today the man suspected of killing her killed himself just hours before he was set to go on >> tyler tessier is accusedla o killing ura wallen last year. she was 13 months. pregna our team coverage begins with chris gordon out side theur ouse in rockville. chris. >> reporter: well, police and prosecutors have been working on this murder trial for almost exace tly one year and they feel robbed for the opportunity to provide justice for the family of the mder victim, teacher laura wallen. an officer in montgomery county hanging fromessier a sheet in his ll. a juror says the judge told them the news. >> he said there is no easy way to say this, and he told us aboutef thedant and so it seemed like half the people were in shock. rsh . >> reporter: prosecurs joined the family of laura wallen. prosecutors say he was double timing her, living with another woman and dating still others. and when laura went missing last senth, tessier participated in a news conference with her family seeking her return. ten he was questioned for hours by police. there was a statement made by mr. tessier on september 1

reed being our third grandson. >> reporter: tyler tessier was found hanging from a sheet from the top berth of a bed about 5:00 this morning at the detention center. i askedoh prosecutor mccarthyo visited the cell how tessier could have committed suicide there. >> only thing that i can tell you is there is not information that i am aware of that would have indicated that mr. tessite was clating doing this. >> reporter: nows mccarthy s that in the jail cell today, they found notesritten by tessier that were not the sent to family and friends indicating that he had been thinking about taking his life forome time. that is the latest live from the montgomery county courthouse, pat, back to you. >> chris, stunning twist in that case. >>> an investigation by the news 4 iteam found that today's death was at least the 43rd suicide in local jails and prisons since 2001 montgomery county has tried to get a glip on the issue, but it hasn't been easy. they use a process called direct supervision where guards w continuousk the halls. nck 2017, theyratopped seve suicides in a matter of hours. there

murder of a beloved teacher from maryland >> tyler tessier found hanging in his jail cell just before his trial was set to begin. amid the shock, there are questions tonight abo it happened. >> scott macfarlane is takg a closer look the grow beining suicide attempts. but chris gordon is first. >> reporter:el prosecutorsve that tyler tessier took his own life because his day of reckoning rarrived. they say if he facedre trial they would have buried him beneath an avalanche of his own lies. so they say he took the coward's way out. prosecutors didn't get to deliver their opening statement in court, but they laid out their case for the media against 33-year-ol tyler tessier. they say he admitted to police that he shot his pregnant girl friend laura wallen in the head and buried her in the field. but his apparent suicide today end theed the trial on the very day it was supposed to begin. >> we were robbed this morning of opportunity to allow the public to know the true nature and details of this crime. >> reporter: prosecutors displayed evidence to prove tessier lied to laura wallen throu

. >>> we have information on the death of an accused kill tyler tessier was found dead just hours before he was going to stand trial for killing his girlfriend. officials from the department of corrections said early yesterday morning, tessier hanged himself using a bedsheet. the state attorney say tessier woke up at 4:00 in the morning to prepare for tal. wa was given breakfast 45 minutes later anfound dead ten minutes after that. this is the second suicide at the jail this year. >> i don't believe there's such a thing as closure.laura, i lov you every day. police found notes in tessier' cell. in them, he contemplated suicide. those notes will be released. >>> breaking news on two, large earthquakes we're learning about. >> one in south america and the othehe in japan, families are recovering from a typhoon. nos japan hit again by a magnitude 6.7 earthquake. ght now, rescue workersre trying to find survivors. the quake caused landslides in the northern island of hokkaido. 16 people areead, 20 to 30 others still missing. >> alittle trouble with chris' microphone there. >>> right now, we

we'r expecting to hear from prost.utors at that poin now, tyler tessier had been in court on tuesday anday wedne for jury selection. he was supposed to be back today for the opening argumts in his murder trial. but about 5:00 this morning, he was found dead in his cell at the clarksburg detention facility of an apparent suicide. tessier is accused of killing s girlfriend, 31-year-old laura wallen. wallen, a teacher, was 13 weeks pregnant. he was missing for nine days before her body was found in a shallow grave in damascus. now, investigators say tessiern was li double life and had a fiancee and killed wallen when she threatened to expose their relationship. inight of thi morning's events, the jury has been dismissed. we spoke to one of the and she described how the judge told them what happened. >> he said there's reay no easy way to say this. he was very grateful t all the potential jurors and then he said there's no easy way to s this. then he told us about the defendant. and so it seemed lik half the people were in shock. some people seemed like they may save, you know, caught wi

