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WESH WESH 2 News At 400pm February 22, 2016

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 neighbors noticed something strange that the car had not moved from the driveway in some days, and the father had not been seen. We heard the fire trucks and the ambulance and they came out and said, what is going on . Dan the Emergency Response came after someone had called, after going in to check on the residents of the home. Sheriff s investigators found a father and his daughter dead. They believe the man committed suicide, but they re not saying anything about how the 13yearold daughter died. Traumatizing, that Something Like that would happen. You would never believe that in a million years. Dan the father is 42yearold sittichai boonkeian. He s described as a devoted and attentive dad. Make sure the girl had whatever she needed, and spent a great deal of time with her. Neighbors say they believe the girl s mother is in their native thailand. The father and daughter lived together, just the two of them in apparent happiness. A neighbor described the father and daughter as excellent neighbors, who would bring food to other neighbors in need, and who seemed polite and friendly. At the medical examiner s office, specialists are examining both bodies, hoping to come to a firm conclusion about how the girl died. Investigators would not say how the man killed himself, and gave no details about any wounds or the locations of the bodies inside the house. Investigators would not say whether they suspect the father of killing the daughter. At 5 00, we ll let you know about the response of another Family Member who was here at the scene after the bodies were discovered. Summer thank you for that the search for a missing baby in Orange County has ended with no new leads. Investigators have spent a second day searching the same retention that they searched on friday. The pond lies not far from the willow bend apartments on silver star road in orlando and was actually drained over the weekend a week ago today, police say 30 year old Susan Richardson gave birth to a near term baby girl, then said she dropped the baby off at a doorstep in willow bend. The pond it became in place for investigators after dogs tracked a scent there. I really don t think she would put the baby in a pond. Maybe she did leave it somewhere. Summer Orlando Police say the dive team did a great job and they couldn t ask anything more of them. Meredith an Orange County High School Student is charged with burglarizing the apartment of a minor and sexually assaulting her while she slept. The accuser told investigators she woke up to the suspect shining the light from his iphone in her face. Wesh 2 s bob kealing has more on School Student . Bob 16yearold Christian Lebron appeared before a judge in adult court today on two felony counts. Sexual battery and burglary of an occuppied dwelling. Dan early sunday morning, deputies say lebron burglarized an apartment of the minor victim, who says she woke up to a stranger sexually assaulting her. According to arrest papers, she screamed for her father, daddy, someone is here. The suspect ran out the door and back behind the complex in to a wooded area. Carol nobile lives along the well worn cut through where search dogs followed the suspect s scent. Shame on him, but i still consider this a safe neighborhood. Bob finally, the tracking dogs lead deputies to a young man who was walking along a path. He said he had been hanging out with a friend nearby and denied he had ever been to the apartment complex. Nervous, was tired and was holding the same kind of White Smartphone the victim says the attacker shined in her face. Deputies say lebron denied ever going to the complex. He posted a 10,150 bond and was released. There was no answer at the townhome where he lives, not far from where he was arrested. Neighbors are shocked to hear of the charges. First time i hear of that. We never knew something happened here. This is a very nice place. Meredith while he s out on bond, lebron was ordered not to go back to that complex or have any contact with the girl he allegedly assaulted. Summer late breaking, the Orange County Sheriff S Office is beefing up patrols in two neighborhoods. Sheriff Jerry Demings announced a partnership with g4s security this afternoon. That means there will be more Security Officers on patrol in the azalea park and Holden Heights neighborhoods. The officers will not take Law Enforcement action, but will help with neighborhood problem solving. Meredith New Smyrna Beach during an argument over drugs. Police say it happened about 3 00 this morning in the 500 block of washington street, as three men were trading marijuana for cocaine. This was the scene shortly after Police Say Two of the three were hit during a struggle over a gun, neither injury is lifethreatening. No one has been arrested, but the investigation is ongoing. Summer a man who never got his license is arrested after a deadly hit and run crash in Orange County. One person died in that Early Morning crash involving four cars on Orange Blossom trail. Wesh 2 s Brett Connolly looks at the charges that driver is now