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HURRICANE OPEN-CLIP

TROPICAL DEPRESSION 5-WXWALL

Forecasters say a tropical depression has formed off the Windward Islands in the Atlantic Ocean and storm watches have been issued for the islands of Barbados, Dominica, Martinique and St. Lucia among other places.

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Wednesday afternoon that maximum sustained winds are at 35 mph and the storm is moving to the west-northwest at 18 mph.

BREAKING OPEN-CLIP

GOLDEN GATE DEATH INVESTIGATION-SS-VO

NEW DETAILS ARE JUST OUT IN WHAT IS *NOW* A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION IN NAPLES.

DEPUTIES SAY THEY FOUND 48 YEAR OLD JOSEPH GODCHARLES DEAD INSIDE A HOUSE ON KEY ROYAL CIRCLE, IN GOLDEN GATE.

CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATORS ARE STILL THERE TONIGHT SEARCHING THE GATED COMMUNITY.

SO FAR, THEY'VE RECOVERED A WEAPON BUT THEY WON'T TELL US WHAT KIND OF WEAPON IT IS.

WE'RE TOLD GODCHARLES LIVED AT THIS COMPLEX WITH HIS SON, WHO WAS THE LAST TO SEE HIM LAST NIGHT.

GOLDEN GATE DEATH INVESTIGATION-(2)SOTVO

Sot:17:57 someone got murdered into his bedroom in his bed now that's what we heard we don't know if this is true or not

Christina chrico

14:43 I'm actually shocked I've never really heard of any violence around here.

INVESTIGATORS ARE RELEASING VERY LITTLE INFORMATION RIGHT NOW.

THEY'RE ONLY SAYING THE DEATH IS SUSPICIOUS.

RIGHT NOW, THEY DON'T KNOW IF THIS WAS RANDOM OR IF GODCHARLES WAS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED.

DEVELOPING OPEN-CLIP

STRIANO MURDER ARREST FOLO-TRX-SOTTOPS-POP

how dare you how could you live with yourself."

A MOTHER AND BOYFRIEND ARE MOURNING TONIGHT AND SPEAKING ABOUT THEIR HEARTBREAKING LOSS.

55-YEAR-OLD DEBRA STRIANO'S BOYFRIEND FOUND HER BRUTALLY MURDERED IN THE COUPLES THREE OAKS HOME.

DEPUTIES SAY TWO LEE COUNTY MEN BROKE INTO HER HOUSE AND SLIT HER THROAT.

STRIANO MURDER ARREST FOLO-PKG

*take pkg*

losing the love of his life-

russell 59:41 "i just wish this long nightmare would come to an end."

is the hardest thing russell myers has ever faced.

russell 00:08 "i came back and it's like somebody turned on an evil switch."

last tuesday night-

russell left the 3 oaks home he shared with his girlfriend of more than a decade-

55 year-old debbie striano-

to go get dog food for their border collie.

he came home a short time later-

russell 00:18 "when i opened the door and saw scruffy covered in blood, he thought he just had a minor accident."

russell says he called out for debbie as he walked through the house.

then, he got to the master bedroom.

1:03 "i proceeded to find her where she had been brutally murdered- i knew that she wasn't going to be resesitated."

russell called 911-

debbie's throat had been slit.

scruffy, who is now recovering, was stabbed too- likely trying to protect her owner.

deputies arrested dustin jaye for the murder- his uncle- billy retherford, who detectives say is also responsible, hasn't yet been found.

investigators say the men came to the home to commit a robbery.

they report that the duo stole jewelry and a bag containing 1-thousand dollars.

detectives say witnesses gave them information linking jaye and retherford to the crime- the report says one person told deputies they saw jaye with a knife, which he later got rid of.

deputies also state that bloody shoe prints linked both men to the scene.

debbie's mother-

who is speaking out for the first time

has a message for both men.

TAKING ADDRESS OFF LEEPA-OC-SOT-OC

WE'RE TOLD THE SUSPECTS IN THIS CASE USED THE LEE COUNTY PROPERTY APPRAISER'S WEBSITE TO FIND STRIANO'S HOUSE.

THE INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE BECAUSE OF FLORIDA'S BROAD PUBLIC RECORD LAWS.

MOST HOMEOWNERS ARE LISTED ON THE SITE --

BUT CAN FILE A REQUEST WITH LEEPA TO BE REMOVED.

