Seat belt. Its one of the worst cases i have seen in a long time. Its harrowing. Jess after his arrest, johnson told police that mccauley offered him a ride somewhere in d. C. But he couldnt remember where. He claimed claimed the two had d afterwards the decedent became emotional and acted like she wanted to kill herself. Johnson adding he was standing outside the car when she hung herself in the car. Authorities say she had been sexually assaulted, strangled and murdered. Johnson had been in jail in d. C. On theft charges and after being released last week was supposed to have an ankle bracelet installed. But he never showed up to have it done and it never happened. We feel the Justice System is broken and we pray to god that our loss is not something anyone else will have to go through again. Jeff now because Duane Johnsons claims in no way match up with the facts that the investigators are throughout this investigation, thigh are still asking for they are still asking if you have information about the case to come forward. The next Court Hearing is january 133. Jeff goldberg, abc7 news. Michelle thank you. The apparent random nature of the murder of Tricia Mccauley and the details of what happened are disturbing. Frankly, just sickening. In d. C. , residents are determined to not let this violent act change the habits. Brianne carter has reaction. Brianne we know she got in her car and never made it to christmas dinner. But tonight, how it happened and how the two came together, the questions remaining is causing concern for many. Its the shock. Brianne long the 2200 block of m street northwes Tricia Mccauleys body was found in the back after her own car, people are still trying to come to terms with what happened to a beloved member of the d. C. Community. Its horrible it happened. I dont understand how it happened. There are always people here. They do not believe that mccauley, an actor and a Yoga Instructor knew the alleged killer. The fact its a random crime is worrisome to many. Definitely a little concerning. It makes you feel unsafe. What is tough is not knowing what happened to the woman who is part of the tightknit bloomingdale community. Things like that could be paused. This woman in the neighborhood didnt want to be on camera says she will pay closer attention anytime she is out alone. It could be me. Im a smaller woman. It could happen to me any time i get in the car. A majority talked to say they feel safe walking through the street of the city no matter the time of day. Some say they would like more answers to the questions about what happened. Reporting live, brianne carter, abc7 news. Up to the minute on the mccauley murder case. Well have updates online here at wjla. Com. Just search mccauley on the website. Jonathan developing now at 5 00, a missing bethesdas man credit card is being used by somebody else. John Patrick Donohoe hasnt been seen since december 13. Look at the video. Six days ago, thursday, a woman used his credit card several times in the hyattsville area spending hundreds of dollars. Detectives want to talk to the woman who has seen using the credit card. You can hear from the missing mans father coming up at 6 00 we have had big changes in the weather in the now rain is on the way. Stormwatch7s chief meteorologist doug hill has the timing. We are looking at the a. M. Commute closely. Doug a good bet there will be rain in the the morning rush. Start early between 3 00 and 4 00 in the morning in the metro area. Clear now but the skies will turn cloudy and the rain will move in. The temperatures are 40 in the metro area. Not expecting snow or the ice issues. But cold and damp and not pleasant start to this upcoming weather pattern here we have for thursday. The rain will move in and it will be raining steadily through the rush hour. By 11 00 in the morning it should be east of the city. After that clearing and sunshine. In ten minutes we will talk about the new years weekend weather pattern in detail and have a glimmer of good news in that forecast as well. Michelle . Michelle all right, doug. Thank you for that. It was a horrific crash 24 hours ago. Abc7 there when a young mother was airlifted to the child out of the backseat. Richard reeve is live now with an update on the mothers condition and how the 11monthold girl was saved by her car seat. Rich . Richard michelle, that is right. A horrible crash. But also somewhat of a miracle. With this little girl. Now we are using the news car to demonstrate what happened here. Ortiz was pulling the girl out of the car. The little girl was in the baby seat when she was struck. If you can see behind me, a vulnerable situation. Take you now back to the scene. This was in aspen hill yesterday. About 3 is a in 3 15 in the afternoon. You may see the orange markings. A mercedes veered off the road and sideswiped ortizs car. Her injuries were horrifying. One of her leg nearly severed off and the other legh sofia was literally unhurt even though the car seat went airborne and landed on the other side of the car. Most people think she ruse protected by she was protected by the car seat. I heard a screech and car impact. It sounded like the engine was accelerating again. I heard a woman screaming. It was terrible. It was terrible. We are glad to hear the lady appears to be surviving. They are looking at many factors that could have been the cause. Distracted driving. Maybe medical event behind the wheel. At this point they dont know. Richard so police still investigating. Meanwhile ortiz is praying for her recovery and right now they are struggling to pay their medical bills. From Montgomery CountyPolice Headquarters richard reeve, abc7 michelle updating a Christmas DayPolice