TROY LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. WE ARE LEARNING MORE ABOUT THE OUTBREAK OF ILLNESS IS
IMPACTING SCHOOLS IN DETROIT,
BUT THERE ARE STILL MANY
UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ABOUT THE
DEATH OF A KINDERGARTNER. WE
KNOW THERE’S A LOT OF CONCERN
ABOUT THIS, AND WE WANT TO TAKE
YOU THROUGH WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR
RIGHT NOW. THANKS FOR BEING WITH
US, EVERYBODY. I’M KIMBERLY GILL
DEVIN SCILLIAN DOCTOR, FRANKLY,
GEORGE GOING TO BE HERE IN JUST
A MOMENT TO ANSWER SOME
QUESTIONS, BUT LET’S START WITH
THE NEWEST INFORMATION. WE KNOW
THERE ARE CONFIRMED ILLNESSES
THAT MARCUS GARVEY ACADEMY AND
THE FOCUS HOPE CENTER FOR
CHILDREN AND MAKING WOODS IS
LIVE AT FOCUS HOPE NEAR THE
LODGE AND THE DAVIDSON WALK US
THROUGH THE LATEST HERE, MEGAN
OKAY. WELL, DEVIN KIMBERLY, IT
IS STILL UNCLEAR WHAT ILLNESS
KILLED THAT KINDERGARTNER AT
MARCUS GARVEY ACADEMY. BUT WHAT
WE DO KNOW IS WHERE WE ARE RIGHT
NOW. FOCUS. HOPE CENTER FOR
CHILDREN IS CLOSED DUE TO A
SPREAD OF THE HANDS, FOOT AND
MOUTH DISEASE. IN AN INTEREST OF
CAUTION. WE SHUT IT DOWN AND THE
KIDS HOME, THEY BEGIN TO FEEL
BETTER OVER A FEW SHORT DAYS,
AND IN THE MEANTIME, WE DO A
DEEP CLEANING HERE SO IT WON’T
SPREAD ANY FURTHER. PORSCHE
ROBERSON, CEO OF FOCUS, HOPE
SAYS THEY HAVE 17 CASES OF AN
ILLNESS, BUT IT’S NO MYSTERY
HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE,
WHICH IS SIMILAR. I WOULDN’T SAY
A COLD BUT SIMILAR TO WHAT WE
NORMALLY HAVE IN TERMS OF KIDS
GETTING SICK IN A CHILDCARE
CENTER. THEY LET THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT NO IN THE CENTER IS
CLOSED UNTIL MONDAY FOR D DEEP
CLEANING, BUT THE CEO SAYS THEIR
GUARD IS STILL UP FOR THIS OTHER
ILLNESS. ANYTIME YOU HEAR ABOUT
A CHILD PASSING AWAY AT WHATEVER
AGE BUT CERTAINLY A
KINDERGARTNER THAT THEY PROBABLY
CONTRACTED SOMETHING IN THEIR
SCHOOL, WE’RE GOING TO BE
CAREFUL. THIS IS THE ALERT
DETROIT HEALTH DEPARTMENT PUT
OUT TO OTHER HEALTH DEPARTMENTS
AND PROVIDERS WEDNESDAY, IT
STATES ON MONDAY THEY WERE
ALERTED ABOUT AN INFECTION AT AN
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. ONE CHILD HAD
FLU LIKE SYMPTOMS AND DIED ON
APRIL 26TH AND THAT THE MEDICAL
EXAMINER’S REPORT IS PENDING.
