michelle you spoke to steven mcdaniel, the only person of about in the murder of lauren. >> she was myhbor and we are trying to find out where she is at this point. no one has seen her since saturday and the last time anyone heard from her is an e-mail she sent out and no one heard from her since. >> do you know approximate of any enemies that might want to hurt her? >> no, we don't know where she is. the only think is she went out and you know regular someone natched her. we went over one of her friends had a key and went inside and tried to see if approximate there anything amiss. >> what about in the parking lot area. that's where they recovered the body or whatever they recovered. >> body? >> have you hear anything there? >> have you heard anything. >> we don't know if this is the body or what it was. we are trying to ask if people know who lived there? >> are you okay, sir. i think i need to sit down. what is going on in your mind right now and what are you thinking. why would anybody do that? did you hear anything in >> no. i heard something i could have helped. >> but don't worr

a neighbor, steven mcdaniel is now a person of interesting. he said that he new here and that he was in her apartment the day she disappeared. >>> washington d.c. police officer accused of killing a woman while leaving her infant daughter in a hot car has been formally indicted on murder charges. a grand jury has filed charges against 41-year-old richmond phillips for the deaths of 20- year-old ryana wright and the 20-month-old. they were found dead in stream valley park. >>> and alexandria man is suing washington d.c. police and he's getting help from the aclu. he said that the police violated his civil rights last summer when they detained him from taking photos from a traffic stop. he said that they could not photograph police officers without they are permission. >>> the holiday weekend has officially started. and anny hong is in for topper. >>> clear skies and a light breeze coming through. and the humidity and dew points are down. that is why we don't feel the intensity of the heat. downtown 90 still. but athens 88. winchester 88, annapo

. >> reporter: steven mcdaniel was later arrested as a suspect in an unrelated burglary. and police have not identified the second person they consider of interest, back to you andrea. >>> thank you pat. >>> the family of lauren giddings laid flowers outside her apartment today. >>> and a man shot to death, a police officer punched in the face during a club fight in rosedale around 1:30 this morning, one of the responding police officers was assaulted, and a suspect was tasered at the scene. right now the police have a person in custody. >>> one person dead, a woman fighting for her life after a fire in anne arundel county, in the 1300 block of shore drive in edge water. one person was already dead when the firefighters arrived. the other taken to the hospital in life-threatening condition. more than 60 firefighters responded to the scene. >>> another fire in east baltimore spreads to three houses, displacing several families. the flames started inside a row home. the firefighters say everybody was able to escape safely. one of the houses partly collapsed. the investigato

however, police have not yet charged steven mcdaniels with murder. giddings just graduated from law school and was studying to take her bar exam. >>> many across the country are in disbelief over the not guilty verdict in the casey anthony trial. the jury determined she did not kill her 2-year-old daughter. tomorrow, they'll sentence her for lying to police. karen brown has the latest from orlando, florida. >> reporter: casey anthony could walk free within 24 hours. >> we the jury find the defendant not guilty. >> a jury of seven women and five men cleared her of murder. while the panel decided not to explain their decision, an alternate juror believed it was some sort of horrific accident. >> they didn't prove there was a murder. >> heckler was juror number 14. he said after more than a month of testimony, the prosecution did not prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt. >> they didn't show us how caylee died. that was important. no one could answer that. >> anthony was convicted for lying to police. she's been in jail for nearly three years so many

steven mcdaniel is in custody as a person of interest in the case. he was detained after saying he was in her apartment shortly after she disappeared. >>> a fight is underway for the final resting place for many americans. >> ever the alleged mismanagement at arlington cemetery in the wake of revelations last fall that the burial map didn't match grave sites. one site had remains of eight people instead of one. >> our time is 4:37. at 4:41, the possibility of tax revenue has some states reconsidering their bans on fireworks. >>> a local police union filing a suit against lawmakers. >> we are back with weather in 2 minutes. you're watching 9 news now. -dad, why are you getting that? -that's my cereal. is there a prize in there? oh, there's a prize, all right. is it a robot? no. is it a jet plane? nope. is it a dinosaur? [ laughs ] [ male announcer ] inside every box of heart healthy cheerios are those great tasting little o's made from carefully selected oats that can help lower cholesterol. stickers? uh-uh. a superhero? ♪ kinda. [ male announcer ] an

steven mcdaniel is behind bars after telling reporters he was inside her apartment shortly after giddingsappeared. >> she thought someone tried to break in on thursday night and she was afraid to stay in there. >> mcdonnell is charged with burglary while authorities work to identify the body that has been found, standout student athlete at fulton high school. she was just home two weeks ago as maid of honor in her sister's wedding. >>> police are looking for the suspects wanted in a deadly stabbing in hyattsville. it went down at a movie theater last night. police say a fight broke out between two groups of young people and somebody pulled out a knife and stabbed leanard smith matthews. eyewitnesses say there was blood everywhere and that 21- year-old young man died at the hospital. neighbors blame the crime on a combination of the bad economy and young people with not much better to do. >> the dry cleaner has their windows smashed. i had my car windows crashed. i had my laptop stolen. >> at one time they had security people working around here, you know, move the people on. i don't know

