hearing from the sister of robin gardner, the maryland woman who vanished in aruba. good evening, everyone. it's been nearly a year since gardner's family got devastating news and the world heard of her traveling companion. tonight gardner's sister is breaking her science in her first television interview. darcy spencer has stoery. darcy. >> reporter: the last s year painful for gardner's family not knowing where she is or if she is a life. her sister talked to us in hopes the story won't fade and that anyone could help police solve this case will come forward. >> do you believe she is still alive? >> yes. >> what makes you think that or just a hope? >> it's more like a feeling. >> reporter: breaking her silence for her first television interview the sister of robin gardner. she went missing in aruba under suspicious circumstances nearly one year ago. >> reporter: does it cross your mind that she met with foul play? or do you fry try to block that? >> i try to block that out. that's too hard for me to think of. >> reporter: gardner who lived in fred rick travelerick

over to you. >> thank you. >>> first on news4 rks the sister of robin gardner is speaking out almost a year after she went missing in aruba. gardner was on vacation. they have not found any traces of gardner but her sister talked to news4 last night and says she has not given up hope that robin is still alive. >> do you believe she's still alive? >> yes. >> what makes you think that or is it just a hope? >> it's more like a feeling inside. i can feel her presence. and my brother says the same thing, he can really feel her presence. >> as or gary, he sued to get a life insurance policy he took out on gardner before last year's trip. it's still being reviewed in court. he was held in an aruban in jail for months. but there was not enough evidence to connect him to gardner's disappearance. there is a vigil set for wednesday night to remember robin gardner at 7:30 at the griffin art gallery on north market street in downtown frederick. >>> family member identified the man killed inside a jewelry store. 52-year-old tommy wong was murdered when a man broke into capital jewelers on columbia

you know, she would not have gone snorkeling. >> she also told news4 she still believes robin gardnerdner's sister says she's trying to travel to aruba about the investigation. there is a vigil for gardner scheduled for wd night in downtown frederick. >>> 6:43. police say two teens confess to robbing, beating and killing 54-year-old bladensburg man. they arrested 16-year-old andre ataway and james murray for the murder of david krupski. police found his body in braid denseburg. the teens are charged as adults with murder and robbery. >>> today the suspect in the colorado movie theater shooting will be back in court. james holmes will be formally charged in the shooting spree that killed a dozen people and injured 58 others. the 24-year-old former doctoral student made his first court appearance last week. prosecutors have not said what charges he'll face or if they have a motive in the case. court records show a psychiatrist was treating holmes shortly before the shootings. he remains in custody without bond nnchts ohio, a kent state university student will be arraigned today on charg

. >>> robin gardner's family is breaking their silence tonight one year after she disappeared in arubathey say they have faith she is alive and are planning a vigil of remembrance in her hometown of frederick. gardner went missing, went on vacation with gary giordano. her sister, who spoke to news4, questions that part of the story. she's hoping someone will step forward with niismgs about what happened. >> it's been very difficult. we've been grieving the whole time. we're going to grieve forever. but after a year, i wish we had more answers. that's one of the reasons why i'm speaking now. >> the vigil is on wednesday evening at 7:30, being held at the griffin art gallery in downtown frederick. it's open to the public. >>> a virginia man is charged with attempted capital murder of a police officer after a brutal attack in frontroyal off the weekend. he's behind bars. police say he slammed sergeant brian courtney's head into the ground and beat him with his police batten. saturday's attack left sergeant courtney seriously injured. he is expect to do recover. >>> roller coaster ride one