store. client: 39:50 to 39:55once i started taking them, the main thing i noticed was more energy. there is no good medical data to support that. still, some new moms say consuming their placentas also helped their mental health. the condition it may help alleviate tonight at 5 in health alert. 3 3 3 3 starbucks is working to what they are chaning in order to make lines a little 3 3 3 it's 5:xx. let's take a look at business headlines. stocks rally at the start of the week on wall street. the dow was up 228 points yesterday ending at 16-thousand 620. the nasdaq was up 66 points to end the day at 45-70. 3 3 a favori

the mother brings the placenta cooler. >> through encapsulation, we take your placenta from the organ you deliver, we steam it, we dehydrate, we grind it into capsules so they look like a vitamin you would find at a store. >> once i started taking them, the main thing i noticed was more energy. >> some new moms say consuming placentas helps their mental health. tonight we'll talk live with buncombe officials about the others from the zika virus. >> coming up, a stand off apple. the protest taking place across the nation over phone privacy. >> some locations have picked up an inch of rain, including in culloway and spartanburg as well. 44 and cloudy. coming up we'll talk about how much rain will fall and how much st >> welcome back. good afternoon, a lot of weather to the talk about. chance of heavy rain, severe storms and snow. stick with me here. earlier this morning. continuing to see light rainfall across the region. it will turn intense tonight into tomorrow. we have a chance for thunderstorms today. likely these won't turn severe. tomorrow the greater chance for severe storms. th

women can eat their nutrient rich afterbirth. >> we take the placenta following your child's birth. we dehydrate it and put it in to capsules. >> reporter: a typical placenta yields between 75 and 200 capsules. >> once i started taking them, the main thing that i noticed was more energy. >> reporter: mary beth hughy has no regrets. and an increasing number of women report greater milk supply. >> even if it grosses you out, you don't taste it. >> it's a very popular service. and there are a lot of encapsulateors in the area. mothers are inquiring. >> doula of asheville charges $300. >>> news 13 is hosting the live well expo coming up next month. >> darcel: it's march 19th at the western north carolina ag center. free health screenings, cooking demonstrations and entertainment. >> tammy: admission is free and you can get more details at wlos.com. if you're happy and you know it >> tammy: now those are some happy faces. program that a. >> darcel: most of us know children learn best when they're acting. >> tammy: in my never stop learning, we visit a library. nothing gets me down becaus

. >> holly: christine robinson and her sister are co-owner of doulas of asheville, they offer placenta encaptionlation. cooler and then the doulas go to work in the client's kitchen for a couple days. >> through encapsulation, what we do is take your placenta from the organ you deliver following your child's birth. we have seen it and dee hydrate, we grind it into capsules so they look like a vitamin you would find at a store. >> once i started taking them, the main thing that i noticed was more energy. >> jay: right now there is no good medical data to support that. still, some new moms say consuming the pla sens also helped mental health, the condition it may help alleviate tonight at 5:00 in my health alert. >> >> holly: it's interesting. >> jay: it's bizarre to a lot of people but once you get past the yes, i can yike factor, it can help. >> holly: it's more common than you would think. >> all we want to do is come up to achoaf, to prevent other familiesfamily the communities from going through this. this. >> holly: a plea from a mother who lost her son. in the sandyhook >> jay: we

the afterbirth and placenta that you mentioned were found over the wall in the next apartment complex over. we talked to residents who live there today. they tell me they are angry about this and they want baby willow found. >> i took -- i took it -- i took her to the police station. >> the man shouting at neighbors across the gate is johnny brian. he says he's the father of the newborn baby now missing after his girlfriend behave birth. >> he says when he got home yesterday, his place was a mess. >> the bathroom was covered with nothing but blood. >> he says his girlfriend claims she miss carried. after a neighbor found afterbirth in the parking lot and police showed up at the door, bryan says his story changed. >> what you mean she had the baby in the house? the baby in the house and wrapped the baby up and left the baby at a doorstep over here. >> the baby is still nowhere to be found. >> i'm wondering where the baby is at. she said she can't remember. i said you better remember something because you're going to jail. >> all right. we're just hearing since we started airing our sto

