it was face down, a few feet off this unpaved trail in ran together. >> all of us have to help this family. anyone who knows something needs to call right away to the police. >> the mother and father are visibly shaken. them closure. they want justice. they want to be able to bury their daughter with dignity. >> reporter: every utility pole in the neighborhood has a poster seeking information. residents seek answers and an arrest. >> it's really, really very >> reporter: the victim was beloved. she had many friends. she was widely traveled. she was well educated. and police say based on the condition of her body, they believe she put up a fight before she was sexually assaulted and strangled. tonight, police are going through all of her social media accounts and posts. they are going through and analyzing her cell phone records. they are checking out sex offenders who live in brooklyn, queens and nassau county. they are doing everything aiello, cbs 2 news. >>> now to breaking news. part of 287 in new jersey shut down after a bad truck accident. joe biermann is live in chopper 2 with more.

the avid runner often used the unpaved trail and ran alongside her father. an injury kept him home. she was texting with a friend when the texts stopped. her father began to worry. >> at some point after that, her father began to get worried. she didn't return home normally. he called a member of service. >> reporter: he helped police retrace their usual running route. and pings led them to a marshy area about 15 feet from the path. her father discovered the body. >> you can imagine his angst at that point. we found her facedown in the ground. >> reporter: while the community continues to mourn, the focus shifts to finding her killer. >> i hope they catch the animal about right now. >> reporter: live at the investigation, police sources tell us that investigators plan to test some trash that was found near the crime scene to see if it holds any clues. sources tell us that they're us using helicopters with infrared technology to search the marshy thick area for anymore evidence. >>> flames and thick black smoke pouring into the sky as in queens. >> reporter: the fire started inside t

now there's one exception, going the opposite direction of a school bus and there's an unpaved space of at least five feet, a bearier or a raised median like the one i'm stop. the reason for that is the school bus can obstruct the view for a driver and a student and if you think getting a ticket is a bummer, it could get worse. >> if you pass on the side where the bus is unloading or picking up children, then it's a mandatory court appearance. >> reporter: and it's typical for police to beef up patrols monitoring school bus routes the first couple weeks of school. at least until drivers are reminded to obey the laws. the florida department of education found in the bay area, pasco county drivers were the worst when it came to illegally passing school buses with 800 citations given out. now polk county was second with 732. pinellas dropped to 481. and then hillsborough, manatee and sarasota rounded out the bottom. so pasco and polk county. >> yeah, what's going on over there? >> there's less people but they have more issues. so maybe mo i don't know. >> we need to be mindful that the

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police say he was the one who found her body, face down off this unpaved trail they would typically run together, but tuesday around 5:00 p.m., against his wishes, she ran here without him and never came home. >> it's even worse to see your daughter like that helpless. >>reporter: david consoley lives a few feet away from the nypd's mobile command center where dozens of officers gathered again today to search for evidence, a scene he calls to bury their chiel, an, you know, especially that way. >>reporter: vertrano an avid runner left home tuesday for a jog nearby on a trail in the spring creek federal park land near the belt parkway. when she did not come back, her father got worried and called a police chief who lives in the neighborhood for help. later that evening he and investigators found her body, strang isled to death and possibly sexually assaulted. her clothing removed an torn. community on edge. >> we're just really, really very scared, and we hope that justice will be done for the family. >>reporter: police sources say a single sneaker and vertrano's headphones are missing.

her father found her body with police along an unpaved path. she was strangled and sexually assaulted. >> this woman put up a ferocious fight. right until the end. so, she was beaten quite severely, suggest she put up a big fight. >> neighbors and friends at tonight's wake did their best to console her parents. say. for the first time in my life, i have nothing to say. >> reporter: and the wake here ended at 9:00 tonight. but there are still people, just about an hour ago leaving this funeral home. her funeral is scheduled for tomorrow. reporting live in ozone park, i'm carolina lead, channel 7 eyewitness news. >> thank you. new at 11:00, police say a taxi driver out to hurt someone went before a judge today after he intentionally ran down a woman in manhattan. the driver hit a woman on 6th avenue back on july 27. the woman was crossing the street when the cab ran a red light. she was pinned between the cab and another car. fortunately, she only suffered minor injuries. the prosecutors say the driver just wanted to take aim at someone with his

on an unpaved trail in federal parkland by the belt parkway. when she did not come home, her fathehe body about 15 feet off the path. investigators say she was severely beaten, sexually assaulted, and strangled. police now are questioning local sex offenders and other parolees with violent histories who may have seen this thick marsh as a prime location for murder. >> there's always vans parked, people coming out that don't look like, you know, they belong here. >> the fbi has joined the investigation and the nypd has for information in the case. many are hoping they quickly make an arrest. >> it's absolutely horrific what happened. it's -- they're a wonderful, beautiful family. their father is a great guy. the mother is a wonderful woman. her children, her two girls, it's not to be believed. >> reporter: and that family and other loved ones will say their final farewells beginning at a wake for vetrano later this afternoon from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. in nearby ozone park. her funeral is set for tomorrow afternoon at st. helen's here in howard beach.