facing. Brett florida Highway Patrol says the hit and run driver is Valentin Oswaldo. Troopers say he moved here from guatemala seven years ago and never got a drivers license. He s now charged with dui manslaughter. A mangled mess left behind in a deadly accident as witnesses describe the 3 00 a. M. Collision. I heard a boom sound like an explosion type, like a bomb exploded. Brett adams was killed. The orlando man was sitting at a stop light near Orange Blossom trail and americana boulevard when his car was hit from behind. The accused driver then drove off and a witness helped police with a description to track him down. He was hunched over the wheel. He looked passed out. Its very dangerous for a person to drive like that. Brett the collision set off a Chain Reaction and two other vehicles were hit. Fortunately, those drivers were not injured. Honestly, it was just a very horrific scene. Brett fhp spoke with witnesses and are in the process of reviewing Surveillance Video in the area. We ll look at speed to see if it is a factor. There is a red light camera about where it happened. We are hoping to obtain that video to give us more information. Brett the accused driver suffered minor injuries, but is expected to be ok and more summer gutenberg driver accused of going on a killing spree in michigan is charged with six counts of murder. He admitted to the shootings over the weekend. He made his First Court Appearance this afternoon. Police arrested them early sunday after he killed six people over seven hours after different locations. It appears the victims are random targets. Meredith the woman who beat orlando in the latest red light camera case has three words for anyone who has received a ticket. Do not pay it. While orlando and other cities and counties go over other options, greg fox shows us how much money is on the line. No it s not fair. Greg that s how Kelli Hastings sums up the orlando red light traffic program. She decided to fight her ticket and won. A judge ruled that orlando was at fault for an unlawful delegation of police power to traffic solutions. In short, by letting the vendor prescreen videos of suspected s enforcement officer. The judge said orlando was improperly giving Police Authority to ats. At that point, the company has already prescreened and determined who they think committed the violation, which is just a breeding ground for corruption. Say the ruling last week against the city has now tilted the scales of justice in favor of those ticketed by these camera systems. Plenty of money is riding on what happens now. 15 local cities and counties have red light camera systems. Last year, those programs drained 21 million from the pockets of local drivers. Seven of those cities and orange and Osceola County make up the ninth circuit, where the ruling was made, and hastings believes every notice of violation can be successfully fought. And then just ask for a dismissal and cite the decision that recently came down to end my case. And county we contacted is making no comment while reviewing the latest ruling. In orlando, greg fox, wesh 2 news. Meredith coming up at 5 00, greg fox will answer the mean refunds for drivers who have camera tickets . Meredith we are hearing from people inside the store when the shooting happened. Her. Summer it is the war of words against the ceo of apple and the director of the fbi. Meredith it was the closest finish in daytona 500 history. What the winner has to say about making history. Eric we are also tracking a florida, but even meredith we are following summer Stewart Moore is live. Reporter some of the Ethics Committee says this is reviewing a referral from the office of ethics. Marco rubio has been under scrutiny for several months. The New York Times reported earlier that grayson promoted is international travels, some of International Delegations to solicit businesses with a hedge fund. The Ethics Committee did not mention any of the allegations. Grayson s opposition says they are aware of the view and the congressman is confident he has acted ethically. We are staying on top of this and giving you the very latest as we find out more. Side by side, bouncing off each other, unbelievable, hamlin by an inch. Meredith it doesn t get any closer than that. Denny hamlin inches out a win over martin truex junior in yesterday s daytona 500, in the closest finish in the event s history. Today, hamlin is celebrating his daytona 500 championship in s a dream come true for the nascar driver. Jason guy has more on the firsttime winner, and the celebration held today. Jason hamlin says he doesn t know how he did everything, went so quickly, he wants to go back and watch how he pulled it off. Hamlin s victory lap continued this morning with the champions breakfast. After that, hamlin, his crew chief, and team owner joe gibbs officially installed the winning car, still covered with confetti inside the Daytona International speedway tickets and tours building. It was a photo finish sunday for hamlin as he beat martin truex junior by 0. 