reporter: bowen says she saw the investigators near the tv tower, drawn by the death row inmate wes shermantine, he and his accomplice were believed to have killed more than 20 people in the '90s. >> i thought the poor people, i know why they're out here. >> reporter: close by we saw the same investigators entering a field where another abandoned well was drawn on the serial killer's map. last week, the sheriff's department unearthed and re- sealed a well, after finding about a thousand bone fragments. despite finding human remains in that first well, wes shermantine says a second well, east of the first one is one he intended investigators to find. it is believed the second well could contain a dozen victims. the third one is believe to contain one victim. the bounty hunter, rob dick, has been in communication with wes shermantine. wes shermantine says there are more burial sites not drawn on his map. >> now he is saying there is two more in addition to that that he has not even talked about yet. >> reporter: wes shermantine has said that he will not not show all until he receives all the mone

wes shermantine along with the late loren herzog are believed to have killed more than 20 people in the'80s and '90s. >>> and a man charged with the beating death of a homeowner. daniel dewitt was arraigned in oakland after killing 67-year- old peter cukor after hitting him in the head with a ceramics planter outside his home. the dewitt family says their son is a paranoid mentally ill person. >>> and women with breast cancer, getting it at a younger age. john sasaki has more from san francisco, with a call to action to protect the ranks of female firefighters. john? >> reporter: this is station 26, which lost two firefighters last year. the station captain is part of a very large group in the department. she is among 16 firefighters who heard the words you have breast cancer. it was a quiet afternoon at home for san francisco fire captain anita pratley. but on her mind is the disease that ambushed her when she was 46 years old. >> i didn't think about cancer. and to me i'm more afraid of any fire that i've been to. >> reporter: a few days after she got the tests, her partner delivered

it is unreal ii >> reporter: convicted killer wes shermantine led authorities to the spot. shermantine agreed to reveal the mass gravesites after a bounty hunter agreed to pay him. some of that is going to payoff rets that shermantine owed families, the rest he requested so kobe a laptop, commuter, -- so he could by a laptop, computer and tv in prison. investigators will continue to dig today. there's a second well speight in their future. the family of -- the family of 9-year-old michaela garecht of hayward are wondering if her remains are in one of those wells. >>> vallejo police investigating the city's first homicide of the year. police say 23-year-old daniel stevens of vallejo was shot numerous times yesterday before 5:00 last night. a friend took him to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. police believe there's only one suspect involved. they have not disclosed a motive. >>> richmond police offering a $10,000 reward in the million dollar vandalism of an elementary school being built in one of the city's most under privilege -- unprivileged neighborhoods. >> repo

the big dan when serial killer wes shermantine made a deal a map in exchange for money he calls the location herzog's bone yard in reference to his partner loren herzog. the well was bought by a rancher in 1982. that rancher tells investigators he filled in the well in the years that sure how deep the well. >> we are trying to find information about how deep that well goes. we're not being too successful. it was dug back in the 1800s. there's a second well not on the same property. as soon as we get done with this well then we are going to the second site and evaluate that and see what with we need to do there. >> reporter: there's a bay area connection. 9-year-old michaela garecht disappeared in 1988 shermantine hinted that herzog kidnapped and killed the girl. her family is anxious to learn if her remains will be found with the others. the remains of a 16-year-old has been tentatively identified. she vanished from a stockton high school in 1985. wheeler is the second victim to be id'd. shermantine led investigator to the remains of a 25-year-old. the sheriff's department is scheduled to gi

shermantine agreed to reveal the site after a bounty hunter agreed to pay him $33,000. some of that welearned would payoff the restitution he owes the victims' families. the rest he requested to buy a laptop, television and canada bars inside prison. herzog killed himself -- after learning shermantine was talking. investigators will continue to dig today in the bay area the family of 9-year-old michaela garecht of hayward is waiting to learn if her remains are in one of the wells. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> the berkeley city council approved a standard mutual aid for the police department proposing new parameters when deciding whether to answer other police department's requests for help. berkeley city leaders met last night they want to make it clear the city will not offer mutual aid on political demonstrations like this one during the occupy oakland protests and occupy cal demonstrations on the uc cam bus last fall. officials want berkeley police to handle civil disobedience as if it were manage ago event and the police chief to call off mutual fade the atmosphere doesn't provid

the big dan when serial killer wes shermantine made a deal a map in exchange for money he calls the location herzog's bone yard in reference to his partner loren herzog. the well was bought by a rancher in 1982. that rancher tells investigators he filled in the well in the years that sure how deep the well. >> we are trying to find information about how deep that well goes. we're not being too successful. it was dug back in the 1800s. there's a second well not on the same property. as soon as we get done with this well then we are going to the second site and evaluate that and see what with we need to do there. >> reporter: there's a bay area connection. 9-year-old michaela garecht disappeared in 1988 shermantine hinted that herzog kidnapped and killed the girl. her family is anxious to learn if her remains will be found with the others. the remains of a 16-year-old has been tentatively identified. she vanished from a stockton high school in 1985. wheeler is the second victim to be id'd. shermantine led investigator to the remains of a 25-year-old. the sheriff's department is scheduled to gi

