Deadly crash on inter275 back in 2012. Christopher ponce is in custody in spain and will be brought back to the united states. Chip, do we have any idea when he upon return to tampa . Reporter it could take months. It could be longer than that. We spoke with one legal expert who told us it could take longer than a year if he fights ex tradition back here on the united states. Its difficult to imagine wade angels pain knowing the man accused of killing his son was a freeman. I see reports all the time about people who were on the lam for much longer. I was prepared for the longhaul. Reporter in a small city in spain, a suspicious Christopher Ponce was spotted in a bus station by officers. Questioning. At that time they found a fake mexican passport on him. Reporter when will he return to the u. S. . Brian is a legal expert and attorney not affiliated with this case. He explains it could be a while. Due process the treaty with spain requires that he be taken to a judge in spain, he can contest it. Reporter hes waited years to utte gotcha. Reporter and the last time he novembers a hills borrow county jail cell, he was being held with bond. The u. S. Attorneys office doesnt usually discuss open cases, but one could argue he should be held without bond when he returns to tampa. A deadly case of road rage dead. The man killed today has a history of anger issues behind the wheel. He killed another man years ago in another road rage confrontation. Reporter at first, nobody knew what happened in Hillsborough County. Then as the story unfolded, the details unveiled a sinister past. 40 year old gary durham stranger to time behind bars. He killed a 48 year old cancer survivor, tim gibbs, back in 2001. Fast forward years later to another case of road rage. Only this time, the killer would be killed. And at the heart of it all, anger. Just drive on and mind your own business. Its not worth losing your life. The city of montha goredda is in mourning over the death of a librarian. During a demonstration, an officer was supposed to shoot blanks at her, but the gun was loaded with real bullets. The police chief says no one knew the gun had live ammo. Imagine being trapped in muddy creek waters for 8 hours not being able to water moccasins swim nearby. It happened to a man. He lived to tell about it. Reporter good evening. Its hard to imagine right here is the creek that he accidentally slid into and laid in for 8 hours. There you are, boys. Reporter every night, 78 year old bob feeds the turtles in the creek behind his home. I sit down and theres nobody around. Thats because last week he ran into trouble. When he tried to grab it, he went sliding head first down the bank of the creek. I went back down again. Reporter he was stuck in the muddy water. The only thing that scared me was the water moccasins. Its been three hours. 5 hours, then i said oh, my word. Reporter finally, 8 hours we were spraying the ditch and come down about 8 00 in the morning and found him lay nothing the water about shoulder deep in mud and water. Reporter ed white who works with the city of lakeland didnt know what it was at first. I said what in the world are you doing here . I said waiting for somebody to pick me up. Reporter he couldnt be more grateful. I was really happy to see reporter he is so thankful for the rescue, he even bought the two workers gift cards to red lobster to thank them. Pasco county sent out a warning to stay away from flood water. There is a risk of contamination. They are stepping up efforts kill mosquito larva before they hatch. Several counties started the School Year Today including Hillsborough County. We found students showing up in fresh new outfits at Robinson High School at tampa today. Some teenagers in Pinellas County had a fresh new school to go to. This is opening day for largo high school. Students we talked to said the campus than a high school. And in manatee county, 45,000 students kicked off the school year. We found kids learning their way around the high school today. They are switching to a 7 period day. Thats how it was when i went to high school. 7 periods . Less time to get in troue. s good idea. Schools back in. Fortunately for the kids in the morning, there was less rain i thought of that. Reporter lots more sunshine for the next couple of days. As we look outside here at freedom plaza, big thunderstorms have been firing around the central parts of Hillsborough County. Its 76 degrees. Air is cooler where the storms have developed. The sea breeze, little bit of outflow boundary collision there. As we go from north to south, we can see activity in citrus. And then the central parts of land of lakes got downpours. Across hillsroh , thats concentration of lightning ound s city center and drifting over downtown now. Quite a few thunderstorms continue to lift quickly to the north. But a lot of lightning strikes here. Watch for the local flooding caused by the downpours. Thats in manatee in sarasota. Well have more on up. Still ahead. Local blood banks are taking steps to protect their blood supply from e zika virus. Find out what measures theyre taking coming up. If youve ever been arrested in Pinellas County, its the zika virus is causing a lot of concern throughout florida, especially at local blood banks. Now they are taking new precautions to protect their supply. Mary mcguire spent the day to get a look at how zika testing protects the patients. Its 20 minutes. Youre sit nothing a chair. You can watch tv. Reporter rod millington donated blood several times over the past couple of years. You feel good donating. Reporter after one pint of his blood was collected this afternoon, it will go through a set of new screening tests for a variety of pathogens. Were always concerned about the latest pathogens going on. Lucky for us, we have pathogen activation. The intercept blood system looks like an Office Printer but it does so much more. These tests reduce the risk of tainted blood making its way into transfusions. As fears over the zika virus continue to spread, sun coast is banking on these safeguards to ke their blood supply immune from it all. The new test was just implemented here at sun coast im mary mcguire, news channel 8. Should you plan a road trip ovthmonths . Well tell you where gas prices are headed. Plus find out where you could find girls in bathing suits and our own anthony all red on the river walk today. This thursday at 7 00. And here is a look at the 2016 rio summer olympic games. Im Hillary Clinton and i approve this message. Letterman