. >> fitzpatrick's ex-girlfriend was 33-year-old sharon jones. >> well, i had dated mr.itzpatrick briefly and he would never accept no. he would stalk me. he would choke me, and he threatened to kill me if i started dating anyone else. mr. harry was very, very persistent that i go to get a restraining order against mr. fitzpatrick. he even went with me to the courthouse to get it done. >> sharon jones and lewis harry then realized that the restraining order backfired. it infuriated fitzpatrick who responded by sending threatening letters to lewis harry and his wife, diana. >> mr. harry described the content of the letter and said basically that roy fitzpatrick was threatening him and his wife and that they were getting increasingly more sinister. >> the letters were laced with racial epithets. this one was sent to diane harry. >> i am having a hard time overlooking your husband. i think i will take you away from him so you will see how it feels. >> and he wrote this to lewis. >> you won't have to hurt for long because your ass is mine. >> investigators asked roy fitzpatr

>> sharon: fine. you know what? i'm gonna listen to it myself if you won't tell me. >> dylan: sharon, don't you get it? the call from avery, the message, you refusing to tell me where you've been -- it could all connect you to the murder. >> sharon: i have nothing to do with austin's murder. >> dylan: it's not just austin's. there's been another killing. >> sharon: what? who? >> dylan: noah's fiancée, courtney. >> noah: [ voice breaking ] i should've lou.

at some point, word had reached her cousin sharon, now living in washington state.one to autumn's frantic husband bob and was grateful for his medical background. >> he was, you know, calling his colleagues. you know, he knows this neurologist or this person, this -- you know, "great." you know, "use your resources." you know, i had no idea what was going on. >> reporter: eventually, though, autumn lost brain function. by the time her parents finally made it to the hospital, they could see there was little hope for their daughter. >> they had a lotta tubes and things hooked up to her. and i held her hand, and i talked to her. and i told her, "you heal everybody else's brain, why can't you heal your own?" >> reporter: sharon wanted desperately to fly out from washington state to see autumn. but her aunt lois told her to wait. >> that's my other half in that hospital bed. i need to be there. >> reporter: doctors managed to keep autumn alive for two full days. at some point, sharon could tell that autumn's grieving husband had run out of hope. >> and he did say to me,

did she ever say, sharon, "i'm going to leave him, this isn't working"? to you? >> she did to me. yes. >> reporter: and he was positively rattled to the core, said the prosecutor, when he found out autumn was texting and emailing a male colleague she'd spent time with at a conference in san francisco. bob ferrante, said the prosecutor, suspected his wife was having an affair. autumn's cousin was certain that wasn't true. >> if this were somebody that she was remotely interested in, she would have told me. >> reporter: so, you don't think anything physical is happening, certainly. >> no, no. >> reporter: but as the prosecutors told it, the defendant believed otherwise. rather than shoring up a crumbling marriage, the embittered scientist, his wife the new rising star, came up with a cold-blooded solution. he poisoned her. >> the motivation, just jealousy. that if he couldn't have her, no one was going to have her. >> reporter: ferrante, the prosecutor said, thought he could get rid of his wife quickly by slipping her cyanide. when she didn't die immediatel

sharon. >> sharon: [ sobs ] [ sniffles ] [ exhales sharply ] come on. no.

. >> sharon chin san jose tonight. sharon? >> reporter: yeah, the security presence is very visible here as people are being picked up and dropped off. we have confirmed a threat against uniformed airport personnel. we are told there are no specific threats to specific airports and no details about the threat. airports across the nation are on high alert tonight. and we have calls into bay area airports asking for more information about the threat and precautions they are taking. live at mineta san jose airport, i'm sharon chin for kpix5. >>> we don't usually say this in late april. rain is falling across parts of the bay area now. let's get to kpix5 meteorologist paul deanno. paul? >> not only rainfall, but a steady rainfall, ken. the heaviest rainfall of the evening is falling now in san francisco. san mateo county, portions of marin, alameda county. check out the yellow. that is some steady rainfall moving in. notice it is focused right on us for a change and we have the rainfall coming down to marin and napa, sonoma county

