It was matter of fact. She said there were two homicides and a drowning. They came to the home and she met them at the front door. She told them again she had drown her children and the boys were in the tub. As for motive that is unclear but they told us about a previous incident at the home before the boys were found. That she called them because she was upset about her immigration status. An office responded at 4 00 a. M. And they talked to her and never thought the children were in danger. Through interviews, they revealed how she did it. Part of at rest report says she took the 4monthold infant and dropped him in the bathtub and then went after the 5yearold. She physically assaulted the 5yearold before walking him to the bathroom. The memorial for the two little boys. The brother alex 5 years old. Their father he is in jail he too was arrested on immigration related charges. Reporting live in wilmington. Channel 6 action news. Well continue to follow this devastating story online a
And matt pellman in for karen rogers. Happy 4th of july eve. Reporter yes it is we have cloud cover moving off the coast. We have thunderstorms out to sea. No worries, its far away from us. In pittsburgh you see clouds and showers, you might see a popup shower or thunderstorm in the northern and western suburbs. 73 degrees in philadelphia. 60s in trenton, allentown, reading and lancaster. 69 in millville. 72 in wilmington. 71 on the beachfront there in cape may. And dewpoints are still a little high from philadelphia down through millville, wilmington, and especially in dover and cape may where they are in the 70s. So anything over 60 indicates humid air when you get into the upper 60s and 70s thats darn humid. We expect the numbers to drop during the day. It should be less sticky in afternoon. 76 degrees by 7 00. 88 by noon. The high is 92 just a little bit humid. 09 by 5 00 p. M. , 88 degrees by 7 00 p. M. Tonight. More on the possibility of a spotty thunderstorm with future tracker
This very closely. Reporting live here in that port richmond, Christie Ileto channel6 action news. Jim. Christie, thank you. This was a record tying day in philadelphia. We hit a high of 74 degrees on this 24th day of february and if that doesnt sound terrific, well, we saw a lot of smiles on the faces of people taking advantage of this extraordinary spell of weather. In fact in parts of our area, it was the warmest february day ever, ever but not everybody is jumping for joy as well hear from bob brooks in a moment. But first lets check in with meteorologist cecily tynan with the facts and figures from accuweather. Cecily. Reporter jim, it was warmer here today than san diego, it was warmer than phoenix arizona. Take a look at these numbers. These numbers we typically see in the middle of may, not the end of february. Philadelphia again tying that record high of 74, allentown 77, that is the highest february temperature ever recorded. Reading tying the february record of 77, trenton 7
With matt pelman. Yes, feeling summerlike. We had that yesterday and it will be that way today. Satellite6 and action radar showing us we have a few showers were watching and theyre pulling into the north and west. If youre up in the poconos you may be seeing a shower crossing through your region but you can see the trajectory of that. Thats going to go to the north and east. Its not really going to hit the city itself. Were seeing a fair amount of clouds starting us off though. Today is not going to be completely bright and sunny but were looking at a mostly dry day, not entirely. 64 degrees in martins creek, 64 in pottstown, ninety nine saint davids its 73 degrees currently in 73. Still feeling a little sticky right now. 70 in glassboro, 71 in hammonton. 71 degrees in dover, delaware as youre heading out today. Heres what you can expect. Another warm one. 85 degrees, temperatures above average today. Its going to be breezy once again. Were watching for an early shower to the northwes