First at 4, a fatal accident in montgomery scratching their heads. Im mark segraves. Ill tell you why this is such a complex investigation. Broken pieces of glass like this are found just about everywhere. These pieces coming from that sunroof or what was a sunroof. Ahead on news4, were going to tell you whats being done to get this town back open for business. Arlington police say a suspected serial predator is behind bars with dna linking him to two attacks back in 2007. They were investigating a sex assault from last month around lion village. Julie carey joins us with new details. Reporter that suspect identified as 34yearold Justin Wingate, he worked in Law Enforcement in Fairfax Countys he faces two counts of attempted abduction in connection with those 2007 cases. This was his mug shot that was taken last night. Next youre going to get a look at the composite sketch that was created back in 2007 when a sere offense attempted sex assaults had arlington women on edge. Police say p
Along old georgetown road and chapman avenue. This is where the body of a woman was found. No word yet of who she is, how she died, a motive or whether or yo related to this case. Richard jordan is headed to the scene to meet up with police. Well bring you more as we get it. A major Traffic Alert right now. Washington memory parkway is cl its also for a sink hole and it could be a while before its patched up. Megan mcgrath is live in arlington with the huge mess this is causing. It sure is a mess, barbara. Were standing in the southbound lanes of the gw parkway. No traffic getting by at all. They have widened the detour. They have now shut things down at the beltway. If youre headed in the. Outhbound direction. In terms of this closure. The culprit, right over there. That big sink hole along the side of the road. U it happened with the rain. It will be a problem all day long and it may be a problem into tomorrow. A big sink hole and plenty of irritated drivers. Its really frustrating.
Co. That mix extends into much of Loudoun County and into northern Montgomery County. This area in gray and white is a zone of of wet snow northern loudoun and montgomery, wester county and south and east of there is all rain. Temperatures getting a little bit of the wintry mix all above freezing so melting on roads there. What to wear today, a ra an umb. The hour by hour breakdown over breaking news th could make you late for work. Southbound g. W. Parkway closed between route 123 and spout run parkway. Megan mcgrath with the emergency repairs go on. Reporter this is going to be the closures here, the ramp leading from 123 down to the southbound lanes of the g. W. Parkway. No traffic down there. The problem is a large sinkhole. Its 25x30. Were talking feet not inches here. It is a very large hole in the roadway. All southbound lanes have been closed between 123 and spout run. Ive been told that they havent even started the repair work, so this is something that will be with us for hou
University saying, in part, the investigation confirms what federal privacy law prohibited the university from sharing last fall. That the university provided support and care to a student in need including assistance in reporting potential criminal conduct to Law Enforcement. As for Rolling Stone, it has called for an independent investigation. Those results are due back next month and will be published in the magazine. We went by the fraternity earlier this afternoon and no comment on the results of this investigation. Reporting live in charlottesville, suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. Alison also, new developments today in another national phenomenon. Lawyers for the man at the center of the serial podcast filed a brief in his appeal. He is serving a life sentence in maryland for killing his former high school girlfriend. The Maryland Court of special appeals has agreed to hear the case. Sayed and his attorney said his original lawyer never interviewed an alibi witness and never asked a
The maryland live casino. Young is being held without bond right now and were talking with police about the shootings and well have new details about the newly linked incidents coming your way here at 4 30. Alison . Some relief is on the way for drivers dodging potholes in Prince Georges County. The department of public works will kick off a countywide pothole blitz tomorrow. Potholes continue to cause problems for drivers all across the d. C. Region. As Jeanette Reyes shows us potholes flatten tires on many vehicles on the g. W. Parkway. The g. W. Parkway is looking much better this noon. Quite the improvement compared to earlier this morning where a number of cars were pulled off to the side of the road because of flat tires. All because of potholes. Now, problem started close to midnight on the northbound lanes near stout run. Nearly 20 cars had at least one tire blown. Eventually, u. S. Park police had to shut down the road for emergency repairs but almost immediately after crews w