Come down at any moment at this point. After that happens we expect to hear from the lead prosecutor in the case. Ryan porterwe expect to hear frt family members of the victims so this is still a developing story in fairfax. We will have much more coming up for you later on at 5 00 and again at 6 00. Until then, live in fairfax, Jeff Goldberg, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you for that. The killings had alexandria on edge foryears. Residents wondering each time they heard a knock on the front door what would be on the other side. Brianne carter continues our team coverage. This has to come as a sense of relief for a it lot of folks tonight. Brianne so many in this community have close ties to the victim in eachof the killings. For more than a decade, people who live and work in the del rey section of alexandria were on edge at diffent times. R habits. Those that would go out in the middle ofthe day to walk their dog are no longer doing that after word of each of the killings inside of a home in and around this section of alexandria. And with similar ties. Talking about the way this was all carried out. For more than a decade, the community trying to figure out who is responsible for death of Nancy Dunning, ron kirby and Ruthanne Lodato. The changed the mood of the usually quiet neighborhood. Todays verdict with the guilty on all counts brings some relief to some and still for others there is some questions. Yeah, we trusted the jury made the correct decision. But there is a piece of me thinking is this the right guy . Brianne coming up here on abc7 news at 5 00 hear from people who live in this community who know those victims, each one of them and share their reaction to todays news. Reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. Jonathan thank you. Now a look back at the victims. Alison Nancy Dunning was found dead december 5, 2003. She was a Real Estate Agent married to then alexandria sheriff jim dunning. Ron kirby wasilled more than ten years latr,ove 11, 2013. He ws the irector of the Transportation Branch of the counsel of government. Music teacher Ruthanne Lodato was the third and final victim. Murdered february 6, 014. Alsho in their homes. Jonath st wi abc7 for live udates on the severance verdict. You can follow along online at wjla. Com. We are expecting to hear from th prosecutor this afternoon, if he should step to the podium we will take yu the live for that. Alison all right. Wel we re following breaking news right now. This is ut of Montgomery Village mayland. A lve pictur o the olic activity there. Three detectives are investigating a dad body that is just about al we know do hve acrew on the way. Wewill bring you more information as soon as we get it. But first, update on fridays w. One of the students injured in the incident has now been released from the hospital. Six people were hurt in the flash fire. Officials at the medstar hoital said today only one student remains in the hospital. The fire was caused by chemistry experiment. Jonathan new developments in the case that cantured our area and the nation. D. C. Mansion where four people were murdered in may is up for sale. Stephen tschida shows us. Stephen for close to six months the stately, elegant, once lively home has sat vay cant. Now the chance for new life in this scene of horrific murder. The property is on the market for 3,250,000. I would probably be iffy if it was just recently. Stefs but it is why the house is for sale. In may someone killed savvas savopoulos, his wife amy, their 10yearold phillip and the housekeeper Vera Figueroa and then torched the home. Win written win is chargeed with the daron wint is charged with the killings and awaiting trial. It wouldnt stop me unless it was a common crime in the neighborhood. D. C. 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Ve been go e partially to blame. We hav to see how it rks out. Anotherdog in the wheel. Jonathan the candidates meet for the cume whyia but the let kumbaya but the r. N. C. Is left out. Some of the demands makes sense. But wanting the questions up front beforehand is ridiculous. Thats journalists asking questions which is our job. Scott yeah. That is where they would see pushback. Networks would say we are not going to telegraph what well ask. We can talk about the subject matter. Cnbc for all the heat it took, it defended itself saying what a lot of the networks would universally adopt. If you are going to run for president you should be able to answer tough questions. It doesnt change the fact that the tone might have been over the line according to the critics asking donald trump is this a comic book campgn things some people might deem insulting. That is what people got most upset about. That i cant imagine you wil see replay of. The next one is the fox news debate. Fox business news. They feel like obviously that is a republican more friendly territory so they are not worried about that one. The one frward is t one they will are concerned about. Jonathan thank you. Presiden pushgfor overhaul of he criminal justice sm. Visiting a Drug Treatment Center in newark, nw jersey. You are looking at his visit to prison in july. He will participate in round table on the prisoner reentry into society at rutgers university. The president is calling for a break in the cycle of incarceration. Congress is considering rare