Man accused of the murder of a philadelphia pediatrician. And honoring the men in blue that have lost their lives in the line of duty. And the big story is the search for a suspect that kidnapped and Sexual Assaulted a woman in fishtown. Police have released a sketch of the suspect they are seeking in the attack. Chad pradelli is live with the latest details. Reporter this Sexual Assault happened friday morning and police say that the suspect is calculated and he knows the area and police need the publics help because so far they received zero leads. Police are on the hunt for this man, wanted for the gun point kidnapping and rape of a woman in fishtown. Investigators say the man saw the victim drove around and concocted a plan and drover around east york street as the victim walked to work, he got out of the vehicle and acted like he was walking towards the residence. The man turns and producing a handgun and orders her into the vehicle. The victim was driven to an unknown location an
Melissa had called an exterminator to her home. The exterminator, ended up strangling her and setting her on fire in the basement. He told the police that she questioned his work and he became enraged and started choking her with a rope and then he told police he used a Cardboard Box and paper towels to set her body on fire. It shows smith leaving its house and getsing into his pickup truck only action news was there as Police Arrested smith and towed the car home to his house. He cried in court as the statement as his confession was read in court and the judge rejected a motion by the defense to stop the jury from seeing Graphic Photos of melissa. Now they are presenting their Opening Statements to the jury and we expect Opening Statements to begin this afternoon. David henry channel 6 action news. Thank you. Philadelphia police are looking for a suspect in a kidnapping and Sexual Assault in fishtown. This is a sketch of the man that police say attacked a woman on friday on east york
In a Double Elimination. And for the shark, sit all a showmance or real romance as hidden cameras catch an i love you offstage with robert and kym. Both couples fly all night. And we do say good morning, america. We want to get right to the breaking news on the copilot who deliberately crashed the plane into the alps killing emp on board. His flight hours before the crash may have been a practice flight for the Deadly Mission to come. David kerley starts us off. Reporter was it a practice run or did the copilot lose his nerve. On the previous flight from dusseldorf to barcelona, the copilot was told to lower the plane. He spun the dial from 37,000 feet to 100 feet. He left it there for three seconds. Spun it back up to 35,000. Hes told to lower the plane again by controllers. Back to 100 feet and leaves it there for awhile changes the dial a bit. Levels it out at 25,000 and the captain comes back into the cockpit and the flight continues. Think about those passengers. Could they have b
Her home, he confessed to strangling her and setting her body on fire, this morning a judge rejected an attempt by the defense to have that confession thrown out and to prevent the jury from seeing graphic pictures from the murder scene. Look at this incredible picture from cheltenham township this afternoon this is the view from chopper 6 hd a massive water main break created a geyser with water shooting high into the air and the action news viewers are shooting the video that happened at the 600 block of ashburn road. Myra edwards send us this one where you can see it spewing from street level. It was shut off at 2 40, gushing for more than an hour. When you see breaking news like myra and jason, join the action. Email your pictures and video to jointheaction 6abc. Com or use 6abcaction on social media. As you can see we use your foot able in our newscast. Thanks alicia. Philadelphia mayor Michael Nutter had strong words for the candidates hoping to replace them today and wondered if
Ten homes are without water right now, that is until the repairs can be completed. But it could be into the evening hours dann cuellar, channel 6 action news. Thank you. Developing tonight two children remain in the hospital after it was hit by a van. At broad and wyoming, one the kids is 2 years old and taken to the hospital in Critical Condition and the other is 4 years old and he is in stable condition tonight. The driver did stop and police are not filing charges. The trial is underway for the man accused of strangling a pediatrician, he told police he killed the woman because she questioned work she was doing in her home. David henry is live with the latest. It was a chilling random murder that made headlines around the world. A young pediatrician and researchers killed in her own home allegedly by an exterminator turned executioner. It happened on this rowhouse and melissa called an exterminator to her home, 39yearold Jason Smith Police said strangled her and set her basement on