>> Announcer: LIVE FROM DOWNTOWN DETROIT, HOME OF WDIV AND CLICK
ON DETROIT.
ON DETROIT. LOCAL 4 NEWS AT 5:00 STARTS NOW!
>> Devin: THE CAUSE OF A RECENT
HOUSE EXPLOSION CAUSED BY
SOMETHING WE COULDN’T GET IF WE
TRIED.
TRIED. >> Kim: EVIDENCE OF A SHOOTING
THAT LEFT A WOMAN DEAD BEHIND
THE WHEEL OF A CAR.
>> Devin: IN THE TOXIC OOZE
INVESTIGATION, "HELP ME HANK"
UNCOVERING NEW INVESTIGATION IN
THE CITY OF DETROIT’S LONG LEGAL
BATTLE WITH GARY SAYERS.
>> Kim: FIRST BREAKING NEWS INTO
THE NEWSROOM.
THE NEWSROOM. A FIVE-CAR CRASH HAS SHUT DOWN
BOTH DIRECTIONS OF JOHN R NEAR
BIG BEAVER ROAD IN TROY.
THIS IS VIDEO FROM SKY4 OVER THE
SCENE.
SCENE. AT LEAST ONE PERSON HAS BEEN
SERIOUSLY INJURED.
SERIOUSLY INJURED. NO WORD ON WHAT CAUSED THE
CRASH.
CRASH. BUT JOHN R WILL REMAIN CLOSED
WHILE POLICE CONTINUE THEIR
INVESTIGATION.
INVESTIGATION. >> Devin: TURNING NOW TO A DAY
OF DEADLY DEVELOPMENTS IN THE
TOXIC OOZE INVESTIGATION THAT
HAS SO MANY OF US TALKING.
>> Kim: CONSUMER INVESTIGATOR
HANK WINCHESTER JOINING US WITH
ALL THE DETAILS.
THIS GOES BACK QUITE A FEW
YEARS.
YEARS. >> Hank: IT GOES BACK MORE THAN
A DECADE.
A DECADE. IN FACT, THIS CASE NOW GETTING
THE ATTENTION OF MICHIGAN
ATTORNEY GENERAL.
ATTORNEY GENERAL. YOU’LL HEAR FROM HER IN A
MOMENT.
MOMENT. THE CITY OF DETROIT HAS BEEN
WORKING TO CONTROL SAYERS FOR AT
LEAST 10 YEARS, A BATTLE THAT
HAS CERTAINLY TAKEN A TOLL.
NEW INFORMATION ABOUT DETROIT’S
LONG ONGOING BATTLE WITH GARY
SAYERS AND HIS BLIGHTED MESS OF
A PROPERTY ON COMMONWEALTH.
A PROPERTY THAT, LIKE HIS
MADISON HEIGHTS BUILDING, MAY BE
FILLED WITH TOXIC CHEMICALS.
THESE DOCUMENTS SHOW THE LONG
HISTORY BETWEEN THE CITY AND
SAYERS.
SAYERS. DETROIT, THE DNR, EGLE, THE EPA
ALL WORKING TO CONTROL HIM FOR
YEARS.
YEARS. ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO, THE DNR WENT
AFTER HIM
AFTER HIM A WRITTEN CONSENT ORDER
PROHIBITED HIM FROM STORING
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS ON HIS
DETROIT PROPERTY.
DETROIT PROPERTY. RIGHT NOW, THE CITY HAS SEVERAL
CURRENT OPEN CODE VIOLATIONS
AGAINST SAYERS.
AGAINST SAYERS. THERE ARE MISDEMEANOR CHARGES
PENDING FOR ILLEGAL USE OF
PROPERTY.
PROPERTY. SAYERS PLED GUILTY, SENTENCING
EXPECTED IN MARCH.
LAST SUMMER, THE DETROIT LAW
DEPARTMENT’S BLIGHT TEAM FILED A
NUISANCE LAWSUIT AGAINST SAYERS.
THAT LAWSUIT IS ONGOING.
THE FOCUS NOW, TESTING WHAT WAS
DISCOVERED INSIDE AND SECURING
THAT PROPERTY.