Involved shooting. Conflicting reports over what happened when d. C. Opened fire. Officers killed paul after he sponding to a domestic disappearance. They allowed his Family Members to review the Police Body Cam video but the family and the Police Department disagree over what the video show. He had a knife. We seen it with our own eyes. We are sensitive to the fact they have lost a Family Member. So we allow them to see the video. There is indisputable evidence the suspect had a knife in his possession. Michelle that was the interim chief of Police Responding exclusively on newschannel8 news talk today. They cant release the video while h mayors approval to release them. Jonathan in the war on terror , german investigators say a man is in custody in connection with the Christmas Market attack in berlin. They say his number showed up in anis amris phone. Amri is the man that they say drove the truck through market and killed 12 people. The new man may have been involved. This comes as we are getting new pictures of anis amri. This is him right there. This is from the train station in torino on the 22nd. He was spotted in milan a couple of days later. Amri was able to travel between several hundred miles through a few countries undetected when he was killed in a shootout with police. Michelle dylann roof the man accused of killing nine black Church Members in a racially motivated massacre says he doesnt wan hearing sentencing hearing. He plans to add his own lawyer. He doesnt want secret or embarrassing information about his family coming out. Its unclear what he is referring to. Jonathan new fallout from the United Nations security counsel resolution condemning israeli setmment on land claimed by palestinians. Today john kerry says they abstained from the vote. Its the only way to ensure israels future as a jewish and a democratic state. Living in peace and security many with its neighbors. The only way to ensure a future of freedom and dignity for the people. Jonathan Benjamin Netanyahu called the speech unbalanced as the resolution himself. In a speech before the being treated with disdain and disrespect. Michelle being president certainly isnt easy and neither is preparing. Donald trump now saying president obama is to blame. He tweeted, doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory president os statement and road blocks. Thought it was going be a smooth transition. Not. That tweet came after president obama said he could have beaten trump. Meanwhile in china, this statue has popped up at a mall. The artwork commissioned the maliceive rooster sporting a donald do if you will. If you dont believe they are related. 2017 is the chinese year of the rooster and he will become president. Its reported that the hairstyle was inspired by the president elect. Its not clear whether it is a compliment. Jonathan coming up next, a family searching for answers after a Family Member died in a hospital but no autopsy was conducted. They could have stepped up to do it quickly but they didnt. Jonathan results are back after two years. 7 on your side with the iteam and an update up next. Michelle remember this in june . The work done now to prevent another Cleveland Park waterfall and the parking restrictions on crowded block. Jonathan plus, does an amazon echo hold crews to break a Murder Investigation wide open . Police think so and what it might have overheard still ahead for us. Plus, the worst Case Scenario is there could be an accident that would have been preventible. The neighborhood left in the dark. The one thing they want pepco to do they say will make everyone safer. Coming up on ab jonathan every day our 7 on your side team works to your problems. Staples its out of our hands. Following an iteam investigation, a korean veteran body resumed and the family learn what it was that killed him. The v. A. Didnt do it. Government watchdog investigator chris papst broke the story. He has been following it for nearly a year now he has the results. I miss him making me laugh. Chris the last time monica made the walk was ten months ago. With us. Why are you staying away . Its hard to come here. Im disappointed in the v. A. And how they handled the situation. Chris in february 2015, monicas father Robert Fields underwent routine heart surgery at the v. A. Medical center in d. A. D. C. But he died on the operating table. They requested an autopsy to find out how he died but we found out the autopsy was never done and he was buried at the cemetery. A serious mistake the v. A. Acknowledged in may. Do you own the mistake . We do own the mistake. On retirement and lack of employee training. Problems at the v. A. Have been fixed with better training and new protocol. We dont want it to happen again. After the iteam exposed the v. A. , felteds body was fields body was resumed for autopsy. The first in quanticos history. Now finally two years after his death fields got the report. In the report the pathologist wrote the autopsy was made very difficult because the advanced state of decomposition. The cause of death cannot be determined. Once the mistake was known they could have stepped up to do it quickly, expeditiously but they didnt. It makes me wonder what did happen and if they are covering anything up. Now i wont know. They sent this statement saying we express severe condolences to the family. Procedural and the communication breakdown. Veterans should be treated with more respect and honor. I miss my father every day. I hope he is proud of the answer i tried to get answers. Merry christmas, daddy. Chris chris papst, abc7 news. Michelle tracking breaking news. Tmz reporting that actress deb dee recommend Debbie Reynolds has been hospitalized and may have had a stroke. The 84yearold has obviously been upset since her daughters death yesterday. We have more on the developments as they become available. Jonathan turn our attention to the weather. From yesterday to today did you notice a change . Michelle not really. Both nice. Chillier today but for the time of year. Doug 68 yesterday. Michelle im always hot so this is okay. Doug then you wont mind the rain tomorrow. Jonathan she will notice that. Michelle ill notice that. Doug it is getting rainy and beautiful now. Time lapse from maryland to prince georges county. Its average temperatures and clear but then the rain will roll in tonight. Its 47 in fredericksburg. Quantico at 48. 