. >> reporter: tabitha says her family at the paterson community can heal. since the body of jose rodriguez can put an end to this tragic objection. >> a big relief. >> reporter: the question is why. tabitha says now she will never know why her son was kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend. >> i want a believe it was an accident. >> reporter: the sheriff's department believes jose rodriguez may have been so angry over the breakup, that the kidnap the little boy in january. it was not his biological son. >> we know he drove to the canal from the abduction site. his intent was to commit suicide and murder little guiliani. >> reporter: it was floating near the skate at 830 saturday morning. located 11 mi. from where the investigators pulled his car out last month. >> we knew we would recover cover jose rodriguez from that canal. >> none of this seems real to me. i'm an like some kind of a bad dream that never ends. >> reporter: julianne is body was found not long ago in the same canal further down the stream. even though she will never know the motive tabitha and knows

tabitha and the boy's grandmother. positive identification will be made through dna and other procedures that we normally apply in these cases at our coroner's division. >> i would like to thank a moment to recognize and thank the people standing here with me. to my left, patterson's mayor. the city of patterson has been overwhelmingly supportive in their efforts, the community members have been side by side with us in this case in the efforts to find little juliani. and chief tori hughes. she and her team have worked tirelessly in this case. and even though we didn't end with a positive result, the team worked with collaboration -- the teamwork with collaboration, all helped us locate and bring some closure in this case. to the chief's right our fbi representative todd irigiana. iary appreciate very much the -- i appreciate very much the effort that the fbi has provided us in this investigation. and the merced sheriff avenue department, the california department of justice, certainly the -- the san luis and delta-mend

while he was not juliani's father, rodriguez is the father of the baby that tabitha is carrying. >>> the community of patterson has, of course, rallied around the cardenas family since the kidnapping. jonas tichenor has reaction. >> reporter: certainly there is a very deep sense of loss here in this little town of patterson as the word is beginning to spread in regards to the discovery of juliani cardenas's body. we have heard very little from the family today, who has spent most of the morning inside of the home here in patterson, although we did see tabitha, juliani's mother, driven out of the home with police escort about an hour after that news conference today. we also talked with a priest who was inside the cardenas home today after they had heard the news of the discovery about 31 miles south of here. he says, the family was actually a comfort to him and he believes that that is a testimony to their faith and the support the -- overwhelming support they have received from this community. >> they're very, very conscious of the support of the community and they appreciate that v

. >> reporter: the news has been devastating for the mother, tabitha and the entire patterson community. many people gathered tonight to pray for the boy and his family. jonathan bloom joins us live with more from the prayer vigil. >> reporter: there was no mention of cardenas' gruesome and untimely death. hundreds of people gathered here in the street in front of the city hall to pray and remember his life. they held candles in glass jars that they left in a collection in front of city hall. and present was his family. his mother did not speak and sat quietly in tears and his grandmother thanked the community for their support. >> thank you, thank you so much. from the bottom of my heart. i didn't need my baby to go to love you all because i love all kinds of people. it doesn't matter the color or the race, i love you all. and god as my witnesses, and i want to say thank you to all of you for your time and your suffering and to coming and see us. i want to thank the police. they did a wonderful job. i mean, they were always there, day and night. and i still feel like i don't deserve al

jose is the father of tabitha's unborn baby.orting live jade hernandez. >>> we'll continue to bring you reports from patterson all morning long. you can also find continuing coverage on our channel 2 website website website. >>> we are following reports in a giant standoff happening in egypt. thousands of demonstrators showing support for president mubarak are clashing with antigovernment protestors on the streets of cairo. there you have a live picture of the streets of cairo. now within the last two hours reports starting to come in there have been injuries among the protestors after the two sides began hitting each other with sticks and throwing stones. we will have a live report from washington, d.c. coming up in ten minutes with president obama's message to egypt's president. >>> the latest diplomatic cables released shows al qaeda is on the verge of producing radio active materials. they warnedover a nuclear 9/11 if supplies of you are rain yum was not secured. >>> forecasters say parts of the midwest could get up to 18 in