it was closest to the parking lot where the placenta was found. there was no more evidence, no baby willow. in the arrest report, we can tell you that susan richardson said she had a miscarriage, but at one point she had changed her story. wednesday once again trying to find a newborn baby girl. opd' s emergency response team were all over the area in the willow bend apartment complex to coastline drive a little futher west. this is the second search since monday after 30-year-old susan richardson gave birth. no one can find her baby. richardson faces charges of child neglect and child desertion. wesh 2 news uncovered details of a sworn audiotaped interview that detectives did with richardson yesterday. they asked her, "did she know anything about the placenta found in the parking lot at willow bend apartments?" she claimed to know nothing about it. but when detectives pointed out they would be comparing her dna to the blood found at the scene police say, she quickly recanted and admitted the placenta was from her. the arrest report says richardso

they asked her, "did she know anything about the placenta found in the parking lot at willow bend apartments?" she claimed to know nothing about it. but when detectives pointed out they would be comparing her dna to the blood found at the scene police say, she quickly recanted and admitted the placenta was from her. the arrest report says richardson admitted to police that she had been pregnant since june of 2015, and she gave birth to a baby girl. she said the baby was alive and seemingly healthy post birth. richardson said she did not want the baby and decided to leave it on the front door step of a random resident in willow bend she told police she knocked on the front door and left. she added she was "not sure if anybody was home, did not wait to find out." >> if the baby was dropped off, please come forward. our biggest concern is baby willow is safe. gail: the report also says susan richardson was asked multiple times to help them find her newborn baby. detectives say she repeatedly said, "i don' t remember." that' s why every man hole cover, dumpster, and garbage can are being checked

. >> reporter: zika virus was found in the placenta, but there is no way to know if it caused the miscarriage. today, the c.d.c. said nine pregnant women, all u.s. travelers to zika-affected areas, tested positive for the virus. the c.d.c. is investigating the link between zika and newborns with microcephaly, an unusually six women had zika infection during the first trimester. one delivered a baby with microcephaly, two miscarried, and two had elective terminations. one pregnancy is continuing. of three women who had zika after the first trimester, two had healthy babies and one is still pregnant. the c.d.c. says there is no evidence that past zika infection poses a risk for future pregnancies. >> we no longer have the fear of what the zika virus is going to do to our baby, so my thoughts and my heart goes out to all the women who don't know right now. >> reporter: the c.d.c. continues to advise pregnant women to postpone travel to zika-affected areas. in addition, because of reports of sexual transmission, any male partner who has traveled to one of those areas should use a latex condom whe

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the whole thing started when someone spotted a placenta in an apartment parking lot. >> she said she just had a baby in the backyard and just left it. she could have called for help, or 911, someone would have helped. was born alive but at this point they don't know if the child is still living. susan richardson is now charged with aggravated child neglect. >> happening now, to communities cleaning up to distraction. and we are getting a new look tonight at the storms as they move through. on your left, but -- camera capturing the twister as it moved on the ground. on the right, an apartment complex security camera. rescue crews are going door to door in both communities making sure people are okay. >> i've been through one but it wasn't as bad as this. >> are you okay? >> i'm fine. >> thankfully, there were no from either storm. 57,000 people over the past are seeing this video right here on our abc news facebook page. anthony sure rocky recording as the debris flew and the funnel cloud moved closer. you can go online and chilies couple charities credible images with your friends. t

a placenta was found in the will that parking lot outside the lot. richardson has mental health issues. when her boyfriend came home monday, there was blood everywhere. >> she is to be at the store begging for money. everyone knew she was mentally ill. it should not have gone this far. reporter: the divers wrapped up upon searched about 10 minutes before 2:00. it is now up to the public to help them out. in orange county, gail meredith: susan richardson is in jail. jim: a violent clash outside orange blossom trail. it happened as three drivers were waiting for the light to turn green. witnesses say and acura did not slow down and crashed into all three vehicles. brent adams was killed at the scene and drivers took off. >> officers got here and i let them know that he had been down at the americana. troopers say 33-year-old valentin oswaldo sis sis was slumped over the wheel and appeared drunk. they took a blood sample and arrested him for leaving the sign of a crash. troopers say he does not have a drivers license. raping a woman he -- the 38-year-ol

investigators determined the placenta was from a pregnant woman who was newly furred -- full term but the newborn baby girl police call baby willow was nowhere to be found. they found blood outside susan richardson told him she gave birth to a live baby girl and placed her on the front step of a random apartment, knocked in two. crime scene, homicide investigators worked through the night along with the search and rescue team but found no sign of the baby. tuesday morning the police reached out to the community in question two issues and more. that night they arrested her on child neglect charges saying she showed no interest in the well-being of her child just after 9:00 wednesday morning to board and yawned as the judge set bond at $50,000. hours later, police lost another daylong search and holdaway dumpsters from the willow bend apartments but still have no answers as to what happened to baby willow. >>> -- >> reporter: researched the sewers but it does not seem like they found anything. we reaching out -- we are reaching out asking questions about that in what is the latest on he

