Transcripts For WPVI Action News 20140716

Body was stuffed in a duffel bag. They made be close omaking an arrest. Tuesday night the big story is breaking news from the philadelphia reading. They are leaguing to a person of interest in the murder of this young woman. Kenneth moton is live at 40t 40th and brown in the manua section of philadelphia where the victim and the potential suspect live. Kenneth, you have the new information. Jim, we know that the victim laura araujo has been living here for the last month. They are waiting for a search warrant. They are searching for the murder scene and evidence. The charges against that person of interest could come as soon as tomorrow. The Philadelphia Police say that 23 laura araujo and the male person of interest in her brutal murder lived in the same apartment building. Its a development that her participants were waiting for. She was very special. Because her main goal in life, was related to her legion. She was born and raised in new york city. How did a young woman with a Bright Future beaten and left here on the 2200 block of north third street in kensington. She never talked about anything going on in hear life. She never gave any sign was distress. Her feet and hands were banned. A woman was placed in a trash bag and wrapped into a blanket before put into the duffel bag. A few weeks araujo moved out of her home where she lived with two roommates. She is responding to ads about apartments in different sections of the city. They believe that the killer sent her toyota rav4 on fire. The person of interest has burns all over his body. He was picked up chester medical. Very selective with the type of friends and the people that she related to. Reporter the name of that person of interest that is questioned right now in philadelphia headquarters has not been released. The charges could come by in the morning, jim. Kenneth moton channel~6 action news. Thank you. A School Police officer is treated for injuries stemming from a hazmat incident at the philadelphia public school. More than 30 emergency vehicles responded to the Benjamin Rush middle school. They detected high readings of acid. No evacuations were necessary. They declared the situation under control just within the past halfhour. Tonights weather has subsided. Fortunately we saw nothing like the furry of last nights storms. They made their way across the area around dinner time. It was less than last night. Action was in tabernacle, Burlington County where a tree fell down and pulled down wires with it. They had thousands of Power Outages to contend with. That is cut to a third, 4200. Delmara has fewer. 1800 in philadelphia. Sharrie williams has the stories from two people that had their brust witbrush with life last n. No severe weather, no high winds, or hail. South jersey was getting harder this evening. We have a solid batch of rain u, to route 2200. There is one cell of intense rainfall in Lancaster County. Between 283 and 322. No Lightning Strikes associated with this. We have a heavy rain. The National Weather Service Posted a flashflood warning forgot northcentral Lancaster County for 2 00 in the morning. We have seen a lot of pockets of heavy rain also in parts of chester county. The east branch of the brandywine is reporting minor flooding. Cresting a foot above floodstage at midnight. It continues until 6 00 in the morning. We have more heavy downpours on the way. Its ahead of at cold front that sweeps through. It brings a big change in our air mass. I think you will be happy about it. One bucks county homeowner knows that lightning can strike in the same place twice. For the second time in a week a bolt broke down a tree branch. Last tuesday the timber fell on one side of her swimming pool. This afternoon the other side. Its a big gunshot. I didnt hear it fall. When i went to look out of the window not again. I saw that that branch had fallen on the other side of the pool. She is having all her trees checked. She doesnt want to take a chance on a prehit. Sharrie williams has the story. Reporter these two are survivors of the crazy and dangerous storms that passed through. A 12yearold girl held her breath after swept through an underground storm drain for half a mile. Other is a story of a 14yearold boy struck by lightning. He may still be alive by a pair of tennis shoes that his friend game h. I. V. A fe him a few days. David was struck by lightning during the storm. He came out into the storm to get inside of his friends car. I was like running. I heard it. I was shocked and shaken. I was bleeding everywhere. Gushing blood. Amazingly he has a small wound on his arm. Everything else checked out fine. They say that his tennis shoes likely saved him from further injury. The shoes he was wearing have thick rubber soles. That helped to ground everything. Reporter from Lightning Strike os tstrikes to water. I tried to yell. I couldnt. I didnt want to open my mouth. Reporter Taylor Russell from frackville was slipped in and swept away. Thinking that she might die she held her breath and focused on her family including her mom that died last year. It was scary. My mom helped me through. I was thinking of everybody. My mom and dad my new mom and sisters and brothers. I was praying that i would make it through. Reporter she did. Word came that taylor was missing. The emergency crews were waiting to rescue her when she appeared hundreds of yards down stream. I am alive. I am here. Taylor has bunches and bruises. Both of them are recovering and doing okay. Those are two survivors. Yes. Thank you. Its not a tornado but Straight Line winds that caused the damage in Burlington County. It was Strong Enough to snap the big branches in half and scatter them around. It was not as bad as 1956 which was called a baby cyclone that swept through. It was bad enough. In voorhees Straight Line winds were the culprits. Tossing Outdoor Furniture like toys. One persons garden shed was found on top of a tree. They were lucky. Nobody was hurt. Our storm coverage continues. The latest updates on the cleanup in the area and dozens of photos of the damage left behind. Check stormtracker 6 for the latest details. The round of storms at 4 30 with traffic an accuweather updates every 6 minutes. The reign of terror continues in middle east. That is after hamas rejected a truce offered by egypt. They suffered the first fatality. He was delivering food to soldiers. 