tyler tessier was found dead hours before heas set to stand trial for killing his girlfriend. official from tepartment of corrections said earlier yesterday morning he hanged himself using a bedsheet. he said that he woke up at 4:00 in the morning to prepare for he was given breakfast 45 minutes later and was found dead ten minutes after that. this is the second suicide at the jail this year. >> anytime you have a that's a problem, hanging is the most prevalent way thauicide is committed inside a correctional environment. anytime there's a loss of life in our facilities, we take that very serisly. >> officials say police found notes in tessier's ll. in them, he contemplated suicide. eventually the notes will be released. we'll hear from laura wallen's family. she's the one tessier is accused killin >>> breaking news, we're learning about two large rthquakes. >> one in south america, the other in japan.e families wrecovering from jebi.on now, japan's been hit againy a 6.7 earthquake. and rescuers are using trained dogs to try to find survivors. at least 16 people are dead with

tyler tessier is -- she was pregnant with his child she dis buried in a field in omery county. >>> it'now 4:35. the other top stories we're working for you this morning.to tropical gordon is blamed for the death of a child in pensacola, florida. the storm made landfall late iast night west of the alabama/mississiorder with wind up to 70 miles an hour. it knocked out power for thousands of people along the gulfecoast. storm is expected to weaken rapidly as it continues to move inland. >>> it is day two of the h confirmatirings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. expect democrats to ask about gun and abortion rights rulings. and whether kavanaugh believes a sitting president can be investigated. if confirmed, he will fill justice anthony kennedy's seat. >>> thousands of d.c. public school parents are learningha t their kids' personal information was posed online for nearly six months. officials tell us theas information inadvertently up loaded to the d.c. council website. includes students' names, birth dates and i.d. numbers.oc no sl security numbers were listed. >>> new this mornin

we know what happened just minutes before tyler tessier wai found dead his cell. he is a man charged in the death of his pregnant girlfriend, who was a teacher in howard county a year ago. montgomery couy department of rrections officials say tessier woke up and had breakfast 45 m later and was found dead ten minutes after that. they say he hanged himself using aet beds >>> new details on a death of two children and a woman in herndon this week. what we're hearing, the woman was the boys' mother and is suspected of killing them and then herself. the father found his two sons dead on wednesday night. all three victims died from gunshot wounds. >>> today, 28 experts are expected to testify on the final day of confirmation hearings for supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh. yesterday was kavanaugh's last day in the hot seat. and for-s the thiaight day capitol police arrested nearly 70 proteste. last night, president trump praised kavanaugh's progress toward confirmation and slammed "the new york time coming up, tracie potts will have the latest from capitol omhill. >

tyler tessier faces charges.ed and friend disapp was found buried in a field in montgomery county. >>> another democrat beat out a lo time incumbent. she beat out mike capuano in democratic pry mayor any massachusetts. he conceded the race less than an hour and a half after polls closed. the defeated congr sman said pressley will be a goodng sswoman and said that massachusetts will be well-served. >> on capitol hill, social media executives will be in the hot seat. sheryl sandberg and twitter chief jack dorsey will answer questions about fighting election interferce. less than two months until the midterm elections, they want to make sure users aren't manipulatedy foreign governments. >>> 6:36 now. we now k tw who washington mystics will face in their first-ever wnba finals. the storm beat t phoenix -- the mystics will head over to the other washington for the first game on friday. the mystics a topped theanta dream in game 5 last night of the semifinals. the seriesas tied at 2-2 whend d.c. pulleff the 86-81 win.

sources telling news 4 that tyler tessier was found dead this morning in a facility in rockville, marylandelection was set to get under way for t trial this morning. he was accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend. it was about a year when the teacher in howard county went missing. >> after a week of searching, her body was found in a shallow grave in montgomery county. shortly after that,as tessier w arrested. we'll have more on this breaking story thrghout the day. >>> at 6:45. d.c.'s mayor, muriel bowser is opening up about being a new mother after adopting a baby gi about threeonths ago. >> she is sharing her story with hoda take a look. >> what did you see? >> i saw my baby girl. i had no hesitation. no -- the feelingas that it would be the two of us. and we would make it in the world. >> joining us now is hoda kotb from new york. >> hi, hoda. this will be the first time -- >> oh, my. >> -- for mayor bowser to share. and of course, she chose you. this makes sense. >> i felted walking in there. >> you did? >> i melted. yes. you know, i arrived home. and she's holding that little gi

tyler tessier was found dead hours before he was set to stand trial for killing his girlfriend. official from the department of corrections said earlier yesterday morning he hanged himself using a bedsheet. he said that he woke up at 4:00 in the morning to prepare for trial. he was given breakfast 45 minutes later and was found dead ten minutes after that. wallin's family spoke out about the surprising turn of events. >> i d believe there is such a thing as closure. >> laura, you every day.i miss >> this is the second suicide at the jail this year. nlice foundes in tessier's cell. in them, he contemplated suicide. >>> back in the breaking news in baltimore. a huge fire destroyed a 150-year-old business overnight. gchris lawrence trackhis from the live desk. >> look at the video of the massive this is on south broadway, in thef hearte fells point neighborhood, in baltimore, near the inneror harb fire officials have had to call in o dozensf crews to try to knk this fire down it started inai shop. and now, we're told the fire has spread to a nearby church. want to show yohe now, vi

