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1:17 "he grabbed me by my neck and told me to get my *** back in the car now- i don't know if they were trying to rob me or what."

SHE WAS TERRIFIED.

SHE SAYS A MAN WAS TRYING TO KILL HER.

TONIGHT, YOU'LL HEAR HER FRANTIC 911 CALL -- ABOUT A MAN THE SHERIFF SAYS HUNTED WOMEN IN LEE COUNTY.

I just saw them on the ground bleeding and I had a gun in my hand.

THE CHILLING 911 CALL A 14-YEAR OLD MAKES--

MOMENTS AFTER SHOOTING HIS PARENTS TO DEATH.

nats of explosion

THE U-S-S MOHAWK IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE GULF TONIGHT.

ABC 7 WILL SHOW YOU MULTIPLE ANGLES OF THE HISTORIC MOMENT.

AND IT'S HOT OUTSIDE--

RECORD BREAKING HEAT ACROSS THE NATION AND WARMER THAN USUAL HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA--

HOW PEOPLE ARE BEATING THE HEAT.

HL 1) ANTONIO THOMAS 911 TAPES-SOTTOPS

HL 2) ALEX CRAIN 911 TAPES-SOTVO

HL 3) USS MOHAWK-SOTTOPS

HL 4) RECORD BREAKING HEAT-VO

SHOW OPEN-CLIP

first weather-wx wall

FIRST WEATHER

This week, the weather pattern will settle back into what one might expect during the summer in Southwest Florida, morning sun and a few afternoon thunderstorms.

It will also be mild, but not abnormally hot for this time of the year. Our normal high temperature is 91º. With highs between 92º and 94º over the next seven days, we're running slightly above normal.

Tuesday will start with a clear sky and temperatures in the middle 70s. Sunshine will give way to afternoon clouds and by 3PM, thunderstorms will start to pop east of I-75. The high is expected to be 94º in Fort Myers, cooler at the beaches and slightly warmer deep inland.

As you make your 4th of July holiday plans, expect more of the same as far as the weather is concerned. Sunshine will lend itself to afternoon and early evening thunderstorms with a high of 93º.

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ALEX CRAIN 911 TAPES-SOTVOTOPS

8:18 I didn't mean it. I just woke up.

HEARTBREAKING NEW DETAILS IN THE CASE OF A COLLIER COUNTY TEEN--

WHO ADMITTED TO SHOOTING AND KILLING HIS PARENTS.

NOW 15--

ALEX CRAIN WAS JUST 14 WHEN HE MURDERED HIS PARENTS

INSIDE THEIR GOLDEN GATE ESTATES HOME IN DECEMBER 2010.

TODAY, WE'RE LEARNING NEW INFORMATION FROM THE 9-1-1 CALL ALEX MADE THAT DAY--

HE HAD NO *RECOLLECTION OF PULLING THE TRIGGER--

ALEX CRAIN 911 TAPES-SOTVO

13:20 I don't know, I just saw them on the ground bleeding and I had a gun in my hand.:55

ALEX ALSO TOLD THE DISPATCHER HE WAS NOT ON ANY MEDICATION AND HE WASN'T FIGHTING WITH HIS PARENTS.

HIS ATTORNEY TELLS ABC-7 THE 9-1-1 CALL CONFIRMS HIS CLIENT DIDN'T REMEMBER THE SHOOTING.

HE THINKS THE SHOOTING HAPPENED BECAUSE THE TEEN SUFFERS FROM A MAJOR MENTAL ILLNESS.

CRAIN'S CURRENTLY SERVING 20 YEARS IN PRISON ON TWO CHARGES OF MANSLAUGHTER.

ANTONIO THOMAS 911 TAPES-VOWIPE

HE'S ACCUSED OF RAPING, CAR-JACKING- AND EVEN KILLING ONE WOMAN.

TONIGHT, WE'RE HEARING NEWLY RELEASED 9-1-1 CALLS IN THE ANTONIO THOMAS CASE.

LEE COUNTY DEPUTIES TELL US THOMAS WENT ON A CRIME SPREE- RANDOMLY CHOOSING HIS FEMALE VICTIMS.