has a line of clothing, now where were these made . Trump these were made, i dont know where theyre made. But they were made someplace. But theyre great. Its ties, shirts, cufflinks, everything sold at macys and theyre doing great. . Letterman . Where e the shirts made . . Offcamera voice . Bangladesh. . Letterman . Bangladesh. . Trump . Well, its good. We employ people in bangladesh. Letterman . Ties . Where are the ties made . They have to wo, too. These are beautiful ties. They are great ties. The ties are made in where . China . [ audience laughter ] z22qrz zy6z on wall street today, the the s p was do 36. You can expect more good shows on show up on netflix in 2016. The on demand network is sinking a lot of money into programming. Netflix revealed its going to spend 6 billion on programming next year. At least one tv executive admitted cable providers need to raise the bar to keep up. Theres no need to stress about gas prices for prices below 2 a gallon through the fall and winter months. Right now, aaa reports a nationwide average of about 2. 12 a gallon. Many stations here in the bay area are already below that 2 mark. We never know exactly what apple is up to and one of its latest patent is puzzling. Steering device with pivot points. Apple is not saying how or if it plans to use the device. The girl scouts celebrated national smor es day with an announcement thats sure to make you happy. Its introducing two new cookies. One is a graham cookie dipped in a cream chocolate. Only select markets will carry the new cookies starting in 2017. The Hillsborough CountySheriffs Office may be looking for you but not for the reason you think. It may owe you money. Crime doesnt pay, but it mit pay you back. Reporter on the Hillsborough County sheriffs they may be owed money. The amounts range from 2,500 down to 2 cents. Literally. 2 cents. Whether somebodys going to run down here to get 2 cents, probably not. Reporter the refunds fall under three categories cash bonds that have been released by the court but not claimed; inmate funds, and checks. We try to use every social media platform we have to give the widest range and broadcast to people. Reporter if you think youre owed money by the Sheriffs Office, you have to come claim that in person by september 1st. Rod carter, news channel 8. There are plenty of ways you can leave money behind. Tomorrow, better call behnken hopes to reunity with your find out if theres money waiting for you. There are millions in unclaimed cash and not just jail money. Next years calendar from the hard rock casino is going to add beauty to the river walk. Anthony allred was more than happy to cover todays photo shoot. Reporter you may have seen them hard rock calendar. If youre really lucky, you may have seen them bartending or dealing cars at the tampa casino. Now the bikini models can be seen striking a pose right at the downtown river walk. Weve shot at a lot of different locations. This year with the river walk being completed, perfect weather, we decided lets do it downtown and show our support calendar, 100 employees tried out. The hard rock picked 20 to be in the calendar. 12 get their own month. And the center fold gets a thousand dollars and a free round trip to vegas. Calendar will go on sale at the beginning of january. 100 of the proceeds go to charity and its 12. Reporter in tampa, Anthony Allred i likey. Reporter news it was a dusty day in phoenix yesterday. Check out this video of a haboob sweeping across the city. It brought 45 mileperhour winds, low visibility and a temperature drop of 20 degrees, which im sure was welcome in phoenix. Also makes for quite a mess to clean up later. Here in venice, our temperature part of Hillsborough County, other parts of the bay area too. 2. 11 inches. 6. 42 inches above normal. But compared to the same time last year, 28. 4 inches, so it was wetter last year. This season is above normal too. Thursday night, friday morning, keep in mind we have the meteor shower going on. Best observation away from cityi around your neighborhood. But this is going to be an active one. If you want to check that out tomorrow night. Thunderstorms continue to break out. Some off shore. Theyre not doing any kind of good job of moving toward inland areas. They continue to produce a lot of rain. Watch for local flooding especially along the intstates. 81 degrees at 9 00 p. M. Lingering rain still possible. Partly cloudy still on the warm side. This area of low pressure is its hoping to generate showers, but its having less of an influencer. Thats the reason weve seen rainy days and mornings. That will essentially dissipate into the late evening hours. General drift to the east. But showers are possible for the next couple of hours so make that port of your plan. Quiet overnight. Sunshine early to start the day. Then back in the routine. A much weve been very unclassic of late. Rain chances 50 for thursday. Very much what we expect for this time of year. Drier air aloft for friday and saturday and sunday. Down to 30 rain chance. Were going to see a lost sun. Temperatures are going to shoot back into the 90s. The heat indexes were back up into the hundred degrees today. Evening showers and storms monday, tuesday, wednesday, yeah, today. You got spoiled there for a couple of days. I had that false hope that you so often deliver. That you woke up in november. Its coming. Its coming. Were putting together a max defender 8 special to show you how the newest fastest radar in the world will work. Its coming up saturday at 7 00 on news channel 8. Awesome. Were on your side to help get the kids back in school. Its not just students getting ready to head back to class. Ill show you how teachers are getting prepped for the new school year. Get schooled tomorrow morning on news channel 8 . . 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[cow crows like chicken] [cow crows like chicken] power up your morning with a new 300 calorie egg white grill. Now, special coverage of the summer games in rio on news channel 8. This is the olympic zone. Im josh benson. Vyone. Im je hollowayining us. This is the olympic zone. Celebration is in order for team usa. It was a night filled with hugs, tears and a lot of gold. Two big seats. The u. S. Womens Gymnastic Team as well as michael phelps. Lets take another look at the night. This group will make a name for themselves tonight one way or the other. . [ music ] . Reporter that is why they put madison on this team. Its like a steam roller. They come in and they just pile