in march of '99, and during the interview he described the time where he and his accomplice, wes shermantine, raped and killed cindi vanderheiden. her remains were discovered in calaveras county earlier this month. >> i knew it was wes. i started to get out -- was just like slashing and hacking -- >> herzog was convicted of three murders. the convictions were later overturned on a technicality. he committed suicide in january. stay with ktvu for continuing developments in the speed freak killer's case. ktvu's amber lee is continuing to look through the 19 hours of tape we obtained. she will have more details on the interview tomorrow at 5:00, and the 10:00 news. >>> and police are searching for a suspect in a south san francisco neighborhood. earlier today, the officers and s.w.a.t. team searched an apartment, but found nobody inside. police are looking a few doors down from the apartment, searching for a gunman they say opened fire earlier in the day at another location. nobody was hurt had, and so far no arrests have been made. >>> and today marks two years since employees have been locked

convicted murderer wes shermantine directed authorities to the site from his cell on death row. search crews have found more than 1,000 human bones and ments, plus clothing and jewelry. -- remains are being defendanted in richmond. visitors -- are being tested in richmond. investigators believe they are finished with this first well. >> very little remains coming up out of the well in our last piles that we brought to the surface, if you will. >> reporter: there is controversy stirring over the method of the recovery effort. some forensic experts say evidence will be lost or destroyed because crews have been digging with that large backhoe. others saying it was the only way to dig that deep and cover so much ground. shermantine and loren herzog are suspected in 15 to 30 murders. investigators will move to a second well three miles east where more bodies are said to be buried. the hayward family of michaela garecht wants to see if her remains are at either location. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> forensics experts will examine a skull dug up by a crew at a job site in san carlos.

convicted murder wes shermantine one of two killers decked authorities to the site from his cell on death row. search crews have found more than 1,000 human bones and s, many remains are -- are being testified at the dna lab in richmond. searchers have found personal items like clothing and jewelry. >> they've been underground for several years they are delicate. we have to clean 'em up, see if the -- what the initials read on that ring, if any. >> reporter: there's been talk specifically that about a ring that might have initials on it. there's controversy over the method of the recovery effort. some say evidence will be lost or destroyed because crews have been digging with that large backhoe. others support what the investigators have done saying it was the only way to dig that deep and cover that much ground. shermantine and loren herzog are suspected in 15 to 30 murders. investigators move to a second well next about three miles east where shermantine says more bodies are buried. we will learn if there are updates after this morning's regularly scheduled briefing in san joaquin, 10:0

shermantine and already recent herzog are suspected in 15 to 30 murders. weate at 10:00 this morning. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> new audit raises questions about the legality of hundreds of foreclosures in san francisco. the report found a number of violations or he irregularities, 400 from the past four years were analyzed, 84% had violations including failure to give notice of default, back-dating of documents and suspicious signatures. >> you have a party that is selling a home at an auction that according to our land records has no connection to. >> the report did not identify the specific lenders involved. he says his office will hand the report overto the attorney general's office and the city attorney -- city attorney. >>> ominous signs in the housing market this morning. the economic news isn't all bad. >> bloomberg reporter jane king joins us live from the new york stock exchange. better news on-the-jobs' front? >> yeah, the jobs news continues to steadily get better that in a second, foreclosures something we've been watching carefully, filings

. >> reporter: wes shermantine led authorities to the spot calling it herzog's bone yard he said his partner loren herzog did the killing. herzog committed suicide when he learned sherman was talking. shermantine talked after a bounty hunt area greed to pay him $33,000. some of that will -- will payoff the restitution shermantine owes the victims' families. the rest to buy a laptop, computer, tv and candy bars inside prison. investigators will continue to dig today. the sheriff's department has scheduled another news conference for 10:00 this morning. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> a troubled twist in an already horrible vandalism attack at an east bay school investigators say this appears to be more than just a random act. amy hollyfield live in the richmond police department with more. >> reporter: we are now learning that this school has been tacked before. the police department is going to offer -- has been tacked before. the police department is going to offer a $10,000 reward the school district will try to hatch that reward. they released new pictures -- to match that reward.

shermantine slashing her throat. he goes on to say that he is crazy and always pulls them into it. the fact is, were likely to hear more from shermantine who is getting paid for the information, but you have to keep in mind, you have to take what he said with a grain of salt. herzog has said the same thing, that shermantine was a dangerous one. >>grant: it seems that you have been in linden for the past two weeks since they have been digging. shermantine is not asking for forgiveness. will people be willing to forgive him? >> there is a quick answer to that, the answer is they will not. they cause a lot of pain in the suffering. one woman said shermantine and herzog showed up at her house when they got word that her husband was coined to speak with investigators at about cindy better-into threatened her. >>grant: will they resume searching any time soon? >> it is hard to find. they did meet with the fbi on friday. they were questioned because of that. now, we have all of these different sites where shermantine is saying there are still phones. that is why they asked the fbi. in the past they have