. >> officers responded for a placenta found in the parking lot. we didn' t know if this was a miscarriage. we did not know. gail: johnny brown says he had taken their daughter to the doctor yesterday, and then he came home to their house which is next to willow bend. office and blood was everywhere. she didn' t tell me nothing. she had a baby or nothing. i didn' t know nothing about it, until the detective told me she had the baby. gail: he said detectives followed the blood trail to their address. >> detectives tell me she told them that she had the baby in the house and she took the baby and dropped it off in willow bend. gail: police have searched every dumpster. >> we don' t know where baby willow is. there is a time frame we can' t account for and we need the public assistance. gail: police are not releasing mother' s identity, only to say she' s a black female, about 31, 5'4" and slim build. they want to know if you saw the mother at the apartment complex between 10:00 am and 12:15 pm in hopes of finding baby willow. >> i' m going to tell yo

a placenta and afterbirth was found in the willow bend' s parking lot not far from richardson' s home. the medical examiner says it appeared to be a later term human placenta. >> it might look like a full term baby but when i last seen her she didn' t look full term. that was a couple weeks ago. gail: a friend of susan richardson' s who didn' t want to appear on camera says susan panhandled at nearby 7-eleven. >> she' s not a bad person, she probably has the mentality of her 7-year-old daughter, imagine a little child having a baby and not knowing what to do with it. gail: susan richardson is in jail charged with aggravated child neglect and child desertion. after a hourlong break divers went back in the water, including this with a one headset and possibly camera equipment to of look of what' surface. i have tried to get in contact with the orlando police office, but i have not heard anything area will they be doing a search, we don' t know either. i am gail paschall-brown, live in orlando for wesh 2 news. summer: today an orange county judge ruled a local man, who tried to withdraw

a miscarriage and claimed he left the child on a doorstep at the same apartment complex where a placenta was found. >> i hope they can find her alive. she deserves chance.e. she deserves to live. >> richardson remains locked up in child. her friends say she struggles police have been searching manhole covers, dumpsters and garbage cans since monday. >>> the final call made by the do you meaned el faro ship was heard. he said the clock is ticking as the cargo shihi took on water. the call was transferred to company safety officials who said davidson assured his crew was safe. also, testimony from the hearing shows an assessments of the ship's boilers found parts that deteruas severely. they say it was normal wear and tear and the ship was still safe enough to set sail. all 33 crew members aboard died. >>> in this week's address president obama discussed his upcoming cuba trip. it will advance the progress we made since announcing thehe problem of cuba relations more >> my vit will be anan opportunity to keep moving forward. i'll meet with president castro to discuss how we can continue no

a spokesperson for the c-d-c confirms - the virus was found in the placentas. miscarriages have already been reported in brazil - considered the epicenter of zika virus outbreak. the nation's top health officials - on capitol hill for a second day. yesterday it was the house. today -- a senate committee -- asking the tough questions about the threat of the zika virus. experts testifying about for emergency funding to help fight zika. some in washington say the additional one point 8 billion dollars isn't needed -- because there's already a surplus of money from the fight against ebola. 1-13 (sen. jerry moran/(r) kansas) "is there any opportunity for those funds to be used in fighting other outbreaks." (tom frieden, m.d./director, centers for disease control and prevention) "the bottom line with the ebola supplemental funds that were provided to cdc is that they are all planned for and committed. frieden went on to warn: if we don't use the money the way it was intended -- it could have an impact on our ability to continue to fight ebola -- which he says is not

the police found the placenta and after birth in the parking lot. we are out here looking at members of the dive team. they are checking to see what they can find here. they' ve got that net in their hands. we' re not sure what' s in there. they' ve been throwing out a lot of trash. information as it relates to baby willow or more evidence. we tried to find out what they have found. so far, they tell me nothing. jason: sheriff' s deputies continue their search for more remains after a partial skeleton was found in a wooded area west of daytona beach. they found more remains since the original discovery between indian lake. they resumed searching at 7:30 a.m. they do not know if the remains belonged to a man or woman. michelle: a man accused of murdering his wife and children are dropping his demand for a speedy trial. they were in court this morning. before the judge could hear the motion for a speedy trial, the attorneys withdrew it. prosecutors are asking for the penalty cannot be applied in florida after the supreme court ruled they have to come

