((vanessa)) what ((vanessa plus... roll out the welcome mat... tampa... is a really good place to call home sweet home... the new study, that backs up what we've always suspected. introducing dunkin's new cold brew coffee, steeped slowly in cold water for small batches with an ultra-smooth, full-bodied flavor. discover the craft of cold brew today and keep on. dunkin' donuts' unbelievable selection of breakfast sandwiches, freshly made all day, so you can enjoy them any type of way, any time of day. that's breakfast whenevs. ((vanessa)) it's 5:--, on friday, august fifth. i'm vanessa ruffes.((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. the roads are a dangerous place to be.. but bad attitudes.. and weapons can make them even worse.. fox-13's alcides segui tells us about a case of road rage... where someone got no closed captioning is ((vanessa the time now is 5:??. let's get you up to the minute on today's top stories: hillsborough deputies are looking for ?four people... in connection with a carjacking in tampa. they've identified one of them as lemarcus ashley. deputies

i'm walter allen ((vanessa)) and i'm vanessa ruffes, jen epstein will join us next hour. let's start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. (dave hot and humid with a 30% chance of an isolated storm. high temps in the lower 90s. tonight will be warm and muggy, lows in the upper 70s. the weekend will be steamy, with a 30% chance of isolated storms mainly inland. high temps in the lower 90s. no closed captioning is traffic. ((vanessa)) developing this morning: tampa police are looking into a deadly shooting. ((walter)) it happened overnight... near downtown. (wally the exact location campus... and fox-13's ken suarez is on the story for us. ((wally ken, this is a ((wally thanks, ken. deputies in pinellas county arrested a 72 year old man overnight.. following an hours long standoff.. the incident took place at the "fairhaven mobile home park" in st. petersburg.. 8-30.. deputies say the man got into a fight with his wife.. and ended up shooting his gun multiple times.. the wife got out safely.. but the man refused to leave.. around 1-45 this morning.. deputies got him

((vanessa)) and i'm vanessa ruffes. and we're following a tragic developing story out of charlotte county... where training at a police academy... turned tragic, for an elderly woman. (vanessa fox-13's shayla reaves is in punta gorda right now... shayla: the woman was shot and killed... ((vanessa thanks, shayla. no closed captioning is ((walter let's get you up to the minute on today's top stories: a tampa man is facing a slew of charges... after officials say he fled a traffic stop while drunk. it happened near downtown early yesterday morning. state troopers tried to pull over "rico jemart simmons"... but as you can see, he sped off. simmons is charged with driving without a license-- his third offense. he's being held without bond. ((walter come look at the screen, if you can. hillsborough deputies are looking for these smash-and-grab robbers, who've already hit two businesses. investigators say: the men smashed the glass doors at "jayce "pannarano pizzeria," just after six a-m friday. they took-off on foot... with a

between vanessa and her killer. that resulted, may have resulted in her killer receiving injuries and her assailant, we know, was a man. the reporter: now, family and friends have told us that vanessa was a strong woman, that she was athletic, so perhaps it's no surprise that she fought that man for her life. again, about a man with injuries or if they saw a car parked in that two-hour window. we're live in princeton, kathryn bertram, fox 25. >> vanessa: here's is the tip line that state and local police have set up for information about vanessa marcotte's murder. we have the number on other web site, fox25boston.com, as well as on the social media pages. you can go there and share it. our team of reporters is standing by for new details. we'll bring you updates as we >> vanessa: also tonight, we are tracking a weather alert. we're dealing with some extreme heat and humidity. it is so hot, it looks like most people, look at this, decided to skip the beach here in quincy. temperatures reaching into the 90's today, bu

. >> vanessa: sharman, thank you. here again is the special tip line, investigators want you to call if you have any information about vanessa marcotte's death. we also have the number listed on our web site, fox25boston.com. and on our social media pages, if you would like to share it. our team will be out in princeton all night long to bring you any breaking details as they come in. >> blair: now at 5:00 p.m., a story you'll see only on fox 25. a group of street performers, stop a disturbing sex crime at assaulted while watching the performance and tonight, that suspect is on house arrest, thanks to those dancers. fox 25 robert goulston has been working on the story all day, live at faneuil hall, with exclusive details on this arrest. robert. >> the reporter: bob, yeah, that disturbing scene unfolded right on the edge of faneuil hall, where they do the street performances shows that many people stop and watch. one just wrapped up here. this show on sunday ended with the performers going committed a disgusting crime.

((vanessa calling all pewter pirates! time to fire the bucs are gonna rock raymond james stadium tonight, for the first ?home game this pre-season... we're live with the security... and fancy new upgrades... fans will notice. ((vanessa)) its now 5:?? thanks for joining us. i'm vanessa ruffes, in for walter allen((jen)) and i'm jen epstein. let's start off with a check of the forecast, (lindsay no closed captioning is (vanessa) developing this morning in pinellas county: a possible health risk for students, at a charter school. (jen) parents are getting increasingly worried about ?mold at the largo campus of "plato academy." (jen it all started with some disturbing pictures... showing what appears to be mold. there are some questions over ?when those pictures were taken... the school c-e-o says: earlier in the summer... parents say: in the last few weeks... but documents officials gave fox-13 show: the mold is gone... but parents worry: it could be ?hidden. "i thought my children were safe here and to know that their overa

