Breaking just within the past hour, the patriots and Rob Gronkowskis family putting out a joint statement on the health of a star tight end and points to a season likely being over. Good evening, everyone. Im mark ockerbloom. And im vanessa welch. Tom lyden joins us now. This afternoon the news that gronk got back surgery broke. Yeah, rare opportunity to talk with robert graft on every good team has to overcome a lot of obstacles to get where they want to be on super bowl sunday. The key he says is perseverance. With the help of the patriots medical staff along with the consultation of several medical expert it is has been democratted that it is in gronks best longterm interest to undergo surgery to address his lower back injury. He is expected to have surgery tomorrow. We do not expect that he will be of the 2016 season but await the results of tomorrows surgery before making a final determination. Tom brady was on westward 1 sharing his thoughts on losing we understand the challenge that is ahead, becomes more challenging when you lose such a great player in gronk. But i dont think that any of us are going to give up what were trying to accomplish. Our thoughts are with him and were all wishing him the very best and hope he gets better as soon as possible. I was at the game in new jersey on sunday and the initial report came out saying they did think it was serious and i said i just dont buy that, and again gronkowski, big 66, was walking along the concourse like that, and you dont walk like that if its not a big deal. So to me it was a big deal from the outset and all of these dots which are basically head to toe, have something to do with his injuries in his past. Injuries have forced gronk to miss 21 games in the regular season and postseason hes had problems with his forearm, his knees, his hamstring, his chest and his back. Only time will tell how long bronx will be sidelined with the surgery. We know that its likely for the and the bennett back at practice today after missing practice yesterday. The pats will be without their start on sunday against the rams will youll see that game right here on fox 25 and tune in early thats because tom lyden, butch stearns, and the cast will be hosting an hourlong special called dawn of the dynasty. Well take an indepth look at the 2001 Super Bowl Championship Team that will be honored at half time for several starts who played in that team, as well. Dawn of the dynasty, it starts at 10 00 a. M. Also breaking tonight, foul play is suspected in the death of a person found in lawrence. Its been just more than seven hours now since the body was located on the cape court right by the Merrimack River. Christine mccarthy is live on the scene where the family is hoping this is not the end of this search. Tonight hugging one another, consoling one another and hoping that the body that was found was not that of this missing local teen that we spoke very briefly with both the father of this missing local teen as well as were actually just hearing right now that the d. A. Is confirming some information, so well have that for you just after this recorded story. Family of missing 16yearold answers but hoping its not the news they feared. The Lawrence High School student has been missing since midnovember, his family who prepared miss him missing told us last week he hadnt used his cell phone, social media or credit card. I want to make sure that thats not him because we want to have cost sure with this. Hes been gone and no word of him and im really worried. D. A. s office says woman walking her dog along the Merrimack River in lawrence thursday afternoon discovered a male body on the river bank by mccave court off water street. Carmen checko, a friend of paulinos family, tells us police say the body was decapitated. Our aerial video shows a search team combing the water by boat, local and state police investigated at the scene for five hours, the medical examiner arriving to work on an identity and a cause of death. Meanwhile, checko, a mother familys pain. I feel bad because its somebodys friend. Whether its your friend or not. Exactly. Regardless i feel bad. And i have a 14yearold and wouldnt want to be in this situation. S thats horrific details being confirmed tonight. We are learning that the d. A. Is in fact confirming that that body was in fact found cause of death but at this time we are still getting details at this late breaking hour. We do know that police say this does appear to be an isolated incident and right now the community is not in any danger. Were live in lawrence, christine mccarthy, fox 25 news. A frighted continuing scene caught on camera as two armed men rush a liquor store. Ted daniel is live in lowell tonight. You just spoke with the clerk. Vanessa, the Surveillance Video comes from inside this concord Street Liquor store. The night clerk has been here for five years and says the first time hes been held up father of five and surprisingly he says. What youre viewing in slow motion, the clerk at belvidere masked robbers that burst in. They told me to put my hands up. Reporter many agreed to show his face, except for when we interviewed him. 9 30 wednesday night, a screen mask and a ski mask, a hand gun and a sawedoff shotgun. I wasnt scared. Didnt intimidate me. I dont think they like that. So that made them kind of nervous. Reporter manny says the holdup lasted just minutes. The robbers took all the money in the Cash Register bottle of liquor. The Surveillance Video shows just a small portion of what was captured by the store security system. About two minutes before the robbery an outdoor camera shows both guys hiding behind the car across the street casing the store. Ways to prevent that and hopefully it wont happen again. The robbers original target. Search for the guys but he got away with 300 bucks. Malini. Thats right. The 22yearold is here at brockton hospital. He was tied up with his own us he was so scared. Tonight those men are still out there, here he is. Ed. Reporter michael is the victim of a brutal home invasion. Theres