sitting right next to me mark waugh's sister. she doubled over in sobs and when they came to lead gupta away, to put the cuffs on him his mother a few feet from him doubled over in sobs. she appeared to convulse. they did bring an ambulance for her. gupta will be back in court where he faces a possible life sentence. stephen tschida, abc 7 news. leon: thank you, stephen. we have breaking news coming in now from berwin heights where news chopper 7 is over the scene of a water main break. we're told this is on cunningham street. if you know the area, you can see this water streaming out of this hole in the ground now. pouring down the road. boy, if you need to avoid cunningham street in berwin heights, if you can. keep you posted on what's happening there. alison? alison: the state department official charged with soliciting sex from a minor is arrested on new charges. he was charged with voyeurism and stalking. they say he recorded several video of women with his phone. they were allegedly taken in adams morgan mount pleasant and

prosecutors say gupta stabbed waugh nearly a dozen times. at the trial gupta accused his girl friend of the murder and the jury didn't buy it. after the verdict we heard from the father of mark waugh. >> mark was happiest when he could help people. he was generous with his time and devoted to his family. mark's murder is an evil that we . >> gupta's mother fainted as deputies took her son away. he could face up to life in prison. >>> a notorious real estate heir who appeared to admit to murder in an hbo documentary now faces a murder charge. >> more on robert durst's possible restroom confession. >> reporter: robert durst now faces a first degree murder charge. los angeles prosecutors say he shot and killed his friend susan berman in december of 2000. more than 14 years investigators haven't been able to gather enough evidence to charge him. that all changed after robert durst reached out to tell his life's story. in the hbo series finale of the jinx airing sunday night durst was presented with some new evidence. a letter durst wrote to berm

the victim's family mark waugh, they were in the courtroom, and they know that they will never ever see their son again, but so was the defendant, the killer, rahul gupta. his mother was here and she wailed and fainted when deputies led her son away for a possible life sentence. guilty of first degree murder, he wept openly and his mother wailed and fainted. the victim's father said what gupta did to his son was evil that he could not comprehend. >> our son mark all i can say is a gift from god. >> reporter: it started a year and a half ago. three brilliant graduate students, a night of binge drinking and murder, rahul gupta celebrating his 24th birthday with his old high school friend mark waugh and his girl friend taylor gould. they all ended up back at the couple's silver spring apartment and gould said she woke to a blood spattered scene of horror and gupta screaming for her to call 911. >> what do you need the police for? >> he's here and i need emergency right now. >> reporter: prosecutors say gupta confessed that he told police he stabbed waugh when he walked in on him and his gi

rahul gupta was convicted of stabbing mark waugh at gupta's apartment back in october 2013. prosecutors say a love triangle involving the victim gupta and gupta's then-girlfriend led to the murder. the defense claimed gupta's then-girlfriend actually killed washington. but the jury didn't buy it. the victim's father said his son had a promising future. >> mark was a bright and energetic young man with a big smile and a bright future. >> the tragic mixture of alcohol, jealousy and suspected betrayal. >> gupta faces life in prison when he's sentenced next month. >>> new tonight, five players from the women's lacrosse team at the university of maryland baltimore county have been suspended indefinitely for sending threatening text messages to their teammates.

mark waugh's friend has been found guilty of a first-degree murder. a love triangle could have been the motive. rahul gupta learned his verdict just in the past few hours. news4's zachary kiesch is live now outside the courtroom in rockville with never-before-seen evidence toda zac >> reporter: heb and kills his high schoo buddy, guilty of first-degree murder, that's the verdict a jury handled down in montgomery coun it's a tragic twist to a night that started with a celebration. it was supposed to be a birthday party. rahul gupta's 24th birthday. but alcohol, jealousy, and a apparenlo triangle between gupta's girlfen and mark waugh turned deadly. when police called to the silver spring apartmensharped by gupta and his girlfriend around 3:30 a.m., waugh was dead stabbed five times. gupta made a confession shortly after the arrest. his defense team argued in court that gupta's girlfriend was the real murrean he took the blame for it. thu but the juryn't buy it. here's bill waugh, the victim's father. >> mark was happ when he could help otherpl he was g

