Oxygen. He dumped the body in cooper river park after smothering him with a pillow. He called 911 to report his son missing. 911 what is your emergency . A mistrial was declared in may when jurors failed to reach an anonymous verdict. Prosecutors alleged he killed his son because he was interfering in his relationship with a 17yearold. The girlfriend did not want to speak to reporters about the plea. The second trial was set to begin next month instead he will be sentenced to manslaughter. Neither the prosecutor or defense attorney would speak on camera. But the next step is sentencing expected to take place on september 29th, he will be sentenced to 10 years in prison but eligible for parole in just 8. 5 years. Reporting live channel 6 action news. Thank you. Investigators from the ntsb are working at the site of the collision between two septa trains in upper darby and we are now getting word of the first lawsuit from one of the injured passengers. Action News Reporter annie mccomic
Because of icy spots and on storm tracker6 we can see near quakertown its just rain. Its dry in reading but in some spots north of that you are seeing the chance for a little bit of freezing rain as you can tell with that area of blue. Were worried about this spreading a little farther down to the south as the morning progresses. Showers though are down in delaware and south jersey where youve got a wet start to the day right there and its going to be dreary today. Satellite6 and action radar slowing lots of clouds. This first batch of showers moving through but certainly more rain beyond that and were going to continue to see periods of rain today. Its 34 in quakertown and pottstown. 39 in center city. It is mildly in philadelphia and south jersey. 36 in hammonton. 40 on the boardwalk and 39 in dover, delaware. Heres a look at the day ahead. By 7 00 a. M. , 39. By lunchtime, 42. Lots of clouds. Just enough showers in the morning to make it feel damp and kind of dreary. It looks like t
Bloomquist is off, in the news a young man dies in a shooting in wilmington just after the city announce aid new plan to fight crime. And two more of president elect trumps cabinet picks are going before Senate Panels today. And authorities detonated a suspicious package found on campus this morning and hundreds of students had to be evacuated. Walter perez is live on campus with more on what police are saying about the device. Reporter hi rick, behind me you see the loading dock where the item was found, it turn out to be a thick canvas belt with wires behind it. You can speculate its part of some type of project but it turned out to be harmless. That is the video shot by the Temple University news crew, it was detonated by the Philadelphia Police bomb squad as a precaution. It started after they were removing trash from this loading dock right around 9 00 this morning. It was some sort of military belt with red and orange wire as matched. Students were evacuated as investigators work
Offering his condolences to the victims. Lets go live to nbc 10s jacqueline london in the breaking news center. The suspect was killed when police returned fire. This is a look at whats happening near the scene of the attack by the citys famed champselysees. Paris police warn people to avoid this area. The attack came three days before the first round of frances tense president ial election. President trump is meeting with the Prime Minister of italy today at the white house offered up these condolences within the last hour. Its a very, very terrible thing going on in the world today. It looks like another terrorist attack and what can you say . It just never ends. We have to be strong, and we have to be vigilant and ive been saying it for a long time. French television is reporting that an innocent bistabbb bystander was hit by gunfire. No word on their condition. Well follow the latest with this breaking news. Jacqueline london, nbc 10 news. The penalty phase in the trial of convicte
Trying to process the news. She always had everybodys back. They were in the wrong situation. Reporter jamie oconnors friendship dates back to when both were babies. Marilyn johns met the victim in early childhood. She was in my kindergarten class. Yeah, she was my second friend. Reporter kelly met goloff in middle school. The four loyal friends always together. That is goloff on the left. I have a baby on the way. She was going to be one of the god moms. She was absolutely going to be aunt maggie, you know. She i dont know, she just slaw going she was going to graduate. She couldnt wait to get a car, her own place. Reporter well, three young women there trying to come to terms with the sudden loss of a good friend, a friend they say who was always loyal and was always there for them. Live along the boulevard at front and the boulevard, john rawlins channel6 action news an investigation is under way tonight into the death of a student at a school for children with special needs. The 17