ANOTHER CHILD IS HOSPITALIZED IN
A THIRD CHILD WAS SEEN BY AN
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT BUT WAS
DISCHARGED ALERT ALSO MENTIONS
THAT DEPARTMENT WAS NOTIFIED BY
A SECOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL AND
ARE MONITORING 25 CASES BETWEEN
BOTH SCHOOLS. IN HIS STATEMENT,
DETROIT PUBLIC SCHOOLS CONFIRMED
IT WAS A KINDERGARTNER AT MARCUS
GARVEY ACADEMY THAT PASSED AWAY
IN THE SCHOOL IS CLOSED UNTIL
MONDAY FOR CLEANING. THEY HAVE
ALSO CONFIRMED THAT SECOND
SCHOOL IS NOT PART OF THEIR
DISTRICT. DETROIT HEALTH
DEPARTMENT THEN RELEASES A
STATEMENT NAMING MARCUS GARVEY
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BUT NOT THAT
SECOND ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
MENTIONED IN THE EARLIER ALERT.
AND TODAY, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT
REFUSED TO COMMENT OR CLARIFY.
BUT AS FOR FOCUS HOPE CENTER FOR
CHILDREN, THEY SAY THEY SENT OUT
THE SYMPTOMS TO PARENTS IN CASE
CHILDREN DEVELOP THEM WHILE
THEY’RE AT HOME REPORTING LIVE
IN DETROIT, I’M MEGAN WOODS
LOCAL 4 NOW FOR MORE INSIGHT ON
THIS CURRENT SITUATION WE BRING
IN OUR DOCTOR, FRANKLY, GEORGIA
FROM THE INFORMATION THAT’S BEEN
PROVIDED. DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE
OF WHETHER THIS IS ALL FROM THE
SAME VIRUS OR EVEN BACTERIA?
WELL NOT REALLY. AT THIS POINT,
YOU KNOW FROM THE INFORMATION.
NATION THAT THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT IS WORKING. I’M SURE
RIGHT NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO
FIGURE THAT OUT. IT’S EASY TO
IMAGINE, FOR EXAMPLE, THAT
WHAT’S BEEN DESCRIBED AS AN
OUTBREAK OF HAND, FOOT AND MOUTH
DISEASE, WHICH IS MOST OFTEN
CAUSED BY COXSACKIE VIRUS COULD
ALSO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR SYMPTOMS
OF NAUSEA, VOMITING OR ABDOMINAL
PAIN. COXSACKIE VIRUS. IT CAN
CAUSE ALL OF THAT. IT’S ALSO
VERY CONTAGIOUS, AND IT COULD BE
AT THE ROOT OF MANY OF THE
CASES. THE TWIST HERE THAT MAKES
ME WONDER IF THERE COULD BE A
SECOND ILLNESS INVOLVED IS THAT
ONE CHILD DIED AND IT’S STILL
COMPLETELY UNCLEAR. AND PERHAPS
UNKNOWN AT THIS POINT WHAT THAT
CAUSE OF DEATH WAS COXSACKIE
VIRUS IS LESS LIKELY BECAUSE IT
RARELY CAUSES DEATH. SO AT THIS
POINT, I WOULD SAY THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT STILL HAS A LOT OF
INVESTIGATION IN FRONT OF THEM.
GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTY THAT’S
INVOLVED HERE. WE’RE ALL
SYMPATHETIC TO THE PLIGHT OF
PARENT IT’S UH, SCHOOLS RIGHT
NOW. ESPECIALLY THESE TWO
SCHOOLS. WHAT SHOULD THEY DO?
WELL THAT’S AN IMPORTANT POINT.
YOU KNOW IF YOUR SCHOOL NOTIFIED
YOU THAT YOUR CHILD MAY BE
INVOLVED IN ONE OF THESE
OUTBREAKS, YOU SHOULD DEFINITELY
KEEP A CLOSER EYE ON THEM. AND
BECAUSE VIRUSES ARE VERY
CONTAGIOUS IN GENERAL, AND
ADDITIONAL SCHOOLS MAY
ULTIMATELY BECOME INVOLVED. IF
YOUR CHILD HAS ANY OF THE
SYMPTOMS THAT THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENT IS WARNED ABOUT
SPECIFICALLY FEVER, HEADACHE,
LETHARGY, NAUSEA, VOMITING,
ABDOMINAL PAIN. YOU SHOULD KEEP
THEM OUT OF SCHOOL AND TALK TO
YOUR CHILD’S DOCTOR ABOUT THEIR
SYMPTOMS. AND AGAIN, THESE TWO
SCHOOLS CLOSED FOR THE DEEP
CLEANING AT LEAST UNTIL SOMETIME
NEXT WEEK. DR MCGEORGE THANK YOU
. ALL RIGHT, LET’S GET TO AN
UPDATE NOW ON THE SEARCH FOR D
WARNER, A WOMAN MISSING FOR TWO
YEARS AT ALL ANYWAY, COUNTY
TODAY, CREWS WERE OUT SEARCHING
FOR A PROPERTY NEAR TO COMES UP.