THAT PROPERTY. REMEMBER, SAYERS HIMSELF IS NOW
HERE, THIS FEDERAL PRISON IN
MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA,
NICKNAMED CLUB MED BECAUSE
THEY’RE WHITE-COLLAR CRIMINALS.
MORE CHARGES COULD BE COMING AND
MORE INVESTIGATIONS OPEN.
HOW COULD SO MANY LOCAL, STATE,
AND FEDERAL AUTHORITIES LET HIM
CONTINUE TO OPERATE THIS WAY AND
WHO WILL BE HELD RESPONSIBLE?
IT’S CLEAR EVEN THOUGH ALL THIS
ACTION WAS BEING TAKEN AGAINST
SAYERS, HE WASN’T FEELING THE
PRESSURE BECAUSE OF ALL THE
CHEMICALS FOUND IN THE LAST FEW
WEEKS IN NOT ONLY THE MADISON
HEIGHTS BUILDING BUT DETROIT.
I ASKED THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF
ADDITIONAL CHARGES AND HERE’S
WHAT SHE HAD TO SAY.
>> WE’VE BEEN WORKING WITH EGLE
ON THAT AND WE STAND READY AND
WE STAND PREPARED TO ASSIST NELG
ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.
THEY’RE THE INVESTIGATORY
AGENCY, THEY’RE LIKE OUR POLICE
AGENCY, IF YOU WILL, IN REGARD
TO THAT.
TO THAT. AND WHEN THEY BRING US
INFORMATION, UHM, IF THERE IS
ANYTHING THAT CAN BE CRIMINALLY
CHARGED AND THAT WE HAVE, YOU
KNOW, PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE
THAT A CRIME WAS COMMITTED, THEN
WE STAND READY TO ISSUE THE
CHARGES.
CHARGES. >> Hank: BACK OUT HERE LIVE.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL ALSO SAYING
SHE WANTS TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT
EXACTLY WHY SAYERS WAS ABLE TO
DODGE INVESTIGATORS AT THE
LOCAL, STATE, AND FEDERAL LEVEL,
FOR SO MANY YEARS.
LIVE TONIGHT IN LANSING, HANK
WINCHESTER, "HELP ME HANK."
>> Kim: WE JUST TOOK A LOOK
THERE WITH DETROIT’S BATTLE WITH
GARY SAYERS.
GARY SAYERS. TODAY WAS DAY TWO OF COURT IN
MADISON HEIGHTS.
MADISON HEIGHTS. >> Devin: IN ONE OF THE VISITS,
SAYERS COULDN’T TELL THEM WHAT
THE CONTENTS WERE IN SOME OF THE
BARRELS.
BARRELS. THE WARNING LETTERS FROM 1996
AND ON, WERE MAINLY ADDRESSING
THE HAZARDOUS WASTE LAWS HE WAS
VIOLATING LIKE IMPROPERLY
LABELING AND ILLEGALLY STORING
WASTE.
WASTE. TONIGHT AT 6:00, HANK WILL BE
BACK AND DIVE MORE DEEPLY INTO
THE HEARINGS, TYING THE MADISON
HEIGHTS BUILDING AND THE DETROIT
PROPERTY TOGETHER.
PROPERTY TOGETHER. >> Kim: NEW INFORMATION ABOUT A
HOUSE EXPLOSION THAT LEFT 6
PEOPLE HURT EARLIER THIS MONTH.
SOMEONE INSIDE THE HOME FIRED A
GUN WITH A BULLET HITTING A
BASEMENT GAS PIPE.
THAT ALLOWED GAS TO LEAK INSIDE
THE HOME.
THE HOME. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, A WOMAN LIT
A CIGARETTE AND THE HOUSE
EXPLODED.
EXPLODED. 6 PEOPLE RANGING IN AGE FROM
20-38 YEARS OLD WERE HURT IN THE
EXPLOSION.
EXPLOSION. >> Devin: WE GOT THROUGH THE ICY
SPELL AND NASTINESS, BUT NOW
WE’VE GOT ANOTHER ONE ON THE
HORIZON.
HORIZON. >> Kim: ON THE WAY, SETTING UP
LIKE LAST TIME.
LET’S CHECK IN WITH BEN.
>> Ben: THE IMPACTS MAY BE
DIFFERENT.
DIFFERENT. AND WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT IN A
SECOND.