. >> tyler tessier faces life in prison for allegedly killing howard county high schoolteacher uren whalen. jury selection gan in the case. she was pregnant with tessier's child when she died. she disappeared last september and was found buriedn a field in montgomery county. >> the d.c. school district is admitting to a potential mistakes that exposedts studen' perm information online. the school district sent a letter home to parents that say th spreadsheet was mistakenly posted on the d.c. couil website. it has students' names, birth dates, i.d. numbers and school and grade levels. al i of thatormation was exposed between february and last month. the school chancellor says that spreadsheet and link have since been destroyed. no word yet on how many students were impact,. >>> wellt was a sweaty start to the school year for a lot of students in college park. four dorms at the oniversity maryland are without air conditioning. school officials have placed fans in spots and students say they provide little relief. the university leaders blame the age of the dorms saying their old wearing can'

tylers tessier accused of killing his girlfriend. she disappeared late last september and was found buried in a field in montgomery county. >>> tropicastorm gordon is being blamed for the death of a child in pensacola, florida. the storm made landfall late last night. just west of the alabama/mississippi border with winds of up to 70 miles per hour. it knocked out powor thousands of people along the gulf coast. the storm is expected to weaken rapidly as it continues t move inland. >>> it is day two of the confirmation hearings for brett kavanaugh. expect democrats to ask about guns and abortion rights rulings and whether kavanaugh believes a sitting president can be investigated. if confirmed, he'll fill the seat vacated by anthony kennedy. there's more on a book that sent president trump on a twitter rant cingup. >>> we now know who the washington mystics will face in their first-ever wnba finals. the seattle storm beat the phoenix mercury overnight to secure the second spot. the mystics will head to the other washington for their f

hours before opening statements in tyler tessier's murder trial, authorities say he killed himself inl cell. >> tessi is the second ntgomery county inmate to take his own life this year. the ystate's attor tells us there was no sign this was coming. >> only on news4 shomari stone asked the man in charge jail how this could happen. >> i feel for the. populati i feel for the individual. >> reporter: robert green is the director of th montgomery county department of correction and rehabilitation. he speaks inside the clarksburg jail where murder t suspecter tessier died this morning. >> anytime there's a ls o life in our facilities, we take that very seriously. hangedrter: he says he himself inside his cell using a sheet behind this section of the jail early thursday morning. the state's attorne says tessier woke up at 4:00 a.m. to prepare for trial. he was given breakfast at 4:45 and was found dead in his cell tenut m later. life saving measures stopped at 5:30. green says police found notes of his contemplating suicide in his cell, the second suicide at the jail there year. officials t

the tyler tessier faces life in prison for allegedly killing the teacher who was allegedly pregnantie with tesss child when she died. she disappeared last september and was found buried in a field in montgomery county. >> a woman is trapped inside a burning home but the d.c. firefighters crash as they head to her rescue and this is not theirst time something like this has happened as news 4's ma segraves reports the d.c. fire department is making hichanges. >>is where engines 8 and 19 were headed to a fire in this fourth story apartment in southeast washington. a woman was trapped inside. but this is as close as ey about two blocks away from the fire engine 19 ran in to engine 8ng it off the road and off this person's front yard. you can see the damage left behind to their retaining wall and fence and eight fire fighters were sent to the hospital. >> within hours of that accident the assistant of operations sent an e-mail changing therocedure f fire engines arriving at house fires. the e-mailt sent 110:00 a.m.s instruct that effective immediately all backup fire units sent to house fi

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we start with breakingews, confirming tyler tessier was found dead this morning in the facility i rockvilleurder trial. he was accused of murdering his pregnant girlfriend. itas about aear ago what en laura wallace wenermissing. >>ody was discovered in a grave and shortly after that tessier was arrested. we'll have more later today. >>> we want tock cn your commute. how are the roads looking? >> southbound 95 north of the ver bridge we do have a vehicle off the roadway. northbound delays and southbound through that section. w waldorf a closure, utility work. purple means a shutdown. 270 southbound we arelow. southbound before montgomery village, broken down trucks. delays remain. >>> we' take a breaknd check your forecast next. >>> good morning. another storm team 4 weather alert to get you ahead of the heat waiting for you outside afternoon. today's high temperature near 95 degrees. only a tiny little chance for a thunder shower primarily in t sh shenando valley. heat index over 100 degrees. it's going to be an ugly hot day today. tomorrow rain chances will be increasing. there will be a c