SKY FOUR OVERHEAD AND SHOWING
EXCAVATORS DIGGING IN A FIELD.
STATE POLICE RENEWED THE SEARCH
FOR D EARLIER THIS WEEK. THEY’RE
RESEARCHING DRAINS AND OTHER
AREAS, BUT WE ARE TOLD THEY ARE
NOW DONE SEARCHING FOR THE DAY
COMING UP AT SIX. WE’RE GOING TO
TALK WITH THESE FAMILY ABOUT
WHERE THINGS STAND AND WHAT
THEY’RE LEARNING SO FAR FROM
INVESTIGATORS NOW TO ANOTHER
CASE THAT LEFT A LOCAL FAMILY
AND AGONY FOR YEARS, THE FIRST
OF THREE MEN CHARGED IN THE
MURDER OF EGYPT. COVINGTON’S IS
SENTENCED IRVINGTON WAS FOUND
DEAD IN VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP IN
20-6. 17 IT WASN’T UNTIL THREE
YEARS LATER THAT POLICE MADE
ARRESTS IN THE CASE, AND NOW ONE
MAN IS HEADED TO PRISON.
SHAWN LEY HAS BEEN FOLLOWING
THIS CASE FROM THE BEGINNING.
SEAN WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT?
WE’RE TALKING ABOUT SHANE EVANS
. KIMBERLY HE PLED GUILTY TO
SECOND DEGREE MURDER IN THE
MURDER OF EGYPT. COVINGTON’S
TODAY HE WAS SENTENCED TO 15 TO
25 YEARS BEHIND BARS. THAT’S
WHAT HE GOT. BUT EGYPT’S FAMILY
THEY GOT THEIR CHANCE TO SPEAK
OUT. SHE WAS HOME. SHE WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE IN A PLACE THAT
WAS SAFE FOR HER ONE BY ONE, THE
SHATTERED FAMILY OF EGYPT.
COVINGTON’S MURDERED IN 2017
SHARED THEIR HEARTACHE WILL BE
NO WALKING DOWN THE AISLE.
THERE’LL BE NO LIVING HER LIFE
AND SHARED THEIR OUTRAGE AT THE
SENTENCING OF SHANE EVANS, THE
MAN CONVICTED OF LEADING EGYPT’S
KILLERS RIGHT TO HER FRONT DOOR.
BUT EVANS STAYED SILENT FOR
YEARS AS EGYPT’S CASE WENT COLD
. HE WAS THE KEY TO THE CRIME
FOR ITS IN THIS SECTION. AND
COULD HAVE BEEN THE KEY TO THE
FAMILY’S HEALING. BUT HE CHOSE
NOT TO. I DON’T EVEN PRAY FOR
HIS SOUL. I’M NOT THERE YET. I
MAY NEVER BE THERE. EVANS
APOLOGIZED TO HER SISTER TO HER
BROTHER. I AM SO SORRY. THIS HAS
BEEN AN EXCRUCIATING SIX YEAR
JOURNEY FOR EGYPT’S FAMILY,
FINALLY SEEING ONE MAN HELD
ACCOUNTABLE EGYPT’S BROTHER WITH
THIS MESSAGE TO SHANE EVANS, YOU
CAN’T DO THAT. YOU CAN’T DO
THESE THINGS. I DON’T KNOW. I
DON’T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. IT’S
GOD, WE LIVE IN A DIFFERENT
WORLD THAN THAT. YOU’RE GONNA
GET WHAT YOU DESERVE. THIS IS
FAR FROM OVER FOR EGYPT.
