Month ago. Nbc 10 cameras were there as crime scene investigators headed up the stairs this evening into the third floor apartment where 27yearold Jasmine Wright was found dead. Its a suspicious death, police say. Wrights head badly injured. Im shocked. Its scary. Reporter this man grew up in the house next door and often saw the victim going to and from school and work. Were told wrights family was concerned about her wellbeing and asked the property manager to check in on her here. That property manager was the one who found her dead. A painful thought even for this neighbor too frightened to show her face. She was trying to make something out of her life. Somebody took it from her. Its not right. We know that she was just one of the sweetest persons around. Reporter the man on the phone worked maintenance on the building until recently. Both brothers describe her as profession alal and well liked. Her apartment was not ransacked. Its all too unsettling. Its hurting me just to know i
Yesterday, gorgeous sunshine temperatures so comfortable in the low 80s. Well see a really nice day again today. Getting a cool start, 50s and 60s, 59 right now in reading. Its 68 degrees in philadelphia. And dover is 64 degrees. Your neighborhoodby neighborhoodbyneighborhood forecast coming up. Well see sunshine, calm conditions 73 degrees, up to 80 by lunch time. A look at that neighborhood by neighborhood forecast when im back in ten minutes. Its a friday. Lets take a look at the traffic that may be accumulating during the morning hours. Jessica boyington with your first alert traffic. Happy friday, everyone. If youre heading out the door in the next couple minutes or so you wont face difficulty in terms of volume. This is route 202. A disabled vehicle on the righthand shoulder no crew helping that passenger yet. But headed eastbound into the Center City Area no real problems. As for the pa turnpike 23 minutes, you can see the cars are green and word of the construction project pick
Until 6 00, 6 15 or so. Out in Montgomery County lower merion, we are watching an accident scene on old lancaster road and north latchlis lane. Heading out the door on the pa turnpike turnpike, no problems. A 22 or 23minute trip through the work zones that have cleared up a little bit early. Mass transit, currently fro problems or delays for new jersey transit, septa or the patco speed line. We check in with new jersey roads in the next ten minutes. Vai. Police are calling the death of a recent Drexel University grad in West Philadelphia suspicious. Nbc 10s matt delucia is live at the scene. Matt, give us a briefing on the investigation. Reporter its suspicious indeed, vai. Police have a lot of questions they need to answer. Right now police are still out here holding the scene. Right there, this is the 200 block of south 50th street. Thats the house where this 27yearold was found dead yestebde9n 27yearold Jasmine Wright was found beaten and possibly strangled. She was in a third floor
59 also in pottstown. Down to 66 degrees in roxborough northeast philadelphia. Cooler at the airport, 63 degrees. Clouds will clear out. Well see sunshine. The temperatures will be climbing, well be at 70 degrees at 8 00. By 11 00, 77 with a little bit of a southerly breeze. Up to 82 degrees and still climbing at 2 00 but its not going to go a whole lot warmer than that today. That changes in a big way this weekend. A look at the hot weather thats coming in to play for saturday, sunday and beyond when i come back in ten minutes. Right now, lets get your first alert traffic with Jessica Boyington. Whats going on out there . Were working through a work zone on 295 out in new jersey. Some good news though all lanes are really open. Were seeing the lefthand shoulder and right hand shoulder dealing with some road blockages, actually around the black horse pike. On the southbound side crew working right in here but the ramps are open. Still good news there. Were still dealing with a 13minute