THEY SAY HE TERRORIZED AND VICTIMIZED FIVE WOMEN IN 9 DAYS BACK IN JUNE.

THAT'S WHEN DETECTIVES SAY THOMAS TRIED TO CAR-JACK A WOMAN OUTSIDE OF A NORTH FORT MYERS 7-11.

SHE GOT AWAY.

ANTONIO THOMAS 911 TAPES-SOTVO

1:17 "he grabbed me by my neck and told me to get my *** back in the car now- i don't know if they were trying to rob me or what."

DAYS LATER-

BODY FOUND IN POND-VOWIPE

IT WAS A STARTLING DISCOVERY.

NO ONE WANTS TO FIND THIS.

A SAN CARLOS ISLAND COUPLE SPOTTED A FLOATING WHITE OBJECT IN THE POND BEHIND THEIR HOME.

TONIGHT - THEY SAY THEY STILL CAN'T SLEEP.

PATTY SHANK THOUGHT SHE SAW A BIG CANVAS BAG IN THE WATER ON FRIDAY NIGHT.

HER HUSBAND SAW IT AGAIN ON SATURDAY MORNING THOUGH -- AND PATTY SAW AN ALLIGATOR TRY TO EAT IT.

BODY FOUND IN POND-SOTVO

"The alligator, I seen the alligator, when I was looking through the binoculars, he grabbed his hand and just pulled him right over there because he was out here further."

THE FLORIDA FISH AND WILDLIFE COMMISSION COULDN'T CAPTURE THE FIVE FOOT LONG GATOR IN THE POND, BUT SAY THE MAN'S BODY HAD NO BITE MARKS ON IT.

SINKING USS MOHAWK EXPLOSION-2 SHOT NAT VO

HISTORY IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA!

EXPLOSION

ABC-7 WAS OUT AT SEA TODAY AS CREWS SANK THE U-S-S MOHAWK.

AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS VIDEO.

THIS IS THE FIRST-EVER VETERANS MEMORIAL REEF NOW SITTING OFF SANIBEL ISLAND.

THE 165-FOOT WORLD WAR TWO COAST GUARD CUTTER LAUNCHED 14 ATTACKS DURING WORLD WAR TWO.

UNDERWATER USS VIDEO-VOTOPS

AND CHECK OUT THIS PERSPECTIVE --

THIS WAS REALLY NEAT.

A CAMERA *ON BOARD* RECORDED THIS VIDEO AS THE MOHAWK SANK TO THE BOTTOM OF THE OCEAN.

AFTER A 90 MINUTE DELAY. CREWS CAREFULLY PLACED THE DETONATORS.

SINKING USS MOHAWK MAP-SSTOPS

HERE'S A LOOK AT EXACTLY WHERE THE SHIP IS.

IT'S ABOUT 28 MILES OFF THE COAST OF SANIBEL.

90 FEET UNDERWATER ON THE OCEAN FLOOR.

SINKING USS MOHAWK VETERANS-SOTTOPS, ON CAM BNR

WHILE THIS IS HISTORIC FOR OUR AREA.

FOR LOCAL WORLD WAR TWO VETS.

IT WAS A DAY FILLED WITH EMOTION.

34:00

Hard to believe

39:00

It belongs to the ghosts now.

56:05

Captain

The German's couldn't do it!

TO SEE MORE PICTURES AND VIDEOS FROM THE SINKING OF THE MIGHTY MOHAWK.

CHILD PORN ARREST FOLO-SS VO

NEW DETAILS TONIGHT ON A HORRIFIC CASE OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY IN LEE COUNTY INVOLVING A FOUR-YEAR-OLD GIRL.

ALAN JOHNSON AND HIS GIRLFRIEND, JENNIFER SPARKS ARE ACCUSED OF PERFORMING SEX ACTS ON THE CHILD AND RECORDING IT ON THEIR CELL PHONES.

THAT PHONE FOUND IN THE PARKING LOT OF A CAPE CORAL WALMART.

