Captain james clark. I mean they knew she had a large amount of money in the house. They got in under the premise of cleaning her house. Once inside, they demanded her money. She had it hidden and they repeatedly beat her until she told them where it was at. It was really sad and very senseless murder. Reporter homicide investigators spent the day here at the crime scene looking for clues as neighbors learned of wilsons death. As homicide detectives began their work here at 1347 earl street in fishtown, word spread that 54yearold kathy wilson had been murdered. Shes a wonderful lady to get along with but i didnt know she was killed until just now. Reporter this morning a woman who is now in Police Custody showed up at the nearby Police District and told officers she thought wilson might be dead. Officers went to the house and entered through a second floor bedroom window. They found all the gas burners on the stove had been left on. Then they discovered wilsons body on the first floor
There was blood everywhere. This is horrifying. I have known her for a very long time and for Something Like this to happen is unbelievable. Reporter . Reporter pgw workers were called in to turn off the gas as homicide detectives looked for clues. Investigators believe wilson may have been killed on friday the last day she was seen alive. There were no signs of forced entry. Her two dogs were inside the row home one in a cage. Friends said wilson worked the polls every election. She was the block captain. She was very petite had a big sense of humor loved to dance and wore her heart shaped glasses. She was a joy. Incredible person. Incredible person she was. Im just really in complete shock. She knew everybody in the neighborhood and i dont i dont understand. Its just crazy everything that happened to her. Reporter now, were told the woman who went to the Police District this morning among those being questioned right now. As for the motive, a source tells action news it was pretty we
A bit chilly. By 6 00 a. M. About 40. By 8 00 a. M. 41 degrees. After that temperatures will be just a little bit above average. Not quite as mild as yesterday. 50 degrees for your high. The whole way through well see sunshine mixing with clouds its a nice afternoon. No rain, no problems with wind so we could stake that. By noon 47, by 3 00 p. M. 49 degrees. By 6 00 p. M. , 44 coming down from your high of 50. The one issue today is unusual for this time of year. Its an air quality alert day. This is for the unhealthy sensitive groups much be careful if youre the young elderly anyone with respiratory issues try not to be outside so much today. There are a lot of fine particles in air. We have an inversion with warmer air aloft trapping in pollution. Other than that a nice day to enjoy. Details in a warmup on that seven day coming up. You know one of the philosophies i abide by is better late than never karen rogers and i think maybe the way our construction crews feel, too. They ran a
For much of the region its unhealthy for sensitive group. We have an inversion trapping pollution from the atmosphere. Watch for this if youre the young, the elderly limit the Outdoor Activity even though well be talking about a decent afternoon. Satellite6 and action radar showing that this area of low pressure off the coast just skirted the coastline and some of the parts of the shore got a shower in the overnight hours but we can see that pulling out to sea and some of our clouds are starting to break. Were going to have a decent day today. Its just night quite as mild as yesterday afternoon. 40 degrees in philadelphia, 35 in allentown, 37 in reading, 29 in millville so once again starting in the 20s in spots. 38 degrees at Atlantic City airport. Well see at least partly sunny skies. Not a bad afternoon but not nearly as mild as yesterday when we were in the upper 50s. Today is more seasonable a high of 50 degrees. Then it gets chilly in the overnight again. 36 for the city but i th
Surfaces are very warm, so were only expecting maybe a coating of sleet on the grass at most in that advisory area. So, what to expect here in that advisory zone between 7 00 p. M. And 4 a. M. . Some light sleet. Same time for the rest of us its just light rain. Between 4 a. M. And 7 00 a. M. , sleet changing to rain in the Lehigh Valley. A steady rain here and between 7 oclock and 10 oclock no matter where you are it is a soaking heavy rain. Well let you know how much to expect and when it pushes out brian coming up in that full accuweather forecast. All right adam thank you. Team coverage continues with action News Reporter chad pradelli live in South Whitehall where the penndot trucks are getting ready for any Winter Weather to come our way. They had to knock the rust off first i imagine, chad. Reporter yeah, you bet, brian. Here in the last 10 minutes weve seen some of the penndot trucks loading up with salt. Theyll be on the roadways tonight getting ready in case any of that sleet