the teenager disappeared in 1985 after running off with wesley shermantine. we spoke with her mother on the phone she remembers shermantine's chilling remark years ago. awe aid >> shermantine is now on death row. his maps lead authorities to the burial sites. they are believed to have killed 20 or more people in the 1980s and '90s. herzog committed suicide last night. >>> joseph naso is expected back in a marin county courtroom. the judge is expected to decide whether the 78-year-old murder suspect request continue to act as his own attorney. he's accused of killing four northern -- investigators believe he may by responsible for at least two other deaths. >>> antioch city leaders want to hold a town hall meeting to address an increase in violence. the fatal shooting at the front door of a home was the tipping points. he wants to boost neighborhood watch programs and rework the city's budget to fund more police officers. the exact date for the meeting has not been set but the mayor says he wants to have it as soon as possible. >>> vallejo police are investigatin

she disappeared in 1985 after telling friends she was running off with shermantine. last night we spoke by phone to chevy's mother who lives in tennessee. >> reporter: the wheelers plan to return to stockton by the end of the month to have their daughter's remains cremated. shermantine and herzog are accused of killing 20 or more people. herzog committed suicide last month. who are the victims who's remains have been found? we'll hear from an investigator that says he has pretty good leads. we are live in san joaquin county. >>> meantime suspected serial killer joseph naso is suspected back in a marin county courthouse. a judge will decide if he can continue to act as his own lawyer. naso is accused of killing four northern california women. the crimes dating back to the 1970s. he may be responsible for two more homicides. >>> this morning two executives will be in court accused of violating campaign finance laws. the go laurie shuttle company is accused of making an illegal contribution to ed lee's campaign last fall. it asked employees to make donations and reimbursed them with

it's a property once owned by the family of a member of the "speed freak killers", wesley shermantine. weat that location today. >> reporter: this is the area, where investigators were searching on thursday and friday. you can see the terrain is no walk in the park. of one of the reasons they used these all-terrain vehicles to cover as much of the area as possible. while the road was closed off, i had a bird's eye view from a neighbor's backyard, and an interview with the man who searched these woods last week. leonard padilla, and a cadaver dog. >> seven different spots the dog found. >> reporter: remains that may have been recovered thursday. friday, crews broadened their search. looking in this area as well. if you look cloechl, they went -- closely, they went in with their own dogs searching the area neighbors say is very large. >> around the hill, on a whole 'nother hill after that. the roads are all over the country side. and shermantine would have had free access to all that. >> reporter: investigators would have left these woods mid-afternoon after scouring it for eight hours. >>

we spoke with sherri shermantine and she spoke about her marriage to the killer into the recent discovery of the bonds. >> i knew eventually some day this day would come. >> shermantine's x has said sherry knew that someday he would come to this. since last week investigators have unearthed remains, specifically a well on private property in linden. >> all of this did not start until 1984. >> they were married in 1988, the couple divorced and 2003. >> it was very violent. he was very hot headed. he was into drugs. what he started smoking drugs is what it all started going downhill. >> she eventually left him to become a single mother. >> won the story was coming out, i never said to them this is what your dad did. they read the articles, they watched the news, i let them draw their own conclusions. they both came to the same conclusion that i did. that he did it. >> during their years together, she said he never admitted to the killings. >> it was not a conversation where you get beginning to end. it was a little bit here and a little bit there and the eventually you could 2 and 2 togethe

police will wait for more information about michaela garrett before they take action on shermantine's claims >>> we saw rain out there today, and we could see more into the overnight hours. we'll talk more about that coming up. >>> coming up , a san francisco mansion has some dark secrets. we'll take you inside and show you what happened there. >>> if you're dying to get your hands on the new ipad 3, gabe slate tells us when it might go on sale. >>> coming up later in this broadcast, the bay area kid, another great night versus kobe bryant, jeremy lin in new york. and also tiger woods in pretty good position thea the at&t. pete, did you forget yours? me pete, me use pen! (laughter) sorry i'm late, i was in the 16th century looking for pete's pen. (laughter) guys, guys. take it easy, ok? pete's mom is videochatting me, and she wants her pen back! ok, alright, well. i just got one. so... yeah, you've got a little... yep, i can feel the wet patch. don't look at it. when it's on your mind, it's on ebay. >>> in one week, the bay bridge will face another major closure. caltrans will shut down all westbou

he told me he will never accept an apology from wesley shermantine. we learned another letter was received today by the bounty hunter, leonard padilla in sacramento. he tells me, i have read the letter. in it, shermantine, expresses interest in the dna results from the bones pulled from the well earlier this month. he also talks about a possible book deal well. you can read the letter on the website. reporting live in san joaquin county, jodi hernandez, nbc bay area. >> scary moments here. in fact scary hours in the east f bay to day. a middle school locked down while police searched for a burglary suspect after a shootout. police saw a man standing by the front door of a home with multiple handguns. this was on 17th avenue just east of 880 near downtown. the suspect then shot at the officers. they quickly returned fire. no one was hit. the man, suspect ran off. police set up a perimeter in the neighborhood. and placed roosevelt nidle school on lockdown for nearly four hours. the suspect finally found and taken into custody. no one at the school or in th

uncovered an additional 700 bone fragments at one of a few sites at the former property of wesley shermantine. we see the site. linden is the name of it. investigators are now analyzing a total of 400 bone pieces, and they're identifying missing people. tests show some of the remains may belong to a missing teenager who also disappeared three decades ago. >> we had the remains that we found on friday in san andreas examined by a forensic dentist. that forensic dentist preliminarily identified those remains as those of chevy wheeler. >> shermantine provided a map of that mass grave. crews will resume their excavation work tomorrow. >>> they might not respond anymore. the berkeley city council is expected to vote tonight on proposed changes to its policy on mutual aid. a city councilmember has proposed several changes to the policy, including not automatically responding to requests for help involving civil disobedisobedience why no crimes have been committed. they came under scrutiny after local law enforcement agencies were called to oakland to respond to protests. >>> a bus driver entered a not

