christian sosa rivas was murdered. his death part of a string ofstf incidents that police say areaya gang related and also includesns the murder of a 15-year-old girl. this newest development avelopm crucial piece of a pull in a troubling time line of deaths disappearances and death.es and. >> december 10th damaris rivas s went missing january 12th is when christian rivas' body' bo washed up on the potomac. lizzy cal linda's wents wt missing. nearly a month later whener when lizzy and her baby returned home, it was determined intermi case she left against her he will. the next morning the remains of the first missing teen damaris reyes rivas was found february 14th venus.th venus febr connected.ay allected. fox5's alexandria limon isimo that in prince william countyco with new developments tonight. alex. >> reporter: christian sosa sosa rivas' body washed up washed somewhere along this beach inchi mid january here in dumfries.mfe now police say an internalan in power struggle within ms-13 m may be the reason he wass ki

. >> but the chain of events was set off by the death of 2121 year old christian sosa rivas, r in prince williams county his body washed ashore midhore january. >> two missing juveniles from fairfax country indirectly linked by association to the victim of a recent homicide ini prince william count. >> i one of those two missing teens is now implicated in the murder. the other returned home safely with her baby. but the baby's father, jose castile rivas, one of thee of adults facing murder charges. the leads that police developed led them to the discovery of reyes' bod. >> i we discovered video evidence which suggested thatget the damaris had been murdered in the lake accotink area of fairfax county. >> the victim's mother who now n fears for her own life says the brutal salvador gang ms-13 is investigators won't name the gang involved, but said this about working to identify international threats. >> with regard to attempts to identify threats coming from outside of the united states, particularly central america,, the fbi has part nerds with other federal par agencies to include state

. >> the body of christian sosa rivas was found along the potomac river last month. now six people are in custody. julie carey reports that in looking for his killers, detectives discovered a second murder involving a teenage girl. >> reporter: this picturesque spot on the potomac river seems an unlikely place for a brutal murder but this is where the body of the 21-year-old was found on january 12th. now these four adults, another man and one juvenile in custody in connection with the death. this search warrant document reveals how the unfolded and how it led first to the discovery of a second murder victim, a 15-year-old good faith faith faither gaithersburg girl. ten people were arrested in fairfax county in connection with her killing. >> there are overlapping individuals who know each other and who have a relationship. >> reporter: even though none of the suspects is charged in both cases, there is a strong common denominator, involvement in the ms-13 gang. police believe those leaders then used the social media accounts of female associates to set up the victim

they arrested five people in connection with the murder of christian alexander sosas rivas. his body was found last month along the potomac river. and sources tell peggy fox he was killed because he pretended to be a leader of the ms-13 gang. and she was murdered because she knew about the killing. her body was found in springfield. 10 people face charges in that case. >>> authorities have movement they arrested a man for the murder. she vanished in 2005. under arrest is a 33-year-old. he attended the school where she taught and graduated three years before her disappearance. the break came this week when a tipster came forward. >>> in texas a fight over access to an asylum seeker. she collapsed two weeks ago. she was din tension in texas. she was -- detention in texas. she was transferred to a federal run detention center but her family says she has limited contact outside. last night a dallas attorney was unsuccessful in meeting with her. >> i am not going toea and find my client dead. it is not acceptable to me. she has a right to counsel. we live in the united states of

five suspects have been arrested in connection with the murder of christian alexander sosas rivas. and the other two were arrested in baltimore. all of them will be extradited to prince williams county, virginia. police believe this was gang- related. as several of the suspects are believed to be members of the street gang, mara salva trucha. this comes only weeks after arrests were made in connection with a murder of a teenager in linked to a teen girl in the common wealth. >>> we may have isolated showers going on. but right now, the weather is picture-perfect for anything outside. here's howard bernstein. >> unbelievable weather we had. this may end up being the warmest weather on record. a lot of sunshine at the moment here. there have been isolated sprinkles south of us. see them there in the mountains. but it's the temperatures, which are soaring. should only be 49, 50. we're 65 in town. the water, though, is going to be something we gotta battle at reagan national. you can see it on the chesapeake, with the lower 50s. but inland, not far inland, we've got 72 for rockville. l