sharon posted it on her facebook page to explain to her customers what happened. >> we do not supporte. >> hello? >> is this a crank call? >> no. we wouldn't do that, sorry. >> probably win the next hour we started getting hundreds of phone calls. sharon way scared for both her business and her life after getting so many threats. >> saying we were -- we were -- we should die and we shall kill ourselves and that, um, this business was anti christian and we didn't say anything like that on the phone. >> but in the video firestein is not anti gay. >> for me this is nothing against gay people. for me this is about religious freedom. >> i think my heart dropped. i was a little shocked of of everything that was going on and most of it was we were just very hurt because of all the negativity that we were getting from the community outside of florida. >> sharon makes wedding cakes for living so with the focus on hate rather than love, it's been stressful. >> why your place? >> i have no idea. we have no idea why he even attacked us. >> you okay? >> yeah, i'm fine. thank you. >> shushes she's

sharon epperson joins us from new york. thank you. >> good to be here. >> tell us the craziest tax deductions out there we're not aware of. >> if you have a dog, you can't claim a tax deduction for the fami pet but if this dog is guarding your business if you have a small business then you may be able to deduct the cost of the food and the vet bills as a business expense if it's an ordinary and necessary business expense. that's something people don't think about. the other one is swimming pool. swimming lessons generally not tax deductible but in the past the irs approved swimming pools being built for those whose doctor has prescribed having the swimming pool as a medical necessity due to some health concern. dry cleaning another expense that comes up if you're traveling for work. you may have to have your clothes dry cleaned. that could be a business expense, an ordinary necessary business expense and then cat food. you wouldn't think that's a deductible. again, for the family pet. it's probably not. but there has been a

sharon epperson joining us with suggestions. good evening, sharon. if i'm lucky enough to get a refund what are refunds running on average and what should people do with it? >> probably lucky enough because at least three out of four americans every year seem to be getting a tax refund and this year to the tune of some near $2900. you have a couple choices, of course. you could save it spend it or invest it. when it comes to saving there's a lot of things to think about and a lot of things to think about when you think about spending it too. you want to make sure you spend it wisely. >> if i want to save it, what should my prioriti be? >> when you're thinking about saving it you are usually thinking about saving it perhaps for a longer term and maybe that's something that you want to put it into your child's college education. you may also want to save it to look into ways to improve your life and your health. so some of that savings may be earmarks so you could have down the road different type of insurances as well. and then there are long-term sav

sharon williams davis didn't did do that.before her a teacher basically got probation where he will teach young people in jail english. and he was given a far less harsh sentence. the judge really gave a clear indication of how this was going to play out. he said to the ten defendants if you admit your guilt in this part you will receive far less harsh sentences, if you don't, be prepared to take a harsher sentence. >> did everybody admit to doing something wrong? and what about the testimony of the family and friends? could that help their cases for lighter sentencing? >> reporter: i mean i think it did help in some ways but it all comes down to the way the judge laid this out yesterday. he said if these defendants admit their roles, they will be handed down far less harsh sentences, if they don't, they will get harsh sentences. sharon has been jailed to seven years and 13 years of probation. in that could carry on if the other defendants don't take the deal. it looks like at least nine of the ten are not doing that. >> andy

if sharon didn't kill austin, what was her motivation for

sharon black. people's power assembly good to have your perspective. >> thank you >>> more ahead on the unrest in baltimore, the latest and perspective from ferguson, missouri. >>> as we have been reporting maryland's governor declared a state of emergency and called in the national guard to calm things down this baltimore. rioters set fire looted stores and fought with police officers after the funeral of freddie gray an african american man who died. the injuries were sustained while in police custody. joining us is patricia bynes, a democratic woman in ferguson, missouri, where michael brown was shot dead by police sparking weeks of rioting. i want to ask you something i asked the congressman earlier. what should the response be to rioting like we saw today. the response in baltimore was different in ferguson but we saw the same looting and violence. >> correct, yes. there's a lot of monday morning quarterbacking on what happened in ferguson. until you are faced with this situation, you have no