. >>> tonight, we are hearing exclusively from convicted serial killer wesley shermantine. in a letter from death row to our sister station in sacramento, the surviving "speed freak" killer says that there are two more sites where bodies are buried. today investigators brought in cadaver dogs to hunt for more human remains. the trained dogs are from santa clara county and will be working for the long holiday weekend. mark sayre is in linden, where authorities now have a decision to make on whether to begin the search of a second well. mark. >> reporter: dana, another exhaustive day of searching here today. authorities say this evening they have now actually fully concluded their work at the first well and the question is, is there a second well? can they locate it? and are there more human remains possibly inside? late this afternoon, crews began filling in the well which they have been searching all week. also today, dogs from the santa clara county sheriff's department worked to identify any human remains which may be in the piles of dirt and debris now on the surface. bu

>>mark: we are following the latest developments out of san joaquin county. wesley shermantine one of the tuesday freed killers has revealed a location of a third well where he says another victim is located. shermantine claims the other location is where his partner herds of but a body. investigators are still looking for the second abandoned well but they say all of the wells are about 1 mi. apart from each other. >>darya: prosecutors say smart birds will face charges of lewd acts after allegedly committed those acts against 23 children ages 6-10 from 2005-2000 head at the serramonte elementary where he worked as a teacher for more than 30 years. he has been in jail since last month being held on $23,000 bail. >>darya: hernandez is described as a hispanic man, 5 ft. 8 in., one of 50 lbs.. he was released into the public off by mistake instead of being released into police custody. >>mark: europe has agreed to a second bailout for greece. meetings were held all night. 14 hours. this will not prevent greece from going into default. the bailout is worth one of its 72 billion u.s

padilla for doing it so we can get closure on it but i think shermantine should have done it to maybeclosure on this and go on with our lives. >> who was providing this money who ultimately shermantine will get? are you, are other parents giving to this bounty? >> not that i know of. i'm not. it's all mr. padilla. that's what he wants to do. so he is a very good man and that's -- and that's what he wanted to do. so that's great. >> and he said padilla said he had been in contact with shermantine for i want to say 10, 12 years. shermantine wouldn't talk without money. are you in touch with other parents who lost sons and daughters many years ago in how is this shaking just this community? >> well, it's very tough on our community. we have a very good community. i have had calls from other missing people that will went missing about the same time or before. was last seen with shermantine and martin herzog. so i do every once in awhile get in contact with them. the wheelers are supposed to be on their way out here. i intend to meet with them when they get out here and talk with them. and

shermantine has already led authorities to two different bodies. we spoke with the bounty hunter of his recent conversations with shermantine. >> of the diaz says he has been in constant contact your shermantine id shermantine told him that the sheriff's office search is not the site workers of the antibodies. while he said that side is in the distance around 300 yds from where i'm standing right now. >> a he asked were digging at that well. was not the correct well but the sheriff would not listen. >> regardless of what was found, that was not what he was connected to. >> >> the sheriff himself as out here trying to pin the tail of a dog. we're the only ones that have credible information. >> if herzog did not dampen anybody's there, who did? all with all it needed take it looked sort. [ other merv ] welcome back to the cleaning games. let's get a recap, merv. [ merv ] thanks, other merv. mr. clean magic eraser extra power was three times faster on permanent marker. elsewhere against dirt, it was a sweep, with scuffed sports equipment... had it comin

after running off with wesley shermantine. 11 years ago shermantine was convicted of killing chevy wheeler. >> i just want her remains back so wean say hi once in awhile. >> shermantine is now on death row. his maps lead authorities to those burial sites. shermantine and loren herzog are believed to have killed 20 or more people in the 1980s and '90s. herzog commit the suicide last month. >>> suspected serial killer joseph naso is due back in the courthouse. a judge is expected to disease if he can continue to act as his own lawyer. naso is accused of killing four northern california women. investigators believe he may be responsible for at least two other homicides. >>> this morning two executives after an airport shuttle company will be in court accused of violating campaign finance laws. they are accused of making an illegal contribution to mayor ed lee's campaign office last fall. go laurie broke the i will law because it asked employees to make donations and reimburse them. >>> two proposals to change ranked choice voting in san francisco will not appear on the june ballot. the board of supervisors voted yesterday to table

we will be right back into bed is a check of our top stories. >>mark: shermantine in this be free killers it has revealed a second location to a bounty hunter on sunday. >>george: we are tracking hotspots this morning. indonesia this truck buyer continues to get worse. eastbound freeway has been that shut down. if >>george: the drive time continues to grow. it should be a 39 minute drive but the drive time is up to over 50 but it's. 54 but is coming out of the antioch getting over to highway 242. the bay bridge toll plaza traffic is in fact. the drive time is 18 minutes into the backup begins around west grant. we have not seen reports of any incidents of the bridge you can see the metering lights have been slowed down. that is what the back of is starting to push towards the macarthur please. a check of the weather is next with james fletcher. >>james: of the san mateo bridge, a lot of low cloud cover. his temperatures right now look like this, in the 40's but gradually getting warmer. a good bit of the east bay is in the mid-upper 40's. dense fog has become a pro

we have done. >> reporter: now in that letter to our sister station in sacramento, wesley shermantine says that his friend mr. herzog

