loren herzog was released from prison but then took his life when wesley shermantine started helping detectives locate bodies. >>> couple is behind bars in seattle after police say they were driving the car stolen from the home of a murder victim. coming up, we talk to investigators about the progress in the case following the arrest. >>> police shot and killed a man after he threatened his father with a knife. this happened last night around 11:15 p.m. there was a fight between a man and his father. when the son moved towards his father with a knife 3 police officers shot him. the shooting is being investigated. >>> a sheriff's deputy testified about arresting a teen accused of a drive by shooting and steeling a car. he said max wade was arrested where he was keeping the lamborghini. he is charged with attempted murder and car theft. >>> we are following breaking news. we don't have a lot of information but here is what we know. police found explosives inside a home on georgia street and as a result they are evacuating some of the homes in the area. this is all of the information we

earlier this year, convicted killer wesley shermantine linked his late partner loren herzog to her disappearance. it took a bizarre route to get to the crime lab. joanne hobson's remains were found in a well back in february. but new testing found 28 of the bone fragments returned to her family are not hers. in fact, they belong to at least three other people. hobson's mother ordered the tests after watching investigators dig up the burial site with a backhoe. >> the way they pulled her out with those big steel claws and i saw that on tv. i was horrified. i feel like a crime has now been committed against me and my family. and i feel like joanne also has been murdered again. >> an anthropologist determined one fragment from the hobson remains belonged to a child between the ages of five and 14. it could be weeks, though, before there is a final answer on whether it was mckayla. our sister station in sacramento broke this story. reporter steve large is in hayward and spoke with mckayla's mother this evening. >> reporter: no question, this is one of the highest profile kidnapping cases in northern

loren joseph herzog and wesley howard shermantine the remains of joanne hobson she went missing and aones said to be hers was given to her mother but even though they got closure they wanted wesley howard shermantine to do the same for others. >> i want him to continue to do the right thing and tell the rest for everybody else. >> and they went one step further, hobson's mother had those bones tested and it turns out not all of them are from joanne. that bone was given to the police department and according to michaela garecht's mother, dna tests are being done to determine if they are michaela garecht's bones on the blog she said she believes these bones are her daughter's. and i feel an overwhelming desire to bring michaela garecht home. it kills me to think she has been in that god forsaken place all these years and if so i want to bring her home. they said they will have a press conference and we will go in now and we will bring you the latest on what they say in live mornings on 2. claudine wong ktvu channel 2 morning news. >>> rain is likely to blame for an accident that happene

. >> reporter: monday she go the call that a bone found at the site where wesley shermantine and loren herzog buried their victims is a child's bone police are getting it tested to see if it belongs to michaela garecht. >> if this is michaela, it breaks my heart she is laying in that place all this time. >> reporter: she was 8 when she and a friend went for snacks a man grabbed her and drove away with her she hasn't been seen since 1988. the family weeks away from getting results back that could answer questions. >> i don't know. i'm hoping that it will come to a conclusion and i kind of hope it isn't her. but i would like to find out what happened to her before i die. >> reporter: if this is michaela her family has decided not to bury or cremate. >> michaela has been alone in that place all this time we should bring her home and keep her home with the family i am >> reporter: sharon tells me she doesn't always answer the phone but she is now as she anxiously waits for the call from that crime lab to find out if this bone belongs to michaela. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> main road in

the discovery is opening the possibility that other possible victims of wesley shermantine and lorenzog have been found. this woman has been mentioned in cases like the speed freak killers. even though there is no direct listening, her family continues to hope the case will some day be involved. >>> continuing to monitor the chance of showers over the evening! and warmer weekend weather ahead. ask me what it's like when my tempur-pedic moves. [ male announcer ] why not talk to someone who owns an adjustable version of the most highly recommended bed in america? ask me about my tempur advanced ergo. goes up. goes up. ask me what it's like to get a massage anytime you want. goes down. goes down. [ male announcer ] tempur-pedic brand owners are more satisfied than owners of any traditional mattress brand. ergonomics. [ male announcer ] tempur-pedic. the most highly recommended bed in america. [ female announcer ] for more information or to find a retailer near you, visit tempurpedic.com. >>> the hercules police department is getting closer to finding answers in the murder case of a bay

