An emotional conversation and a warning to parents. Reporter damarus went by her middle name. Her mother showed us the gown she was supposed to wear for her birthday, but now she is pleading with parents to listen. [speaking foreign language]. Reporter its the same problems, and she asked we not show her face because of her safety. The bereaving mother says she brought her daughter from elsalvador to gaithersburg to try to get her way from a gang. The men in the gang tried to get her daughter to fall in love with them. [speaking foreign language]. Reporter this was when she was 12. By high school her mother says it was worse. Montgomery county police say reyes started to disappear. The maryland mother saw the behavior and started to make plans for reyes to live out of state with her father, and when she learned of this, police say the teen left again 10th. She would not be seen again until her body was discovered this past weekend. She was so sweet. She trusted in everyone, and that, that was her problem. Throughout the time she was missing, the 15yearold messaged her saying someone wanted to kill her. Please, parents, take care of your kids. Reporter she tried to take care of hers, by going to the school and the school meetings, her warning on the gang members. Reporter check their friends because they are inside. Reporter in Montgomery County, stephanie ramirez, wusa 9. Its frightening for all parents. The Police Department where the case began is reviewing its policies after our story outlining the procedures for classifying missing people. Montgomery county police made the announcement yesterday. They are adamant they did everything they could to find reeves, interviews, calls outlined it all in the press release, but at the bottom they said they are reviewing steps taken in the case as well as the Police Department practices regarding critical missing persons, and remember when it all began, we didnt have a photo to show you of her because when she went missing they didnt show us a picture of her. She didnt meet being critical. The national system, ncic requires anyone missing under the age of 21 to be reported. More to come on that, adam, thank you. The next story shows Human Trafficking can happen in even the most public places. 23yearold Marcus Lindsey was sentenced to 20 years in prison today. He was pimping out a woman earlier this month, and the woman told officers she had sex with three men police said the meetings were set up on backpage. Com. If you notice signs of Human Trafficking, you can report it to the national Human Trafficking hot line, and the number is 18883737888. Tonight President Trump has one more tab net job to fill. His nominee for labor secretary withdrawing his name from consideration a few hours ago, and this is after reports some republicans were ready to join democrats in opposing him, and all of this coming as the Trump White House continued to deal with the fallout of Michael Flynns resignation and posted a major foreign leader. Garrett haake is at the white house. Reporter Inauguration Day fencing surrounds the white house, contributing to the administration under siege. Just outside of the fence protesting the visit of benjamin netanyahu. Some say protests in dc, and we have seen the push become from the campaign trail. Reporter President Trump backing away from decades of u. S. Policy, calling for separate israeli and palestinian states. I thought for awhile the two states looked like it may be the easier of the two but honestly if v. P. And the palestinians and israel and the palestinians are happy, im happy with one. Reporter that led the jewish groups protesting with their counterparts outside of the dc land park. You are seeing movements come together, and thats what this is. One march is not enough. Reporter the demonstrations were not limited to todays perceived front. Outside of of movements. Its not okay. They are raising families and they are treating them like criminals. Reporter the demonstrators hope the president will see them on tv and maybe bend to the pressure they are showing. Blue today the firing of michael flynn, netanyahu visit, and the labor secretary nominee withdrawing his name likely took all the attention. Tomorrow will be another day to try to be noticed. Go home reporter at the white house, garrett haake, wusa 9. You may notice your favorite restaurant is closed tomorrow. If you notice, thats the point. Many restaurants are closing, cutting back service or reducing hours so employees can join a nationwide show of solidarity called day without immigrants, and organizers said its in response to President Trumps words and immigration, and chef and Restaurant Owner jose andre is closing many of his restaurants. We want america to know we are wart of the system, and its a way for them to say we are here many of you on social media are asking us, is it about illegal immigration . No, the idea is to show how important immigrants are to the work force and the daily economy. At least one Dc Charter School will be closed for the protest. Dc Public Schools sent home a note saying staff and students are expected to show up at school. You may have seen the tweets flying around in the past few days, and a lot of criticism for the media, claiming we dont report that president obama deported more people than any other president. A couple of examples here, matthew says the biggest difference from trump and obama, the press doesnt like trump supporting people, and adam knox says nope no in deportation. Is that even true . Thats part of our mission to help you separate fact from fiction. We want to verify the claim. Did president obama really deport more people than any other prenesidt . Thats an accusation that President Trump also repeated on the campaign trail, and we checked it out. We got the numbers for the department of Homeland Security for the year 2015 when he was president. That year immigration and customed enforcement or removed or returned 235,000 people, and that was a low year in 2013 they set a record with almost 435,000 deportations, and in total, president obama had deported more than 2. 