the virus is being found in the placenta. something that is concerning to health officials. >>> tonight poke superintendent kathryn leroy looking for a new the school board accepting her resignation called to discuss her future. under fire since superintendent greg rivers accused her of harassment from which she was cleared. >>> people in the community supporting her including her secretary. >>> regardless of what tonight's outcome might be. it is a privilege to say that i leroy. executive assistant thank you. >>> asking for $230,000 to walk away from the job. that includes 30,000 in legal fees. >>> in polk county. three suspects in a triple murder behind bars. a u.s. marshal's task force arresting jamal smith in miami. two others are accused of helping him kill three people in lakeland on january 6th. >>> a traffic stop kills two people and the pair facing charges for id theft. the florida highway patrol pulled over two people north of fletcher for violating the moveover law. so the trooper searched the car finding 638 piece

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monday police were called out to the apartment complex and found evidence of childbirth, including placenta and blood, but no baby. now, investigators are extending the search every more -- even more. >> she walks through here every day. >> reporter: lewis is saying that richardson would walk behind the apartment on her way to 7-eleven. they have not been able to follow up on richardson's claim. so neighbors are hoping that >> they ought to be checking all of that and find the baby. >> reporter: and richardson could walkout of jail every time once she posts her $50,000 bond. we will let you know if that happens. in the meantime, in the next half hour more people know susan richard them. reporting live, janai norman, action 9 news this morning. >>> the south carolina republican primary is tomorrow. three more gop presidential candidates were at a town hall. donald trump, jeb bush, and john kasich were taking questions from voters. this discussed issues including healthcare and immigration. some of them turned to pope francis i on comments he made about trump. he called him not kristin if >>

detectives spent much of yesterday looking through the pond, not far from where they found the placenta at the willow bend apartments in orlando. divers pulled out plenty of weeds, garbage, and other vegetation, but found no sign of the girl. police say, susan richardson gave birth to the baby girl sometime on monday, but has not told detectives what happened to the infant. investigators say, they have found more human remains in the woods off u.s. 92 and red john road, west of daytona beach. the discovery was made yesterday. this comes after a surveyor found part of a skeleton on thursday. the search is on hold until next week, because deputies need all the thick brush. happening today. a local group will gather in front of orlando city hall in support of a new york police officer, convicted of shooting an unarmed man. it' s part of a peaceful nationwide protest by the asian , pacific islander american public affairs association. they claim, officer peter liang was not properly trained for his patrol in 2014. liang was patrolling a stairwell, when, he says, he unintentionally fired his

detectives found a placenta and afterbirth in the parking lot. they searched the area and every dumpster. you' >> no i' m not the father, i don' t know if i' m the father of this baby. >> he says they do have 3 children together. we don' t know where baby willow >>we don' t know where baby willow is. there is a time frame we can' t account for and we need the public' s assistance. >> police say the mother is susan richardson. she has been charged with aggravated child neglect and is currently being tranferred to the booking facility at the orange county jail. >> i think that is very sad to hear, what happened to the little girl. i live over here so this is like close to home. >> did she tell you the child was alive when it was born that -- >> i don' t know. >> johnny brown says that his girlfriend of 12 years does have some challenges. susan richardson has been charged with aggravated child neglect. if you happen to see her between 10:00 a.m. to 12 a 7:00 p.m., call crime line or call them. jim: such a sad case. if you know anything, call the cri

they also uses jewelry using the placenta. >>> he considers it his true purpose in life. this got 18 million people on facebook to watch. he has restored 400 gravesites >> ashley glass shines a light on the man who brightened the lives of so many others. >> reporter: he doesn't do it for the recognition. >> it's just very humbling. >> reporter: or the attention that he has gotten from all over the world. >> and this has become this phenomena. >> reporter: andrew devotes his one day off work to help veterans long gone, restoring their graves by hand. >> it's really more for the families and the conflicts that they may have been in. the strife that went through their minds while their loved ones were away, fighting on behalf of the united states. >> reporter: our news team so moved by andrew and his work that we chose him from a year's worth of stories on everyday heroes. >> you restore my hope in humanity. >> thank you. >> reporter: . you is you have won the be more positive award. and there are a lot of people who are here today that want to congratulate you. >> wow. i ca