take >> sharon: [ sighs ] [ rustling ] >> dylan: hello? >> sharon: dylan, i think there's someone outside. what if it's him? >> dylan: all right. don't move. i'm on my way. >> avery: was that sharon? >> dylan: yeah. it -- it won't take long. she thinks somebody's outside her place. >> avery: so, what -- i'm supposed to do this benefit alone? >> dylan: no, not a chance. i'm just gonna go there and make sure things are secure, and then i'll head to t

sharon thank you very much. great as always to see you. >>> coming up wicked winter weather is over. they say. they promise. but how did the airlines fare during the harshest of times? a look at which ones made the grade, which fly. >>> here's a look at what to watch tomorrow. and there's a lot. on the data front. import and export prices set to be released a key indication. raul castro and president obama have fe meeti as both move to normalize relations. will they shake hands and apple begins taking orders for the apple watch and that folks, is what to watch for friday. >>> it is that time of year when forey to predict the hurricane season. the first one is out and forecasters of colorado state university say it's a below see 7 tropical storms and only 3 will become hurricanes. a typical year has about 7 hurricanes. >>> after this year's harsh winter weather, it was anything but a below average year for potholes. and now repairs are under way in the east and midwest and many craters on the road, states and mun

kpix 5's sharon chin on the unusual terms of the surprise legal settlement. sharon. >> reporter: allen, this wrongful death case was headed to trial next week. but today, a deal. it's one designed to clear audrie's name and prevent a similar tragedy. the story made national headlines after audrie passed out at a house party in 2012. she was sexually assaulted. she awoke to nasty messages written on her body. there were also cell phone photos shared amongst some classmates at saratoga high. in court today, two teenagers identified as john b and john r admitted their role in the attack and they apologized for everything that happened after. the false rumors and the humiliation that her parents say drove audrie to commit suicide. as part of the settlement, the boy's families will pay $950,000 but there's also this. the teenagers will be part of a documentary. they will be required to do interviews and talk honestly about what happened. what's more, each will have to make 10 presentations at high schools about the dangers of drinking, "sexting," nude photos and s

. >> sharon: my baby. >> noah: [ chuckles ] yes, mom. >> sharon: you think you're humoring me, but youerstand. not until you have a child of your own -- you have no idea. you know, you were very sick as a baby. and nick and i -- we tried to be brave and hold on to visions of the man that you would grow up to be one day, the life you'd have. and there were moments we weren't sure we would get that far. but now... >> noah: i love her, mom. >> sharon: i know you do. >> noah: you know, courtney, she's, um, so smart, and she's

fox's sharon crowley has the story.ar this viral video posted on media take out shows an older man with white beard and red cap first being taunted by a young woman. he then gets up, swings a bag at the woman and that's when her friend at least four of them start attacking the man. it's so violent other riders get up to get off the bus. one girl is even overheard yelling give me the knife. >> we have to stay on to have making sure these kids understand that this is not to be tolerate the. this is not the norm and it's unacceptable. >> community advocate tony herber wants these viral videos to stop. he hopes police will find the young women so they can face criminal charge. >> at the end of our day why are young people swinging on elders in our community. that's absurd. this is no what our elders left us here. we're not going to let it happen. >> officers do not have any record of anyone filing a complaint about the bus incident and right now it's not certain when or what bus line this happened on. >> community leaders a

sharon meadow in san francisco is the site of eggs-travaganz at 11:00 this morning. also at 11:00, the oakland easter egg hundred at aurora hill v.a. park. >>> we all know it takes a pretty penny to buy a home in san francisco, but now it's confirmed, it takes nearly a million dollars to buy what's considered an average home in the city. one real estate firm says that is the new median selling price. that is up 16% from one year ago. turns out it's actually cheaper to buy a castle in europe than to buy a condo in san francisco. >> unbelievable. mike sugarman with how for the same money you could be living like a king. >>reporter: where would you rather live, here in the french pierenees? >> it dates to the 14th century. >>reporter: or here in san francisco's corona heights where you have to move your car to avoid street cleaning tickets. they both cost the same. >> welcome to number 305. >>reporter: this fixer-upper in a nondescript apartment building where there is currently noisy street repair and no parking is more than than: >> a newly restored watch tower with w

