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The audience at Florida International University Friday cheered loudly when Hillary Clinton said more Americans should go to Cuba.

The Democratic presidential candidate's position put her in conflict with Miami native Marco Rubio, who is also vying for the presidency and teaches political science at FIU. Some of Rubio's supporters were protesting outside.

Daniela Ferrera, 17, was one of the protesters. She wants to vote for Rubio, if he becomes the Republican's presidential candidate in 2016. She said she disagrees with Clinton on the issue of lifting the embargo.

"I respect her as a person," Ferrera said. "However, I don't see eye-to-eye with her on this issue and frankly, I think she is wrong."

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BUSY DAY FOR CLINTON

While Clinton reminded the Miami audience that her sister-in-law was Cuban-American, the U.S. State Department released a third batch of her e-mails as secretary of state. It was a difficult and busy day for the former first lady and those who hope that she will be the first female president of the United States.

READ: Who is Clinton's Cuban sister-in-law?

The collection released included 1,300 e-mails all dated in 2009, and were part of a release of 55,000 of her private e-mails, as former secretary of state.

Clinton did not mention that her campaign was accusing the New York Times of "egregious" errors Friday in their "Inquiry Sought in Hillary Clinton's Use of Email" story.

Clinton was far from mentioning the 2012 Benghazi terror attack, her tax returns from 2007 to 2014, or her  doctor's statement on her health -- which was also released Friday afternoon.

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Instead, she focused on Cuba at a time when the topic of the embargo remains a flashpoint in the critical presidential swing state.

President John F. Kennedy signed the embargo into law and it was imposed in 1962. Clinton said that although she used to support the blockade, she is now against it and views it as a failed policy of the past.

THE EMBARGO

FRIDAY FLASHBACK Clinton was running for re-election and the bipartisan bill landed on his desk after the Cuban military shot down two U.S. civilian planes over the Straits of Florida, killing four members of the Cuban-American exile group Brothers to the Rescue. "We will not tolerate attacks on United States citizens," Bill Clinton said at the time, "and we will stand with those both inside and outside Cuba who are working for a peaceful transition to freedom and democracy." Hillary Clinton said the embargo should remain in place during her 2008 presidential campaign. "Until there is some recognition on the part of whoever is in charge of the Cuban government that they have to move toward democracy and freedom for the Cuban people, it will be very difficult for us to change our policy," she said then.

"We must decide between engagement and embargo, between embracing fresh thinking and returning to Cold War deadlock," she said during her speech.

The Cuban-American vote in Miami has also shifted to the left. A Florida International University survey of Cuban-Americans in Miami-Dade County, home of the nation's largest Cuban exile community, found that a majority favor lifting the embargo.

"The Cuban people have waited long enough for progress to come," Clinton said during her speech.  "Even many Republicans on Capitol Hill are starting to recognize the urgency of moving forward. It's time for their leaders to either get on board or get out of the way."

During her speech, Clinton added that her support of lifting the embargo doesn't mean that she trusts the Castro brothers or their socialist model.

"We were unintentionally helping the regime keep Cuba a closed and controlled society, rather than working to open it up to positive outside influences, the way we did so effectively with the soviet block and elsewhere," Clinton said.

Clinton also said that if she is elected president she will be pressing for a settlement of claims on the property in Cuba that the Castro brothers confiscated after they took power.

"The choices we make will have lasting consequences, not just for more than 11 million Cubans, but for American leadership across our hemisphere and around the world," Clinton said.

Guillermo Grenier, a Florida International University professor who attended Clinton's speech, said hardline politicians still get support from Cuban-Americans who were born in Cuba and fled shortly after Castro's takeover. That gives Rubio little reason to soften his views.

"But this population is anything but monolithic," Grenier said.

The Senate Appropriations Committee passed a bill in July to lift travel restrictions, after President Barack Obama moved last year to normalize Cuban relations. Congress must act to lift the embargo, but that's unlikely to happen soon with the Republicans in charge.