Bipartisan Legislation to cut the sentences for nonviolent drug offenders. Alison the question today does Montgomery County pay its top employees too much money . New report suggests Many Department directors rake in a lot more than their counterparts in other similar size jurisdictions. Montgomery county Council President commissioned the report and he believes that the county should tighten the financial belt before raising taxes again. We probably have drifted too far in salary at the top end. So i have asked the office o the legislative oversight to review whether the salaries we pay the high level managers are in step or out of step with what other jurisdictions and the federal government pay. Alison Montgomery County will publish a tellall report on the website tomorrow around 10 00 a. M. Jonathan coming up at abc7 news at 4 00 a health scare at a chipotle. Not just one, but many across the country. What was found in the food . Well tell you coming up. Alison what happened when a woman broke in a zoo . It is double trouble after coming fois to face with a tiger. Jonathan could snow days be gone for good . What a school is doing that could be a gamechanger. That is at 4 30. Doug im doug hill in the belfort furniture weather center. Cloudy but a clearing trend will approach. I have the timing and the look ahead up next on abc7 news at 4 00. Discover the world animals, seen those before but sometimes they do it on their own mmm foot wow food for giants oooo no wonder no one has eaten this sandwich kids discover the world with their mouths detergent is harmful if swallowed, so keep laundry pacs up and away from children brought to you by tide alison get back to the breaking news were folwilo today. This is in village, ivrylandwhere the detectes arinstigat a dead body found in the woods. Our Jennifer Donelan is on the scene now. What can you tell us . Jennifer we are south lake elementary school. Joining me live is captain paul starks of the Montgomery County police department. Well have our photographer Brian Hopkins scan around so you can see where we are. This happened this afternoon. Someone passing by noticed a body in the woods . That is right. 12 42 p. M. Our 911 center received a call for a deceased subject in the woods adjacent to the playground. The fire rescue and the police responded. Fire declared him deceased. And then the investigators respond to the scene. Right now we are not confirming any foul play or any of those details. This is just a general Death Investigation at this point. Jennifer the kids were not in school today so your Police Officers didnt have to take extra steps with them. That is correct. I was fortunate. Today mcps had no school. Anas nice weather. Probably led to the discovery of the body at that time. Jennifer well let you get back tothe investigation. Thank you r joining us welkeep you posted. Developments. E we turny in oma where thepo tir. Shebrke n t omah zoo. Autriti sa jacquelynbroken oo an the tiger ce. Jonathan never odto do. Alisonthe police said the learned she was intoxicate onathan shocker. Ison if the woman was also charged wi trespassin apparently this is not firswth ovicted ive hd previously been convicted o drunk driving. Jothan both gerus ho aut this . E. Oli outbreaklinked to six chipotle restaurants in Washington State and oregon. Arecation, they closed rrants. Nely two dozen pele hav been sckened so far but the oficials exp that number will go up. Eit people so r hav hospitalized. Lth officials now are sti tryingo fin the exact cause of the contamination. Never good either. Anytime you ed work done onousee a contractor it doesnt seem like the easiest process. Alison no. A lot of questions. Who should you pick, how should you decide w to go with . When it comes to plumrs we put some to the test. Troubleshooter Horace Holmes has a preview of astory youll see only here horace we eated te test and teroblem. Mple problemin the kitchen of a home give a simple turn to the faucet, on the kitchennkk here and also under here. Underneath the sink. That is whatwe di at the home we reted ecently. We hid cameras around the house and called in seven plumrs. We watched inan upstairs room to see hat they would do and how much they would charge for the fix. Its 270. Jus for that bit . I called, nobody said there was a twohour minimum. I know nobody discussed a twohourinimum. I knowt. Horace see how things cannot go your way. The important thing is if you want to see just how the process goes as far as the plumbers are concerned from their perspective. We also want to arm you with hand over any ofu shouldask your hardearned money to a contractor that you bring in your home. Ur plumbersour 7 on your side hidden camera plumbers test is coming up tonight on abc7 news at 11 00. Jonathan well be watching. Thank you. Dont miss the plumbers test. The only place to see it is here at 11 00. Its unclear if Electronics Like the smartphones and tablets are good for children. But many are using them a lot. A new study from the American Academy of pediatrics that suggests by age four half of children have had their own tv. 75 their own mobile device. Some tablets are made for children. But many times parents pass off their phone to try to keep the kids busy. In fact, up to threequarters of 4yearolds have their own to play with. Depending who you ask. Some say they learn from