another door going to our house. And thats where they were hiding and tackled me and broke my hip right now. Reporter it happened on wednesday evening around 5 00 at the victims massachusetts avenue home. I came home last whole area was basically locked down, Brockton Police and state police up in the air. Reporter three men wearing ski masks stormed into his house. Wheres the gold, wheres the gold. I dont have any gold. Reporter at one point the men tased him after he felt a shock. Then my ribs they were killing my ribs and went nuts. Reporter he was tied up with his own suspenders. Me and she werent very nice. Reporter he was left tied up for five hours before he was able to set himself free. I pulled on the suspenders as hard as i could, i finally got them off, you know. It wasnt easy. I found a knife, too. Reporter the suspects took off with his coin collection, neighbors were left stunned. He drives an old pickup truck. Its not like he has a less cuss out front. He dresses normal, you know. Hes not wearing fancy duds. I pray for a speedy recovery. And again tonight the suspects are still at large. Mike tells us on the phone hes in so much pain he cant even walk and hes supposed to have hip surgery first thing tomorrow morning. Coming up at 11 00, he has a message for those three suspects. Live in brockton, malini basu, fox 25 news. Tonight a local middleschool student is accused of rape. Next at 10 00, the arrest on with arent happy with the way they found out about it. Plus, we continue to follow breaking news. Investigators say a body found near the Merrimack River in lawrence was decapitated. Right now a family of a missing teenager is waiting for police to give them answers and say whether or not it is their loved one. We are live on the scene. And breaking in the past 45 minutes, the patriots now admit residents are being warned about a rash of robberies in town. Police say burglars made their way through several homes in the wellesey made in yesterday. They hit lincoln and winsor roads. The crime spree started late in the afternoon and lasted for several hours. No one was inside the homes at the time and the thieves have not been caught. A live look at the zakim since the afternoon high of 57 degrees on december 1st. Sarah wroblewski has got the latest. I know. Sitting down across the southeast and its already getting pretty chilly out there. Temperatures 38 in worcester. 40s for the majority of the region. We still have a few clouds out there. Its because of these winds out still pretty gusty right now and will continue to be gusty overnight. And thats going to help clear up some of the clouds and allow for these temperatures to fall back into the 30s, 40s for the outer cape and again that winds gonna make it feel colder tomorrow morning in the 20s and 30s. Ill show what you it will be like for this weekend as colder air arrives. A 13yearold student has been charged with rape. Police say the victim is a child in North Reading and it was our jason law not the school who informed several parent beside this investigation. I might even i didnt hear about this. Reporter christina is the mother of an eighthgrader at fecto middle school and had no idea a boy was arrested for rape yeah, im gonna call about that because i never heard about that. My daughter is 14 and she comes here, you know what i mean. And Something Like that i would be very upset. Investigators with the Lynn Police Department says the case stems from a complaint made in North Reading. The Middlesex District Attorneys Office confirmed in a short statement a 13yearold juvenile male was arraigned in Lowell Juvenile Court in charge of 1 count of aggravated Forcible Rape of a child. They declined to say more because of privacy laws regarding children and criminal investigations. We tried several times to get more information from the school. The principal referred us to the nothing occurred here. The lynn superintendent is dr. Katherine lathem. We reached out to her office several times on thursday to find out why nothing was sent home to parents, why parents werent notified and to see if it was possible other kids here in the middle school could be involved in this case but again we got no comment from her office. In lynn, im jason law. New at 10 00, a Police Sergeant has been sentenced to two years behind bars for lying to his department about an was on duty when he claimed he got hit by a car. The investigation showed he was never hit. Now, it also found that phillips filed insurance claims through the Police Department getting money for an injury he never suffered. Lawyers for the driver accused in the deadly crash at sweet tomatoes restaurant headed back to court for a brief hearing today. Brad kessler accused of driving into the restaurant killing two people in march. His lawyers set a new court date, december 19th. Kessler is also facing family members of one of the victims. President elect donald trump kicked off the thank you tour tonight and used the rally to announce his choosing of james matis as secretary of defense. He thanked his supporters for his win in the state where he beat out Hillary Clinton by nearly 9 points. We didnt have much help at the top levels, you know that, but we had help with the people and thats what really did matter. Trump, who will be sworn in as president in 50 days, also pledged to bring the country together after the divisive election. Investigators may be zeroing in on the motive behind an unthinkable act. A son charged in his own mothers murder. As bob ward reports the victim bought a plane ticket for his son just before she was killed. Hes just 18 years brutal stack death of his mother. 