Strangled in her home near the fredericksburg campus. Her roommate Steven Vander briel is charged tonight with first degree murder and kidnapping. Hes being held in jail after a Court Appearance this morning. At that goodbye for grace mann today, bus loads of Mary Washington students and teachers joined family and friends. Manns mother is remembering her daughters passion for life, saying theyre getting through this, thanks to the outpouring of love and support from the community. News4s Mark Segraves has more from her roommates who spoke today at the funeral in falls church. Reporter nearly 1200 people packed into the falls church synagogue, including grace manns roommates who found their friends body inside the home they shared at the university of Mary Washington. We were lucky enough to spend the first minutes following graces passing by her side. Wed like to believe we brought her comfort as she left this earth to be with god. Reporter katheriner win told those gathered at the service that the three men had been friends since their first day of college three years ago. She sat right next to me and we were bound together by mutual passion for speaking our minds and overdressing for every occasion. Reporter students and staff from Mary Washington university came by the bus load to remember mann who was known on campus for her work with victims of sexual assault. But her roommates will remember her for other reasons. She walked with determination to every destination. Reporter irwin said the three roommates look forward to being friends for life. Over the first two years of college, the three of us saw each other through the trials and tribulations, the joys and sorrows that confronted each of us every single day. Reporter manns family plans to establish a fund at Mary Washington university to honor their daughter. In falls church Mark Segraves, news4. And we have some breaking news. The Justice Department is opening an investigation to determine whether civil rights were violated during the arrest of that baltimore man who eventually died. 25yearold freddie gray he suffered a spinal cord injury while he was in Police Custody last week and died this weekend. Police have not said why gray was arrested or what caused the injury. Today Police Released the names of the six officers who have been suspended with pay pending this investigation. We are working this story right now. Were going to have a report from baltimore a little later in our newscast. On capitol hill a group of demonstrators is marching against bruce tality, calling it a march to justice. Some of them traveled from new york over the weekend. Later in our newscast well go live to news4s a shomari stone at the rally. A woman arrested in our area will be returning to philadelphia to face charges after allegedly leaving her disabled son alone in the woods. News4s Kristin Wright is live in rockville with more on what happened when the mother appeared in court today. Kristin kristin . Reporter jim, many times in the courthouse here a defendant will not actually be in the courtroom. They will appear on closed circuit tv in a video monitor. And when that happens, which was the case today, it can be difficult to really get a sense of the defendants demeanor. That was the case today. Now, nia parler heads to court in philadelphia. A mother accused of a monstrous crime in court in Montgomery County, maryland. Nia parler holding a tissue at times to her face waiving her right to fight extradition in a brief appearance before the judge. Parler will return to philadelphia to face charges of the attempted murder, aggravated assault, and kidnapping of her disabled son who has cerebral palsy. Police say the 41yearold mother left her 21yearold quadriplegic son alone in the woods in a Philadelphia Park with only a blanket and a bible. He stayed out in the cold and rain for five days until a passerby found him on the ground feet from his wheelchair. Police say parler abandoned her son, then came to Silver Spring maryland, to see her boyfriend. Parler appearing via closed circuit tv in court said nothing except her name. Parlers attorney was not in court this afternoon, but we have reached out to him. He is in philadelphia. We are still waiting to hear back from him. Tonight at 6, we tell you where nia parlers son is right now. Back to you. Well, police are hoping this water fountain pit stop is going to be enough to identify a thirsty burglar at a local school. Surveillance shows this guy Walking Around without his shoes in the huls of Jefferson Middle School in southwest d. C. And at one point he stops to take a drink and puts his shoes on. Later as he walks out he is carrying a desktop computer. This happened earlier this month on a sunday afternoon. Concern over spilled fuel from a fiery wreck is keeping a highway shut down on marylands Eastern Shore tonight. Three people died in the crash on route 404 in Talbot County today. That area between route 50 and church lane is still closed. A tractor trailer driver crossed into oncoming traffic around 7 00 a. M. , hit two other semis before bursting into flames. The truck driver and two people died. A local Sheriffs Department is facing a lawsuit tonight over claims of excessive force. Pat lawson muse is live with details on this case and what the victim wants out of the lawsuit. Pat . Jim, the suit stems from an incident that happened in 2012. 