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Clinton fought her GOP opponents. Former Florida governor, Jeb Bush, a top Republican contender who is also against the embargo, lives near to where Clinton delivered her afternoon speech.

During a Friday morning speech, Clinton attacked Bush' policies at The National Urban League's convention, where the two spoke in front of a predominantly African-American voters in Fort Lauderdale..

"I don't think you can credibly say that everyone has a right to rise and then say you are for phasing out Medicare and repealing Obamacare," Clinton said, using Bush's "Right to Rise" super PAC name to indirectly -- but clearly -- hit the 2016 Republican candidate,

"They can't rise if the minimum wage is too low to live on," Clinton said. "You cannot seriously talk about the right to rise and support laws that deny the right to vote."

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Later in front of the predominantly Cuban-American crowd at FIU in Miami-Dade, Clinton said Rubio and Bush "have it backwards" when they say that lifting the embargo increases oppression in Cuba.

"Engagement is not a gift to the Castros it's a threat," she said.

Clinton also made an implicit appeal to Latin Americans — another key demographic in Florida and other general election swing states. She said that the U.S. position on Cuba has weakened American influence throughout the hemisphere.

"Many Republicans seem to think of Latin America as a land of crime and coups, rather than a place where free markets and free people are thriving," Clinton said, adding that a dismissive view opens the door for China to assert itself as an economic superpower in the region.

"The United States needs to lead in the Americas," Clinton said. "If we don't, make no mistake, others will."

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The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a 37-year-old man who disappeared Friday while diving in the Florida Keys.

Pedro Fernandez, 37, was reported missing about 6 p.m.

The Coast Guard said he was last seen about seven miles south of Cudjoe Key.

Fernandez was last seen wearing a camouflage wetsuit and a yellow belt.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Monroe County Sheriff's Office are assisting the Coast Guard in the search.

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A Fort Lauderdale police officer who made the news when he was fired for what was deemed to be racist Facebook postings is back on patrol.

Officer Jeffrey Feldewert posted the words "typical hood rat behavior" regarding black suspects over a photo of white cops arresting a cowering black suspect.

"Black people, because without them the evening news wouldn't be as fun to watch," Feldewert wrote in a post.

He was fired last month for the posting, a move Broward County's chief public defender, Gordon Weekes, said he thought was necessary.

"If you express that type of hate, you should no longer be an officer," Weekes said.

But after Feldewert appealed his firing, the city has reinstated him as a police officer and given him back his badge, something Weekes said is flat wrong.

"I don't understand how any agency would condone that, or any citizen would condone that," Weekes said.

It was City Manager Lee Feldman who put Feldewert back on the force instead giving him a 10-day unpaid suspension.

Feldman was on vacation Friday and was unavailable for comment on the basis for his decision.

Fedlewer said in an audiotaped Internal Affairs interview that he was simply going for a laugh.

"It was to get a chuckle. It was meant to be funny," Feldewert said.

Weekes didn't see the humor in that, or the term "savage hunters," which partially accompanied an image Feldewert also posted on social media.

"That term, savage hunter, is very indicative of a police officer that is trying to hurt and terrorize the community," Feldman said.

Feldewert told investigators he felt all criminals were savages. When asked if someone who stole a soda was a savage, Feldewer replied yes.

The city of Fort Lauderdale sent Local 10 News a statement saying that while officials don't condone Feldewert's actions, it was ultimately determined the that the matter did not warrant termination of the 20-year officer.

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Lauderhill police are investigating after a person walked into the Broward Sheriff's Office main jail in Fort Lauderdale Friday and said there was a dead body inside a Lauderhill apartment.

Lauderhill police officers responded to 1310 NW 43rd Ave. and found a dead body inside an apartment on the second floor of the building.

Police said the person who reported the death is being questioned and is considered a person of interest in the case.

The relationship between the person who was found dead and the person who reported it has not been released.

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Residents at a Miami duplex were safely evacuated Friday afternoon after their building caught on fire.