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unpaved trail through federal parkland near the belt parkway. police say she ended up severely beaten, assaulted and strangled. her body discovered about 15 feet off the path. >> this woman put up a ferocious fight right to the end. >> the nypd called in the fbi for help. the bureau has provided additional equipment in the search like this drone over the scene. the murder has rocked this tight-knit community. >> terrible, it's disgusting. i feel so bad for the family. they got homeless people living nothing. >> reporter: police did visit a homeless encampment over a mile away from the crime scene but say it does not appear that encampment played a role in this murder. as for karina vetrano, loved ones will say good-bye at her wake later today in ozone park. her funeral is set for tomorrow at st. helen's catholic church here in howard beach. live in queens, andrea grymes cbs2 news. >>> new surveillance video this morning of a suspect i it happened early last saturday at 10th street and 5th avenue in greenwich village. the attacker grabbed a 20-ye

but karina apparently only found evil last night on an unpaved marshy path where she had run countless times. her body found 15 feet off the trail. her cell phone nearby. >> there's nothing bad you could say about her. she was a sweetheart. she lit up the room when she walked in. sh beautiful girl. >> this is a girl who wound up unfortunately face down in a pit near her home which should have never happened ever. >> reporter: tonight the investigation continues in this tight knit community. so many here wondering if this was random or whether karina for some reason was targeted. >> just a few minutes ago we did get word the medical examiner has officially ruled this a are expected to gather here behind me for a vigil tonight starting at 8:00. reporting live, rob nelson, channel 7 eyewitness news. >>> justice tonight decades in the making for a young man wrongly convicted of raping a teenager. 28 years ago. his name was cleared today after new dna testing of evidence. but not before he served several years in prison and a long time on the sex offender registry. eyewitness news reporter

actually found her body when he joined police in the initial search face down a few feet off this unpaved trail in the >> this woman put up a ferocious fight right to the end. so she -- she was beaten quite severely, which suggests she fought. >> the mother and father are vestably shaken. they wants closure. they want justice. they want to be able to bury their daughter with dignity. >> reporter: residents are seeking answers and an arrest. >> my heart goes out to family. no parent should have to bury his child especially that way. >> reporter: dana said they raised the reward in this case to $10,000. that's because police are desperate for more phone of calls to the crimestoppers tip line. they have only received 3 and the tips they have received are described as weak. in the meantime, the family made arrangements for the final good-bye to their daughter. there will be a wake tomorrow night from 3 p.m. to 9 p.m. the funeral will be saturday at nearby st. helen roman catholic church in howard beach. tony aiello, cbs 2 news. >> thank you. >>> we're following now a developing story in new j

the avid runner often used the unpaved trail and often ran alongside her father. this time an injury kept her at home. >> he asked her not to run this path, not without him. >>reporter: police say stopped. her father began to worry when his phone calls to her went unanswered. >> at some point after that her father began to worry when she didn't return home. he call a member of the service, the police chief who lives nearby who then called 911. >>reporter: he helped police retrace their usual running route and pings from her cell phone led them to a marshy area about 15 feet from the path. her father discover the body. >> you can imagine his angst at that point. we found her ce ground. >>reporter: while the community continues to mourn vertrano's death, the focus shifts to finding her killer. >> i just hope they catch the animal that did it. that's all i care about right now. >> police say they'll use helicopters and infrom ared technology to search for evidence that may not be easily visible. >>> new this morning, police have released photos that they believe say

any surveillance video shows the 30-year-old entering the unpaved path through the marsh here at spring creek park where her attacker strangled her to death. her clothing and cell phone that will remain a pivotal part of the investigation. >> they can ping down certain places and times she was on the path and narrow it down to see if there were any other cell phones within that area. >> reporter: outside, the restaurant and bar where she worked, they are asking if this was a she knew. you can see the flyers police have put up. we know karina vetrano had a very large following on social media. you can beth police are leaving no stone unturned. for lack of anything else, her cell phone is the focal point of the investigation. we are live in howard beach, i'm stacey sager, eyewitness news. >> thanks. >>> we are learning this afternoon the grandson of the arrested on drug charges. the home that his grandfather lived in for years. this was the first time nypd ever acted on a search warrant at a godde resident. the commissioner says the sale of oyccoton is issue. in mob, particularly with nar

