he is accused ofilling laura wallen's.escribed the pain they feel. >> until the day i die, i would have had t grandsons.and three reed being our third grandson. >> prosecutors say they believe tessier lling wallen because he was engaged and living with t another woman. >>> fireworks at the brett kavanaugh confirmation hearings, democratic senators releasing several documents that were marked confidential, one deals with kavanaugh's views on on racial profiling, the other on abortion. republicans argue the democratsk were he breing the rules, but eventually appeared to let them relehose documents. >>> nord pulford is pulling tru thes because seat bheelts could spark a fire. it covers ford f 150 regular cab and super crew cab vehicles flp are reports of about two dozen fires in the u.s. and canada ford will fix it for free. >>> and burt reynolds as pas ad a werethe age of 82. he was known for his roles in movies like deliverance and boogie nights. >>> hailed as a hero for standing toe to toe with a gunman last march, now the

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 13th the day that he was arrested where he admitted he shot miss wall in the back of the head with a .22 caliber weapon. >> reporter: prosecutors who were denied thehance to make their opening statement showed the news media their evidence.la a wallen's evidence says it is grateful to finally hear all evidence against tessier. >> laura was a wonderful remarkable woman. and i don't believe that there is such a thing as closure. >> reporte ura's sister spoke through tears. >> laura, i love you and miss you every day. i was so looking forward to experiencing t incredible journey of motherhood with you and for me finally becoming an aunt. >> reporter: so the familys not only rememberin

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 wind of it early t morning when they walked in. but we had no idea. like why aren't we going into court. why are we going into the lounge. so it was shocking. >> reporter: now, the montgomery county deparent of corrections released a statement this morning giving a timeline of events.le tessier was woken up at 4:00 this morning to prepare for

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 throughout their ten year relationship. they say tessier was engaged to and living with another woman who complained about laura. tessier texted her saying i could kill her. >> we were robbed of the trial, but we were also robbed of not having a trial for our grandson who was also murdered. >> reporter: prosecutors say laura was pregnant with testier's baby boy, the family named him reed. he died when laura was lled. >> laura, i love you and i miss every day. i was so looking forward to experiencing the incredible journey of motherhood with you and for me finally becoming an aun aunt. >> reporter: and her mother-in-law delivering a meeage -- >>ad been not showing up for anything i

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 20 to 30 others still missing. the quick left the island at a n till. no phones and no trains. also major power stage has been challenged and it hit ecuador. last night's quake had a preliminary magnitude of 6.2. so far on that e, no early reports of damage. >>> we turn t capithill, where tensions run high on the final day of grling of supreme cot nominee brett kavanaugh. yesterday, cory booker said that he planned to release a document about racial profiling. that's despite the fact its release would violate senate rules. republicans fired back on booker's political ambitions. >> i'm going to release the e-mail o racial profiling. >> running for president is no excus

he faces life in prison for allegedly killing howard county teacher laura wallen. shwas pregnant with his child when she died. she sappeared last september and was found buried in aield. >>> we're hearing from the family of a woman mauled to death by her owndog. her husband found her after the attack monday night at their home ico mbia. we're told the bit pull mix was standing over her body. he called911 and tied the dog to a fence post. the family is in shock. >> this was one animal she thought she could save. an animal that needed to be rescued and the animal, unfortunately, killed her. ed.the dog was euthan conway had adopted the pit bull from out of state. >>> new this morning, toyota plans to recall a more th million vehicles including its galine high bride prius model. there's an issue with the engine harness. it issues effects vehles in japan. >>> there is now a new quicker option to pedal your way through the dmz. these new electric assist bikes areable starting today. according to our news the bikes have a motor to help boost speeds upo 18 miles an hour. t

. >>> the fami of laura wallen has reacted to the suicide of her accused killer.er tessier was found in his jail cell earlier yesterday morning. montgomery county department of corrections officials say tessier woke up and had breakfast 45 minutes later and und dead 10 minutes afte that. they say he hanged himself using a bedsheet. >>> back to the breaking news out of baltimore we've been tracking all morning for you. look at these five piclive pict. this is a massive fire in baltimore. started in a paint business and continues to spread to other buildings. >> brad, what can you tell us? >> this is an actene this has spread to the south,as towardrn avenue. we're looking left-to-right broadway. in historic fells point. this 150-year-old building filled with paint and decorating supplies quickly went up, spreading to a rmfour-a fire. no injuries are being reported right now. you can see, all streets surrounding this block, are closed down as this continues to fall in fells point. >>> we want to turn ourat ntion to chuck bell for a look at ourforecast. i can sense th