i'm joe torres. >> and i'm sandra bookman. police say the mother will be charged with manslaughter in the death of the 15 month old. the toddler was found dead early yesterday morning. mallory hoff is in mount vernon now with new details about the police investigation. mallory. >> reporter: sandra and joe, an investigator tells me this woman's story simply did not they know. right now a make shift memorial continues to grow as a mother is accused of doing the unthinkable. mount vernon police say the 26- year-old mom has been arrested. >> from what we understand, the story continued to change and the information and based on the information available to our officers led to the decision to charge her with manslaughter in the first degree. >> reporter: one neighbor believes that investigators have it wrong. >> as far as i know, the mother was a good mother. she didn't let them go astray. she always had the baby in her hands. >> reporter: police responded to a 911 call at 5:30 yesterday morning. that call made by the child's aunt.

. >> and i'm sandra bookman. first we will get to the breaking news in queens. an hour ago, police charged a woman in connection to the death of her young stepdaughter. >> this comes after a full day of questioning. mallory hoff has the latest. joe and sandra, she is expected to be walked from the precinct member tells us he knew there was something wrong when it came to the relationship between the 9-year-old girl and her stepmother. 55-year-old shamdai arjun is now charged with murder. police say she is responsible for the death of her 9-year-old stepdaughter kaur. around 6:00 last night, a neighbor tried to use a bathroom in the home. locked. no sounds coming from inside. kaur was discovered in a bathtub. no water in the tub. police responded to a 911 call. they found her unconscious. she was pronounced dead at the scene. the father of the 9-year-old girl was seen leaving the precinct this morning, visibly shaken with support he walked from the precinct to a car. yesterday afternoon coming home from work and learning about the death of his daughter, he collap

i'm joe torres. >> i'm sandra bookman. we're coming back at 11:00. >>> welcome to "world news tonight." breaking news, tragedy at a major water park. details coming in at this hour. >>> donald trump facing dangerous poll numbers. the republican nominee losing ground. the huge group of voters lining up for hillary clinton. attack. >> honestly, i don't think she's all there. >>> crash course. the frightening wipeout. the cyclist crashing in the middle of a race, rushed to the hospital. and the french gymnast breaking his leg on the mat, then suffering another fall when paramedics drop the stretcher. >>> midair takedown. the crowded cross-country plane forced to divert. a passenger accused of attacking a flight attendant, taken away in cuffs.

i'm sandra bookman. >>> a 79-year-old man is dead in westchester county after someone shot him in the shoulder. >> but he may not have been the intended target. eyewitness news reporter stephon kim has the details in new rochelle tonight. >> reporter: that gunman fired a shot from that direction striking 71-year-old manuel eye -- manuel ayala doing what he loved most, spending time with children. >> it hurts to lose a guy that we love. we hope the person who did it has to pay for whatever he did. >> reporter: an emotional daniel ayala overcome by the loss of his grandfather 79-year- old manuel ayala seen in this photo with his wife. police believe he was not the intended target. around 11:15 last night at the when things suddenly turned violent. this is surveillance video of ayala sitting on a milk crate in front of the deli moments before he was shot. you can see him wearing a white hat. he was shot in the shoulder. juan castillo was working in the deli when he heard two shots and he's angry someone cou

. >> eyewitness news reporter sandra bookman is live in chelsea. sandra. >>reporter: shaday and bill, she worked in chelsea as a health care account manager. she went to massachusetts to visit her mother. she was apparently murdered there. now, detectives say vanessa left her mother's house in princeton, massachusetts yesterday around 1:00 in the afternoon. hours later when she hadn't returned, her family reported her missing around 8:20 last night and dogs found her body in a wooded area a half mile from her mother's home. >> i must stress that we do not know if this -- we do not know if this was a random act. we're asking the residents of caution. >> now, police are asking anyone in that area, if they saw something, somewhat suspicious to let them know. they're being tight lit about what they found. an autopsy is underway. they won't say how -- they won't say how they believe that young woman died. it's similar to a case in queens where karin dead last week. apparently strangled, but detectives in massachusetts are saying at this point, that there appear

