I’M TRACKING THE MORNING RAIN WITH THE WLWT. LIVE RADAR. A SOGGY START AND SLIPPING TEMPERATURES AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND. AND HOW TO DRESS IF YOU’RE HEADED TO THE REDS GAME. KINGS ISLAND. AND NOW ON WLWT NEWS FIVE TODAY, THE WEST CHESTER MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING FOUR MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY FACING THE DEATH PENALTY. WLWT NEWS FIVE’S TODD -- JOINING US LIVE WITH THE NEXT STEPS HAPPENING IN COURT TODAY. I’M AMY LU IN WASHINGTON. WITH THE ESCALATING CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST OVER REPORTS OVERNIGHT OF A POSSIBLE ISRAELI STRIKE. THIS IS WLWT NEWS FIVE TODAY, LEADING THE WAY. EARLY MORNING SHOWERS BRINGING A DIP IN SOME TEMPERATURES HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. I’M MEGAN MITCHELL AND I’M KELLY RIPPIN. SO LET’S GET RIGHT OVER TO METEOROLOGIST RANDI RICO FOR A LOOK AT THE WEEKEND BECAUSE IT IS THE WEEKEND FORECAST RANDI THE WEEK WAS WARM, THE WEEKEND WILL BE COOLER, BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS YOUR WEEKEND PLANS WILL NOT BE IMPACTED BY THIS RAIN. THIS STUFF WILL GET OUT OF HERE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS. IT ROLLED IN JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT WITH SOME HEAVY RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS, BUT RIGHT NOW YOU CAN SEE THE 275 LOOP THINGS REALLY DRYING OUT. YOU CAN HEAD INTO NORTHERN KENTUCKY AND RAIN SHOWERS JUST PASSED BY. INDEPENDENCE AND RICHLAND AND NOW CROSSING OVER THE RIVER THERE, RIGHT OVER TOP OF NEW RICHMOND, GETTING BACK INTO PORTIONS OF BROWN COUNTY, STEADIER RAIN SHOWERS SOUTH OF FAYETTEVILLE. CLINTON COUNTY IS NOW DRIED OUT, AND AS WE SLIDE A LITTLE FURTHER SOUTH HERE, IT DOES LOOK LIKE OVER TOP OF ROBERTSON COUNTY IN KENTUCKY IS WHERE YOU’RE FINDING THE CLOSEST HEAVIER DOWNPOUR NOW DIFFERENT STORY BACK CLOSER TO LOUISVILLE. SWITCHED OVER TO LOUISVILLE RADAR SITE. YOU CAN SEE A LOT OF THAT STEADIER RAIN MOVING ALMOST DUE EAST ALONG 64. BUT IF YOU ARE SOUTH OF THE 7175 SPLIT OR KIND OF SOUTHEAST OF CINCINNATI, THESE ARE THE AREAS OWENTON TO CRITTENDEN, TO GEORGETOWN, TO PEEBLES, YOU GUYS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF SEEING THAT RAIN. HOLD ON. JUST A LITTLE BIT LONGER, MAYBE UP THROUGH ABOUT THE 9:00 HOUR TODAY. SO HERE ARE OUR CURRENT TEMPERATURES. MOST PLACES SITTING IN THE VERY LOW 60S RIGHT AROUND 60 DEGREES IN CINCINNATI. AND WE’RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO SEE THESE TEMPERATURES FALL THE NEXT FEW HOURS. SO PLAN ON DROPPING TO THE 50S AND KIND OF HANGING OUT THERE FOR MOST OF THE DAY WILL BARELY NUDGE BACK INTO THE 60S THIS AFTERNOON. SO RIGHT NOW, SOME SCATTERED SHOWERS AND 60 DEGREES, 8 A.M. A STRAY SHOWER, AND YOU CAN SEE