SECOND. WE’RE LIVING ON BORROWED TIME
AND IT’S ABOUT TO CHANGE.
WE CAN SEE THE COLD AIR HEADED
IN OUR DIRECTION.
WE’RE NOT FORECASTING 4 BELOW,
THE TEMPERATURE IN BISMARCK, BUT
WE’LL GET RID OF THE 40s AFTER
TODAY.
TODAY. MAYBE TOUCHING THAT MARK
TOMORROW.
TOMORROW. AND CLOUDS AND RADAR SHOWING
THAT, YES, IT’S CLOUDY OUT
THERE.
THERE. THIS IS THE NEXT SYSTEM THAT
WILL BE IN HERE TOMORROW.
THAT WILL BE AN APPETIZER.
SOME RAIN AND SNOW, AND TALK
TIMING ON THAT.
MUCH MORE RAIN AND SNOW OVER THE
WEEKEND AND THAT RAIN IS GONNA
BE A HUGE PLAYER.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT, THE REAL
WINTER CHILL SHOWS UP NEXT WEEK.
WAIT UNTIL YOU SEE THE
TEMPERATURES, STARTING ON SUNDAY
IN THE SEVEN-DAY FORECAST.
MORE ON THAT IN A MINUTE, GUYS.
>> Devin: TERRIBLE SCENE ON
DETROIT’S EAST SIDE AS A WOMAN
WAS FOUND DEAD IN A CAR RIDDLED
WITH BULLET HOLES ALONG HOUSTON
WHITTIER WHERE IT ABOUT
INTERSECTS WITH HAYES AND KELLY.
VICTOR WILLIAMS HAS A LOOK AT
THE SCENE AND THE REACTION FROM
THOSE NEARBY.
THOSE NEARBY. >> Victor: YOU CAN STILL SEE THE
AFTERMATH OF ALL THE SHOTS THAT
WERE FIRED ON DETROIT’S EAST
SIDE OVERNIGHT.
SIDE OVERNIGHT. THIS FURNITURE BUSINESS WAS HIT
NEAR LAY DOZEN TIMES, AND A
WOMAN WAS KILLED AFTER BEING
SHOT IN THE FACE.
>> SOMEBODY GONNA WAKE UP AND
THEY NOT GONNA SEE THEIR MAMA OR
GRANDMAMA NO MORE.
>> Victor: HE IS STILL IN A
STATE OF SHOCK AFTER THE WOMAN
WAS GUN DOWNED NEAR THE
INTERSECTION OF HOUSTON WHITTIER
AND HAYES.
AND HAYES. POLICE GOT THE CALL AROUND 1:30
A.M. FOR THIS GMC STOPPED IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE STREET.
UPON THE INVESTIGATION, THEY
FOUND THE VICTIM, BELIEVED TO BE
IN HER 30s OR 40s, DEAD UPON
ARRIVAL, WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT
WOUNDS TO THE BODY AND FACE.
>> WHAT COULD SHE POSSIBLY HAVE
DONE TO GET SHOT IN THE FACE?
>> Victor: AND THE FURNITURE
STORE WAS ALSO HIT.
BULLETS CAUSED A SIGNIFICANT
AMOUNT OF DAMAGE TO THE
STOREFRONT AS WELL AS THE
MERCHANDISE INSIDE.
MERCHANDISE INSIDE. >> IT’S EVEN HURTING THE
BUSINESS BECAUSE THAT’S AN
EXPENSIVE MIRROR AND THESE
WINDOWS ARE EXPENSIVE, TOO.
PEOPLE ARE NOT CARING ABOUT
THEIR COMMUNITY THESE DAYS, YOU
KNOW?
KNOW? >> Victor: IT’S UNCLEAR IF IT
WAS RANDOM OR A TARGETED ATTACK.
DAVIS, LIKE SO MANY OTHERS, ARE
PRAYING FOR A CHANGE BEFORE HER
LIVES ARE TAKEN WAY TOO SOON.
>> STOP THE VIOLENCE, MAN.
THIS IS DETROIT.
STOP THE VIOLENCE, MAN!
>> Victor: BACK HERE LIVE WITH A
LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS.
POLICE HAVE ONE MAN IN CUSTODY.
HOWEVER, THEY’RE STILL
INVESTIGATING AND LOOKING INTO
WHAT LED TO THIS HAPPENING TO
BEGIN WITH.