i'm walter allen((vanessa)) and i'm vanessa ruffes, in for jen epstein. let's start off with a check of the forecast, lots of heat, with scattered pm storms on tap today. high temps will be in the lower 90s, with rain chances around 40%. tonight will be warm and muggy, with lows temps in the upper 70s. another steamy day will greet us on thursday, with 40% rain chances in the afternoon. high temps in the lower 90s. (wally come look at the screen, if you can... bradenton police are looking for this man... in connection with the death of a ?baby. detectives say: they got a call yesterday about a 10-month-old that was brought to manatee memorial hospital, and died. the infant was last seen in the custody of 21-year- neri." they say: he was supposed to be babysistting the baby, and a three-year-old. it's not clear if neri is related to them. now there are warrants for his arrest... on charges of child abuse and child neglect. if you've seen him, please call bradenton police. (vanessa) we're also following a developing story overseas this morning. (wally) an e

i'm walter allen((vanessa)) and i'm vanessa ruffes, in for jen epstein. let's start off with a check of the forecast, with dave. hot and humid, with a 20% chance of a pm storm. high temps in the lower 90s. tonight will be mostly clear and steamy; lows around 79. rain chances slowly begin to go back up tomorrow, at around 30%, with high temps around no closed captioning is available for traffic. ((vanessa)) developing this morning: the search for a man who climbed out of a patrol car... and took-off running... handcuffed, and barefoot.((wally)) how did he do it? and where is he? that's what manatee county deputies want to know. ((wally fox-13's shayla reaves is on the story for us... shayla: he slipped-away saturday night... that means he's been on the run for about 36-hours... the polk county sheriff's office is looking for a person who carjacked someone in a lakeland parking lot. it happened early sunday morning in the parking lot of the bonefish grill on pipkin road west. deputies say the man approached the car with a and demanded the driver get out. th

relatives if not her. >> the reporter: vanessa's special bond between vanessa, who was an only child, and her mother. he says the athletic 27-year-old was not only competitive about her running, but also about her career. >> because it was what she did, mastered what she did and did it well. >> the reporter: the marcottes and those who know him are struggling could come to terms with the circumstances surrounding vanessa's murder. sources tell fox 25, her body was burned, and she may have been raped after she was abducted from brook station road while running. >> it's not something that you can put and try to imagine what it's like. >> the reporter: so what they plan to do instead is to show they care. with a vigil tonight. a chance to lean on each other, in a moment when the marcottes feel distinctly alone. >> for the little that it might mean or help, just to get them, you know, through another day, through another half a day, through another hour, this helps, and it's all well worth it. >> >> the reporter: and the mayor says that vanessa's parents do vigil, and they continue to ask

((vanessa)) and i'm vanessa ruffes.. in for jen epstein.. and right now - a story that may change what you give your kids for breakfast...((walter)) there are new guidelines for children about how much "added sugar" they should eat... vanessa/ fox 13's shayla reaves is live in our break room.. shayla - according to these guidelines.. families they eat.. ((vanessa thanks, shayla. no closed captioning is available for traffic. it's 5:xx, here are some of today's top stories. deputies in hillsborough and pasco counties are looking for the people responsible for breaking into 20 pickup trucks dollars worth of belongings and three guns. deputies believe the thieves are professionals. and they're asking hotels along i-75 to be on the aware. ((walter authorities just released a "cause of death" for former music mogul, "lou pearlman." they say: he died of "cardiac arrest." pearlman managed some of the biggest boy bands of the 90s, including: the backstreet boys and n'sync, all from his orlando office. he also ran one of the largest ponzi schemes in

marcotte's mother, where vanessa was visiting. the woods here are dense, there are no houses anywhere in site. all of it levin suggests the killer could be local. >> most cases, people who commit homicide have a comfort zone, and that comfort zone is in the neighborhood, in the community where they live. >> the reporter: jack levin has also spent his career studying and interviewing serial killers. he believes vanessa's killer is not at that not the work of a skillful, serial killer who's going to take lots of lives or maybe already has. >> the reporter: now, jack levin tells me that the prolific serial killers who he has studied, who he has interviewed, tells me they all go to great lengths to make sure that they are not caught. he does not see that here in princeton. he thinks this killer has made idea for police to look at everything that's on the plate right now, including any reports of any female joggers who have been approached by a stranger. live in princeton, bob ward fox 25 news. >> vanessa: interesting insight, bob, tha

the family of vanessa marcotte. marcotte's wake is tonight. her funeral will be tomorrow. burned and sexually assaulted last sunday, just a half mile from her mother's home in princeton. the search for her killer continues. mass state police say investigators are going through more than 600 tips that have all come in from the public. police are telling us that no detail is too small and if anyone noticed something suspicious between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. on brook station road last sunday, give them a call. new at 5:00 p.m. tonight, police made a major drug bust this weekend, arresting several people accused of selling heroin. officers tell us it was happening near a school in miller found it's shedding light on a bigger issue when it comes to fighting the heroin problems. >> the reporter: it's not the drug bust causing all the concern. we found one of the suspension stands pellets has been in and out of jail recently, so much so that neighbors question if the courts are doing enough. this is what kids