COVINGTON’S FAMILY TWO MEN FROM
TOLEDO, THEY’RE CHARGED WITH
SHOOTING AND KILLING EGYPT,
COVINGTON’S KIMBERLY DEVIN, THEY
GO ON TRIAL NEXT MONTH BACK TO
YOU. OKAY SEAN. THANK YOU.
DEVON. MAJOR DEADLINE IS
APPROACHING ALONG THE US BORDER
. A COVID ERA REGULATION USED TO
MANAGE AND DETER MIGRANTS FROM
CROSSING INTO THE US ENDS NEXT
WEEK BY ADMINISTRATION IS
EXPECTING A BIG SURGE OF THE
SOUTHERN BORDER. AS DREW
PETROLUL REPORTS. THE HOMELAND
SECURITY SECRETARY IS MEETING
WITH BORDER PATROL ON HOW TO
HANDLE IT THROUGH DE’VEON
SEVERAL CITIES ALONG THE
SOUTHERN BORDER HAVE ALREADY
MADE EMERGENCY DECLARATIONS AS
MIGRANT FLOWS INCREASE IN
ANTICIPATION OF THE RULE CHANGE
. THE BIDEN MINISTRATIONS
INSISTS IT IS WORKING HARD TO
PREPARE, BUT REPUBLICANS ARE
BLAMING THE PRESIDENT AS THEY
PREDICT THE COMING DISASTER.
HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY
ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS VISITING THE
SOUTHERN BORDER. OFFICIALS
THEY’RE EXPECTING A SURGE OF NEW
MIGRANTS WHEN THE COVID AREA
POLICY KNOWN AS TITLE 42, IS
LIFTED ONE WEEK FROM TODAY ABOUT
10,000 PEOPLE ORDER READY TO
COME IN ONCE TITLE 40 TO EXPIRE
, SO WE BREATHE. I TELL PEOPLE
THAT WERE ACTUALLY PREPARING FOR
THE UNKNOWN AND WE’RE PREPARED,
BUT WE DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING
TO HAPPEN THE FOLLOWING DAY.
BORDER TOWNS ARE ALREADY DEALING
WITH A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS AS
MIGRANTS OVERWHELMED LOCAL
RESOURCES. ARE YOU DESPERATE?
VERY DESPERATE MARIA FROM
VENEZUELA TELLS US NEXT TO HER
10 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. I DON’T
HAVE ANYTHING TO EAT. I DON’T
HAVE ANYWHERE TO SLEEP, SHE
SAYS. TITLE 42 HAS BEEN USED TO
BLOCK MORE THAN 2.5 MILLION
MIGRANTS FROM ENTERING THE
COUNTRY IN THE LAST THREE YEARS
. COME NEXT WEEK. ALL HELL IS
GONNA BREAK LOOSE ALONG THE
BORDER IN EVENTUALLY WILL FLOW
INTO THE INTERIOR OF THE UNITED
STATES. REPUBLICANS ARE CALLING
ON THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO
CONTINUE TITLE 42 RESTRICTIONS
WHILE BLAMING THE PRESIDENT’S
POLICIES FOR THE BORDER CRISIS.
THIS ADMINISTRATION IS USING THE
TOOLS THAT THEY HAVE AVAILABLE
TO THEM TO DEAL WITH TO DEAL.