the body of christian sosa rivas washed up in dumfries january 1. he had keks to one of the girls temporarily missing. fairfax country police say there could be more charges to come and they're asking nip with information about any of this to give them a call. live in gaithersburg, lauren larn, "fox5 local news". >> we spoke with experts helping families with loved ones caught up in illegal gang activity. many are immigrant families coming looking for work and often forced to leave children alone to defend for themselves. >> families have to work real hard especially those families and supporting their children is in their hearts and number one in their hearts and they have to for families. it's tough. young people have to find a place to money and a lot of times these young people come to the country late way after parents come here and maybe sometimes before the parents come here. and so the relationship of the families are hard as well. so it's a really tough and that's why you have to have people out there to build influence for them to keep the

williamwilli county police said their murder investigation into io members of ms-13 were nott happy sosa rivas claimed to best the leader ofo ms-13 in the3 it area but they add there coulderc be other factors in his murder. david wright works just yards away from whereht wor the body n washed up.wash up. he says he spoke with investigators on the scenescene that day. day. >> eye they just said he had a a lot of tattoos and he was hews cut up pretty bad and maybe ayba bullet in the head oror something like that and a lotd t of trauma to the body. b >> reporter: nearly sixrly ix weeks after the murder, princepi william county policeice announced four people are now facing murder charges and were e arrested in pennsylvania. 24-year-old edgar blanco torres, 20-year-old josÉ larios espenal, 18-year-old-ye henrik covey yo' lobe bows lobew sanchez and a 1 juvenile who was not identified. id police alsoenti revealed thisd about how the victim died. did. >> the victim was lured downs l to thatur area, down where hee was found in dumfries. >> reporter: two others aredu facing charges for conspiracyon to

indiscernible ] >> reporter: the five suspects charged in the murder along the christian alexander sosas rivas were apprehended out of state. three in pennsylvania and two women in baltimore last week. police tell us several are members of ms-13. peggy fox, wusa 9 news. >> sources told peggy some of the suspects have confessed. >>> d.c.'s mayor dominated peter newsham to be the city's next mayor. he has been with the mpd and he beat out 100 other candidates for one of the high profile jobs in the country. bruce leshan with more on reaction with the nomination of peter newsham. >> reporter: yeah. your honor for, the mayor and for -- you know, for the mayor and many residents was who would continue a get police officers out of their cars and interacting with people. fighting crime in the neighborhoods. the chief says that is fundamental. [ applause ] >> reporter: a long wait. 5 months after the mayor appointed him interim chief, mayor bowser picked him for the permanent job . he says d.c. has avoided much of the arn that plagued many big city -- anger that plagued many big city anger. >> we are

but it was the murder of christian sosa rivas in prince william county that helped fairfax solve alexandra's case. christian's killers are still out there. >> the victim was lured down to where he was and killed. >> reporter: this search warrant filed in court alleged he had himself to be a leader of an ms-13 clique. it seems that didn't settle well with other gang leaders who contacted him questioning his rank. those leaders then used social media accounts, a female associate to lure out unsuspecting victims. luring him away from this normal surroundings. police say he was then murdered. >> we're still investigating today. >> reporter: at a press conference, both local and federal law enforcement warning of the growing gang threat. and who they're trying to influence. >> we are seeing a lot of increase in which is alarming to us. >> reporter: police do not believe randomuden are being targeted. but what's being said inside schools and online is helping investigators track gang activity. >> wech school resource officers that are in the schools. they are present there. you'd be surprised how

it was the murder of chris than sosa rivas that helped fairfax solve alexandra's case. christian's killers are still out there. this search warrant filedin himself to be a leader of a local ms-13 clique. it seems that didn't settle well with other gang leaders. they began contacting the 21-year-old and questioning his rank. they used social media accounts of female associates in an effort to lure out christian, setting him up. police say he was then murdered. >> it's still ongoing. we are still investigating our murder today. >> at a thursday press conference, local and federal law enforcement warning of the growing gang threat and who they're trying to influence. >> we are seeing a lot of increase in recruiting at high schools and middle schools, which is alarming to us. >> police do not believe random students are being targeted. what's being said inside schools and online is helping investiga investigators track gang activity. >> we have school resource officers in the school. you'd be surprised how much information is gatherd. we're seeing a significant increase. qu

we have learned the body of christian sosa rivas washed up january 1 and he had connections to one of the girls who was temporarily missing. so, what is going on here? and how serious of a gang problem is there in our area. police were asked those questions today at the press conference. >> the incidents are specific and does not appear to be a public safety threat. we don't think they're going outran domly attacking other people. it looks like they're targeted among each other. >> a department of homeland security official tells me they have seen uptic in violence from ms 1 here in our area in the last two years and 1 and 19 years in high school recruit younger members because they are aware that there are less serious charges for juveniles. so they're having younger kids help them commit some of the crimes. and damaris reyes here watkins mill high school. tonight we got reaction from montgomery county public school spokesman. >> certainly mcps is not immune to gang activity and we've been proactive working with the community and working with law enforcement to make sure we are prepa

