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Pornography investigation in which jerrod harrell is now charged with 29 counts of illegal possession. according to an arrest affidavit, he downloaded erotic images of girl as young as 6 to 8 years of age on his computer discovered by roommates. >> i cannot comment further about how harrell may be connected with the somer thompson case. >> reporter: while harrell has not been charged in the thompson murder case, police say he clearly is being investigated now. mark potter, nbc news, miami. it is now the south's turn to deal with the winter weather from parts of texas and all the way to the f...

And then seemed like they lost power and couldn't move and the train conductor came on and said emergency crews were on the way. the train, we are told by passengers, was quite full because of the fact that we have this delayed opening for work today with many federal employees allowed to show up late because we are dealing with so much record snow here in the d.c. area. again, this is an underground metro train. in other words, a subway here in the d.c. area, in the heart of d.c. it is below ground not aboveground. two cars derailed. so far no reports of any injuries. we're getting a little b...

Girl's kidnapping and murder. 23-year-old jerrod harrell used to live in sommer's neighborhood but he's not been charged with murder. joining me live is a reporter for the florida times union. jim, thank you very much for joining us. what are police talking about regarding the charges already that jerrod harrell is facing. >> good afternoon. he's charged with 29 counts of child pornography related to pornographic images found on a laptop and on disks by roommates of his when he lived in orange park, florida, which is actually close to where he also lived and where sommer disappeared. >> his bo...

Afraid of hurting her captors. she also wrote that she had had no control over her life and detailed an elaborate plan that garrido created if she was ever arrested. cops have arrested a man they're calling a person of interest in the kidnapping and killing of a florida girl, 7-year-old somer thompson disappeared on her way home from school. her body was later found in a landfill. nbc's mark potter has the story. >> reporter: after searching a house in somer thompson's neighborhood, investigators named 24-year-old jerrod harrell as their first person of interest in the murder case. police sa...

They have been waiting for sometime for hundreds of pieces of evidence, dna and other stuff to come back. some of that has come back. so, you know, we'll just have to wait and see. >> i know he's got these charges, was he a registered sex offender? any other accusation charges or otherwise against jerrod harrell? >> not aware of anything other than a marijuana arrest back in 2007 and some traffic charges. that's about it. >> we say that he lived in the neighborhood where sommer thompson lived. back in the summer she was walking home, her body sadly eventually found in the landfill. how close d...