Reporter two days after kerry was found, the yoga teacher had been reported missing and was found shot. There was not a great distance of time. Reporter the possible link, fast track, saying things happen quickly. The three murder suspects were arrested in portland on wednesday, investigators found carys camping gear in the car and a gun. The weapon used in the homicide was tracked back to an auto burglary here in San Francisco. Reporter police are continuing the investigation to see if any other unsolved crimes can be linked to the drifters. Here are their mug shots. All ofkiuu melanie . 23yearold lamply faces stolen dog charges and less is known from the last suspect, a puzzle the lieutenant says is not complete. Investigators are exploring the possibility of more crimes beyond the two murders. Of course, our imagination doesnt stop there. We need to recreate events from the time theyve known each other up until the time they were arrested. In marin county, abc7 news. Carter was out
The detectives are three young drifters living off the grid. Our Team Coverage includes abc7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow but we begin with vic lee, live at San Francisco police headquarters, vic . Reporter ama, audrey kerry arrived from her home in canada. She came here for the first solo backpacking trip. Sadly, pleas say she became the victim of a crime of opportunity. Now, police, first believed she died from blunt force trauma. Today, they said she was shot to death. The adventurus 23yearold wanted to see the west coast. Taking in the sights what young people should be doing. Exploring, having fun. Reporter shed been in the bay area a week. She may have attended the blue grass festival. Her body was discovered the next day. Police found trauma and shed been shot in the head. The commander tony chaplain is the head of investigations. We believe robbery was a motive. Reporter two days before the sad discovery, the owner of a gun reported his weapon had been stolen from his car. The
Milestone of 200,000 deaths from coronavirus, President Trump this morning again denies the reality. Were rounding the corner, with or but the a vaccine. They hate it when i say that. Thats the way it is. Were roundingin the corner on the pandemic, and weve done a phenomenal job, not just a god job, a phenomenal job. Its just not true. Its not true. The data belies that claim, and right now look at the map. Thats 28 states across the country seeing a rise in cases. Cnns alexander field, she joins us now with the latest. Okay. So how many states, how bad and what are experts attributing this to at this point . Reporter yeah. Absolutely no evidence that we are rounding the corner here. In fact, experts are saying that there is a clear spike in the number of cases. What isnt clear is whether we can attribute this to labor day gatherings or whether this may suggest a resurgence for the fall and winter months ahead. The data is very clear. If you look at the National Average were seeing an
Policeinvolved shooting that led to the killing of donte wright, a 20yearold young africanamerican male. My heart goes out to dontes family and to all those impacted by this tragedy in our community and the world over. While we await Additional Information from the bca, which is leading this investigation, we continue to support members of our community as they gather peacefully amid our calls for transparency and accountability. Let me be clear. We will get to the bottom of this. We will do all that is within our power to make sure that justice is done for donte wright. We are going to continue to meet with Community Leaders and to hear their voices. In fact, we did that this morning. The chief and City Council Members and other elected officials from the state and city staff, city manager, we had a meeting earlier with the community to hear their voices in this time. We are also going to have continue to conduct press conferences and share information with the public. As i stated, we
And the world over. And while we await Additional Information from the bca, which is leading this investigation, we continue to support members of our community as they gather peacefully amid our calls for transparency and accountability. Let me be clear. We will get to the bottom of this. We will do all that is within our power to make sure that justice is done for dante wright. Were going to continue to meet with Community Leaders and to hear their voices. In fact, we did that this morning. The chief and city council members. And other elected officials from the state and city staff, city manager, we had a meeting earlier with the community to be able to hear their voices in this time. And were also going to have continue to conduct press conferences and share information with the public. As i stated we do plan to show the body camera footage. Were going to conduct a Community Press Conference Following this as well. So that we can talk directly with leaders of our community and orga