steve carter and canadian backpacker. they re responsible for one and two homicides. what other things might they be responsible for? these are unknown and what we re looking into. i asked lurnt pitman if investigators have identified a motive. he says that s something they re looking into. the trio will return to the bay area to face charnls in c connection with both murders. in the news room, melanie woodriff, abc 7 news. the family of 23-year-old audrey kerry says she was going on her first solo back parking trip. the bluegrass festival in san francisco and then camped out in golden gaet park. she wachbted to see the west coast as part of her measure. she just kept taking in the sights and doing what young people should be doing. investigators believe kerry was robbed and shot in the head. authorities in portland found her camping gear in stolen cars. now, we ll be on top of the story at 6:00, 9:00 and 11:00. our reporting is on twitter and our web site, abc7ne
showed the events inside the store. apparently what man was in there, he used lighter fluid to set the costumes on fire, where they then spread over to the candy section, back to the costumes and put out by the floor personnel as well as alameda county. the suspect is in custody, joining me now is the lieutenant from the san leandro police department. tell us a little bit more about how this went down. yeah, like you said it was about 1:45 this afternoon, and a suspicious man was in the store for hours carry iing a bottle o lighter fluid. and at some point he went inside the store and lit the costumes on fire with the lighter fluid. he was quickly stopped by the store personnel and additional personnel started to put out the fire as police arrived on scene and took custody of the person. alameda county personnel arrived and helped put the fire out. and you said he was a 40-year-old adult, correct? yes, he is a resident of oakland and i don t have any other resident of h
in san leandro, laura anthony, abc 7 news. all right, laura, thank you so much. the san jose man accused of being a serial cat killer appeared in court today. also in court, dozens of cat lovers outraged by the crimes. 24-year-old man is facing charges, the charges now from san jose, vic? reporter: well, cheryl, every seat in the courtroom was filled many holding pictures of their cats who went missing or were found dead. now the judge rejected a defense motion to release robert farmer. instead, he imposed bail of $75,000 which by the way is higher than the scheduled amount for a crime of this type. robert farmer, son of a retired san jose police captain, was formally charged with animal cruelty and other related crimes. the prosecutor said he had been kidnapping, then hurting and killing cats since mid-september. she thanked community members for coming forward with information. the victims that mr. farmer targeted were speechless victims, they couldn t help us with
change. that s something that we re never going to get used to. the other speeding car was a dark-colored acuca. that driver took off after the crash. her own son was murder in the third degreered near san jose school two years ago. i like to give them that support and motivate them to make their tragedy into something positive. in san jose, david louis, abc 7 news. sacramento police released more images of the suspected get away car. stone was stabbed three times last week outside a bar in capital city. police say the pictures were taken before the attack in midtown. now, the cameras that took those pictures can notify police of crimes while they are happening. officers have not yet made an i rest in the assault. the medical center says stone is in stable condition. a world fail mousz astronomy professor has resigned from uc berkley. this move comes after nearly two-thirds of professors in its own department demanded that he be fired. a yooumpbt investigation dat
in a statement today, nicholas durst called the resignation appropriate and said we want to state une kwif cably that professor s is determine ed i take full responsibility. mrksz arcy is considered a nobel prize contender. in berkley, laura anthony, abc 7 news. a puppy has been returned. a good samaritan dropped off the two-month old pitbull named louis last night. somebody had taken louis last thursday afternoon. the woman who praubrought him b she got the dog off the street. louis will be up for adoption soon and hopefully will find a good home. it was another warm day across the bay area. spencer christian is here now with our first look at the accuweather forecast. okay, larp ri. a lovely day. not quite so warm as yesterday. but clouds are increasing. we ve had active weather. we still have mainly clear skies here in the bay area. although clouds are on the increase. a couple of hours ago, a thunderstorm rumbled through the area producing a couple of lightn