vanessa: ferry service has been extended for 90 days. for heating knew tripled since the service began earlier this month. the winthrop ferry hopes to continue to work with the department of conservation and recreation in the future to provide more trips in the harbor area. >> a wild sighting. a group of sheep on the lam in a massachusetts neighborhood. how the guys made the great escape and why they're so tough to catch. >> vanessa: but first, he led the red sox to a world series. but could he lead the country? curt sch next career move and what he fios is not cable. we're wired differently. so we wired the wagner's house with 100 meg internet. which means that in the time it takes mr. wagner to pour a 20 oz. cup of coffee, tommy can download 30 songs, and jan can upload 120 photos. 12 seconds. that's the power of fiber optics. and right now you can get 100 meg internet with equal upload and dowloads speeds, tv and phone for just $69.99 per month online. >> blair: now to breaking news happening in lynn. we're watching the live pictures

. >> blair: tonight, police still don't know who killed vanessa marcotte. investigators continue to chase hundreds of leads about who may have abducted and killed marcotte sunday in the woods near her mother's home. friends and family and complete strangers are getting ready for a vigil tonight in vanessa's hometown. katherine bertram is there in princeton. everyone who knows her, just can't understand how this could happen. >> the reporter: vanessa marcotte grew up in nearby himster and today, -- lempster and today, we sat down with the mayor of that city. he says that the marcottes are so private, he didn't even want to say if he had been counseling them, but he did tell me that the marcottes or leaning on understand the unimaginable. not far from their home, where vanessa marcotte grew up, an electronic sign urges lempster residents to support her family. >> i think the thing that everyone struggles with is if this is not something that you can imagine. >> lempster mayor is a friend of the marcotte family, a tight knit clan of italian descent who he says

fox 25 news. >> vanessa: as we've been mentioning, police are still looking for vanessa's killer and asking for your tips. the special state police number you can call. all tips are anonymous. >> mark: water worries happening again in the state's largest school district. boston public schools found dangerous levels of lead in six more buildings. fox 25's elizabeth hopkins joins us with the story and elizabeth, bps has been working for months to make sure the water is safe for students. >> the reporter: problems at several schools in the spring prompted boston public schools to hire an engineering firm to test water quality this summer. in the 30 school build that is they tested, water fountains at six buildings had elevated lead were above 15 parts per billion, the federally activate level. they've been replaced with bottled water coolers as the school works on the solution. it includes six schools. here they are. the school superintendent said today all of those buildings passed tests in april and the high lead levels do not reflect the typical wer school year. boston city councilor

. >> vanessa: i'm vanessa welch. tonight, that child is back with his family and the man accused of trying to carry him out of a local store is facing serious charges. fox 25's ted daniel live in braintree and ted, the suspect actually handed the kid back to his father. >> the reporter: bizarre and frightening vanessa and mark. it all played out inside this grocery store off of 53, a mom and dad from weymouth were shopping with their toddler, i'm told the toddler had just learned to walk and was doing just that in one of the aisles when a stranger grabbed him. a frightening chain of events inside a braintree grocery store. seen in color and from multiple angles. that's 47-year-old steven o'brian, with no shirt, walking in through the front door. now, watch this. enters, hegrabs a 1 1/2-year-olh boy who was in the store with his parents. >> he walked right in to the store, took ten steps, got the kid and then walked -- followed them to the back door. >> the reporter: the family are regular customers at the store and a

tips, your help to find vanessa's killer. this is the special state number to call, 508-453-7589. it is anonymous. >> mark: whitey bulger is the south boston gangster was convicted of 11 murders, racketeering and a laundry list of other crimes. we first told you whitey's legal team planned to file the appeal a few weeks ago and late this afternoon, we found out the paperwork has been filed. fox 25's jason law here now with where the case goes from here. >> the reporter: mark, just not clear if the high court will take up the case, but it's been filed, the first u.s. court of appeals upheld james "whitey" bulger's 2013 convictions in bulger had not shown his right to a fair trial was violated with a judge ruled he cannot testify about his claim, a now dead federal prosecutor granted him immunity. the trial judge said bulger hadn't given any hard evidence such an agreement existed. three years ago, a federal jury convicted bulger in drug trafficking an 11 murders, including strangling a young woman. the 86-year-old a serving a

jackie heinrich fox 25 news. >> vanessa: five days in to the investigation and vanessa marcotte's killer is still out there. investigators are pouring through about 450 tips they've received so far. the 27-year-old disappeared sunday, when she went out for a jog. her body was found, less than a half mile from her mother's home. police say vanessa fought back, and her killer will have signs of struggles, scrapes, cuts, or bruises on his body. fox 25's bob ward live for us in princeton and bob, police have been running down leads, but so far, no big break in this case. >> the reporter: you know, this is a very difficult investigation. all day long, state police investigators, local police, they've been here, princeton police headquarters, combing through all of the evidence. now, my sources tell me, they've been running down some very promising leads, but so far, no arrests. vanessa marcotte disappeared sunday afternoon, during a jog along brook station road in princeton, that's where her mother lives. vanessa's body discovered in woods only half mile away. our sources tell us, vanessa's b

