>> Announcer: LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT, LOCAL 4
NEWS THE NOON STARTS NOW.
>> IT’S THE SHOWDOWN IN
MOTOWN PART TWO.
THE FINAL 10 DEMOCRATIC
CANDIDATES WORK TO
STRENGTHEN THEIR RESPECTIVE
DEBATE STRATEGIES AS THEY
GET READY FOR TONIGHT.
WE’LL TAKE YOU INSIDE OF
PREPARATIONS AT THE FOX
THEATRE.
THEATRE. FIRST BREAKING NEWS WHERE
ARE DIGGING UP CRIMES.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
I’M EVROD CASSIMY.
THIS IS A LOOK AT THE
EXHUMATION OPERATION FROM
THE GROUND.
THE GROUND. LET’S GET RIGHT ON OUT TO
OUR ROD MELONI WHO JOINS US
LIVE FROM PLYMOUTH.
WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING.
>> Reporter: THIS IS AN
EXTENSION OF A PROGRAM THAT
STARTED BACK IN MAY.
YOU WILL RECALL WE WERE
THERE AT THE TRYING TO GET
BUT TODAY WE’RE IN PLYMOUTH
WE WILL GO TO THE CHOPPER
NOW AND SHOW YOU THE
OPERATION.
OPERATION. THIS ONE IS MUCH LARGER THAN
THE ONE BACK IN MAY BECAUSE
THEY’RE LOOKING FOR MORE
VICTIMS ABOUT TWO DOZEN NOW.
THEY HAVE IDENTIFIED PEOPLE
IN THESE PAUPERS GRAVES.
THEY ARE TRYING TO FIND
BONES WHERE THEY CAN GET
SOME SORT OF -- ANOTHER CASE
THAT THEY SAY THAT THEY HAVE
WHICH IS A HOMICIDE ALL OF
THESE PEOPLE HOMICIDE
VICTIMS ANOTHER CASE DATES
BACK TO 1967.
DETROIT PUBLIC WORK, ALL
TRYING NOW TO GET THESE
BODIES EXHUMED.
BODIES EXHUMED. YOU MAY RECALL THAT NONE OF
THESE HAD BEEN EMBALMED AS
WE WOULD UNDERSTAND IT.
THEY WERE BODIES THAT WENT
UNIDENTIFIED IN THE MORGUE.
THEY WERE PUT IN BODY BAGS
PINE BOXES THEN BURIED HERE
AND SO THEY’RE FINDING
PROBABLY ONLY BONES THAT THE
POINT.
POINT. LET’S HEAR FROM IT’S HARD TO
WORK A HOMICIDE CASE.
ONCE THE RESULTS START
COMING BACK ONE OF THE OTHER
THINGS THAT THEY’RE ASKING
US IS TO HAVE ANY FAMILY WHO
HAS A FAMILY MEMBER THAT
THEY MIGHT BE IN ONE OF
THESE GRAVES MISSING PERSON
CALL THEM AND A REPORT A
LOVED ONE MISSING.
THEY ASKED LAST TIME THEY
DID THIS BACK IN MARCH, MAKE
THAT MAY, SO FAR THEY HAVE
ONLY HAD ONE PHONE CALL THEY
BELIEVE THERE ARE MANY MORE
PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO COULD
MAKE THAT CALL.
IT’S TWO DAY OPERATION.
THEY WILL BE HERE AGAIN
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. SO THAT’S IT FOR NOW.
WE’LL HAVE FULL DETAILS
COMING UP ON LOCAL 4 NEWS AT
5:00 WE WANT TO GIVE YOU A
LIVE LOOK.
LIVE LOOK. IS SET TO TAKE PLACE RIGHT
THERE ON THAT STAGE.
TONIGHT FRONT-RUNNERS JOE
BIDEN AND KAMALA HARRIS SO
THIS MORNING A STROLL DOWN
WOODWARD DOES FEEL A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENTLY YES, THERE’S
THE FOX SHOWED UP GREAT
YESTERDAY.
