The residents couldnt even warm up inside. The heat isnt supposed to turn on until tomorrow. It is cold. If you compare us to other part of the country look at this. This looks like a Winter Wonderland in virginia virginia. Some areas got up to nine inches of snow up to the weekend. It wreaked havoc on drivers. They were blamed for 50 wrecks in upstate new york alone. Meteorologist brian van de graaff is tracking the weather for us. Which fall should we expect around here tomorrow . Brian the warm autumn day. Live from the belfort furniture weather center. The temperatureses only got to the 50 today. 55 degrees right now. 55 downtown. South 9mileperhour. Humidity is low. Crisp for some. 55 in waldorf. There are 60s to the west. The temperatures wont be as cold. Its closer to town and the upper 30s at college park. We have more in a few minutes. A dozen families are without a home after a fastmoving Apartment Fire. It happened at the staple chase apartments not far from 95. Live with how families are coping. No one got hurt. Check out the damage to the upper floor of the apartment complex. They do not believe its related to the cold snap. The fire consumed the upper flow apartments. On the bushes and the back of the buildings. Firefighters responded quickly to knock down flames. But not before several units were damaged. We arrived and 16 family, 26 adults and two children. They are trying to see what they can salvage. This is a sprinkler building able it likely start on on a balcony and drove through to the attic where there are no sprinklers. Fenger is trying to stay positive. Everyone made it out. My fiance and neighbors apartment, that is all that matters to me. We have seen them going in to clean up the mess. We have a restoration crew in place. The equipment and the woods. They are finding a temporary shelter. Reporting live. Incredible sight. A Prince Georges County firefighter snapped a picture of this. Two family dogs were killed and a cat is missing. No one else was home. Shows how dangerous the job is. It wasnt a hate crime was it a hate crime . Lico le blonde taken into custody for the death of zella. We have more now on what the prosecutors are saying. Family members are certain the motive was hate. But maryland law makes proving that tough. They say the 20yearold murdered her niece. This happened thursday in a Montgomery Village alley. Have have you met rico . No. Heard his name before . No, never heard his name before. Believes he shot and killed zella because she was a transgendered woman. My opinion is its a hate crime. The victim in this case have been friends is middle school. Montgomery county prosecutor deciding whether or not hate played a role in the crime. He faces the largest sentence that you could receive for participating in the crime. They placed him in a segregated portion of the jail for his protection. He has no bond. He compiled a rap sheet. He was supposed to begin trial in car theft case. He has been charged in witness intimidation and first degree murder. A delay in the trial of the accused alexandria serial killer charles severance. The judge granted a delay because the defense attorney had to attend a funeral. King is one of three attorneys and sits next to asefi day. The trial will resume tomorrow at 10 00 a. M. You can follow along throughout the trial. Following Jeff Goldberg on twitter. They expect to vote on whether separate commissioner davis will get the job. This followed the death of freddie gray six months ago. A Sub Committee voted to make him the permanent commissioner. Somebody covered up bill cosby with pictures of kim jong un. Kellye lynn has a live look and what is the reaction out there. When the mural went up after the sexual abuse allegation surfaced against bill cosby, many wondered should this remain. When we arrived here it looked different. Go to the video earlier. Someone was claiming responsibility. He is known to put this on all sort of places in the city. I dont think he should be up there. But kim jong un shouldnt there either. They paid money to have it done. I understand that. Is this really important . Since then kevin irvin has a nickname jazzy rock. He is the graffiti artist. He took it off and said he feels that it is disrespect to feel the friends painting the mural. Nay said that they dont plan to change the mural or take bills face down. Whether or not it will change in light of what has happened here, we dont know. Alison thank you, kellye. Still ahead on abc7 news at 5 00 the more we learn, the stranger it gets. The new revelation in the bizarre lovetriangle murder case in maryland. Jonathan what neighbors say happened weeks ago that could be connected to the find. The new push to regulate drones and the government plan to require action there millions of americans. Alison this holiday seasons hundredsof thousands of americans are expected to receive drones as gifts. But the gift may come with something else. Registration requirement. We look at the new rules developed. If you think you are hearing and seeing drones more, this is why. According to the f. A. A. , its doubled since last year. Cruding pilots reporting its flying too close to the airport. Its close, about 20 feet. Others interfered with the firefighting efforts like this july. Causing the authorities to require private owners of drones to register them with the government. A newly formed task force needs to iron out how and when and where it will affect the drone operators. Three quarter of the drones expected to be sold as gifts. Its a step in the right direction. We also need timely decision. For now the rules will mean a work in progress. All this is up to the new task force. The deadline is set for next month. Jonathan theyll go buy those things now. The drones. Alison nel low i just want a closeup. You need it. Brian i visited george mason for the business department. And someone said he has a picture of alison starling. And so i got one of you and i put it to her. Our heads are dueling there. Jonathan im feeling left out. Bunding up tonight. Its chilly. A pretty picture. We have a coworker along the driver. Beautiful shot to remember. You can share. See it, send it. Looking at the coldest numbers. 