. >> reporter: investigators believe remains of 20 victims can we found here and at two other sites linked to wesley shermantine and loren herzog. life all of committed -- loren herzogcommitted suicide. >> we thought they were digging at the wrong will. >> reporter: he paid for wesley shermantine for information. says he believes the dig is the start of finding remains. >> i don't know that there is anymore than a couple. i believe in the other well there is a dozen. >> reporter: there are three other wells on this property and they may dig those wells up also. that speaks to the amount of work they have ahead. this dig they expect to take several more days at least. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> discovery of a body today in hayward. police found the body around 4:30 a.m. today. witnesses say they saw red car speeding away from the area. there has been a lot of problem that house where the body was found neighbors say. >> lot of homeless looking people. i have little kids. 7-year-old and a 2-year-old. >> no arrests have been made and police are looking for a motive. >>> million dollars in damage is wh

we will have more in just a minute. >>james: more victims and locations as wesley shermantine is now giving more details connected with the speed freak killing street. we will have the latest coming up. >>darya: of gas prices have been increasing for the last 19 days. we will tell you how that is affecting the bay area. >>james: let's get the latest on the forecast. >>erica: it is cold in the north bay for some of the inland areas, no doubt. still hovering in a low thirties for most portions of the bay area. as we walk through what is on tap for the inland areas we're near or below freezing. as we headed to the afternoon partly cloudy skies and temperatures ranging from a low-mid-50s. we have a slight potential for rainfall. 30 percent chance as we head into the late afternoon and evening hours. that chance does increase as we head into wednesday and thursday. as we take a look at current temperatures and what is on tap, oakland in redwood city are coming in at 39 degrees. hayward and redwood city are both coming in at 53 degrees. 50 over and half moon bay. it looks like we will see partly cloudy skies and a santa rosa. t

we have to tell the officials to go home and get rest. >> shermantine and his partner works committed suicide last month -- partner, who committed suicide last month -- >> we're people, too, we have loved ones. as a father, i just can't imagine. you want to do everything possible to help bring closure to these families. >> officials have positively identified a second victim as 16-year-old chevy wheeler. she disappeared in 1985 after running off with shemp -- shermantine. one woman believes she was almost a victim when two men in a blue van is chased her down a country road and i -- and approached her car on countryside. >> i just want wanted to tell this story -- i just want to tell this story because maybe it will help the police figure out how they got girls. they were so brazen. they did not care. they were gonna get me and they did not care. >> heidi said she recognized herzog realizing he was the man who approached her. she was able to speed off during the cross traffic. you can go to the channel 2 website for more on this case. the address is ktvu.com. >>> antioch city leaders

out the are connected to wesley shermantine and lauren herzog, they're known as the speed freak killers. the new remains were found yesterday in calaveras county to. we are over the area where they were searching. this is an area where shermantine told authorities to look at for this after but remains of two victims had already been found and identified. the property the ec here was once the current -- owned by shermantine family. this is where the new remains were discovered. his partner lauren herzog committed suicide last month. >>james: a fire burning in of rule napa county. the fire has burned about 60 a. is and is threatening about three homes. all they have right now it's 50 percent containment. >>darya: 7 of 7:00 a.m., we want to take a peek at the big board. the dow is up 27 points and trading above the 13,000 mark. that is good news. new-home sales and consumer sentiment is said to be driving the markets today. will be right back. my mom knows food magic. it's like so crunchy. it has crunchy stuff all over it. i can't get over how crunchy it is. it's like chicken and crunchy stuff got married and it's amazing! what they mean is, it's french

knew if we got the first body, we'd have the sheriff's attention. >> shermantine and his killing partner, lauren herzog are connected to as many as 20 victims. among his victims, a young hayward girl that disappeared in the late '80s. >>> san francisco police say puppy stealers are out there. the sfpd says this litter was forcefully stolen from a home on the 100 block of cameron way in the bayview district on tuesday. the suspects forced their way into the house, attacked the two parent dogs and made off with the puppies. because of the puppies' young age, it's vital they be returned to their mother. >> we're hoping that the suspects return the dogs to the victims, the victims' home. or do an animal care facilit so the puppies can survive. >> if you know anything about the puppies, call sfpd. >> if you're in the mood for a fun story, this is it. jeremy lin continued to shock basketball fans around the world. a young man who was a warriors cut a few months ago, is taking new york city by storm. >> it's like the disney story. he wasn't given a chance, pretty much. >> it is a disney story,

