Days later, someone came back to set his corpse on fire. Jeanette is live with more. They didnt know what they were dealing with, did that . Reporter thats right. Firefighters originally responded to a small Apartment Fire where they found the body of robert lynch. The fire came days after he was brutally murdered. It came with a smell that traveled through the vents and narrow hallways of this apartment complex on the 500 block of east church lane in germantown. What did you think it was . Bad food. Reporter james thought nothing of it. A few days later, on sunday around 9 00 in the morning, a fire erupted. Firefighters rushed to put out the flames, then they made a gruesome discovery, the body of 64yearold robert lynch, burned beyond recognition and in advanced stage of decomposition. It was unclear, initially, what caused his death. Ultimately, after an examination, they determined he was staped 77 times total. Reporter he was stabbed last week, then returned last week to set him on
This is an author panel on education issues. [inaudible conversations] good morning. Welcome again to the 2016 mississippi book festival. [inaudible] all right. I think were ready to get started. Welcome to the 2016 book festival. This is our panel this morning on schools and change. I just have a few housekeeping rules. Please remember to silence your cell phones. Books of these and many of the other authors here today will be available outside the State Capitol building. The booksellers are out on mississippi street, and signing tent is directly opposite that. Youll see in the back of the program the full booksigning schedule with authors and the times that theyll be signing today. Were delighted to have cspan broadcasting live with us today from jackson, mississippi. I want to thank the state legislature for allowing us the use of this facility today to come together. I want to thank the authors and the moderators today for helping us celebrate literature and the written word togeth
People getting killed left and right. A war zone. Yes. It claims people they knew. So far no lie this year, four or five this afternoon it follows a night where 10 people were shot and four fatally. Patricia hajj estimated she knows seven people in the last few years. I wish i knew. You tell me baby. You tell me. What is the answer . The key part of the answer the complex problem the police say that people that know something need to say something. We need people that get information on the shootings that are likely to result in retaliation, let us know, you may be the difference in saving someones life. Retaliation, revenge and pay back whatever you want to call it. Its a factor in street violence, and people have to understand they have to talk to detectives to protect additional bloodshed and pain. John rawlins, channel 6 action news. Investigators say they found open alcoholic containers in a car after a crash that left a 5yearold dead. It happened at 1 00 this morning on i78 at th
Here and matt pellman is watching the roads. Reporter it feels good, but were seeing clouds. The clouds have filled in the last 6 hours. If you look closely on Storm Tracker 6 live double scan you can see showers left over, as well. We had a front that limped through in the overnight hours. We have some in delaware and hopping over the bay into salem county. Not a lot of of precipitation, but something to watch as this front pulls out. 6 in martins creek. 62 in points. 69 in center city. The it feels cooler, temperatures are about the same as they were yesterday morning. 69 in hammonton, where the front has not cleared, just yet. Its 70 and sticky in dover, delaware where the front is lingering at the moment. Overall today well see clouds and sunshine later on this afternoon, especially philadelphia north and west, 80 degrees today, a big change from yesterday, matt pellman. Reporter i think im liking today. Although we have a traffic issue to start off. The thursday morning ride in ch
Widely associated with the housing bubble. In fact, a new report today from realtytrac shows the number of active home flippers last year was the highest in nearly a decade. And as diana olick reports, the number is growing, and that, to some, is concerning. This is where we are. House flipper, sasha, is doubling the size of this northeast d. C. Home, hoping to double potential returns in a Housing Market where prices are heating up. I dont know if theyre overinflated, but theyre really high. I dont think ive seen them this high in quite a while. This was the original house. Rising prices are luring flippers back in the door of a fastpaced renovation game that all but disappeared during the great recession. Active flippers are now at the highest levels since 2007, close to 180,000 Single Family homes and condos were flipped in 2015, according to realtytrac. That is, bought and sold in the same year. Flips made up 5. 5 of all sales last year, the first increase in four years. I think it