72yearold robert jones says a deputy punched kicked and peppersprayed him on his own property. Jones says the deputy arrived at his home as he was burning leaves after hurricane sandy. The deputy began to question jones about the Safety Measures he was taking and then asked for jones i. D. But when jones asked why his white neighbors werent questioned about burning leaves on their lawn, he says the deputy became irritated punched him and arrested him. A jury found jones not guilty of six charges against him stemming from this incident. I now says he hopes the lawsuit will help him move on. Ive been downhill ever since that happened. It cant leave my mind, just wont leave. Now i feel that im going to start to get some justice. The Charles CountySheriffs Office just sent us a response that says the incident happened under a Different Administration and that the deputy involved is no longer with the department. It also says it has not yet received an official copy of the lawsuit. Jim . Pat muse. Today were hearing from a 13yearold boy as he describes what he did to save his 9yearold sister. The two met the twier crew and dispatcher who helped save them from a Burning House in clinton just this past sunday. Marcus mccoy said he was just doing what he had to do. I didnt think i was that brave. I just tried to call and get help and get out. Coming up at 5 30, well hear more from the boy and from his 9yearold sister about what she said to her brother as the flames were closing in. And were just Getting Started here on news4 at 5. Our crews are working several developing stories for you. Erika gonzalez working a story on mosquito prevention. Thats right. Tonight we are going to talk about mosquito repellents. What works best. Carol, what are you working on . Reporter with the bright lights about to shine the lights on the caps here in long island theyre trying to have fun and win. Come on caps. 70 degrees right now, but to the west temperatures only in the 20s and low 60s. Ill be back in a new video of a frightening fall at a d. C. Metro station. A man in a motorized wheelchair lost control fell off the platform at the u street station today, people who saw it are jumping into action. They help pull him off the tracks. News4s pat collins is talking to people at the station right now. Hell have a live report later in our newscast. Well, mosquitoes are seasonal, but battling the bug can be tricky. Erika gonzalez found that the real deal on repellents before you go out and buy them. Swatting mosquitoes not enough and not all repellents are created equal. So we visited the department of entomology at the university of maryland and talked to its bug guy. Warmer temperatures mean bloodsucking mosquitoes will soon emerge and could be after you. Some people simply attract more mosquitoes than other people. Reporter mike routh, entomologist at the university of maryland, knows all about mosquitoes. Mosquitoes use several different volatile cue thats come off a human being. Reporter routh says they may have more interest in you just after a workout if you wear perfume or Skin Care Products that contain lactic acid something our bodies naturally produce. But the big question, what wards them off best . The best way to prevent being bitten is personal protection. That starts by wearing longsleeved shirts, long pants. This will help keep the mosquitoes off of you. Reporter there are even clothing lines pretreated with mosquito repellents good for about 20 washes. They really do a good job in cutting way back on the bites. What about the wrist band thats advertise they fight off mosquitoes . Frankly ive tried them and for me they havent been nearly as effective as a repellent spray. Earlier this year, the federal trade commission charged one company via tech with deceptively marketing mosquito repellent wrist bands. The ftc says the claims werent backed by scientific evidence. We contacted the company for comment, but weve not heard back. Many of you probably use repellent spray thz time of year. When raupp wants to find out which ones really work, he puts his own skin to the test. Inside a lab raised box of mosquitoes mosquitoes. Deet really is the gold standard. Its just a compound that mosquitoes really, really abhor. It repels them extremely effectively. But not everyone likes the active ingredient deet and some people have a bad reaction to it. If used excessively, there have been indications of neurological damage, things like dizziness or nausea. There are alternatives. For example, pa care adane. I like repel anlts that are going to provide protection for a pretty long period of time. Then theres the organic choice. One of my favorites if you want to go with the botanically based product is oil of lemon eucalyptus. Another way to reduce mosquitoes, get rid of every bit of standing water, even something as little as water in a frisbee. Then the tiny mosquito larvae will develop in standing water. One trip raupp does on his own . He uses oscillating fans. Mosquitoes dont like them. Makes you want to scratch and itch just watching. Keep cool and keep the mosquitoes away. Also apply sunscreen first, then the bug repellent after. If you use a repellent with the ingredient deet, only apply it to exposed skin dont do it underneath clothing. Jim in. Thanks erika. Arlington is considering hike being the price of parking. The board set a public hearing for next month over plans to add 25 cents to each hour of parking and two hours would be added to the operating hours from 8 00 a. M. To 8 00 p. M. The public hearing is set for may 16th. Marylands Gaming Control Agency mishandled slot vouchers worth more than 700,000. A enough audit by the States Department of legislative Services Says all of the unclaimed winnings should have gone to the state, but the audit found the Gaming Agency treated it like regular gambling proceeds with nearly half going to the casinos back in 2013. There is more trouble for a highhanking counter daniel rosen was scolded because he violated his home confinement. He was originally arrested early this year on a charge of soliciting sex from an under ds aijage girl. Then police say they were searching his phone and found secret videos of women undressing in their