than 1000 bone fragments have been found at the sites that were described by shermantine it is a partner herzog. >>james: we have a wild fire to of the you on. it is burning in napa county. it is up in a soda canyon area just outside of the city limits. softs we also have a photo to show you, smoke billowing up into the sky. it has burned 40 a.. the cause of the fire is still under investigation. at this time they think it could have been sparked by resident vernon clippings. >>darya: their recent dry weather could create fire danger. craig skalar is live in san jose's. >>craig: it could happen in napa or here. fasad these are the slopes, the eastern part of set theory. very dry brush. this has been such a dry winter. these conditions led themselves to brush fire. we can see how dry this truly is. this is an area that normally in the summertime the san jose fire department my control if things get too dry. if things work to stay like this for any length of time they may start thinking about it. that is how dangerous it can be. there are homes, subdivisions, very expensive homes. look at all of this brushed

shermantine. you can see this search appeal from last week. will we see something like this again this week? investigators are still trying to find the next a banded well site. shermantine says he wants the 33,000 u.s. promise and then he will give more information. >>pam: new details about a gruebel still the -- a brutal beating that killed a man. the home owner was killed by a man on his property. police did not immediately respond because they were preparing for a protest. the victim's wife made a phone call saying that a man was trespassing. there were no officers available because of the protests and an hour later the wife called again as saying that her husband was being attacked. berkeley police say officers or sent over immediately. the victim was treated but died a short time later. the suspect was arrested nearby. he remains in custody. meanwhile, the occupy the land held a large protest at san quentin state prison earlier today. hundreds of protestors gathered at the main gates of the present protesting against its use including california's three strikes law. >> children whose par

shermantine says she was kidnapped by her resolve. herzog recently committed suicide. >>pam: coming up at 6:00 p.m., we take you year by year through the massive and the need fuelled murder spree of the siegfried killers if you will see the faces of their victims. victims are now forced to relive their loss. >>jaqueline: temperatures in the upper 60s nearly bay area wide. we have changes already in store for tomorrow. we will tell you what to expect coming up. >>pam: a controversy viewing over how whitney houston is being remembered in her home state of new jersey. we will tell you what the governor did that is upsetting some people, plus we are telling you wolf speak and sing at her funeral. a controversial law is making its way through, it is called the old state gave. we will tell you how students are reacting. >>pam: we are taking it to the oakland and nail salon where five people were shot including a toddler and what we have learned about the youngster's condition and the police investigations. that is news that 5:30 p.m.. costs hail 8 >>grant: controversy about the state in new jersey lowering t

the bottom line, we don't know which one is exactly the well shermantine was talking about. shermantine and his accomplice herzog, are suspected of killing many people. many of the victims' bodies ha not -- have not been found. >> he should look at the overall picture and do two things. allow them to bring shempentine out and point out where the bodies and -- shempenshermantine out there and have him -- shermantine out there and have him oint out where these -- out where these bodies are. we've contacted the sheriff's department 0 see if -- department to see if any of the searchers will be going out there. they've not returned our call of back to you. . >>> two people narrowly escaped the two-alarm fire in daly city. flames broke out at 8:30 near the century 20 movie theater. fire officials say they initially received the report of someone jumping out of the window but they were not able to confirm that happened. one tenant says she was getting ready for school when she heard tapping on the win dope. i thought it was raining. my landlord was banging on the door telling me th

shermantine says is not connected to him. >> he says, why are they digging at that well? i said well, we tried to tell him it wasn't the appropriate or correct well, but the sheriff wouldn't listen, so they dug that well and came up with a skull. >> reporter: the maps that shermantine made show two other locations nearby. they say those locations are different, and in addition to the site that was already dug up. >> and it talks about the well here and the well by the tv tower. those were two wells that he spoke of on the map. when we talk about three wells, there's the two he spoke of and the well they dug. >> reporter: meaning there are now three well sites that could potentially turn up human remains. paddila says he talked to shermantine last sunday, but believes investigate ares are not interested. they ignore us. the >> they ignore us. we're the only ones that have information that's credible. >> reporter: the sheriff's office is not responding to padilla's comments but do say if and when they found a well where they suspect bones are in the ground, they'll let us know. >> stay wit

bounty hunter agreed to pay shermantine $30,000 on where other victims might be buried. >> i'm glad we found remains. at least that keeps the police department interested. hopefully they will stay out here and check the other wells. >> reporter: he is still on death row. shermantine wants that $30,000 to go toward paying his restitution to buy head stones for his deceased parents and candy bars in prison. he committed suicide shortly after he was patrolled after he heard that shermantine was giving out information. >> shermantine is also claiming to know what happen to a bay area girl that disappeared back in 1988. shermantine and his former partner says his former partner killed and buried makayla. but her more has any doubt. she believes makayla is still alive and will be found. >>> the body of 48-year-old singer whitney houston arrived at the los angeles county morgue later this morning. according to tmz legal prescription drugs were in the room and her body was found in the bathtub. she had a large group of people with her including family and friends. it's unknown who discovered t