WE KNOW KNOW OTHER POTENTIAL SUSPECTS ARE BEING QUESTIONED IN POLK COUNTY, CITRUS COUNTY, AND IN THE ORLANDO AREA AS WELL.

DETECTIVES SAY THE LITTLE GIRL'S MOTHER IS ALSO UNDER INVESTIGATION.

DEPUTIES STATE SHE GAVE HER CHILD TO THE COUPLE---

DELIVERY MAN MURDER FOLO-VOWIPE

"THEY ARE INNOCENT."

THAT'S WHAT FAMILY MEMBERS OF ACCUSED KILLER EDDIE LEONARD TOLD A-B-C 7 TODAY.

THEY SAY HE AND HIS FRIEND DEJERION STEWART DID NOT SHOOT AND KILL A DELIVERY MAN.

FORT MYERS DETECTIVES DISAGREE THOUGH.

THEY TELL US THE TWO TEENAGERS PLOTTED TO ROB ZHI WEI HUANG THURSDAY.

IT WAS HENRY LEONARD, EDDIE'S FATHER, WHO ORDERED THE FOOD.

HE TELLS US HE HEARD THE ROBBERY.

LEONARD TOLD US WITHIN MINUTES OF HIS DOOR CLOSING HE HEARD GUNFIRE AND THEN SAW HUANG LYING IN BLOOD.

DELIVERY MAN MURDER FOLO-SOTVO

4228 "not a murder. Not a murder. I'm not going to sit here as a mother and say my son could be described as a murder."

HAUNG'S FAMILY IS ASKING FOR PRIVACY TONIGHT -- AS THEY PLAN TO BURY THE 23-YEAR OLD.

BONNIE DENNING ARRAIGNMENT-VO

ACCUSED OF BEING A BAD BOOKKEEPER -

BONNIE DENNING PLEADED NOT GUILTY IN COURT THIS MORNING.

THE ALVA WOMAN IS ACCUSED OF EMBEZZLING MORE THAN 800-THOUSAND DOLLARS FROM A LEHIGH ACRES COMPANY.

ACCORDING TO A LEE COUNTY SHERIFF'S INVESTIGATION REPORT -

DENNING ALLEGEDLY SPENT THE MONEY ON CLOTHES, GAS, AND HOME REPAIRS.

AS WELL AS ON A DRUG REHABILITATION PROGRAM FOR A RELATIVE.

NEXT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE----

LIGHTING UP THAT FIREWORK COULD KEEP THOSE BUGS AROUND YOUR HOUSE EVEN LONGER!

WHY FIREWORKS COULD PREVENT MOSQUITO CONTROL CREWS FROM DOING THEIR JOBS.

AND IF YOU'RE DRIVING BETWEEN LEHIGH ACRES AND FORT MYERS.

A MAJOR LANE SHIFT COULD SLOW YOU DOWN.

WE'LL TELL YOU WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE YOU HIT THE ROAD.

TZ1 A FIREWORKS AND MOSQUITOES-VOTOPS

TZ1B SR 82 COLONIAL LANE SHIFT-VOTOPS

FIREWORKS AND MOSQUITOES-VO IN PLASMA

FOURTH OF JULY IS JUST TWO DAYS AWAY.

BUT LEE COUNTY MOSQUITO CONTROL IS ASKING PEOPLE *NOT TO SET OFF AERIAL FIREWORKS BETWEEN NOW AND THE HOLIDAY.

DIRECTOR SHELLY REDOVAN SAYS THE FIREWORKS INTERFERE WITH THE LOW FLYING PLANES SPRAYING CHEMICALS THAT KILL THE PESTS.

THE FIREWORKS CAN BE A SAFETY HAZARD.

PILOTS ARE HOPING TO COVER AS MUCH GROUND AS THEY CAN BEFORE INDEPENDENCE DAY--

HITTING THE SKIES BETWEEN NINE P-M AND 3 A-M EACH NIGHT.

TROPICAL STORM DEBBY KEPT MOSQUITO CONTROL FROM TREATING THE BUGS BEFORE THEY HATCHED.