44yearold mania, First Responders arrived at their brockton home wednesday, found poliny sitting on the steps, his hands dripping with blood. The only thing he told them shes inside, and thats where they found his mother, facedown in the living room near the front door stabbed up to 15 times in the head, neck and torso. Neighbors say theyre stunned. I would never think that he would kill his mother. Reporter his grandmother told police that her daughter was concerned her son was depressed in recent weeks and not eating or drinking. According to court documents, the mother bought francis a ticket back to his native haiti because of his strange behavior but at Logan Airport on the day before the murder the teen refused to get out of the car. The next morning the grandmother told police the teen grabbed a knife after his mother begged him to eat or drink. Leave me alone with your food, she remembers him saying not long before he began stabbing were dealing with a terrible tragic situation for an 18yearold person murdered his 44yearold mother. And, you know, how do you get your brain around that. Thats what we want to find out. Reporter france now charged with murder for the death of his mother, ordered held without bail and due back in court later in the possibility. Fox 25 news. Shoe bomber richard reid now want a favor from a judge. Wiped from his record. Also tonight. [ screaming ] police rush to a motel after shots were fired and the investigates quickly led them right into the woods. Police say a suspect was seen trying to bury a gun that may have been use outside the moments. That motel, the econo lodge that sits right on the sharon and walpole line and today was the focus of a very active Police Investigation by both departments as they swarm the area with their guns drawn after several 911 calls. Say they have reports of a pickup truck seen driving away from the motel and someone in that truck was later seen stopped in walpole attempting to bury a gun which detectives were able to recover. Motel guests say of the chaos was frightening. Im naked just getting out of the shower and the motel sits near a few schools which did go into a soft lockdown during the incident but no one was hurt. Tonight police are asking any potential witnesses to contact them. Kathryn burcham, thank you. We are getting a new look at whats in store at the watertown shopping center. Developers release this rendering of what the new arsenal yards mall will look like and when renovations are complete it will be home to a grocery store, 500 apartments construction is expected to begin next year and be complete in 2020. A local mother receives a great surprise. It happened while she was at work at the natick mall. That is paula being surprised at nordstroms tuesday night. Look at the hugging here. He has been stationed in pensacola for the past eight months and his mothers best friend helped plan this big surprise. You can see more of this video on our web site, go to fox25boston. Com. I love that, snuck right up on her. I love that. Sweet. As well. This is what city hall looked like earlier tonight. The color red is used as a symbol for solidarity for People Living with hiv and aids. Mayor walsh tweeted about the lighting of the city hall today. He said, quote, for those affected by hiv, aids in boston imagine a world where the holidays are about joy again. Where days are filled with magic instead of madness. At t. J. Maxx, marshalls and homegoods, weve imagined the holidays this way for decades. Its why we never have crazy sales. Never make you clip coupons. Its time to bring back the holidays with t. J. Maxx, marshalls and homegoods. We are following breaking news from lawrence. Within the past hour the d. A. soffs has confirmed the body found this afternoon near the Merrimack River was decapitated. The family of a missing teenager is waiting to find out if it is their loved one. We have a crew live at the scene gathering the latest details. Well have a live report at 11 00. Also tonight, were learning police say they foiled just in the nick of time. The undercover sting happening in clairemont, New Hampshire where prosecutors say a jealous exgirlfriend was planning the ultimate revenge. Girl is being held on 100,000 cash bail for allegedly arranging to have a woman killed because she was ruining her life. The level of seriousness in terms of, you know, is this idle chatter or angry talk, and then in this case went well beyond that. By a strange every learned earl had more than murder on her mind, allegedly planning to have the woman kidnapped, drugged, raped and killed. Earl go to the want the woman around her children. Give the opportunity to take another course of action and chose not to. Another officer chose the officer of the targets home and workplace to carry ow the murder shes charged with conspiracy to commit murder and criminal solicitation to commit murder, both felonies. Were fortunate they were able to put those resources together and make an arrest. Earl did not enter a plea today and did not have an attorney. Shes due back in court next week. We are learning more about the history of complaints against an abandoned home that burned down in roxbury last month killing one person. The globe is reporting that the city had received complaints about the property on George Street for months before it burned down. Several times and found squatters in it the days before the fire. The fire killed a woman and badly burned her boyfriend. Tomorrow there will be a fundraiser in lawrence to help the victims of this devastating fire. 20 people including several children lost their homes in tuesdays fire on haverhill equipment. Two local real stations plan to collect money for the victims at the mcdonalds on broadway and lawrence. The event will run from 10 00 a. M. To 6 00 p. M. Hadley police are searching for the men you see here in these photos. Officers believe theyre kegged to a string of thefts. If you recognize them, call police. Skyfox over city plaza where boston winter will officially debut tomorrow. It will include a giant skating loop, wine and chocolate tasting, chalet selling ornaments. But because of todays mild weather, 60s down in the cape, 57 in saturday now. Still thinking about the chocolate. I know, well, we do have some Colder Weather headed our way, so hopefully that will help things so people can go out and enjoy it. But today 57 degrees. 61 in plymouth, 60 on the vi