Miami Fire Rescue was called at about 3:30 p.m. to the duplex at 1521 NW 70th St. with reports that two people were trapped.

Officials said within 20 minutes, they were able to get the fire under control and evacuate everyone safely and uninjured from the building, where flames were showing from a second floor balcony.

Witnesses told MFR they saw a possible lightning strike moments before they saw smoke coming from the roof.

Red Cross is being notified to help those displaced by the fire.

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A 14-year-old boy found his stepfather's handgun inside a gun box in the garage of their Cooper City home before he accidentally shot his friend Thursday, an arrest report said.

The teen faces a manslaughter charge in the shooting.

Broward Sheriff's Office deputies said the shooting was reported just before 3 p.m. at a home at 10000 NW 41st St.

Charlie Martin, 14, was pronounced dead at the scene from a single gunshot wound to the head.

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According to the arrest report, the suspect was at his home with the victim and the victim's brother, Francisco Martin, 16. No adults were at the home.

Detectives said the suspect claimed that he found the handgun inside a gun box that was placed inside a cardboard box in the garage of the home.

According to the report, the suspect removed the magazine from the handgun and saw that it was unloaded before putting it back in.

He said a second magazine that was loaded was in the gun box.

Detectives said the boy claimed that he pulled the slide back and saw that the gun did not have a round in the chamber. He then pulled the trigger several times, playing with the gun, they said.

The teen said Martin and his brother also pulled the trigger several times. He said he took the gun away from Martin and when he pulled the trigger the last time, the gun went off, shooting Martin, detectives said.

A neighbor called 911 and said he heard what sounded like "either a gunshot or firecracker."

According to the report, the suspect panicked and ran from the home, failing to call police or render any aid to Martin.

Detectives said the suspect dropped the gun after the shooting as he fled the garage.

During questioning, the teen told detectives that his stepfather, Roland Toulon, had showed him the gun before and told him not to touch it, the report said.

"He is a good boy," Toulon told a judge on Friday. "He is very responsible."

Investigators determined that the magazine was loaded with 14 rounds and had one live round in the chamber. An empty magazine was found on the ground in the garage.

The suspect's parents broke down in tears as he appeared in juvenile court Friday, where a judge ordered that he remain in custody until a second hearing scheduled for Aug. 13.

"He is a 14-year-old boy who has no prior problems with the law, no problems in school, (who) got decent grades. (He) was a regular kid who played football," the suspect's attorney, Michael J. Entin said.

The suspect, whose identity is not being released due to his age, attends Franklin Academy where he plays on the school's football team.

A website for donations has been set up to help the victim's family with funeral expenses.

The victim's family did not attend Friday's hearing.

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One person was killed in a crash Friday night in Deerfield Beach.

The crash was reported at Hillsboro Boulevard and Northwest First Avenue.

Broward Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Dani Moschella said one person was pronounced dead at the scene.

Traffic homicide investigators were investigating the cause of the crash.

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Deputies are investigating a crash that left one person dead in Tamarac.

A South Florida gymnastics coach was arrested Friday on child pornography charges.

Broward Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Dani Moschella said detectives arrested Carl Lechner after serving a search warrant at his Lauderdale Lakes home.

Lechner, 66, works as a coach at CATS Gymnastics, a children's fitness center, in Jupiter. Detectives said he also owned and operated TAG USA Gymnastics in Weston from 1989 to 2010 and in Davie from 1989 to 2000.

Michael Zoldan, the current owner of TAG USA Gymnastics, told Local 10 News that he bought the gym from Lechner in 2008 and wouldn't let Lechner work or visit the facility.

 "I didn't like him and there was something about him that I didn't want near," Zoldan said in a statement. "I am thankful that Carl was never associated with TAG USA Gymnastics."

Lechner was arrested on seven counts of possession of child pornography, one count of compiling computer pornography, three counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and one count of possession of ammunition by a convicted felon.

