. >>> tonight candles burn brightly around the alexandria home of ruth ann lodato, a tib ute from herinvestigation ultimately led police to link her murder with two others and to arrest charles severance in connection with all three. as northern virginia bureau chief julie carey found out today, lodato's love of music still echos in the community. ♪ hello, everybody, so glad to see you, hello ♪ >> reporter: it was ruth's signature song to greet the children in her music together classes. she led the popular program for two decades until she was shot to death last february 6th as she answered the door at her alexandria home. but the tragedy hasn't stopped the music. >> we didn't know what the family would want to do, if th wanted to keep it goin and they quickly made it known that they did and in memorythey wanted it to go on. >> reporter: she says the early days after ruth ann's death were very painful. >> it was really hard last year when we resumed classes, and i remember we start every class with the hello song and just getting through that song was very difficult. >> reporter: the

. >>> in alexandria today, many who knew ruth ann delgado are remembering the beloved music teacher who was shot do death one year ago today. charles severance is charged in her murder and the murder of two other residents. we report on this musical legacy that continues with a strong following. ♪ hello, everybody, so glad to see you, hello ♪ >> reporter: it was ruth's signature song to greet the children in her music together classes. she led the popular program for two decades until she was shot to death last february 6th as she answered the door at her alexandria home. but the tragedy hasn't stopped the music, hasn't stopped steady stream of toddlers and their parents. >> we didn't know what the family would want to do, if they wanted to keep it going or not, and they quickly made it known that they did and in mer memory they wanted it to go on. ♪ i'm walking down the street, street, street ♪ >> reporter: it wasn't long before the joy of her music boomed through the classroom again. one teacher won't dwell on this date day-to-day on the calendar the date she was killed. >> i didn't g

. >>> today marks one year since alexandria resident ruth ann lodato was killed at her home. police have charged charles severance with her murder and the murders of two alexandria. he's currently receiving a mental evaluation to see if he's competent to stand trial. >>> a woman is on life support after being tased by a detention officer. the 37-year-old woman was scheduled to be transferred to alexandria where she was facing assault charges against law enforct in alexandria city. but she resisted the deputies' instructions. they then used a taser gun to control her. she was taken to the hospital after suffering a significant medical emergency. >>> you may want to avoid i-66 if you're traveling late tonight into tomorrow. melissa molet tells us what the look out for. >> if you travel i-66 major roadwork overnight. this work was supposed to happen last night but high winds delayed the project. around midnight tonight crews will shut down all eastbound lanes of 66 between route 2 in centreville. the closure shouldn't last more than 30 minutes at a time. the road should reopen b

. >>> right now in alexandria a memorial is being dedicated to ruth ann lodato a stained glass win toedel ray united methodist church where she based her music together classes. the window was commissioned by parents of students in the program. lodato led the music classes for two decades before she was murdered last february. charles severance is charged with her murder along with the deaths of two other prominent alexandria residents, nancy dunning and ron kirby. >>> coming up on our broadcast, 100 people around the globe competing for a one-way ticket to mars. some of them might be your neighbors. >>> we'll also go back to the bull's-eye of this winter storm, see who got the highest snow totals and how much digging they still have left to do. >> reporter: i'm pat collins and this is the official pat collins snow stick. i can tell you how to get one. >>> the prime minister of haiti has declared three days of mourning after a deadly accident at a carnival parade. at least 16 people were killed when one of the floats hit an overhead power line. it happened early this morning. a man was

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