23 degrees. 26 this morning at the Cardinal RidgeElementary School in centreville. Tonight wont be as cold. The wind is out of the south. You get the southwesterly wind. Milder air. That is why tomorrow is a much better day taking shape. Tonight looking at the sunshine. 40s downtown. Tomorrow is nice because the milder air is off to the west. A cool start to warm up with 70 degrees. Wednesday is mid70s. We have another cool push later in the week. The good news is that it is not as cold. Tonight is 42 downtown. 39 in kulbir. Plenty of sunshine. Probably near 70 by the afternoon. Its brisk at the bus stop. 71 in leesburg and frederick. Upper 60s to low 70s. 17 for washington and culpeper. Back to the middle 70s. 64 on friday. For the weekend saturday and sunday. We are going to watch it carefully over the weekend. I think sunday, the clouds. 68 and the mid50s. Jonathan youre doing the tenmiler, right . [laughter] thank you. A bizarre love triangle. Alison what the Police Released about the 18yearold and what he did for hours before the attack. Hunters made a grim discovery and the investigators have questions. Im Jeff Goldberg. Well tell you what they found in a live report. Here is what is coming up tonight on abc. Jonathan a gruesome discovery amongst the neighborhood in the community. Hunters discovered human remains in garrisonville. That is a wooded area. Northern Virginia Bureau chief joining us there tonight. Do they have any idea where they came from . This is the wooded area. Half a mile from the shopping area. By the look of the debris and the items it looks like people are here recently. The Big Questions is how long the remains could have been here. That is one of the questions they are trying to answer at this time. Hearing about the discovery of the kel tall remains would capture anyones attention. Especially living a few hundred feet away. Carry its so close to home. Make sure the kids stay away. Discovery happened at 6 30 last night two people practicing the bow hunting in a wooded area off mine road near high point boulevard. They found a human skull and additional bones. A determination those be made. This area is often used as a hopeless camp. You dont know what is going on. The news is unsettled and it delivers a sense of sadness. Melanie eagan is left with the same feeling. Hopefully they can figure out who it is. The remains are sent to the state medical examiner in richmond where an identity and a cause of death will be determined. They are trying to put the pieces together to solve the mystery. Coming up at 5 00, putting the auto in automobile. Look at the testing of the Driverless Cars in the area. A couple on a mission. Where they found a wedding ring and how you can help find the owner. An alleged 18yearold hitman has a day in court after a love triangle leads to brian welcome back to abc7 news at 5 00. This is the coldest morning set. At the sky valley lodge. Look at the shot from today. Beautiful foliage. In the 50s. This morning they were in the 20s. Baltimore had a record of 29. We were at 37 in the city. The average first frost or freeze is not until november. So its early. 50s now. Later tonight we are in the 40s and the 30s. Milder air building in. 70s on tap for later in the week. Alison with teenager accused in a double murder as part of a bizarre love triangle is held without bond. They heard how long the accused killer lied in wait for the victims. Maryland bureau chief brad bell live in annapolis with details. Brad detectives believe he waited through the night and day. The judge wants to understand that the young man had an opportunity to change his mind. Struss appeared in court. His long hair cut off. Answering the judges questions. Ordered held without bond. Charged with two murders carried out at the request of the 13yearold girlfriend and her mother. The murder of him and his livein girlfriend. In this home october 5. It was a hit requested by the wife. They waited for hours until the victim came home. He was waiting for the appropriate time to get in the house. An important point because it will prove premeditation. At the grandfather at the home declining comment. His work has just started. We will be preparing a vigorous defense. My client looks forward to the day in court. The crime was reported to police by the wife in this case. As a murdersuicide. The police say they broke the case when they discovered that the bullets used to kill the victim did not match the gun left by his side. In anonymous, brad bell, abc7 news. Jonathan two people in annapolis are facing charges after the police found them passed out in a car with the Drug Paraphernalia and two children in the backseat. Police say the 31yearold Heather Davidson and 25yearold matthew levonte were arrested saturday. The childrens mother is charged with two counts of child neglect. Checking the top stories a 14yearold buy is dead. Another teen is recovering. It happened in audrey lane. Police are calling this domestic homicide. The second boy is suffering nonlife threatening injuries. Jonathan a dozen families looking for places to stay tonight. An Apartment Fire happened and the investigators say the fire started on the balcony and moved to the attic. Alison a popular mural at bens chili bowl has been defaced. The mural featured bill cosby covered up by sicker of north korean president kim jong un. The owners said they have no plan to take down the mural despite the sexual allegations against the comedian. Rare and a frightening moment for a u. S. Air force pilot. After the f16 was damaged by ground fire flying in afghanistan. Stars and stripes is reporting that it was severe enough that the pilot had to jettison fuel tank before landing safetily. Jonathan we are getting new information on the u. S. Airstrike against a hospital in afghanistan. They say now that the taliban ininsurgents were using the hospital as saininsurgents were hospital as safehane. The u. S. Faced International Condemnation for the attack. The