Anyone with information about Lechner is asked to call the BSO at 954-493-TIPS.

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Jericho the lion is alive and roaming his park habitat in Zimbabwe, the Oxford University researcher tracking the lion confirmed on Sunday.

Brent Stapelkamp dismissed reports that the lion had been killed, saying a GPS device on Jericho didn't suggest anything out of the ordinary. Furthermore, the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, which told CNN and other media that poachers killed Jericho, retracted its statements on Sunday.

The head of the conservation task force, Johnny Rodrigues, said in a new statement that the erroneous information was the result of mistaken identity. Rodrigues said that another lion had been killed, something that CNN cannot immediately verify.

As proof of life, Oxford University tweeted a photo of Jericho, taken by Stapelkamp early Sunday morning.

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Conflicting reports emerged on whether Jericho, the brother of slain Cecil the lion, was also killed Saturday in an illegal hunt in Zimbabwe.

Johnny Rodrigues, head of the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, told CNN that a hunter illegally gunned down Jericho in Hwange National Park.

The task force also reported on its Facebook page that Jericho was killed at 4 p.m. local time.

Later, however, an Oxford University researcher tracking Jericho told CNN that the lion was alive and moving as of 8 p.m. local time Saturday, based on the GPS data from the animal's collar.

The GPS device didn't suggest that Jericho was killed or that anything was out of the ordinary, said Brent Stapelkamp, a field researcher who is part of a team tracking Jericho in Zimbabwe.

"We are seeking to clarify conflicting reports," an Oxford representative said.

Other government officials weren't immediately available for comment.

At a minimum, the conflict over Jericho added to the angst in the wake of Cecil's killing, which provoked an international outrage because he was a protected animal. Zimbabwe is seeking the extradition of American dentist Walter Palmer on accusations that he and others illegally hunted the lion, authorities said.

The Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force was emphatic on its Facebook page when it declared Jericho dead.

"It is with huge disgust and sadness that we have just been informed that Jericho, Cecil's brother has been killed at 4pm today," the Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force said.

"We are absolutely heart broken," the Task Force added on the Facebook posting.

Jericho was considered to be caring for and defending Cecil's cubs, but the survivability of those cubs seemed imperiled if Jericho had indeed been killed.

Some of the cubs may have been Jericho's, said David Macdonald, director of Oxford's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, who has been studying Cecil.

Male coalitions, often between brothers, oversee prides of females in lion society and protect them from threats posed by outsider male lions, the scientist said.

But if Jericho were killed, the cubs' chance for survival "is probably gone," said Dave Salmoni, an apex predator expert for Animal Planet.

Jericho's death would seal "the fate of these cubs, for sure," Salmoni told CNN.

Cecil, killed in early July, mated with about six lionesses and had about 24 cubs, Rodrigues has said.

The Kraft Heinz Company is recalling about 36,000 cases Kraft Singles individually wrapped cheese slices due to a possible choking hazard.

A thin strip of the packaging film may stay on the cheese after the wrapper has been removed, the company said, which could lead to the hazard.

The company said it shipped the cheese to stores in the United States, Puerto Rico and Grand Cayman.

The recall applies to 3- and 4-pound sizes of the Singles with Best When Used By dates of Dec. 29, 2015, through Jan. 4, 2016. The dates are also followed by the manufacturing codes S54 or S55. The dates and codes are on the outside plastic covering the slices.

See a full list of the products affected here.

No other sizes, varieties or codes are included in this recall, the company said.

There have been 10 consumer complaints about the packaging, including three reports of consumers choking, the Kraft Heinz Company said.

Consumers should not eat the product, but return it to the store where it was bought for an exchange or a refund. Consumers in Puerto Rico can also contact the company for a full refund at 1-800-432-3101, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ET.

A man who was killed in a crash Friday night in Deerfield Beach has been identified by the Broward Sheriff's Office.

The crash happened shortly before 8:30 p.m. Friday at Hillsboro Boulevard and Northwest First Avenue.