. >> reporter: wesley shermantine is the one who tipped off investigation. he and loren herzog are us is expected as killing as many as 15 people. they were nicknamed the speed freak killers because of their addiction to meth. herzog killed himself in prison. the bone has been a lab for testing. hayward police are expected to talk publicly about the case today. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> 4:33. vacant building in san francisco's castro district is back in the hands of its owners now it needs $1,000 in repairs after it was taken over by protesters. officers stormed the building last night to end the occupation by a group protesting the city's housing shortage. officers arrested 20 who could face burglary, trespassing and vandalism charges. >> we have tons of vacant buildings like this. we could be housing people. people need housing, people don't need empty buildings. >> i understand their message, but it is not their property for them to break in and occupy it is illegal and unconstitutional. >> the demonstrators are with a group called homes not jails. i

his killing spree partner wesley shermantine calls out herzog saying he had family that lived in castro valley by hayward. on that facebook page, i mentioned run by michaela's mother, she wrote if it is confirmed i will be glad to know the truth simply because it is the truth. live in hayward, anne makovec cbs 5. >>> a break in the investigation into the murder of a retired teacher in her hercules home. two people are held now for a crime spree that began with a jail break down in san bernardino county in august ended with a big police chase near seattle yesterday. police there spotting the stole- car, the murder victim susie ko. they say the driver rammed patrol cars with the subaru and ko's family relieved to learn that 24-year-old darnell washington and his 25-year-old wife tania are now in custody. >> this reaction is a little bit of relief. we have been working so hard since the event happened to find some major clue in finding this car. >> hercules police have gone to washington to question the couple about ko's killing. they are also suspects in the attempted murder of an l.a. co

investigators began digging into a well, convicted serial killer wesley shermantine say there may be more victims there. some remains were those of joanne thompson. her mother decided to have remains tested at a lab. results found a bone that did not belong to hobson. the sheriff addressed that discovery. >> i wish that never happened. not only initial incident but situation that is developed. so what i can do now is do what i'm doing. get answers and provide those as soon as i can get those answers. >> police have contacted the mother of a missing hayward girl, 9-year-old michaela garecht. they told her the bone belongs to someone in the same age range as michaela. the fbi will handle all future digs in this case. >> two suspects in the murder of a hercules woman were caught in seattle and now being tied to a series of crimes. >> kept pulling on the cord. i was going to wave. hi, mike. hi, suzy. >> mike bar says his murdered neighbor does not deserve to be caught up in what is believed to be a crime spree from southern california to washington state. >> after interview was the subje

. >> reporter: monday she go the call that a bone found at the site where wesley shermantine and loren herzog buried their victims is a child's bone police are getting it tested to see if it belongs to michaela garecht. >> if this is michaela, it breaks my heart she is laying in that place all this time. >> reporter: she was 8 when she and a friend went for snacks a man grabbed her and drove away with her she hasn't been seen since 1988. the family weeks away from getting results back that could answer questions. >> i don't know. i'm hoping that it will come to a conclusion and i kind of hope it isn't her. but i would like to find out what happened to her before i die. >> reporter: if this is michaela her family has decided not to bury or cremate. >> michaela has been alone in that place all this time we should bring her home and keep her home with the family i am >> reporter: sharon tells me she doesn't always answer the phone but she is now as she anxiously waits for the call from that crime lab to find out if this bone belongs to michaela. amy hollyfield, abc7 news. >>> main road in

wesley shermantine and loren herzog convicted for a drug induced killing binge in the '90s, all oldern michaela. a sketch of her alleged kidnapper looks similar to loren herzog who committed suicide last year. >> a case that's this old has a lot of information. and you know, we're going through that information and doing what we can to try to identify the bone. >> reporter: that piece of bone was initially sent here to the hayward police department. their testing came back inconclusive. so it's been sent to a lab in virginia. the results could take several weeks. >> if this is michaela, then it breaks my heart that she's laying in that place for all this time. >> reporter: the bone piece was initially given to the family of another "speed freak" killer victim, joann hobson. her mother had the bones tested, suspicious of how the scene was handled. >> the way that they pulled her out with those big steel claws, and i saw that on tv, i was horrified. >> reporter: mur of agrees. >> how can you do that? it's just heartless. >> reporter: in hayward, anne makovec, cbs 5. >> and there's a pos

