Interview him. We will piece all of that together as the investigation moves forward. Ortiz faces charges of attempted murder of a Law Enforcement officer. Reporter now earlier today, sheriff denning he celebrated his 16th birthday earlier. This fall actually. Jim also late breaking tonight, a second case of the zika virus county. There are two in Orange County, in angela right now investigators in Marion Island say that the man found in his home last night committed suicide. Police are keeping tightlipped about how the other woman died. Reporter angela, what we know here is that this 42yearold man and his 13yearold daughter lived in this house together. Neighbors noticed that their car had not moved for a few days and the man had not been seen. Someone went in to check on them. We know the grandmother of the child. She was crying and screaming. Reporter the horror and the trauma seems more than usually out of place. The father and a daughter who lived here where the nicest of neighbor
Interview him. He invoked his rights and did not make statements. We will piece all that together as the investigation moves forward, where he has been since friday. Amanda Sherrif Demings said ortiz turned 16 this weekend. He would not speculate as to why oritz waited to turn himself in. It s possible the teen or his family saw the video of sgt. Pearce and that may have moved him to surrender. Coming up on wesh two news at 5 00, i ll bring you some of that interview with Sergeant Pearce and have more on the charges ortiz now faces, as well as what the sheriff had to say about whether he ll be charged as a an adult. Live in Orange County, amanda ober, wesh 2 news. Meredith investigators find the body of a 13yearold girl, and her father inside their Merritt Island home. Agents aren girl died, but think the dad committed suicide. Wesh 2 s dan billow is at the home on indian street. Dan, what do we know about the family . Dan we know they were very well liked by their neighbors, and the n
Community for its support. A little before 1 p. M. They got the call from ortiz wanting to surrender. Since then, he is not said much else other than to question his attorney. We have not been able to interview him. He invoked his right at that time and did not make a statement to us. We will keep piecing it all together as the investigation moves forward. Reporter ortiz faces multiple charges including assault of a Law Enforcement officer. It will be up to the state attorney as to whether he may be charged as an adult. As for the sergeant, she is at home recovering. She has a fractured and lots of cuts and bruises to her face and head. Meredith a father and another were found dead inside their home. Authorities say the man that is a suicide but there is no word how his 13yearold daughter died in. Reporter family members have come to the home looking for answers. I cannot say anything. Reporter it was an awful reality. Some neighbors focused on the residents car which have not moved fo
I just saw a bunch of lights and bands. There was a tank outside. I ve never seen a tank outside someone s house. I m a little bit scared. I don t know what to think. I never suspected any of this. Tonight, investigators have not given us any information on what they had seized inside his home. They did see some property and it is related to the armed property robbery. No arrests have been made at this time. Meredith a father and daughter found dead inside of their Merritt Island home. Police say he took his own life daughter died. We have the latest on this tragedy. This is the last text message coworkers got from 42yearold Sittichai Boonkeian asking his coworker to cover for him. He called out of work on monday and was now calling out last night on wednesday. He was a chef at this type place for three years. On friday, he did not show up. No text, no calls. That is not like him. Sometimes he works too much. The 42yearold sister could barely speak to wesh 2 outside the Merritt Island
Reporter 59yearold Virgina Arteaga was taken to the seminal county jail. She is being booked in right now on accusations of premeditated murder. Her son blake coward was found dead in the apartment and we do not know exactly when he was shot. That is a job for the medical examiner. The Police Department is waiting for a search warrant to get inside and continue the investigation. Angela david, thank you. We are following some latebreaking news. Two teenagers are facing charges. They were at Umatilla High School later today. A 17yearold was found in possession of the firearm told him a 16yearold gave it to him. Both were arrested. Jim right now, a brush fire in smoke continues to fill the skies. The bird got out of control. The burn got out of control. This was a scheduled 135 acre burn that jumped the fire line. Firefighters managed to stop it spread and no one was hurt. A few miles away in deltona, fire rescuers are pushing out the flames that sparked inside a home and appeared to bur