Jeremiah jackson, so worried that after living in the house for just one week, she was planning to move out. Just didnt happen in time. There may have been a prior contact with the individual and she thought her best interests to leave that home. Reporter 22year old jackson who lived down the hall way now charged with strangling the victim after a prolong beating during which he tried to extract bank card information from her. The body of the araujo, a recent graduate of the Art Institute of philadelphia, found on this kensington lot, stuff in the duffle bag, her hand, tied, her head, and feet covered with trash bags. Motive was robbery, and it is believed mr. Jackson believed that she had some monday which her, some cash report. She was a cool girl. She had a lot going for herself. She was respectful. Never thought this would happen. Reporter sources say jackson, whose records show a substantial arrest history has allegedly confessed to the crime, seriously burn as he torched victims
Answers from investigators. You can imagine just how shocking this news is, for them and how devastating it must have been for their daughter who discovered both bodies on the living room floor overnight. Lets roll video. Show you where it happened in the 2500 block of north spangler street in Strawberry Mansion. Neighbors heard that daughter screaming and called 911 just before one. When Police Arrived they found perrys unresponsive and unconscious with no signs of trauma or forced entry into that home. Carbon monoxide has been ruled out but foul play has not. Meanwhile medical Examiners Office will conduct an autopsy and in the meantime Family Members again say they are overwhelmed by what has happened. They have been taking it well because she was matriarch of the family. She was the oldest of the entire family of 12. Im the oldest grand. It is pretty rough. She was the person that everyone leaned on in the family and again they lived in this house for over 40 years. Reporter again,
Story is the next day. There were very strong storms yesterday but a lot of it was in new jersey. Generally with the exact same time as what we had the day before that. It has been two Straight Days of very strong storms, more damage to clean up at this point and were not totally done but do i come bearing better news. Look at storm scan three, tristate sweep, still picking up on pockets of heavy rain, granted, however back at berks and Lancaster County you see back edge. What you see is what you get there is a back edge to track. That means that with time, this is our transition day, we will see skies clearing out, we will end up with more sunshine, not just back west but across the board and it will also feel better. I come bearing some nice weather news for a change. The guys, back to you. We will take it. Meanwhile police are questioning a person of interest in the death of a young woman whose body was found in the duffle bag. Eyewitness News Reporter Nicole Brewer joins us from Ph
Police. Now authorities believe that the 23 yearold man who lived in the victims West Philadelphia apartment complex maybe connect to the crime that left the 23 yearold Art Institute grad strangled and beaten and her hand tied. Police say he raised suspicions after being treated for burns at crozerchester Medical Center days after araujos car was found torched with a gas can found lying nearby. All of her belongings were thrown out of the vehicle and we believe whoever did this took her vehicle to the south philadelphia area and set it on fire. Reporter according to investigators, araujo was in transition, having recently obtained a job at a local hotel. Personal items found in and around that murder scene, things like bank records and personal journal indicate she have been traveling with those belongings while searching for a new place to live. Now, of course, anyone with any information at all is urge to cat homicide unit here at Philadelphia Police headquarters, also a 20,000 rewar
Afternoon, the same day, that a person of interest was taken into custody and questioned by police. Authorities believed that the 23 yearold man lived in the victims West Philadelphia apartment complex may be responsible for the murder of the Art Institute graduate his car was also found torched. Police say that man raised suspicions after being treated for burns at crozerchester medical center. All of her belongings were thrown out of the vehicle and we believe whoever did this took her vehicle to the south philadelphia area and set it on fire. According to investigators araujo was in transition having recently obtained a job at a local hotel. On personal items were found there at the murder scene, including some bank records and a personal journal. They believe that indicate she may have within traveling with many of her belongings as she search for a place to live, but as we come back here live we are looking at the home of that person of interest where authorities are waiting to ex