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6 Things to Know – Guilty Verdicts in Murder-For-Hire Case, DNA Tests Give Shocking Results

What to Know

  • It’s Friday, November 8th – and NBC 6 has the top stories you need to know for the day.

It’s Friday, November 8th – and NBC 6 has the top stories you need to know for the day.

No. 1 – Weather wise, parts of South Florida could see record temperatures to end the work week before slightly cooler weather makes its arrival this weekend. Keep your NBC 6 app handy for push alerts of any severe weather as well as First Alert Doppler 6000.

No. 2 - Police are investigating an overnight shooting in Fort Lauderdale that left a father dead after what family members said he was involved in a fight with a neighbor.

Officers arrived at the scene near the 2700 block of Northwest 9th Street just before 12:30 a.m., where the victim was found shot to death. Police have not confirmed the victim’s identity at this time or the circumstances surrounding the shooting.

No. 3 - A jury on Thursday convicted two men accused of helping orchestrate the 2011 Miami-Dade murder of the man who allegedly had an affair with the wife of a man who's the former owner of several Presidente Supermarket stores. 

The jury found Alexis Vila Perdomo guilty of conspiracy for helping organize the murder of Camilo Salazar, who was targeted for allegedly having an affair with Manuel Marin's wife, according to prosecutors. The jury found Robert Isaac guilty of kidnapping, conspiracy and of taking part in the murder. Salazar's body was found on a dirt road in the Florida Everglades.

No. 4 - Police have arrested a man in Northwest Florida in connection with the disappearance of the 19-year-old stepdaughter of a UFC heavyweight fighter.

NBC affiliate WPMI-TV reports that 29-year-old Ibraheem Yazeed was arrested late Thursday night in Escambia County and booked into jail early Friday morning. Police identified him as a suspect in the disappearance of Aniah Blanchard and issued a warrant on a charge of first degree kidnapping.

No. 5 - A shocking revelation for a South Florida man and his family after taking a DNA test. Two brothers and their dad took the tests while researching a family – but when the results came back, the father learned he wasn't the dad of either son.

For more on the shocking results and to find out who the father realty was, click here for the story.

No. 6 - A South Florida woman paid a contractor to fix her fence – but four months later the work wasn’t done.

The NBC 6 Responds team discovers she’s not the only unhappy customer and gets results for the woman. Click here for the full story.

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