INTO THE AFTERNOON 5960, A LITTLE BIT COOLER. THAT’S GOING TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND, INCLUDING THE POSSIBILITY OF A FROSTY START ON SUNDAY. WE’LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT COMING UP, BUT LET’S GET YOU TO WORK IN SCHOOL ON TIME. KATIE, HOW ARE THE ROADS? LOOKING GOOD THIS MORNING. A LITTLE WET HERE AS YOU HEAD OUT TOWARDS 275 IN WARDS CORNER, YOU CAN SEE EVIDENCE OF SOME RAINFALL THERE. IT HASN’T BEEN SLOWING TRAFFIC DOWN, BUT PLAN ON SOME SPLASHBACK MAYBE SOME SLIGHTLY SLOWER DRIVING THIS MORNING. A LITTLE BIT SLOW IN AREAS AROUND THE 275 LOOP. IT’S GOING TO BE HIT AND MISS JUST ON YOUR DRIVE. 71, 75, 74 CLEAR ALSO 471 SHUT UP TO BUTLER WARREN COUNTY 75 AND 71 STILL SHOWING GREENS TRAVEL TIMES RIGHT NOW. PRETTY NORMAL FOR THE MOST PART. WE HAVE 11 MINUTES DRIVE TIME ON 7175 NORTH FROM FLORENCE TO DOWNTOWN LIBERTY WAY TO DOWNTOWN, ABOUT 25 MINUTES ON 75 SOUTHBOUND. KELLY MEGAN. ALL RIGHT, KATIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH. HAPPENING TODAY. TYING UP LEGAL LOOSE ENDS TEN DAYS BEFORE A WESTCHESTER MAN GOES BACK ON TRIAL IN THE DEATH PENALTY CASE. THE TRIAL HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING. AFTER THE MASS SHOOTING BACK IN 2019, AND WLWT NEWS FIVE’S TODD -- LIVE FOR US OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE IN HAMILTON WITH THE LATEST ON THIS CASE. AND TODD, YOU’VE BEEN COVERING THIS SINCE THE VERY BEGINNING. WELL, MEGAN AND KELLY, IT’S BEEN A LONG AND WINDING ROAD. NO QUESTION ABOUT IT. BUT BARRING ANY SURPRISES, A HEARING THIS AFTERNOON WILL MARK THE END OF THE PRETRIAL PHASE AHEAD OF GURPREET SINGH’S RETRIAL. LET’S GET INTO IT. POLICE SAY THE 41 YEAR OLD KILLED HIS WIFE. HER AUNT AND TWO IN-LAWS AT THE FAMILY’S WEST CHESTER APARTMENT BACK IN 2019. SINGH’S CAPITAL MURDER TRIAL THE FIRST VERSION, IF YOU WILL, GOT UNDERWAY A YEAR AND A HALF AGO. PROSECUTORS AT THE TIME CITED MONEY WOES AND AN EXTRAMARITAL AFFAIR AS TWO REASONS WHY SINGH WAS THE PRIME SUSPECT. HIS DEFENSE TEAM ARGUED THERE WERE OTHER SUSPECTS THAT INVESTIGATORS FAILED TO LOOK INTO. THAT COURTROOM SHOWDOWN ENDED WITH A MISTRIAL, BECAUSE THE JURY WAS NOT ABLE TO REACH A UNANIMOUS VERDICT. 11 JURORS WANTED TO CONVICT SINGH, ONE JUROR WAS IN FAVOR OF AN ACQUITTAL. SO AT 130 TODAY, SINGH IS DUE BACK HERE IN COURT FOR A FINAL MOTIONS HEARING. AFTER THAT, HE’S SET TO BE TRIED AGAIN ONE WEEK FROM MONDAY ON APRIL 29TH. BUT INSTEAD OF FACING A JURY THIS GO ROUND, IT’S EXPECTED THAT SINGH WILL MAKE HIS CASE BEFORE A THREE JUDGE PANEL AND WE’LL OF COURSE, BE COVERING IT ALL, REPORTING LIVE THIS MORNING HERE IN HAMILTON TODD -- WLWT NEWS FIVE. ALL RIGHT, TODD, THANK YOU FOR THAT UPDATE. WE’LL CHECK IN WITH YOU THROUGH THE MORNING HERE WITH MORE DETAILS AND DEVELOPING OUT OF