Fast. There was no way that anyone could get out of this house alive. The tree was 15 feet high and it was very, very dry. Were told a lot of needles were found underneath as well as in the area that collects needles underneath the tree. It provided a big fuel load for this fire to spread. Were told that don piles body was actually found in the great greatroom area. It was normal for him to sleep on the first floor. His wife sandy and the grandchildren were on the second floor of the home. It appears they all did die from smoke inhalation. Again, were continuing to gather new information. A press conference is scheduled any moment now including the anne arundel fire chief and executive. Police credit witnesses who whipped out their cell phones for helping them track down a woman wanted in a parking lot hitandrun. Alexandra menendez is charged with many charges. Heres Northern Virginia Bureau Reporter david culver on columbia pike. Reporter mk auto is back open today but without its own
Morgue to identify her son. She says that wont be necessary. That her son is alive. 6 00 p. M. December 29th a detective comes back to her house to apologize for the mistaken identity. What do you make of this . I think they should you know make a positive i. D. On a person before they come because, you know anything could happen. I could have had a heart attack right here on this floor. Reporter in a statement d. C. Police say proper protocol was not followed in the identification process. They say the department is investigating how this occurred so tn now the man really killed in that shootout with police has been identified as 33yearold Gregory Marcus gray of no fixed address. Live in northwest, pat collins, news4. Thank you, pat. The flu has claimed the life of a fifth grader from creightons corner elementary in ashburn, village. Joshua justin died last week. His death come y room doctors are seeing a spike in flu cases. David culver at inova hospital. Reporter at all of the area
Another uncomfortable day on the witness stand for the former governor of virginia. Today Bob Mcdonnell revealed even more personal details about his troubled marriage. He said he has moved out and had no idea his wife was accepting so many expensive gifts from a businessman with a product to promote. Julie carey is leading our trial coverage. She is in richmond now. Reporter one of the first revelations today about a week before the trial Bob Mcdonnell moved out of the suburban richmond home he shared with wife Maureen Mcdonnell and moved into a rectory here where a friend of his who is a priest lives. On the witness stand Bob Mcdonnell told jurors he never told his Close Friends about how his marriage unravelled. 38 years in Public Service i never thought i would be having to testify in a trial like this so it is difficult. Reporter Bob Mcdonnells words as he prepared to tell jurors how his marriage disintegrated. As he won Higher Office Maureen Mcdonnell became more stressed. Mcdonn
Did. Reporter coming up on news4 at 6, it became quite clear during this press conference that investigators still have a lot of questions about what exactly sparked this fire and why it went up so quickly. Well have more coming up on what theyre going to be doing to answer some of those questions. Were reporting live from anne arundel county. Doug frigid temperatures today. Now were hearing windchills into the single digit snz. Theyve been in the teens today and into the low 20 rz. Temperatures on the cold side, the average high 44. This is where we were today, 38. Thats all we could get, 36 in frederick. It didnt even feel that warm with the winds gusting 20 to 25 Miles Per Hour today. Take a look at the current windchill, 28 in d. C. , 21 gaithersburg, 31 in culpeper and 24 toward winchester. The wind will continue to stay up through the evening hours but then start to die down moving through the evening. If youre out and about this evening, it is going to be a cold one, 34 by 7 00,
One i think youre going to like at least well be above the freezing mark. Any time of course, youre away from your tv you can always get our app cast thats he was giving you a forecast and taking you hour by hour. Download at itunes or google play. The bitter cold made for a miserable ride for some on metro. They had to contend with cracked rails today. Commuters took to social media, tweeting out pictures from maryland to d. C. And virginia all showing the platforms packed. Others posting about extremely long wait lines between the trains and since it is still cold we are tracking the impact to metro right now for this evening commute. Transportation reporter adam tuss live now at the East Falls Church station. How is it looking . Reporter so far, so good tonight, wendy, the broken rail and cracked rail from earlier today has been fixed. But its still bitterly cold out here tonight. Thats what riders are dealing with. But, yeah this morning you might say that Mother Nature got the bes