37:39 -37: 54/ Kenneth M. Wilkinson, Lee County Property Appraiser

"There are individuals who worry about privacy. If they contact us, we send them a form and then they bring it in or sent it to us, not fax, we want the original. Then we do take the info out and it's not accessible."

SAN ANTONO AIRPORT ALL CLEAR-OC

WE'RE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS OUT OF SAN ANTONIO --

SEVERAL HOURS AGO AUTHORIIES EVACUATED THE AIRPORT AFTER FINDING THREE SUSPICIOUS PACKAGES IN THE PARKING GARAGE.

JUST MOMENTS AGO - THEY GAVE THE ALL CLEAR.

CHIK FIL A APPRECIATION DAY-TCMON

CHICK FILA HAS BECOME THE EPICENTER FOR A DEBATE ON EQUALITY AND FAMILY VALUES.

THE MASSIVE LINES AT THE RESTAURANT TODAY -- LIKE THE ONE HERE ON COLONIAL BOULEVARD IN FORT MYERS -- ARE A RESPONSE TO CRITICISM OF THE COMPANY'S PRESIDENT.

HE SUPPORTS THE BIBLICAL DEFINITION OF MARRIAGE -- DOESN'T SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE.

CHIK FIL A APPRECIATION DAY-PKG

Thank you for choosing Chick Fil A how may I serve you?

THE DRIVE-THOUGH LINE WRAPPED AROUND THE BUILDING.

Chad: "You must really love ChickFil-A."

"No, I love God." 53

honking

There have been a few people tell me to not go to heaven, go somewhere else. 25

BEFORE GOING TO HIS JOB SELLING CELL PHONES. JASON WHITE SPENT TWO HOURS. MID-DAY. STREET-SIDE ON COLONIAL BOULEVARD.

"I support Chick-Fil-A and their right to free speech. I support my right to free speech and that's why I'm out here today to enjoy my freedom as an American."

CHICK-FIL-A'S STANCE ON GAY MARRIAGE LED TO THIS SHOW OF SUPPORT.

AND IT'S NOT THE ONLY BUSINESS DIVING INTO CONTROVERSIAL ISSUES.

CROWTHER ROOFING'S BILLBOARD ON METRO PARKWAY ROUTINELY HAS AN ANTI-PRESIDENT OBAMA MESSAGE.

AND LAST WEEK WE SHOWED YOU THIS CAPE CORAL CHIROPRACTOR PROTESTING A NEW LAW PUSHED BY GOVERNOR SCOTT.

there are risks and there are benefits to everything.

CAROLYN RODGERS FROM "SIMPLIFIED P-R" CALLS DIVING INTO CONTROVERSY. A GAMBLE.

It can work both ways and you've got your people who feel strongly one way. then you've got consumers who feel strongly the other way, then those in the middle.

SHE ADVISES HER CLIENTS NOT TO TOUCH HOT-BUTTON ISSUES BECAUSE EITHER WAY YOU'RE GOING TO ALIENATE SOME CUSTOMERS.

Chad: "What kind of comments are you getting from people today?" Most of the people that have gone by honked in support. I've received a few finger salutes but it's to be expected." 10

CHIK FIL A APPRECIATION DAY-ONCAM

ON FRIDAY CHICK-FIL-A WILL BE IN THE NEWS AGAIN.

THIS TIME ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DEBATE --

A NATIONAL SAME-SEX KISS DAY IS PLANNED FOR THAT DAY.

NFM ARSON-VO-WIPE

A HOME IN NORTH FORT MYERS LIT UP THE EARLY MORNING SKY --

AND TONIGHT THE FIRE MARSHAL TELLS ABC 7 SOMEONE SET THIS BLAZE ON PURPOSE.

FLAMES DESTROYED THE VACANT HOUSE LOCATED ON RICH STREET JUST EAST OF INTERSTATE 75.

IT TOOK THREE FIRE DEPARTMENTS SEVERAL HOURS TO KNOCK THE FLAMES DOWN.

NFM ARSON-SOT VO

When we arrived on scene the roof was already falling in, second floor was falling in on the first floor, there were no occupants inside, it was a vacant structure, so we didn't want to endanger any firefighters so we went into a defensive opperation and just threw as much water at it as we could.":15

FIRE INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY FOUND POUR PATTERNS IN THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE WHERE THE FIRE STARTED.

CAPE CITY MANAGER PROBLEM-VO WIPE

TWO MONTHS ON THE JOB AND CAPE CORAL'S NEW CITY MANAGER IS ALREADY MAKING ENEMIES.

