Authorities conclude search for missing 17-year-old in South Fayette Township
PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT FOUR STARTS NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANKS FOR JOINING US FOR PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT FOUR. I’M ANDREW STOCKEY AND KELLY SASSO. HERE’S A LOOK AT THE TOP FOUR STORIES WE’RE WORKING ON FOR YOU HERE AT 4:00. AND WE ARE SEEING THE WHOLE SPECTRUM OF WEATHER TODAY. IT IS AN IMPACT DAY. WE HAD SOME VERY STRONG WIND AND RAIN ALREADY. AND NOW HEADING INTO THE EVENING, TEMPERATURES WILL DROP AND SOME SNOW SHOWERS ARE MOVING IN. THAT AS THE REGION STILL RECOVERS FROM LAST FRIDAY’S STORM. HEAVY WINDS BROUGHT DOWN TREES AND POWER LINES ALL ACROSS THE AREA. THOUSANDS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER. WE DO HAVE TEAM COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON, TRACKING THE REMAINING CONDITIONS AND OUR RESPONSE. THAT’S ALL AHEAD. AND THE FAYETTE COUNTY CORONER IS NOW ASKING FOR HELP IDENTIFYING A MAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN THE RIVER. TWO FISHERMEN FOUND THE BODY SUNDAY EVENING IN DAWSON. STATE POLICE HAVE NOW LAUNCHED A CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION. PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAYS HIS CHIEF OF STAFF, SUSIE WILES, HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER. THE PRESIDENT SAYS THE CANCER WAS DETECTED EARLY. PENN HILLS WILL CONTINUE TO SERVE IN HER ROLE REMOTELY AS SHE UNDERGOES TREATMENT. THOSE ARE YOUR TOP STORIES AT 4:00 ON THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON. TIME NOW TO REVISIT PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER 4 AND REVISIT THE WIND. METEOROLOGIST BRIAN JUNIOR IS BACK. IT HAS BEEN REALLY WINDY OUT THERE TODAY, BUT NOTHING LIKE WHAT WE SAW FRIDAY. WE’RE NOT EXPECTING THIS TO KEEP GETTING WORSE THROUGH THE EVENING. RIGHT? THIS WILL GET BETTER. THROUGH THE EVENING. AND THE WINDS HAVE NOT BEEN AS STRONG AS WHAT WE SAW FRIDAY. AND THE WINDS WILL CONTINUE DYING DOWN. IT’S NOT REALLY CHANGING THAT RAIN TO SNOW SHOWERS THROUGH THE EVENING. THAT KEEPS US ON IMPACT DAY. THE WINTER FEELS WITH US. TOMORROW. IT WILL FEEL LIKE WE’RE IN THE TEENS OUT THE DOOR AROUND 20 THROUGH THE DAY. THE GOOD NEWS THOUGH, WE ARE GOING TO WARM UP FOR THE REST OF THE WEEK AND WILL WARM AS WE START SPRING OFFICIALLY ON FRIDAY. AND WINTER WEATHER ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FOR THE I-80 CORRIDOR AND THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS. THIS GOES INTO EFFECT IN AN HOUR AND GOES UNTIL 5:00 TOMORROW EVENING. WE’RE STARTING TO SEE THAT TRANSITION TO SNOW. IT’S MIXING IN NOW OFFICIALLY AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL WITH SOME SLEET AND WILL CONTINUE TRANSITIONING TO SNOWFLAKES OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT FEW HOURS. THE BEST CHANCE OF SEEING WIDESPREAD SNOW BETWEEN ABOUT NOW AND 9 OR 10:00. WE WILL BACK OFF. FLURRIES COULD LINGER THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. ONLY 29 FOR A HIGH TEMPERATURE. NORMAL. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S AT THIS POINT 37 ON WEDNESDAY, BUT THE 50S RETURN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WILL STAY MILD HEADING INTO THE FIRST WEEKEND OF SPRING. I LOVE THOSE TWO WORDS SPRING AND FRIDAY. YEAH, YEAH, THAT WOULD BE A GOOD DAY. LIKE TOMORROW FOR SURE. OKAY. THANK YOU. WE’LL SEE YOU IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. AND WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT FRIDAY’S STORMS. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE POWER OUTAGES. HERE’S AN UPDATE TODAY ABOUT 7900 DUQUESNE LIGHT CUSTOMERS AND 4100 CUSTOMERS ARE STILL WITHOUT POWER AT ITS PEAK ON FRIDAY. THE WINDSTORM CAUSED ABOUT 162,000 OUTAGES. NOW, DUQUESNE HEIGHTS SAYS THE REMAINING OUTAGES ARE BECAUSE OF EITHER EXTENSIVE DAMAGE OR ON PRIVATE PROPERTY RIGHT NOW. DUQUESNE IS WORKING TOWARDS RETURNING SERVICE TO SMALLER NEIGHBORHOODS AND TO INDIVIDUAL HOMES AS WELL. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER KALEA GUNDERSON LIVE IN THE CITY’S MARSHALL-SHADELAND NEIGHBORHOOD THIS AFTERNOON, WITH AN UPDATE ON THOSE ONGOING EFFORTS. KAYLEIGH. ANDREW KELLY, BOTH WEST PENN POWER AND DUQUESNE LIGHT TELLING ME IT’S BEEN AN ALL HANDS ON DECK EFFORT SINCE THAT STORM ON FRIDAY. AND, YOU KNOW, THEY’VE MADE PROGRESS THROUGHOUT THE WEEKEND, BUT THEY FACED SEVERAL SETBACKS, A LOT OF THAT BEING BECAUSE OF THE WIND. NOW, DUQUESNE HEIGHTS TELLS ME THAT THEY HAVE CALLED IN AROUND 600 CONTRACTORS FROM AS FAR AWAY AS CANADA AND FLORIDA TO HELP WEST PENN CONTRACT CONTRACTING AROUND 1000 LINEMEN FROM OTHER STATES AND REGIONS THAT CAN HELP THEM NOW. I ASKED DUQUESNE AND WEST END POWER WHEN THOSE FINAL CUSTOMERS WILL HAVE POWER RESTORED. THEY SAY IT’S CASE BY CASE. SOME AREAS AND INDIVIDUAL HOMES FACING ISOLATED ISSUES THAT DELAY THE ABILITY FOR CREWS TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS SAFELY. AND AGAIN, THAT CONTINUED WIND BEING SETBACKS. WINDS ARE PROBABLY OUR BIGGEST WEATHER PROBLEM OVERALL. A KNOCKS THINGS OVER INTO POWER LINES. IT KNOCKS POLES OVER THAT KIND OF THING. AND OUR CREWS CAN’T GO UP IN BUCKET TRUCKS. IT IS NOT SAFE FOR THEM TO ELEVATE THAT FAR ABOVE THE GROUND AROUND ELECTRIFIED WIRES. IF THE WIND IS 40 MILES AN HOUR OR FASTER AND SAFETY IS NUMBER ONE FOR US, IT’S NUMBER ONE FOR BOTH OUR WORKERS AND THE PUBLIC. THAT WAS MET WITH DUQUESNE LIGHT. AS HE EXPLAINED THERE, THE WIND CREATING CHALLENGES. SO SINCE FRIDAY, AS THEY’VE MADE REPAIRS, THEY’VE SEEN ADDITIONAL POWER OUTAGES POP UP ON THEIR MAP. KELLY. ANDREW. QUITE A CHALLENGE INDEED. KELLY SO AT THIS POINT, WHAT IS THE CURRENT ESTIMATE FOR RESTORATION? WELL, THEY SAY THEY’RE HOPING TO HAVE MOST OF THEIR CUSTOMERS RESTORED BY 10 P.M. THIS EVENING. YOU CAN SEE THE WIND, HOW STRONG IT IS TRYING TO TAKE MY UMBRELLA AWAY. BUT THEY SAY THAT’S THE GOAL. LATE TONIGHT, THEY HOPE TO HAVE THE MAJORITY. BUT AGAIN, SOME OF THOSE ISOLATED SITUATIONS WHERE SOME HOMES AND POWER LINES HAVE VERY SPECIFIC DAMAGE THAT WILL MAKE IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO MAKE THOSE REPAIRS. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED, THOUGH, AS THOSE REPAIRS ARE MADE COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY TONIGHT IN MARSHALL-SHADELAND KALEA GUNDERSON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. ALL RIGHT, KELLY, THANK YOU. DON’T LOSE THAT UMBRELLA NOW BECAUSE THE OUTAGES STUDENTS WILL LEARN REMOTELY TOMORROW. THE DISTRICT SAYS IT IS HAVING CODING ISSUES WITH ITS HEATING SYSTEM, AND IT CAN’T OPERATE PROPERLY IN SEVERAL BUILDINGS BECAUSE OF THE COOL DOWN ARRIVING. THEY’LL OPERATE ON REMOTE LEARNING SCHEDULE ON TUESDAY. THE IMPACT OF THE STORMS GO BEYOND POWER OUTAGES. WE HAD FALLEN TREES AND POWER LINES, CLOSING ROADS AND DAMAGING PROPERTY. COVERING WASHINGTON COUNTY TONIGHT. REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM SHOWS US AN AREA THAT FALLEN TREES HAVE CLOSED OFF FOR DAYS. THIS IS A BIG MESS HERE ON NORTH MAIN STREET IN WASHINGTON. TWO TREES IN HIS FRONT YARD PULLED OVER BY HEAVY WINDS BLOCKING THIS MAIN STREET HERE. THIS IS A STREET USED BY FIRST RESPONDERS AS WELL AS SCHOOL BUSSES AND MANY OTHER VEHICLES. IT’S BEEN THIS WAY SINCE FRIDAY, BUT THEY’RE JUST NOW GETTING IT CLEANED UP. AROUND 5:00 IN THE EVENING, GUSTS OF WIND CAME THROUGH AND TOOK THE FIRST TREE BEHIND ME. SNAPPED IT RIGHT IN HALF AND BROUGHT ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF LATER, ANOTHER BIG GUST CAME THROUGH AND UPROOTED THE SECOND TREE AND LAID IT DOWN ACROSS THE STREET. SO THEY’VE BEEN THERE SINCE FRIDAY NIGHT. SEVERAL OF THE HOMES HERE LOST POWER WHEN THESE TREES WENT DOWN. ONLY THIS HOUSE HERE IS LEFT WITHOUT POWER, AND THE OWNERS ARE USING A GENERATOR COVERING WASHINGTON COUNTY IN WASHINGTON. SHELDON INGRAM. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. WOW, THAT IS QUITE A SCENE, SHELDON. THANK YOU. AND FOLLOWING THOSE CONDITIONS FRIDAY, THE STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING CAUSED SOME DAMAGE AS WELL. THIS IS A TREE THAT FELL ON A HOME IN PENN HILLS TODAY. HERE YOU CAN SEE IT ON THE ROOF OF THIS HOME ON PETITO ROAD. THE PERSON WHO LIVES THERE SAYS THEY HAVE BEEN WATCHING THE TREE START TO MOVE OVER THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS IN THE WIND. NOW NOBODY WAS HURT AND THE TREE DID NOT GO THROUGH. THE HOME DID BREAK A WINDOW THOUGH AND DAMAGED THE GUTTER. YOU CAN STAY UPDATED ON ALL THE WEATHER WE HAVE COMING OUR WAY OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS WITH OUR FREE WTAE APP. AS TODAY’S IMPACT DAY CONTINUES, YOU CAN TRACK CONDITIONS ON THE GO AND SIGN UP FOR ALERTS TO KNOW FIRST. WHEN IMPORTANT WEATHER ADVISORIES ARE ISSUED FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. BREAKING NEWS THIS AFTERNOON CHARGES UPGRADED AGAINST A PENN HILLS MOTHER WHOSE THREE YEAR OLD SON DIED FOLLOWING ALLEGED ABUSE. DEVIN GOODSON DIED AFTER BEING FOUND NOT BREATHING IN A HOME ON DOROTHY DRIVE LAST WEEK. 23 YEAR OLD MALU WAS INITIALLY CHARGED WITH AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND OTHER OFFENSES. THE DAY TO DAY A CHARGE OF CRIMINAL HOMICIDE WAS FILED AGAINST HER 32 YEAR OLD ADAM CHERICO, WHO POLICE SAY IS IN A RELATIONSHIP WITH MALU, IS ALSO CHARGED IN THIS CASE, THOUGH HE DOES NOT FACE A HOMICIDE CHARGE RIGHT NOW. POLICE IN SOUTH FAYETTE TOWNSHIP ARE LOOKING FOR A MISSING 17 YEAR OLD. THIS IS 17 YEAR OLD GAUTHAM RAJA RAJINIKANTH. HE WAS LAST SEEN SATURDAY AFTERNOON WEARING A T SHIRT, LIGHT COLORED PANTS AND A GRAY BACKPACK. