Fox Urgent Police announcing a short time ago human remains were found during the search for missing uva student, Hannah Graham. Good evening, everyone. Im julie banderas. This is the fox report. Just a short time ago, police in virginia revealing a search team has found human remains that might be those of the 18yearold college sophomore. Hannah vanished on september 13 in charlottesville, virginia. A suspect in custody. The discovery was made in a public park just miles outside of charlottesville, virginia. Police are now asking anyone familiar with the area for help. It is important to note the remains have not been identified. Though hannahs parents have been. The weeks long search operation for hannah involved thousands of
volunteers and Law Enforcement officials. Investigators say the body found today will now be taken to a forensic lab in richmond for positive identification. Peter doocy has more from washington. Peter, what comes next . Reporter as you just said, right now Forensic Experts in richmond, virginias state capitol, are working hard. Theyre work quickly to try to figure out if those Human Remains Found today are a match for Hannah Graham who went missing 35 days ago exactly. We learned today that sadly, perhaps about ten miles away from the downtown mall restaurant that captured the last known images of Hannah Graham, a search team from the Chesterfield CountySheriffs Department found some human remains in an abandoned property, just before noon today. We dont know much about what they found, but the sheriff did feel the need to notify Hannah Grahams parents about the discovery, which they did. On the investigative side, preserving evidence now becomes the key and despite a lack of
positive i. D. So far, the sadness in the Police Chiefs voice today that we heard really does suggest that he is fearing the worst. The chief also said that he thinks all those hours of searching may have finally proven their worth. Julie. So will the search continue until they make a positive identification . Reporter doesnt sound like it. A few minutes ago we got an email from officials down there who said a search planned for tomorrow morning in the general area where these remains were found has now been canceled and when we listened to the investigators today and the authorities, they werent really talking about anything in the future other than making a positive identification. Instead they were really looking back saying thank you to everyone who spent countless hours for what they describe as an unprecedented effort there. Listen. I want to thank everyone who gave up their days, their nights, their weekends, people who called and wrote and dropped
good wishes and words of encouragement to the search crews to the detectives that have worked so hard in this investigation. I want to thank all of those people because today would not have been possible if not for their prayers, their encouragement and help. Reporter the suspect in this case, jesse matthew, is still being held without bond charged with abduction with intent to defile. As far as we know based on updates from prosecutors, he has not been cooperating. He has not been talking. So now investigators want to hear from anybody who may have seen this suspect, jesse matthew, in the general area where these remains were found this morning, late this morning, as the story may be nearing a very sad end not only for the graham family, but also for the entire university of virginia community. Back to you. All right. Peter doocy, thank you so much. Turning now to ebola. We are awaiting the release of new guidelines from the center for Disease Control covering just how our nations hospitals and Health Care Workers are to handle ebola infected patients. This comes in response to what has been a series of missteps in treating an ebola patient in dallas, texas that eventually led to two nurses becoming infected. Word out of ohio tonight that Health Officials are now monitoring more than 100 people who had contact with the dallas nurse, amber vinson. Many of them, passengers with her on a Frontier Airlines flight from dallas to cleveland. So far none of those being monitored have showed any signs or symptoms. And nina pham, another dallas nurse infected with ebola, is said to be in fair condition tonight at the nih hospital in maryland. Her condition was downgraded yesterday. Aleash i cant acuna begins our coverage in dallas. A Carnival Cruise ship we understand is carrying a dallas medical worker who is currentsly under selfquarantine. When is that ship expected back in texas . Reporter yes. The carnival magic is expected
very early tomorrow morning in galveston, texas. Really the only port where it is welcome at this point. This after being denied entry into cozumel and belize. The ship cut its trip short and headed back to dock in texas. Belize denied the request to allow the passenger on this ship to fly home from its airport. The man now in quarantine in this cabin since it was discovered he was a Lab Technician who handled some of duncans samples. He is showing no signs of symptoms. And neither are a full host of other people who the county of dallas says has been calling in concerned they have either been exposed to ebola or may have contracted the virus. Dallas county judge clay jenkins said out to reassure the community and the region that not only are they more prepared now should there be another diagnosis, but that when that 21day quarantine that those close to duncan have been in expires tomorrow, the public is safe. For the 38 years that weve been looking at ebola and
tracking ebola and the World Health Organization and cdc are there for every outbreak, theyve never had any case where someone showed symptoms later than 21 days. Its probably well later than well before 21 days, but that 21day period is based on over 38 years, nobody started showing symptoms on the 22nd day. Reporter and julie, judge jenkins also pointed out that were at a critical point this weekend in the time line of ebola, meaning that should we get no more diagnoses, no more cases this weekend, its a pretty good sign. The area of ohio where amber vinson traveled is on alert tonight, i understand as well . Reporter yeah, thats right. Thats because amber vinson flew to and from cleveland around the time that she was starting to experience symptoms and right before she was diagnosed with
ebola. So steps are being taken in northeast ohio to calm fears of spread. That means for the governor, meeting with local Health Department leaders, cdc officials and medical providers and that happened today. After that officials let the public know that First Responders are getting training. Schools where kids had contact with vinson or houston other flight were closed, some businesses doing the same. All of this Authorities Say is a lesson in the making. One of the things thats been very beneficial for us doing that is as we are bringing our personnel down, were getting feedback from them as it relates to these protocols. One of the things that i think that we have consistently reminded everybody is that this is an ever evolving, ever changing scenario. So gathering that information from our personnel is allowing us then to update our protocols as it relates to their operational experiences with these protocols that were implementing. Because of that, we will continue to tweak those protocols as we go forward. Reporter julie, this has
prompted states all over the country to really take a hard look at their own plans of what they would do in the event of an outbreak and they are all making adjustments. Alicia, thank you so much. Family and friends gathering today to remember the only person here in the United States to die from ebola. The crowd filling a church in North Carolina where the mother, sister and nephew of Thomas Eric Duncan worship. The 42yearold died at a dallas hospital back on october 8 after contracting the virus in liberia. He didnt show symptoms until after returning to the u. S. People who have had contact with duncan are still being monitored. Screening for potential ebola cases expanding in europe. Airline passengers arriving in paris from guinea all had their temperatures taken after getting off the plane. We are told everyone on that flight was fine and then allowed to enter france. Guinea is one of the three west african nations hardest hit by
ebola. So far no confirmed cases have been reported in france. And in washington, fox news has spotted the new socalled ebola czar at the white house along with Vice President joe biden and white house chief of staff dennis mcdonough. No word on if there was any sort of meeting scheduled. The new ebola dollar is ron klain, former chief of staff to joe biden and al gore. Hes also an experienced attorney touted for his management skills. But some lawmakers are criticizing the president s choice. Namely because of what mr. Klain lacks, any type of medical background. So we want to hear from you. Do you believe the u. S. Needed a czar to handle the Ebola Response in the first place . What to you think of the president s pick . Tweet me, were going to try to read some of your answers later on in the program. The u. S. Working closely with kurdish fighters to drive isis out of the Syrian Border town of kobani for good. Increased air strikes appear to be working. The islamic militants reportedly
pulling out of the west side of that town and losing ground in the east. As the terror group suffers heavy casualties, the white house says isis fighters have been flooding into kobani, creating an opportunity to take them out in large numbers. This is an encouraging development. But military officials warn kobani could still fall. Greg palkot has more from turkey near the Syrian Border. Reporter the latest word that we are getting is that there have been more air strikes against isis in the last 24 hours throughout the region. Including strikes against the terrorists in the Syrian Border town of kobani where the fight goes on. What we are getting from our contacts on the ground is there have been street battles in the center of town between the terrorists and kurdish militia. Thats where there have been claims that isis had been driven out. Still sources tell us that 20 of the place is in the hands of isis. Amid new word tonight, the terrorists could be readying yet another offensive. As we watched all week, u. S. Air strikes continued, one contact telling us that one targeted isis right where the two sides were fighting. It began a sign of a close coordination between the United States and some very brave kurdish fighters in that town. Reports two of isis shells landing on the turkey side of the border and a turkish tank firing back. No confirmation where those shells hit. Turkey has been very reluctant to get into this fight. The latest wave of u. S. Air strikes also hit other locations inside syria as well as in iraq. A clearer sign that isis is threatening on several fronts. Thank you so much. Meanwhile, a somber day for family and friends of james foley. An american journalist beheaded by isis. Mourners gathered for a Memorial Service in New Hampshire on what would have
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