YESTERDAY. PEOPLE ARE VERY PLEASED AND
CNN IS DOING THEIR
BROADCAST.
BROADCAST. BUT THERE’S DEFINITELY A
DIFFERENT ENERGY IT IS A
LITTLE COOLER OKAY WE HAVE
ALREADY DONE THIS THE ENERGY
ISN’T AS FERNETIC THE REASON
I CAME HERE TODAY ONE NUMBER
10,904 VOTES THAT’S WHAT
DONALD TRUMP WON MICHIGAN BY
SO I’M TRYING TO REMIND
PEOPLE IF THEIR CANDIDATE
USES A PRIMARY THEY GOT TO
UNITE BEHIND THE WINNER.
WE NEED A FELLOW PRESIDENT
THEY NEED TO STAY FOCUSED.
I TOOK THE PLEDGE I WILL
VOTE FOR WHICHEVER
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE WINS.
OF COURSE TONIGHT CAN BE
DIFFERENT WITH BIDEN, HARRIS
AND CASTRO IN THE MIX.
BACK TO YOU.
OF COURSE ONE OF THE ISSUES
WAS HOW TO BEAT PRESIDENT
TRUMP AND WHAT THE KEY
BATTLEGROUND STATES MIGHT
BE.
BE. IT WAS ESPECIALLY APPARENT
WHEN IT CAME TO THE ISSUE OF
HEALTHCARE.
HEALTHCARE. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE OF WHICH
LIST ECONOMICS.
LIST ECONOMICS. YOU MIGHT AS WELL FEDEX THE
ELECTION TO DONALD TRUMP.
>> WE ARE THE DEMOCRATS, WE
ARE NOT ABOUT TRYING TO TAKE
AWAY HEALTHCARE FROM ANYONE.
>> I’M THE ONLY ONE ON THE
STAGE WITH EXPERIENCE IN THE
HEALTHCARE BUSINESS AND I
DON’T THINK MY COLLEAGUES
UNDERSTAND THE BUSINESS.
NOT AT THIS RATE.
94 AS PREPARATIONS ARE
UNDERWAY FOR NIGHT TWO OF
THE DEBATES.
THE DEBATES. MICHIGAN POLITICIANS ARE
MAKING THEIR ROUNDS ON CABLE
NEWS STATIONS TALKING ABOUT
WHAT THEY BELIEVE MICHIGAN
RESIDENTS WANT TO SEE IN A
CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT.
MAYOR MIKE DUGGAN WHO
ENDORSED JOE BIDEN LAST WEEK
SPOKE WITH CNN EARLIER LAST
NIGHT.
NIGHT. >> BIDEN TOLD SUPPORTERS
HERE LAST WEEK THAT THIS
TIME HE WASN’T GOING TO BE
SO POLITE.
SO POLITE. WHAT DO YOU THINK THAT LOOKS
LIKE.
LIKE. WHAT IS YOUR ADVICE FOR HIM
WHEN HE TAKES THE STAGE.
IT’S THE WHOLE MESSAGES WE
WANT TONE COUNSELLING TO YOU
JOIN US ALL DAY LONG WE HAVE
IN-DEPTH ANALYSIS BOTH ON
AIR AND ON-LINE AT
CLICKONDETROIT.COM.
CLICKONDETROIT.COM. LET’S TAKE A LIVE LOOK FROM
OUR WINDSOR SKYCAM AND
DETROIT RIVER.
DETROIT RIVER. TURN THINGS OVER TO
METEOROLOGIST BRANDON ROUX
FOR A LOOK AT TEMPERATURES
RIGHT NOW IN THE BIG HOUSE.
OUT IN ANN ARBOR JUST AS
MANY CLOUDS AS ANYWHERE
ELSE.
ELSE. BUT GOOD WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON.