d. C. Homes. According to the washington post, the judge said today that a gps showed rosen recently leaving his house at 2 00 a. M. The judge threatened to send him to jail if he ever does it again. The oklahoma deputy who killed a man who was pinned to the ground is starting a monthlong beach vacation. A judge is allowing robert bates to take his planned trip to the bahamas. The family of the man who was killed says the judges decision sends a message of apathy about this killing. Bates pleaded not guilty to Second Degree manslaughter today. He shot a suspect earlier this month. He says he thought his gun was a taser. A detroitarea officer accused in a brutal beating is charged with two felonies. William melendez was arraigned for mistreatment of a prisoner and assault. He is seen on video here punching a suspect more than a dozen times in january. He could face more than 15 years in prison. Mel evenendez is in jail until his Court Appearance next month. The city of ferguson, missouri, planted a new tree in memory of michael brown. Somebody chopped down the original memorial tree. A new one was planted yesterday. A Ferguson Police officer shot and killed brown last august. Browns death sparked protests nationwide and a federal investigation. The Justice Department cleared the officer of violating any civil rights. Hundreds of apps including uber and flixster on apples operating system may be at risk for hackers. Source dna first reported that this bug involved secure log ins. That bug will not put your personal information out on a blast could make it easier for hackers to steal it. You can search bug to find eye link to check your apps for vul ermts. If your app is affected wait for a new version. An historic schoolhouse in georgetown has been sold. George Washington University says it has revealed an agreement to sell the fillmore building to the nonprofit s r foundation. It plans to have an Arts Education program at that site. Gw used the funds from the sale to renovate the historic corchoran museum near the white house. Big night for the washington caps. Game four of their series against the islanders. Carol maloney joins us from new york. The caps really need to win this one tonight. Reporter man, do they ever. Many of the caps are admitting this is the biggest game of their series, a chance to tie on the road and take back the momentum. We know on big game days like these that its not what they say but how they say it. We look forward to tonight play the way we want to play tonight. Play better. Thats it. Tonight is a big game. We have to come out and play our game and we play our game, well be all right. Were just going to try to take it the same way stick to our system and game plan. Hopefully were going back to d. C. With an even series. Were focusing on how we need to play hockey. If we do that right, i firmly believe well be going home 22. Reporter in the background of all of this determination, you could hear the guys singing in the shower. Just trying to learn. Reporter drowning out an interview. Maybe offkey but on target with what the coach wants. Time to work time to play. Dont get the two mixed up. They havent. They havent done that all year so i dont want to change a lot of things. They realize the importance of tonights game. I have a lot of trust in our group, and thats something that weve built in our culture this year. I think we have a good team togetherness, and everybody has good accountability to each other. Reporter who wants to have some fun . Well we know Alex Ovechkin is due for some. He hasnt scored on the road in a playoff in three years. Well hear from him coming up news4 at 6. Dianana russini has the latest on the wizards later in the show. Our ears are still ringing from that singing. Boy that was rough. Reporter its a little offkey. Heroism and an unbreakable bond kept them alive. Two local children escape a fire with the help of a dispatcher. New at 5, what a 9yearold girl said to her brother as flames and smoke closed in. And were talking about a changing pattern over the next week or so. It starts tomorrow a chance of thunderstorms during the day, highest risk a chance for high winds. Well talk about those storms and talk about whats coming after in my forecast next. Announcer now your storm team4 forecast. With meteorologist doug kammerer. Can we add that . No . Lets take a look and show you whats happening outside right now. A very nice day plenty of sunshine early. Were seeing a few clouds move on in. Well continue to see those as we move through the rest of the evening hours. A nice shot. Notice all the green out there. Its really coming to life over the last one to two weeks as our weather has been fantastic. Across the area, weve got the leaves on the trees finally. Weve all been waiting for that. The Cherry Blossoms first, now looking at a very nice evening. Temperature around 70 degrees with mostly sunny skies, winds out of the west at about 12 Miles Per Hour. Now we have seen winds gusting upwards to 20, 25 Miles Per Hour today. Its been breezy at tierms but not bad. It is 66 in frederick and leesburg only 61 in martinsburg and hagerstown 70 toward the fredericksburg area. Radar showing nothing. Thats the good news. Were not going to be seeing any showers through the rest of the evening hours. Some trying to form to the west, all due to some colder air aloft thats moving through. See how the clouds come up and see how the Little Popcorn clouds . Theyll move our way this evening bushgs theyre not going to make it here. One they wont get over the mountains and, two as the sun goes down they all fizzle out. But as we widen out here, look whats happening. You can see this motion, the storm motion up into canada and then back down theres snow around minneapolis. This is a very cold air mass just back to our west