Hes been locked up since for burglary. While police wait for dna results the veteran head of the homicide unit says he hopes the District Attorney will seek the Death Penalty for harris who killed his own father in 1982 and has committed multiple sexual assaults. That daughter did everything the right way. She was a very nice young lady. She graduated from under grad, went to grad school and was about make her mark in this life and to be killed in this fashion is very sad and very tragic. Reporter Harris Police tell me is right now in the homicide unit right now continuing to refuse to talk but the cops say hes been caught red handed through dna in this vicious 50th street murder. Live at Police Headquarters in center city, vernon odom, channel6 action news. Okay, vern, thank you. Meantime police in delaware say a woman found dead in a wilmington park was murdered and they say theyve caught the man who did it. Police found the body of 29yearold jamie murphy yesterday on a playground on
Arrests have been made. Reporting live tonight from special detective, todd quinones, cbs3 Eyewitness News. Todd, thank you. A little girl dies after falling out of the West Philadelphia high rise. This happened this morning at the Fairfax Apartments on the 4200 block of locust street. Eyewitness News Reporter Noel Mcclaren is live at the scene where some are now questioning that buildings safety, noel. Reporter jessica, we watched Police Conduct their investigation primarily in two locations, just beyond this fence here, right in that courtyard area, and then nine stories up at that whipped owe where she fell, investigators are trying to figure out what did cause that little girl to fall. Police say they were heart broken by what they saw when they first arrived on the scene. We arrived on location, father is holding his eight yearold child, child unresponsive at the time. Reporter investigators say eight yearold little girl fell nine stories from her fathers fairfax apartment window,
The victims said these suspects yelled gay slurs to them as they were beaten. The story spark outrages speak specially on social media and wasnt long before is someone posted this picture have the group eating at a their by restaurant before the attack. A twitter user who wishes to remain a monday news actually help police id some of the suspects. That was kind of the end on the line. Everybody recognized the restaurant. We were able to go into facebook, see who mentioned the restaurant and checked in. Reporter no word yet but if charges are file they went come as a hate crime. Under current law only crime motivated by race, religion and ethnicity can be prosecuted as hate crimes. It is i lay state representative Brendon Boyle tried to change to include Sexual Orientation but that change never made it out of committee. There is in question if this were to called up for a vote tomorrow it would pass overwhelmingly. Reporter meanwhile that photo of this possible group of suspects, has be
Want to give you an opportunity a person of interest in this case choosing not to speak with Eyewitness News wednesday night. He walked in central detectives to be questioned about the severe beating a gay couple in Rittenhouse Square last thursd thursday. His lawyer brian mc van would only say this. Im sure the police will make an announcement. Thank you report roar this comes after an assault and these two gay men put one them in the hospital for three days. The pair says people from this group seen on Surveillance Video shouted gay slurs as they tack. This photo circulated on social media shows the group eating dinner at a nearby restaurant before the tack. One twitter user helped identify some of the group by looking who had checked in at restaurant on facebook. Most of them would have other pictures of people from the video with the name tag. Police are still putting a case together and no charges have been filed yet. But if they do come down, no one involved can be charged with a
Of this. Lets get right to matt rivers hes at central detectives. Ma. Reporter chris and jessica, late this evening an official with the catholic archdiocese here in philadelphia did confirm to Eyewitness News that someone who has some connection to this case was working as an assistant basketball coach at archbishop wood high school. That person was working on contract basis and was not a tow cher but nonetheless that person has been terminated this evening. Will no longer be permitted to coach at any arch diocesan school. Meanwhile, as the investigation into this crime continues, the latest person of interest in this case came her to central detectives just after 8 00 p. M. Want to give you an opportunity a person of interest in this case choosing not to speak with Eyewitness News wednesday night. He walked in central detectives to be questioned about the severe beating a gay couple in Rittenhouse Square last thursd thursday. His lawyer brian mc van would only say this. Im sure the p