Doctors Without Border option rating at the hospital ran the facility. They called it a war crime. Ped obama called the mistakes an attack. Call it a romantic mystery. Who lost the wedding ring found by a school custodian. The clues that the ring holds inside. And why the girlfriend paid him 25. Dents say she took a little money at her job and it landed her in the wall of justice next. A motel clerk that is thankful to be alive and the search that is on looking to saturday and sunday it could be cooler. For saturday this weekend, mostly sunday but cool. Sunday is important because a lot of things are going on in town. Marine corps marathon. At 7 55 in the morning. The low 50s. There may be a little sunshine. The bulk of the day features can cloudiness. It will be warmer. So mild for a couple of days and cooler in the weekend. I jennifer im jennifer donelan. This is the 7 on your side fighting back wall of justice. Tonight we have news of an arrest. But first an alert from the d. C. Police. We have a wall of justice alert in the search for 23yearold john james. The d. C. Homicide detective say he shot and killed a 21yearold man in the 1100 block at the end of last month. He is 62, weighs 150 pounds. Brown eyes. There is up to 25,000 reward. Call the d. C. Police. Get to the arrest. They say singh on the wall of justice for weeks wanted for forgingry, fraud and is now in custody. Lets see who is on the wall this week. Stafford county Sheriff Deputies are asking cochran. She joins buck robinson wanted for the u. S. Marshals in a violent d. C. Blurry. Charles county deputies and the u. S. Marshals looking for marcus johnson. Now lets set the wall of justice in motion. This is on marcus johnson. The 33yearold is wanted in Charles County in the virk vicious attack where he stabbed another man in the eye. He was involved in a fight in february. The victim lost the guy. Johnson is 62, weighs 170 pounds. They want to put him behind bars. If you know where he is, call crime stoppers. See you with if fighting back wall of justice. Students at Towsend University are in shock after a possible invasion of privacy. Mug of the School Swimming and diving team say they were reported while changing clothes. The University Officials are offering support and counseling to the members of the swim team. Jonathan coming up at abc7 news at 5 00 Driverless Cars are becoming more common. Where they are being tested and why the area was chosen. Alison up next, he found the wedding ring in a parking lot. Months later his romantic girlfriend wants to find the true owner. Narrator puerto ricos economy is in a death spiral. To make matters worse, washington has plans to cut another 3 billion from the islands healthcare budget. Puerto ricans pay the same medicare taxes, but receive less than half the funding of mainland states, leaving the e system on life support. More cuts will push the economy to the edge of disaster and put every Puerto Ricans care in jeopardy. Washington needs to act now to save healthcare for the three and a half million us citizens of puerto rico. Alison few people get this birthday surprise but usher did. They sang happy birthday to the grammy award winner. He turned 37 last week. Jonathan the mystery of the wedding ring and a couple that turned to 7 on your side to get help. Alison they found the ring and they have no idea who it belongs to. So they called Horace Holmes to track down the owner. The owners will come forward. She will be so happy. Its fun she says to fantasize over this ring she has had for a month. Its a childish crush that she reunited with and began dating a few years ago found the ring. A custodian in arlington and one night last june after a big vent at the school. He was getting in his car to go home and he looked down and saw the ring. I got a magnifier. Thompson convinced him to turn it over to the school to see if anyone would claim it. Summer came and went and no one claim for the ring. She bought it for him. One morning they were watching a 7 on your side special. I said this is perfect. They contacted us so we could put a picture of it on tv. A look on the inside reveals a lot of clues of the owner. There are the initials of the cupel. If i lost it or my husband lost, i would have loved to get it back. Horace another look at the ring. Its on the facebook page. Go to our facebook page. Look at ring and pass the story on. If you know anything of who owns it, contact me on twitter at Horace Holmes. Lets find the ring. We just had a crash that cleared to the shoulder. It was blocking the two lanes eastbound. Heading to route 23. This is going to let the traffic clear out. Westbound 66, basically slow off the capital beltway. I95 south of virginia, over the occoquan is still seeing plenty. Take a look here, the sun as you move out of alexandria. The capital is a big mess. It is going to be slow for both directions despite no recent incident. That is all for now from the traffic center. Coming up at 6 00, the first lady kicked off a new campaign to help the teenagers. What it loves and why she said it is muchneeded. Plus a travel alert for metro riders and why you will see delays each night this week. Those stories and more at 6 00. Get to brian van de graaff. Its just down right chilly. But it will warm up. In time. I promise. By 16 or 18 hours. By the midafternoon we will see it get back in. Tonight wont be as cold. Look at the highs and the lows. Todays high only 56 degrees today. That is the best we could muster after a morning low of 37. That is the coldest downtown. The sun will be back up tomorrow morning at 7 21. We are 55 downtown. Tonight is not as cold. 50s now. We slip in 40s downtown. 30s in the burbs with the clear skies. If we take the jackets to school, and it turns 7 0 in the afternoon they dont always make it back. We will back at 70 after a break tonight. We are talking about this and the redskins are helping hundreds of kids getting them jackets. They partnered with the annual share the cold drive. They received a coat and hat to stay warm. I was thinking it must have felt cold after the game.