news 13, we continue our modern pregnancy reports, more women are consuming their placentas. what the process involves and why some women say they do it. >> a car burst into flames on a bridge and it is all caught on camera. the concern for that model even though there is no recall. >> the wind is calm and the temperatures are mrield, closer to the 60 degree mark in asheville. a lot of rain heading our way. i'll talk about the timeline and some mild temperatures this week coming up after the break. stay with us. we stop arthritis pain, so you don't have to stop. tylenol 8hr arthritis pain has two layers of pain relief. the first is fast. the second lasts all day. we give you your day back. what you do with it is up to you. tylenol . when your type 2 diabetes numbers aren't moving in the right direction, it can be a burden. imagine loving your numbers. discover once-daily invokana . with over 6 million prescriptions and counting, it's the #1 prescribed sglt2 inhibitor that works to lower a1c. invokana is used along with diet and exercise to significantly lower blood sugarin ad

the virus was found in the placenta but there is no way to know what caused her miscarriage. the cdc says it's confirmed 9 pregnant women with the zika virus in the us. all were infected while travelling to areas where the virus is circulating. of those cases, two women had healthy babies, two had miscarriages and two terminated their pregnancies. one child was born with severe microcephaly, a condition that leaves babies with abnormally small heads. the zika virus has been linked to thousands of cases of microcephaly in brazil. what we know of the 6 women who trimester , 2 had spontaneous miscarriages and at least 2 or 3 had infants who were severely affected by microcephaly. the cdc says doctors are continuing to monitor the two us pregnancies which so far appear to be without complications. earlier this week us health officials said they're investigating more than a dozen reports of sexually transmitted cases. this is more than we anticipated the cdc recommends men who recently traveled to zika-affected areas use condoms or abstain from sex if their partner is pregnant.. m

a placenta was found at the willow bend apartment complex. richardson remains in jail on child neglect charges. also today, hearings continue into the sinking of el faro , authorities trying to determine what caused the cargo ship to go under. over the weekend, family members heard the last calls from the captain as the ship sailed into october. all 33 crew members died, including two from central florida. >> based on the policies and procedures, i may have acted differently just being a layman and having feeling for those that were on board. but right now i think all of that is going to be revealed as we get deeper into the details. jason: some family members have filed a lawsuit against the ship' s owners. the coast guard will determine if misconduct or negligence caused the sinking. the hearings will take place throughout the week. in michigan, this uber driver police say went on a shooting rampage, killing six people. he will face a judge today. investigators in kalamazoo say jason dalton randomly shot people outside an apartment complex,

the medical examiner says, "it appeared to be a later term human placenta." a friend of susan richardson' s doubts that. how big was she? >> ok, imagine me real skinny with this right here. this is how big she was. it wasn' m getting ready to have a baby. no, it was like, maybe six months. gail: and that was about three weeks ago? >> yeah. gail: susan richardson is charged with aggravated child neglect and child desertion. orlando police detectives say, "richardson said she did not want the baby and decided to leave it on the front door step of a random residence in the willow bend apartments." the pond, the middle of it, below the surface and on a boat , but so far nothing. a friend says she' s not a bad person, susan richard just needs help. richardson and her boyfriend johnnie bryant have three children together. >> they give them to relatives. johnny has his daughter, all of them are his. johnny had the older daughter which he takes good care of. gail: investigators want to know with a newborn is as they continue to search for the baby girl. today marks d

. >> the placenta and then the breast milk. >>reporter: settling, even, it's therapeutic. >> a lot of the stories are empowering, the gift of life. >> they do call it liquid gold. stay with us. >> 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. >>> live from the news station, this is 7 news at 6:00. >>> wet weather, making a mess of things in our area, and creating dangerous situations for drivers. we have the latest, next. >> also, tonight, a warning for parents about dangerous apps you may never have heard of, some advice you will want to hear >>> well, lots of rain around the upstate and western north carolina, and some places, it created flash flooding, left areas under water. we have live team coverage for you tonight, 7 news reporter laura thomas is in henderson county. >> how much rain we experienced today, and what's coming next, christy. >> amy, we had over 2 inches of rain in asheville today, record rainfall for the day. and well over an inch and a half around gsp. you get the idea. most of it fell in the mountains and that's where

