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,
Laura. Eyewitness News Reporter diana rocco is live at police headquarters. What have you learned diana . Reporter jessica they werent roommates but police say laura and the man now charged with her murder rented rooms right next to each other and that she was scared for her life in the days leading up to her death after a run in with this house mate. Tonight he is charged with her murder. Police now say 22 year old Jeremiah Jackson confessed to the murder of laura. Mr. Jackson motive was robbery and it is believe mr. Jackson believed that she had some money with her. A large amount of cash. Reporter detectives removed evidence from the West Philadelphia home where the two rented rooms next to each other. Thats the place Police Say Jackson killed 23 year old Art Institute in the early hours of monday morning before putting her in a dufflebag and leaving her body on a street. Police say jackson drove her car to a south philly street and it will it on fire. He was taken into custody afte
Sources now say that his alleged alibi, that his car caught fire quickly fell apart when no burned vehicle could be found but sources add that the suspects cell phone was found, at the crime scene. Leading to his arrest. Motive was robbery, and it is believed mr. Jackson believed that she had some money with her, a average amount of cash. Reporter with new technology the suspects alleged confession was videotaped here at homicide headquarters so if this case gets to court, many will be able to see what he had to say. Much more on this developing story, when we join you at 6 00 live from Police Headquarters, im walt hunter, cbs3 Eyewitness News. Coming up on Eyewitness News at 6 00 our exclusive interview with the man who found the victims body, he says he was simply looking for scrap metal on a empty lot when he made that grizzly discovery. Tells his story to our matt rivers at 6 00. Well, now to Somerset County where a pilot is injured after his plane crashes there. Single engine amat
In philadelphia this is cbs3 Eyewitness News. This is the man who police say murdered a 23 year old woman and stuffed her body in a dufflebag. Now at 11 00 oclock, we have new information about who he is and how he was connected to the victim. Good evening, im chris may. Im jessica dean much theres a lot of new information tonight in the high profile investigation into the murder of laura. Eyewitness News Reporter diana rocco is live at police headquarters. What have you learned diana . Reporter jessica they werent roommates but police say laura and the man now charged with her murder rented rooms right next to each other and that she was scared for her life in the days leading up to her death after a run in with this house mate. Tonight he is charged with her murder. Police now say 22 year old Jeremiah Jackson confessed to the murder of laura. Mr. Jackson motive was robbery and it is believe mr. Jackson believed that she had some money with her. A large amount of cash. Reporter detect
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