mercy housing development they have someone that cracks the whip i want to give my special thank to sharon before i i'm going to turn it over to christine i'd like to say to the 20 new residents their fortunate to have this as their place of residents welcome home. >> thank you daniel leary. >> i think i can speak for merryl this is one of the best days of our job it takes years for a project to come together not only to come together but to get built it was years to get the financing and the hud 2 o 2 grant and the two years of construction so alleyway all you we have people if in room that make a project like this happen that had a i want to thank you and the staff and silicon valley bank we have the tag line in addition to the $20 million each we put in in debt and equity which we're participant in the equity together combined putting in $40 million plus silicon valley's bank $90,000 federal home loan grant we we have a tag line with an one of our many tag lines nothing we'd rather be doing that says it all nothing we'd rather be doing than partnering with mercy hospital on t a project

joining us is personal finance correspondent sharon ampereson to talk mr. the apps that can help you. a lot download apps but there's still a certain portion of the population that's wary of things like that if you're going to do things with your finances. what do you they will them. >> think about how many are on their phone for just about everything. experian shows half of consumers use an app to get some knowledge about their finances whether they're actually making transactions or not and those that are using them do feel more comfortable and more financially secure. >> so gaining control of your finances is tough. it probably starts with a good budget. what kind of tips would you be giving people? are there special apps they should be looking too. >> the one everyone points to for budgeting is mint.com because it's so comprehensive and tells you when you're doing something wrong like going over budget. one of my favorite apps. well, don't spend this much because this is how much you've allotted to spend on this category so it's a very good app for that

sharon chin, kpix 5. >> kids don't have to wait for a workshop. they can try it online. look for the link in or story > up tonight at 5:00, who is tracking your email and how anyone knows when and where you open a message? and how to block it. we'll have that story and more coming up at 5:00. >>> and thanks so much for joining us. we had a studio audience joining us today, as well. let's hear it for them! [ applause ] >> we have ohlone college the broadcasting department and the boy scouts! what's your troop again? 1994! captions by: caption colorado comments@captioncolorado.com (vo) at jennie-o, we heard of a place in iowa where every thursday people ride ten miles for tacos. we thought we'd show up and surprise them with a better kind of taco, made with jennie-o ground turkey, cooked thoroughly to 165. (mom) i'd feed my kids turkey tacos over regular tacos any day. (woman) i think that they're light and they're just fresh tasting. (vo) it's time for a better taco. (kid) the tacos tonight were pretty much perfect. (vo) make the switch. look for jennie-o ground turkey at

joining us now is sharon epperson to talk about your money, your future and your tax return. have you filed yet? >> no, i have not yet filed but i will by april 15th. >> what are mistakes you want to avoid for those last minute filers. >> the mistake you you make waiting until the last hour, common mistakes the way you enter the information but you don't want to leave money on the table. some of the simple things you think you should do maybe you don't have to. itemizing your deductions most people think she should do that but some don't have enough for it to make sense and the standard deduction may be best. the other thing people do, take the state refund and claim that as taxable income on your return. if you didn't take a state deduction, you don't necessarily need to do that. the other thing, they overlook the carry forwards and that's important if you had investment losses and want to carry over losses into this tax year, you can do that. you want to make sure you do. if you don't meet the april 15th deadline, i will, but if you don't, then you file an extension. make s

sharon chin, kpix 5. >> the community living campaign serves mostly southeast san francisco neighborhoodse the bayview, mission, park merced and western addition. and it's funded by the city united way grants, fundraising events and individual donations. jefferson award selection committee is meeting in a few days and now is the time to nominate >>> coming up at 5:00 random numbers or a bad omen? a driver tries to get rid her 666 license plate, but the dmv says no. >> i have my whole evening planned out. warriors game! >> yes! . >> got to get to work. >> having a party at your house? >> come on over. you're all invited. >> maya: so... you have a good time last night? >> nicole: [ chuckles ] >> maya: got home later than usual. >> nicole: it was fun. dancing, had a few drinks. >> maya: mm-hmm. did a new club open? >> nicole: there was good music and one extremely hot guy. club spencer. >> maya: wyatt's? >> nicole: the one and only. >> maya: was it a date? >> nicole: it turned into one. >> maya: meaning? >> nicole: he likes me. >> maya: how do you know? >> nicole: i just do. >> maya: nicole,