SOME MEMBERS OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION TELL ABC-7 THEY FEEL JOHN SZERLAG IS IGNORING THEIR EXPERTISE--

THEY ALSO CLAIM HE'S WASTING THEIR TIME.

MEMBERS SAY THEY WERE ASKED TO MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS TO THE CITY MANAGER ON HOW TO MAKE THE CITY MORE "BUSINESS FRIENDLY."

CAPE CITY MANAGER PROBLEM-SOT VO

-"It's a heck of a way for us to find out when we get calls from our colleagues asking us if we were interested in going in on the application when we didn't know there was an RFP."

THAT R-F-P IS A "REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL."

THE CITY MANAGER SAYS HE REQUESTED IT IN ORDER TO FIND OUT HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO MAKE THE CHANGES.

NAPLES IMMIGRATION ATTY INDICTED-SS

A FORMER NAPLES IMMIGRATION ATTORNEY IS ACCUSED OF BREAKING THE LAW.

ACCORDING TO A FEDERAL GRAND JURY INDICTMENT--

KAREN CACO IS ACCUSED OF FORGING LETTERS AND SUBMITTING FRAUDULENT INFORMATION TO HELP SIX FOREIGN NATIONALS IN NAPLES GET PERMANENT RESIDENCY.

THE MIAMI ATTORNEY OPERATED INTERNATIONAL IMMIGRATION SERVICES PA ON PINE RIDGE ROAD, AND ON FIFTH AVENUE SOUTH UNTIL LAST YEAR.

SHE'S SCHEDULED FOR ARRAIGNMENT NEXT TUESDAY.

FAKE PRESCRIPTIONS-(2)SS

A SECOND EMPLOYEE HAS BEEN ARRESTED AT A PORT CHARLOTTE DOCTOR'S OFFICE, ACCUSED OF WRITING FAKE PRESCRIPTIONS.

INVESTIGATORS SAY STACY VUOLO PICKED UP FOUR PERSCRIPTIONS OF HYDROCODONE DURING THE FIRST HALF OF THE YEAR.

A DOCTOR TIPPED-OFF DEPUTIES.

HE BELIEVED TWO OF HIS EMPLOYEES WERE USING HIS INFORMATION TO ORDER THE PAIN PILLS.

CHAR CAR BURGLARY ARREST-SS

A CHARLOTTE COUNTY MAN IN JAIL FOR STEALING FROM UNLOCKED CARS HAS BEEN LINKED TO TWO MORE BURGLARIES.

DETECTIVES SAY ANDREW NEIDING STOLE FROM TWO UNLOCKED CARS IN GROVE CITY IN APRIL AND GOT AWAY WITH A HANDFUL OF ELECTRONICS.

DEPUTIES SAY HE COULD FACE EVEN MORE CHARGES.

NEIDING REMAINS IN JAIL WITHOUT BOND UNTIL THE

COLLIER 75 CRASH-SS-VO

A MOTHER AND HER 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER ARE IN SERIOUS CONDITION AFTER A CAR CRASH.

IT HAPPENED EARLIER TODAY ON INTERSTATE 75 SOUTH OF IMMOKALEE ROAD.

FLORIDA HIGHWAY PATROL TELL US LAURA LOPEZ OF BONITA SPRINGS SWERVED TO AVOID A BED LINER THAT FELL OUT OF A PICKUP TRUCK.

SHE HIT THE LINER CAUSING HER CAR TO SPIN INTO THE PATH OF AN ONCOMING DUMPTRUCK.THEN SLAM INTO A GUARDRAIL.

PARAMEDICS FLEW LOPEZ AND HER FIVE-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER TO LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

VYVY 2012 OPEN-CLIP

POLITICS TODAY-VO WIPE

THE PRESIDENT IS GETTING A LITTLE GOOD NEWS FROM THE LATEST POLLS.

WHILE THE NATIONAL RACE REMAINS VERY CLOSE --

THE PRESIDENT IS PULLING AHEAD IN THREE KEY BATTLEGROUND STATES.

THE LATEST QUINNIPIAC POLL GIVES PRESIDENT OBAMA THE LEAD

OVER MITT ROMNEY IN FLORIDA, OHIO, AND PENNSYLVANIA.

POLITICS TODAY-SOT VO

Obama: "He's asking you to pay more so that people like him can get a tax cut,"

ROMNEY SUPPORTS A 20 PERCENT TAX CUT ACROSS THE BOARD -- HE ARGUES THAT WILL STIMULATE THE ECONOMY.