HOLIDAY GAS PRICES-CG BNR

IF YOU'RE TRAVELING FOR THE HOLIDAY --

ABC-7 IS TRACKING THE PRICES AT THE PUMP.

HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA --

YOU CAN EXPECT TO PAY ABOUT THREE DOLLARS AND 17 CENTS A GALLON OF REGULAR.

THE STATE AVERAGE IS A PENNY HIGHER.

AND THE NATIONAL AVERAGE IS THREE DOLLARS AND 33 CENTS.

SR 82 COLONIAL LANE SHIFT-VIDBOX

IF YOU TRAVEL BETWEEN FORT MYERS AND LEHIGH ACRES.

YOU MAY WANT TO GIVE YOURSELF EXTRA TIME.

CREWS ARE MAKING A MAJOR LANE SHIFT TOMORROW NIGHT AT LEE/COLONIAL AND STATE ROAD 82.

THE SHIFT WILL START AT EIGHT O'CLOCK TOMORROW NIGHT AND CONTINUE UNTIL SIX O'CLOCK WEDNESDAY MORNING.

NEXT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO

WE'VE ALL HEARD RED WINE IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEART.

NOW RESEARCHERS SAY THERE'S ANOTHER REASON TO POUR YOURSELF A GLASS.

WE'LL TELL YOU WHY.

PLUS --

TWO LOCAL TEENS "STUCK" OUT AT PROM --

AND NOW THEIR CREATIVITY COULD WIN THEM THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS.

WE'LL SHOW YOU HOW THEY DID IT.

TZ2 A RED WINE BRAIN STUDY-VOWIPE

TZ2 B DUCT TAPE GOWN-VOTOPS

EXTREME HEAT ACROSS US-VO

IN MANY PARTS OF THE U-S. THERE'S NO ESCAPING THE HEAT!

18 STATES REMAIN UNDER HEAT ADVISORIES, WATCHES OR WARNINGS. WITH TEMPERATURES IN THE TRIPLE DIGITS.

AND THIS PAST WEEKEND. A SERIES OF VIOLENT STORMS LEFT AS MANY AS 16 PEOPLE DEAD,

AND KNOCKED OUT POWER TO MILLIONS.

BEATING THE HEAT IN SWFL-VOTOPS

WHILE HERE IN SOUTHWEST FLORIDA.THE HEAT IS RIGHT ON SCHEDULE. WE FOUND

SOME FAMILIES IN LEE COUNTY AT LAKES REGIONAL PARK.

YOU CAN SEE SOME KIDS SPENT THE AFTERNOON AT THE WATER PARK TRYING TO COOL OFF.

BEATING THE HEAT IN SWFL-SOTVO

it's been very hot. so this is definitely a blessing to be out in the water, having fun, and just relaxing with the family.

WEATHER-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

This week, the weather pattern will settle back into what one might expect during the summer in Southwest Florida, morning sun and a few afternoon thunderstorms.

It will also be mild, but not abnormally hot for this time of the year. Our normal high temperature is 91º. With highs between 92º and 94º over the next seven days, we're running slightly above normal.

Tuesday will start with a clear sky and temperatures in the middle 70s. Sunshine will give way to afternoon clouds and by 3PM, thunderstorms will start to pop east of I-75. The high is expected to be 94º in Fort Myers, cooler at the beaches and slightly warmer deep inland.

As you make your 4th of July holiday plans, expect more of the same as far as the weather is concerned. Sunshine will lend itself to afternoon and early evening thunderstorms with a high of 93º.

WEATHER-WXWALL

RAIN PROSPECTS INCREASING

As of right now, high pressure continues to be in play with our weather.

It's created a very stable atmosphere full of sunshine, a few clouds, and little rain. That in turn has allowed our temperatures to heat up to the lower 90s, but when one mixes in the humidity - it felt much warmer!

There will be a day similar to Monday, we'll call it Tuesday. Mostly sunny, a few showers, and temperatures in the lower to mid 90s. As we head through the week, temperatures will maintain there place, but our rain prospects increase.