birth and then headed to the willow bend complex next store and officers started searching after a placenta and umbilical chord were found but there was no sign of the baby girl. >>> investigators called off the newborn. we talked to richardson's boyfriend johnny bryant and he says he was at a doctor's appointment on monday -- >> when i got to the house, i -- [ undiscernible ] >>. >> and they came and got it. >> reporter: officers say richardson lied to them about the newborn. >> obviously she said she had a misstress carriage and it wasn't until later that we did find out that she did give birth. >> she told them that she had a baby and that -- and i kept going in a room -- asking where is the baby and she said, i told you. >> reporter: richardson is charged with child neglect and desserting a baby. she had her eyes closed. according to investigators, she also beyond and looked bored as they questioned her. >> did you know that she's been arresting? >> i feel sorry, and i know she's got a lot of problems. >> reporter: he's not a suspect. richardson for 12 years and they have a seven-year-o

the placenta always tested positive. >> his sister is pregnant right now. so we're very concerned for her and her baby. >> mosquito control plans to in the next couple weeks to exchange ideas how to fight zika. we've got a section on our website to answer your questions about the virus. >>> covering bravard county, a woman won't be able to sleep in her home tonight because there's a car in her kitchen. around 1:00 am a driver lost control then slammed through the walls of her home. sophia says the same thing happened in december and there have been two other close calls. >> this is the second time that they've actually gotten into the house. there's been two incidents where they have also come through the hedgerow. and they made it up to my concrete slab. >> troopers say the driver claims another car cut her off, causing her to veer off the road. >>> the burmese python challenge comes to an end tomorrow. 102 have been caught since the hunt started last month. tens of thousands of pythons have been decimating native mammal populations in the everglades. this

the virus can cross through a pregnant woman's placenta. >> a mumps test came back negative. we told you the county was investigating a possible case of mumps a day after we learned of half a dozen possible cases. right now we know of two confirmed cases in mecklenberg county and iredell. >> this afternoon the first-alert weather team monitoring warm temperatures that will continue to rise through the weekend. >> meteorologist lyndsay tapases joins us. spring-like here in the carolinas. >> do you have the spring fever yet? i did walking into work today. imagine mid-60s this weekend it will be feeling warmer for us saturday and sunday. a live look over uptown right now. we are in the low 50s but with the full sunshine it feels 54 in charlotte. light breeze out of the northwest at 6-miles-per-hour. a beautiful thursday afternoon for us out there. 53 hickory. 51 in statesville. 50 in salisbury. 43 in boone. 53 monroe, rock hill 55. and 54 in lancaster. satellite-radar confirming what that towercam shot showing a clear sky. and the rest of the evening sundown will be a couple min

the virus was found in their placentas. these are the first two cases of zika-connected miscarriages reported in the u.s.. the mosquito-bourne virus has been tied to a rare condition called microcephaly where babies have abnormally small heads. researchers say some dementia rates are falling and the reason might provide hope. the boston university study found people at high risk for dementia who made an effort to improve their heart health also decreased their dementia risk. researchers say that also means some cases of dementia might be preventable or at least able to be delayed. ed: a new move from a new hampshire town banning e-cigarettes from some public places. dover' s city council has banned the tobacco alternative in all locations where tobacco products are banned. that includes parks, school grounds and athletic fields. heather: a multi million dollar market tonight. ed: the questions surrounding the sale of this pricey piece of real estate. a national chain takes a big interest in a local bakery. what the owner ho

reporter: investigators say richardson initially lied and said she didn't know anything about the placenta found in this parking lot but when told they were doing dna testing she admitted it was from her body. her boyfriend said he thinks that she must have just given the baby away to someone else but no one seems to know. jeff deal, channel 9, eyewitness news. >> now, that same boyfriend of baby willow's mother dropped another bomb shell today telling jeanine reyes that he and baby willows mother have given away children before. she continues our team coverage tonight. he described it as giving away a litter of kittens or puppies. you i've never heard a parent describe their children the way he did to me just a short time ago. he said they gave the boy away to one family member and the girl away to another. we do not know their names. now, he does have custody of the couple's 7-year-old child. they live here in this home. he told us and neighbors agree that he takes good care of that child. again, those two younger birth. >> do you see them? >> yeah. >> do you play a role? >> yeah, we see

no placenta or cord. took everything with him. looks like he got in and out through there. cleaned up before left. with those slimy antibacterial hand-wipes. he gets rid of the blood leaves out of that door... it's like nothing ever happened. but why take the baby? maybe that was the reason for the attack. he didn't want the woman dead. he wanted her to suffer. benson: husband's credit card records confirm he was at the restaurant. cell phone records coincide with the calls he made looking for his wife. preliminary on the rape kit rules him out anyway. husband's ab-positive; perp's o-negative. what did layton turn up in the victim's car? just got a solid hit from pris-- interior and exterior. kyle novacek. not a complete lunatic but d time for assault three and heroin possession. don't see that kind of violence with heroin users unless somebody slipped him a hotshot and mixed in some pcp. guy could've gone psycho. cragen: well, get on him. that baby might still be alive. the victim is an rn at a methadone clinic. that can't be a coincidence. might be the connection between

