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KTVU The July 4, 2024

Man charged with murdering his wife and his mother in law tonight. Detectives still searching for clues as the victims bodies have not been found. We want to ensure that we bring closure for the victims families. San pablo police calling this a horrific tragedy. Good evening, everyone. Im mike mibach and im julie julie haener. The suspect is facing two murder charges tonight for the disappearance and killings of his wife and mother in law. Police say the murders happened in the couples family home last fall. New at ten tonight. Ktvu is amber lee joins us now. Shes live from the west county Detention Center in richmond with new Surveillance Video in connection with this case. Amber julie, the 40 year old suspect faces two counts of murder. Now, like you said, police have not yet located the woman, nor have they said how they were killed. But they do say the suspect has been in consistent with what he has told police. Police say the Single Family home in san pablo is a crime scene. They suspect that the owner killed his wife and mother in law in the home and tried to cover it up by reporting them missing in september. In investigators shared with me this video of them searching the home on thursday. Police say they found enough evidence to arrest him for murder. A neighbor tells me she sensed something was wrong because she hadnt seen the women in months. The last time we ever saw them was back in september 2023, which is really weird, weird, says jasmine. Rocio because tollet and her 74 year old mother, tran, would often be seen gardening in the yard. Neighbors say police dug up the yard in their search for clues to the womens whereabouts. So far, they havent been found, the husband allegedly told police the women drove off in this family vehicle and may have headed to southern california, but police say leads helped them locate the car in oakland at an Industrial Park and that they caught the suspect in a lie after they put the car under surveillance. This clip shows the suspect on december 5th entering the parked vehicle. Peggy chow, San Pablo Police spokesperson, tells me Surveillance Video shows vo moving the vehicle just hours after telling police during an interview he didnt know where the car was. So from when the last time you saw her, you have you seen that car at all . No police say vo is a property manager and his wife works at a nail salon. And that an argument over money may have led to the womens disappearance. I cant even fathom the extent of grief or shock that, you know, a family, um, the family might be experience saying the couple has a young daughter and son who said mom disappeared after an argument with dad. Sister his mom had been missing for a while and that they had fought or something, and he hadnt seen her and he missed her. The sussex bail is set at 2 million. He is scheduled to make his First Court Appearance tomorrow afternoon. Police say they still have a lot of work to do. They are still looking for the two women. Julie and amber. What about the two children . Where are they now . Now im im told that they are with relatives. All right. Amber lee reporting live for us tonight. Amber. Thank you. Well, police in san leandro arrested a man accused of shoing toddler. Police say adam johnson fired a single shot into a home on west warner avenue wedsday, hitting a four year old boy in the leg. Fortunately, that boy is expected to be okay. Pice say the boy was not the intended target. They believe spect was looking for someone else at the multiunit residential property. Johnson is now facing numerous charges, including attempted homicide in monterey county. A search is underway tonight for three gunmen suspected of carrying out a mass shooting right outside a house party in king city last night. Four people were killed, seven others injured. Witnesses telling police a silver kia pulled up right in front of a home where people had gathered for a party. Three masked men got out of the car and then opened fire in the front yard, and then drove away, one mother says. One of her daughters was killed. Her other daughter was shot but survived. I want there to be justice. I want there to be justice for what happened to my daughters. I want justice as soon as possible. Police have announced a 20,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those involved in just a few hours, voters across the country will start heading to the polls for super tuesday. Voters in 15 states and one territory will participate in tomorrows primary election. Alaskas Democratic Party is actually not included in this super tuesday. Instead, it will take place next month. Nearly one third, though of all republican and democratic delegates are up for grabs tomorrow. This includes from two of the most populous states california and texas. And here in the bay area. Polls are set to open at 7 a. M, but vote by mail ballots already have been coming in for days. Ktvu janet katsuyama joins us now live from San Francisco with an early look at voter turnout and what you need to know if you still havent cast your vote. Jana julie, the director, tells me that in the last president ial primary in 2020, it was 61 turnout. The low 31 in 2012. Well, as you mentioned, people are coming to drop off their ballots. Just a few minutes ago, someone popped theirs in here to this box. Some experts think that statewide turnout could be near the bottom, but at least in San Francisco, the director doesnt think that will happen here. A steady stream of voters came to the corner collection box outside San Francisco city hall. Early birds dropping their ballots off before election day. I do like voting early that way i can do research at home. And just like take my time at home