he has been in constant contact with shermantine who is behind bars. we will see what the deal had to say at 6:00 p.m.. >>pam: the chp is investigating a bold armed robbery at the carquinez toll plaza. officers say a person of a car held up the toll collector early on tuesday. here's why it is such a bold move. it is packed with cameras. >>haaziq: it is common for these use stolen vehicles in these crimes and then dump the vehicles. chp investigators say there are following up several strong leads in this recent case and have increased their presence in the areas surrounding the toll plaza. >>catherine: in the middle of a chaotic rush hour, a packed commuter train crashed into a downtown station. 49 people were killed and hundreds injured. the passenger cars are crumbling around them. windows were exploding. the cause of this was not clear but some passengers say the conductor had been struggling with the brakes before the crash. they also say he had been overshooting platforms. a renowned war correspondent was killed today in syria. she had been reportin

it is a site that shermantine says is not connected to him or his former sidekicks. >> he says, why are they being at that well? wery to tell him it was not the correct well, the sheriff did not listen. >>grant: up the diaz says the map that shermantine made showed it to other locations nearby. those locations are different is in addition to the site that was already dug up. >> he talks about the well here in the well in the tv tower. those of the maps he spoke of. when you talk about three wells, there is the well he spoke of and to others. >> the diaz says he talked to shermantine this past sunday but police investigators are not interested in talking with him about it. >> the sheriff himself is out here trying to pin the tail on the docket. we are the only ones that have information that is credible. >>grant: the sheriff's office is not responding to comments from the deal. they say is they do find a well, they will let us know. the dia believes that the remains of as many as 12 people could be in the distance at two different sites. >>pam: cadaver dogs are playing a big part in the search for remains of victim

padilla wants the sheriff to escort shermantine to the wells with and let him point in person. >> that way we wouldn't be running around playing pin the tail on the donkey. >> reporter: regardless of how authorities get the information the mother of at least one missing woman does not want shermantine benefiting from it. >> i have if to live the rest of my life without knowing where my daughter's body is, against giving him money to tell me, i'll live the rest of my life without knowing. >> here's the thing, 55% of the money going to him is going to the victims families. it was court ordered. >> reporter: the rest shermantine gets to spend on himself and his family. i asked the bounty hunter if he thinks shermantine is happy with the attention he's getting? >> i hope so. because it is an attention that is getting us results. >> reporter: at last check cadaver dogs were wrapping up the search effort at the first dig site. the san joaquin sheriff's office has in the returned our calls this morning. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> the westbound span of the bay bridge reopening ahead of schedule w

we told you about last week. serial killer wesley shermantine drew a map of what he said were burial spots of victims. the map detailed areas on his family's property. searchers following the map made a grizzly discovery. >> the dog alerted. when investigators went over to see what the dog alerted on they found human remains. it was a skull. >> deputies say the remains could belong to cindy vanderheiden who went missing in 1998. shermantine began talking after his killing partner committed suicide last month. shermantine also says herzog was responsible for the abduction of michaela garecht of hayward who disappeared in 1988. the search resumes today. >> los angeles police are on the lookout for a man convicted of threatening to kill madonna. 54-year-old robert dewey hopkins walked out of the metropolitan state hospital about a week ago. described as highly psychotic and he was admitted to the hospital last year after serving a 10-year prison sentence for stalking madonna. >> let's get a look at the forecast for today. meteorologist christina loren. >> good morning to you. you made to the friday, you

shermantine, a convicted killer on death row. and that's all for the 51 other abandoned well site. >> we have used cadaver dogs in calaveras county. i do not want to put a limitation on what they can or cannot do. >>pam: still kron4 for continuing coverage of the search for victims of this bid for distillers. coming up tonight we will hear from the relative of one of those colors. >>pam: the westbound lanes of the bay bridge check out until tuesday morning. we will be right back. cockcroft >>pam: our top story is the closure of the upper deck of the bay bridge. electronic signs are flashing a warning drivers. soft gerge rask is there an update. >>george: this is the ramp section, the incline of the bridge. normally, that would be filled with traffic. these flashing lights are workers are restarting the restart in paving work. part of the reason the work is being done is to allow both sections of the bridge open together at the end of 2013. let's take a look at your alternates. we have cameras on the san mateo bridge. traffic eastbound is the evening commute headed home back towards iraq. this is traffic headed toward the peninsul

we knew if we got the first body that we would have the sheriff's attention. >> shermantine and his killing partner are connected to as many as 20 murders. >>> the city of oakland wants to shut down two popular motel because they're popular with the wrong crowd. they're havens for hookers and pimps according to attorneys. today oakland squared off against the national lodge. the showdown begins next week. both have a track record of drug activity and prostitution. in fact, police and neighbors report some of the prostitution involved children. they are looking to close both hotels for one year, the maximum penalty in the case. >> could taxpayers be left high and dry when it comes to paying for america's cup. the board of supervisor's budget an lis says taxpayers could get stuck with a bill of $22 million if the fund raising goal isn't matched. the $8 million raised is in pledges and not cash. however, the head of fund raising says he expects to meet all financial goals claiming that the city will have the cash flow if needed. >>> this is something we don't see often. a driving disaster. a b

