Action news, delaware valleys leading news program, with jim gardner. This is the 5300 block of add sop street in west philadelphia. This was the scene of murder today. The victim, an 85yearold man. Tonight, police want to know who would want to or feel they had to kill a man of that age. It is tuesday night. The big story on action news is the philadelphia p. D. Searching for a coldblooded killer. Annie mccormick is live at Police Headquarters with the latest on this. Annie . Jim, at this hour, police have no motivate and no suspects. They hope for tips to come in from the community. The 85yearold was not only loved by his family but also by the people in his closeknit neighborhood. I had to find my father today. Kimberly vaughan made the horrifying discovery inside her fathers north Philadelphia Row home. Willie cooper was found in the basement stabbed around 20 times. Vaughan spoke to her father daily. She grew concerned not hearing from him today. I felt in my heart and i should ch
7th. Good morning, everyone, im jan carabeo. First, lets check the forecast. Here is meteorologist, chelsey end gram with the eyewitness weather forecast, good sunday morning, finally the end is near, but still got to get through another day. I can see it, not far away, it is near for sure. But today this morning another extremely cold one out there. In fact, the coldest chill weve seen so far this winter. Let me show you a look at some numbers across the region, 6 degrees right now in philadelphia, 3 degrees in wilmington, 4 degrees in dover , six below in millville. Down the shore, in the single digits, as well. Wildwood, right around 8 degrees, one in Atlantic City, a lot of these spots have made it into record territory. And then you factor in the winds on top of the cold air, this is what it feels like to exposed skin. We are talking windchill. Feels more like eight below, in philadelphia, three in wilmington, so some improvement there. Actually feeling above zero into new castle
Wifes funeral, but James Kaufman remarried since then. The victims daughter sued her stepfather aimed at stopping him from collecting on any insurance policies. They seized documents and evidence from his home and his medical office. He was there last year in june. Kaufman was holding a 9 millimeter gun. It happened when he was met by fbi agent who is had come to carry out a search warrant. He received a ride to the kaufman residence. The doors were left opened and frank was given a gun to carry out the task. He went inside and he shot April Kauffman twice. Dr. James kaufman who appear ed in court does remain in jail tonight on earlier gun charges. We should tell you the man who pulled the trigger, who was an associate of the motorcycle gang, he died a year after killing kaufman from an apparent overdose. He received 20,000 in the murder for hire. We are awaiting some reaction from both kaufmans daughter as well as dr. James kaufmans attorney. We have reached out to him. As soon as we
Charged with another murder plot that was not carried additionally augello was charged with planning to commit of murder of james kauffman. Kauffman is already in jail stemming from weapons charges in june after he pulled a weapon when a search warrant was executed at his office. Today april kauffmans only child. Daughter kim pack says this about the charges against her former stepfather. The details that emerged in the press conference i was not privy too. It was very hard to watch. Very it really takes, you know all of your words away its such a gutwrenching thing. And jim these charges coming just months after david tyner took over the office vowing to solve unsolved homicides in the county. Ed jacobs kauffmans defense turn said to us on the phone his client will we entering a not guilty plea and had nothing do with his wifes death. And now investigators are combing through a burnt out home in philadelphia and it killed a fire lieutenant matt letourneau. And the Atf National Respons
Her. Plus, you paid for it. But youre never going to see that new computer you ordered because you didnt do anything. It was an imposter. Yup. Someone out there pretending to be you. Now fox 29 news at 10 00. Brand new developments in the case contracted wide open. The husband of a popular radio host now faces charges for her murder. This day was more than five years in the mak making. In 2012 April Kauffman died at the hands of a gunman in her linwood home. Thank you for joining us at 10 00i im lucy noland. Prosecutors now say dr. James kauffman a inch rad the murder of his wife and used a biker gang to carry it out. Fox 29s Dave Schratwieser is in atlantic county, dave . Reporter lucy, investigators broke this case wide open today on what sounded like made for tv movie involving drugs, greed, the pagans motorcycle gang and a murder for higher plot by a doctor who wawa phrased losing everything in divorce. As you can imagine today is a very very difficult day for me and for my family.