his mother tabitha was here hours before she found out. the family says juliani was ripped from the family's arms by jose esteban rodriguez. today a vigil was held for juliani's safe return. instead it was turned into a mourning. tabitha cardenas is pregnant with the child of jose rodriguez. this story became a part of many people's lives in patterson. people who prayed for a better outcome. >> i was hoping it was going to turn out different. >> reporter: the next time this community gathers for juliani may be for his memorial, no date has been set. >> and the sheriff department issued a warrant for jose rodriguez. the sheriff's department says that it's a formality for rodriguez is presumed dead and his body is in the canal. >> all of the evidence leads us to believe jose rodriguez is also in the canal. >> reporter: rodriguez is the ex-boyfriend of juliani's mother. >>> the sheriff had predicted two weeks would pass before a body surfaced in the canal. but no one realizes how far juliani's body would travel. it was discovered in san elena

his mother tabitha was here hours before she found out. the family says juliani was ripped from the family's arms by jose esteban rodriguez. today a vigil was held for juliani's safe return. instead it was turned into a mourning. tabitha cardenas is pregnant with the child of jose rodriguez. this story became a part of many people's lives in patterson. people who prayed for a better outcome. >> i was hoping it was going to turn out different. >> reporter: the next time this community gathers for juliani may be for his memorial, no date has been set. >> and the sheriff department issued a warrant for jose rodriguez. the sheriff's department says that it's a formality for rodriguez is presumed dead and his body is in the canal. >> all of the evidence leads us to believe jose rodriguez is also in the canal. >> reporter: rodriguez is the ex-boyfriend of juliani's mother. >>> the sheriff had predicted two weeks would pass before a body surfaced in the canal. but no one realizes how juliani's body would travel. it was discovered in san elena, 30

we were able to speak to some neighbors that live close to tabitha cardenas. they have been following all of this as well. it is to listen to what they had to say >> we have been praying every day. i've candles on for him. you know, i feel very bad for the family. we are all really devastated with this. we really are. >> stay strong. u.s. support from everybody. we're glad to give the hugs, mickey feel welcome. supported and welcome to. the >> as we take our livelihoods at city hall you can see people already starting to gather from the community. this is officially started at 7:00 p.m. easterkron4 news will strem everything live from our web site. >> our coverage continues online. we have interviews, these conferences and all of that posted on our web site. just go to our web site kron4 news .com . >> it is my belief that an orderly transition must be meaningful, it must be peaceful, and it must begin now. >> that as of president barack obama a couple of minutes ago reacting to the announcement from the egyptian president. the egyptian leader spoke to the com

tabitha is trying to deal with today's news as at best as she can. >> it is difficult today. any to tell you that we did not see this happening. i can't imagine this. and, uh, friends and family. we're praying for them. where did everything that we can. nothing makes up for the loss of your child. faith is something that will get you through this. that is what we believe in right now. that is what is communicated to us. obviously she would rather have it her son in have been. >> the friends wanted to thank the committee for all of this support that she has been receding to this trying time. the news of the discovery also very hard for the suspect's mother to hear. we got her reaction and by phone this afternoon. >> it hurts me, my heart is broken. (inaudible) it breaks my whole heart. at of the you unintentionally do it too is signed. how is he hurt him like that? i think he was not in his right mind when he did it and if he did i lost my kid. i lost my son. i lost my baby to. just lost her baby but i lost 12. >> at the body was found set the bar the suspect's car was thought

tabitha, the mother is not giving up hope and attended a candlelight vigil. she believes hanfamily members are helping hide that child. she is currently pregnant. teresa estacio >> memo, in dublin, of the girl was been missing for 22 years meanwhile the us-a computer at each photograph of what eileen could have looked at today. she disappeared in dublin in 1989 walking home from school. she was seen with this header section of san ramon and this will begin at 7:00 p.m. and retrace your steps from her elementary school. >> the jean quan and police chief, anthony bats. these to announced that they're going to retire 10 of the 0 pd officers that were laid off in july. and also active sergeants and promoting for officers to enhanced supervision and prioritize 0 pd maintenance of the vehicles. and look for money for new cars and chief anthony bats speaking out about equipment problems and also wanting to be the new chief of police in san jose. the timing of the comments. >> and there is a lot of things that were said and some of those for mean- spirited to. and th