unidentified child was found in a well in linden a mass grave for the "speed freak" killers wesley shermantine and loren herzog. it's possible it could belong to 9-year-old michaela garecht who was kidnapped in hayward in 1988. shermantine has linked herzog to her disappearance but the bone fragment was mistakenly mixed in with the remains of another victory and only recently discovered. >> i tended to kind of dismiss it. i pretty much ignored that investigation all along. if this is michaela, then it breaks my heart that she is laying in that place for all this time. >> initial tests on the bone fragment have been inconclusive. so now it has been sent to an out-of-state lab. results are expected to take a few weeks. >>> tonight this husband and wife considered persons of interest in the murder of retired bay area teacher susie ko. police arrested darnell washington and his wife tania at gunpoint yesterday near seattle, washington. they say the couple repeatedly slammed patrol cars with a stolen subaru that belongs to susie ko. ko was found stabbed to death at her home in hercules on friday. >

she want -- they wanted wesley howard shermantine to give to others. >> they can do the right thing for these families to get their closure but he is needs to do the right thing for everybody else. >> hobson's mother had the bones tested and it turns out they were not all of her daughter's. according to the mother, dna tests were taken but they were inn controversy conclusive and they are undergoing maestro cop drail -- undergoing tests and they say if this it couldn't -- if this is confirmed, she will be relieved. it breaks my heart to think of her little body lying in that horrible place for all those years and if that is so i want to gather her up and bring her home. we will talk about these latest developments sometime later today. claudine wong. >>> there is a major case of a hercules woman killed in her home. retired school teacher was found stab to dab inside her home. her subaru rammed into a patrol car and took tack off but was originally arrest by police officers. here is what the family is saying. >> this is the first deep breath we all took as a family and as a community. >>

his killing spree partner, wesley shermantine, wrote a jailhouse letter that seems to call out loren herzog saying that he had family that lived in castro valley right by hayward. michaela's mother writes if this is confirmed, i will be glad to know the truth simply because it is the truth. live in hayward, anne makovec, cbs 5. >>> this just in from colorado. investigators are confirming a body was found in a park that they say the search still continues for a 10-year-old girl who went missing. jessica ridgeway was last seen friday when she left home for school. investigators found human remains yesterday. ridgeway is believed to have been abducted. >>> 6:02. a break into the investigation. a murder of a retired teacher in her hercules home. two people are being held for a crime spree that began with a jail break in san bernardino county in august ended with a police chase near seattle yesterday. police there spotting the stolen car of murder victim susie ko. they say the drive rammed patrol cars with the subaru. they arrested 24-year-old darnell washington and his 25- year-old wife

we'll talk about looking for more remains and they would like to talk to wesley shermantine, one of thected speed freak killers. >>> an earthquake hit off the coast of san francisco. it was a 2.2. it struck at 7:01 this morring. it was centered six miles west of the san francisco zoo and ten miles west of city hall. the earthquake was less than two and a half miles deep. there are no reports of any damage. >>> it is 8:02. there's developing news from the middle east. a suspected al qaeda terrorist has killed a long-time worker at the u.s. ambassador in yemen. the masked gunman was on a motorcycle when he opened fire on the yemeni chief the security. he was headed to the embassy where he worked for nearly 20 years. the drive-by shooting happened fairly far from the site. but officials say this has the fingerprint of al qaeda. it's unclear -- unclear if this is related to the attacks on september 11th that killed four americans in libya. >>> the action did not end after the final whistle a -- whistle at a game. >> oh, no! >> following last week's game between the chargers and the junior 4

wesley sherman tine linked his late -- -- shermantine linked his late partner to her disappearance. it was initially given to the family of another victim. joanne hobson's remains were found in a linden well in february. but new testing found 28 of the bone fragments returned to her family are not hers. they belong to at least three other people. hobson's mother ordered the tests after watching investigators dig up the burial site with a back hoe. some remains belonged to a child between the ages of 5-14. as consumed san francisco city hall for months is finally over. ross mirkarimi is back on the jos sheriff. "i look forward to working h y attorney and >>> the melodrama that has consumed san francisco city hall for months is over. ross mirkarimi is back on the job. >> i look forward to working with the mayor, the attorney, and district attorney. >> the board of supervisors voted against mayor edlee who want lee who wanted him permanently removed. >> we're questioning his ability to deal with domestic violence matters during the period of time where he is on probation for committing