ROMNEY TOOK THE DAY OFF FROM THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.

AND WHILE THERE IS NO HINT FROM HIS CAMPAIGN ON HIS PICK FOR VICE PRESIDENT--

TEACHERS BACK TO SCHOOL-VO WIPE

THE COUNTDOWN IS ON!

IT'S TIME TO GET BACK IN THE SCHOOL ZONE.

TEACHERS IN LEE AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES REPORTED BACK TO SCHOOL TODAY TO PREPARE FOR THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL NEXT WEEK.

WE CHECKED IN AT ORANGEWOOD ELEMENTARY AND PUNTA GORDA MIDDLE SCHOOL WHERE TEACHERS ARE PREPPING THEIR CLASSES.

DESPITE NEGATIVE RESPONSE TO LAST YEAR'S F-CAT RESULTS -

WHICH DROPPED BOTH LEE AND CHARLOTTE COUNTIES TO "B" DISTRICTS.

TEACHERS BACK TO SCHOOL-(2)SOT-CG

things change and as an educator I need to be open to those changes. And you also have to know that children have to adapt as well.

we look at each student and how they did to design a plan for each one so they feel good taking the test.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY STUDENTS HEAD BACK TO CLASS NEXT TUESDAY.

LEE COUNTY STUDENTS ON WEDNESDAY.

NEXT AT 6 OPEN-CLIP

TEASE ONE

A FREAK ACCIDENT SENDS A PREGNANT WOMAN TO THE HOSPITAL.

HOW SHE WAS CRITICALLY HURT.

*JUST WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK.

IF HAVING *ONE BOSS TO ANSWER TO WASN'T ENOUGH.

WHAT IF THERE WERE TWO. OR EVEN THREE.

TZ1 WOMAN HIT BY TIRE-VOTOPS

TZ1 ROBOT BOSS-VOTOPS

JP STORMWARN OPEN-CLIP

WEATHER-PWC

Another hot and humid day with only isolated showers is on the way tomorrow. Winds will continue to blow lightly off the Gulf of Mexico and that will keep the high humidity in place for the rest of the week. Overnight lows will drop into the upper 70's again tonight and top out in the lower 90's on Thursday. Each day this week we have been tracking the afternoon downpours and isolated storms, but the wind off the Gulf has triggered the rain activity inland and left most of our coastal areas dry. That's the story again tomorrow…not much rain along the coast and a better chance for showers and storms east of I-75.

PREGNANT WOMAN HIT BY TIRE-TRX-SOTTOPS--ONCAM

this woman was laying on the ground gasping for breath 8 months pregnant, nobody did anything

PREGNANT WOMAN HIT BY TIRE-VOTOPS WIPE

A TIRE HIT 19-YEAR-OLD LESLEY COLEY WHILE SHE WAS WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK.

.ON AIRPORT PULLING ROAD NEAR FRANCIS AVENUE.

TROOPERS SAYS A TIRE FLEW OFF A JEEP-- JUMPED THE MEDIAN AND HIT THE PREGNANT WOMAN, KNOCKING HER FACE FIRST INTO THE CONCRETE.

ONE WITNESS SAYS COLEY TRIED TO RUN FROM THE TIRE BUT IT KNOCKED HER UNCONSCIOUS.

THE WITNESS TELLS A-B-C-7 SHE TRIED TO HELP THE WOMAN BY LIFTING HER HEAD

PREGNANT WOMAN HIT BY TIRE-(2) SOTVO

Christine Lester, Witness

2:09 there was a group of ppl around here and nobody did anything. bleeding everybody was scared to touch her

Kyle Hodge, Witness

6:06 it was really sad and I just hope that she's ok and the baby's ok bc it looked pretty bad 11

COLEY WNT TO LEE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL.

NO WORD ON HOW HER BABY IS DOING AND IS STILL IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

NO WORD ON THE CONDITION OF HER BABY.

IMMOKALEE AIRPORT TURBINE ENGINES-NATS-VO WIPE

EVER WONDER WHAT'S USED TO POWER MILLIONS HOMES AFTER A STORM?

THE ANSWER MAY SURPRISE YOU.

TODAY WE FOUND OUT JET ENGINES ARE BEING USED BY POWER COMPANIES ACROSS THE COUNTY TO POWER HOMES.