. >> some of these chemicals we know can cross the placenta and enter the womb and have effects at incredibly tiny, tiny doses. >> about 10 years ago, a seminal study was done on 10 newborns' cord blood. the cord blood, as the baby was born, contained several hundred toxic elements. which terrified all of us. >> chemicals like bisphenol a, many different classes of flame retardants. >> we found ddt and pcbs, polychlorinated biphenyls. chemicals that we interact with every day from consumer products. >> we now know that along with the nutrients and oxygen that the mother supplies the developing baby comes a cocktail of toxic chemicals. [baby cooing] >> we know that chemicals will affect younger children, fetuses, newborns, babies, and young children in general more than older children and adts. and e reasonor thais that unger chdren and fetses are velopinmuch moreapidly. eir orga syems are ch more nsitive. >>hat science is starting to show now is that early exposures to toxic chemicals at critical points when a child's in the womb has effects later in life. >> endocrine disruptors are chemical

grams a day of chocolate 2/3 of a chocolate bar not the whole bar, could improve blood flow to the placenta and benefit the growth and development of your baby. especially in women at risk for preeclaps yeah or high blood pressure in pregnancy and it doesn't seem to matter whether it's milk chocolate my preference or dark chocolate which contains more antioxidants and doesn't appear to be because of the antioxidants so, milk or dark, either way. >> indulge. good to know. thank you. david. >> thank you. >>> thieves targeting local college -- targeting local college kids for their winter codes and it's one brand. >> the first thing you think >> something changed. why new england store clerk decided to fight back against an armed robber. then breaking news tonight, it's freedom after 30 years behind bars for a crime he -- crime he may not have committed. landmark case playing out in a >>> live from the channel 4 studios in boston, wbz news starts right now.

the placenta also testing >> and his sister is pregnant right now, so we're very concerned for her and her baby. >> reporter: david, this latest finding from the cdc highlighting just how little we really know about the zika virus. researchers say they're learning more every day. david? >> eva, thank you. >>> let's get right to dr. besser. there's no confirmed connection to the miscarriages, right? >> it's not proven, but it is suggestive. it's likely, if it can cause some birth defects, it can cause others. >> and there's a new test? >> yes, it will allow us to follow pregnant women and identify those at risk, and should be here by mosquito >>> and now to a shooting in glendale, involving two teenagers. the school on lockdown. students in shock. the girls were found dead, and a gun was recovered by their bodies. both were 15 years old. it's unclear who fired or what the motive or plan was. >>> the aerial pictures of the apparent parents and students evacuating are all too familiar. it was 17 years ago at columbine high school, and tonight, for the first time ever, dylan klebold's moth

emergency response team began where o p d detectives started where they found the placenta of a baby. >> going on the east-west area of coastline drive. as we know that susan was on foot. that is what we believe at this time. we do not believe she was at the car. she stated that she dropped the baby off that someone' s doorstep . with baby willow. >> orlando police officers, we watched them check trash cans and dumpsters today. police are hoping that the baby is still alive. if that mother, susan richardson, did drop that baby off at an apartment, please if re listening, orlando police want to do call them. you can also call crime line. you can rename -- remain stated with us for the latest on this search. jason: new at noon, the orange county sheriff' s office has made the rest this morning in connection with the violent robbery at the gators dockside restaurant where an employee was shot. michelle: this is exclusive video of the suspect. on his way to the orange county jail. investigators say the quick arrest was made possible through an alert deputy who was called to gator' s docks

that' s where the placenta was found, but chief mina says richardson won' >> obviously i think she has the information we are looking for. >> but she is not giving it up? richardson was booked into the orange county jail tuesday night, charged with child neglect and unlawful desertion of a child, and denied bond. >> nobody knows what her. >> richardson' s boyfriend tells wesh 2 he came home to find blood all over their apartment. he claims she denied medical attention at first but later went to the hospital where it was confirmed she had given birth. >> i' m sad about the whole situation. >> dumpsters have been checked. doors have been knocked on. but so far, detectives have no trace of the newborn. just down the street from the scene, a satellite police station, considered a safe place for mothers who can' t care for their babies. >> do we believe the baby is still alive? >> you know, we' re always going to hold out hope. but as time goes on, that possibility fades. jason: the coast guard is no longer searching for a boat or missing in rock he' lloyd chamberlain was on a fishing trip