because its voting so important to me. So if i could do it early and just check it off my list and yeah, it makes me feel a little bit more responsible. The voter guide, the ballot, the drop off locations, everything. It was a lot easier here than North Carolina or connecticut or arizona where ive lived before. Inside city hall at the San Francisco department of elections, workers were processing the slow trickle of ballots coming in the turnout for this election as of this morning was 17. Director of elections john arndt says 17 is low, but it isnt too far off from the 2020 president ial primary year. Right now, we have 84,000 ballots back and compared to the march 2020 election, the previous president ial primary election, we had 85,000 ballots back. So were tracking really well this year, though, with presumptive candidates in the democrat and republican president ial primaries. Some people worry there might be less incentive for people to get out and vote. I knocked on doors today to say, have you voted . Have you voted . I want to make sure my neighbors go and vote. Hey, how are you doing in oakland outside the Alameda County elections office, workers greeted voters at a drive through drop off. We have drop boxes. They can put it in the mail. They can drop it off at one of these drop stops. Weve been open at our vote Voting Centers for now since last saturday. Registrar tim dupuy says they are also seeing low turnout so far. The last president ial primary we saw a total turnout of around 50, but they are prepared for an election day rush and remind voters that Voting Centers and boxes remain open until 8 p. M. Tuesday. We have same day registration. You can go in, we can get you registered, and we can get you to vote. And some voters say even without big president ial candidates driving the primary, they wanted to weigh in on state and local issues. Measure b would be the big thing for me, the two, uh, biggest issues for me were housing and crime. And so those are why those are why i wanted to make sure i voted in this primary. So again, not too late to vote. Even if you havent registered, as you heard there, just go to a polling place or Voting Center tomorrow and you can get your ballot and cast it. And back here live, these boxes are going to be open until 8 00. Thats when they will round them all up and take them inside to the registrars office. The director of elections says that they dont expect that there will be many results tomorrow. Theyll have the first wave with the mail in ballots, but then after that it will take some time to count all of those votes up. Julie. All right. Gianna katsuyama reporting live tonight in San Francisco. Gianna. Thank you. California secretary of state Shirley Weber says her office is busy ahead of tomorrow and ready to deal with any issues that arise. We want to make sure that people understand and that that all these issues of fraud and deception that we fought back every last one of them, all the cases, the 50 some odd cases that have gone to court, we have defeated them all because while we have a fair and clear elections and we hope that everyone will take advantage of the possibility of voting. And if you want to go down and look at the process, all of our departments of or our registrar of voters have ways in which you can actually see and observe what is going on. Secretary weber says her biggest concern for the election is technology, because sometimes it fails. She says state workers are testing and retesting voting machines, and an ai team is on standby by if needed. The four frontrunners in California Us Senate race were out campaigning today across the state. Ktvu political reporter greg lee heard from those candidates about their final appeal to all the voters. The final push to the ballot box in californias hotly contested u. S. Senate race, the top four candidates in a crowded field crisscrossing the state trying to get out the vote. The future is in your hands as voters, i hope youll get out and vote democratic congressman adam schiff went door to door in the castro monday morning, talking to voters, touting his experience in the house. Im very proud of my record of delivering mass transit, bringing back millions to find Affordable Housing for people to help deal with the epidemic of homelessness. My efforts to pass californias patient bill of rights. But people have found a voice in me where theyre standing up and saying, ive had it. Uh, we want to send seed back to washington. We want his voice. A newly released poll from berkeley igs shows republican and former baseball player steve garvey pulling ahead of schiff for the first time, followed by democrats and house members katie porter and oaklands barbara lee. Washington needs to pay more attention to california, for we are the biggest state. Um, we have the most people, and we are not always getting washington to focus on our issues. My campaign is a multiracial multi generational progressive coalition. Reporter the contest to fill the seat long held by the late senator dianne feinstein, breaking spending records, according to adimpact, which tracks political spending more than 65 million has been spent on ads so far. The most Expensive Senate campaign in state history. Schiff responded, for the vast majority of that, many of his ads featuring garvey in an effort to set up a general election showdown. He went from playing first base to now playing politics and out in deep right, right field. Uh, but look, hes out of step with californians. What hes saying is, i want to go against garvey. Well, be careful what you ask for. Uh because people have always said, dont underestimate number six. Porter criticized schiffs tactic of elevating a republican when she defended her ads that featured eric earley, another