AFTERNOON. A DIFFERENT FEEL IN THE AIR.
75-DEGREE TEMPERATURE.
75-DEGREE TEMPERATURE. HEAD INDEX IS WE ARE STILL
69 WE’LL TAKE IT LOW AND
MIDDLE 70s EVERYWHERE ELSE.
FOR THE REST OF YOUR DAY
TODAY.
TODAY. AGAIN NO HUMIDITY A LITTLE
HUMIDITY BUT REALLY NOT
FEELING THE AFFECTS OF IT.
SO NEAR 80 DEGREES TODAY.
CLOUDS SWIRLING AROUND.
RADAR NOT REFLECTING
ANYTHING BUT THESE NORTH
NORTHEAST WINDS THE STRETCH
COMING UP.
COMING UP. >>> A MAN IS BEHIND BARS
TODAY ACCUSED OF KILLING A
71-YEAR-OLD MAN IN ANN
ARBOR.
ARBOR. BACK IN FEBRUARY,
71-YEAR-OLD RICHARD FORTUNE
WAS FOUND DEAD INSIDE OF HIS
OWN HOME ON LILLIAN ROAD
RIGHT NEAR U.S. 23.
POLICE STILL HAVE NOT
REVEALED HOW FORTUNE WAS
KILLED BUT THEY SAY HIS
DEATH NOT RANDOM.
THE SUSPECT KILLER IS
EXPECTED TO FACE A JUDGE
SOMETIME THIS AFTERNOON.
THE MAN SUSPECTED OF BEATING
A 24-YEAR-OLD MAN TO DEATH
IS EXPECTED TO FACE A JUDGE
TODAY AS WELL.
LAWRENCE DAVIS IS THAT MAN’S
NAME.
NAME. HE ACCUSED OF KILLING THE
BOY THAT YOU SAW THERE THE
24-YEAR-OLD TYLER WINGATE IN
DETROIT AFTER A MINOR CAR
CRASH AT A GAS STATION ON
LIVERNOIS.
LIVERNOIS. DAVIS WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY
AFTERNOON AT AN APARTMENT
COMPLEX ON EIGHT MILE IS
EXPECTED TO BE FORMALLY
CHARGED THIS AFTERNOON.
>>> NOW TO A LOCAL 4 NEWS
UPDATE.
UPDATE. CHARGE HAVE BEEN DROPPED
AFTER A 10-YEAR-OLD.
THE BOY ALLEGEDLY THREW A
DODGE BALL AT A CLASSMATE
AFTER THAT CLASSMATE WAS
OVER CAUSING THAT CLASSMATE
TO HAVE CONCUSSION AND
BRUISES TO HIS FACE.
THE BOY WAS CHARGED WITH
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AS MINOR.
THE MOTHER OF THE BOY
CHARGED CAN’T BELIEVE THIS
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >> THIS IS A FRIEND.
THIS IS A FRIEND OF HIS; YOU
KNOW, I’M.
KNOW, I’M. I’M IS NOT ON PLAY WITH A
CHILD BECAUSE YOU GOT HURT.
THEY NEED MORE THAN A YEAR
BEFORE THIS CASE EVENTUALLY
GOES TO TRIAL.
>>> IF YOU ARE JUST JOINING
US WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING
NULZ RIGHT NOW OUT OF
PLYMOUTH WHERE REMAINS ARE
BEING EXHUMED AT A CEMETERY.
PART OF OTHER THAN
INVESTIGATION THAT BEGAN
BACK IN MAY WHEN CREWS
EXHUMED SEVERAL VICTIMS AT
THE CEMETERY IN CANTON.
SEVERAL AGENCIES INCLUDING
D.P.D., M.S.P. AND THE
F.B.I. ARE WORKING TO EXHUME
SEVERAL VICTIMS AT THE
UNITED MEMORIAL GARDEN
CEMETERY WITH CASES THAT