43 in college park. The story tonight will be clear skies for a while longer. Slow, steady increase in clouds from the west. You can see the arrows that we put on, tracking the rain heading north and east. It has two identities for the system. One is rain it will put snow in interior new england and measurable snow. Winter storm watch up for them. Give you a sense of the timing. There may be a mix of rain and snow on the pennsylvania border. Winds turn southeast and that will bring us warmer air overhead. 100 chance of rain. But the snow will shift well north. We have consistent tracking on this and it should end by 11 00 and by noon be out to the picture and heading offshore to the east. The temperatures to the low 50s tomorrow afternoon. Colder air lingering behind the front. Snow and a fair amount of it in the Higher Elevations when the winter storm posted and high elevation winter storm warnings. How much rain generally in the metro area a half an inch it will come and go. Making plans tomorrow. Plan on rain tomorrow. The sun will mick an appearance in the midday and the afternoon hours. Wind advisory in effect tomorrow, too. Higher elevations along and west of the blue ridge. New years forecast looks better. Partly cloudy and 44 saturday. Maybe, maybe a sprinkle near midnight. Sunday some sunshine and the clouds increase late in the day. 46. The rain will happen. But it will end by the afternoon. The rain is coming and going. Its windy and cold on friday. Warming up on tuesday and wednesday. Turning colder when we head to the end of next weekend. I think thats it. I have done all i can that is beautiful. Michelle nice. Still ahead for us at abc7 news at 5 00 a neighborhood left in the dark. An entire street lined with the lights but they are not working. So they called 7 on your side. See what pepco did when we con about thed them coming up. Georgia avenue is one of the busiest roadways in the district. Now at havertys furniture, its our holiday sale. Where you can create the perfect home from now until january 2nd, find savings in every room. Furniture and accessories to complement your style this season and all year long. Plus, enjoy thirtysix month, nointerest financing. With havertys, your home can be perfect, even when life isnt. Come in today and save. The holiday sale is on now, at havertys. Life looks good. Its all about customization. The possibilities are endless. Jonathan welcome back. This is a geyser shooting up in air. Someone hit a hydrant, knocked it over. Boil heights, los angeles, east of l. A. Getting toward the rush hour. Rush hour starts at noon. This is tying things up. Its what happens when you hit a hydrant. Its bad. D. C. Police are now hosting a Community Meeting tomorrow night. 7 on yr side fighting back against crime. Mike carterconneen has an update for us. Mike . We told you about a shooting on christmas eve. A few hours after the report aired on abc7 another shooting happened here. This time a stray bullet went in the apartment and Police Believe it was suspect vehicle involved. You hear bang, bang, bang, the first thing is not to jump under your desk. Residents say they heard both shootings. Saturday and again on monday night. Its scary people cant be uptown without hearing gunshots. Really sad. This man was too scared to speak on camera but said his family was watching tv and they heard the gunfire and hit the floor. A bullet found in the closet. No one was hurt. But residents are feeling anxious. I have two kids. They were scared enough not to want to sleep in their own beds. There is this belief in the takoma neighborhood that a 37yearold homeless man known by most as j. R. Was shot and killed outside the says says. He outside the 7eleven. The customers knew him. He seemed like a nice person. Disheartening. A verbal altercation that becomes physical. Handgun is pulled out. They had the upper hand. Police are searching for two men and say they are patrolling the area. The Community Meeting thursday night will be held at the m. P. D. Fourth district station in northwest. Residents are urged to keep if eyes open looking for a red, late model hyundai with maryland temple rare tags. Reporting live in northwest, mike carterconneen. Jonathan thanks. Ahead for us at abc7 news at 5 00 could an amazon echo hold the key to a murder mystery . Police believe the peeps of tech piece of technology could be a witness. Michelle overshadowed Carrie Fisher in reflyle. The tributes that keep coming in still ahead. Plus, 7 on your side tonight. Fios is not cable. Were wired differently. In still ahead. Plus, 7 on your side tonight. So were offering incredibly fast 150 meg internet, just in time for the holidays. Hurry, freddy, youre gonna miss it i cant believe he is doing this. Its so fast that in the 3. 7 seconds it takes gary watson to beat the local sled jump record, held by gary watson. Fly, gary, fly. His friend can download 13 different versions of the perfect song. His sister can live ream it. 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