BEGIN WITH. VICTOR WILLIAMS, LOCAL 4.
>> Kim: IT WAS A GRISLY
DISCOVERY THAT CHANGED THE LIVES
OF TWO FAMILIES, A BOYFRIEND AND
GIRLFRIEND, MISSING FOR DAYS
DSCOVERED IN THEIR SHED BEHIND
THEIR HOME IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP
IN AUGUST OF 2018.
THE KILLER TURNED OUT TO BE HER
BROEFRMENT LET’S -- TO BE HER
BROTHER.
BROTHER. LET’S BRING IN JASON COLTHORP.
>> Jason: FOR ROBERT MARZEJKA,
IT WAS LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE.
THE ONLY QUESTION IS IF HE
OFFERED ANY REMORSE FOR KILLING
HIS SISTER.
HIS SISTER. DIANE BRYANT HAD A YEAR AND A
HALF TO PREPARE FOR THE MOMENT
SHE WOULD FACE HER SON’S KILLER.
STILL, HER VOICE TREMBLED AS SHE
TALKED ABOUT WHO HER SON HAD
BECOME.
BECOME. >> I HOPED HE WOULD GROW UP TO
BE A KIND THOUGHTFUL PERSON AND
I’M THANKFUL THAT I SAW HIM
BECOME THIS MAN.
>> Jason: RECOUNTING HOW HE AND
HIS GIRLFRIEND DIED REVEALED THE
DESPAIR.
DESPAIR. THEY WERE ATTACKED WITH A
HAMMER, AND THEY WERE SUFFOCATED
UNDER DUCT TAPE AND TRASH BAGS,
THE SAME BAGS IN WHICH THEY WERE
FOUND IN AUGUST OF 2018 OUTSIDE
THEIR MOBILE HOME IN CLINTON
TOWNSHIP.
TOWNSHIP. >> I SAY TO MYSELF, SOMETIMES
OUT LOUD, YOU CANNOT KEEP HIM IN
THAT DAY.
THAT DAY. YOU CAN’T KEEP HIM IN PAIN.
HE ISN’T THERE ANYMORE.
>> Jason: THE KILLER ALSO LIVED
IN THE HOME, DANIELLE’S BROTHER
ROBERT MARZEJKA, THE 26-YEAR-OLD
AGAIN SHOWED NO REMORSE AND
OFFERED NO MOTIVE FOR THE
KILLINGS.
KILLINGS. >> ARE YOU GONNA SAY ANYTHING?
>> NO.
>> NO. >> YOU DON’T WISH TO SAY
ANYTHING?
ANYTHING? YOU MURDERED YOUR SISTER
DANIELLE AND HER BOYFRIEND SARA
AND YOU DON’T WISH TO SAY
ANYTHING?
ANYTHING? >> NO.
>> NO. >> YOU DON’T HAVE MUCH TO SAY,
SIR.
SIR. YOU’RE AN EVIL MAN AND YOU’RE
GOING WHERE YOU BELONG.
>> Jason: MARZEJKA RAN AFTER THE
MURDERS, TO TOLEDO, AND CAUGHT
IN CINCINNATI.
IN CINCINNATI. HE NEVER SAID WHY HE COMMITTED
THE MURDERS.
THE MURDERS. >> Devin: A DETROIT MAN WAS SENT
TO PRISON AFTER LOSING CONTROL
OF HIS CAR AND KILLING A
15-YEAR-OLD BOY SITTING ON A
MINI BIKE.
MINI BIKE. HE PLEADED GUILTY TO RECKLESS
DRIVING.
DRIVING. HE SPED THROUGH A STOP SIGN,
LOST CONTROL OF HIS CAR AND SLID
OFF THE ROAD ON HELEN STREET
LAST JUNE, HITTING DONNELL.
>> Kim: THE DEMOLITION HAS COME
TO A STOP AT JOE LOUIS ARENA.
>> Devin: THE DEBATE TONIGHT AND
WHO WILL AND WON’T BE THERE, AND
WHAT THEY’RE LIKELY TO BE
DEBATING.
DEBATING. >> Karen: THEY’RE OPERATING
WITHOUT A PERMIT AND HAVE BLIGHT