. >> reporter: steven mcdaniel way as arrested -- was later arrested in an unrelated burglar. second person of interest's nape has not been released. back to you ash did -- name has not been released. >>> giddings graduated from appleton high school in columbia. >>> back here, flames ripped through an anne arundel county home killing one person and sending another to the hospital. the fire broke out this afternoon onshore drive in edgewater. when firefighters went inside the home, they found one person already dead. they rushed another woman to the hospital with life- threatening injuries. a neighbor was also treated for smoke inhalation and investigators are not sure what sparked the deadly fire. >> >>> a baltimore city firefighter is recovering after getting hurt battling a fire at this east baltimore home. the flames quickly spread this morning to three row houses. one of the homes partially collapsed. but everyone inside escaped. we are told the injured firefighter should be okay. >>> a chaotic scene outside a nightclub. a man was shot to death early this morning in the pa

. >> that man, steven mcdaniel, has now been named a person of interest in guide guiding's murder. >>> french banker dominick strauss-kahn is free from house arrest this morning. prosecutors admit there is trouble with the sexual assault case against the former head of the imf. as randall pinkston reports, there are big questions surrounding the accuser as well. >> reporter: dominick strauss-kahn walked out of court an almost freeman. >> the defendant will be released on his own recognizance. the only restriction is the people will continue to hold his travel documents. >> reporter: the turn around came when prosecutors revealed the hotel maid lied about her whereabouts following the alleged attack. >> that investigation raised concerns about the complaining witness' credibility. >> reporter: prosecutors spelled out other inconsistencies about the accuser in a letter to strauss-kahn's defense attorney. they include lying to get into the united states from her native, guinea. her attorney insists the facts are not changed. >> the victim here made some mistakes. but that doesn't many sh

his name is steven mcdaniel. >> he was afraid that someone had tried to break in thursday night. and she was afraid to stay in there. >> reporter: the police are not calling her a suspect in the disappearance. she is a 27-year-old law school grad studying for the georgia bar. but she grew up here in laurel, where she was a well-known, stand crowd student athlete. her family has asked for privacy while awaiting word of development in georgia. >> news the suspect mcdaniel is now ordered without bail and now being called a person of interest in this case. she was just home two weeks ago for the wedding of her sister. making it she's ever done, she's done well that is from laura's stir. our thoughts are with the family tonight with the hope that's the authorities in georgia can get this sorted out quickly. >> that's right. >>> police are searching for suspects in a stabbing incident last night in hyattsville. one person killed and four people hurt after a fight broke out at a movie theater. >> reporter: the victim has now been identified. 21-year-old leonard smith matthews. people sa

or call crimestoppers: >> judge jeanine: coming up, steven mcdaniels is a person of interest. he's also charged with burglary. does that make him a murderer? >> judge jeanine: police focus on lauren's neighbor stephen mcdaniel almost immediately. is this a rush to judgment? dr. cyril wecht and greg mccreary are still with us and former prosecutor joey jackson joins. joey, mcdaniel is a person of interest. he's been arrested for burglary. lauren sends an e-mail saying she is in fear of someone who tried to break into her apartment. would it be a big leap to charge him? >> i think at this point. look, earlier in the show the chief was pointing out the investigation ensuing and what was happening. at this point it is too preliminary. you can say he looks strange. he has a master key. he's going around to these apartments. he was at the crime scene. they always say the criminal returns to the scene of the crime. to focus on him to the examine of other things might hamper the investigation because you lose time and you might want to focus on her people before you make conclusions. >

or call crimestoppers: >> judge jeanine: coming up, steven mcdaniels is a person of interest.e's also charged with burglary. does that make him a murderer? [ male announcer ] get ready for the left lane. the volkswagen autobahn for all event is back. right now, get a great deal on new volkswagen models, including the jetta, awarded a top safety pick by the iihs. that's the power of german engineering. hurry in and lease the jetta s for just $179 a month. ♪ visit vwdealer.com today. >> judge jeanine: police focus on lauren's neighbor stephen mcdaniel almost immediately. is this a rush to judgment? dr. cyril wecht and greg mccreary are still with us and former prosecutor joey jackson joins. joey, mcdaniel is a person of interest. he's been arrested for burglary. lauren sends an e-mail saying she is in fear of someone who tried to break into her apartment. would it be a big leap to charge him? >> i think at this point. look, earlier in the show the chief was pointing out the investigation ensuing and what was happening. at this point it is too preliminary. you can say he looks st