WHAT WILL THE NEXT STEPS I
SHOULD SAY AFTER TITLE 42 LIFTS
THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THE FEDERAL
GOVERNMENT IS WORKING HARD TO
DEAL WITH THE MIGRANT SITUATION
, INCLUDING SENDING 1500 TROOPS
TO THE BORDER AND IMPLEMENTING A
WEB OF POLICIES MEANT TO DETER
ILLEGAL CROSSINGS. ON THURSDAY,
A BIPARTISAN PAIR OF SENATORS
SAID THEY WILL INTRODUCE
LEGISLATION THAT WOULD
EFFECTIVELY EXTEND TITLE 42
PROVISIONS FOR TWO YEARS. THAT
PROPOSAL WOULD NEED 60 VOTES TO
CLEAR THE SENATE, MAKING IT
NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO PASS BEFORE
THE CURRENT RESTRICTIONS EXPIRE
ON MAY 11TH REPORTING FROM
WASHINGTON. I’M DREW PETRO MO
FOR. LOCAL IT IS WARMING UP, AND
HERE’S A VERY CLEAR SIGN OF THAT
. REMEMBER ALL THAT SNOW AND
MARKET IN THE U P. WE SHOWED YOU
EARLIER THIS WEEK. THEY GOT MORE
THAN A FOOT THIS WEEK, BUT LOOK
AT THEIR IT. IT’S GONE. THERE’S
NOTHING THERE. OH EASY. COME
EASY. GO FORWARD METEOROLOGIST
KIM ADAMS HERE AS THE
TEMPERATURES ARE HEADING UP KIM
PLANE THAT JUST A LITTLE BIT
BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T HAVE TWO FT
OF SNOW MELT IN LIKE 24 HOURS.
THAT SKY CAM IS RIGHT ALONG LAKE
SUPERIOR AND LAKE SUPERIOR. THEY
ONLY GOT FOUR INCHES OF SNOW HOT
WHEN YOU GO INLAND. THAT’S WHERE
THEY GOT ALMOST 20 INCHES OF
SNOW. SO JUST KIND OF THE ANGLOS
HAD TO EXPLAIN IT BECAUSE
THERE’S A LITTLE MORE AROUND
THAT WOULD BE A LOT OF SNOW MELT
IN VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
ALRIGHT, 60 RIGHT NOW. METRO
AIRPORT, 61 AT CITY AIRPORT, 59
PONTIAC. IT’S A PRETTY
SIGNIFICANT TEMPERATURE CHANGE
FROM YESTERDAY. 13 DEGREES
WARMER RIGHT NOW THAN IT WAS AT
THE SAME TIME YESTERDAY IN
LAPEER. YESTERDAY IN MOUNT
CLEMENS. IT WAS NINE DEGREES
COLDER THAN IT IS RIGHT NOW. SO
WE ARE DEFINITELY WARMING UP
HERE IN METRO DETROIT, BUT THIS
EVENING WE’VE GOT PARTLY CLOUDY
SKIES AND TEMPERATURES WILL FALL
PRETTY QUICKLY. ONCE THE SUN
SETS SO BY MIDNIGHT TONIGHT.
WE’RE DOWN INTO THE UPPER
FORTIES, BUT TOMORROW REALLY THE
NICEST DAY WE’VE SEEN ALL WEEK.
WE STARTED THE WEEK WITH SNOW.
WE ENDED WITH SUNSHINE AND
TEMPERATURES IN THE SIXTIES.
YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST IS JUST
MINUTES AWAY. ALRIGHT KIM
CLAIMED HIS DAUGHTER DIED IN AN
ACCIDENT AFTER FALLING OUT OF AN
ELECTRIC SWING. I WENT TO PRISON
ANYWAY. LAWYERS GOT HIM RELEASED
. SO WHAT TOOK 14 YEARS
SURPRISING THING THAT HAPPENED
TO HIS ORIGINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY
. ALSO TERRIFYING MOMENTS ON THE
SUBWAY. IS SOMEONE WAS
THREATENING PASSENGERS. WHY THE
MAN WHO TRIED TO STOP HIM MAY
NOW BE CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE.
HEY. I’M HANK WINCHESTER. HELP
ME HANG TONIGHT. WE’RE TAKING
YOU INSIDE ONE OF THE MOST
DISTURBING SEXTORTION CASES HERE
IN MICHIGAN INVESTIGATORS
REVEALING EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED