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Tonight a former cheer leader with a warning for Young Athletes. First, the night line five. Boost, its about moving forward. Not back. Its looking up, not down. Its feeling up, thinking up, living up. Its being in motion. In body, in spirit, in the now. Boost, its not just nutrition. Its intelligent nutrition with 26 vitamins and minerals and 10 grams of protein. All in three delicious flavors. Its choosing to go up. Boost, be up for it. Number one in just 60 good evening. Tonight florida under siege. One of the most powerful storms the east coast has seen in over a decade. Our team is on the ground in the storm zone. Hurricane matthew, a demon in the dark. The massive category 3 storm with winds over 120 Miles Per Hour is wreaking havoc on the sun shine state. A strong warning from the governor. This is going to kill clogging major highways up and down the coast for miles. Preparations from matthews arrival going on for days. Abc news is in the storms path in West Palm Beach. Weve reached a safe location. Were feeling the powerful winds and rain. Were still in the West Palm Beach area. We hope the not be near the eye wall. Thats going to be dangerous officials want people to stay away from. Some 2. 5 Million People are expected to be without power in florida by morning, and it will take that long to figure out where that damage is. Reporter so far power lines going down along the coast, tens of thousands already without power. Abc is tracking the storm. Reporter a major concern here now, the storm surge. Where i am its expected to be six to ten feet. Meaning this and for residents here flooding is a major fear. Reporter Hurricane Matthew is expected to continue moving up the coast impacting jacksonville, parts of georgia before hitting charleston, south carolina. Its torn a vicious path through haiti. Thousands of homes destroyed. The destruction there still being tallied as it tore into the bahamas today. Causing widespread flooding. The impact zone on lockdown. Tonight close to 4,000 flights cancelled. Even disney world closing down in orlando for only the fourth time in history. Until the storm is over later friday. Matthew remains a powerful hurricane into tomorrow as it makes its way into northern florida and georgia. Well have more on the storm throughout the night on abc news and complete coverage on gma in the morning. We turn now to the case of a Florida College professor gunned down by a hit man. But who hired him . After two years, Authorities Say theyre finally unraveling the mystery. Heres matt gutman. Reporter it was a sensational murder case. The mystery killing of a prominent law professor. Murdered execution style. Reporter a mystery assassination of a law professor, dan markelle, now a we change the plea at this point in time. Reporter one of the two hit men charged is now cooperating with the prosecution. Do you understand what youre doing . Reporter the man who clammed up for months has now opened up, talking with prosecutors in exchange for a vastly lighter sentence. Prosecutors say rivera and his accomplice were hired for the alleged hit. It was july when markelle was shot in his garage. Hes inside. The car is running and he has blood all over his head. Who would want the beloved professor dead in his beautiful exwife also a law professor told the police not everything had been amicable in their divorce. My exhusband caused me a lot of grief, but i would never do Something Like this. Reporter her boyfriend at the time told police that her for blocking wendy and their kids from moving away. The family desperately wants her back in south florida. Mother, father, and she has a brother. They hate danny in a way ive never seen this kind of obsession. Reporter was that enough for him to take a hit out on the professor. As police dig in, they discover a toyota seen at the crime was rented by a member of a gang. Luis rivera. This video showed that prius following the professor into a Fitness Center on the morning of the killing and trailing him on his way back home. Police say that later that evening a Bank Security camera captured him and his police in accomplice in the prius back in miami this may him and his accomplice charged with first degree murder and both pleaded not. Everybody is asking who hired them. Prosecutors say the plea deal this week may be the key to solving that mystery, and well worth the lighter sentence. I can understand why it was necessary to move forward and try to hold everyone accountable that has a part in this crime. Reporter she says the cooperation has led to the arrest just last weekend of this key suspect, kathryn. The link between the hit men and we shes the mother of accused hitman garcias two children, and shes also the girlfriend of wendys brother, charlie. Reporter did charlie have anything to do with the murder . No. Hes being looked at because he had a dating relationship with katherine. However, there is no evidence that he solicited any type of murder. None. Reporter but according to an the murder was arranged through her and she made cash deposits of over 56,000 in the 16 months following the murder. Police also say an informant told them that charlie picked up half the tab for a pricey breast job three months after the murder. Police say that rivera who was incarcerated in an unrelated charge said she had all the money and she needed to be nice to him and give hi armed with that information, police set up a sting this april rattling them who were happily reunited with wendy and the two kids in south florida. Excuse me. Reporter watch what happens when donna is alone. Shes approached by an undercover agent posing as riveras brother. He presses her for payment for by his brother, luis. My brother helped your family. Hes going through some rough times. I want to make sure hes taken care of what hes going through. I dont know what youre talking about. This will explain it. Thank you. She has the paper. Theyre walking away. Reporter police say inside the envelope is a press release about the murder, and a demand for 5,000 how would the grandmother react . Hello . This is mrs. Adelson. Reporter nightline exclusively getting this recording of donnas call back to that undercover agent three weeks after the sting. I dont know your friend who is in jail. Im sorry your friend is in jail, but i dont know what that has to do with me. You know exactly what it has to do with. He told me everything. I ask to send the 5,000. Youre saying everyone knows. I know i lost my exsoninlaw. I did not have anything to do with it. Reporter she sticks to her guns adamantly denying any knowledge of a plot. But police say the roos still worked. That her call followed a series of nervous conversations between the adelsons, matt, and the alleged hitman. Police say they discuss paying up the five grand but never do, and according to police documents, charlie, wendys brother, allegedly said he wanted that mysterious messenger eliminated permanently, saying youd better kill him because hes going to be a big problem. If you cant do it, ill have someone else do it. Police had heard enough. This may they submitted arrest affidavits for charlie and katie stating they