David Ramirez, 32, was driving west on West Hillsboro Boulevard in a 2015 blue Hyundai Sonata when he left the road, hit a curb and then drove up onto the center median before hitting a tree, deputies said.

A group of witnesses noticed the engine of the car was on fire after the crash and pulled him out before the vehicle became fully engulfed in flames, deputies said.

Paramedics arrived and attempted life-saving measures. Deputies said Ramirez was pronounced dead at the scene.

Ramirez was not wearing a seat belt, deputies said.

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The body of a diver from Miami who was last seen Friday has been recovered by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office.

A dive team was out on the water early Saturday morning to look for Pedro Fernandez, 37, who disappeared while he went free diving with friends Friday near Little Torch Key.

Fernandez's body was found in about 71 feet of water around 10:30 a.m. Saturday. His body will be turned over to the medical examiner for an autopsy.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, along with the U.S. Coast Guard, helped with the search efforts.

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A 20-year-old Hialeah woman was killed early Saturday in a single-car crash on Interstate 75, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Diana Alonso was killed when the 2011 Nissan Sentra she was driving ran off the southbound lane of I-75 south of Griffin Road and struck a concrete wall support, troopers said.

Ramos was pronounced dead at the scene.

The cause of the crash remains under investigation.

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A man accused of driving recklessly is dead and two others were hospitalized after an early-morning crash in Tamarac, the Broward Sheriff's Office said.

A BSO deputy who saw a car driving erratically about 4:30 a.m. Saturday conducted a traffic stop, but instead of pulling safely to the side of the road, the driver stopped in the eastbound lanes of Commercial Boulevard, deputies said.

When the deputy got out of his car to approach the driver, the man sped away, deputies said.

The deputy did not pursue the black Infiniti M37x, but instead put out a message to other law enforcement officers with a description of the vehicle, deputies said.

About two minutes later, the BSO received a 911 call that there had been a crash in the 4900 block of Commercial Boulevard, west of the Florida's Turnpike entrance. Deputies said they soon discovered that after fleeing from the deputy, the driver of the black Infiniti had continued east on Commercial Boulevard, crossing over the median and colliding with a westbound Jeep SUV.

The Infiniti caught fire after the crash, deputies said.

Tamarac and North Lauderdale paramedics arrived at the crash scene and pronounced the Infiniti driver, Regis Dorcilus, 23, of Deerfield Beach, dead.

A 19-year-old passenger in the Infiniti was taken to Broward Health Medical Center with critical injuries.

The 37-year-old driver of the SUV was airlifted to Broward Health Medical Center. Deputies said the driver was listed in critical condition.

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A father is thankful for the outpouring amount of support and help in the quest to find his missing son, but he will not give up on the search.

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Philip Cohen only talked to Local 10 News for the first time since the search for his son was suspended. In the interview, he shared part of the last conversation that he had with his son, Perry Cohen.

"The last words my son said to me was that, 'I love you so much,'" Philip Cohen said. "I love him so much and I want to see him again."

Perry Cohen and Austin Stephanos have been lost at sea since last Friday. After eight days of searching for the 14-year-old boys, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Friday it was suspending the search -- a move that was hard even for Capt. Mark Fedor.

"I have a 13-year-old and a 14-year-old, so the decision to suspend was excruciating and gut-wrenching for me personally," Fedor said.

For Philip Cohen, the decision was tough to take, but the father is still appreciative for everything that's being done to find his only son.

"I wanted to come out today to express my sincerest gratitude to the Coast Guard, the tremendous effort that they have put in, to the Navy, to the Air Force, to all the families and all the agencies and all of the private citizens who have worked and searched so hard to find my son Perry and his friend Austin," Philip Cohen said.

Philip Cohen understands the statistical rational behind suspending the search, but explains that he will not give up.

"He's strong. He's smart. He's athletic. He's resourceful. He's a thinker. He's a leader," Philip Cohen said. "What I know about my boy is what keeps all of my hope and prayers alive."