>> this is new york's number one news, channel 7 eyewitness news with joe torres and sandra bookman, laura behnke with sports, and jeff smith with the exclusive accuweather forecast. now eyewitness news at 6:00. found dead. her stepmother charged with murder. the new details we're learning about this tragedy in queens. >>> and wild weather, a line of showers and thunderstorms drenches part of the tri-state area in an instant, trigger flash flood warnings and power outages. i'm sandra bookman and i'm joe torres. >>> a stepmother that's been charged with the murder of a 9- year-old in queens. >> the body of the little girl last night in a bathtub. she moved from india to queens three months ago. mallory hoff is in queens with our lead story. mallory. >> reporter: sandra, joe, that is exactly right. this little girl, this 9-year- old, moved to this country three months ago to live with her father and stepmother. the goal here was for this child to have a better life. from one member of this family that he knew something was wrong when it came to the relationship between the child and he

i'm joe torres. >> and i'm sandra bookman. police say the mother will be charged with manslaughter in the death of the 15 month old. the toddler was found dead early yesterday morning. mallory hoff is in mount vernon now with new details about the police investigation. mallory. >> reporter: sandra and joe, an investigator tells me this woman's story simply did not

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i'm sandra bookman. >> and i'm joe torres. thank you for watching. eyewitness news will return you're sure it's safe to go back to your apartment? rowan knows where i am. b613 always knows where i am. it doesn't matter where i go. (breathes heavily) i'm not the one who wants me to leave. jake. you're safer if i'm here. you and i both know i'm already being defended. by the president? does he know your father's command? does he? no. if he doesn't know who your enemy is? my father wouldn't hurt me, not physically. he put me in a hole, which was bad. what was worse-- every other day he had two guys haul me out of that hole, and he stood there and watched as they beat the crap out of me. they did things to me that you can't imagine. and then he had me bandaged up. set the bones, stitched the cuts, gave me a shot of penicillin, 'cause he wanted me alive and then back in the hole. that was just for fun. olivia, he would hurt you.

sandra bookman has his story. >> reporter: there is nothing subtle about the video 9-year-old lucas maxwell made with his dad and brother to call attention to an especially troublesome intersection that he's forced to navigate on his way to school. >> as i like to call it, the documentary pointed out pedestrians crossing the street were in grave danger of being hit by cars making a left turn, and something needed to be done before the worst happened. [ gasp ] >> reporter: the d.o.t. was listening. today lucas was an invited guest as the commissioner announced safety enhancements at the very insists the already working on those when lucas' film surfaced. >> it was very funny but also very smart and respectful and he made very good points about this corner. >> reporter: it turns out they are in the top for lane crashes. giving pedestrians a head start for crossing will make a for people to cross and nobody is going to get hit anymore. >> reporter: sandra bookman, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> wow. >> very impressive. >> really is. >>> there's still more news ahead. >> eyewitness news at 5:00

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eyewitness news reporter sandra bookman at ms. marcotte's office in chelsea with our lead stor earlier today the da that's in charge of the case told reporters that a preliminary review of the victim's body led them to conclude this was indeed a homicide. that new information we're learning tonight also seems to suggest the same preliminary review indicated just how gruesome that young woman's death may have been. >> her body was found about one half mile from her mother's home in a wooded area. >> reporter: investigators but it's what they didn't say that is now making headlines. a source close to the investigation telling abc boston affiliate wcbd the woman was found wearing no clothes, burns to her head, hands, and feet. >> we do not know if this was a random act. >> reporter: marcotte was visiting family in princeton, massachusetts when she went for a walk sunday afternoon and never returned. state police k-9 units found her hours later. the 27-year-old worked as an account manager at google. this statement from the company a

live tonight on the upper west side, sandra bookman, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. in miami officials say the mosquitos spreading zika there are proving harder to eradicate than expected. authorities are spraying insecticide, eliminating pools of standing water and handing out cans of insect repellent. the directors for the centers for disease control says it's not seeing the number of mosquitos decreasing as rapidly as it would have liked. >>> an arrest toni hit-and-run crash that killed two men in brooklyn. the suspect is 21-year-old efrin lanfranco-perez. israel turcios and delmer maldenado were struck early yesterday morning. the suspect hit the two men along with two parked cars before he ran away. his charges included leaving the scene of a deadly crash. >>> corrections officers in nassau county taking to the streets in protest today claiming they're in danger while on the job. the officers and their nassau county correctional facility today where they held a demonstration. union leaders say their nent is to expose mismanagement and safety concerns at the faci