. >>> drive five hours north of sinaloa's capital, on unpaved, unmarked roads, you'll find yourself in sierra madre mountains, in the middle of nowhere, at the entrance to a small village, home to "el chapo" guzman. >> interpreter: this is where he lived. we respect him. >> the village is inside mexico's golden triangle, the heart of the country's drug trade. >> for the case, all the families in this area used to work in the fields to consult vat marijuana and poppies to produce the heroin. his father used to do it. his grandfather used to do it. >> and at just 7, investigative journalist anabel hernandez says "el chapo" guzman leaves school to do it too. this man knew the boy everyone called joaquin. >> interpreter: we went to school together. but when he was 8, we didn't see each other anymore. he was already involved in -- well, in those dealings, as we say. >> it's difficult not to be involved in "those dealings" here. there's no viable industry. schooling is limited. the junior high is taught by television. and as "el chapo" tells sean penn, there's lots of poverty. >> interpreter

now there's one exception, if you're going the opposite direction of a school bus and there's an unpaved space of at least five feet, a barrier or a raised median like the one i'm standing on, you don't have to view for a driver and a student. and if you think getting a tick set a bummer, it could get worse. >> if you pass on the side where the bus is unloading or picking up children, then it's an mandatory court appearance. >> reporter: and be ware because it's typical for police to beef up patrols monitoring school bus routes the first couple weeks of school. at least until drivers are reminded to obey the laws. now last year, a survey from the florida department of education found in the the worst when it come to illegally passing school buss with 800 citations given out. polk county was second with 732. and pinellas dropped to 481. and then hillsborough, manatee and sarasota counties rounded out the bottom. >> what's going up in pasco? >> i would like to know. >> and it's not that busy up there. >> well, not as many people in pasco county than pinellas or are flying by. i don't know.

run along an unpaved path in spring park. >> he asked her not to run that path not without him. so she -- if you're a runner, you understand that you run every night. it's apart of your routine. >> hours later, police followed a ping on her pne worse. >> right now there's evidence of strangulation, affixation. >> according to the police commissioner, an apparent sexual assault. the question now, was it random in an area which have seen no stanger rapes. yet resident after resident expressing concerns about strangers they have seen wandering around here for no reason. >> when was the last time you saw someone here suspicious. >> two days ago. a man sitting in a car and you know they don't live here or belong on the block. >> once again, the big question on a lot of people's minds tonight, was this a random attack or was it someone that kareen patrano new. we're going to have more on what else investigators have looking at including her large following on social media. we're awaiting more detailed results on her autopsy. her family is obviously way too distraught to speak right no

forensic evidence that can give nypd a viable lead who strangled the woman shortly after she entered an unpaved path in this federal park for a routine jog at 5:00 p.m. on tuesday. her distraught father who urged her not to go running alone later alerting authorities and then finding her body himself after they received a ping on her cell phone. >> this woman put up a ferocious fight right to the quite severely which suggests she put up a big fight. >> reporter: at the latest briefing, the chief of detectives calling this case a threat and taking the following steps, a six month review of all parks activity in the area, collecting information from the police department's sex offender monitoring you know exit continuing with their cell phone tower investigation. but so far just the possibility that the killer may not have been something that katrina knew, it certainly leaves residents on edge. that, you know, that if it's somebody that lives in the area, that he might do it again. >> reporter: now, as for katrina's family, they are simply too distraught to speak about this publicly. their city c

but karina apparently only found evil last night on an unpaved marshy path where she had run countless times. her body found 15 feet off the trail. her cell phone nearby. >> there's nothing bad you could say about her. she was a sweetheart. she lit up the room when she walked in. sh beautiful girl. >> this is a girl who wound up unfortunately face down in a pit near her home which should have never happened ever. >> reporter: tonight the investigation continues in this tight knit community. so many here wondering if this was random or whether karina for some reason was targeted. >> just a few minutes ago we did get word the medical examiner has officially ruled this a

. >> reporter: since jogger karina vetrano was strangled unpaved path within the confines of a federal park, even more questions tonight over who should be securing this right now only two federal parks officers patrol it, but mostly the perimeter, not the area where 30-year-old vetrano was killed. today police posting flyers all around the neighborhood, hoping someone who saw something steps forward. >> we are not getting a lot of crime stopper tips. we have three and they are all pretty generic. so we have since raised the reward up for $10,000 for any reporter: meanwhile, residents in the area still cringing at the possibility that this was, indeed, a random killing. >> you hear about it, but it is never close to home. this hit home. this is right in our backyard. >> reporter: right now the only reallied is vetrano's cell phone. investigators know she was texting a friend during her run, which tells them she came in here alive. they'll need to piece together the rest. >> they will be able to ping down certain times and places where she was as she was moving along the path and maybe