5 million undocumented people by 2015. Compare that to the two terms of george w. Bush, just over 2 Million People were deported. We can verify, it is true. A Record Number of people were rt was in office. If you have got something youre wondering about, whether its related to politics or not, let me snow. We will work to verify the stories you have seen on our air, any other media outlet, or things shared on social media that you look at and youre like that doesnt sound right. Reach out on twitter, facebook, or email us onwusa9. Com. 10 people are in custody in connection with the murder after 15yearold from Montgomery County. Its not a simple case. Eastbound ellison barber is walking us through it. Reporter the family of a 15 yearold they call alexandria reports her missing. Police in Montgomery County say she voluntarily left her home, but by january 8th, her mother has not heard from her at all. On february 11th, dead. 3 days later on february 14th, Fairfax Police release this photo of a 17yearold. Police say venus may be in trouble. Last night she turned up at her moms house in virginia. Fairfax Police Officers show up, too, and today they announce the arrest of 10 people, four adults and six teens. All are connect to the murder of alexandra. Police did not say if venus was charged. We are looking at the extent of her involvement. Reporter Fairfax Police say its all gang related. They were clear today its not a turf or any time of extended fight. They said only one gang is involved in all of this, however, they would not tell us which gang. They said they believe naming the gang gives them the credibility they and she said its ms13. I have been in Law Enforcement for 20 years now. Reporter this is the voice of barry bowright. He knows ms13 well. Its probably the most violent gang i have seen in the dc area. Reporter he says it began in l. A. In the 1980s, and most of the original members we from el salvador or first generation americans, but now they are bigger and more violent. They are involved in a lot of criminal activity, and anything they can make money on they will do. Drug trafficking, robberies, Human Trafficking, murder, and the motive could be something as small as an initiation into the gang. In fairfax, ellison barber, wusa 9. College students are getting creative when it comes to raising money for tuition. Tomorrow morning on wake up washington, we will tell you one way students are getting funds. And young boy recovers open heart surgery. We spoke to 12yearolderric last year, but how is he doing a year later . Its unusual tomorrow. Feeling like february and winter. Dress accordingly. Temperatures right on until noon, and then we are 36 to 41. You want to dress for the 20s and 30s because of the windchills, and we will come back and talk about when the winds will die down and when winter scurries back. All you do is hold your phone over it, scans, and it gives you the answer. So just wait until you see how kids are getting help with their homework these days. Teens are showing us how easy it is to cheat in school. Bye bye the clock is ticking to say goodbye to one of the National Zoos adorable pandas. Its a stinky situation now atwhere you can create its outhe perfect home. Event, from now through february 20th, everything is on sale. Save on furniture and accessories for every room. Plus, enjoy thirtysix month, no interest financing. Come in today and save. With havertys, your home can be perfect. Even when life isnt. The president s day event is on now at havertys. Life looks good. From gadgets to go. Parents if you only knew your kids may be cutting corners. We sat down with the experts, in this case the teens themselves who are telling all. I have been to multiple schools, good schools, bad schools, and i have not sit in class or seen a time when people were not cheating. Its always cheating. Like the kids in the first period take the test, and as soon as the bell rings, people say we got the answer, i will feed them to you. Thats when that person lets someone else know. Lets be honest, theres sons of apps out there that are pretty much will solve any math equation you can find. I tell my friends, they are like, i have the app. Just hold your phone over it, scan it, and its the you do half of the homework and i will do the other half. I was on a group text, and someone had every single quiz they took the year before. Doing homework with other people is okay, but if youre like sending the answer and they are copying it, thats cheating. The apple watches you can pull up pictures. A kid had his watch and had all the donations and was breezing through the kids. When the students have a quiz or test, theres a program on the laptop that will lock you out of everything but the quiz or test youre