. >> and i'm sandra bookman. we're going to begin with that another injured. a car careened past the cross divider flew into the air and slammed into other cars. >> we learned one of the victims is 29-year-old scott martella. he was the communications director for steven malone and previously worked for governor andrew cuomo. >> reporter: this is where five of those patients were taken we're told at this hour. critical condition. this as investigators tell us some of these patients flew from their cars others had to be cut out. >> three mangled cars involved in a deadly crash in the lei now the focus of an ongoing investigation. >> there's a lot of damage to the vehicles involved. there's definitely a large impact when the vehicles made contact. >> it happened just after 9:30 near exit 68 in shirley. traffic backed up for miles in people. three adults were pronounced dead at the scene. a suffolk county worker was involved eight people were taken to area hospitals. >> there's at least two children that are injured. at least one 9-year-old and a 2- year-old. >>

i'm sandra bookman. enjoy the rest of your day. >> ? hallelujah ? ? hallelujah, hallelujah, hallelujah ? ?? ?? ? >>> welcome to "our world with black enterprise." i'm your host, paul brunsoson. coming up, my one-on-one with the "new york times" best selling author whose book chronicles the tale of two boys. >> if we're not willing to learn from west or guys like west, we're doomed to repeat this and if we act like tragedies don't happen, they keep happening. >>> plus our entrepreneurs of the week are gaining attention with their secret recipe for wings. >> we came up with stuffed chicken wings, pretty much we figured that a chicken wing is small, you know. a lot of people say they don't

in chelsea, sandra bookman, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> we'll have more on that howard beach murder in a second. >>> want to tell you that eyewitness news reporter jim dolan right now headed to princeton, massachusetts. his reports there begin on eyewitness news tonight at 11:00. we'll also have any updates immediately on our social media sites and our website, abc7ny. >>> now to the howard beach crime. in less than an hour, the nypd, community leaders, and elected officials will meet with residents in the queens was found murdered. karina vetrano's parents meeting with detectives at a police command post today. tonight the cops will discuss the investigation in to vetrano's murder. they'll also try to restore a sense of security in the worried neighborhood. >> there's more police presence here now than ever and they should not be concerned. they should be alert. they should not be concerned that the neighborhood is going to hell in a hand basket. >> residents have been asking for additional police patrol since the murder. they also want officials to get grass where vetrano's body w

eyewitness news anchor sandra bookman has more. >> i want our party to be the of the african-american voter once again. >> at a rally in virginia, donald trump called on the republican party to boost its traditionally lagging outreach efforts with black voters. it comes just a day after trump urged african-americans to give him a chance. >> what do you have to lose. you're living in poverty. your schools are no good. you have 58% of your youth is prediction. >> at the end of four years, i guarantee you, that i will get over 95% of the african- american vote, i promise you. >> reporter: but the latest polling shows trump with just 2% of the african-american volt. vote -- vote. hillary clinton tweeted this is so ignorant it's staggering. and reverend sharpton challenged trump's sincerity. >> show us where you've been for these black folks. you've been in new york. where have you been on the issues in the city you got your big tower. >> reporter: trump's surrogates are defending him. >> he's going to be criticized but the important thing is he's starting to reach out. >> reporter: trump

here's your host, sandra bookman. >> coming up, reaction to the resignation of new york city police commissioner bill bratton. how will new leadership affect the strained relationship between the nypd and the black community? and the new book, "nobody: casualties of america's war on we'll talk with its author, marc lamont hill. later, operation backpack, providing much needed school supplies to thousands of children in new york city shelters. plus, tony award-winning actor and singer leslie odom jr. what's next after the broadway hit "hamilton"? that's all ahead on

here's your host, sandra bookman. >> coming up, a look at the contentious campaign for the white house. also ahead, an initiative that's connecting suffolk county cops with young people in the community to help them avoid the vicious cycle of gang violence. later, a wellness program that's tackling childhood obesity new york city school cafeterias. and will the classic new york city game of handball become a gold-medal sport? that's all ahead on

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eyewitness news reporter sandra bookman tweeted a photo from their protest. she's here now with what they had to say. >> those demonstrators were white, black, jewish, islamic, christian, and military veterans all united in their outrage over the latest trump controversy. from the beginning of his campaign, the republican nominee has said the politically unimaginable and thrived. this time, however, the bipartisan outrage he went too far. >> reporter: as the republican presidential candidate exited trump tower today, just around the corner a diverse group of protesters was adding its voice to the rising course of criticism of donald trump's feud with the grieving parents of a falling u.s. army captain khan. >> the failure of donald trump to appreciate that which is most left me speechless. >> reporter: the muslim couple's democratic convention appearance and speech about their sacrifice triggered the war of words. >> you have sacrificed nothing and no one. >> reporter: over the weekend, trump made some of his most controversial comments, including a suggestio