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION ABOUT HIS WHEREABOUTS SHOULD CALL 911 AND ASK TO SPEAK WITH SOUTH FAYETTE POLICE. INVESTIGATORS IN FAYETTE COUNTY ARE RIGHT NOW ASKING FOR HELP IDENTIFYING THE MAN WHOSE BODY WAS FOUND IN THE RIVER YESTERDAY. HE IS DESCRIBED AS A BALD WHITE MAN WITH AN ATHLETIC BUILD AND A TATTOO OF A MOUNTAIN RANGE ON HIS RIGHT SHOULDER. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER JOINS US LIVE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE VERY LATEST ON THE INVESTIGATION. SO WHY DO WE STILL NOT HAVE AN IDENTITY FOR THIS MAN? WELL, ANDREW KELLY, WE’RE STILL AWAITING THE AUTOPSY RESULTS. AND THAT’S VERY IMPORTANT IN THIS CASE, SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WHEN THIS BODY WAS FOUND LAST NIGHT BY RESPONDERS, THERE WAS NOTHING TO REALLY GIVE INVESTIGATORS OR THOSE RESPONDERS ANY IDEA OF WHO THIS PERSON IS. SO LET’S GET INTO IT. THE MAN WAS FOUND ALONG THE RIVER BY THOSE TWO FISHERMEN THAT YOU GUYS HAD MENTIONED EARLIER IN THE SHOW, AND THEY IMMEDIATELY CALLED FOR EMERGENCY RESPONSE. THE BODY WAS FOUND IN THE HIGH END HIKING GEAR, BUT DIDN’T HAVE ANY FORM OF IDENTIFICATION OR WALLET ON HIM. NOTHING LIKE A DRIVER’S LICENSE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. SO THE STATE POLICE CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION UNIT CONTINUES TO LOOK INTO THIS, EVEN THOUGH THEY WORK ACCIDENTAL DEATHS AS WELL. HOWEVER, THERE ARE SOME KEY THINGS THAT FAYETTE COUNTY CORONER DOCTOR BOB BAKER DID NOT SEE ON THE BODY. THAT’S WORTH NOTING. THERE WERE NO VISIBLE VISUAL SIGNS OF FOUL PLAY. WE’RE NOT GOING TO RULE OUT ANY POSSIBILITIES AT THIS TIME. OKAY, SO WHILE INVESTIGATORS HERE WAIT FOR THOSE AUTOPSY RESULTS, WHAT ARE THEY LOOKING INTO IN THE MEANTIME? WELL, RIGHT NOW IT IS. THEY’RE LOOKING INTO THE POSSIBILITY OF THIS BODY BEING A MISSING, MISSING PERSON. SO FAR, THE LEGWORK THEY’VE DONE IS THAT THEY’VE LOOKED AT THE MISSING PERSON’S REPORT ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA AND INTO PARTS OF WEST VIRGINIA. AND SO FAR, THOSE WITH STATE POLICE HERE IN FAYETTE COUNTY TOLD ME THAT NONE OF THE DESCRIPTION OF THE MISSING PERSONS ON THOSE LISTS MATCH THE DESCRIPTION THAT WAS GIVEN OF THIS BODY THAT WAS FOUND ALONG THE RIVER YESTERDAY, COVERING FAYETTE COUNTY AT THE STATE POLICE BARRACKS HERE IN LEMONT FURNACE AT DIORIO. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. AT. THANK YOU. ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING INSIDE A HOME IN VERONA AROUND 1030 LAST NIGHT. FIRST RESPONDERS FOUND A MAN SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES INSIDE THE HOME ON VOGEL’S LANE. THAT MAN IS IN STABLE CONDITION. VERONA POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT FLED AND HAS NOT YET BEEN FOUND. THEY DO BELIEVE THIS WAS A TARGETED INCIDENT. ANYONE WITH ANY INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL THE COUNTY POLICE. TIP LINE. WE TURN NOW TO THE VERY LATEST ON THE WAR IN IRAN IS DAY 17 OF THE CONFLICT. AND