. >> the body of christian sosa rivas was found along the potomac river last month.ople are in custody. julie carey reports that in looking for his killers, detectives discovered a second murder involving a teenage girl. >> reporter: this picturesque spot on the potomac river seems an unlikely place for a brutal murder but this is where the body of the 21-year-old was found on january 12th. now these four adults, another man and one juvenile in custody in connection with the death. this search warrant document reveals how the

sanchez and five others are accused in the murder of christian sosa rivas. >>> 11 years in prison, that is the sentence for from woodbridge who is convicted of attempting to provide material support to isis. he was caught during an fbi string last year. investigators say he was conspireing with a friend to travel to syria to fight with the islamic state. he was arrested last january after he drove his friend to the airport in richmond. >>> a spring allergy season seems to have arrived early this year thanks to all this mild weather. one allergist we talked to is seeing an uptick in allergy sufferers. chris gordon is in bethesda with what you can do. >> reporter: this is bethesda. as you can see, people are still playing on the basketball court even after sunset because it's been such a warm day. the park is rimmed by trees. that's causing a bit of a problem. the combinatiof problems for some allergy sufferers. if you have allergies, this week's warm and sunny weather may have brought on your symptoms. >> kind of like watery eyes. that's a little bit different for me. other than that, th

roughly a month later, the body of 21-year-old christian sosa rivas washed up off the potomac and two days later 16-year-old lizzy rivera and her 5-month-old baby aider go missing from their springfield home. that next day, january 15, 17-year-old venus is reported missing from her alexandria home. fast forward nearly a month later to february 11 he, colendras and her baby rurntd home late into the night. this was not a runaway case as her will and that next morning human remains identified as those of missing gaithersburg teen demaris turn up near a home in an industrial area neek a lake. and jose kas tee's rayes is arrested for violating a stay aweighed order and they confirm his involvement in the murder of the girl. and the third and final of the missing girls returned home. she's later taken into police custody and also charged in connection with reyes' is death in addition there were nine other arrests four adults and all ten arrested are charged in connection with reyes' murder. mar each owe marraco, fox news. >> and we'll look at who is meeting with the president to become the

this may also be be linked to a death in princeprinc william town, the victim inv that case vision sosa rivas police say he knew one of theone girls that went temporarilympory missing and so they ared so the looking into this beinginto thig connected as well.connected we. but again, all 10 identified.e they've been charged withd wth abduction as well as gang related activity at this timetiy and possibly more charges on ca the way. th that's the very latest here ere from fairfax virginia annie yuau fox5 local news.new. >> annie thank you.u. >>> 5:34 is the time right is tg now. this morning police in montgomery county need your help finding a mor misrys cingog teenager from rockville. 17-year-old lindsay barth.i she was wearing a black north nh face jacket and brown uggbro ugg boots. if you have any information aboutave an her call police isnt that another d.c. publicno d.c. school is tackling a bed bigs problem. oblem. according to dcs bed bugs weredg found on threend clothing of miner elementaryele school in northeast.hool the school sent a letter top parents notifying them of theife situati

he prince william in connection con with the murder, the gang murdee of 21-year-old christian sosa ss rivasin the studio.you hs >> annie, thank you for that.. >>> also developing right now ii northern virginia fbi is now now involved in the search forhor missing 15-year-old. authorities believe mikayla ma m tie disappeared wayman she met online. may teemers la astonian nationao she was reported missing missi february 17th after her mother e says she never made it to classc at forest park high school in woodbridge.brge. mikayla has diabetes and her anr mother says she's in need of medication.caon anyone, anyone at all withll wit information is being asked to bo call police.. >>> ♪♪ >>> speaking of police we're following breaking news from tht district matt act land ld mayor bowzr will name peter new some as the official dc police c chief today.f t he's been serving as the interir chief since september when cathh lanier stepped down to join thee nfl.. he's been with d.c. police since 1989 had been assistant chief since 2004 had said to long beob the leading candidate for thisti job. the mayor