Boating and beach goers that means good news for you. We look to have a nice day, winds will be variable early and coming onshore by the afternoon. They'll stay around 10 knots. Seas about 2 feet, with a light chop for the inland waterways.

Fourth of July will be mostly sunny with scattered storms. Some soaking for your cookouts, so get ready. It won't ruin your plans though! Just brief showers that clear out after sunset. Get ready for the fireworks!

DEVELOPING CLIP-CLIP

WESTERN WILDFIRES-VO

IT IS THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN COLORADO'S HISTORY.

THE WALDO CANYON WILDFIRE IS STILL BURNING. BUT FIREFIGHTERS APPEAR TO BE MAKING A LITTLE PROGRESS.

THE FIRE IS BURNING NEAR COLORADO SPRINGS.

CREWS SAY THEY HAVE NEARLY HALF OF THE FIRE CONTAINED.

MOST OF THE 30-THOUSAND PEOPLE WHO WERE EVACUATED HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO RETURN HOME.

WESTERN WILDFIRES-SOTVO

"there's no house, there's no place you can call home"

"my son just sent me a text from afghanistan and he said we still have our memories. my kids grew up here.

RED WINE BRAIN STUDY-2 SHOT VO

YOU'VE PROBABLY HEARD THIS BEFORE -- RED WINE IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEART.

BUT NOW SCIENTISTS ARE LOOKING INTO WHETHER IT CAN ALSO HELP THE BRAIN.

DOCTORS ARE STUDYING WHETHER A COMPOUND FOUND IN WINE AND RED GRAPES CAN PREVENT BRAIN AGING AND POSSIBLY STOP DEGENERATIVE DISEASES LIKE ALZHEIMER'S FROM WORSENING.

PATIENTS IN THE STUDY WON'T ACTUALLY BE DRINKING RED WINE.

THEY'LL TAKE PILLS WITH A FORM OF THE COMPOUND.

BY THE END OF THE YEAR LONG STUDY --

PATIENTS WILL DRINK THE EQUIVALENT OF ONE-THOUSAND BOTTLES OF RED WINE.

VETERAN TRANSPORTATION FUNDING-VOWIPE

LOCAL VETERANS ARE GETTING SOME HELP GETTING AROUND TOWN.

LEE COUNTY TRANSIT WAS AWARDED A ONE-POINT-FOUR MILLION DOLLAR FEDERAL GRANT FOR TRANSPORTATION.

THE MONEY WILL PAY FOR NEW KIOSK MACHINES AT PLACES LIKE THE NEW V-A OUTPATIENT CLINIC AND CAPE CORAL AND BUS TRANSFER STATIONS.

VETERAN TRANSPORTATION FUNDING-SOTVO

--peter rogoff/federal transit administrator-"our grant is going

to help connect veterans to lee and collier counties. Not only to

services here but job training, shopping and church."

DUCT TAPE GOWN-2 SHOT VO

TWO LOCAL COLLEGE BOUND TEENS ARE HOPING THEIR PROM OUTFIT WILL LAND THEM MORE SCHOLARSHIP MONEY.

BECKY HENKIND AND TRAVIS WILLIAMSON USED DUCT TAPE TO MAKE THEIR GOWN AND TUX.

IT'S PART OF A NATIONAL SCHOLARSHIP CONTEST CALLED "STUCK AT PROM."

THEY'RE NOW IN THE TOP TEN FOR THE CONTEST, WHICH SPANS THE U-S AND CANADA.

THEY'RE COMPETING NOW TO WIN THE TOP PRIZE - FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS EACH.

DUCT TAPE GOWN-SOTVO

Even if it's not enough to make a dent in the tuition, just the day to day funds you need in college are increasingly more.

It was like 10 days to two weeks of just everyday you get up, you eat, we would go upstairs and just start ripping duct tape. I ripped so much duct tape I started losing my fingerprints.

YOU CAN VOTE FOR BECKY AND TRAVIS TO WIN ONLINE.

THE DEADLINE IS JULY 11TH.