i feel for it tabitha because she is the mom and pregnant. with my son's daughter. you know, to bet my son was not here to see his baby. i do not know what made him, you know, do this. he was not this type of person to hurt anybody. he was a loving father. he is a loving brother. al loving son. everybody loved him. wherever he went. >> she went on to say that her son, if he heard juliani in padua, it is because he was not in his right mind. earlier today these face book to talk about her son out of the canal. >> since juliani has been taken to have it has been online updating her friends and well-wishers with what is planned on the investigation. let us take a look at the first post-may. 11:10 a.m.. i have the worst news to tell you, my son's body has been found in the canal. no dna has confirmed dead but is is close and shows and it has of for year-old boy. at some of the ride to prayed that houses but is times the week on the he is burning in hell and i do not have to worry about him taking my unborn baby girl. at couple of minutes before and she wrote this. i am

we also want to tell you, we just learned that tabitha cardenas has issued a statement on her facebook page. and she says, quote, i want everyone to pray that juliani's body is found so we can all know that he is burning in hell and i don't have to worry about him taking my unborn baby girl. now let's hear the story. >> we recovered the body of a small child whose physical description and clothing description matches that of our kidnapping victim. >> a mother's worst nightmare becomes reality. the search for juliani cardenas is over. friends say the four-year-old brightened this patterson neighborhood. >> beautiful child. beautiful smile, happy. >> two weeks ago, jose rodriguez allegedly snatched jewuliani fr his grandmother's arms. >> by the time i heard him, he was already going down to his room. >> they pulled up rodriguez's car friday, and today, 30 miles down stre downstream, they found the little boy's body. his grandmother remained in her home today. friend who spoke with her say she's relying on her faith. >> obviously, she would rather him be with them, but she believes he's i

any of your questions. [ inaudible ] >> my understanding is that the fbi's victim advocate is with tabitha. i'm not sure where she is at at this moment. [ inaudible question ] >> dna results take several weeks. certainly not like what you see on television. so we'll have that -- we'll send that off to the department of justice. we'll ask them to rush that and get it back to us. but i would say cautiously, two to three weeks. >> but there is no doubt in your mind -- >> based on the physical description and the clothing description, which matches that provided to us of our kidnapping victim. >> tell us more about who found the body -- >> miles downstream... [ inaudible ] >> as many cars as we have pulled out of that canal and as much debris as we have found in our diving operations, yes, very likely he could have been hung up somewhere before we found him today. and remember, we said early on that we thought it would be about two weeks, about 10 to 14 days because of the condition of the water, the temperature of the water, as well as the design and construction of the canal along with all o

. >> there are also prayers for tabitha cardenas and her unborn baby. she is due to give birth next month. >>> in egypt today thousands of demonstrators showing support for president move bar rack -- mubarak are crashing with protestors on the streets of cairo. within the last half hour reports came in there have been injuries after the two sides began hitting each other with sticks. also today in a television announcement an egyptian military spokesman asked protestors to go home and return to normal life in egypt. the protestors have been an inspiration. >> the people of egypt particularly the young people of egypt i want to be clear. we hear your voices. i have an unyielding belief that you will determine your own destiny. >> in a televised statement yesterday president mubarak announced he would not seek reelection in september but that did not appease the antigovernment protestors that assist they want him to step down now. >>> in yemen that countries long-time president announced he would not seek another term in office or hand over power to his s

i'm so sorry, tabitha. >> she silently attended the vigil. earlier today she wrote this on her facebook page, "i love you all very much, and my son does too. he is my lil angel now. >> it is a parent's worst nightmare. >> rodriguez's family told me they don't know why any of this happened. they say the suspect helped raise juliani from the time he was two months old. in san jose, lisa amin gulezian, abc7 news. >>> pg&e found and repair serious problems on natural gas lines in the east bay after the san bruno pipeline explosion. that's because of the state utilities commission. there were leaks repaired in several cities including concord, livermore, newark and vacaville. the leaks were classified as grade one or hazardous. now the exact location of the repairs is not listed. meantime, pg&e has been busy compiling an electronic database of the 1800-mile natural gas pipeline system. after the september 9th explosion in san bruno, the puc gave pg&e until march 5th to document the kind of pipes it has underground. pg&e says it has now collected,

the mother, a tabloid that, it says bu--tabitha says the discovery of rodriguez's body is a relief.hey found it near the gate ended dull bin the delgato canal. the car was seen plunging into the canal. rodriguez is suspected of kidnapping juliani last month. he was tabbed as ex-boyfriend but not juliani is a biological father. juliani body was pounded the canal two weeks after the kidnapping. >> we will never know why. we knew he drove from the abduction site into the canal. it leads us to believe that his intent was to commit suicide and murder and little juliani . >> i feel closure. jose has been found. i do not worry about him coming to get my baby. ou >> reporter: tablet that is doing to weeks and she plans to name her daughter juliani . >> vicki: the board directors of bart plan to seat at change in general managers. they're expecting it door of the it to rex denieddorothy to resign. they have not responded but they say that she is still general manager at this time. it is the first time today that thmubarak is not president of egypt. there was ease of the move that led to clas

tabitha car, his mother, never gave up hope. she said her ex, jose esteban rodriquez, would not hurt her son but authorities now say he drove the little boy and himself in the canal 45 minutes after abducting him. juliani's mother could not contain her anger for her ex- boyfriend. "i love you all very much and my son does, too. he's my little angel now and i'm crying as i'm brighting it." the community community feels her pain. we spoke stott alliance club. >> we contacted the board of directors, which i'm part of that group, and decided to help out the family. others are involved in donating funds to this endeavor. >> reporter: we're live in patterson where you can see ribbons for the boy are still tied on trees here at city hall and, of course, the community, even mr. hess, said is still rallying around -- around this family. back to you. >>> the stanislaus information they have leads them to believe that kidded suspect, jose esteban rodriquez, is dead. they say -- the kidnapping suspect, jose esteban rodriquez is dead. they s

there were also prayers for juliani's mother tabitha cardenas and unborn baby. she is pregnant with the daughter of jose rodriguez and due to give birth next month. we will continue to bring you reports from patterson all morning long and you can find continuing coverage on our channel 2 website at ktvu.com just click on the cardenas tab. >>> we are following reports of a violent standoff in egypt. for the first time thousands of demonstrators showing support are clashing with antigovernment protestors on the streets of cairo. take a look. we want to take you live to cairo this morning. within the last hour reports started coming in there have been injuries among the protestors when the two sides start the hitting each other with sticks and throwing stones. we will is a live report coming up in ten minutes with president obama's message to egypts president. >>> the latest diplomatic cables show concerns that al qaeda is on the verge of producing radio active weapons. in one of the cables published, a leading atomic regulator warn of the a nuclear 9/11. if suppli

tabitha will give birth to a baby girl in a few weeks. she says her baby will mrs. be named juliani. we have her eulogy with stories about her son in its entirety. you can find that on our website at ktvu.com. >>> police on a medical marijuana dispensary are suspended at least for now. last year there were a series of rats and our cameras were there. they have criticized the raids while neighbors of the operations applaud it. county prosecutors want to review medical marijuana laws before any more raids are conducted. >>> the death of a half marathon runner in san francisco is under investigation as the city prepares for another race tomorrow. last sunday a 36-year-old man collapsed at the finish line of a run in golden gate park. now the city is investigating whether the race organizers had enough staffers in place to get to the runner in time. but one sports medicine doctor says sometimes preparation isn't enough. >> there's inherit risk that we need to accept as human beings and that the systems will always be felt to be imperfect. >> tomorrow's race is being org

