leaves a whole lot of unanswered questions. >> reporter: tonight family and friends of 8-year-old relisha ruddathered to pass out flyers and pray for her safe return. >> it means a lot to me to see so many people come out. >> reporter: but the dark reality that relisha is still missing did not stay gone for long. at family members marched arm and arm with their community members behind them through the streets of southeast. >> please bring her home. >> reporter: begging for answers. >> she's somewhere out there and if anybody knows where she's at, if they would find it in their heart and come forward. >> reporter: they vow to hope for the best. >> my gut is telling me that she's still alive because i ain't going to never give up on her. >> 1 step at a time to bring her back to us. >> reporter: organizers tell me this is the first of many walks they have planned. there's another one sunday at 4:00 and they will keep having these walks until relisha is home safe. in southeast i'm nikki burdine, wusa9. >>> in less than eight hours the polls open in washington d.c. and voters will get on with the

police say tatum killed himself. >> in the same park where they have been searching for relisha rudd for the last five days. tonight rudd's family still clinging to hope she is alive and with someone else. we begin our team coverage with jackie bensen and the latest on the investigation from the d.c. police headquarters. jackie? >> reporter: here's what's going on right now. investigators are combing through evidence found at that scene this afternoon, hoping for something that will lead them to relisha rudd. these distinctive ttoos are what lead police to say they have found kahlil tatum. after days of fruitless searching in and around kenilworth aquatic gardens for signs of 8-year-old rely, rudd, the intensity heightened this afternoon when the body of a man was found in a utility shed. this evening, d.c. police chief cathy lanier confirmed the body is most likely that of the 51-year-old man who is believed to have relisha in his custody. >> we have tentatively identified the person we found today of that of mr. tatum. everything that we have is consistent with what we know about hi

the big question, just where is relisha rudd? by nightfall, they wrapped u thr search in the anacostia river. a cooyf police investigators pulled out of kenilworth pk ending day five the search for relisha rudd. ere is still no si of her, but e part of the mystery is solved. searchers found the body believed to be tha o 51-year-old khalil tatum, the man specteof being on the dead by lisha rudd, his own hand. >> it appears th the person we found re today w mr. tatum. itoes appear that this was a suide. >> police e saying littlelse about how tatum was discovered. sources tell abcy was inside thibuilding wh a gunshot wound to the hea >> it is jt shock for us. we were focused finding lisha dd. had been an inten dse of searching from their, on the river,nd on the ground using canines and vonteers on foot. all,ing watch over it strangers ose hear were heavy. >> she is a and taking her -- re in thwoods alone >> i am hoping at she is still alive. i am hoping he had a heart fore taking himself out. >> the chief would not say how tatum had

. >> new details in the search for relisha rudd. police say that the janitor who kidnapped her may have been dead for days, and still no sign of t the little girl. >> and an apartmentisn for the w place to call ho. >> and tough questions for ceo of general motors, and she is facing a house subcommittee over problems involving a switch in some sll gm vehicles. gm said they knew about the situation for years without making a me to recalere killed in accidents linked to the problem. >>> and tonight, family members of the victims are demanding answers. we have team coverage, and we will begin with steve handelsman who walive on catol hill. >> thank you, doreen. mary barra testified that gm will do the right thing, and she lieves what many big lawmakers believe that the big car company is not doing all of the right things on ssuethis i >> marry bar ra, the new ceo of gm faced congre, and the whole rrific series of car crashes. at least 31, and 13 people killednd she apologized. >> i am deeply sorry. >> reporter: but barra got h hammered.

march 2nd, the day after r erkts -- relisha went missing. >> these are the last-known video of relisha rudd, surveillance video from a holiday inn express. the man by her side is a jan or at b.c. homeless center. according to the police report, the girl's family allowed tatum to take relisha away with him in february, but the little girl didn't come home. >> it's heartbreaking. >> danielle knows relisha well managing an educational play area where relisha participated. for more than a year, she says, the 8-year-old thrived on art projects and dreamed of being a model or cheerleader. this is a place relisha felt safe. >> she was trusting, loving. she was the first kid - she was outside for playtime, runs up to you "it's play time", and throws her arms around her. people here need to be kept safe. it's unspeakable that there's someone who families trusted with their safety and family's safety. >> shelter managers and leaders at the washington d.c. department of human services which overseas the homeless shelter are not saying much about why an employee was permitted to interact with the littl

safe children. >> jam eela larson co-founded the homeless children's playtime project, in which relisha rudd was a participant. >> she says families like relisha may be crowded foo a small room. >> imagine if you and a family of five were packed in a room like rats for 18 months and someone offered to relieve the burden and help with the kids. >> search warrants obtained by "america tonight" show police have been working in many places. detectives recovered clothing, shoes, and a photograph from tatum's d.c. hoax. in a joint task force, they took an ipad, work supplies and papers from his locker. it shows a better timeline of event. it wasn't until march 19th that a social worker reported that relisha had been missing from school for 30 days, records show she was treated by a dr tatum. when the social worker went to the shelter to meet with dr tatum, a supervisor told her he was a jan tore, not a doctor. returned. >> she's deer to me and the volunteers. she is a sweet girl. >> the people that know relisha hold on to hope, making buttons to remind people of her cheerful face and can't underst

. >>> police are out in kennel worth park looki for any sign of relisha rudd. the body police found yesterday wathat of 51-year-old khalil m. they are scouring over evidence from that crime scene hoping to find something tt leadshem to rudd. angie goff is live at kennelworth park with the la latest. angie? >> reporter: we want to show you what's happening right now. take a look toy left. police have blocked off the entrance to kennelworth park once again. right above that hill we have the kadetcadets, searching, a s that's intensified, looking for relisha one day after pice found the body of the one m who they thought could lead to r resha. searches all morning long and we've watched fbi agents mark some o this area. this, one day after the shocking discovery of khalil tatum's body in a shed in the park. he apparently killed himself. so far, no sign othe little girl. relisha was last seen alive wit h ago. tatum bought contractor size garbage bags. this point, he can't red out that tam possibly killed the girl a disposed of the dy in the woods or water of this p

no problems on break in the search for 8-year-old relisha rudd. search crews found the man they believe abducted her. tatum -- kahlil tatum's body was recovered. mark albert has more. >> reizpporter: the search inside the 700-acre kenilworth park has been exhausted. camewater cameras -- underwater cameras, hundreds of volunteers and cadets. after five days they found what they did not expect. >> this discovery was a shock for us. we were very focused on finding relisha and that's what we came here for. >> reporter: i the body of janitor kahlil tatum who befriended 8-year-old relisha rudd at the d.c. homeless shelter where she was staying with her mother