RELATED: Coast Guard suspends search for teens missing at sea

While the Coast Guard had to pull out of the search, private parties from all over the coast are still looking for the boys.

"I feel that thank you and appreciate doesn't compare to words that I really want to say, which is I love them for doing that," Philip Cohen said.

A recent post on social media by Perry Cohen's mother showed a request for contacts, resources and helicopter help in the Carolinas.

Despite the odds, Philip Cohen remains faithful, relying on family support and continues to call on a higher power for help.

"I know my boy, and I know and I believe that he's still out there and he's still alive," Philip Cohen said. "Prayers are powerful, and I believe that miracles do happen."

A GoFundMe accounthas been created for anyone who would like to donate to the search to find the boys.

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Miami Heat Dancers are holding their open call auditions for the 2015-2016 squad at the American Airlines Arena Sunday morning.

Each year hundreds of candidates come out for a chance to be part of one of the most elite professional dance teams in the NBA. Candidates must be at least 18 years old by the audition date. They need to bring a head shot, dance resume and a government issued ID for registration which starts at 10:00 am. The first round of auditions begins promptly at 11:00 am. 

Sunday is the first day of the week long process in choosing the squad. The finalists chosen on Sunday will move on to four days of Heat Dancer Boot Camp. The final auditions will be held Friday, August 7th at the American Airlines Arena where the new squad will be announced. To see pictures and videos of the current Miami Heat Dance Team you can visit www.miamiheat.com . 

Tillie Tooter, a grandmother who survived three days in a snake-infested mangrove swamp when her car was run off the road in August 2000, has died.

"After a spectacular 98-year run, I am saddened to say that grandma Tillie has finally gone down for the count," Tooter's grandson, Eric Simms, announced on Facebook. "I am just happy that I made it to see her this morning, and told her I love her and thanked her for being a great grandparent."

In August 2000, Tooter was driving on Interstate 595 heading to the airport to pick up her granddaughter when she was hit from behind.

"Out of nowhere, I felt that terrible jolt and my car kept turning over and me with it, of course, and then a tremendous drop," Tooter said after being rescued.

After falling more than 40 feet into a swamp, Tooter was found and lifted out three days later, surviving on rainwater, candy and gum.

"Never expecting to be rescued, never expecting to live through it," Tooter said in 2011. "I was dying at the time that they found me."

Her story was shown on national television, and she got letters from all over the world.

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"It used to embarrass me in the beginning when people, when I first walked into a restaurant and people got up and applauded," Tooter said.

Tooter was 98.

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A pregnant woman is dead after she was struck by her brother during an argument over an electric bill, Fort Lauderdale police said.

It happened about 7:30 p.m. Friday at a home in the 1100 block of Northwest 13th Court. Neighbors told Local 10 News that the home belongs to some friends of the victim.

Police said Jaquinda Wright, 29, was involved in an argument with her brother, Willie Ward, 25, about the electric bill.

The argument turned physical and Ward punched Wright twice in the head, police said.

Wright collapsed and was taken to Broward Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.

Neighbors told Local 10 News that the home belongs to some friends of the victim.

Ward, a Fort Lauderdale resident, fled in a gold vehicle. Police said there is an active warrant for his arrest in connection with the death.

"At this point, we do have an active warrant right now for second-degree murder," Fort Lauderdale police Capt. Frank Sousa said.

Sousa said there is no decision on whether Ward will face additional charges because Wright was pregnant at the time.

Neighbors said they saw police outside the home Friday night.

"It was six police cars and detectives, and pretty much that was it," Lawanda Thomas said. "They went down there and put some yellow tape down, but other than that, that's all I seen."

Ward does have a police record. Local 10 News has learned he's faced traffic violations, drug charges and a battery charge in the past.

Anyone with information regarding Ward's whereabouts is asked to call Broward County County Crime Stoppers at 954-493-TIPS or Detective Jason Wood at 954-828-5344.

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