conservative in the race. This will create more cynicism about politics and about politicians. And so, look, we have spent the vast majority of our advertising budget and our engagement budget on positive messages. Early turnout is trending historically low, older conservative voters outpacing democrats data that favors garvey. As these four candidates battle for a position in the top two, theyre urging people to get to the polls. The point that i want to make today, though, is that everyone has got to get to the polls to vote, and we have so many trusted messengers who are out there canvasing, phone banking. Greg lee, ktvu, fox two news, the United States Supreme Court has ruled former President Trump can be on the 2024 president ial primary ballots. The justices ruled states cannot invoke a postcivil war constitutional provision that prevents former Office Holders who engaged in insurrection from Holding Office yet again, instead, that power resides with congress. As the court wrote in an unsigned opinion, trump had been removed from the ballots in colorado, maine and illinois, but all three rulings were on hold awaiting the Supreme Courts decision. Coming up, a warning in the north bay what were learning from Health Officials about a spike in fentanyl overdoses, and we are still tracking some rain drops around here. Not much to speak of, but there is a chance you might need the umbrella a couple times in the next 48 hours, and then next weekend something is on the on the horizon. There so well take a look at it. When i see you back here. Also, the new skipper of the San Francisco giants already making some changes. And its not about what happens during the game. The new team policy headed into the new season. What do i see in peter dixon . I see my husband. The father of our girls. I see a public servant. A man who served under secretary clinton in the state department. Where he took on the epidemic of violence against women in the congo. I see a fighter, a tenacious problemsolver. Who will go to congress and protect abortion rights and our democracy. Because he sees a Better Future for all of us. Im peter dixon and i approved this message. In all related deaths, five in just the last two weeks, ktvu zac sos live tonight in san rafael and zach. These specific cases prompting the county Health Department here to send out this alert. Yeah, thats right, mike and the big concern here is that people could be using fentanyl without knowing it. The countys Health Department says that all five of the people overdosed, were taking multiple substances at the time. And they say that its quite possible that one of those substances was laced with fentanyl. Were seeing an unfortunate and dramatic uptick in Overdose Deaths in marin county. Five Overdose Deaths tied to fentanyl in just the last two weeks. Normally and tragically, you know, we have about one overdose death every week. But prior to the last two weeks, county Public Health officer doctor matt willis says only around half of those deaths were caused by fentanyl. These last five have all been related to fentanyl, and all have been among people who were using multiple substances at once. And so one of our primary concerns is that this may be a contamination issue. A number of street drugs now frequently being laced with fentanyl, creating a potentially deadly combination in the countys homeless population. Particularly vulnerable. There are substance is like methamphetamine and cocaine that help people stay up so they can keep themselves safe. Rory rieger heads up Behavioral Health services at the Ritter Center in san rafael. The nonprofit provides a range of Free Services to the countys homeless population, including Substance Use treatment. A newer approach that we have is contingency management or what also is referred to as recovery incentives, which is a regular Drug Screening that builds in incentivizing people to reduce or eliminate their messy amphetamine or amphetamine use. The center also provides a free vending machine stocked with narcan fentanyl testing strips, and other Harm Reduction supplies that we can provide more access and more low barrier care to people. That that is the solution. The countys message to anyone taking drugs carry narcan, carry testing strips and dont use alone. And if we do those three things, we think that we can be much safer for that, you know, segment of our population who is using substances. And another tool, the county says its using right now to monitor drug use in the community. Is the testing of wastewater. They say any spikes associated with cocaine, methamphetamine or things like, of course, fentanyl could lead to another one of those alerts going out. Mike zac sos live tonight in san rafael. Zach. Thank you. Now to the south bay, a former Pharmacy Technician now facing murder charges after selling drugs laced with fentanyl, 34 year old Benjamin Nathan williams has been charged by the Santa Clara County das office with murder and drug sales. Prosecutors say he sold cocaine laced with fentanyl to 26 year old hope warrick last year, leading to her overdose death. Williams had previously served as a Pharmacy Technician near monterey, but lost his license for stealing pills in 2021. New at ten tonight multiple lane closures are in effect right now on the richmondsan rafael bridge for road work. The closure began at seven this evening. Caltrans says crews are working to repair potholes. Two eastbound lanes will be closed, and theres also a lane reduction in the opposite direction. Driver should expect delays. Interstate 80 back open tonight in the sierra with chain controls in effect as we give you a live look. Now out at donner summit, where there is still a lot of snow on the roa

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