a tip line for anyone with information about vanessa's death. the number here is on your screen. all tips are anonymous. >> daniel: we continue to follow breaking news from hyde park. a 7-year-old boy was pulled from the water, not breathing but is alive tonight. thanks to the quick actions by lifeguards. witnesses say the little boy had followed a family member into the deeper part of the pool, where he couldn't touch the panicked and swallowed a lot of water. two lifeguards rushed to help once the boy was pulled from the water. a witness also jumped in and started cpr, saving his life. her interview is incredible. fox 25's jackie heinrich is putting together her story. stay with us for that, that's coming up at 6:30 p.m. worcester police say the drowning death of a local woman appears to be an den. 49 -- accident. the 49-year-old woman went for a swim last night at cove pond on darkness forced police to call off the search last night. the worcester fire department search and dive team recovered her body this morning. >> vanessa: nearly a dozen

good evening, i'm vanessa welch. >> mark: i'm mark ockerbloom. our crews are checking out the conditions where the storms are rolling through, but we want to get right to fox 25 storm tracker chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz, who has been tracking the threat of storms all afternoon. kevin? >> kevin: this is a storm that has the severe thunderstorm warning that's since been dropped. it was to go to 6:00 p.m. this evening, so just before 6:00 p.m., it was deemed not severe anymore. still pushing through the greater lowell area and off toward the north shore. to salisbury beach by 20 past. watching this section of the storm back here, it had rotation just a few minutes ago. it's very weak, a little bit of green showing up there, but brighter reds in here, harvard and shirley, this is the area i wanted you to take cover until the storm passed. it looks like it's weakened, but never want to mess around with these. take that precaution. this is going to continue off along 495. it's had weak rotation at times. you want to be aware of that as it come

. >> vanessa: now to a story you will only see on fox 25. we just finished speaking to the woman bitten by a pit bull in salem and rushed to the hospital. malini basu broke this story last night at 10:00 p.m., and malini, tonight, that victim apart. >> the reporter: mark and vanessa, here we are at the police department, that woman was doing what she did every day, taking her dog for a walk when two pit bulls came charging at her. here's what we can tell you. for the first time we're seeing them. julie, who is only going by her first name, tells fox 25 she was taking their 6-month-old rescue lab for a walk. all of a sudden, julie says two pit bulls jumped out of a car and went right after them. julie's right hand was nearly taken off. kirk was bitten on his chest and leg. now, all of this happened at 8:00 p.m., just around 8:00 p.m. last night on over street in salem. neighbors shared this cellphone video with us, julie was on the ground she was being helped by a neighbor. take a listen, here she is. >> they opened the car door and two dogs

good evening everyone, i'm mark ockerbloom. >> vanessa: i'm vanessa welch. that tornado was only on the ground for about ten minutes in concord, but the damage was just after 3:00 a.m. it packed winds of 100 miles per hour. the twister left a path of damage about 400 yards wide and half a mile long. it uprooted trees, knocked out power and damaged dozens of homes, but no one was hurt. >> mark: fox 25 was the first team on the air, overnight, whether that tornado warning was issued and tonight, we have team coverage from the air to the ground. we'll begin with jim morelli, who spent the day in the neighborhoods hardest hit. jim? >> the reporter: well, mark, one of the most tornadoes is that despite the fact they are violent, they usually follow a distinct path of destruction, and we definitely saw that here today. right behind us, on lexington road, numerous power lines down, they are trying to get them fixed, lots of people without power. trees being taken out. you go in the other direction and there's is the alcot house, it was a museum, and it was hit

. >> vanessa: i'm vanessa welch. there are a lot of questions tonight about whether uber does enough to keep passengers safe. fox 25 with team coverage. katherine burcham getting answers from the ridesharing company, but we begin tonight with malini basu and new information on an uber driver who was just charged in the past few hours. malini? >> the reporter: vanessa, that's right, that uber driver faced a charge at maldin district court. that driver is accused of pushing a disabled woman, stealing money from her, her purse and just a short time ago, about an hour an 15 minutes ago, that driver was being hauled back to jail, i'm going to show you video, he was just here, just moments ago. so here's what we can tell you. here's what we've learned. himself is being charged with assaulting this disabled woman. that woman tells police, she felt comfortable with him, because she has used him in the past. now the suspect here is wilson brea, he just faced a judge. that woman skuicih picked up from pleasant street in maldin

. >> vanessa: right now, we are tracking the tropics very closely. this tropical storm is brewing in the gulf, and it could change the labor day forecast here at home. within the past hour, our fox 25 storm tracker chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz got new information on tropical storm hermine. kevin? >> kevin: well, this is a storm we're talking about here, not the one you just saw. this is the storm that we're more concerned about, and the center of it is off to the north peninsula the right now, the latest fix of this puts the storm center right here, with 45-mile-per-hour winds. it's moving off to the north and northeast tonight. that brings it in to florida, as a very strong tropical storm, 70-mile-per-hour winds. then, through the carolinas, and then offshore here, potentially in new england. but here's where the questions abound and when you're looking at a track of a tropical system, you get a center line, which is a reference point, but all of the areas within this boundary are where the potentially go. there's a lot of questions of how m