JUST HEAD TO OUR WEB SITE--

TEASE THREE-POP

IF YOU LIKE A LOT OF SCORING. GERMAIN ARENA IS THE PLACE TO BE TONIGHT. FOR THE ULTIMATE BOWL 2. DWIGHT HOWARD'S DAYS ARE NUMBERED ORLANDO

TZ3 A-VO-DISS

STOCKS MARKET CLOSING-CGTOPS

TONIGHT AT 11 OPEN-CLIP

11PM TZ1) BACK TO SCHOOL-VOTOPS-WIPE

ALL NEW TONIGHT AT 11,

IT SEEMS LIKE SCHOOL JUST GOT FOR THE SUMMER,

BUT RETAILERS ARE ALREADY PUTTING UP BACK TO SCHOOL SIGNS.

IS *NOW TOO EARLY TO BUY?

11PM TZ2) SMILING THIEF-VOTOPS

PLUS,

SHE'S SMILING,

BUT THIS STORE CLERK IS NOT.

HOW FLASHING HER PEARLY WHITES HELPED THIS THIEF GET AWAY WITH SOME CASE.

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

FLORIDA TARPONS-POPMON

FLORIDA TARPONS-VOTOPS

THE TARPONS HAVE A CHAMPIONSHIP TO WIN. PLAYING CINCINNATI IN THE ULITMATE BOWL 2. AT GERMAIN ARENA.

FLORIDA TARPONS-SOTTOPS

MATT PRATER-POPMON

MATT PRATER-VOTOPS

PRATER KICKED 4 GAME WINNERS FOR THE BRONCOS LAST SEASON

ERIC WRIGHT-VOTOPS

A FEW MONTHS AGO THE TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS SIGNED ERIC WRIGHT TO A 37 MILLION DOLLAR CONTRACT.

OVER THE WEEKEND WRIGHT WAS ARRESTED IN LOS ANGELES ON SUSPISION OF DUI.

DWIGHT HOWARD-POPMON

DWIGHT HOWARD-SOTTOPS

WIMBLEDON-VOTOPS

SPEAKING OF OUT. THE TOP SEED ON THE WOMEN'S DRAW IS OUT AT WIMBLEDON.

MARIA SHARAPOVA. GOT BOUNCED IN STRAIGHT SETS BY SABINE LISICKI.

PHELPS-VOTOPS

MICHAEL PHELPS WILL NOT BE WINNING 8 GOLD MEDALS IN LONDON THIS SUMMER.

TODAY PHELPS DECIDED TO WITHDRAW FROM THE 200 METER FREE-STYLE. SO NOW HE IS DOWN TO 7 EVENTS. INCLUDING 3 RELAYS.

TRACK TRIALS-VOTOPS

SPEAKING OF THE OLYMPICS. IN A SURPRISE MOVE EARLIER TODAY. JENEBA TARMOH. WITHDREW FROM A RACE THAT COULD HAVE PUT HERE IN THE SUMMER GAMES.

SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A RUN-OFF WITH TEAMMATE ALLISON FELIX IN THE 100 METER DASH. BOTH TIED FOR 3RD PLACE IN THE FINALS.

WEATHER RECAP-WXGRX

RAIN PROSPECTS INCREASING

As of right now, high pressure continues to be in play with our weather.

It's created a very stable atmosphere full of sunshine, a few clouds, and little rain. That in turn has allowed our temperatures to heat up to the lower 90s, but when one mixes in the humidity - it felt much warmer!

There will be a day similar to Monday, we'll call it Tuesday. Mostly sunny, a few showers, and temperatures in the lower to mid 90s. As we head through the week, temperatures will maintain there place, but our rain prospects increase.

Boating and beach goers that means good news for you. We look to have a nice day, winds will be variable early and coming onshore by the afternoon. They'll stay around 10 knots. Seas about 2 feet, with a light chop for the inland waterways.

Fourth of July will be mostly sunny with scattered storms. Some soaking for your cookouts, so get ready. It won't ruin your plans though! Just brief showers that clear out after sunset. Get ready for the fireworks!

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