sharon chin spoke to the man in an interview you will see on 5. >> reporter: bay area native daniel wastrip to seattle when a starbucks executive came up to him. >> i want you to know, we are very open with our equipment, if you want to take any of it to china, you can take it. >> reporter: he came back. >> you know what you can't get in china? our training. [ laughter ] >> how did you react to that? >> i think that i was really shocked and taken aback. we didn't know what to think. we were dumbfounded. >> reporter: daniel complained to starbucks and detailed the comments in a yelp review. this is before they launched their controversial race together campaign to improve race relations. starbucks apologized. then a phone call from the executive himself. >> he really was thinking that we were from china. and wanting to steal secrets. >> reporter: the starbucks executive thought daniel was part of a group wanting to copy the chain overseas. he is not in the coffee business. he works with christian ministries. he accepted the apology. >> i want you to know that was still hurtful and made m

>> sharon: it's herbal tea. you were dehydrated, michael. i don't want to have another incident like before where you collapsed. >> michael: fine. i'll just sneak some caffeine while you're not looking. i'm kidding. really. i'm fine. while i was in the hospital, forced to rest, i had plenty of time to think about your defense. >> sharon: really? any new ideas? >> michael: before i was released, i made a few phone calls. and i took a calculated risk one that could make all the difference in whether we win or lose.

i have no attorney, dylan. >> no talking. >> sharon: help me. find me a lawyer. >> avery: hi. >> joe: hi.

from new york city, please welcome sharon diamond.y. >> come on over here. >> thank you. >> how are you? >> oh, i'm just fine. i love being here. thank you. thank you. >> now, first of all, could you tell me, what is wiki walking? >> oh, it's my pleasure. i will start out on any article on wikipedia, and i will read that article, and if i see an interesting link, i'll click on it. it will bring me to another article and then another article and another article, and before i know it, the night is over. i haven't been to sleep yet, and it's time to wake up. >> that's me on facebook. i'm trying to tell you. [laughter] but that's good. well, let's get you some money. are you ready to play this game? >> oh, i am ready. thank you. >> this is good.

sharon epperson joins us with more on the report and how a simple change in savings could go a long way. i mean if people's daily expenses are just too high it is not unreasonable to expect that that is why they are not saving right now, right? >> it is not unreasonable to expect that and that is why we are looking at 57% of american workers who have saved less than 25,000 dollars for retirement and what is startingle is those who said they could save more. seven out of ten workers said if they could save $25 more and they could and that could make a difference. >> an if you compound it and save 25 and that little bit over 10 or 20 or 30 years could add up. >> and a lot said $25 is a lot for me and it can add up and you can do it if you give up a couple of things. and by the end of the year $25 is that much for you and you put that in a roth ira and by the age of 67, over 48,000 dollars could be saved in contributions and you add a 4% return, not asking too much, hoping your s that much annually 110,000 dollars extra. so a little bit can go a long way. >> but how do you free up the extr

sharon in the u.s.im out to say she was touched by the story of hakima, a lady who transports heavy loads on her back, and wants to help her by a rickshaw. we are still in touch with hakima, so i will e-mail you details about how you can do that, sharon. since the terror attacks in paris early this year, security forces across europe have been keeping a especially close eye on potentially dangerous islamist extremists. including in norway, where convicted hate preacher mullah krekar has served the last few years in prison after making death threats. he's also alleged to have links to islamic state. he's now been released from jail. but because he is seen as a national risk, a norwegian court has ruled that he should be banished to an isolated village. local residents are not happy. reporter: on a fee your in central norway there is a village that is hard to pronounce for many, k yrksitteroya. police officer anette ertvag controls her beat. most of the time, nothing happens. there is hardly any crime or