them. It depends what they are doing. Jonathan that is never going to happen. No way. Time for a check of the traffic situation. Jamie sullivan has details. You wouldnt let your kid at 4 years old have a tv, would you . Jamie i just got married. Lets not talk about my kids in the future. Too many questions lately about people asking me that. I want to start off with a car fire. Serious issue on the beltway. On the outer loop right now. Working your way closer to georgetown pike. So from maryland to virginia, you can see. This looks like a semi is involved. Flashing lights here. The traffic trying to get on. You can do that. We have some of the right lanes blocked off. Two lanes getting by to the lefthand side. Again this is on the outer loop of the beltway. Georgetown pike. Move to the map to talk about how slow we are. 8 miles per hour. That is a late start near 270. Quite a few miles of a backup. We are used to seeing it on the inner loop. His is the utter outer loop. When you travel home it will be dark out. We are not used to it. That something to keep in mind. Slowing heading northbound on the baltimore parkway becae of the disabled. That has a lane blockedear mill. We have a lot of construction underway. The nationaluseum of the africanamerican history and culture will have closures. A live look to show yo in this area. A lot of work they are doing around the museum will close tonight at 7 00 on 15th street and reopen at 7 00 a. M. Back to you. Jonathan thank you for that. Huge cracks in the earth. Look at this. Its cool but scary at the same time. This is central wyoming, a rural part. Growing fast. 50 yards wide and 100 feet deep in some spots. Geologists say the crack was formed by a slowmoving land slide. And that its not dangerous. If youre not on the edge of it, its not dangerous. Alison meanwhile across the pond in london, you could barely see what was in front of you. Heavy fog there. Flights were delayed. Canceled. A second straight day that the heavy fog descended on that part of the u. K. Visibility fell to 300 feet. Jonathan london with fog is cool. Alison yeah. Beautiful. Jonathan we dont have fog. We have a nice weather. Alison mild. Doug kind of cloudy. The skies willlear. Then there could be patchy fog. Burn off quickly. We are in good shape. The next few days the temperatures are above average. 70 or better. Start with a time lapse. Headquarters in germantown. Notice bright colors. We are at the peak color. Through the day we have the clouds roll in. Noh and wt from the getown. You can see a peek of blue sky and flash of sunlight for a moment. But the trend will continue t work north to south for t remainr of the afternoon. Temperatures at this hour. 64 at Reagan National ad in fredericksburg. 61 in annapolis. 62 in baltimore right now. By tomorrow morning clear skies. A lot of areas are northwest of the metro area in the valley and some of the ridges and the mountains in the 30s. Those areas there could be valley fog in the morning. Otherwise we continue to watch the storm system. The rain is pivoting out. Well see clearing clouds later. Looking to wednesday, 72. We could have a cold front to bring us saturday showers. Able is for the first weak in november on sunday. Nice. Alison enjoy the days while they last. Alison still ahead at 4 30 could new Technology Make snow days obsolete . Jonathan shocking. Alison were not moving the snow. Trying to show how to bring the classroom home. That is coming up. Jonathan guns and tolls. That is what a Virginia State senate raid come down to and it could swing the balance. Narrator for state senate, who shares our values . Jeremy mcpike supports school funding. Thinks women should make their own health care desions. And favors background checks on all gun sales. Hal parrish . As mayor, he slashed education. Fought to block Womens Health clinics. Parrish gets an a from the gun lobby they oppose background checks to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people. Virginia extreme or mainstre . Vote mcpike for virginia. Feinblatt everytown for Gun Safety Action Fund sponsored this ad. Jonathan tuesday in election will determinehich Party Controls the senate and Terry Mcauliffes agenda. Mike carterconneen reports afte4r yearsthe democrat senator Charles Colgan is retiring and that has created what is considered the closest race in Northern Virginia. Focused on transportation, and guns. Reporter they are scrambling to sway the shotters voter voters. You have people known in part of the district. But to be known as a whole it will take money. You have likely seen the campaign ads airing around the clock. This is considered a tossup race and hotly contested the ads are expected to continue running up until the polls close. There is mdslinging over Terry Mcauliffes proposal to allow the single drivers to use i66 inside the beltway. Then mcauliffeaccusef lyingnd miot at. m disappoiedthate he acknowledges they would only pay 17 if they use the tenmile stret opposed. Toll on roads we have already paid for. It doesnt make sense to people. On another issue mcpike is supportive of the universal background checks in virginia. He is backed by bloombergs gun control group. Making sure we keep guns out of the hands of criminals. Parrish recently declined to take a stance on the universal background checks. I want people to have their rights. Mike car