001 of a second. That s the closest finish in nascar history. I haven t won many championships. My last was in 2003, i think, in a late model series. To be called champion of anything, it s a huge honor. Jason the 35yearold race car driver dreamed about this since he was a boy. Hamlin s mom tweeted out a photo last night of his childhood essay that reads the following, my wish is to win the daytona 500. If i won the daytona 500 i would 17, 1998. He would have only been 17yearsold. Now, 18 years after the date in the letter, he s done it. A young hamlin also wrote in the essay he could win 1 million, that part s also coming true, although, the number is closer to 1. 5 million. Don t miss denny hamlin s live with kelly and michael appearance on wesh 2 in the morning at 9 00. Jason guy, wesh 2 news. Summer thank you. This was the 11th time hamlin had competed in the daytona 500. Meredith a great finish there. A new case of zika is now being reported in Orange County. The state Health Department today said one new case has been confirmed in orange, along with one new case in miamidade. That means there are now 28 confirmed cases in florida, including four in Central Florida all are travelrelated. Orlando International Airport is stepping up it s battle against zika, Officials Say they have now increased their mosquitospraying program to keep the virus from coming through the airport. Summer if you are hoping to become one of nasa ve got a lot of competition. The agency says it s received 18,300 applications, that s more than ever before. The future astronauts will train to fly to the iss on capsules under development by spacex and boeing, as well as on nasa s orion spacecraft intended for deepspace exploration. Only between eight and 14 americans will be chosen. Meredith a massive cleanup is underway in fiji after the island was hit by one of the most powerful storms ever recorded in the southern hemisphere. People died when Tropical Cyclone winston tore through the Pacific Island nation, flattening homes, cutting power and communications. Outlying islands suffered some of the greatest damage, with whole villages in ruins. Summer turning to our first alert forecast, beautiful outside. Eric we do have some changes coming our way. We are talking about thunderstorms and then cooler weather. It is a roller coaster ride. Outside today, talk about a cold snap on lake eola. Look at the sky. Come on, gorgeous shot there. Look at this one, man oh man. This is exactly what we expected, a mix of clouds and sunshine as that is holding true to the interior. Daytona beach, some high clouds continuing to basically causing this to be an overcast sky. 73 degrees and made into the upper 70 s earlier today. Elsewhere, 79 in orlando. 80, sanford. 79, villages. 77, ocala. The vigorous perspective, showing the clouds, a Southern Side of a bigger storm. Look at all the cloud cover and rainfall extending all the way back to galveston, texas. This is going to start getting organized, it doesn t ramp said, it will bring us showers and thunder showers. We do have some rain and the bringing more clouds and it around 10 00, we will really be watching the scattered showers around Central Florida. That said, temperature forecast puts is to 60 degrees in ocala. 62, villages. 63, clermont. 64, kissimmee. 64, orlando. 64, apopka. Look at how one of these temperatures are versus the last two nights. 62, New Smyrna Beach. Looking ahead to your forecast tomorrow, more showers across Central Florida and more readings in the upper 70 s to lower 80 s. Let me show you the futurecast model. Notice the showers around Central Florida. They are continuing on and off again until midnight or so. Waking up tomorrow morning, rain to the north and we are cloudy but mainly quiet. Lunchtime, we are already starting to see the green pop up. By 2 00, scattered showers heavier pockets throughout the afternoon. All of this as the big storm system dumps moisture into Central Florida. There is the apparent low. As the parent low trucks off to the east or northeast, we get a cold front through Central Florida which brings scattered showers and thunderstorms for your wednesday. Some of those could be heavy. When we talk about the threat for Severe Weather, look at tomorrow. We have not seen this for a while, a moderate risk of Severe Weather across louisiana and alabama and mississippi. As we look ahead to your wednesday, the east coast, including parts of Central Florida, under a slight risk of Severe Weather, but the good news is, that storm system will be moving in for just a little bit. It will be a stormy day on wednesday and the rate clear and cool things down to wrap up the work week. Looking beautiful during the weekend. Summer thank you. Apple meredith this after the fbi put out a new plea to get inside a murderers phone. Summer vacation plans are summer the fight between apple and the government is heating up meredith apple s ceo is firing back at the fbi s effort to pressure the company into unlocking one of the San Bernardino shooter s iphones. Fbi director james comey posted on facebook yesterday that the agency owes it to the victims of the attacks to gain access to the phone. A federal judge has ordered apple to hack into the phone, but today, apple ceo tim cook says the order could hurt the privacy

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