taking, but the kids will still look at their phone behind the laptop and sometimes they will prop it up or goggle stuff and find the answers and the teacher does not see because she does not walk around the room. Its very much someone cheat. And then to do better than me, why am i not cheating . You know . A lot of high tech trickery going on in that story. You have sharing tests in social media and a lot more going on as well. The apps do the math homework, and the apple watches, they are cheap as well. How would you not get caught doing that . You know, if the teacher is not looking, you would probably not get caught. A fast fact. A recent study shows 60 of High Schoolers said they have cheated on a test, and more than 90 said they copied a friends homework. What are other ways the kids are cheating . Log on to our wusa 9 website or app, and we have answers for you to see. We would be cheating if we didnt share the next story with you. A Northern Virginia community has found themselveses in a messy and stinky sit thlv stinky situation. The cans where they dispose of the dog poop are all gone. Don henry is looking into this. Tell us what you think. Reporter if you live in the neighborhood with a lot of dogs, chances are you have seen one or two of these around, the waste cans to pick up what is left behind. In the new gate subdivision in centerville, virginia, people are learning what can happen when the cans are suddenly taken away. We came home from work and there were noer more waste stations. Reporter the board removed them with little notice to the public about a month ago, and she said since it happened, things here have spiraled out of control. I have almost stepped in other peoples dogs waste, and theres piles everywhere of the bags the homeowner weassociation said after cans to put the waste on the doorsteps of the board members, and we saw waste signed across a sign encouraging owners to pick up waste. According to the Homeowners Association, someone got so worked up over the waste can policy change, they actually tried to mail their dog droppings through the United StatesPostal Service to the home of an h. O. A. Board member. I dont condone it at all. I think its awful. Reporter if youre curious what is going on, youre not alone. The Postal Service has plenty of questions, too. They are investigating the matter, and ultimately someone could end up with a fine or even be prosecuted. Meanwhile, debbi brady is sad things got to this point in her neighborhood. She says she believes if the board had consulted residents about the waste cans it would have never happened. No one in about it. Reporter well, we have reached taking this thing way too far we reached out to the president of the Homeowners Association about why the cans were removed, but we have not heard back yet. We want to pay off the results of the question that we asked you, do you think the dog waste stations are helping to keep communities clean . 80 said yes, and 20 said no. You can continue voting on wusa9. Com. Now did you make the 3 degree. Before i get into that. Here we go. You could just put it in a bag and throw it away at your home. Thats what people in my neighborhood do. Not a huge deal. Stay with me here. Reporter stay with me, with me . I know where this is going. We went 51 today, and it was 51 at noon, and it was 51 at 1 00, and yep but at 12 23, it hit 55. Im dying im not seeing it. But a charity is. Thats true. Now that you mention it, dream for kids gets more money. 44 tomorrow, and that said, just dress for the 20s and 30s, because it will be cold. 38 and the dew point in the teens, and pretty dry and calm air mass. Winds west, northwest at 9 to 10. For the bus stop, 24 to 38, and winds will pick up. The windchills will be 18 to 25, and a plus year thursday, and again, dress for the 20s and 30s. Pleasant on friday. Light winds, temperatures around 50, and boom warmer over the weekend. 60 on saturday and sunday, and make the outdoor plans. We could see a shower on sunday, but not a huge deal. 6 00a. M. Tomorrow, and they are forecasted wind gusts 28 to 24 miles an hour, gusting over 25 at noon, and even at 5 00, gusting in the range of 20 to about 26 miles an hour, and haas go windchills in the morning and in the teens and 20s, and youre not going to get out of the 20s and 30s all day. Keep that in mind. 30s to start the day planner, and only 40 bying is, and pretty much pure sun. The next 7 days, 65 on saturday, and 63 on sunday, and maybe a sprinkle, and mid60s on monday, and upper 60s on tuesday, and maybe showers late on wednesday night, and im telling you, i did research and the earliest blossom has been the 15th of march, 1990, and im telling you, we are on pace. Sounds like we are on track. A quick shoutout to our wusa 9 Health Screenings today. More than 300 people showed up at the screening in prince georges county. So many people participated at the location at our studios here in tenley town, we had to close the doors. Join us tomorrow on 7th street, and you can sample heart healthy stuff. Yes fear the turtle thes. The terps continuing their push to march, and a big game fios is not cable. Were wired differently. In the last 10 years, we have received 6 times more awards than cable, including the jd power award for highest Customer Satisfaction for the fourth year in a row. Only fios has the fastest internet, on the most awarded network. 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