whipped and robbed overnight. and remembering a legend, thousands of people are paying respects to muhammad ali at this hour. but the big story on action news is a philadelphia mother facing murder charges in the death of they are two children. sophia barnes is in jail in broward county charged with two counts of murder. i spoke to her husband this morning. he is in absolute shock. relatives of sophia haines says she did not drink or two drugs and has no history of mental illness, but authorities in florida say haines admits to suffocating her two young kids. the last thing i would expect. anthony singleton can t believe it, his wife of 4 months, sophia haines of frankford is charged in south florida on two counts of murder for the deaths of her two children. his child was the youngest of the two. this is the last person i would think would do something to our son and our daughter. haines has two adult children that live in jamaica, police say she was visiting
according to a statement she gave to police she admitted to holding a sheet to their faces until they stopped breathing. she was good with the kids, this was the last person i would think would do something to my son and to her daughter. haines is now booked on two counts of premeditated murder. a philadelphia man in his 90s with not escape a fire in his home. the victim was trapped in the second floor bedroom. annie mccormick reports on the tragedy in grays ferry. when firefighter as rived. the victim was trapped in the home and neighbors say he was in his 90s and was a veteran of world war ii, fire crews rushed to the 1700 block of taylor street to fight a blaze that broke out at 2:00 a.m. nearly 50 firefighters and medics responded hearing reports that an elderly man was trapped inside. despite the efforts of our man it was a tragic outcome. i saw the flames and i started to scream and holler and i got the phone and dialed 911. next door dorothy jamison woke up
sophia haines. confessing to suffocating the children with a bed sheet. this is the last person i would think would do something like this to my son, to her daughter. he last saw her last week, she was a doting mother who didn t drink, smoke or suffer from mental conditions. why she would take the life of her children is baffling. always how is the baby? how is the kids? i don t see how anybody could have seen this coming. they were so sweet. i can t believe it. yesterday afternoon haines called her relative in florida, and said come home now, when the relative arrive, she saw haines crying and the two children unresponsive on the bed. haines was taken into custody and arrested and gave police no explanation for her actions. i cannot wrap my mind around it. we are not naming the 3-year-old daughter or the father of that child has not been notified. police tell me he is in jamaica and they are having a difficult time reaching him. chad thanks. new at 4:00, pres
he can t understand why. when she left, every five minutes, how is the baby? how is the kids? i don t know how anybody could have seen this coming. i condition believe it. court records show that at 4:00 yesterday her relatives called her in florida and said come home now and the relative made the startling discovery. when the officers went to the scene there were two adults and they directed the officers to an apartment in the back of the house. police in florida tell me that haines give them no indication why she allegedly committed the double murder. live in frankford, chad pradelli, channel 6 action news. thank you chad. police are holding a suspect tonight in tuesday s shooting on i-95. formal charges are expected to be announced any minute. live at the belmont barracks is action news reporter, sara bloomquist. what is the full story there? reporter: jim, that is right formal charges are pending against the man that police believe fired a shot into an
a gunshot and felt the impact when the bullet hit the right wheel of the car. they put out the composite sketch reporting he or she was involved in an incident with a guy matching the sketch. he was involved in another incident where the tip was called in the day before. we are investigating that incident to see what occurred at that time. police developed a suspect and picked him up in philadelphia this morning. he added, i didn t do it on purpose. i didn t do it on purpose. i didn t do it the man is not charged and that is expected to happen this evening. there are multiple incidents like these recently. sara thank you. 17-year-old hamilton will spend 75 to 80 years in prison for his role in a deadly robbery last year. last march james stoleman was walking his dog when police say that hamilton and two other boys tried to rob him and they negotiated a plea deal. tonight we hear from the local man whose son was the victim of a tragic murder in florida. the person