i'm vanessa >> mark: i'm mark ockerbloom. fox 25 investigates, eric rasmussen has the video that's raising concerns and you spoke with some of the parents today. >> the reporter: we did. they only found out about the situation from counselors at the camp. the ymca says the problem has been fixed, but there's still some dispute about how long the boy's bathroom was in such bad condition and fox 25 investigates has learned it was enough to prompt at least two visits from a health infantry. infantry. -- health inspector. the boy's bathroom is nuts. >>> the scene inside this boys blurring the video. >> i was disgusted. >> the reporter: nicole roach tells fox 25 it's from a bathroom at the ymca's camp where her 7-year-old son had been going all summer. >> he didn't want to go to camp any more and i was asking him why, is there something wrong. >> i really didn't want to go in there. >> the reporter: now, roach has pulled her son out of the camp. the canton board of health confirms, it sent someone to inspect the bathroom on thursd

at that point, you hope for the best elsewhere. >> vanessa: glad they're safe. >> vanessa: no where people have been warned to pack up three days worth of food to prepare for a typhoon. typhoon passed through hong kong and it's now weakening as it moves through china. people there are experiencing heavy rains, strong winds, and waves that are cresting hover roads in some areas. several chinese cities in the region are on red alert for flooding. >> kevin: typhoon also known as a hurricane in this part of the world. same idea, tropical system coming on in. waves coming over, the wall in lynn, during some of our nor'easters, but clearly a dangerous situation any time you have some of those. earl is lurking in the atlantic. first over us this evening, lots of showers, seem to be spinning on out here, but as the sun came out, a couple clouds built up and there were showers. switch over to live storm tracker radar, gives us more detail of what's happening out there. this is north of fitchburg, northwest middlesex, new ipswich, where there's a rainshower happening right now surrounding that area

hello every someone, i'm mark ockerbloom. >> vanessa: i'm vanessa welch. there are a lot of questions tonight about whether uber does enough to keep passengers safe. fox 25 with team coverage. katherine burcham getting answers from the ridesharing company, but we begin tonight with malini basu and new information on an uber driver who was just charged in the past few hours. malini? >> the reporter: vanessa, that's right, that uber driver faced a charge at maldin district court. that driver is accused of pushing a disabled woman, stealing money from her, her purse and just a short time ago, about an hour an 15 minutes ago, that driver was being hauled back to jail, i'm going to show you video, he was just here, just moments ago. so here's what we can tell you. here's what we've learned.

good evening, i'm vanessa welch. >> i. >> i'm blair miller. 27-year-old vanessa marcotte was working for google in new york city. last seen jogging on brook station road. police found her body less than home. tonight, fox 25 has seem coverage for you, beginning with katherine burcham, and katherine, police wants everyone there in princeton to be careful, because they don't know if the young woman knew her killer or if this was a random >> the reporter: blair, the district attorney today would not answer questions about the exact cause of vanessa marcotte's death, but did say that an autopsy was underway this afternoon. he also said that the scene where her body was found made it clear that she was brutally mu >> a very safe town. been here over 20 years, and raised my family here, so it's shocking to me. >> the reporter: a community paralyzed with fear, the shaded jogging trails that crisscross the town much princeton, now at the center of a murder investigation. >> i have two young daughters that live in town, jog regularly, and you another, i'm just worried. >> police are warning j

for now, live in princeton, malini basu, fox 25 news. >> vanessa: vanessa's murder has a lot of women all over our area worried about their safety and police are telling everyone to be extra careful. self-defense experts and local police are showing us what women should do before they walk or run alone. we want to give you that special tip line one more time. if you know anything or if you saw anything suspicious, or strange on brook station road we mrs. have that number on our web site for you right now. >> mark: developing at fenway park tonight. a major league mistake. the red sox cancelling big papi bobblehead night hours before tonight's game at fenway. the collector's item was supposed to be a tribute to the legendary sox slugger. >> vanessa: tom leyden at fenway park. you saw the bad bobble heads being taken away. >> yeah, they were pretty quick to make sure they got those on the truck. we'll show you those in a little bit. this is an issue they didn't want to see escalate. a lot of eyes on the series. so many people paying attention to david ortiz before his final season. let'

the murder vanessa -- in, rather, the murder of vanessa marcotte. no arrests have been made nearly two weeks after she was killed while out for a run. her body was found in the woods off brook station road on august 7th. if you know anything about vanessa's murder, there is an anonymous tip line you can call on your screen and also on our >> vanessa: littleton police say a local man is charge with oui after a crash with one of their cruisers. 31-year-old timothy walsh of ayer hit the cruiser last night. police say he was under the influence of drugs. he was arrested and arraigned today. >> mark: after our stretch of storms, temps made a return to normal today and the weekend looking great, right? fox 25 storm tracker chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz is tracking our next chance of hold off until next week. just kind of mashed those together. >> kevin: most importantly, mark, it will hold off until the championship softball game you're playing in sunday morning. we're going for four in a row. that's a dynasty right there. it's beautiful out there

much. >> vanessa: searching for clues. today, state police were back out at a crime scene in princeton where a woman jogger was killed and burned 11 days ago. the msp air wing hovered over brook station road where the body of vanessa marcotte was found a week and a half ago. >> mark: all new at 6:00 p.m., burcham, new leads may be uber x covered in a federal database. >> the reporter: when vanessa marcotte fought for her life, she scratched her killer, likely capturing some of his d.n.a. and just like you would use google to search a topic. investigators here are using a database called code it, to search for a killer. hovering above brook station road today, state police detectives searched for evidence in the murder of vanessa marcotte, but experts say the most important clue may not be seen from the air, but rather >> code it is basically a federal clearing house. >> the reporter: former federal agent, now criminology professor, steven moreli intimately aware of how crime scene evidence is sent to the crime lab. >> ther

