Out a cigarette butt out of the window but now we do not think this is the case, with this fire in the same location we have concerns that it is in fact Something Else but we dont know what that is. Reporter monday nights fire burned six feet and todays fire only burned 3 feet but it did over lap mondays fire. Teams are now looking into this and they will be replacing the seal but the question is, how are they going to do that . They are trying to figure out how soon they could replace it because they will have to shut down some lanes in order to do that. I have never been a believer in coincidence. Two fires within three days, an reredosessant just catch fire an Rubber Expansion joint just doesnt catch fire. Do you think they were deliberately set . Reporter until they know the real cause they dont want to speculate and they are not ruling out the possibility of a third fire. There are several Rubber Expansion joints so the possibility of another fire could happen is out there. But ag
Involved . Reporter both the fbi and the president said it appears he acted alone. I am assuming that was his parents house . Reporter that i couldnt tell you. We have aerials of where the suspects home was, where the investigators were, surrounding, we are not sure who is the owner of the home. More information to come. Ken pritchett, thank you. It could be the biggest Car Insurance fraud scam in recent history. More than 30 suspects are accused of staging car crashes and bilking money from Insurance Companies, resulting in higher premiums for all of us. New at 5 00 p. M. Ktvus Azenith Smith was there when the suspects appeared in court. Reporter we heard of people cheating their Insurance Company but this takes the cake and we should care because at the end of the day this case is costing us a lot more. Reporter authorities busted 33 suspects in a scam that even the District Attorney has never seen before. Fraudulent claims costing Insurance Companies half a Million Dollars. That hal
Were found dead, three of them young children. A suspect was arrest inside san jose. Noelle walker has more. Reporter ken, the jail confirms that Martin Martinez is here for the time being and is waiting to be picked up by Modesto Police where he is accused of killing five people, all in the same family. The Santa Clara County jail is home for now for 30yearold Martin Martinez, booked on multiple counts of murder. A welfare check on saturday led to a crime scene in this quiet modesto neighborhood. Police made a shocking and gruesome discovery inside this home, five people, two women and three girls between the ages of six months and six years all dead, all of them in the same family with a connection to the suspect. There is a past relationship between martin and one of the victims inside and one of the children is his. Reporter police say martinez, first a person of interest, now, an arrested suspect, left the crime scene in a red Lincoln Navigator. Saturday evening, police found the
Released by the whichevered today. Police held the News Conference an hour ago. Some of the new information that theyve revealed, more about the victims. One of them dr. Amanda cruise a woman with martinez had a relationship and a daughter together. The 6 month old daughter was one of the victims. As was martinez mother and the two other victims doctor cruises sixyearold daughter and a fiveyearold girl who was a distant relative who was at the home for a play date on saturday. Police revealing for the first time information about mr. Martinez revealing that he has been a murder suspect before. Dr. Cruise twoyearold son christopher riply died in october under suspicion circumstances while under martinez care. The pat olgy report just calm back on thursday. The cause of death in head injury. The manner of death die dew to homicide. Police point out that they had not shared this information with mr. Martinez yet. Heres what they had to say earlier today. We did not drop the ball on this.
And Martin Martinezs own mother. At a News Conference Police Revealed this isnt the first time Martin Martinez has been thesent of a Murder Investigation the subject of a Murder Investigation. Martin martinez was listed as a potential suspect in a crime involving the death of a twoyearold. Reporter that toddler was under Martin Martinezs care at the time of the death. Police got a report last thursday, two days before the murders in modesto. It confirms the death was a homicide but police had not notified Martin Martinez of the mindings yet. When asked why he was not arrested then police replied when it comes to homicide investigations you only have one shot to make the case. There is more than just the Police Department involved. We put together a case, there has to be probable dues arrest that individual and enough for the District Attorney to file charges on the case. So no, the Police Department did not drop the ball. It is horrible this happened. There are no indications that anyt