local five's jacob peklo joins us now with more. jacob? jacob: stephanie, it was definitely a fun night to be a kid. and if you got stopped by a police officer while you were trick or treating, it was definitely a good thing. officer jason hempstead's patrol of des moines was a little more laid back on friday. natural sound of officer hempstead: "somebody was digging into this." instead of writing tickets, he was giving out candy to trick or treaters. natural sound of officer: "want some candy?" natural sound of parent: "say thank you." jason hempstead, des moines police: "we're handing out candy to the young people of the city. trying to build relations, build rapport, connect to them." there were times, where the message wasn't immediately so sweet. natural sound of siren natural sound of officer: "please put your hands on your head." but others, where the kids knew something good was coming their way. jason hempstead, des moines police: "we have a large bag of candy, and i'm going to give liberally to whoever wants it." like the other 1

local five's jacob peklo has more from waukee. kori young, parent: "the timing couldn't have been worse to come pick up the kids." students at waukee elementary school were forced to stay after school a little longer on wednesday. hannah wheeler, waukee elementary student: "they said it's going to pick up a lot of wind." instead of boarding the buses, the school kept them inside their classrooms until the storm passed through the area. jared johnson, parent: "we actually live about five blocks away, and there was a little bit of hail, little pieces of ice hail and the rain was coming down pretty good, and the wind was blowing stuff around pretty good." students say some of their classmates were more worried than others. hannah wheeler, waukee elementary student: "i felt a little bit scared, and worried about my sister." it's why the line of cars spilled into the street, right after the storm had passed. but many parents say it was worth a little inconvenience for them to keep things running on a somewhat normal schedule for their

stephanie: local 5's jacob peklo is in the digital media center with more, jacob? jacob: that's right, stephanie. one of bryon's best friends for 14 years, who only identified himself as kevin, lives there with while he's still not ready to go on camera, he told me he was the one who came home and found heather and bryon in the basement, after he heard heather's infant daughter crying. he says he and his mom are having a hard time even going downstairs, and are trying to figure out what to do with the bed that they were found on. meanwhile, family members are still trying to determine how they'll pay for funeral expenses. they've applied for the crime victim compensation program, which could potentially reimburse them $15-thousand dollars the attorney general's office confirmed to us today, that the family applied for both belieu and howard. as the office reviews their applications, they've set up gofundme accounts to help with the costs. and as always, make you research these gofundme accounts to ensure that they're legitimate. services will be held at hamilton's