were responsible for the murder of daniel markelle. At the time the prosecutor when abc news caught up with charlie, he wasnt eager to answer our questions. Reporter dr. Adelson, were you involved in a plot to kill dan markelle . Did you discuss hiring a hitman. Reporter attorneys have said the accusation of their involvement are nothing more than fanciful fiction, and in response to the plea deal, charlies attorney said the hitman would say anything to avoid the death penalty. But with rivera cooperating and another in custody, prosecutors want to turn that hope of future arrests into reality. For nightline, im matt gutman in florida. Up next, a former cheer leader who suffered six concussions. Warning Young Athletes and parents about whats become the most dangerous sport for young women in america. Hey girlfriend, hows your cafe au lait . Oh, its actually. Sfx short balloon squeal sfx balloon squeals im being so serious right now. I really want to know how your coffee is. Its. Sfx balloon squeals hahahaha, i had a 2nd balloon goodbye oof, that milk in your coffee was messing with you, wasnt it . Yeah. Happens to more people than you think. Try lactaid, its real milk, without that annoying lactose. Mmm. Good right . Yeah. Lactaid. Its the milk that doesnt mess with you. You get used to sweaty odors in your car, you think it smells fine but your passengers smell this. 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Modern cheerleaders are more like competitive gymnasts with a high risk of injuries. Heres paula ferris. Reporter competitive cheering is not for the faint of heart. The flips, jumps, and tosses require physical and mental toughness. But its the falls that make it the most dangerous sport for female athletes. A bad fall can have serious, just ask katelyn banky. It took over my life but in a good way. I think cheer really shaped who i am today. Reporter she started competing at six. It was cheer 100 . 15 hours a week for 15 years. Reporter over the course of 15 years she suffered five concussions, all from cheer leading. Her first concussion was when she was 13, not from flying and falling but from being the base. I caught the girl and both my arms were around her, and i missed the mat when i fell and hit my head right on the basketball floor. That one was scary, because i did lose vision for a while. Reporter but she didnt stop cheering. I avoided going to the doctor. I tried pushing myself too hard to get back in really fast, because i didnt want to miss cheering at the next big game. Despite the dangers of concussions, there is still a suck it up attitude in the we need to realize that you cannot roll the dice with your brain health and well being. Reporter cheer leading evolved from cheering on the sidelines to a highly competitive, international sport. And the pressure to win by doing even higher jumps and more challenging throws is intense. I wouldnt want to disappoint people by giving up. Reporter two years ago we competitive cheerleader in texas. Like katelyn, she, too, had been training for over half her life. I usually have about 16 hour days. Reporter we followed carli and her team as they prepped for the world championships. Practices are very important, especially here at triathletics. Thats where youre trying to earn your spot. Reporter her ability to fly to record breaking heights helped the wildcats consistently beat the competition, but brutal. Before a major competition, carli can train for up to 15 hours a week. Thats on top of fulltime school. When you come in here for the next practices, including if you have mono, strep, if you have a broken leg and the bone is sticking out the side of your body, you have a smile an your face and fake it the entire practice. You can do it. Reporter but the more challenging the route, higher the risk. Flipping, spinning, throwing girls in the air is a dangerous part of cheerleading. Reporter i broke my right ankle. Ive had various hamstring injuries. I want to do it until my body breaks. Reporter competitive cheer is a short lived career. Carli has become a celebrity of sorts with over 500,000 followers on instagram. Sophomore cheerleader at Oklahoma State university. Hundreds of thousands of her followers still watch her gravity defying moves. The popularity of this sport is growing, but so the are injuries. In 1980 there were nearly 5,000 emergency room visits caused by cheerleading. That number jumped to over 26,000 in 2007. In fact, female cheerleading is second only to football in the number of direct catastrophic events among high school and college sports. There are a lot of myths out there, and one of them is that you have to black out or have a loss of consciousness to have a concussion. Thats not true. We know that 90 of concussions occur in people who have not lost consciousness or blacked out. Reporter as for katelyn, she was a sophomore on the squad at the university of texas when she had concussion number four. By that time she was beginning to see the longterm effects. Memory issues. Shortterm memory issues, not being able to remember where i parked my car, not being able to find words when i was talking. Headaches. Ive had a lot of issues with depression. Reporter shes been forced to say goodbye to her lifelong passion because the risk of continuing was too high. I decided i had to quit when i saw a specialist in houston. We were talking about the fact that i have a life ahead of me, and if i continue to cheer, i would get more concussions, and who knows what the side effects of those ones would be. Reporter high schools and colleges have protocols in place for reporting head trauma, but katelyn hopes cheer leading will become recognized as a sport so concussions, are combatted as aggressively as football. I think if i played it smarter and sat out longer and gotten the repetitive concussions, i wouldnt be in the position i am now. When we come back, more updates on Hurricane Matthew and the path of destruction. . . . One smart choice leads to the next. . The new 2017 ford fusion is here. Its the beauty of a wellmade choice. . With my moderate to severe crohns disease,. Then i realized managing was all i was doing. 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With our team in the storm zone, well keep you updated throughout the night and early tomorrow on good morning america. Thank you for watching abc news, and as always, were online at abc news and our nightline one big city, two huge premore meres. Emily blunt and Sarah Jessica parker debut their new projects in new york. Demi lovato slams taylor swift. . Whats wrong with being confident . Why the body safe singer is calling out the pop star. Kanye west canceled concerts to stay by Kim Kardashians i have to stop the show. Radcliffe trumps the donald. He said hi, nice to meet you. The actor recalls his encounter with the gop president ial candidate. You just tell them you met mr. Trump big stars, big hollywood. Celebrity page tv starts now. Weve got a lot of Entertainment News coming up for you, including a conversation with the cast of the emmywinning series transparent. James vaughn is with more tv news. Well get to that in just a minute. 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