the verdict, the jury obviously did not buy that argument and convicted waugh. he will face sentencing on april 16th. he faces a possible life term. reporting live stephen tschida abc 7 news. alison: the u.s. attorney for the district of columbia is stepping down after five years on the job. he announced his resignation today and says he's returning to private practice beginning april 1st. his top deputy vincent cohen jr. will become acting u.s. attorney. he was appointed by president obama in 2010. kimberly: vice president joe biden and maryland senator barbara mikulski met today to discuss efforts to clear a backlog of hundreds of thousands of untested rape kits. maryland bureau chief brad bell is live with the plans to reduce that backlog. brad? brad: this has been a problem for years. what happens is a woman suffers a rape. she goes to police and then is sent to the hospital where a specially trained forensic nurse looks for d.n.a. evidence. the woman's body actually becomes a crime scene. when they find evidence it's put in something called a rape kit. now,

gupta told police it started when he caught his girlfriend cheating with waugh. developing now suspicious death investigation in herndon. a body was found in a wooded area in the 1500 block of hidden brook drive. we're told the victim is a man with trauma to the upper body. no other information is being released at this time. abc 7 is there at the scene and we'll bring you updates as soon as they're available. right now, crews are on the scene of a large water main break in berwin heights. want to show you the shots that we got in there along cunningham street. as you can see water gushing into the roadway. wssc crews are working on repairs. but a section of that street is shut down and there's no word on how many customers have been impacted by this. we have crew there's on the scene and bring you updates as soon as they're available on that. now, to new information about a deadly military helicopter crash off the coast of florida. one of the people on board from fairfax. safe sergeant thomas flourish was one of 11 service members killed when the blackhawk crash

. >>> now to the murder trial of rahul gupta accused of killing a georgetown uvela student, mark waugh. gupta has just been found guilty of first-degree murder. prosecutors say that alcohol jealousy, a ra were behind this murder. news4's zachach was in the courtroom in rockville when gupta learned his verdict. >> mark was a bright and energetic yng with a big smile and a bright future. >> reporter: tod a jury convicted mark waugh's onetime friend rahupt first-degree m it was an unlikely end for two men who appeared to have so much potential. gupta was a g.w. garage walt student working on his second master's degree and mark waugh a first-year l student at georgetown. >> tsrady that surrounds this case is really the tragic mixture of alcohol, jealousy and suspected betrayal. >> reporter:t started as a birthday party. rahul gupta w turning 24. they drank, they partied, the night ended with mark, gupta, and his then girlfriend taylor gould at the silver spring apartment t couple shared. sometime aroun 3:00 a.m., police received call from gould. >> i don't know. mr. there's blood everywher

rahul gupta was celebrating his 24th birthday with his old high school friend mark waugh and his girl friend taylor gould. they all ended up back at the couple's silver spring apartment and gould said she woke to a blood spattered scene of horror and gupta screaming for her to call 911. >> what do you need the police for? >> he's here and i need emergency right now. >> prosecutors say gupta confessed that he told police he stabbed waugh when he walked in on him and his girl friend cheating and then he confessed again in a phone call he made to his father. gupta insisted on the stand that he only confessed to save his girl friend who told police she was so drunk she had no memory of what happened. but the prosecutor says blaming it on his girl friend made no sense to him, nor to the jury. >> this tragedy that surrounds this case is really the tragic mixture of alcohol, jealous and suspected betrayal that led to mr. gupta arming himself with a knife and ending the life of an individual who had been his friend for many years. >> reporter: the scene in the courtroom was pretty tough. gupt

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gupta thought his girl friend was cheating with mark waugh, but after he took to the stand to blame his girl friend for the murder the jury didn't buy it. >> the victim's father spoke after the verdict. >> mark helped other people. he was generous with his time and devoted to his family. mark's murder is an evil that we cannot comprehend. >> gupta was working on his second masters degree at gw. his family was at his side throughout the trial. his mother wailed and fainted in the courtroom as deputies led her son off to potentially spend the rest of his life in prison. >>> right now the wssc is dealing with a huge water main break in berwyn heights, maryland, sky9 over the scene of cunningham drive and o'sage street. the water is there somewhere on the streets going through front lawns and backyards in the neighborhood. wssc workers are going door to door talking with customers about the possibilities of water damage. 29 customers and two fire hydrants have no water right now. >>> in fairfax county police are trying to figure out what happened to a man found dead in the woods in the 1500

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