his mother tabitha, went to a vigil. she directed a message at the father of her unborn child. want everyone to pray jose's body is found so we can all know that he's burning in hell and i don't have to worry about him taking my unborn baby girl. >> new problems for pg&e. it is not what people in the bay area want to hear. there are new gas leaks that popped up. marla is live near the explosion site. she's got that new information. >> reporter: the newly discovered gas leaks were found not far from where we are. the site is behind us directly here. this new information cannot sit well with the people who live in this neighborhood or really anybody who lives in the bay area. in all 21 new gas leaks were found on pg&e's pipe line system. three of them in south san francisco. the good news is those leaks have been repaired. the company flew small planes over thousands of miles of transmission lines using methane detecting technology. these are in addition to other leaks in october when pg&e completed its first set of inspections. the line ruptured and killed eight and wiping out 3

. >> reporter: the little boy's mother, tabitha, is now pregnant with rodriguez's child. she says even though a positive identification remains pending, she finally can sleep easy. >> i don't have to worry about him, you know, coming back to get this baby. >> the coroner's office tentatively scheduled an autopsy for tuesday. investigators say they will use dental records. and about if they need dna samples, as well. those results could take two to three weeks. >>> this morning an update to the homicide investigation we first told you about yesterday. san francisco police continue their search for an elderly man's killer. police say they found the 65-year-old man's body in his knob hill apartment. there were obvious signs of trauma. police are not releasing his name and have pnot i had had pi suspects, but neighbors say he is are recently let a man stay in his apartment. but again, police have not made any arrests in the case. >>> also newly released documents indicate that the tiger that killed a teenager on christmas day of 2007 was likely provok provoked. documents from

i hear that you still have a tabitha's open in the tap room. what should i tell them? >> take care of that for me and just put it on diane's card. >> i have it covered for you. >> exactly. >> thanks a lot, david. >> what a beautiful day out there. such a beautiful place. we got jeff checking out the weather around here and it's going to change a little bit, huh? >> eventually. that's the key here. we are looking at a change here in the next seven-day period. for tonight, the status quo. clear skies. no fog here. out towards san francisco with another spectacular sunset out here. watch as we put it in motion over the past half hour. the sunsetting back behind the north bay hills and brilliant with yellows and oranges and the sunset tonight.ño' meanwhile, the temperatures on the cooler side. near the average temperatures. 59 in liverpool. 64 for the high in napa. 61 in san francisco. a far cry from that record heat of this weekend where temperatures in the 70s and low 80s in the north bay. currently dropping off to 56 in livermore. 60 in napa. clear skies aid in a cold n

his mother tabitha went to a vigil last night in paterson to remember the life of her young son.eputies say they believe it is just a matter of time until rodriguez' sbod pulled from the water. a water department worker spotted the boy's body in the canal where it was believed that rodriguez drove his car into. >> the man accused of killing two people at a shop is now expected in court. wu is scheduled to be arraigned on murder charges, the owner of a shop on san francisco's fisherman's wharf. sunday night he went into a rival shop and shot and killed two people working there. wu was allegedly upset because that shop was selling the same merchandise as his. he now faces two counts of murder. >> the city of oakland is trying to figure out how to make money off marijuana farms, looking at a rule that would cap them at 50,000 square feet and require growers to have a dispense area where they must sell the majority to members. the city attorney has not reviewed the plan. a law is needed to generate tax dollars and provide safe medicine. the council will continue the debate. >> the sa