RIGHT NOW, PRESIDENT TRUMP IS PRESSING ALLIES TO HELP GET OIL FROM THAT REGION. AND AMERICANS, OF COURSE, CONTINUE TO PAY MORE AT THE PUMP. ABC’S OLIVIA RUBIN HAS THE LATEST NOW FROM WASHINGTON TODAY PRESIDENT TRUMP SEEMING TO CALL OUT NATO ALLIES RELUCTANT TO JOIN HIS WAR IN IRAN FOR 40 YEARS. WE’RE PROTECTING YOU. AND YOU DON’T WANT TO GET INVOLVED IN SOMETHING THAT IS VERY MINOR. TRUMP SEEKING REINFORCEMENTS TO THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ UNDER FIRE FROM IRAN, BLOCKING A FIFTH OF THE WORLD’S OIL SUPPLY. WE STRONGLY ENCOURAGE OTHER NATIONS WHOSE ECONOMIES DEPEND ON THE STRAIT FAR MORE THAN OURS. BUT MANY COUNTRIES REBUFFING, WORRIED ABOUT DRAGGING THE WORLD INTO A WIDER CONFLICT. UK PRIME MINISTER KEIR STARMER WITH THIS MESSAGE AFTER SPEAKING WITH TRUMP. WE WILL NOT BE DRAWN INTO THE WIDER WAR. THE GERMAN DEFENSE MINISTER, WITH A HARSHER RESPONSE. WE ARE READY TO ENSURE SAFE PASSAGE THROUGH THE STRAITS OF HORMUZ DIPLOMATICALLY. HOWEVER, THERE WILL BE NO MILITARY PARTICIPATION. THE PRESIDENT STILL INSISTING SOME COUNTRIES WILL JOIN, BUT HE WON’T SAY WHO WOULD LIKE TO SAY THEIR NAMES. BUT FRANKLY, I DON’T KNOW IF THEY WOULD WANT ME TO OR NOT, BECAUSE MAYBE THEY DON’T WANT TO BE TARGETED, THEN REVERSING COURSE. MY ATTITUDE IS WE DON’T NEED ANYBODY. WE’RE THE STRONGEST NATION IN THE WORLD. WE HAVE THE STRONGEST MILITARY BY FAR IN THE WORLD. WE DON’T NEED THEM OVERSEAS STRIKES ESCALATING, A RESIDENTIAL BUILDING USED BY THE U.S. CONSULATE IN JERUSALEM DAMAGED BY DEBRIS FROM AN IRANIAN PROJECTILE OVER THE WEEKEND. TAMARA WALKER LIVES IN THE BUILDING. I WAS SITTING AT HOME AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THIS AMAZINGLY LOUD BOOM AND A NOTABLE ADMISSION FROM THE PRESIDENT TODAY SAYING THE U.S. WAS SHOCKED AT IRAN’S RESPONSE TO THIS WAR, SPECIFICALLY BY FIRING AT
Authorities conclude search for missing 17-year-old in South Fayette Township
UPDATE: 3/16/26 4:40 p.m. Officials mentioned the search for a missing 17-year-old in South Fayette Township has concluded. VIDEO: Top tales on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 In an up to date submit, authorities mentioned the search for Gautham Rajanikanth has concluded, and that no further data is out there presently. Authorities are thanking everybody for their help within the search. It is unclear when or the place he was positioned. Action News 4 will present updates as they’re made out there. Download the WTAE app to remain linked with breaking information. Sign up for our e-mail newsletters to get breaking information in your inbox.
UPDATE: 3/16/26 4:40 p.m.
Officials mentioned the search for a missing 17-year-old in South Fayette Township has concluded.
VIDEO: Top tales on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4
In an up to date submit, authorities mentioned the search for Gautham Rajanikanth has concluded, and that no further data is out there presently.
Authorities are thanking everybody for their help within the search.
It is unclear when or the place he was positioned.
Action News 4 will present updates as they’re made out there.
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