charged in the case, 29-year-old dawit seyoum. he appeared in court today with bandages on his wrist and forearms, wearing what was described as a suicide smock. an article of clothing jailers use to keep inmates from harming themselves. now ms. cross lived in this building. suspect seyoum lived in the building next door. today i talked to a woman who has lived here for some time. she remembers see seyoum hanging out in the gym in his street clothes staring at women while they work out. the neighbor asked we not show her face. >> he'll be staring at people while they work out, not saying a word, not friendly, standing there. i actually stopped going to the gym in my building for that reason. >> reporter: dawit seyoum held without band bond tonight. live in alexandria, pat collins, news4. >>> the city of phoenix under a state of emergency tonight because of historic flooding. torrential downpours, swamped roads overnight and into this morning, interstate 50 covered in mud. the storm set off an all-time record for rainfall in phoeni

suspect seyoum lived in the building next door.oday i talked to a woman whose lived here for some time. she remembers seyoum hanging out in his gym in his street clothes staring at women while they work out. the neighbor asked we not show her face. >> and he would just be staring at people while they're working out, not saying a word. not friendly. just standing there. it was like she stopped going to the gym in my building for that reason. >> reporter: police say they found no evidence of any prior contact between ms. cross and the murder suspect. >> we have no reason to believe they knew each other, and no reason to believe that this was connected to her work with d.c. corrections. >> reporter: so how well respected was carolyn cross? a testimonial from a former inmate coming up at 6:00. live in alexandria, pat collins, news4. >> thank you. >>> it will be another week for the american university professor charged with setting fires near campus appears before a judge. david pitts was due in court today, but his case was continued

dawit seyoum is charged with first-degree murder in the killing of the d.c. department of corrections official. he lives in the building next door to cross's. another woman in the building said she'd seen him staring at women in the gym. when he appeared in court, he was wearing bandages on his wrists and arms. >>> tonight home depot is confirming what a blogger first reported a week ago. it's credit card system, it was breached. and right now, it's still working to find the source of that and to secure its system. home depot says the hack impacts all of its u.s. and canadian stores and it dates back on april. the "new york times" reports that the number of card numbers that were stolen could be as high as 60 million. that's 20 million more than the target breach last year. home depot is offering free credit monitoring to any customer who's shopped at the store since april. . >>> now tonight, 18-year-old harris is charged with felony fraud. police arrested her last month, but the investigation is continuing. police say scammers are using stolen pay pal master

right now, dawit seyoum is being held. >>> now to the solemn remembrances we will never forget. the united states is marking 13th since the september 11th attacks. in new york city today, thousands gathered at the reflecting pools where the twin towers once stood. reading each name of the nearly 3,000 people killed in the at in shanksville, pennsylvania, a moment of silence honored the passengers and crew members who stood up to the hijackers. hijackers who likely had the intention of crashing the plane here in washington. and at the pentagon, a new fight against terrorists overseas. president obama took part in a wreath-laying ceremony, with survivors and family members. northern virginia bureau chief julie carey joins us live from arlington near the pentagon. julie? >> reporter: while many of the victims' families gathered at the pentagon to remember an & honor their loved ones, there were observances in places the victims called home. we went to wood ridge today, where dozens came together at a special memo i can'tial memorial. in prince william county, they gather around a p

alexandria police tell me dawit seyoum murdered her this past weekend. she died from head trauma, strangulation and strangling. he lived next door to her complex. police and arrested and charged him with first degree murder. investigators tell us they haven't found any evidence of any prior contact between ms. cross and the suspe many remember her as a hard-working woman who cared deeply about the d.c. community. we now have another development. let's show you another video. police are also investigating to see if dawit has any connection to the murder of 43-year-old ubana two months ago. she was strangled to death inside an apartment she shared with her sister on derby court july 4. important to point out, i talked to a detective, and she says although it appears both women were strangled, police caution people not to jump to conclusion see the flag is at half staff outside the department of krebses central detention facility. let's come over here. a lot of folks will be coming out here. again, this candlelight vigil at 7:00 will end at 8:00. live in so