it was the ex-boyfriend of tabitha, she said that he loved juliani cardenas as if he was his own theys old, his he raised his voice to a disciplined him the way ya father worked. she never questioned the safety around jose rodriguez spirit and we kept questioning that. this man had shown a tendency to be violent, he's been in jail before, she kept saying not jose, because he has all lot of problems in his past, but no way we'd he heard juliani cardenas especially since the family was about to grow with talbott that eight months pregnant with jose's child. it is going to be a daughter. who knows how she is feeling now. our hearts go out to the family. you talk about it being two weeks. friday when they found the car in the canal, at that time the share of said, it would take two weeks given the current conditions as well as the water temperature it would take 14 days for the dog a to rise up, today is day 14. >the body to rise up. >> as a parent you hold out hope, as the news comes that they may have found the body you feel this sinking feeling. i can only imagine what the family of bo

the boy's mother tabitha had a message for the suspected killer's family. >> i want to let jose's mom know that i feel her pain because i know what it is like to lose a son. >> police say the body's physical characteristics matches that of rodriguez but they are still waiting for a positive i.d. of the body. autopsy is said dueled for tuesday. >>> new information on a man found dead in a san francisco apartment. neighbors identified him as 64-year-old jack baker, an artist and a macy's window display designer. his body was found inside his apartment friday afternoon. neighbors became concerned when his dog started scratching on baker's door. the police are investigating this case as a homicide. anyone with information please call the police. >>> a man is in jail accused of killing his girlfriend. police tell us adam disa killed katherine jilahan. the officers arrested the 28-year-old for a parole violation but then they found the body in the couple's home. this was the first homicide of that area in a year rth eight people were sprayed with pepper spray. it happened 6:00 last night at

. >> hundreds of balloons and tabitha is celebrating her son's life and the next child his name. due in only a couple of weeks. >> after all of this perhaps parents will be in naming their children juliani? however, that is for my children. >> a private from rural service the funeral service will be next friday. if >> the latest demonstrations in the bay area. before that, a live look. the bay bridge a beautiful day and a beautiful start to the day inch a be a beautiful day all around the bay area. live from the kron 4 news station, this is the kron 4 news. >> we are back to 7:30. with the country of egypt continuing to celebrate. friday, hosni mubarak and surrender to demands of 18 days of protests. the military is running the government. when, how a transition will be made to create a democratic society. president obama is urging a quick transition. however, officials are thinking that it will take longer. and algeria is also following suit. >> the solidarity vigil in honor of the uprising in egypt. 100 people killed in those protests. local event starts at 1:00 p.m. at the civ

child's body found in the delta canal on tuesday was juliani cardenas, authorities say his mother tabitha has been notified and at this time no word on funeral arrangements. deputies say juliani was kidnapped by jose rodriguez, his mother's ex-boyfriend. dive crews pulled the car out of the canal last week. his body has yet to be recovered. >>> good morning to you! a starting out with a look at the san francisco bay. isn't that just a gorgeous view! just a little bit of haze in some areas. napa valley nearly reaching that saturation mark. outside of that just a few high clouds. our temperatures a cool start in some spots, 30s for areas like napa and fairfield, 41 santa rosa. here into san francisco, 52 degrees. and below mid-40s around redwood city, 47 in mountain view. our temperatures really going to soar today. we'll be warmer than yesterday afternoon. we are expecting to break some records. we have a ridge in place over the california, you can see the clouds just rolling in. we've got a storm flowing into the rocky mountains, and that is bringing just that offshore flow. the offshore

. >> tabitha did not make a statement to the press yesterday but she posted this message on her face fan page. she talked about the fact that it body had been found and she wants everyone to pray, that jose's body is found soak sheet worst wishes him the worst. she has the baby on the way he's the father of that child. she doesn't want to have to worry about him taking her baby girl. you can go to our web site and see all this information. >> we will be right at the news continues until 11:00 a.m. welcome back, the fog has blown out. it is windy in the house this morning. 52 in san francisco, all warmer some start. 56 for the noontime temperature. but a lot more sunshine today. earlier sun as the morning fog has cleared out. >> other stories pg&e rid leasing alley survey. the survey was launched in september following the explosion killing eight people and destroying homes. the survey found leaks that created a potential hazard. they repair the lines pg&e also sang third-party consultants. they found pg&e average rate was below the national. they provided a progress report to the uti