. >> sharon? but there are 144,000 potential employees that could be eligible for a program like this and yet only 2,000 currently are taking advantage of it. is there some other way to kind of incentivize employees to take advantage of these programs as i agree with you that there are great benefits for many employees but they don't take advantage of them and would it not be better then to use that $250 million in some way perhaps to increase wages for some of these workers? >> well in a way starbucks is paving the way. i think we know for example, that many of the people who are working at starbucks, especially if you're low income could benefit from perhaps child care or some other thing because a great challenge here would be that in order to qualify, you have to be working at least 20 hours at starbucks and also enrolled full time in the program. so if you're a parent or a single mom, it's going to be much more life and perhaps, you know, people need additional support initiatives in order to

joining us now is sharon epperson. >> what are last minute mistakes that you can avoid that will end up costing you money. >> you don't want to leave my money on the table. make sure you can get every tax break together. and everybody thinks you can itemize. but sometimes the standard deduction is best for you. check to see if your home is paid off and if you live in a state that doesn't have intox tax, you may be kay with a -- be okay with standard deduction. and think about the state tax refund if you do get a refund you don't need to declare it all. you feed to figure out how much is taxable. and that is something to consider. and the last thing is the investments that didn't so well and the ability to carry forward and that is something people need to know. >> the losses that you took and realized in the tax year 2014. >> and past years too. >> if you can't get it done you can file for an automatic extension but that doesn't mean you don't have to pay what you owe. >> exactly. >> i remember the words an extens t is not an extension in time to pay. and if a take an extension or no

sharon epperson here with a retirement reality check. the reality isn't so good. boomers are really unprepared. >> they're unprepared they're not saving enough. oath 60% of them are saving something for retirement. 40% have no retirement savings. in terms of having $250,000 saved or more. only 19% are doing that. a lot of them are undersaving, what they're relying on is social security becat saved enough on their own. they're not looking at ira's or 401(k)'s really. >> are there certain changes they've been making that perhaps are going to help them or not? maybe they're not making any changes. >> they're not adding to their savings. >> people want to know what they should be investing in for retirement rather than how much should they be saving. that's really critical for people. particularly boomers who may not have saved enough. they're not working with someone to help them along the way. and the only thing that we're finding is that they're thinking it's still going to be enough. it might be if they have a different style of living. the realities with medical

sharon epperson. >>> proctor and cutting. that's where we begin market focus. the world's largest advertiser wants to to gilletteji gillette razors to accelerate growth. $80.60 to close. activist investor nelson peltz an active fight for influence at dupont institutional sh services or iss recommended that shareholders give the billionaire investor seat on the company's board. this is peltz fund to push the chemical maker to split into two company sh4.5% to hire today at $74.81. container store, as much as 25% lower. after the close, the company's quarterlies and revenue came in well below estimates. the retailer blamed weather among other factors. shares as you can see way off initially after the bell. before the close, the stock was up 1% to $21.69. watch that one tomorrow. tough day for the drug maker acorn pharmaceuticals. investors got a chance to react to announcement that the company will restate its earnings from the final three quarters of 2014. and that its first quarter fili 2015 probably going to be delayed. this is some of the previously announced

in san jose, sharon chin, kpix5. >> tonight was the fulfillment of a promise to his kids that he would throw out the first pitch at a san jose giants game. he says he will go see the san francisco giants play against the dodgers. >>> and the oakland as are pitching into help a little league team that got robbed. $7,000 taken from fundraiser for the tenison american little league. it was stolen sunday night. the as donated a thousand dollars and hayward firefighters matched it. >>> a postal carrier has gotten permission to go home, but not in the copter he landed on the u.s. capitol lawn. doug hughes is facing charges for violating national defense air space. he has been planning the flying protest for some time. he carried a letter to each member of congress about campaign finance reform. homeland security says hughes literally flew under the radar. >> there is going to be a lot of people at the table answering questions here. everyone from faa to military. you will have capitol police and secret service as well. >> reporter: this has the secret service again reviewing procedures. hugh