AND NOW SOME OF THOSE JET ENGINES ARE BEING TESTED AT THE IMMOKALEE AIRPORT IN A NEW FACILITY.

IMMOKALEE AIRPORT TURBINE ENGINES-SOT VO

when you get home at night at four o'clock and you turn your ac on there's a big demand for power so they fire these up.

MICROSOFT ROBOT BOSS-VO WIPE

EVER WISH YOU COULD BE AT TWO PLACES AT ONCE?

MICROSOFT IS WORKING ON TECHNOLOGY THAT WILL ALLOW PEOPLE TO DO JUST THAT.

AT THE RESEARCH HARDWARE LAB IN WASHINGTON --

ENGINEERS ARE EXPERIMENTING WITH ROBOTS TO BE IN TWO PLACES AT ONCE.

THAT MEANS SOME WORK PLACES COULD SOON BE RUN BY A VIRTUAL BOSS

MICROSOFT ROBOT BOSS-SOT VO

. He literally has two cameras here, where he has a camera which shows him the full 180 degree field of view and he has another camera that is for example looking right now at me, so that if he wants to focus on the board to get the details, or if he wants to focus on the person who is speaking, he can do that also.

FUTURE VERSIONS OF THE ROBOT WOULD INCLUDE MOTORIZED WHEELS SO A MANAGER COULD VIRTUALLY WANDER THE HALLS.

RV INTO POOL-VO

THINK YOU'VE HAD A BAD DAY?

THIS VIDEO MIGHT MAKE YOU THINK OTHERWISE!

CHECK IT OUT -- IT'S A RARE DAY WHEN YOU SEE AN R-V IN A SWIMMING POOL!

THE DRIVER WAS BACKING OUT OF HIS DRIVEWAY --

BUT SOMEHOW LANDED IN HIS NEIGHBOR'S SWIMMING POOL ACROSS THE STREET.

TWO LARGE WRECKERS WERE BROUGHT IN TO RETRIEVE THE R-V OUT OF THE POOL.

THE DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.

COMING UP NEXT OPEN-CLIP

TEASE TWO-POP

HUGE LOSS FOR THE FLORIDA STATE FOOTBALL TEAM TODAY. STAR PLAYER WILL NOT PLAY THIS FALL. TIGER WOODS IS BACK SWINGING THE CLUB.

TZ2 SPORTS-VO

WORLD NEWS TEASE-BLK-SOT

SPORTS OPEN-CLIP

TB BUCS-POPMON

TB BUCS-PKG

FSU REID-VOTOPS

THE FLORIDA STATE FOOTBALL TEAM WILL BE DOWN ONE OF IT'S MAIN PLAYERS THIS FALL.

STARTING CORNERBACK. AND STAR PUNT RETURNER. GREG REID HAS BEEN KICKED OFF THE TEAM.

HEAD COACH JIMBO FISHER SAYS. REID VIOLATED TEAM RULES.

BAGER BALL-VOTOPS

SCARY NIGHT FOR WISCONSIN STAR RUNNING BACK MONTEE BALL. WHO WAS JUMPED BY 5 MEN EARLY THIS MORNING.

ACCORDING TO WITNESSESS BALL WAS KNOCKED TO THE GROUND AND KICKED SEVERAL TIMES

POLICE BELIEVE THE ATTACK WAS UN-PROVOKED. BALL SPENT 2-HOURS IN HOSPITAL BEFORE BEING RELEASED.

TIGER WOODS-POPMON

TIGER WOODS-SOTTOPS

TREVOR MOORE-VIDBX RVL

FINAL STOP. THE OLYMPICS.

NAPLES NATIVE TREVOR MOORE AND HIS SAILING PARTNER. ERIK STORK ARE MOVING UP THE LEADERBOARD.

IN TWO RACES TODAY. THE GUYS FINISHED 7TH AND 13TH.

MOVING THEM FROM 9TH OVERALL TO 7TH.

TONIGHT AT 7 OPEN-CLIP

TONIGHT AT 7 O'CLOCK

COMING UP TONIGHT ON ABC 7 NEWS AT SEVEN,

A HOMICIDE IN COLLIER COUNTY.

AND NO IDEA WHERE THE KILLER IS.

WE'LL HEAD TO GOLDEN GATE FOR THIS DEVELOPING STORY.

PLUS, YOU'VE PROBABLY NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE --

TZ 7 1)-VO-WIPE

TZ 7 2)-VOTOPS

GOODBYE-4SHOT