197 palestinians have been killed in eight days of fighting. Benjamin netanyahu said today that he would like to see a diplomatic solution until the fire in gaza stops. The members of the interfaith walked for peace and gathered at Islamic Society to reflect on the Common Threads in their religions. It seemless that the fib and police want to find something buried in camden. They are not saying what it is. The 10 hour search involved dozens of the agencies and backhoes. Its around the 300 block of erie street. They were looking in a basement of a home. Action news learned that detectives are working a cold case murder dating back almost a decade. Septa Police Seized this cache of weapons. Two knives and a butcher knife. An eagle eyewitness alerted septa police and snapping a photo of the bulge in the passengers shirt. They tracked the suspect on surveillance arresting daryl donovadonehu. See saying and Say Something is their motto. Rescues on the rails. Under hundreds of feet underground over overseas. Hersheys makes an announcement about the cost of their candy. Its belownormal temperatures. And Ducis Rodgers with the allstar game and millvilles mike trout and chase utley when action news continues tonight. Russian officials are dismissing terrorism as a cause of todays deadly subway derailment in moscow. 20 people were killed 136 were hurt. The rescue mission took 12 hours. One of the track, where the train went off was the deepest in moscow. A federal Appeals Court can use racial preferences as a means to achieve diversity. The case went to the Supreme Court last year. The lower courts ruled that the president of the university of texas called it a great day for higher education. They approved 11 billion for traffic funding. They will run out money in a few weeks unless they approve the bill. It keeps the trenton programs solvent through may 2015. They cannot agree how to pay for a longterm fix. A princeton educator i is facing theft charges. He stole 29 business signs on someones lawn. And Princeton University had no comment on the professors arrest. They are saying no to hiring smokers. As of july 1st Doylestown Hospital is testing all applicants for nicotine. Those that use it wont get hired. The hospital banned smoking on its grounds seven years ago. They are taking this step to make sure that the campus and its staff are smokefree. The news is not so sweet for chocoholics. Hershey is raising prizes 8 on the average. There is higher costs for cocoa and dairy and nuts and expensive fuel and packaging. Cecily this is not a kiss from hershey. Not at all. The weather has not been too sweet lately. Its going to get better. And we are showing that we still have some rain around philadelphia areas west. There is one little line of heavy downpours from lancaster crossing route 30. Its west of 222 it. It heading up to northwestern berks county. No Lightning Strikes associated with this. The reason we are getting the flash flooding is all the rain. The atmosphere is loaded with moisture today. New jersey and delaware hit the hardest. And 2. 5 and brook township 1. 79. And new castle, delaware 2 inches of rain. This is officially heat wave number two for philadelphia. 91 yesterday 90. Today 91 degrees. It humid. The normal high is 87 degrees. The temperatures willing by dropping below normal for a change. Its not through yet. Its warm and muggy. Philadelphia 74. And millville 72. Al allentown 73. And satellite 6 along with action radar, showing if you see the low pressure. Its low pressure with cool air underneath it. Feeling like october in the midwest. You see how its taking time moving east. It will still be around tomorrow morning. Overnight we are showing at 7 00 in the morning dont expect a bright sunny morning. Clouds and showers thunderstorms over south jersey. As we head into the afternoon 3 00. The i95 corridor the areas north and west the skies will be clearing. You will feel a difference in the air mass. Its cooler and more comfortable. The morning is cloudy. Scattered showers at 8 00. 77 by 8 00. The afternoon is nicer. The sunshine is nicer. 2 00, 81. A high of 83. 4 degrees below normal. Showers and thunderstorms. Its not a great beach day. 8181 by 3 00. Sleep in the morning and go on the beach late nat afternoon. Morninlate in the afternoon. And late in the day, the humidity level is comfortable. 85. The could weekend is looking decent. Saturday is sunny. 84. Sunday 86. Both days we is a possibility of a few popup afternoon showers or thunderstorms. A better chance though on monday and tuesday when the humidity returns 87 degrees. Once the front clears the coast by midmorning tomorrow the afternoon is going to feel nice. Its nice to get rid of the heat and humidity for a change. Philadelphia city hall was a busy place after the sun went down. The mayor was hosting a gathering for ram ramadan. The followers dont eat or drink from sunrise to sunset. After the call to prayer and meeting for quran, it ends later this month. The film office chief Sharon Pinkenson led a film screening. They hosted alive inside music that treats alzheimers disease. It took several awards at the sundance film festival. 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And jim, chase utley and jim trout make noise at the field. This night belongs to derek jeter. Utley had an rbi double. Millville opened with a triple. This is jeters allstar appearance. He had a standing ovation. We are heading to the top of the ninth inning. The sixers are caution with noel after playing last night. He doesnt dress against the phoenix suns. Hopefully we dont see him in street clothes too often. And he scores is 21. The sixers lose 9798. And tiger woods returns for a visit a Branch Online to apply. The flyers developmental camp is over. The young men are turned into young men with a week of camp update their belts. And the flyers picked him round one in the nhl draft last month. The guys in the organization, its a learning week for me to find out what i need to work on in the summer and build on it. The focus is impressive. They are doing a good job of willing to learn and putting in the work. Craig ruby met with chip kelly and took into an eagles practice. 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