the child on someone' s doorstep at the willow bend apartment complex on silver star road, where a placenta was found monday. this week police searched manhole covers, dumpsters, garbage cans. even sending in a robotic camera into underground pipes looking for any evidence. >> i just really hope they could just find her alive, you know? she deserves a chance, she deserves to live. matt: court records, and one of richardson' s friends, say she >> she is not a bad person. she probably has the mentality of her seven-year-old daughter. imagine a little child having a baby and not knowing what to do with it. matt: on friday, members of the orange county sheriff' s office dive team, searched the retention pond between silver star road and dardenelle drive in orlando. walking distance from the willow bend apartments where teddy bears now line the outside gates. now police have begun draining the pond. so far, search efforts have come up empty. and richardson tonight remains locked up at the orange county jail. she is charged with child neglect and desertion of a child. her bond remains at $50,000.

>>although zika was found in her placenta there's no way to know if it caused the miscarriage. the cdc is urging pregnant women to avoid zika affected countries. >>> ed, you are tracking a chance for snow. >>hard to realize we had snow earlier this week, then the weather got nice and we saved the best for the weekend and after the weekend another chance for snow. clear skies today, not much going on right now, high pressure holds the front back so it will be a slow mover. we do have showers along with the. saturday we will be here, sunday here, monday and tuesday we will see a change for showers. also it is so dry around here, in the general area we have lots of fire weather watches and red flag warnings, we have one over south-central colorado, low humidity, warm temperatures and gusty wind that goes from 10 am tomorrow until 7 pm. i have run this up until 10:00 happen until then. you see that moisture that we saw at the west you see that moisture that we saw at the w. push our way, it comes into the mountains, gives them some light snow and by two or three in the afternoon we

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that is where they found a possible placenta after birth of the apartment -- parking lot of s. a full-term baby had been born. he mother, whose identity is not being released, admitted to police hitting birthrate baby girl. investigators are looking for the girl. they' re calling her willow. they are asking for the public' s help in finding what the mother was doing at the apartment between 10:00 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.. >> she is getting a son in -- some information. and the baby is still missing. we know child was born. from 10:00 to 12:15 and that' why we are asking for the assistance. >> the baby' s mother is described as a black female. about 31 years old, five foot four inches. slim build. she may have been in the area of the willow bend apartments between the hours of 10:00 a.m. to -- 12:15 p.m.. call orlando police to matter what if you seen her with a baby . we ask if any charges would filed against the mother and orlando police said they won' t know until they find baby willow. live in orlando police headquarters, gail paschall-brown. jason: we have new information this n

today divers took to a retention pond not far from where detectives found the placenta in the willow bend parking lot on silver star road in orlando. side by side, divers searched the pond and pulled out plenty of weeds, trash and other vegetation. police say susan richardson gave birth to the baby girl sometime monday. a friend of richardson' s tells wesh 2 news, susan, suffers with mental health issues. >> she is not a bad person. she probably has the mentality imagine a little child having a baby and not knowing what to do with it. meredith: the plan now is to drain the pond where search and recovery teams were all day, but first investigators must get permission to do so. jim: investigators fnd more human remains today in the woods off u.s.-92 and red john road west of daytona beach. a surveyor came across part of a skeleton yesterday. but the search is on hold until next week because deputies need heavier equipment to cut through all the thick brush. the remains have been in the woods a while and investigators say it' s uncertain if they belong to more than one person. all new a

apartment complex for a secondary search, including this one closest to the parking lot where the placenta was found monday. homicide detectives will do a more thorough search to make sure nothing was missed. teams also went on the west side on coastline drive. orlando police know she was on foot monday. wesh 2 news obtained details of a sworn auditotaped interview. richardson said she did not want the baby and decided to leave it on the front door step of a random resident in willow bend apartments. to someone, please come forward. our biggest concern is that baby willow is safe. gail: opd' s emergency response team search lasted for a little more than four hours, but no evidence and no sign of baby willow. in orange county gail paschall-brown, wesh two news. meredith: we have new information showing that richardson lied to investigators about giving birth and then admitted to it, giving birth to a healthy baby girl but did not want her. she dropped it off at a friend of residents, but does not remember which one. records show he she also has an eight-year-old daughter. they' ll take nece