vanessa. >> >> vanessa: this 19-year-old out from gardener if out on bail, accused in a deadly drunk driving crash over the weekend. the impact killed one of the driver's good friends and seriously hurt another he grew up with this. crystal haynes live where the scene has turned into a roadside memorial. in an interview on fox 25, you spoke with the injured friend. they all got in that car, leaving that party from fitchburg state, but he says while everyone is grieving, no one blames the driver joey cap. >> i just wish this never really happened. i wish for my buddies to be back. >> the reporter: 19-year-old sean mcniff, tearful in fitchburg district court today, as his best friend, joey cap, faced a judge accused of killing his other a.j. robins, while driving drunk on hollis road around 3:00 a.m. sunday morning. >> most of us are definitely hurting. and we're not angry at joey or anything. we're angry at just what happened not necessarily joey, because we do love joey still. >> the reporter: police say the 19-year-old boston university sophomore had a blood alcohol level of .12, 1.

on vanessa's body during the struggle. but we do know that this development comes of after an autopsy on vanessa's body was completed on tuesday. we're live in princeton, katherine burcham, fox 25 news. >> i. police need your help. if you've seen a man with scratches, cuts on bruises that may be connected to the case, call the tip line that's been set up by police, that number son your screen right now and on all of our social media accounts. remember, it is anonymous. >> vanessa: it is hot, hot, hot. we are in a weather alert tonight, because between the heat and the humidity out there, it is dangerously hot. take a look at these feels-like temperatures soaring near or above in some places, 100 degrees. we found families out in boston doing everything they could there, blair, but it was not easy to find a way to beat the heat today. >> mark: these temperatures are particularring around too. we have team coverage for you tonight. we are in foxborough where fans are sweating it out, but we'll begin with fox 25 storm tracker

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now here's vanessa welch with what we're working on fox 25 news at 5:00. >> vanessa: elizabeth we're working breaking news in princeton where police say a before she was murdered. we brought the information live as investigators updated the case around 4:00. there was report of a struggle between vanessa marcotte and the suspect. and they want to know if you see any men with cuts or bruises if so call them right away. a live report coming up just at 5:00. >>> and keeping our pets safe during extreme heat. >> well, you pay for things at cvs with a mobile pay, dubbed cvs pay through its app. it's only available in certain stores in the northeast, none in the boston area. it goes live nationwide by the end of the year. >> elizabeth: right now, a massachusetts woman is looking to solve the 25-year-old mystery surrounding her birth. catherine o'shea was abandoned in a hospital bathroom a few days old and now wants to find crystal haynes found out her post to her birth mother has already gotten thousands of hits. the reporter: she knows it's a long shot. >> i was literally shaking when i t

hello every once i'm mark ockerbloom. >> vanessa: i'm vanessa welch. police updated their investigation for us within the past half-hour, so let's get right up now to ted daniel. there's still an awful lot of questions about how the 11-year-old and their friends were able to get the hands on the gun. >>> absolutely, vanessa and mark. we are at 159 lynnwood in abington. there is yellow police tape, and the street is blocked off on both sides of the home. inside the home is where authorities say an 11-year-old was shot just a couple of hours ago. if you were with us at 5:30 p.m., you heard the update from plymouth county d.a., tim cruz, he says two 11-year-old boys were playing with a handgun when the gun went off in an one of the boys was shot in the face. the child was taken to south shore hospital, and then by helicopter to boston. the d.a. was not able to tell us himself, or if it was his friend who accidentally pulled the trigger. >> i would characterize any gunshot wound as potentially life-threatening. not withstanding that, it's my understanding

help them find vanessa marcotte's killer. the 27-year-old was killed ten days ago in princeton. her body found less than a mile from her mother's home after she went out for a run. he in westminster. police have interviewed hundreds of sex offenders in the towns and communities that surround princeton. this is the number to call with that information. hundreds of people have already called with possible tips. all calls are anonymous. >> mark: a break in the storms today. take a live look over the city of boston right now. check it out. beautiful. skies are blue and puffy white clouds. the dry air, that's the big deal. fox 25 storm tracker chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz is here as well. more rain on the way tomorrow. >> the reporter: mark ockerbloom waxing poetic. we're down to 81. bedford, 70 atlanta. norwood, 82. it's just pleasant. very low humidity, it's a gorgeous evening. want to play some golf, go for it. how about this, 80 degrees dropping down through the 70's, under mostly clear skies and clearly the sun won't

good evening everyone, i'm mark ockerbloom. >> vanessa: i'm vanessa welch. only on fox 25, fox 25's political reporter sharman sachetti caught up with a run. >> the reporter: curt schilling says he's a conservative, but in deep blue massachusetts, i asked him, does he a chance? i asked him all about it. i caught up with world series champ curt schilling in brighton and asked him if he's serious about a run for u.s. senate. >> i would tell you right now, i would run, i'm not sure if i will, so we'll see. >> the reporter: schilling is eyeing the seat held by senator elizabeth warren. >> why senator warren's position? >> because i think she represents all the things that we need to get out of took a swipe at warren's unsubstantiated claims of native american ancestry while working at a high paying harvard teaching gig. she had listed herself as a minority in a directory, but never use it had to gain career advantage. >> to me, she is a hypocrite, she wants free education, that's the same system she milked for $300,000 a year, taking advantage of a government in