>> reporter: we talked to several neighbors who knew wesley shermantine, they knew then he was bad news and his family owned property down here. as for the search, that is taking place where investigators are still looking for a second well. that is near the town of linden. near san andres. ken pritchett, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> lawmaker is pushing pushing for more resources for the search. she introduced a bill to provide state funds for the such. she has personal connection to the story. her cousin disappeared in 1980. police speculated she might have been one of the "speed freak killers" victims. she was asked if she would like to speak to wesley shermantine. >> i would thank him for what she doic. i know it -- doing -- what he is doing. i know it takes courage. >> costs already topped $90,000. >>> teams of agents with warrants hit several spots today. targets? suspects pedaling child porn. ktvu's tom vacar is live with all the agencies involved and the arrests. >> reporter: here is the situation. we think it is still very much active but this is what we know right now. >> team of 7

padilla wants the sheriff to escort shermantine to the wells with and let him point in person. >> that way we wouldn't be running around playing pin the tail on the donkey. >> reporter: regardless of how authorities get the information the mother of at least one missing woman does not want shermantine benefiting from it. >> i have if to live the rest of my life without knowing where my daughter's body is, against giving him money to tell me, i'll live the rest of my life without knowing. >> here's the thing, 55% of the money going to him is going to the victims families. it was court ordered. >> reporter: the rest shermantine gets to spend on himself and his family. i asked the bounty hunter if he thinks shermantine is happy with the attention he's getting? >> i hope so. because it is an attention that is getting us results. >> reporter: at last check cadaver dogs were wrapping up the search effort at the first dig site. the san joaquin sheriff's office has in the returned our calls this morning. katie marzullo, abc7 news. >>> the westbound span of the bay bridge reopening ahead of schedule w

night when she was shooting pool with shermantine and lauren herzog, in linden. >>> you can stay with us for continuing coverage of this story, on nbcbayarea.com, we have video of the gravesite, as well as more interviews from that bounty hunter. just search, remains found. >>> president obama is back in california. but back in washington, there was a rare agreement late tonight in a bitterly-divided congress that would likely save you some money. the house and senate agreed to extend the 2% payroll tax cut. and extra benefits for the unemployed. it's a win for president obama, who says the typical american family will see an extra $40 in every paycheck this year. the president says he will sign the tax cut extension, as soon as it passes. it impacts 160 million people across the country. >>> mr. obama is in l.a., as part of a three-day west coast fund-raising trip. tonight, he dined at a fund-raiser in hollywood, headlined by the foo fighters. and spoke at an event that included george cloon nay and james belushi. and guests that paid $35,000 each to attend. the president arrives in the bay area tomorrow. coming up, a behind-the-scenes look at ho

we had nothing to do with it. >> the sheriff's department is trying to find the second well which shermantine says might contain up to 12 bodies. >>> vanderhiten told ktvu news that dna tests have positively identified the remains as those of her 25-year-old daughter cindy. shermantine was convicted of killing her and three others. shermantine is now on death row in san quentin. just ahead, ktvu investigates the legal loophole that allows shermantine to be paid thousands of dollars for providing information about his crime. why the burden the stop prisoners like him from getting paid rests on the victim's families. >>> ktvu's maureen naylor tells us, a few months ago santorum was barely a blip in the forecast. >> reporter: california voters talked presidential politics over pizza. >> romney looks like the slam dunk candidate. but he seems wishy washy too. >> reporter: a poll shows mitt romney maintaining his lead with 31%. but rick santorum has surged to a strong second. ron paul also gained ground to 16% followed by newt gingrich who saw the most dramatic drop from 23% in november to 12% now

we are below that. >>mark: investigators also searched a second well as they continue to follow leads provided by shermantine. >>darya: officials are saying it the way this scene is being processed is destroying critical evidence. forensic experts say instead of creating a large hit using a back hoe, they say they should have made smaller teams of a forensic archaeologists examined as well before any large invasive machinery was brought in. experts always also say if bones were discovered the equipment should be immediately turned off and parked far away and that pedestrian walkovers should be cut down to protect the ground underneath. they also seek women to protect evidence should be brought in so that it is not completely exposed. we ask authorities about their methods and here is what they said. >> bones are not getting crushed. we are digging them up and bring them to the surface. third we are handed sifting through these. >>darya: again, the search continues today in linden. stay with kron4 for our continuing coverage of the speed freak killers. >>mark: on the bay bridge, just one day on the showdown a

he had learned that shermantine had an agreement to reveal a location of the killings. >>pam: we have a special section on our web site including video from today's investigators in the speed freak killings. >>pam: we are now hearing from the young victims whose third grade teacher who allegedly gave them cookies laced with his ball leaflets. $2 million reward offer for the rest of this man. >>gabe: i have some new technology to show you for law enforcement. will cause the wearing video cameras in the future? that is coming up in my tech report. >>pam: we have the latest edition of the line in the dish. you will not want to miss the review of this theory institution. >>jaqueline: several jurors are called to close to the coastline. cooler conditions on tap for tomorrow. >>pam: a loss angeles teacher's aide has pleaded not guilty of committing a lewd acts on a child. he is accused of sending in corporate internet messages with the intent to commit a sexual offense. he was arrested in recent weeks on child sex allegations. when >>grant: 2 of the suspects or at merriments elementary