GREENE TOWNSHIP, AT LEAST ONE PERSON IS DEAD AFTER A HOUSE FIRE. AND THOSE FLAMES WERE SO INTENSE, FIREFIGHTERS STRUGGLED TO GET TO THAT VICTIM. THE FIRE BROKE OUT AROUND SIX LAST NIGHT ALONG PASADENA AVENUE IN GREEN TOWNSHIP. THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN TO UC MEDICAL CENTER, BUT SOURCES TELL WLWT HE DID NOT SURVIVE. THE CAUSE OF THIS FIRE IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. AN APPARENT PHONE SCAM ENDS WITH AN OHIO MAN KILLING AN UBER DRIVER. THIS IS JUST A CRAZY STORY. THE WHOLE THING WAS CAUGHT ON HER DASH CAMERA. IT ALL UNFOLDED WHEN 61 YEAR-OLD LOLITA HALL SHOWED UP AT 81 YEAR OLD WILLIAM BROCK’S HOME IN CLARK COUNTY. SHE THOUGHT SHE WAS THERE TO PICK UP A PACKAGE FOR AN UBER ORDER. BUT WHEN SHE GOT THERE, THE 81 YEAR OLD CONFRONTED HER AT GUNPOINT AND WERE HEARING THE CONFRONTATION BETWEEN THE TWO OF THEM FOR THE FIRST TIME. YES, YEA, I KNOW WHAT YOU’RE AFTER. AS HALL TRIED TO GET BACK INTO HER CAR, BROCK SHOT HER SEVERAL TIMES. HOLMES. SHE LATER DIED AT KETTERING HOSPITAL IN DAYTON. NOW, WHEN HE CALLED 911 TO REPORT THE SHOOTING, HE TOLD DISPATCHERS HE RECEIVED MULTIPLE THREATENING DEMANDS AND THOUGHT HALL WAS THERE TO HURT HIM. THE GUY ON THE PHONE CENTER HERE AT SHOW, SO THE MALE ON THE PHONE WAS TRYING TO GET MONEY FROM YOU AND SHE WAS KNOCKING ON THE DOOR AT THE SAME TIME. YEAH. AND HE WAS TELLING ME HE WAS GOING TO KILL ME AND THE FAMILY AND EVERYBODY ELSE AROUND. INVESTIGATORS SAY HALL THEN GOT A REQUEST VIA THE UBER APP FROM THE SAME SCAMMER, OR SOMEONE WORKING WITH THEM TO PICK UP A PACKAGE AT BROCK’S HOME. UBER SAYS IT HAS BANNED THE ACCOUNT THAT ORDERED THE UBER AND CALLS THE EVENT A HORRIFIC TRAGEDY. BROCK IS OUT OF JAIL AFTER POSTING A $200,000 BOND. HIS NEXT COURT DATE IS ON MONDAY. A HAMILTON COUNTY ANIMAL SHELTER IS ASKING FOR HELP AFTER TAKING IN DOZENS OF PETS FROM A HOARDING CASE IN MIDDLETOWN, POLICE OBTAINED A SEARCH WARRANT FOR A HOME ON HILL AVENUE YESTERDAY. AN ANIMAL FRIENDS HUMANE SOCIETY STEPPED IN TO RESCUE 31 DOGS. THERE WERE ALSO TWO DOGS AND A CAT LIVING IN THESE POOR CONDITIONS. THREE PEOPLE FROM THE HOME HAVE BEEN CHARGED WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY. MEANWHILE, ANIMAL FRIENDS HUMANE SOCIETY IS TAKING CARE OF THOSE ANIMALS, GETTING THEM READY TO BE ADOPTED AND DOGS ARE ALL EXTREMELY SCARED. THEY’RE ALL VERY NERVOUS. UM, A LOT OF THEM ARE SHUT DOWN. MOST OF THEM HAVE NEVER BEEN OUTSIDE OF THAT HOME. UM, WE HAVE FIVE NURSING MOTHERS. UM, THEY ALL HAVE 3 TO 4 PUPPIES EACH RANGING IN AGES. UM, MOST OF THEM APPEAR TO BE UNDER SIX WEEKS, THOUGH. UM, SO THEY’RE ALL DECENTLY HEALTHY. THEY’VE SEEN SOME FLEAS, SOME UNTREATED, UM, SKIN IRRITATIONS. UM. OH, MAN. WELL, ANIMAL FRIENDS, HUMANE SOCIETY IS ALREADY OVER CAPACITY, SO THEY ARE LOOKING FO