only from xfinity. >> vanessa: we are in the heat of summer right now. the coast guard is telling fox 25 it has some serious concerns about safety on the water. >> mark: we are seeing more normal and rescuers talked with fox 25's blair miller about their concerns. >> the reporter: it's the summer beauty along boston's coastline, where people look to relax and cool off. but it's also here where the coast guard has recently seen problems, much more so than normal. this video shows the crew of this coast guard helicopter pulling two kayakers out of the water in boothbay harbor maine. these two survived, but many others have not, possibly due to the recent popularity of paddle boards. >> with the increased of paddle craft, there does come some inherent inexperience with being out on the water. >> the reporter: the coast guard says so far this year, there have been 29 boating deaths in new england, 18 involve people on smaller paddle boats like canoes, kayaks and paddle boards. on saturday, two people died here on everett lake in new hampshire, while paddle b

. >> vanessa: the head master resigned before the end of the school year. john monahan looked at the report that raises some serious questions. >> the reporter: the bush public schools released -- boston public schools findings into an investigation on what it calls buys ad based conduct at the prestigious boston latin school. the school department's office of equity looked at 115 reports of bias based conduct at boston latin. they involved 81 separate incidents. in six of those cases, administrators failed to follow district policy when it came to investigating racial bias. in four cases, teachers also nailed to do so. and -- failed to do so and in four cases, students failed to follow policy with it came to superintendent tommy chang was not available to go on camera today, but he did release a statement which says in part, we have a moral obligation to ensure that all of our schools are safe and inviting places for each and every student. the racial, cultural and linguistic identity of every student must be honored. in the wake of this controversy, the l

((vanessa murphy/reporter: could cupping be harmful? carrison: cupping could be harmful beccause it bad place.)) ((vanessa murphy)) he says cupping simply draws blood to the skin and compares a mark like this to a big blood blister. ((carrison: everybody known what a hickey is. okay, you get a hickey from somebody sucked on your neck. okay, and it used to be big with teenagers. well if that was true all the teenagers that had hickeys would be more healthy than the ones that didn't.)) ((vanessa murphy)) zhiang says oriental medicine like this is different from traditional medicine because it's more of a nature heali science with no studies to back it up. as for phelps, carrison refers to the placebo effect. if you believe it works...it just might help. ((carrison: if you can do soemthing that will make you 1000th of a second faster, that may be the difference between you being a world champion or losing.)) ((vanessa murphy)) there is a state board for oriental medical doctors... and there's years of education and exams required to become

. >> vanessa: that wife had a restraining order against her husband. fox 25's bob ward live in salem for us tonight and bob, this woman told police, she was afraid for her life. >> the reporter: yeah. clearly says that in the them a full confession. now, the couple's family, they are simply heartbroken. they are in a state of shock, they never thought it would come to this. this is 50-year-old douglas steves in salem district court, charged with strakeling to death his wife of 27 years, carmela saunders at the chandler street apartment where saunders was staying. >> lisa is a family cousin who lives next door. when she heard those scres, no idea it might have been carmela. >> it was her screams, i would have been over here. >> the reporter: in may, victim saunders took out a restraining order against her ex-husband, saying he was following her, and harassing her. saunders wrote, he has tried to kill me before. i do believe he would try it again, to harm me. lisa tells fox 25, she knew the couple had a volatile marriage and she said, she urged carmela t

. >> vanessa: here is a closer look at the path the tornado cut through the historic town. it started on chestnut street and ended about a half mile chief meteorologist kevin lemanowicz joined morning news meteorologist shiri peer overnight to track the storm and kevin, just by looking at the damage from the sky and from the ground, you told me you had a pretty good idea this was a tornado before it was even confirmed. >> kevin: we can see in the damage from sky fox this morning, flying overhead, the trees that were crisscrossing or converging toward one another and laying across each other and that was indicative of a tornadic pattern and then there was the radar signatures, which were clear to us, there was a from marlboro to concord, and this is where the cell as it just came into concord. we'll switch over to the velocity scan. this shows heavy rain. you know this scan, we talked about all the time with rainfall coming through. it's not often we have to look at selost it's with tornadoes. with you're seeing a sea of red and green, it's hard to pick out what you're looki

live in framingham, jim morelli, fox 25 news. >> vanessa: jim, thank you. a judge convicted a new hampshire mother in the beating death of her daughter. prosecutors say the mother did it because the girl wet herself and went looking for od middle of thate. ma ry n will be sentenced in deals. a rockport man will not be getting out of jail any time soon after facing a judge today. angel castro is accused of trying to rape a disabled person at a commuter rail station in rockport. the victim told police, he tackled her from behind and tried taking her clothes off before running away. the gloucester district judge ordered castro be held without bail. he will be back in court next tuesday. >> state police have cited a duck boat driver tonight after a off of his boat. police forced the first year driver of boston duck tours to take a detour off beacon street on sunday. the route took his beaut under the notorious will you low bridge storo bridge. the driver was cited for an overheight violation. >> vanessa: the wheels on bus going round and round today, it was the

first we check in with vanessa. >>vanessa: thank you. we have an update right now as we check the roadways here at 6:18 of this crash in the last hour of the tampa area. mlk, junior boulevard near tampa street, we're learning the one lane blocked is in the westbound direction and it's the right lane. good news is there's cleanup underway. just do be careful as you pass on by. of course, you have tow and police on scene and you want to be careful for all those folks involved. we'll check in on the major roadways. we're running up to speed, largely incident free. this camera shot in pinellas county, 275 at 38th avenue north, if you're heading southbound from i-4 in hillsborough down to pinellas bayway, plan for 26 minutes driving. >>russell: we're seeing new video this morning of the damage that was left behind by tornados yesterday. not clear how many touched down. they tore the rooves from homes, brought down trees and completely flattened a starbucks and star bubs released a statement announcing that everyone inside the building is safe

>>vanessa: nerd alert. >>vanessa: i didn't know. it's impressive. very impressive. the creator of harry potter is joining the fight against a salesman who won't sell to her fans. >>laura: wouldn't you love it if your car could talk to traffic lights? one of the country's largest health insurers is >>laura: 10 minutes from the top of the hour now. one of the country's largest >>russell: it's a big deal and i think we talked about it a little bit a few weeks ago. apparently it's not illegal to do it. you can if you have to, right? >> not illegal. can't make money losing hundreds of millions being on the public exchanges and now aetna making it official. next year they'll exit florida, pennsylvania, north carolina and in total, 11 states meaning they're going to be on exchange in just four states next iowa, nebraska and virginia. so if you had obamacare and you were signed up with aetna on the public exchanges in florida, next year you've got to find yourself another form of insurance. >>laura: hopefully there will be a resolution. it affected so many people just as th

vanessa? >>vanessa: all right. and still looks good here on the roads. not seeing any big complaints. this report we're going to check out pasco county. we're crash-free. you can see here along state road 54, suncoast looks good and 75, you're getting the all clear as well. hillsborough, 75. this is near fowler avenue but it looks clear as i mentioned before as far as crashes and construction go. seven minutes is the time coming from pasco county, state road 54 heading to bruce b downs boulevard. >>russell: think about this. stinkiest job imaginable and we can top it. >>laura: not here. coming up, how firefighters rescued a skunk that was trapped in a dumpster. wait until you see the pictures. how about that? merman making a big splash on social media. donald trump facing new criticism - he appeared to mock a reporter with a disability. "you gotta see this guy. remember'." "putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing. i don't want to sound too much like a chauvinist." "you have to be wealthy in order to be great. i'm sorry to say it." "he's a war he

((vanessa: okay, so you're not sorry for anything? hoard: i didn't do it so there's nothing to be sorry about.)) ((vanessa murphy)) the three defendants face numerous charges related to sex trafficking. malik clark also faces a charge for lewdness with a child since he's accused of having sex with one of the victims. defendants' attorneys and did not receive any responses. the next court date for them is set for august 18th.// ((dave courvoisier)) >>> another case the i-team has been following will go to trial later this year. career criminal shawn eisenman was in court today... where he waived his right to a speedy trial.. so a judge set a jury trial for october 10-th. attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon are just some of the charges he's facing in this case. but he's also linked to two ((christianne klein)) >>> the lvcva has announced a historic addition to terminal 3 at mccarran airport today. hainan airlines will add a direct route from las vegas to beijing before the end of the year. the 13-hour nonstop flights will

>>vanessa: all right. and right now, dave, we're watching 275 southbound right before you get into the interchange. we have reports of a crash somewhere between hillsborough and mlk. i can't find it on the fdot cameras but i'm seeing delays. we do have an outside lane blocked in the southbound direction with some delays that are stacking up. this is the area where the crash is reported so it does indeed slowing down to 40 miles an hour in that particular area with some lighter congestion building back towards bearss avenue. so make sure you're giving yourself a few extra minutes out the door. we'll keep you posted once we learn it clears out. 6:45 right now. get over to charley belcher as we always do this time of morning. >>charley: good day. what do you think? it's very light but can you tell? does it look pink? >>vanessa: i was going to say peach, but yeah. >>vanessa: okay. it's pink. >>charley: good. i want to be pretty in pink. >>vanessa: you are pretty, in pink. >>charley: it's a fox 13 pink shirt. w

vanessa, good morning. >>vanessa: good morning, dave. 6:18. last report we had mentioned hudson, a crash along u.s. 19 in the area of new york and weren't sure about the lane blockage but we got the picture from ed in pasco who is checking out the fdot cameras there. there might be a tow truck there and the vehicle is in a ditch. travel lanes appear to be unaffected. just use caution in the area from the safety of the person involved in the crash. we have another reported vehicle in the ditch. this is the south tampa area. west shore boulevard at mc coy street. police are on scene here so scene is as soon as we can but it sounds like an area where you don't want to interfere with anything and all the cleanup happening there. updated look, majors look good. six minutes is your drive over the howard frankland. it's five. i-4 westbound between mlk and the interchange and eight between bruce b and state road 54. >>walter: it's a story getting even more complicated by the hour. brazilian police say ryan lochte lied about being point. >>jennifer: in